Classical Conditioning Examples

Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning is when a neutral stimulus comes to bring about a response after it is paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that stimulus. Operant condition is learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its favorable consequences. Whether we realize it or not, we tend to be exposed to both classical and operant conditioning on a daily bases. Many examples of both of these conditions can be derived from media. Simple advertisements, commercials on television are amongst some of the common ways in which we are exposed to these conditions.
Classical Conditioning with Sprite The first example of classical conditioning would be the Sprite commercial primarily played in movie theatres country wide. This Sprite commercial recently shown in movie theatres used a famous artist who goes by the name of Drake. In this commercial, Drake is in the studio getting ready to record one of his most popular songs but cannot seem to get one of his lines right. The artist then takes his headphones off, stops the recording and takes a second to take a drink of Sprite and then puts his headphones back on. After Drake has had a sip of Sprite he then continues to record and he naturally finishes …show more content…
In one of the episodes of Family Guy, Lois the mother scolds Chris who is her son because he received a bad grade on his report card. Lois takes away Chris’ Xbox console and tells him that he is not allowed to play Xbox until he works on his grades. This is a simple case of negative reinforcement with punishment and a fixed interval schedule. The negative reinforcement being, taking the Xbox away until Chris works on his grades. The punishment being, keeping his Xbox until the grades has improved. If Chris works on his grades then after a certain period of time he will be allowed to play his Xbox