TED-Ed
Peggy Andover: The difference between classical and operant conditioning
2013 • E82 Mar 7, 2013 4m
Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors change in response to consequences? Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890 experiments and how reinforcement and punishment can result in changed behavior. [Directed by Alan Foreman, narrated by Peggy Andover].