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Classical vs. Operant Conditioning
Do Now
• Take an index card on your way in and answer the following question:
• Question: What are incentives? Provide two examples from Freakonomics.
Video time!
• How is what I did during the do now different from what Jim does to Dwight?
• Mr. Huth is awesome. FACT!
Classical conditioning
• First described by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist
• Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex
• Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors
Pavlov’s Dogs
Operant Conditioning
• First described by B. F. Skinner, an American psychologist
• Involves applying reinforcement or punishment AFTER a behavior
• Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary behaviors
In Freakonomics…
• What type of conditioning was utilized throughout chapter 1 of Freakonomics?
• How do the authors describe this?
CPS vs. BxSci Students
• We will now complete a comparison activity that asks you to develop a study to discover cheaters at BxSci