CHAPTER 5

Monday, January 11

AIM: QUIZ (Perception)

CH5HW1: read pp. 180-185

1. How do psychologists define learning? Explain what is meant by relatively permanent in the definition of learning.

2. How does pleasure and pain influence learning?

3. How does maturation impact on changes in the brain?

4. How did Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov impact on our understanding of learning?
5. Using Pavlov's Classical conditioning experiment on the salivating doors recreate this experiment in teaching your cat to run to the kitchen when she hears the can opener or your dog to run to the door when he hears the doorbell. Please identify all the components of the experiment using the following terms:

• Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

• Unconditioned Response (UR)

• Neutral Stimulus (NS)

• Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

• Conditioned Response (CR)

• Acquisition

3. Identify the 4 key principles of classical conditioning

Wednesday, January 13

Aim: How does classical conditioning illustrate simple learning?

CH5HW2: read pages 185- 188

1. Timing is everything in conditioning. If you use classical conditioning to elicit a motor response, what would the ideal pairing of the CS and UCS be?

2. Describe stimulus generalization. Why do you think this could be connected to fears or phobias?

3. Describe stimulus discrimination

4. How can you cause extinction in a classical conditioning experiment?

5. Is a learned response such as your cat/dog salivating to the sound of a can-opener truly extinct? Explain using the principle of spontaneous recovery.

6. How does higher-order conditioning occur in classical conditioning. Create an example with your dog or cat experiment from yesterday;s homework.

7. Complete Practice Quiz on pp. 188 - Write out question and correct answer -1-4

TEST ON TUESDAY, 1/19 ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING ON MY AP (You must have software installed before the test - otherwise you will not receive credit)

Friday, January 15

AIM: How does classical conditioning illustrate simple learning (part 2)?

CH5HW3: Read pp.189 - 191

1. How did John Watson illustrate classical conditioning in emotional learning in the Baby Albert experiment?

2. Identify each component in the Baby Albert Experiment

• US (UCS)

• UR (UCR)

• NS

• CS

• CR (CER)

3. Can we vicariously condition someone to like or dislike something? Explain

4. How did John Garcia prove that classical conditioning works in food aversions?

5. Why do you think in food aversions acquisition occurs so quickly?

6. What did Robert Rescorla discover in 1988? How did his research impact on how scientists see the role of mental activity on classical conditioning?

PRACTICE - BE SURE TO REVIEW PRACTICE QUIZ ON PAGE 192 AND REVIEW WORK -BOOK PAGES:

TEST ON TUESDAY, 1/19 ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING ON MY AP (You must have software installed before the test - otherwise you will not receive credit)

https://visual.pearsoncmg.com/mypsychlab/index.php?clipId=36 (WATCH BASICS OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING)

Friday, January 15

Aim: How did John Watson and John Garcia contribute to our understanding of classical conditioning?

PRACTICE - BE SURE TO REVIEW PRACTICE QUIZ ON PAGE 192 AND REVIEW WORK -BOOK PAGES:

TEST ON TUESDAY, 1/19 ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING ON MY AP (You must have software installed before the test - otherwise you will not receive credit)

Monday, January 18

Martin Luther King Day

Aim: Review the key principles of classical conditioning

STUDY - TEST ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

Tuesday, January 19

AIM: QUIZ ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

CH5HW4 read pp. 192-195

1. How does involuntary behavior differ from voluntary behavior?

2. How does classical conditioning differ from operant conditioning?

3. Watch the Edward Thorndike Experiment and explain the Law of Effect.

4. Why does the number of trials to escape decrease in Thorndike's experiment - interpret the graph on page 193

5. How did BF Skinner explain operant conditioning?

6. VIQ: How does the heart of operant conditioning differ from the heart of classical conditioning?

7. VIQ: How does Thorndike / BF Skinner's idea of operant conditioning differ from classical conditioning?

8. What's in it for me represents reinforcement. What does reinforcement mean in operant conditioning?

9. What are primary reinforcers? What are secondary reinforcers?

10. What is the difference between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement?

11. Give an example of a secondary positive reinforcer your parents use to encourage you to do well in school.

12. Give an example of a secondary negative reinforcer your parents use to encourage you to do well in school.

13. WHICH PARENTAL STRATEGY IS MORE EFFECTIVE ON YOUR BEHAVIOR? EXPLAIN

Test on Classical and Operant Conditioning Wednesday January 27 - last exam for the 2nd marking period

Wednesday, January 20

AIM: How does operant conditioning work in learning?
CH4HW5: read pp. 196- 200

1. Complete practice quiz on p. 196 # 1-5. Be sure to write out question and answer in full sentence

2. How does Alicia's mom differ in her reinforcement schedule than Bianca's mom?

3. Why is Bianca's mom's partial reinforcement schedule more effective long term than Alicia's mom continuous reinforcement schedule?

4. What is the difference between interval schedules and ratio schedules?

5. What is the difference between fixed schedules and variable schedules?

6. Explain each of the following terms and provide an example:

FIXED INTERVAL SCHEDULE

VARIABLE INTERVAL SCHEDULE

FIXED RATIO SCHEDULE

VARIABLE RATIO SCHEDULE

7. Which of the 4 schedules is the most effective in terms of learning - use graph on p.198 to explain your answer

8. How does a Starbuck or Dunkin rewards' card differ from a weekly paycheck? (Explain using terms below)

• fixed interval vs variable interval

• fixed ratio vs. variable ratio

Test on Classical and Operant Conditioning Wednesday January 27 - last exam for the 2nd marking period

Thursday, January 21

AIM: Describe schedules of reinforcement in operant conditioning.

