Question

Can someone explain to me the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Answer 1

classical conditioning is in response to a particular stimulus where you are presented with the stimulus before the reward, for example when they ring the bell then feed the dog, soon you can present the bell and the dog will salvate without the food present. Operant conditioning is a direct reponse which is more punishment and reward which for example is like the cat and the puzzle box, if the cat presses the peddle it gets a reward, so we are conditioning it through a reward process.

Answer 2

Classical conditioning refers to the tie or bond between 2 or more stimuli that occurs due to the time or space proximity of them and not that they are naturally bonded. One can think of any 2 stimuli and present them in one "package" (spacial and temporal proximity) and due to the law of classical conditioning, subjects will tie them and the appropriate response to them as a whole. (see Pavlov's dog experiments : bell and food perception --> salivation. post um : bell --> salivation).
Operant conditioning refers to the process by which rewarded (i.e. positive outcomes) behaviors tend to be straightened (will occur more frequently in the future) while punished behaviors (negative outcomes) will be weakened (will occur less in the future). Its easier to remember by this idea: "the way a subject OPERATES into his environment is CONDITIONED by the environmental responses of that behavior".

Answer 3

Classical conditioning: I have enclosed the pictorial representation of the difference between learning. Please make a outlook of these representations you will have a strong learning outcome.

Two types:
>Positive reinforcement
>Negative reinforcement

Operant conditioning:
Two types:
>Positive punishment(+)
>Negative Punishment (-)

Please make a look at the "Skinner_box.jpg" to know a glance about operant conditioning.

Reference:
Operant Conditioning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning
Classical Conditioning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning

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