Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

TEST - MONDAY NOV. 15th

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