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Critical Thinking Learning and Conditioning   You will receive written feedback on the questions within 1-2 days after the due date of the assignment

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Critical Thinking Learning and Conditioning

You will receive written feedback on the questions within 1-2 days after the due date of the assignment. Please use information from the Power Points slides, as well as the textbook, to answer these questions. Responses should be anywhere from 1-2 paragraphs for each question.

Please answer the following questions:

1. What are the different elements involved in classical conditioning? Provide an example of this phenomena as it might occur in the outside world.

2. What are the elements of operant conditioning? Provide an example of this phenomena as it would occur in the outside world?

3. Extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination are just some of the principles involved in classical conditioning. Explain what each of these principles are, and how they might relate to the example you have provided for question # 1.

4. There are two dimensions of reinforcers as well as punishments: (primary vs. secondary) and positive vs. negative? Define the four possible types of reinforcement and the four possible types of punishment that would result from these dimensions, and provide an example of each as they might occur in the outside world.

5. While continuous reinforcement leads to the fastest learning, it is not very feasible in maintaining behaviors in the outside world. Rather, partial reinforcement, which is more resistant to extinction, is more often used. Describe the four schedules of partial reinforcement.

6. What is punishment? What are some negative side effects of punishment? If punishment is to be used as a means of shaping behavior, how should it be used?

7. What is latent learning? Provide an example of this type of learning, and describe how this type of learning goes against strict behaviorist views that cognitions have no role in understanding behavior (see lecture notes for this).

8. Describe the phenomena of instinctual drift and how it demonstrates a biological restriction on what can be learned from conditioning.