Classical Conditioning And Operant Conditioning

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DFQ #A. Explain in your own words what is classical conditioning and operant conditioning. In changing behavior which works better, praise or punishment?

Classical conditioning:

Classical Conditioning is the conditioning g in which the conditioned stimulus (like a sound) is paired with the unconditioned stimulus (like a visual a person or thing) until the conditioned stimulus alone is enough to elicit the response (like fear) Ivan Pavlov, the researcher that classical conditioning is most often associated with, conducted an experiment of classical conditioning. Pavlov used dogs in this study, and successfully elicited a response of drooling. He would ring a bell right before serving the dogs ' meat. The dogs salivate instinctively in response
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I study done on children’s behaviors directed by Jay Belsky, the Director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families, and Social issues and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London.

Belsky learned that while working with older children (ages 11/12 year old) that their was more performance improvement when the children had Positive “rewarding” feedback, than Negative “punishing” feedback Repeated running of the task showed that performance improved substantially more in the case of the younger children, telling them they did well, rather than negative. This shows that praise is more successful than punishment. It b is apparent that information which stipulates that you did something bad is more complicated than information stipulating that you did something good. Younger Children may simply have an easier time processing simpler it is easier to carry on doing the same thing as before, then to ask yourself what went wrong and how to change
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I attracted men that were more worried about how many dates they could squeeze in one week, then getting to know anyone. For myself, I would not use a site like these again, just not for me.

DFQ#D. In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, Pat Solitano suffers from bipolar disorder and is released from a psychiatric hospital. After seeing the movie, do you think he was "well" enough to return living with his parents?

I think his mother checking him out against the doctor’s advice was not the best thing for him at that time. He was doing a lot better, even with not taking the medications, but he had not come completely to terms with the violence he inflicted on the man he caught having an affair with his wife. He was remorseful about the crime and earnest enough to rehabilitation and wanted to rebuild his life. I do believe a longer stay where he could have safely could have addresses the violence would have been best.

DFQ#E. Do you think the movie portrayed a family accurately that has a member with a mental

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