conditioned trained to be afraid of the little rat with purple stars on its head by using classical conditioning. We started the process off with the neutral stimulus, the shocking of Little Gretel when she would touch the specific rat (conditioned stimulus). Gretel is not afraid of any other rats other than the rat with the purple stars on its head (conditioned response). We will then use Classical conditioning again to reverse the learned fear of the rats. After a few months have gone by we find
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Learning Experience Paper Nixon Merassaint PSY/103 December 1, 2014 Tricia Ferre There is really no right or wrong answer when it comes describing how or why particular foods or smells moves someone emotionally. The emotion occurs for one reason or another. The ethnic background of an individual can play a part in the experience or emotion. For example being a Haitian the smell of white rice, beans and turkey being cooked brings a since of being back in Haiti among family and friends. Another
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behaviour and that all learning links to responding to a stimulus. It also assumes that the environment is the sole determining factor in behaviour. There are two main theories that fall under the behaviourist approach: classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning was developed by psychologist, Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov adopted the idea of stimulus response and learning through association. Pavlov used a dog to show his theory. He noticed when the dog saw food it would salivate. He began
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February 1, 2015 Abstract The theory of behaviorism is that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning without any preconceived thought, but it can be defined by observable behavior that is researched. Behaviorism projects that individuals are products of their experiences and have become who they are because of conditioning. John Watson, who is credited with Behaviorism, made the comment that he could take “twelve healthy infants and take any one of them and mold them
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PSY/103 March 7, 2016 Sandra Mohr Learning Experience Paper This paper is going to discuss the personal experience that have provided me ability to analyze the perspective to learning theories. The experiences that are examined are through classical conditioning, operant condition and cognitive social learning theory. The experience I am going to discuss is the fear I have of snakes and the reasons why I have this fear. To provide some insight about my fear of snakes let me tell you a little about
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Classical and Operant Conditioning Barbara Moyer Psy/300 Lori Eyres 05/11/15 Classical conditioning occurs when one learns to associate two different stimuli. Operant conditioning is when a response occurs when one responds to what is presented in their environment and learns from the consequences of actions. The distinction between classical and operant conditioning is with classical there is an association between stimuli and responses. It is based on involuntary reflexive behaviors
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The behavioural approach believes all behaviour is learnt through conditioning, there are two types of conditioning. Classical conditioning is learning by association. This can be used to explain abnormal behaviour and used to treat it through systematic desensitisation (Wolpe) which is based on the ideas behind classical conditioning. Classical conditioning can explain abnormal behaviour through the study of ‘Little Albert’ in which experimenters taught Albert to associate a white rat with a loud
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P1 Psychology is the study of behaviour and mental processes. The aim of psychology is to understand the way the human brain processes information in different environments. Psychology has different approaches and perspectives which are particularly used to view a human’s way of thinking, feeling and the ways in which they behave. There are five different perspectives that have been observed and studied by well-known psychologist these are; the cognitive approach, behaviourist approach, biological
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Classical and Operant Learning Cassandra Wooten ITT Tech Classical and Operant Learning Classical learning or condition is the learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus comes to be elicited in response to a previously neutral stimulus; this is achieved by repeated pairings of the neutral stimulus with the potent stimulus (Ciccarelli, Noland 2013). Classical conditioning was discovered by Iran Petrovich Pavlov. He was a physiologist whose main focus was the digestive
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types of learning. Classical, operant, and observational conditioning are the three main types of learning in the world of psychology. Classical conditioning is the primary type of learning that psychologists use for experiments. Classical conditioning is learning to elicit an involuntary, reflex-like, response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the response. (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p. 177) The main elements of classical conditioning are unconditioned
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