Operant Conditioning Paper Christina Ewing PSY/390 January 21‚ 2012 Esther Siler Colbert Operant Conditioning Paper The theory of operant conditioning was thought of by B.F. Skinner. Skinner came up with this theory based on the work of Thorndike (1905). The theory of operant conditioning states that organisms learn to act or behave in a way which obtains or gets a reward yet avoids a punishment. It is an instrumental type of conditioning. Type R conditioning is also
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Operant conditioning‚ also known as instrumental conditioning‚ is a form of learning that utilizes a specific stimulus to result a voluntary response from the subject. 278 The only difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning is the type of response. Both forms of conditioning has a stimulus that produces a response‚ however‚ unlike operant conditioning‚ classical conditioning produces an involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus 281.Within operant conditioning‚ there
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Operant Conditioning Berline Jean Baptiste PSY/390 March 4‚ 2013 Esther Siler-Colbert Abstract When thinking about conditioning in general‚ one will‚ most likely‚ refer to classical‚ and operant conditioning right away. Furthermore‚ those who study psychology will associate classical conditioning with Ivan Pavlov who was a famous Russian psychologist and operant conditioning with B. F. Skinner‚ who was a very influential American psychologist. Even though both types of conditioning differ
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Phobia’s with classical conditioning‚ a phobia can be developed in a classical conditioning when you produce a fear tactic with it. Like for example when I was 12 years of age my cousin’s always had me with the fear of pushing me in a huge pool of water knowing that I was feared of a lot water. They finally got the chance to sneak up on me to push me.‚ that’s seem like the worse day of my life. At that time I just knew I was going to drown. All I could remember is someone pulling me up from
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After learning two types of conditioning‚ namely: classical conditioning and operant conditioning‚ I felt really interested in getting to know both concept better by relating to my daily life habits. Now‚ I will describe a classical conditioning closely related to a type of Vietnamese tradition which most of Vietnamese people once experienced during their babyhood. In the past‚ every Vietnamese woman could sing a lullaby song for their babies in order to make them easily fall asleep. However‚ the
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Classical Conditioning‚ Biblical and Personal The phenomenon studied by Pavlov is an interesting one to consider. (Myers‚ 2010) Trying to choose a personal experience that reflects classical conditioning was difficult. There were many obvious choices‚ so it took a while to choose one. When I was a little girl I attended a funeral with my mother. One of the hymns played at the funeral was “In the Garden”. Being a funeral‚ it was a very sad event and there were many tears. Afterward‚ my mother
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The historical antecedents of operant conditioning was first coined by Burrhus Frederic Skinner who believed the best way to understand behavior is to look at the causes of human and nonhuman action and its consequences‚ which are external causes of behavior only. However‚ Skinner experiments and his concepts of operant conditioning stem from that of Edward Thorndike’s "law of effect" and operant conditioning added a new term to "law of effect" called reinforcements. There are several types of reinforcement’s
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Classical Conditioning PSYCH/550 July 9‚ 2012 Dr. Ming Zheng Classical Conditioning Introduction Concept of Classical Conditioning and Factors that Affect Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning is learning which has been acquired by experience (Terry‚ 2009). Pavlov was the first one to experiment classical conditioning by training dogs how to salivate when they heard a bell ring. In order for Pavlov to be able to do this
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Operant Conditioning Also called instrumental learning‚ operant conditioning is a kind of learning in which a person or animal modifies behavior as a result of behavioral consequences. Unlike classical conditioning (which is largely passive)‚ during operant conditioning what one does (one ’s "operation") affects outcomes. For example‚ one might earn praise through hard work‚ a child
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March 18‚ 2013 Classical vs. Operant Conditioning Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are different learning methods. The two methods have the word conditioning in common. What is conditioning? Conditioning is the acquisition of specific patterns of behavior in the presence of well-defined stimuli. Both classical and operant conditionings are basic forms of learning. Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which an organism learns to transfer a natural response from one stimulus
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