Chapter 6

(Just a gentle reminder - there is vacation h.w. for the week of February)

Friday, February 2

HW: CH6 HW1 read pp 195-205

(Chapter 10 in review book)

1. How do psychologists define learning?

2. How do behaviorists and cognitive psychologists view learning?

3. Explain the following terms in terms of the definition of learning

Species Typical Behavior
Habituation
Mere Exposure Effect

4. How does classical conditioning work? How did Ivan Pavlov unlock the door to classical conditioning?

6. Identify and explain the following terms based on Pavlov’s experiment: (Use the picture of Pavlov's dog on p. 200 in the text) -

UCS
UCR
NS
Acquisition
CS
CR

7. Why is extinction a downward slope curve as illustrated on Graph 2 on p. 201? VIDEO WHICH OUTLINES GRAPH

8. 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? For Visceral Responses?

9. What is spontaneous recovery?

10. Describe stimulus generalization. Why do you think this is connected to phobias? 11. Describe stimulus discrimination

11. Describe / Draw the unethical experiment John Watson and Rosalie Rayner conducted with Baby Albert. In your description use the terms (UCS) (CS) and (UCR) (CR)

12. How did the principle of generalization occur with Albert?

13. How did these experiments lead to understanding counter-conditioning?

14. How does classical conditioning work in food aversions? Why is there a problem in using Pavlov's model in taste aversion learning?

15. Describe the experiment conducted by John Garcia and coyotes.

16. Why is taste aversion therapy used for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy?

17. Review Check Your understanding

Tuesday, February 6

AIM: How do behaviorists define learning?

CH6 HW2

1. Go to PSYCH LAB and answer these questions

2. Practice Classical Conditioning

3. PAVLOV'S DOG -FYI -

Wednesday, February 7

CH6 HW3: Read pp.206 - 2181. What is the difference between a reflex and a voluntary behavior?

2. What is operant conditioning?

3. What revolutionary idea is attributed to Edward Thorndike?

4. Explain Skinner's idea of reinforcement, both positive and negative

5. How does a negative reinforcer strengthen a response?

6. How did Skinner's operant chamber work?

7. Explain reinforcement contingencies.

a. continuous reinforcement

b.intermittent reinforcement

8. Which is more effective in preventing extinction?

9. Intermittent reinforcement has two types of schedules of reinforcement - ratio and interval. Explain how each of these schedules work. (FR and VR) and (FI and VI)

Part 1: BIG BANG THEORY AND II

Thursday, February 8

Aim: Compare and Contrast Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning

CH6 HW4: 210-218

What are primary reinforcers? What are secondary reinforcers?
Why would mental institutions use a token economy in behavior management?
Explain the idea behind the Premack Principle.
Why would culture play a role in reinforcement?
What is the difference between positive and negative (omission training) punishment?
How does punishment differ from negative reinforcement?
Identify four major reasons why punishment becomes less effective over time?
Under what conditions can punishment be effective?
What is the difference between classical and operant conditioning?
Complete Check Your Understanding

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 :

CH6 HW5 -QUIZ ON TUESDAY

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

THORNDIKE'S LAW OF EFFECT

SKINNER BOX

MORE ON PAVLOV'S IDEAS

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Monday, February 12

AIM: Why is timing everything?

QUIZ ON TUESDAY

Tuesday, February 13

QUIZ

1. How do cognitive psychologists differ in their approach to learning from behavioral psychologists?

2. What did Wolfgang Kohler discover working with Sultan on the Canary Islands?

3. Explain what insight learning is aka "the aha moment".

3. Explain what a cognitive map is.

4. What is latent learning?

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

6. How did Albert Bandura challenge the behaviorist model of learning with his Bobo Doll?

7. What is observational learning / social learning?

APA PSYCHOLOGY CONTEST - BUILD YOUR RESUME FOR COLLEGE

Wednesday, February 14

Aim: How is cognitive learning different than behavioral learning?

CH6 HW7 Read pp. 222-227

1. How has social learning theory impacted on studies of media violence?

2. Explain psychic numbing

3. What is the adaptive value of behavioral learning in cognitive terms?

4. Describe the long term potententiation of learning on the neural level.

5. What is the significance of Kandal and Hawkins findings on learning and the brain?

6. What are the three types of learning according to Sternberg and Grigorenko?

7. Review Check for Understanding

Thursday, February 15

Aim: COMPLETE CHAPTER 6

QUIZ ON FRIDAY

Friday, February 16

Aim:

FEBRUARY BREAK ASSIGNMENT

A. WATCH ANNENBERG MEDIA - SCROLL DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM DESRIPTION CLICK ON VOD CHAPTER 9- REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING (26 min)

TAKE NOTES, ORGANIZE INTO TOPICS/SUBTOPICS AND WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR HW WHEN WE RETURN FROM FEBRUARY BREAK

B. WATCH THE 2 60 Minutes Clips and write a a two page response in this tragic story

Here are some guiding questions to get you started - If you want to discuss anything else great!

Why is memory so malleable?
What factors influenced her memory? Why was she so wrong?
How did the police impact on the investigation?
How did recall and recognition influence the outcome of the investigation and the trial?
What did you learn about memory as a result of this show?
Follow-up from Gary Wells TO PREVENT FALSE IDs POLICE LINEUPS - FROM NPR - How can police prevent false memories?