Behavioral Psychology

Behavioral Psychology

Introduction

Behavior psychology is the term which refers to all mental and physical activities and actions of human, animals and all the living objects in response to the external situation or event. This theory explains some major points regarding the behavior. The theory states that behavior is determined by its own rewards and punishments and is conditioned. The human behavior can be studied by studying the animal behavior and the only measureable factors of behavior are worth observing. There are three theories in behavioral psychology; Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and Neobehaviorism.

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning is the process of learning which occurs usually due to the relation between the environmental situation and the stimulus that occur naturally (Greshman, 2012).

Major Principles of Theory

The major principles of Classic Conditioning included in them Unconditioned Stimulus, which creates the response naturally and unconditionally. The second principle is unconditioned response, which is the response that occurs naturally in reaction to the unconditioned stimulus. The third principle is conditioned stimulus this is a neutral stimulus but after getting related with an unconditioned stimulus it generates the conditioned response. The last principle is conditioned response; this is the learned response to the conditioned stimulus (Greshman, 2012).

Major Theorists

The main theorist who was involved in the development of classical conditioning is Ivan Pavlov. Later, there were some critiques and changes in the theory which were suggested by Robert Rescorla (Alonso, 2012).

Relation to Psychology

The Classical Conditioning relates to the psychology through different concepts. The first concept is Acquisition, this the initial stage where the response is developed and is reinforced. The second element is Extinction in which the conditioned response gradually disappears. The third element is spontaneous recovery in which the conditioned response which disappeared in the extinction reappears. In Stimulus generalization, the conditioned stimulus induce similar responses after the conditioning of previous response and the last element is discrimination which defines the difference between the conditioned stimulus and other stimuli (Alonso, 2012).

Explanation from prior experiences

The theory defines that how the reaction of the subject is similar to the stimulus which in turn is similar to the stimulus which was use to make the behavior learn (Alonso, 2012).

Permanent Change

The permanent change takes place when some particular learned response occurs to the similar but not the same external stimulus which was used for the learning process (Alonso, 2012).

Real Life Application

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