LearningPapar

Learning Paper
Throughout my life I have leaned many things without knowing the basics of how or why I was learning such things. After learning about classical conditioning and operant conditioning, I now know how I was taught many things through those types of conditioning. Not only have I been taught, I have also taught others, and have watched others learn through these types of conditioning. In this paper I will discuss how I was classically conditioned to fear snakes and my food aversion with seafood. I will also explain how I was operantly conditioned not to argue with my brother and discuss how I would like my brother to run the dishwasher frequently.
Ever since I can remember I have always been scared of snakes. I have never taken the time to think why I have always had this phobia. I now know that I was classically conditioned to fear snakes through the actions of others. The snake started out as a neutral stimulus. If I had never seen other peoples negative reacti...