Conditioning Process Quotes

Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned

I don't feel like anybody can be in top-notch football shape when you first get out there, and that's what training camp is for, and that's why it's a long process.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.

Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.

It's really intense in our rehearsals; you have to get ready and condition your body.

In order to produce learned fear, you take a neutral stimulus like a tone, and you pair it with an electrical shock. Tone, shock. Tone, shock. So the animal learns that the tone is bad news. But you can also do the opposite - shock it at other times, but never when the tone comes on.

So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.