What is excitatory conditioning example?
Examples of excitatory conditioning include fear conditioning and taste aversion (also known as the Garcia Effect). This is when after eating or drinking something that makes us sick we no longer want to eat/drink that substance and even the thought of it makes us ill.
What are some applications of classical conditioning?
Classical conditioning has been used as a successful form of treatment in changing or modifying behaviors, such as substance abuse and smoking. Some therapies associated with classical conditioning include aversion therapy, systematic desensitization, and flooding.
What is excitatory conditioning?
direct classical conditioning in which a conditioned stimulus acts as a signal that a particular unconditioned stimulus will follow.
What is an example of higher order conditioning?
For example, after pairing a tone with food, and establishing the tone as a conditioned stimulus that elicits salivation, a light could be paired with the tone. If the light alone comes to elicit salivation, then higher order conditioning has occurred.
What is an inhibitory CS?
classical conditioning in which the presence of a conditioned stimulus denotes the absence of an unconditioned stimulus that has a preexisting excitatory context.
How is classical conditioning useful?
Classical conditioning can help us understand how some forms of addiction, or drug dependence, work. For example, the repeated use of a drug could cause the body to compensate for it, in an effort to counterbalance the effects of the drug. Another example of classical conditioning is known as the appetizer effect.
How can classical conditioning be used in a classroom?
Teachers are able to apply classical conditioning in the class by creating a positive classroom environment to help students overcome anxiety or fear. Pairing an anxiety-provoking situation, such as performing in front of a group, with pleasant surroundings helps the student learn new associations.
What is an example of second-order conditioning?
For example, an animal might first learn to associate a bell with food (first-order conditioning), but then learn to associate a light with the bell (second-order conditioning). Honeybees show second-order conditioning during proboscis extension reflex conditioning.