Introduction
Throughout life, one will, encounter learning experiences although not all learning experiences are good not all are bad either. A learning experience can teach one how to change themselves, change their career, or change their lives in general. Learning is defined as, “A relatively permanent change in behavior or mental process because of practice or experience.” (Carpenter & Huffman, 2010) The way a person utilizes a learning experience determines how they will grow from it. My informal learning experience was how I realized that I was addicted to smoking. My smoking career started with the cognitive-social learning theory, but I will also explain how this learning experience could of happened through classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
My Addiction to Cigarette Smoking
I started smoking cigarettes when I was 18 years old. I knew all the risks and damaged it could cause, but that didn’t bother me. I always told myself “I can quit anytime” or “I’m not addicted.” I thought smoking wouldn’t bother me since I didn’t smoke that much. I was wrong. My …show more content…
These feeling would plague me until I gave my body the positive reinforcement that it needed and that was another cigarette. Once I smoked that cigarette, I felt relaxed, calm and happy. The negative reinforcement was to keep telling myself that I could go without the cigarette no matter how bad I wanted one. I would fight and fight the craving no matter how bad it got. I had to beat this due to the many consequences that I could receive from my addiction. Consequences like cancer, heart attacks, and poor overall health were all things that I did not want for my
Throughout life, one will, encounter learning experiences although not all learning experiences are good not all are bad either. A learning experience can teach one how to change themselves, change their career, or change their lives in general. Learning is defined as, “A relatively permanent change in behavior or mental process because of practice or experience.” (Carpenter & Huffman, 2010) The way a person utilizes a learning experience determines how they will grow from it. My informal learning experience was how I realized that I was addicted to smoking. My smoking career started with the cognitive-social learning theory, but I will also explain how this learning experience could of happened through classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
My Addiction to Cigarette Smoking
I started smoking cigarettes when I was 18 years old. I knew all the risks and damaged it could cause, but that didn’t bother me. I always told myself “I can quit anytime” or “I’m not addicted.” I thought smoking wouldn’t bother me since I didn’t smoke that much. I was wrong. My …show more content…
These feeling would plague me until I gave my body the positive reinforcement that it needed and that was another cigarette. Once I smoked that cigarette, I felt relaxed, calm and happy. The negative reinforcement was to keep telling myself that I could go without the cigarette no matter how bad I wanted one. I would fight and fight the craving no matter how bad it got. I had to beat this due to the many consequences that I could receive from my addiction. Consequences like cancer, heart attacks, and poor overall health were all things that I did not want for my