Cite this article as: Praveen Shrestha, “Classical vs Operant Conditioning,” in Psychestudy, November 17, 2017, https://www.psychestudy.com/behavioral/learning-memory/classical-conditioning/classical-vs-operant. Conditioning Learning is a process in psychology that is used to enforce new behavior in an organism. There are two major types of conditioning learning. Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning These forms of conditioning learning have both similarities and differences. Their main purpose is same, which is acquiring new behavior. But the process of how that is acquired is quite different. Differences between Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning Classical conditioning is a learning process first discovered by the Russian physiologist Ivan … Continue reading Classical vs Operant Conditioning