during sleep through classical conditioning, a type of learning in which an

organism comes to associate different events. Normally, a wet bed or diaper

causes a child to awaken. Through repeated pairings, bladder tension becomes

associated with the sensation of wetness and children wake up when they

Imagine that you are baby-sitting a 6-year-old bed-wetter who has

not yet learned the connection between bladder tension and wetness. In

desperation, the child's parents consult a behavioral psychologist who has

developed a classical conditioning technique for controlling bed-wetting,

using a special sheet containing fine electric wires. When a sleeping child

wets the bed, the urine (which conducts electricity) immediately completes

an electrical circuit and causes a loud bell to ring, awakening the child.

Over time, bladder tension becomes associated with the bell and the child is

conditioned to wake up before actually wetting the bed.

Although the parents have read a pamphlet that explains the basic

principles underlying the conditioning technique, they are seeking your help

B. Describe some current advertising campaign that uses classical

An example of a positive reinforcer is:

stopping nagging someone following studying

behaviors ¡°operate¡± on the environment to make it either more pleasing or

Did you ever see the advertisement with a frying pan which substitutes for your brain and a frying egg, which substitutes your brain when it is on drugs? Well this commercial is a perfect example of the various responses we have learned.

Negative means removing a stimulus. (As used here, negative only means

stimulus so that the frequency of a behavior increases.

Some topics in this essay:
CS CR, , frequency behavior, classical conditioning, stimulus frequency, response child awakens, child awakens, response child, stimulus frequency behavior, frequency behavior decreases, conditioned stimulus, behavior decreases, wet bed, bladder tension, conditioned response, bladder tension associated, wet bed diaper,