Classical Vs. Operant Conditioning Analysis

Studies reveal how survival after life threatening events is higher for people who have pets than in homes with no pets(DelMonte,23). What DelMonte means by this is that a person who happens to have pets has a slightly better survival rate. There are thousands of people in this world who just happen to be pet owners. There are also people who have the love for animals but have none whatsoever. People go to school and take up a profession working with animals and that is great too. There are lots of people who do not have any animals do to the say of them behaving badly or have no training at all. The key to that situation is to train them to behave good so they would not behave badly doing any of the things you do not approve of. Learning about …show more content…
they are two very important benefits of behavior psychology. although they both are concepts of learning the two have slightly different processes. it would be hard to understand the concept of both behavioral techniques if you do not know the difference between both classical and operant conditioning. operant conditioning is the learning process that modifies the the animal behavior through certain consequences such as the reinforcers and punishers. classical conditioning is the learning process that produces a response from an animal. these two different techniques are great for both animal owners and trainers to teach their animals different behaviors using different methods that results as a highly effective process. using conditioning gives us the control we need as owners and trainers to keep our animals out of trouble some and provide respect towards our animals as they manage to show respect to us humans as well. “traditional animal training, the way it 's been practiced for millennia relies largely on force, intimidation and pain”(pryor,14). pryor says here that animals has been brutally abused and pressured into during animal