Classical Conditioning is a type of learning that pairs a stimulus that would cause a predictable reaction with a stimulus that causes a neutral reaction, in the hopes that the neutral stimulus with invoke the response of the previous stimulus. The unconditioned stimulus will cause the unconditioned response without any need to condition it. The unconditioned stimulus will always produce the unconditioned response. The neutral stimulus will have a neutral reaction. This is crucial, seeing as how the neutral reaction acts as a blank slate that can easily absorb the unconditioned response. If the neutral stimulus is paired with the unconditioned stimulus, as well as the unconditioned response, the neutral stimulus will become the conditioned
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Like most psychological phenomenon, classical conditioning is prevalent in advertising. Advertisers seek to pair their product with the use of classical conditioning to other stimuli that often yield a pleasant reaction. Specifically, the Coca-Cola Company has been subtlety influencing masses for years. As Tom Oakley states in his article, “…using the concept of classical conditioning, which has enabled Coca-Cola to intentionally create a pairing between the festive period and the brand.” Essentially, Coca-Cola was able to associate the holidays with their product. While this is a form of classical conditioning, there is yet another layer within it that can be made clear through a simple question. Why does Santa Claus invoke a positive response? While in the present, everyone may know who Santa Claus is, but, at the time of his creation, he was no more than a rotund bearded man in a red suit. He was a neutral stimulus and gave off no …show more content…
In Operant Conditioning, a response will yield a consequence, either positive or negative. This means that a response will either be rewarded or punished, depending on what the response was in contrast to what the intended response is. Reinforcement, which can either be positive or negative, strives to increase the frequency of a particular behavior by rewarding the individual being conditioned. Positive or negative punishment, however, attempts to weaken an inappropriate response by punishing that behavior. Despite positive and negative’s connotations, the term positive and negative as they are used in Operant Conditioning, simply determines whether or not something is added or taken away from something else. For example, Positive reinforcement is something that occurs heavily in dog training. If a dog performs a trick that the owner gave the command for, the dog would get a treat. In this case, the dog gained a treat to reinforce preforming the specific trick that is being conditioned. By gaining something, this is considered to be positive. Inversely, if a child that had behaved poorly had a toy taken away as a punishment, this would be considered negative punishment. In order to emphasize that the behavior was not appropriate, the child lost a toy that they would hope to get back by displaying the proper behavior, and discouraging their aforementioned actions. Since the toy was taken away, this is considered
Like most psychological phenomenon, classical conditioning is prevalent in advertising. Advertisers seek to pair their product with the use of classical conditioning to other stimuli that often yield a pleasant reaction. Specifically, the Coca-Cola Company has been subtlety influencing masses for years. As Tom Oakley states in his article, “…using the concept of classical conditioning, which has enabled Coca-Cola to intentionally create a pairing between the festive period and the brand.” Essentially, Coca-Cola was able to associate the holidays with their product. While this is a form of classical conditioning, there is yet another layer within it that can be made clear through a simple question. Why does Santa Claus invoke a positive response? While in the present, everyone may know who Santa Claus is, but, at the time of his creation, he was no more than a rotund bearded man in a red suit. He was a neutral stimulus and gave off no …show more content…
In Operant Conditioning, a response will yield a consequence, either positive or negative. This means that a response will either be rewarded or punished, depending on what the response was in contrast to what the intended response is. Reinforcement, which can either be positive or negative, strives to increase the frequency of a particular behavior by rewarding the individual being conditioned. Positive or negative punishment, however, attempts to weaken an inappropriate response by punishing that behavior. Despite positive and negative’s connotations, the term positive and negative as they are used in Operant Conditioning, simply determines whether or not something is added or taken away from something else. For example, Positive reinforcement is something that occurs heavily in dog training. If a dog performs a trick that the owner gave the command for, the dog would get a treat. In this case, the dog gained a treat to reinforce preforming the specific trick that is being conditioned. By gaining something, this is considered to be positive. Inversely, if a child that had behaved poorly had a toy taken away as a punishment, this would be considered negative punishment. In order to emphasize that the behavior was not appropriate, the child lost a toy that they would hope to get back by displaying the proper behavior, and discouraging their aforementioned actions. Since the toy was taken away, this is considered