For the most part, I must say that classical conditioning and operant conditioning have affected me on a relatively even level, in their own respects. Learned fears are a product of classical conditioning, which I have acquired over time. Conditioned emotional response (CER) is a learned fear that is the beginning of phobias, something I struggle with. Some of my phobias can be attributed to observing the reactions of my peers, others I do not remember what caused them to occur. As I have been affected by classical conditioning, I have also been affected by operant conditioning. Even though operant conditioning is recognized as active participation, I find that I was largely unaware of my habits being formed. An example of this would be social media, for a time when I was in high school, I learned to over use it as a resource. I found that using social media would lead to positive responses from my peers; thus, I was more likely to use it. Of course, like a large majority of people today, I have also been conditioned through token reinforcers. These being money or gold stars during my primary school years to reward and shape my behavior. Until this course, I cannot say I could tell or identify when I was being conditioned; however, I could see a correlation between events at
For the most part, I must say that classical conditioning and operant conditioning have affected me on a relatively even level, in their own respects. Learned fears are a product of classical conditioning, which I have acquired over time. Conditioned emotional response (CER) is a learned fear that is the beginning of phobias, something I struggle with. Some of my phobias can be attributed to observing the reactions of my peers, others I do not remember what caused them to occur. As I have been affected by classical conditioning, I have also been affected by operant conditioning. Even though operant conditioning is recognized as active participation, I find that I was largely unaware of my habits being formed. An example of this would be social media, for a time when I was in high school, I learned to over use it as a resource. I found that using social media would lead to positive responses from my peers; thus, I was more likely to use it. Of course, like a large majority of people today, I have also been conditioned through token reinforcers. These being money or gold stars during my primary school years to reward and shape my behavior. Until this course, I cannot say I could tell or identify when I was being conditioned; however, I could see a correlation between events at