Similarities Between Classical And Operant Conditioning

So as to examine classical and operant conditioning, it required to first define the topic from which they are obtained, that is learning. “Learning is any comparatively durable change in behavior produced by an experience.” Operant and Classical conditioning are two of several theories on learning which take the behaviorist approach. “Classical conditioning is a relationship of one event with another that marks in a pattern of behavior.” Operant conditioning is “learning that happens as a consequence of behavior.” I would like to examine the differences and similarities between classical and operant conditioning and examine situation where neither operant nor classical conditioning are present.

Classical conditioning is most normally combined with Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov. It was through his investigation on digestion in dogs that …show more content…
The process of extinction may happen in both classical and operant conditioning, whereby the behavior will become weaker if not supported. By classical conditioning, if the conditioned stimulus is presented recurrently but in the lack of the unconditioned stimulus, then the conditioned response will abate and finally become extinct. As with operant conditioning, if the support is not fulfilled, the reactions combined with it will extinguish.

Although the behavior becomes obsolete, investigation demonstrates that is not inevitably completely forgotten, for responses occasionally appear again after extinction. This process is mentioned to as spontaneous recovery. Take for example Pavlov’s dog, where in the lack of the bell the reaction of salivation will become extinct. Later, only one or two rings of the bell combined with the food will arouse the previously learned response to