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Unit 3: How does experience affect behaviour and mental processes?
Quick questions on Classical and operant conditioning: VCE Psychology Unit 3
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What is classical conditioning?Show answer
Classical conditioning is learning through the association of two stimuli that occur close together in time, so that a response produced by one stimulus comes to be produced by a previously neutral stimulus. It was first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov in his experiments with dogs.
What is operant conditioning?Show answer
Operant conditioning is learning in which the consequences of a voluntary behaviour determine the likelihood of that behaviour occurring again. It was studied by B.F. Skinner, who used a chamber (the Skinner box) in which rats pressed a lever for food.
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