Antonio Classical Conditioning
Antonio was taken to the hospital with a severe case of the flu at a young age, now he feels ill when he is near or visiting the hospital. This is known as classical conditioning – an association between involuntary reactions to certain stimuli. Antonio was hospitalized for the flu (unconditioned response) and as a way for his body to protect itself from injury or illness, the sight of the hospital (conditioned stimulus) makes him nauseous (conditioned response). The hospital, which is the unconditioned stimulus, has nothing to do with Antonio being sick as a child, yet the association of the way he felt while being treated for the flu with it.
When I was a child, my mother and I would run errands and my behavior determined reward from punishment.
When I was a child, my mother and I would run errands and my behavior determined reward from punishment.