Essays on Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are different learning methods. What exactly is conditioning? Conditioning is the acquisition of specific patterns of behavior in the presence of well-defined stimuli. Both classical and operant conditioning are basic forms of learning. Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which an organism learns to transfer a natural response…

Aggression is a term used to denote aggressiveness towards other entity or being. It is classified into more specific types of aggressiveness. The different types of aggression are the following: a.) Fear induced – wherein fear is a starting point towards aggression to avoid and prevent damage to one self. b.) Predatory induced – A…

            Stanley Kubrick’s film, A Clockwork Orange, remains as controversial today as it was when it was first released over 35 years ago. While it is true that the shocking violence present within the film is unnerving, the psychological implications present in the film are as equally unnerving.             If there was anything that all…

            Human growth and development entails a process of learning. It is widely believed that the human personality emerges from influences of our experiences with respect to interactions with the environment, parents, peers, and other people.(Gallistel & Gibbon, 2002) Being equipped with the capacity for rational thought, human beings are able to process what would…

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian psychologist, was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1904 for his groundbreaking work in behavior research. He stressed the significance of comprehending the origins of facts rather than merely documenting them. In his career, Pavlov dedicated his efforts to investigating the principles associated with conditioned reflex formation until he…

Learning to drive introduces us to the colors of traffic lights: green, red, and yellow. Green signals us to go, red prompts us to stop, and yellow advises us to slow down. These color associations exemplify classical conditioning, a phenomenon experienced by everyone at some point in life that holds significant importance in society. To…

Ivan Pavlov “Classical” conditioning, a type of learning in the field of behavioral studies, is known for its early exploration into the principles of learning and conditioning. It encompasses the activation of a learned reaction by a stimulus. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist born in 1849 and died in 1936, was famous for his expertise…

Unconditioned Stimulus? unconditioned stimulus (US) is one that unconditionally, naturally, and automatically triggers a response. For example, when you smell one of your favorite foods, you may immediately feel very hungry. In this example, the smell of the food is the unconditioned stimulus. Some more examples of the unconditioned stimulus include: * A feather tickling…

Watson and Rosalie Rayner conducted important studies on psychology in 1920, which turned out to be one of the influential studies. “Conditioned Emotional Reactions” was a paper, which was based on experiments conducted by J.B. Watson with his assistant, Rosalie Rayner. This paper was also known as the “Little Albert” study.  The reason this study was…

The cornerstone of behaviorism psychology was the view that behavior should be studied as a product of objectively observable events instead of appealing to internal processes of the mind. John B. Watson famous “Little Alert Experiment” was best known as a case study showing and proving evidence of classical conditioning and also an example of…