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    Conditioning is concept that has been studied for decades. It was first explored by Russian Scientist Ivan Pavlov in 1849. Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when one day he saw a set of lab dogs drooling at the sight of seeing scientist. They held no food but the dogs continued to salivate. It turned out that the dogs were reacting to the Scientist’s lab coats. Every time the dogs were fed‚ the person who served the food was wearing a lab coat. Therefore‚ the dogs would react automatically

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    Conditioning Children Rebecca Schmidkonz Psychology July 2012 Conditioning Children Conditioning involves learning associations between events that occurs. Classical and Operant conditioning certainly can be used to condition children. Operant conditioning forms an association between a behavior and a consequence. Consequences have to be immediate‚ or clearly linked to the behavior.. There can be a reward for good behavior. Often times this works just as well as punishments. Children want attention

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    REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL VISIT Letter of Transmittal 31-Oct-2013 To The Head of the Discipline Chemistry Discipline Khulna university‚ KHULNA Dear Sir‚ Sub: Report of the One – Day industrial visit On receiving the letter of permission from Bashunddhara Cement Industries Ltd. Mongla‚ students of Chemistry Discipline with five faculty members went on an industrial visit Bashunddhara Cement Industries Ltd. Mongla on 05-010-13. We all assembled at the university at 8 a.m. and left the university

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    Use classical conditioning principles to explain the development of phobias‚ and describe how systematic desensitisation can be used to overcome fears and phobias. Illustrate with an example/s Classical conditioning is a wonderful form of therapy which involves studying the condition that predicts that a spesific event will occur. Humans acquire a lot of their behavior through classical conditioning. Classical conditioning involves different learning principles‚ which include: acquisition‚ extinction

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    classical conditioning‚ social learning and operant conditioning are three very different learning methods. The three methods have the word conditioning in common. What is conditioning? Conditioning is the learning of specific patterns of behavior in the presence of well-defined backgrounds or environments. While classical and operant conditioning are basic forms of learning‚ social is a type of learned behavior that comes from interactions with different people. Classical conditioning is a type

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    Imagine something. Imagine being told by numerous doctors and nurses that “you are fine” or “you’re just de-conditioned” repeatedly. However‚ you know deep inside your heart you are more than just de-conditioned. For three months in seventh grade I didn’t attend school. I didn’t see my friends. I could barely get myself up and out of bed for more than a couple minutes at a time. I worked to be able to go back. Practicing things as simple as standing up or walking. Things were never back to “normal”

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    Up in the Air # 7 In the film Up in the Air there are many dynamic relationships. We first see the main character in the work place; his name is Ryan Bingham and his job is corporate downsizing. Ryan travels all over the country 322 days a year and fires people. He lives a very isolated existence by choice‚ his second job as a motivational speaker is not very motivational at all. He goes through all of the steps of his speech like hitting targets. His message is one of removing emotional and access

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    increase his chances of making the football team‚ I would use the principles of operant conditioning. To create a one month behavior modification program‚ I would figure out whether positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement‚ positive punishment and negative punishment would work best. My roommate would also need to follow through with the program I would give him. According to B.F. Skinner‚ operant conditioning is a type of learning where a behavior is strengthened when it is reinforced and weakens

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    between operant conditioning‚ observational learning‚ and social learning. How are these different kinds of learning utilized in the work place? Give specific examples for each one. Operant conditioning is a theory that is useful when applied to the workplace in several ways. It addresses how employees interact with one another and with clients to how financially successful a company is annually. Operant learning is positive reinforcement. Another example of operant conditioning would be if your

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    Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s Dogs Ivan Pavlov‚ PsyD Saint Petersburg State University Abstract During the 1980’s a Russian psychologist‚ Ivan Pavlov used some dogs which he attached to a device to hold it in place. He also had a bell‚ dog treats‚ and a wall that hid Pavlov from the dog’s view. During the experiment Pavlov would ring the bell and present the dogs with food to determine the dogs conditioned responses. After a period‚ the dogs began to connect hearing the bell with the presence

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