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For the Psych people out there...If we were to apply pavlov's classical conditioning theory to john b watson's little albert experiment...what would you say is the unconditioned stimulus, the unconditioned response, the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response...US, UR, CS and CR, respectively...
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Nappypoet wrote:For the Psych people out there...If we were to apply pavlov's classical conditioning theory to john b watson's little albert experiment...what would you say is the unconditioned stimulus, the unconditioned response, the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response...US, UR, CS and CR, respectively... Nappypoet's Homework Assignment: as presented by Dreamy.Pavlov's classical conditioning theory established the basic laws for the establishment and extinction of what he called "conditional reflexes" — i.e., reflex responses, like salivation in dogs, that only occurred conditionally upon specific previous experiences of the animal. Pavlov always signaled the occurrence of food, so his writings record, by the use of a wide variety of stimuli, including electric shocks, whistles, metronomes, tuning forks, and a range of visual stimuli, in addition to ringing a bell. The Watson's Little Albert experiment applied firstly the stimulus of a pet rat which produced no fear on its own, then secondly a loud sound which produced fear in the baby Albert. When the successive appearances of the rat were paired with the loud noise, conditioning took place so that when the rat on its own was reintroduced it produced fear. Therefore the classical conditioning theory holds true as follows: unconditioned stimulus = a loud sound unconditioned response = fear conditioned stimulus = successive introductions of a rat conditioned response = fear I have been conditioned to do my homework.
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Thank you Dreamy...This answer is exactly what i was thinking...I am an undergrad pursuing a bachelor's in psych and this issue came up in my psych tutorial...my tutor "mixed" up the U's and the C's (of course the responses and stimuli were ok)...I thought that was incorrect so I approached her after the session and asked if by chance she may have made a mistake but she again repeated her original assumption. Instead of debating I felt that I should do my research and then approach her again...thanks much...by the way what is your link to psych...student, professor, psychologist/psychiatrist, enthusiast, etc...???
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Nappy Poem wrote:Thank you Dreamy...This answer is exactly what i was thinking...I am an undergrad pursuing a bachelor's in psych and this issue came up in my psych tutorial...my tutor "mixed" up the U's and the C's (of course the responses and stimuli were ok)...I thought that was incorrect so I approached her after the session and asked if by chance she may have made a mistake but she again repeated her original assumption. Instead of debating I felt that I should do my research and then approach her again...thanks much...by the way what is your link to psych...student, professor, psychologist/psychiatrist, enthusiast, etc...??? Having diplomas in Pastoral Studies and Christian Service I continue to include the study and understanding of psychology in my range of familiar subjects.In a freelance capacity I consistently minister to people who have been consumers of psychiatric services and over 25 years have established a voluntary confidential rehabilitation ministry, assisting mainly with a host of personal problems, accommodation, employment and budget issues. Schizophrenia by far presents the most difficulties, and as you may be aware there is no known cure for it. I have in the past exhausted myself empathising and providing friendly counselling for 7 hours with a lonely schizophrenic on my day off only a few hours later to be woken after midnight by a psychotic phone call from them indicating that nothing had changed. I'm more careful with my time now.
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Very interesting...and Thank you for your contribution once more!
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Dreamy wrote:
The Watson's Little Albert experiment applied firstly the stimulus of a pet rat which produced no fear on its own, then secondly a loud sound which produced fear in the baby Albert. When the successive appearances of the rat were paired with the loud noise, conditioning took place so that when the rat on its own was reintroduced it produced fear.
Therefore the classical conditioning theory holds true as follows:
unconditioned stimulus = a loud sound
unconditioned response = fear
conditioned stimulus = successive introductions of a rat
conditioned response = fear
Dreamy's conclusions appear sound to me.
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