The difference between classical and operant conditioning - Peggy Andover

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-difference-between-classical-and-operant-conditioning-peggy-andover Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors...

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Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan CinarWhen we think about learning,we often picture students in a classroom or lecture hall,books open on their desks,listening intently to a teacher or professorin the front of the room.But in psychology, learning means something else.To psychologists, learning is a long-term change in behaviorthat's based on experience.Two of the main types of learning are calledclassical conditioningand operant, or instrumental, conditioning.Let's talk about classical conditioning first.In the 1890's, a Russian physiologist named Ivan Pavlovdid some really famous experiments on dogs.He showed dogs some foodand rang a bell at the same time.After a while, the dogs would associate the bell with the food.They would...