Law of Effect and Operant Conditioning

Edward Thorndike:

1. Explain Thorndike's puzzle-box experiment.

2. Explain Thorndike's "Law of Effect".

3. Explain Thorndike's "Law of Exercise".

B.F. Skinner:

1. Explain Skinner's concept of Operant Conditioning

2. What does  reinforcement always do?

3. What does a punishment alsways do?

4. Explain the difference between "postive" and "negative" as they are used in opernat conditioning.

You will need to do internet research to complete the questions above - remember, you must not COPY/PASTE - write your answers in your own words and site all resources used.
Due Date is Friday December 3rd.

Important Dates: Week of November 29th-December 3rd

There will be a short quiz on Tuesday and Friday of this week.  Both quizzes will be on the information covered in class (that you wrote down on your charts).  Tuesday's quiz will cover Pavlov, Watson, Classical Conditioning and Behaviorism.  Friday's quiz will cover Thorndike, Skinner, Law of Effect and Operant Conditioning.

Your information charts on our theorists:   http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011

Classical Conditioning

You must use internet research to complete the following assignment...

Answer the following questions regarding classical conditioning (post your answers on your blog):

Ivan Pavlov:
1. What was Pavlov actually studying when he developed his theory of classical conditioning?
2. Explain (in detail) how Pavlov's experiment was conducted.
3. Identify the conditioned stimulus, the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned response from Pavlov's experiment.
4. Explain what extinction means in relation to classical conditioning.
5. Explain what stimulus generalization means in relation to classical conditioning.
6. Explain what sstimulus discrimination means in relation to classical conditioning.
7. Explain at least two limitations of this experiment.
8. Explain what Pavlov theorized about how we learn.

John B. Watson:
1. Explain (in detail) how Watson's "Little Albert" study was conducted.
2. Identify the conditioned stimulus, the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned response from Watson's study
3. Explain at least two limitations of this study.
4. Explain Watson's law of frequency.
5. Explain Watson's law of recency.
6. Explain the basic assumptions of behaviorism according to Watson.

Answers are due by  - Friday November 26th. 
Do not COPY/PASTE - restate all answers in your own words and site all resources used.

TEST - MONDAY NOV. 15th

Test will include all information form notes taken in class: Brain, Sleep, Dream Theories

Selected Articles About Sleep

Each of the six articles linked below relates to a particular study completed recently regarding various aspects of sleep.  Read through each of the articles, then choose three of them to analyze.
Your summary for each of the three articles should include:
- name of people/institution responsible for conducting the study
- thoroughly explain the method of the study
- describe the findings or results
- state your opinion on what you think of the article

* Be sure to write in your own words as much as possible.
* Include one related picture with each summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215074351.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609071202.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100705190532.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609072813.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070308121912.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101025161023.htm

Due date: Thursday, November 4th by midnight (turn it in earlier and get a good night's sleep!)

Sleep & Psychology

We spend 1/3 of our lives asleep (some of us even more) - why is sleep so important to our survival?  What is the difference between deep sleep and REM sleep?  How does sleep affect your health? How does sleep affect your intelligence and development?  These are some of the questions we are going to examine in our unit on sleep and psychology.

Article from Time Magazine:   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1009765-1,00.html

Video from 60 Minutes:    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4181992n

PowerPoint from Class:    http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011

The Limits of the Human Brain

When the human body/brain are pushed to extremes we find out that the brain is capable of things we never imagined.  Watch the videos to find out what your brain is able to achieve.

Video Response Questions (completed in class):    http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011