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Conditioning & Cognition Syllabus
Nov, 2013
Psychology
Mr. Aiello
Conditioning & Cognition Unit Syllabus
Course Objectives
The objectives of the course are for the students to:
• acquire a working knowledge of major psychological theories and core concepts
• develop an understanding and appreciation of what makes psychology a science
• develop basic skills in conducting psychological research
• understand the relevance of psychology to their lives
• increase their critical thinking, especially in regards to scientific research about behavior
• continue to develop their oral and written communication skills
Cognitive psychology is concerned with the processes involved in the transformation, reduction,
elaboration, storage, recovery, and use of sensory input. This unit will help you to understand how
you do everyday things such as learn, think, remember, and solve problems. Many activities and
problems will provide you with opportunities to put the studied ideas into practice. This unit will
also give you the resources to improve the quality of your life and your sense of control over it.
For this unit, you will not be required to turn in your written answers to the essential questions. We
will have two alternative assignments to replace the EQs. However, I am keeping these questions on
here for your reference. You are still responsible for knowing the answers to these questions. If you
want to answer them and talk about them with me, that would be wonderful, but it is not expected.
Essential Questions
1. Explain the principles behind US + CS = CR.
2. Explain how classical conditioning is applied to real-life situations.
3. Explain how operant conditioning is different from classical conditioning.
4. Explain how operant conditioning is applied to real-life situations.
5. Explain observational learning and the importance of models.
6. How does encoding affect memory?
7. Explain why memory is not perfect?
8. Why is there such controversy over repressed and recovered memories?
9. Why is concept formation so important in understanding how humans solve problems?
10. How do different heuristics help humans solve problems?
Night
Wednesday Nov. 6
Homeplay
Read Myers 313 – 320.
Thursday
Nov. 7
Read Myers 321 – 326.
Friday,
Nov. 8
Read Myers 326 – 332.
Monday,
Nov. 11
Work on your Learning Portfolio.
Tuesday,
Nov. 12
Read Myers 332 – 340.
Conditioning & Cognition Syllabus
Nov, 2013
Psychology
Mr. Aiello
Wednesday Nov. 13
Go to the Myers website and do the Psychsim 4 activity for chapter 8
“Mental Mazes.”
Google “Negative Reinforcement University” and complete the activity.
Print out your diploma and turn it in to Mr. Aiello by Friday, 11/15.
Thursday
Nov. 14
Read Myers 341 – 346.
Friday,
Nov. 15
Complete your Portfolio of Learning and turn in on Monday!
Monday,
Nov. 18
Read Myers 349 – 361.
Tuesday,
Nov. 19
Read Myers 361 – 369.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Read Myers 370 – 381.
Thursday,
Nov. 21
Read Myers 382 – 392.
Friday,
Nov. 22
Read and take notes from your article on Eyewitness Memory.
Monday,
Nov. 25
Read Myers 395 – 410.
Tuesday
Nov. 26
Read and take notes on the article “What will Improve a Student’s
Memory?”
Have a safe and restful Thanksgiving!!
We will be on a block schedule for Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 2 & 3. Odd numbered periods
will meet on Monday, even numbered periods will meet on Tuesday.
Monday,
Dec. 2
On the Myers website, go to the Psychsim 5 activity for chapter 10 and do
the “My Head is Spinning” activity.
Tuesday,
Dec. 3
Study for the Unit Test tomorrow!! Complete the Erroneous Thinking
assignment! Don’t forget to take the Myers chapter quizzes for chs 8 & 9.