Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Compare Three Articles On Classical Conditioning. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 3 page paper that provides a synopsis of three articles, two from Web sites and one journal article on classical conditioning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: ME12_PG3rtccl.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
three theorists associated with classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, Edwin Guthrie and Albert Bandura. The field moved on to operant conditioning with B.F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Clark Hull and
Ivar Lovass. This Web site (http://www.behavioradvisor.com/BehavioristHistory.html) offers a brief but adequate description of the contributions of each of the theorists listed. It also explains that classical conditioning is concerned
with stimuli (events) and responses (reactions) to the stimuli (Dr. Macs BehaviorAdvisor.com, 2010). The operant school, by contrast, focuses on observable actions by a person or animal (Dr. Macs BehaviorAdvisor.com,
2010). The other Web site reviewed is authored by Steve Booth-Butterfield (2010) writing for Healthy Influence. Booth identifies the components of classical conditioning, basically summarizing Pavlovs experiment. When a
hungry dog is offered food, the dog automatically begins to salivate. This is simply a natural consequence of hunger and anticipation for eating the food. Next, a bell is rung
and the dog is presented with food, the dog salivates (Booth-Butterfield, 2010). This regime is repeated a number of times. The bell is rung and the dog is presented with
food at the same time. Eventually, a bell is rung but no food is given. The dog still salivates because he has associated the bell with the food (Booth-Butterfield, 2010).
This is the basis of classical conditioning. The dog is conditioned to associate the bell with the food. The food causes an unconditioned response inn the dog; he naturally salivates
when he is hungry and when he is given food. The unconditioned response of salivating with food has now been conditioned in the dog so that salivation occurs after
the bell is rung. This kind of conditioning happens in our every day lives (Booth-Butterfield, 2010). For example, if we fee our cats or dogs canned food, they will come
...