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Module 9 & 10
Classical Conditioning
 Learning
 a relatively enduring or permanent change in behavior
that results from previous experience with certain
stimuli and response
 Behavior
 includes both unobservable mental events (thoughts,
images) and observable responses (fainting, salivating,
vomiting)
Classical conditioning
 Classical conditioning
 a kind of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires
the ability to produce a response that was originally
produced by different stimulus
 Ivan Pavlov-conducted experiments with dogs
PROCEDURE: CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
 Step 1: Choosing stimulus and response
 Neutral stimulus
 Unconditioned stimulus
 Unconditioned response
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Example p.198
 Step 2: Establishing classical conditioning
 Step 3: Testing for conditioning: Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
 Generalization, Discrimination, Extinction, Spontaneous
recovery
In-class Small Group Discussion
 Learned food aversion
Use page 198
Describe a food aversion you experienced. Discuss how
this was classically conditioned.
 Child or Adolescent Emotional Experience
Think of a past emotional experience that was
conditioned to a neutral stimulus. Discuss how this
was classically conditioned
 Fear or Phobia
Describe a fear or phobia and how it was classically
conditioned.
Systematic Desensitization
 Step 1: Learning to relax
 Step 2: Making an Anxiety hierarchy
 Step 3: Imaging and relaxing
Operant and Cognitive Learning
Modules 10
Groups
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1. How does positive punishment differ from negative
reinforcement? (p.218-219)
2. How would you use operant conditioning to change
a rude friend into a more likable and friendly
person? (P. 218-219)
3. Create examples of Skinner’s four partial
reinforcement schedules.
(p. 221)
4. Explain cognitive learning. (p. 223-226)
5. What is behaviour modification? (p. 232)