Classical and Operant Conditioning Concepts

Ex: Someone taps your shoulder so you look back. What type of Conditioning is this

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

Your phone dings because of a notification and you immediately check it. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)

• Your Phone being there

• The sound of the notification

• You checking it

Which of these occur before conditioning

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned Reaction

• Unconditioned reaction

• Conditioned stimulus

Which of these occurs after conditioning

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned reaction

• Unconditioned reaction

• Conditioned Reaction

Every time Sally hears the bell ring in her school she immediately starts to get hungry. Would the bell ringing be an unconditioned stimulus or a conditioned stimulus.

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Stimulus

Everytime you pass a test, your parents let you get candy from the store. Is this an example of classical conditioning or operant conditioning.

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

What is the definition of Positive Reinforcement

• getting feedback for something you did

• Getting rewarded for when you do a certain thing

• getting something taken away from you every time you do something

• having a positive mindset while doing something to reassure yourself.

What is the definition of negative reinforcement

• rewarding someone so they continue to do better

• being pessimistic every time you do something

• taking away something that is found annoying, so that someone continues to do better on something.

• doing bad things over and over again.

What could be an example of positive reinforcement

• getting boba every time you get an A on your test.

• Listening to music that makes you happy.

• Writing positive things in your journal every day.

• complementing someone

what is an example of negative reinforcement

• Listening to music that makes you sad or glum

• every time your class scores a high average, your teacher takes away 5 minutes of learning time.

• Hating on someone every time they do something.

• Being pessimistic about every thing you do.