There are many different kinds of ways that people and animals learn. ... In this example the unconditioned stimulus is the dog, the unconditioned response is fear, the conditioned stimulus is the house, and the conditioned response is avoidance of the house. ... Observational learning occurs when a person or an animal uses observation of another's actions and their consequences to guide their own future actions. ... An example of observational learning is when a person begins to learn a dance. ... An example of insight learning is that of an experiment performed by psychologist Wolf...

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Unconditional stimulus is the example of the dogs food, unconditional response is the dog salivating. ... This study was about an infant who at plain site had no fear to fury white animals. ... When put together with the white fury animal for several trails little Albert was conditioned to automatically at plain site be afraid of white fury animals. ... Another component of operant conditioning is discriminative stimulus the specific stimulus in the presences of which a particular operant is more likely to be reinforced. For example when someone rings the doorbell is a discriminative stimulu...

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Pavlov repeatedly presented a neutral stimulus, just before an unconditioned stimulus, triggered an unconditioned response. After several repetitions, the stimulus alone began triggering a conditioned response. ... In classical conditioning, animals learn when to expect an unconditioned stimulus. ... For example Rats are biologically predisposed to learn associations between a peculiar taste and a sickness. ... For Example: Former crack cocaine users often feel a craving when they encounter cues associated with previous highs. ...

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Well this commercial is a perfect example of the various responses we have learned. ... I guess you can say this advertisement is an example of a negative stimulus so that the frequency of a behavior decreases. ... After Pavlov's discoveries, researchers began to recognize that some behaviors occurred because people (and animals) had "learned" that if they behaved in particular ways, certain outcomes were likely to follow. ... Negative means removing a stimulus. ... Give examples. ...

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Another way to look at operant conditioning is to think of it as the voluntary behavior that people and animals do to operate in the world. ... Another example is if a child sees a candy that they want (stimulus) and asks, "may I please have the candy?... This is defined as a stimulus that strengthens an operant response when it is given or presented after the response or action. ... An example of this would be a child losing a gold star after collecting several in the past for good behavior. ... An example of this would be if a child is punished for bad behavior and gets grounded. ...

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Using Pavlov's dogs as an example, the bell is the conditional stimulus because it depends on the association with the food. ... By Pavlov conducting this experiment multiple times it begins to form a routine for the animals. ... An example of a positive reinforcer would be getting an A on your math exam and your mom rewarding you by taking you out to a movie, this makes you want to study hard again for your next exam so you can get another reward. ... Köhler experimented by setting up fruit for chimpanzees (desired stimulus) in a hard to reach setting, and tested their ability t...

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