Today, I would like to talk about what is known in psychology as classical conditioning. This is the cognition and perceptions that are produced in our own psychological state under external influences. When a situation from the external environment stimulates our psychological being, a conditioned response is produced. With frequent stimulation and habitual responses, two types of responses will arise: unconditioned and conditioned responses.

A conditioned response is stronger. The two types of responses to stimuli should be related to the same conditioned stimulus. In general, when we are influenced by the external environment, an ideology is developed in our inner world, and something similar to a previous event occurs, a conditioned response is produced. Another type of stimulus is called an unconditioned stimulus, which occurs when there are frequent misguided beliefs held toward a specific event and they cause a patient to feel fear and frustration in their inner world. Hence, if a similar type of event occurs, the person would not be able to control his own consciousness and develop a habitual unconditioned response.

There are some professionals in psychology who believe that the crucial element in classical conditioning is preparation. When certain events are about to happen and you know beforehand about the occurrence of the event, this can help you make mental preparations and even predict what might happen later on. Predicting correctly can help you refrain from responding to habitual conditions. I posit that, whether there is preparation or no preparation, whether it is a conditioned stimulus or unconditioned stimulus, it is a kind of habitual psychological response.

To give an example, you might see the same food every day, and every time you see it you imagine its taste. If you dislike it very much, this is a conditioned stimulus. If the food you eat every day is of poor quality every day, this will make you believe that you do not like the food presented, regardless of what dish it is. This is an unconditioned response. In truth, these would have formed a kind of psychological habit which would also stimulate your psyche and then produce a kind of habitual response or disgusted reaction. This is known as “avoidance response” in psychology.