2236 classical conditioning phenomena

Your dog is conditioned to drool when you open the fridge. Then you get a new kitten who is fed at different times to the dog. You open the fridge whenever the kitten is meowing. The kitten gets fed but the dog doesn't. The dog eventually associates the presence of the kitten and the opening of the fridge with no food.

• Conditioned inhibition

• Discrimination

• Extinction

• Spontaneous recovery

• Renewal effect

Whenever I go home, I open the door so that my cat can go play in the garden. As a result, the cat gets excited as soon as she hears the sound of my motor bike. Eventually, she begins to get excited as soon as she hears any motor bike crossing the road, and runs to the door.

• Spontaneous recovery

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Generalization

• Renewal effect

… But my cat never gets to go to the garden when she hears other motorbikes. So, she eventually learns that it is only the sound of my motorbike that's worth getting excited about. This is an example of

• Discrimination

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Spontaneous recovery

• Renewal effect

Your dog attacks and scratches the door when a delivery person walks by, because he is anxious. You try to make him stop, by pairing the approach of the delivery person with the dog's favorite food. This is an example of

• Discrimination

• Generalization

• Counterconditioning

• Extinction

• Renewal effect

Whenever Mina is annoyed or afraid because her parents are fighting, her mother gives her to eat sweets.

• Discrimination

• Generalization

• Counterconditioning

• Extinction

• Renewal effect

Even before the first day of classes, you have negative feelings for a course because it is taught by an instructor you absolutely dislike.

• Generalization

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Extinction

• Renewal effect

Ellie’s grandmother, who has passed away, used to wear a very unique cologne. Ellie met a stranger who was wearing this cologne and she felt a warm feeling for this person.

• Generalization

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Extinction

• Renewal effect