Operant and Classical Conditioning
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Classical and Operant Conditioning There are two main explanations of
how organisms learn. The first explanation is known as classical
conditioning. The second explanation is known as operant conditioning.
These two types of learning are exhibited in our everyday lives through
our home, school, and school. Classical conditioning was discovered
by Iran Petrovich Pavlov. He was originally a physiologist whose main
focus was the digestive system (Gazzaniga 230). His discovery was made
during a study on the salivation of dogs when given food. Pavlov
observed that the dogs began salivating at the sound of the scientists
footsteps and at their appearance into the room (231). This led Pavlov
to study the phenomenon further. The experiments that Pavlov was
originally observing were based on the set of unconditioned stimulus and
its unconditioned response...