Systematic desensitization (or counter conditioning) is a technique found under the classical conditioning structure and is most commonly used to diminish phobias and reactive or aberrant behaviors. Canines, for example, might exhibit noise phobias associated with thunderstorms, fireworks, or garbage trucks and desensitization reduces (or eliminates) the reaction. Basically desensitization changes the association with a [...]
Classical Conditioning or Operant Conditioning?
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Can you identify the man in the photo to the left? Most people probably can’t. The picture is of Ivan Pavlov a Russian scientist (not a behaviorist) who was studying the digestive system in canines when he noticed that his subjects began to salivate in response to the delivery of food. Why do I bring [...]
