The best example I can think of for this unit is through behaviorism Behaviorism was the study of everything being understood in terms of stimulus and response. is One day when I was in about fourth grade, my mom took me to Wendy’s for lunch. I had never tried their chile before, so I thought I would give it a try. A couple hours later, I started feeling really sick. Eventually, I actually got sick. I blamed it on the chile I ate that afternoon from Wendy’s. Now, every time I think of Wendy’s, and especially their chile, I feel my stomach start to hurt. The stimulus is thinking about the Wendy’s chile, and the response is my stomach beginning to hurt. Who knows if I actually had the flu, or if it was even the chile that made me get sick that day, but I will never forget it happening. It makes me not even want to go to the restaurant ever again because I’m scared of throwing up again if I eat it, and I hate throwing up. Another example of behaviorism that I can think of is when I listen to the song “Undefeated” by Jason Derulo. Last year when I was a senior in high school, my soccer team and I would always listen to and warm up to it. Then, we ended up going undefeated and becoming the state champions. I have it in my iTunes, and now every time I hear it I have great memories go through my mind. The stimulus is listening to the song and the response is thinking happy thoughts and having positive memories. I think of all my amazing teammates, our great season, and winning that state championship in Crew Stadium in Columbus. It still gives me the chills to this day.
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