Classical Conditioning Lab Report

This lab report details a classical conditioning experiment conducted with three students. The experiment involved pairing the word "can" (conditioned stimulus) with a bursting balloon (unconditioned stimulus) to elicit a fear response (conditioned response). The report follows a standard structure: introduction defining key terms and stating the hypothesis; methods describing participants and procedure; results summarizing findings; and discussion analyzing results, comparing them to existing research, identifying limitations, suggesting future research, and discussing real-world implications. The discussion section addresses whether classical conditioning was demonstrated, identifies the US, UR, CS, and CR, and analyzes the occurrence of stimulus generalization, discrimination, and extinction. The provided word list and video further clarify the experiment's details.

This lab report is about classical conditioning. I need 1250 parole with APA STYLE. The lab report is
based on an experiment that was made in the class and I’m going to explain it at the end of this
page
1-INTRODUCTION plus Title(Describes lab content concisely, adequately, appropriately )
Introduce basic concepts and previous research You need to introduce and define any theories and
terms that someone not familiar with the field of psychology would not automatically know. For
Example in Classical conditioning experiment you need to give the terminology of Classical
Conditioning and parts of conditioning (CS, US, UR, CR), the characteristics and what is aversive
conditioning. CS : conditional stimulus US:
unconditional stimulus UR: unconditional response CR:conditional response
The introduction of the lab report should end with the hypothesis. A well written introduction should
be a ‘roadmap’ to your hypothesis. The introduction should move from the general area to more
specific area and end-up in your hypothesis. In the lab report, you need to introduce classical
conditioning, aversive conditioning and the two characteristics(for example generalization)
that you are going to include in your report. You introduce the classical conditioning
characteristics by using studies from the literature, for example you can introduce aversive
conditioning using the Watson and Rayner study( or Pavlov experiment with the dogs) and using
the same study, you can also introduce generalisation.
2- METHOD
Participants
Discuss the participant group, include the number of participants
Procedure
The procedure describes how you performed the study. The procedure should give
enough details so others can replicate the study. For example, describe the different parts of
the experiment and what you expected to happen in each part (e.g. the participant to be classical
conditioned etc)
3-RESULTS
Here is where you state the results of your study.
You just state the results (e.g. classical conditioning was successful )
DO NOT interpret your results in this section: that comes in the Discussion section.
any statistical analysis in this report

4- DISCUSSION
State hypothesis
1. In this part you state the hypothesis again and discuss if you results supported the
hypothesis.
Previous research
Discuss your results in comparison to previous research.
Limitations
Discuss what aspects of your study could have been improved to get better results and what
did you aspect or not from this experiment
Future research
This part should discuss aspects beyond the limitations
Impact of your research in the real world
Here I’m going to tell you the experiment that was made in the class : The participants are 3 student
of my class: two girls and one boy. In the class there are a lot of balloons. One girl sits and closes her
eyes, the other girl has a paper with words that she will read and the other boy has a pin to burst the
balloons. The experiment starts with the girl reading a list of words (THAT I WILL ALSO SENT) and
everytime that the girl who is reading says the word “can” a balloon is burst.
stimulus word list (20 initial repetitions):
cup, can, lime, CAN, dish, girl, chalk, can, dish, CAN, key, screen, ran, CAN, desk, CAN, knob, bag,
tape, CAN, dish, clip, CAN, air, ban, cheese, CAN, door, can, wheel, fire, CAN, dish, hair, CAN, ring,
nail, CAN, boat, cap, dish, CAN, crane, wheel, fire, CAN, dish, king, cape, apple, CAN, dog, blue, can,
dish, CAN, take, call, brick, pair, CAN, spin, chair, CAN, camp, CAN, dish, CAN, bridge, scale, can, fan,
board, CAN, cool, three, horn, disk, CAN, can, cast, test, pen, dime, CAN, dish, van, can, card, stand,
meat, pad, can, dish, set, can, tree, ice, plum, can, cost, bird, glass, can, light, can, sword, juice, can,
dish, rock, smoke, grease, dish, keep, kid, tan, dice, hole, set, dish, eye, friend, wax, bill, bulb, dish,
class, mine, mark, work, can, dish, can, bus, dish, phone, can, smart, first, can, crack, feet, can, tub,
bowl, can, van, day, can, rake, dish, CAN, bluff, risk, CAN, salt, dish, CAN, ball, stack, CAN, rain, hat,
food, can, van, disk, tree, can
In the second part of the experiment (where the green part starts) the balloon is not burst anymore
but there is still the word can. In the third part of the experiment there is not the presence of the word
“can” and so there is no balloon. in the fourth part of the word CAN is introduced again but no
balloon is burst, then again there is again the “yellow sequence” where the balloon is burst. In the
final part of the experiment, again, there is the presence of the word CAN but no balloons.

IN THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, WHEN I HAVE TO REPORT THE RESULTS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
answer to these questions .
2.
3. Was classical conditioning demonstrated? How?
4. What was the Unconditioned Stimulus (US)?
5. What was the Unconditioned Response (UR)?
6. What was the Conditioned Stimulus (CS)?
7. What was the Conditioned Response (CR)?
8. Did stimulus generalization occur? How could you tell?
9. Did stimulus discrimination occur? How could you tell?

10. Did extinction occur? How could you tell?
I will also send the video of this experiment to make the explanation easier.