CH5HW6: read pp. 200-204

1. Why is punishment considered the opposite of reinforcement?
   Explain how positive punishment differs from positive reinforcement.

2. Explain how negative punishment differs from negative reinforcement

3. In the examples on the bottom of page 200 explain why in terms of behavior (response) all of the 4 examples are reinforcement?

4. How is swatting a child's behind after they run out in the street an example of positive punishment?

5. Give an example of how your parents use positive and negative punishment in your life. (Both)

6. How does this differ from when they use positive and negative reinforcement? Provide an example for each

7. Identify problems with punishment based on the video (Thinking Like A Psychologist : Physical Punishment -You Decide)

8. What are some key drawbacks to using positive punishment?

9. Why is negative punishment less objectionable to people?

10. How can we make punishment more effective?

READ ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY P. 204 answer the two questions that follow the reading

11. How did your own parents discipline you and do you think it affected you in a positive or negative way? Explain

12. Why might spanking at age 3 lead to higher aggression in the same child at age 5?

Test on Classical and Operant Conditioning Wednesday January 27 - last exam for the 2nd marking period

Friday, January 22

AIM: Is punishment effective?

CH5HW7: read pp. 205- 211

1. What is a discriminative stimulus? Give an example of a discriminative stimulus in school

2. How does shaping play an important role in operant conditioning?

3. How does extinction work in operant conditioning? How is this different when it occurs in classical conditioning?

4. How does generalization work in operant conditioning? How is this different when it occurs in classical conditioning?

5. How does spontaneous recovery work in operant conditioning? How is this different when it occurs in classical conditioning?

6. How do biological constraints create learning predispositions in the studies conducted by the brelands?

7. Explain what is meant by instinctual drift?

8. What kinds of behavior might people do that might be resistant to conditioning?

Test on Classical and Operant Conditioning Wednesday January 27 - last exam for the 2nd marking period

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Tuesday, January 26

Aim: How is operant conditioning used to enhance behavior modification?

Test on Classical and Operant Conditioning Wednesday January 27 - last exam for the 2nd marking period

Wednesday, January 27

AIM: EXAM - CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING

FRQ- INCLUDED

CH5HW10: read pp. 211-213

1. How did Gestalt psychologists differ from the behavioral school?

2. How do cognitive psychologists differ from behavioral psychologists?

3. What brain based factors play a key role in behavior?

4. How did Gestalt psychologist Edward Tolman contribute to the cognitive view of learning?

5. How did Tolman's theory challenge the behaviorist paradigm of learning?

6. How did his experiments in maze learning contradict Skinnerian principles of learning?

7. Explain latent learning. Provide an example of latent learning you have acquired that is independent of learning without rewards and or punishments.

8. How did Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Kohler contribute to the school of cognitive learning?

9. How does the data on the graph on p. 213 illustrate latent learning?
   

Thursday, January 28

AIM: How does Cognitive Learning Theory differ from the Behavioral School of Learning?

CH5HW11: Read pp. 213- 217

1. Describe the principle of learned helplessness based on Martin Seligman's experiment in the 60/70s.

2. Why were the psychologists surprised by their findings?

3. How has neuroscience added to their understanding of the dog's learned helplessness?

4. How does Seligman's study also explain why depressed/ chronically ill/ victims of abuse/struggling students often suffer longer than necessary?

5. What is observational learning?

6. Describe the purpose of Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment.

7. In an experiment there is a Control Group and an Experimental Group. Based on Bandura's study identify which children were in each group.

8. How did Bandura's Bobo experiment lead to correlational studies on the rise of violence in America?

9. Watch: Real World Learning Aggression Video

10. According to Bandura, what are the 4 elements of Observational Learning?

11. Practice quiz pp. 218 - 1-5 be sure to write out question with correct answer

Quiz on Monday on Cognitive Learning

Friday, January 29

Aim: How did Albert Bandura influence learning theory?

QUIZ ON MONDAY - Be sure to watch the two videos before the quiz

Thursday, December 19:

TEST ON MONDAY - JANUARY 13

MIDTERM: Wednesday, January 22

TEST WILL INCLUDE: Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and parts of chap 7

1. CONFUSING PAIRS

2. Know your neurotransmitters

3. Chapter 3a & 3b Click on terms to listen

4. OVERVIEW OF EXAM

Thursday, January 9 - Day 6 Cycle B - Period 8

AIM: What is observational learning and what are the 4 elements of modeling?

HW:CH6 HW 10:

1. Identify the contributions, each of the following made on cognitive learning theory

• Edward Tolman

• Wolfgang Kohler

• Martin Seligman

• Albert Bandura

2. Explain each of the following terms:

• Latent learning

• Insight Learning

• Learned helplessness

• Cognitive maps

• Vicarious learning

• Long Term Potentiation

• Mirror Neurons

• Self Serving Bias

• Locus of Control (Internal vs external)

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I will collect last week's hw on Tuesday!

TEST ON TUESDAY, January 14

EXTRA CREDIT (DUE BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 17)

WILL THE NEW BAIL LAWS OF 2020 IN NY INCREASE OR DECREASE CRIME RATES? Base your position using principles of behaviorism and social learning

Sources: Here are a few sources to review - if you are interested

• NY TIMES

• Center for Justice

• Local News Syracuse

MIDTERM REVIEW :

Wednesday, January 22

TEST WILL INCLUDE: Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and parts of chap 7

1. CONFUSING PAIRS

2. Know your neurotransmitters

3. Chapter 3a & 3b Click on terms to listen

4. OVERVIEW OF EXAM