One concept that I have learned this year in Psychology that I
will remember five years down the road will probably have to do
with Pavlov's research and discoveries regarding classical
conditioning. When I first learned about Pavlov's experiments
with German shepherds it made me think of my own dog and how we
got her to learn tricks. It's funny, sometimes when I make her
do tricks I even think of Pavlonian conditioning and how she was
able to learn how to do the trick because of the conditioning
process. The thing about classical conditioning that I think is
unique is that it doesn't only apply to dogs. It applies to
humans too, and in more ways than I thought. As a refresher,
classical conditioning is based on acquisition-the learning
phase that a conditioned response is established, and
extinction-the gradual reduction and elimination of the
conditioned response. Phobias and addiction to drugs are hugely
based on classical conditioning. A person can overcome their
fear when they are repeatedly presented wi