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Classical Conditioning:
Who was Pavlov? What did he study?
Explain Pavlov’s experiment.
Neutral Stimulus
Unconditioned Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Conditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Response
How does classical conditioning
conditioning apply to behavior?
What strengthens classical conditioning?
Who was Watson? How did he expand classical conditioning?
Explain Watson’s Baby Albert experiment.
What is conditioned Emotional Reaction?
What is the Cognitive Perspective on
on Classical Conditioning?
Operant Conditioning:
Who was Edward Thorndike? What was his Puzzle Box?
Explain the Law of Effect.
What is Operant Conditioning?
Who was B.F. Skinner? What did he believe about behavior?
Explain his Skinner Box and his
his experiment.
Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Punishment
What are the influences on Operant Conditioning?
What are the drawbacks of Punishment? (Book & Movie)
Explain the 4 drawbacks that apply to the movie “Cool Hand
Hand Luke”. Identify scenes from the movie that
represents each drawback.
Cognitive Learning
What is Cognitive Learning?
Who was Wolfgang Kohler? What is Insight Learning?
Explain his experiment.
What is Latent Learning?
Who was Edward Tolman? Explain
Explain his experiment.
How do we use Cognitive Maps to solve problems?
Who was Albert Bandura? What was his theory of aggressive?
What types of things do we learn through Observational Learning?
Essay:
According to B.F. Skinner most behavior is influenced
influenced by one’s history of rewards and punishments.
Apply this theory to your behavior. How has who you are today been influenced by your history of rewards
and punishments?
Please put a lot of thought and selfself-reflection into your essay.
All essays are standard essay format. Intro, Body, Conclusion 1 page/5 paragraphs