Unconditioned Vs Classical Conditioning

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Each and every human being and animal alike has conditioned actions, thoughts, and behaviors. Conditioning a type of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus. There are two types of conditioning: classical and operant. Classical is the more common of the two, and the more important type of conditioning. When attempting to create a conditioned behavior in a person or an animal, one must adhere to four simple steps: a natural stimulus and a natural response, a neutral stimulus and no response, a combination of the neutral stimulus, the unconditioned stimulus, and the unconditioned response, and the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response. Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response An unconditioned stimulus is one that has never been learned or forced upon an individual. An example of an unconditioned stimulus and response …show more content…

After combining the neutral and unconditioned stimuli, the subject should have learned a significance of the neutral stimulus. When the unconditioned stimulus is taken out of the equation, the response should still be the same. In the dog example, the whistle and the food were combined to produce the response of salivation. Take the food away, and now the blowing of the whistle will signify the giving of food, once again causing the dog to salivate. When the flashing light and camera were combined, the human subject reacted by blinking, the unconditioned response to the flashing light. When the light has been eliminated, the person will associate the camera with a flashing sensation, causing him or her to blink regardless of the presence of light. The person and the dog have been conditioned to associate one thing with another, modifying their perception and behavior towards an object that would otherwise have no impact on

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