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Name_______________________________ AP Psychology Unit 6- Learning PRHS Period _________ Directions: Write your name and period on top of the paper. It may be typed. Select one of the following three questions. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, using appropriate psychological terminology. It will be due approximately 23 days prior to the test on the unit. Check the class schedule for the exact date. 1. The police chief of New City publicly states that she sees a direct relationship between teenage arrests in New City for violent crimes and the popularity among New City teens of especially violent television shows and video games. Definitions without application do not score. a) Design a basic correlational study to research this claimed relationship. Then, address how learning is involved in each of the following design elements as they apply to this study. Operational definition of variables Selection of participants Two ethical considerations Law of effect Conditioned reinforcers Reinforcement schedules Extrinsic motivation Albert Bandura’s research b) The police chief concludes that watching violent television shows and playing violent video games leads to teens’ committing violent crimes in New City. Do you support her conclusion? Explain your response using the psychological research we have investigated. 2. The Smith-Garcia’s are planning for their first baby. Both parents-to-be have had a psychology course and are looking forward to applying the principles they learned from theories and research that address child development. Definitions without application do not score. a) Summarize one main point or finding of the following researchers: Pavlov’s classical conditioning Skinner’s operant conditioning John Garcia’s Taste Aversion studies Rizzolatti’s mirror neuron’s and the theory of mind b) Provide a specific example of actions the Smith-Garcias might take to raise their child to produce positive outcomes using each of the theories or examples below to address the corresponding psychological concept. Skinner’s operant conditioning: tantrum management John Watson: Protecting ‘Baby Smith-Garcia’ from dangerous garden rodents Bandura: Observational Learning ‘Toddler Smith-Garcia’ doesn’t whine when it is time to go to bed “Child Smith-Garcia” enjoys reading books ~over~ 3. Many people are concerned about the effects of the use of physical punishment to modify undesirable behavior of children. a) Basing your argument on psychological knowledge, apply each of the following in an argument against the physical use of punishment. Definitions without application do not score. Modeling Latent learning Classical conditioning of fear Learned helplessness b) How would psychologists use the following processes to modify children’s undesirable behavior? Positive reinforcement Negative reinforcement Extinction Biological predispositions Token economies