Application of learning theory
- Provide an original example from your own life history of Operant Conditioning. Your example should provide enough specific detail to illustrate the concept.
- Explain how each of the five key terms listed below apply to your example. If a term does not apply to your example, explain why.
- Positive Reinforcement
- Punishment
- Schedule of Reinforcement
- Thorndike’s Law of Effect
- Extinction
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Example of my own learning through classical conditioning
In every person’s life there is something that he or she fears. The fear might originate from past experiences on the person or people that he or she was close to. On my part, my fear for dogs developed as result of my nasty experience with our neighbor’s fierce dog. The ordeal took place one Sunday afternoon when my friend and I decided to sneak into his compound to steal his juicy mangoes. On that day, he took his family to a picnic………………….
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