Classical vs. Operant Conditioning

Do Now

• Take an index card on your way in and answer the following question:

• Question: What are incentives? Provide two examples from Freakonomics.

Video time!

• How is what I did during the do now different from what Jim does to Dwight?

• Mr. Huth is awesome. FACT!

Classical conditioning

• First described by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist

• Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex

• Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors

Pavlov’s Dogs

Operant Conditioning

• First described by B. F. Skinner, an American psychologist

• Involves applying reinforcement or punishment AFTER a behavior

• Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary behaviors

In Freakonomics…

• What type of conditioning was utilized throughout chapter 1 of Freakonomics?

• How do the authors describe this?

CPS vs. BxSci Students

• We will now complete a comparison activity that asks you to develop a study to discover cheaters at BxSci