UGLI TWO-- Pavlovian Conditioning

Integrative Essay

  1. Describe three examples[4] in which you have been Pavlovianly Conditioned. Try to come up with fairly unique and significant examples rather than one like "salivating when Mommy says its dinner time." Label all of the relevant components of the example (e.g.- CR, UCS). Make at least one of your examples involve an aversive UCS and one an appetitive UCS. One of your examples should be one that has gone through the process of extinction.

  2. Your little brother, who is in the seventh grade, has just found out that you are taking Tom Creed's course on conditioning, and reputations being what they are, he now considers you an expert on the topic of Pavlovian Conditioning. As such, he wants you to come into his seventh grade class and tell him and his classmates what Pavlovian Conditioning is all about. Give the text (approximately one page) of your speech.

To Think About

  1. How could you use the principles described in this chapter to change some aspect of your behavior?