In the movie A Clockwork Orange, the narrator, Alexander DeLarge is sent to jail for murdering a woman. In order to get out earlier than his sentenced 40 years, he agrees to subject himself to a scientific study that manages to keep prisoners out of jail. This treatment can be described as Emotional Conditioning. It is different from Classical Conditioning because in classical conditioning, an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another, while in Emotional Conditional an emotional response is a result of conditioning. So, for example, a fear can be learned. In A Clockwork Orange, Alex is forced to watch violent scenes.
After being exposed to this experiment, Alex becomes sick whenever he tries to do wrong, such as hitting another person. This experiment is similar to John B. Watson’s experiment with baby Albert. Both experiments show how emotional conditioning affects those subjected to certain situations and stimuli.
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