Examples of Classical Conditioning, Essay Example

Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.

This is an example of “classical conditioning”: jumping away from the water being the response.

Analysis

• The hot water is the US
• The jumping back is the UR
• The toilet flush is the CS
• The jumping back to the flush alone is the CR

Source: (Biederman, 2009)

• Whenever you go to bed you fall asleep very quickly. One week you have a lot of stress and instead of falling asleep you lie awake several nights in a row. Now, even though the stress is gone, you have difficulty sleeping in your bed. Eventually, after several nights without stress, you fall to sleep quickly.

• lie awake UCR
• stress UCS
• difficulty sleeping CR
• bed CS
• Eventually, after several nights Extinction presenting the CS repeatedly without the UCS

Source: (Anon, 2009)

Works Cited

Anon. (2009). Psychology at UCCB. Retrieved 11 17, 2009, from Psychology at UCCB: http://faculty.uccb.ns.ca/gcarre/courses/psy100ccex.htm#

Biederman, J. (2009, 2 18). Conditioning. Retrieved 11 17, 2009, from Conditioning: http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/biederman/courses/p1110/cond2answers.htm#Example Number 1