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Describe the major phenomena of learning that are common to both classical and instrumental conditioning.
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particularly DESCRIBE THE MAJOR PHENOMENA OF LEARNING THAT ARE COMMMON TO BOTH CLASSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING. The psychologist Descartes believed animals are in essence a hard wired reflex machine. When one touches a hot pan and moves ones hand away this is due to a neural message being sent to the brain therefore relaying messages to our muscles to respond in the appropriate manner. Although biological explanations are important in understanding behaviour it is also important to study how experiences affect the phenomena's of learning. Much of what we learn is due to links that we make between associated ideas for example lightning and thunder. Since ancient Greek philosophers this learning through associations has been acknowledged and emphasised. However, more recently work on conditioning was started by the scientist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) who experimented with the study of association. Classical conditioning is the name given to the process of managing information...
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