BESC1490 Introduction To Psychology

Question:

Task A:

Tutorial or online activity with specific questions to be answered:

Go to the following web site:  http://clipsforclass.com/learning.html and watch the following video clips and answer the associated questions:

1.Habituation – Habituation of a startle response –

a.Theory – Define and explain habituation
b.Practice - How do you know the rat has habituated to the noise?
c.Applied - In your current study area, what have you learnt to habituate to [noise???].

2.Classical conditioning – Pavlov’s dog gets conditioned –

a.Theory – Define and explain classical conditioning
b.Practice - Why did Pavlov vary the stimuli used to elicit the conditioned reflex in dogs?
c.Applied - In one sentence, explain some event that you have been classically conditioned to?
      

3.Operant conditioning - Learned helplessness –

a.Theory – Define and explain operant conditioning
b.Practice - How does learned helplessness relate to our motivation to solve problems?
c.Applied - Is there some aspect of your life that you no longer try to improve and can this be explained using this concept?

Task B.

1. Provide a brief and clear description [plus references] of the topic content you wish to apply.
2. Clearly apply some aspect of this topic’s material [Part A or Part B] to your life [work or personal or future work life] – explaining how it is to be applied and the positive consequences of the application.