Karl L. Wuensch said: Eysenck seems to be referring to a conditioned emotional response here. CS = the internal representation of your engaging in or intending to engage in the bad behavior. UCS = your bad feelings (shame, guilt) when you got punished or reprimanded for that bad behavior.
Response: I agree with Karl and would add that it has been long "known" by some in interpreting that area of research that one could not account for operant conditioning without some concurrent classical conditioning accruing (I'm intentionally hedging here and speaking a bit tongue in cheek- obviously I spun Skinner at least a quarter turn in his resting place!). Without reviewing or re-reading the original source I'd guess that it is an honest and small mistake to categorize this as "classical" conditioning without any explanation. I seemed to infer from the original post that this is coming from a student? - we faculty wouldn't accept that kind of looseness (the source) or lack of clarity on the part of our students but I'm afraid we all probably slip occasionally in class and create just such errors- So I'm saying I'd rather see it as in a looser context. It would seem to be a bit different to do so in an informal setting though than in a text. Clearly people are going to cite your source for definitions and explanation (and term papers, etc!). And if the original source of this thread (not Karl!) is a student trying to figure it out then don't rely on this thread for that or any other definition. Go back to primary literature and by that I mean sources that are reviewed in formal procedures. :) Just my (hurried) two cents. Tim
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