Classical Conditioning Experience
Classical Conditioning
My Experience with Classical Conditioning
Though it may be difficult to believe, I had never tasted a sip of alcohol until my freshman year of college. A combination of dedication to my sport, track and field, fear of my father¡¦s reprisal, and dreams of getting a scholarship kept me from indulging in the normal temptations that teenagers succumb to during my high school years. But being on my own in college and having secured a scholarship, allowed me to give way to temptation and indulge myself in the standard college drinking atmosphere. Still, my dedication to running kept me worried about my weight because I knew that alcohol had a lot of calories and I did not want to fall victim to the dreaded ¡§Freshman …show more content…
Before conditioning diet coke elicited no response in me, and alcohol caused a reflexive response of gagging with no prior learning. Like Pavlov¡¦s dogs learned to associate the sound of the bell with the presentation of food, so did I associate the taste of diet cola with the presence of alcohol. As far as immediate physiological responses were concerned, the taste of diet coke became equivalent to the presence of alcohol. Therefore, the alcohol is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), because it elicits a response prior to learning, which is unconditioned response (UCR), gagging. The diet coke paired with the alcohol becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS), which would ultimately cause the gagging to become the conditioned response …show more content…
Since I had been so long cut off from living at home with my family and seeing my friends, this incentive was extremely desirable to me. If I missed even one meal, the weekend of freedom was taken away from me. This continued for several months, which kept me in the habit of eating at the scheduled times. Also, continually nourishing my body allowed my mind to function normally, and gave me the energy to connect with people and not be so preoccupied with eating and food.
Figure 2: Behaviors of Operant Conditioning
Process ³ Behavior ³ Consequence ³ Result
Positive
Reinforcement Eat Meals Every Go Home on Continued Day Weekend
My Experience with Classical Conditioning
Though it may be difficult to believe, I had never tasted a sip of alcohol until my freshman year of college. A combination of dedication to my sport, track and field, fear of my father¡¦s reprisal, and dreams of getting a scholarship kept me from indulging in the normal temptations that teenagers succumb to during my high school years. But being on my own in college and having secured a scholarship, allowed me to give way to temptation and indulge myself in the standard college drinking atmosphere. Still, my dedication to running kept me worried about my weight because I knew that alcohol had a lot of calories and I did not want to fall victim to the dreaded ¡§Freshman …show more content…
Before conditioning diet coke elicited no response in me, and alcohol caused a reflexive response of gagging with no prior learning. Like Pavlov¡¦s dogs learned to associate the sound of the bell with the presentation of food, so did I associate the taste of diet cola with the presence of alcohol. As far as immediate physiological responses were concerned, the taste of diet coke became equivalent to the presence of alcohol. Therefore, the alcohol is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), because it elicits a response prior to learning, which is unconditioned response (UCR), gagging. The diet coke paired with the alcohol becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS), which would ultimately cause the gagging to become the conditioned response …show more content…
Since I had been so long cut off from living at home with my family and seeing my friends, this incentive was extremely desirable to me. If I missed even one meal, the weekend of freedom was taken away from me. This continued for several months, which kept me in the habit of eating at the scheduled times. Also, continually nourishing my body allowed my mind to function normally, and gave me the energy to connect with people and not be so preoccupied with eating and food.
Figure 2: Behaviors of Operant Conditioning
Process ³ Behavior ³ Consequence ³ Result
Positive
Reinforcement Eat Meals Every Go Home on Continued Day Weekend