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Classical conditioning occurs when a reflex, like an eye blink in response to a puff of air or salivation in response to food, is associated with something that previously was a neutral stimulus, like some notes from a song or a bell.
Identify the following elements from the story:
• Unconditioned stimulus
• Unconditioned response
• Conditioned stimulus
• Conditioned response
Joe and his clown friend were excited to have trained Daisy, but Joe also needed to train Simon, the male elephant, to pick up a big heart-shaped box and bring it over to Daisy as a Valentine’s Day gift.
Help Joe by designing a training program he might use to teach Simon. Use operant conditioning principles to help you. Be sure to identify the kind of operant learning that will occur, how Simon will learn (will you use shaping?), and the type of contingency schedule that will be used.
Consider the following when designing your plan:
• Will you use positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, or negative punishment? Why would you choose that type/those types instead of another type?
• Will you use a continuous reinforcement schedule or some type of partial reinforcement schedule? How would strength of learning or time it takes the elephant to learn impact the type of schedule you chose?