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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

In one of our previous examples, imagine that a person developed a conditioned response to
feeling fear whenever he or she heard a dog bark. Now imagine that the individual has many
more experiences with barking dogs, all of which are positive. While the conditioned response
initially developed after one bad experience with a barking dog, that response may begin to
diminish in intensity or even eventually disappear if the person has enough good experiences
where nothing bad happens when he or she hears a dog's bark.

The conditioned response is an important part of the classical conditioning process. By forming
an association between a previously neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus, learning
can take place, eventually leading to a conditioned response.

Conditioned responses can be a good thing, but they can also be problematic. Associations can
lead to desirable behaviors, but they can lead to undesirable or maladaptive behaviors (for
example, phobias) as well. Fortunately, the same behavioral learning processes that led to the
formation of a conditioned response can also be used to teach new behaviors or change old
ones.

References:

 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-conditioned-response-2794974
 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-conditioned-response-2794974
 https://www.thefreedictionary.com/conditional+response
 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-conditioned-response-4590081
 https://www.livestrong.com/article/349928-classical-conditioning-classroom-exercises/
 http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwpapajl/evolution/assign2/LP/pavlov1.html

Activity:

Conditioned Buzzer Response

The conditioned buzzer responses is an exercise that demonstrates how quickly a group can be

conditioned to perform a specific activity. In this exercise, the teacher reads a paragraph that
has certain words in bold. Students are instructed to tap their pencils every time "the" is read.

While reading all bold words, some of which are "the," a bell is tapped. Students will become
conditioned to tap the pencil at the bell, increasing the number of pencil taps to all bold words,

not just the word, "the."

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