Hi, I’m working on a short essay. The essay prompt is totake one of topics from the assigned chapter and write a short essay (a paragraph or two, 1 page max) providing an example of that topic from your own life. I’m writing about the blocking effect in classical conditioning. Since English is my second language, please correct my grammar and sentences or words that sound awkward and do not make sense. I appreciate for your help in advance!
I have struggles to wake up in the morning, especially when I have morning
classes. I use my iPhone for an alarm clock. Before going to sleep, I place my iPhone
on the side of my bed and set the wakeup time. I used to set up on vibrate mode that
vibrates for an alarm without making a sound. When I felt the vibration alert from
my phone, I used to get surprised and wake up. However, as time goes by, the effect
of vibration alert had decreased and I started to snooze a million times while
squeezing even a last minute. One day, I realized that I need more intense morning
alarm to wake up on time. So, I made new alarms with a default Radar sound. When
the vibration alert was paired with the Radar sound, I could get up easier. I used the
combination of the vibration and the Radar sound for a long time. The problem is
that I am often surprised and become nervous whenever I hear the Radar sound.
One day, I saw that my roommate is using the back flashlight as morning alarm. It
seems work well, so I added it into my morning alarm options. However, I found that
flashlight alone does not make me feel nervous and aroused. It seems that sound
alarm blocked conditioning to the flashlight.
I think the above example is similar with the blocking effect. In the blocking
effect, two conditioned stimuli A and B are paired with the unconditioned stimuli to
see if stimulus B alone can elicits the conditioned response. First, stimuli A is paired
with the unconditioned stimulus repeatedly until it stimulus A elicit a strong
conditioned response. Then, stimulus B is added to the pairings of stimulus A and
the unconditioned stimulus. After having several conditioning trials, only stimulus B
is exposed to a subject if it will cause the conditioned response.
classes. I use my iPhone for an alarm clock. Before going to sleep, I place my iPhone
on the side of my bed and set the wakeup time. I used to set up on vibrate mode that
vibrates for an alarm without making a sound. When I felt the vibration alert from
my phone, I used to get surprised and wake up. However, as time goes by, the effect
of vibration alert had decreased and I started to snooze a million times while
squeezing even a last minute. One day, I realized that I need more intense morning
alarm to wake up on time. So, I made new alarms with a default Radar sound. When
the vibration alert was paired with the Radar sound, I could get up easier. I used the
combination of the vibration and the Radar sound for a long time. The problem is
that I am often surprised and become nervous whenever I hear the Radar sound.
One day, I saw that my roommate is using the back flashlight as morning alarm. It
seems work well, so I added it into my morning alarm options. However, I found that
flashlight alone does not make me feel nervous and aroused. It seems that sound
alarm blocked conditioning to the flashlight.
I think the above example is similar with the blocking effect. In the blocking
effect, two conditioned stimuli A and B are paired with the unconditioned stimuli to
see if stimulus B alone can elicits the conditioned response. First, stimuli A is paired
with the unconditioned stimulus repeatedly until it stimulus A elicit a strong
conditioned response. Then, stimulus B is added to the pairings of stimulus A and
the unconditioned stimulus. After having several conditioning trials, only stimulus B
is exposed to a subject if it will cause the conditioned response.
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