Chapter 5 – Respondent (Classical, Pavlovian) Conditioning of Reflexive Behavior

After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

• Define respondent conditioning, higher-order conditioning, respondent extinction, and counterconditioning.
• Explain how respondent conditioning is involved in digestion, circulation, and respiration.
• Describe generalization and discrimination of respondent behavior.
• Discuss several applications of respondent conditioning principles.
• Distinguish between reflexes and operant behavior, and between respondent conditioning and operant conditioning.