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Research Ethics
Review the following studies from the reading/multimedia this week:
a. Milgrams study of obedience
b. Thinking critically about Harlow's experiments
c. Little Albert
d. Guidelines for ethical care in the care and use of nonhuman animals in research
e. Standard 8: Research and publication
Research Design
1.
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What are the three major principles of association, as defined the British
Associationists, which are still in use today?
2.
Question :
Animals are frequently used in psychological research experiments because:
Aversion therapy utilizes conditioning as a treatment for alcohol and drug abuse.
Locate one peer-reviewed article on aversion therapy published within the past five to
six years. The article should describe an original study using aversion therapy to
treat alcohol and/or drug abuse. Your assignment must contain the following:
1. Summarize the article, including the purpose of the study, outcome, and
recommendations.
2. Explain how the principles of conditioning are incorporated in the treatment.
Strength of Association
In research, several principles have been shown to affect the strength of association
between stimuli.
Based on your own experiences in learning, provide an example of each of the
following principles of association: contiguity, frequency, and intensity. Select one of
your examples. Describe how a different principle of association might explain this
example.
1.
Question :
Some evidence shows classical conditioning is _________ involved in interpreting
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2.
Question :
The Rescorla-Wagner Model, originally used for accounting for the behavior in
conditioning rats, can also be applied to:
Reinforcement Schedules
Various reinforcement schedules have been shown to have different effects on the
rate and retention of learning.
In your own words, explain the meaning of fixed interval (FI), variable interval (VI),
fixed ratio (FR),
and variable ratio (VR) reinforcement schedules. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of each of the four types of reinforcement schedules?
Reinforcement Contingencies
For this assignment, you must create an outline and annotated bibliography that will
be used as the basis for your Final Paper.
Review the criteria for your Final Paper in Week Five of this course.
Your outline should contain a heading for each of the three required conditioning
theories (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and neobehaviorism).
1.
Question :
Classroom teachers, psychologists and parents alike can use all but which of the
following techniques
which have been proven to help reinforce a modified behavior with children in their
care?
2.
Question :
Providing a reward based on the number of cars sold every month is an example of:
Learned Helplessness
Locate one scholarly, peer-reviewed source that was published within the past five on
the topic of learned helplessness.
Based on the information from the article and the textbook, explain how the principle
of learned helplessness can apply in situations where domestic violence occurs. How
can early childhood experiences impact the responses of battered partners in adult
violent adult relationships?
1.
Question :
Rewarding appropriate behavior in the classroom was effective _______of the time,
according to Tulley and Chiu.
2.
Question :
Punishment will likely cause side effects when:
Neobehaviorism
1. Explain how Hulls and Tolmans views amended previous S-R theory resulting in
neobehaviorism.
In your own words, summarize a research study that supports the neobehaviorism
approach.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 250-300 words. You must use at least one
scholarly, peer-reviewed source that was published within the past five years and is
cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates posts. Respond
substantively to at least two of your classmate's posts. Do you agree that their
research supports the principles of neobehaviorism? Why or why not? What would
Final Paper
The Final Paper will explain, compare, and contrast the major principles associated
with classical conditioning,
operant conditioning, and neobehaviorism. Include each element below in your
explanation of each of the three theories:
Describe the major principles associated with each theory. Explain the contributions
of the major theorists who worked to develop each theory. Explain how each theory
accounts for the mental processes associated with learning. Summarize how each
theory makes use of prior experience in explaining how people learn. Describe how
each theory explains how permanent change in behavior
1.
Question :
Shiffrin and Schneider (1977) introduced a distinction between:
2.
Question :
The main difference between behaviorism and neobehaviorism is that
neobehaviorism:
3.
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