Essays on Classical Conditioning

Introduction Sniffy is a virtual rat, who can experience classical as well as operant conditioning. Operant conditioning consists of shaping a subject to do something based on rewards and punishments. Shaping involves reinforcing small steps that the subject takes towards a target behavior (what the…

Introduction Sniffy is a virtual rat who is going to experience classical conditioning. Classical conditioning shows that learning can occur without reward or punishment based on the pairing of an unconditioned stimulus (US), a neutral stimulus (NS) unconditioned response (UR). Eventually after repeated pairing of…

Abstract Classical conditioning is a term that refers to the conditioning of a subject through repetitive exposure to a stimulus, that over time is associated with an object or constant variable. Classical conditioning leads to a specific reaction when the association between two variables is…