Chance (2014) says that “Many of our emotional reactions (our likes, dislikes, fears, and loves, for example) appear to be acquired at least partly through higher order conditioning.†(“Capsule Review,” p.64)
Develop an example to describe how higher order conditioning has been involved in one of your emotional reactions by addressing the prompts below:
1. Select an emotional reaction (think about something you love or hate or are afraid of that isn’t “naturally” connected to the response you have) and think about how this emotion may have developed via Pavlovian Conditioning. First fill the blanks in a chart like the one below with each element in the progression of conditioning in your example:
CS1 ————-> US —————–>CR (first order conditioning)
_________ __________ __________
CS2 ————-> CS1 —————> CR (second order conditioning occurs)
________ __________ __________
CS2 ————-> CR (evidence of second order conditioning)
________ __________
2. Then write your 300 -500 word narrative about the chart in #1 describing how your emotional reaction developed by higher order conditioning.