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Use the learning concepts in Chapter 4 to describe an episode of classical conditioning you have experienced or observed, and likewise an incident of operant conditioning. Did those learning experiences last over time and did they generalize to other situations?

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Your tutorial is 216 words and gives an example of each and distinguishes how they differ. A discussion about the long term effects is added.

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Classical:

This is more involuntary association of activity with a reward or punishment, causing a pairing of the stimulus and response.

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