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Classical Conditioning in Psychology: Definition, Principles & Examples
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What is Classical Conditioning?
Pavlov's Dogs
Watson's 'Little Albert'
How Classical Conditioning Works
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Content: Through paired associations, negative emotions, such as fear and anxiety, and pleasant feelings, such as happiness and nostalgia, may be conditioned to a variety of objects and events. Behaviorists have described a number of phenomena related to the conditioning processes. Let's talk about two - generalization and extinction. Generalization
Generalization occurs when a person learns a response to a particular stimulus and then makes the same response to similar stimuli. For example, if a person was conditioned to fear dogs, generalization might take the form of that person fearing all four-legged animals, such as a horse or a goat. In the classroom, another example of generalization would be a student becoming embarrassed in one classroom and then generalizing the humiliation to other classrooms as well. Extinction
The second phenomenon is extinction. This is the gradual disappearance of an acquired response by the absence of the unconditioned stimulus. For example, Shelly constantly gets out of her seat during class and receives a reprimand each time from her teacher. The reprimand reinforces Shelly's behavior because she gets attention.