Psychology of the Heart

In Psychology there is what is called Conditioning, which can be classified into two:  Classical and Operant.

Classical Conditioning deals largely with pairing a certain stimulus with a naturally-occurring response to achieve a desired effect.  For example, a guy calls his girlfriend every 8 o clock in the evening every single day.  The girl, after some time, will be conditioned to believe that her phone shall ring at 8 o clock every day and her boyfriend would always be on the other line.

Operant Conditioning, on the other hand, deals mostly with consequences of action, where reinforcement, whether positive or negative, takes place.  It happens when the guy fails to call his girlfriend at 8 o clock in the evening and the girl starts wondering why.  She investigates, looks up every nook and cranny of her boyfriend's life, and finds out that the guy is cheating on her.  Breaking up with her booyfriend is justifiable, and this is considered punishment for the guy because of his nasty deeds.

There is also what is called Extinction, which leads to expulsion of behavior.  It happens when the conditioned stimulus is not anymore paired with the naturally-occurring response, thereby killing the achieved effect.  It is when the girl goes on with her life, dealing with the break-up, and eventually having the strength to live outside the memory of her past relationship, ready to move to the next Classical Conditioning phase.

So screw me for being such a geek!  This proves, however, that I'm learning something from my Psych class after all.  =P

I leave you all with this little message na socially-relevant sa collapse ng pre-need companies lately:

"Ang Lovelife ko ngayon ay parang Legacy: puro Self-Dealing."

Yun na!  Goodnight.