Classical conditioning

After hearing the sound of fireworks, the barking of a dog, or even just the sight of a weapon, something in a persons mind with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will trigger. Horror will constantly torment the mind, no matter what or where the person is. This is part of what people diagnosed with PTSD go through on a daily basis. Unfortunately, little is known about why the human body induces this mental disorder, or why it takes so long to recover from. However, based off recent research,…

classic conditioning experiment involving the infant Albert B. had different details than what was referenced and recorded and how the misinformation caused mistakes in other future psychologists’ research. After 60 years if Watson and his graduate student, Rosalie Rayner’s publication of the their trials with little Albert, many undergraduate textbooks that pertain to abnormal, developmental and specialized books consisting of behavior therapy and psychopathology cite Albert’s conditioning to…

Why did God Make a Dog? Throughout the script So God Made a Dog, the author focuses on enhancing why dogs are in this world, and how they affect humans in a positive way. The author utilizes pathos, appeal to emotion, ethos, or ethics, and logos, or reason, to further elaborate and illustrate why dogs are in human’s lives and the positive outcomes that they bring. First is the use of pathos within the script. With the use of dogs and puppies, the author automatically catches reader’s loving,…

Seligman’s theory agrees with Skinner’s operant conditioning theory and is another alternative in operant conditioning because Seligman’s experiment is based on how dogs behave when subjected to shock this is similar to Skinner’s experiment with the rats and they were also subjected to shock. Seligman’s experiment with the dogs included the dogs receiving electric shock when the light appeared for 10 seconds each time. Seligman experimented with the dogs to see if the dogs could escape from the…

moprhine’s effects and found that the environment where the rat receives the drug does in fact influence tolerance to drug effects. This current study conducted two separate experiments to gain insight into the importance of environmental stimuli in the conditioning process. The rats used in the experiment all had the same pre testing procedure therefore these results are reliable. By understanding conditioned tolerance in lab rats, we can further use this information to understand the…

In this report we will discuss Ferdinand Bernard Ueberwasser and his contribution to psychology with the placebo effect. We will discuss how he came to the discovery of the placebo effect, the placebo effect in practice, and its place in modern day psychology practices. We will review articles that have used the placebo effect in their studies and see how it played an effect in Keywords: placebo effect,  Your Full Title of Your Paper In this report we will discuss Ferdinand Bernard…

Due to a mistaken notion that its fields of facts are conscious phenomena and that introspection is the only direct method of ascertaining these facts (Watson, 1913). ” It was through the collection of data that he was able to prove his theory on conditioning for emotions, memories and child…

Have you ever wondered just how much your dog understands? Sure, your dog knows a few tricks, but did you know dogs can do math? Studies have shown that dogs not only recognize the difference between large and small, and many and few, but they can also count. For instance, dogs can figure out one treat plus one treat equals two treats. In an experiment, a dog watches as a researcher first puts one treat and then another behind a screen. Then, the researcher removes one treat when the dog is not…

Dr. Ian Pavlov started and introduced the study of ‘Learned Helplessness’ though it is confusing, intense and not quite figured out yet it is still altogether very interesting. Learned helplessness is a case in which a person goes through a time of powerlessness, originating from a traumatic event or constant unbearable failure to succeed. Now to understand the meaning of learned helplessness better you have to understand the meaning of learning and helplessness. Learning is simply your mind…

Have you ever wondered why your top-loading washing machine has a large bladed spindle located in the middle of its tub? Simply put, that large cylinder, which is refereed to as an agitator, circulates in multiple directions to push and pull the water in the machine. That rotation dispenses the laundry detergent, keeps the load from clumping up in the washer's tub and removes the dirt from your clothes. Like any part on an appliance, the agitator can malfunction. Often, the main culprit of a…