1)Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. An example of this in my life would be training my dog. My dog likes to run in my neighbors yard, everytime he did this, I would call him back or chase him back, and hit him on the nose. Soon he learned that everytime he went into their yard, he would get punished. Another example is how I got my dog to go to his kennel when I yelled, "Kennel Up!" Everytime I yell this and he goes right to his kennel, he gets a treat. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher. An example of operant cinditioning in my life would be my niece. At 1, she had the fascination of hitting people in the face when they got to close. Now 2 1/2 , she is much stronger and her fingers get right into yoru eyes. To stop fer from hitting, her father would put her in a timeout everytime she would hit someone. She would cry and wasn't allowed to get up until she said she was sorry. She doesn't hit people anymore, but when she does, she immediately looks at her dad. The difference between classical and operant conditioning is that classical involves respndent behavior-actions that are automatic responses to a stimulus, and operant involves operant behavior- operates on the environment to produce rewarding or punishing stimuli. This is interesting because both are a way of learning and associations between events or associations between behavior and resulting events.
2) Positive reinforcement strengthens a response be presenting a typically pleasurable stimulus after a response. Negative reinforcement strengthens a response by reducing or removing something undesireable or unpleasent. Punishment is an event that decreases the behavior that it follows. A postive reinforcement in my life is winning scholarship money in horseshoes. When I win and do well I earn scholarship money. Wanting to eran money makes me pracice hard and keep improving. A negative reinforcement would be how I constantly hit the snooze button in the morning. I set four alrams on my phone at 15 minute intervals between 6 and 7 o'clock. This is a negative reinforcement because, as of late, I hit the snooze on my last alarm and end up sleeping in. This causes me to have to hurry to get ready. A punishment would be when I was little my father only gave me one spanking. He gave me one because i talked back to my mother. He only gave me one but I hardly ever talk back to my mother.
3) The most interesting thing I learned in this section was how negative reinforcement and punishement are completely different. I thought this was interesting because I always thoguht punishment and negative reinforcement were the same thing. In the future when I work with kids or animals, I'll try to have negative reinforcement rather than punishment. When i babysit my niece I'll try to reinforce her rather than punish her.
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I thought the same thing as you about negative reinforcement and punishment before I read about it in this chapter. It is kind of confusing because you think of something bad when you hear the word negative. I think it is a smart idea to use negative reinforcement instead of punishment. When punishment is used, children become scared and may not learn their lesson. If you use negative reinforcement, children are more likely to do good actions and it won't be because they are afraid.
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