Lesson 7 - Grand Round Assignment

Presentation of Theoretical Application

Reading: Chapter None

 

Lecture Information: Classical Conditioning Application

For this section of the Grand Round assignment, I have to allow for a maximum amount of flexibility.  Yet at the same time, you should keep in mind the "dynamic" model when applying this theory.  I want you to use the notations for the dynamic model like US, NS, CR, and so on.  Also you should employ the same step by step process when expanding on this theory.  If there are instances of the further implications of Classical Conditioning as well then they also need to be mentioned.

In applying this theory, you should keep in mind a few very common mistakes that people make.  First of all, it is only classical conditioning if the response to the stimuli is a physiological, involuntary, or reflexive response like some of the following: sweat, heart rate, blush, pale, etc.  It is very common to confuse classical conditioning with operant conditioning.  The two theories  are very different as you will discover in the next lesson.  Second, people tend to only look at the negative side of pairing through associations, that of phobic formations.  While these phobias will be extremely easy to spot in your future students, they are not too common.  What is much more common is a positive association.  The tying of positive emotions to events in a student's life.  There is in fact a rather strong link between what is commonly referred to as "social/emotional learning" and effective memory strategies.  If your student has a phobia, then by all means use CC to explain how the association occurred, but please be aware that there doesn't have to be a phobia.

 

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