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PSYC 1110: General Psychology Part 8: Learning (Modules 20-22) 1. Pavlov noticed that dogs began salivating at the mere sight of the person who regularly brought food to them. For the dogs, what type of stimulus was this (uncoditioned, conditioned, neutral)? 2. Samantha's cat salivates in response to the taste of food in its mouth. Each morning, Samantha places the cat's food on the back porch. When the door to the porch opens, a bell rings. So, each time Samantha opens the door the bell rings. Now, Samantha's cat salivates when the bell rings. In this example, what would be the unconditioned stimulus? 3. Long after her conditioned fear of dogs had been extinguished, Marcy experienced an unexpected surge of nervousness when first shown her cousin's new cocker spaniel. Her unexpected nervousness best illustrates 4. Mr. Smith cannot understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors makes them more unruly. Explain Mr. Byrne's predicament in terms of operant conditioning principles. Show how he could use operant conditioning techniques to (a) reduce disruptive behaviors and (b) increase cooperative behaviors. 5. Your friend James tells you that he believes the conclusions of a research article that viewing violent media has a minimal effect on aggressive behavior. Based on the text discussion, how would you respond to your friend? How would you describe the opposite view of the research in this area? Part 9: Memory (Modules 23-25) 6. In a short paragraph, explain the updated Atkinson and Shiffrin of memory, which includes working memory and automatic processing. 7. Describe the brain areas associated with the processing of implicit memories. 8. What brain structure is affected in amnesia patients (the type of amnesia where they cannot create new explicit memories)? 9. Explain how emotions impact memory. Provide some real-life examples. 10. Considering what you learned about improving memory from the text, what can you do next or what can you change about the way you currently study that should improve your memory of the material being covered?