Discussion 1
- You give your dog a treat when he barks at the mailman.
- Your neighbor got food poisoning after eating fish, and now every time he smells fish, he gets nauseous.
- A manager decides to reward his employees who are not late for a month with tickets to a theater.
- Jack’s parents take away his video games because he earned a bad grade in school.
- Mini’s cat starts to associate the sound of the can opener with dinner and comes running whenever she hears the sound.
- A teacher decides that any student who earned an A on their exams during the term does not need to take the final.
Discussion 2
Watch the following video and discuss your thoughts by answering the questions below. https://youtu.be/guroaQRFsX4
In the clip there was an error: Sheldon referred to a term incorrectly.
What was the error?
Describe a time where you used operant conditioning to change a person’s or animal’s behavior.
Discussion 3
Watch the following video, then answer the questions below. https://youtu.be/FMnhyGozLyE
Name the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and the conditioned response
Prepare a brief paragraph about your thoughts on the experiment.
Discussion 4
watch the following video and answer the question. https://youtu.be/128Ts5r9NRE
Describe two things have you learned by watching others.
Discussion 5
Should eyewitness testimony be allowed in courts? Why or why not? Provide your opinion and the reasoning behind your answer
