Classical conditioning - Overview

Classical conditioning, also called Pavlovian conditioning or respondent conditioning, is a type of learning found in animals, caused by the association (or pairing) of two stimuli or what Ivan Pavlov described as the learning of "conditional" behavior, therefore called conditioning. The simplest form of classical conditioning is reminiscent of what Aristotle would have called the law of contiguity. Essentially, Aristotle said, "When two things commonly occur together, the appearance of one will bring the other to min ...

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Classical conditioning is short-term, usually requiring little time with therapists, and patients need not be as proactive, unlike in humanistic therapies. The therapies (mentioned in the last paragraph), either cause aversive feelings to something, or reduce the aversion altogether. Classical conditioning is based on a repetitive behaviour system. Classical conditioning - Pavlov's experiment. The most famous example of classical conditioning involved the salivary conditioning of Pavlov's dogs. Pavlov's do ...

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The implications for therapies and treatments using classical conditioning vary from operant conditioning. Therapies associated with classical conditioning are aversion therapy, flooding, Systematic desensitization, and implosion therapy. Implosion therapy and especially "flooding", which is forcing the individual to face an object/situation giving rise to anxiety, has been criticized for being unethical, since they cause extrem ...

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Classical conditioning, Classical conditioning - Overview, Classical conditioning - Pavlov's experiment, Classical conditioning - Behavioral therapies based on classical conditioning, Classical conditioning - Aversion therapy, Classical conditioning - Systematic desensitisation, Classical conditioning - See Also

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