Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

1. Operant Conditioning

   • Involves applying reinforcement or punishment after a behavior
     • Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary behaviors
       • First described by B. F. Skinner, an American psychologist
         • focuses on using either reinforcement or punishment to increase or decrease a behavior.

2. Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors

   • Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex
     • First described by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist
       • Links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response

3. Operant Conditioning

   • First described by B. F. Skinner, an American psychologist
     • Involves applying reinforcement or punishment after a behavior
       • Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary behaviors
         • Is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

4. First described by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist

   • Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors
     • Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex
       • Links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response

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