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Classical Vs. Operant Conditioning

Submitted by latin on April 12, 2005

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Learning
Thoughts on Learning
"Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival."
– W. Edwards Demming
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
– B.F. Skinner
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
– Pablo Picasso

What is Learning?

A relatively permanent change in behavior
that results from experience

Types of Learning
• Classical conditioning
• Operant conditioning
• Cognitive and social learning
Classical Conditioning: Examples
• Sound of a dentist's drill: sweaty palms
• Smell of mom's perfume: smiling
• Sight of certain restaurant: nausea
• Noise of a can opener: cat comes running
• Smell of a hospital: weakened immunity
Classical Conditioning
• Discovered (accidentally) by Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov's Observation
• Studied digestion in dogs

Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 1
• Food (US): salivation (UR)
– Reflexive response
• Tone (CS): nothing (CR)
Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 2
• CS is repeatedly paired with the US
– A tone is sounded before the food is presented
Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 3
• Eventually, the CS elicits a new CR
– Hearing the tone by itself causes salivation
Classical Conditioning:
Conditioned Emotional Response
• Avoidance learning
• Conditioned phobias
– Little Albert
Classical Conditioning
• Extinction
• Spontaneous recovery
Classical Conditioning
• Stimulus generalization
• Stimulus discrimination
Higher Order Conditioning
• Pair CS1 with a new CS2
• CS2: CR
• But, CR will be weaker

Classical Conditioning Applied
• Drug overdoses
• Smoking:...

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