Conditioned reflex reactions are essentially reactions that the organism has learned to associate with a stimulus because of prior experience. The classic example is the training Pavlov did with dogs. Producing saliva is a response animals naturally have when they smell or see food. Pavlov rang a bell first, then gave the dog food. The dog quickly learned that a bell sound was followed by food and produced saliva when the bell sounded even if...
Conditioned reflex reactions are essentially reactions that the organism has learned to associate with a stimulus because of prior experience. The classic example is the training Pavlov did with dogs. Producing saliva is a response animals naturally have when they smell or see food. Pavlov rang a bell first, then gave the dog food. The dog quickly learned that a bell sound was followed by food and produced saliva when the bell sounded even if no food was present. Other examples can include:
- applying the brake while driving when a red or yellow traffic light appears; you do not have to think about pressing the brake
- feeling sick/upset near a location where a person was attacked in the past
- experiencing nausea when presented with an exam in a subject that is one in which multiple tests have been failed
- the "Little Albert" experiment (see second link), an experiment in which a child was trained to fear animals/masks (which he had not been afraid of) because they were coupled with a loud noise--which he WAS afraid of
- feeling upset due to a certain smell or color because they were present during a situation when you were upset about something else (i.e., a certain flower's scent because it was present during a funeral)
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