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PSY 390 ENTIRE COURSE


PSY 390 Week 1 Individual Assignment Learning and Cognition Paper


Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the concept of learning and how it is related to cognition. In your examination, address the following questions:
What is the definition of learning? What role does behavior play in learning?
What are two different types of learning? Describe each one in your response.
What is the relationship between learning and cognition? Provide a specific example.

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PSY 390 Week 1 DQS


DQ 1
What is learning? What are the different types of learning?
 What is the relationship between learning and cognition?
 Is learning permanent? Why or why not? Is there a difference between learning and performance? If so, what is it? If not, why?
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DQ 2
Can individuals function successfully when they forget what they learn? Is so, how? If not, why not?
 Is learning the result of instinct or experience? Provide two examples to support your viewpoint.
 Why are cognition and behavior crucial components of the learning process?





PSY 390 Week 2 Individual Assignment Operant Conditioning Paper


Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the theory of operant conditioning. In your examination, address the following items:
Describe the theory of operant conditioning.
Compare and contrast positive and negative reinforcement.
Determine which form of reinforcement is the most effective. Explain your reasoning.
Select a scenario in which you would apply operant conditioning to shape behavior.
Create a reinforcement schedule for your selected behavior





PSY 390 Week 2 DQS

DQ 1
What contributions did Edward Lee Thorndike make to the study of behavior?
 What theoretical concepts are attributed to B. F. Skinner? Which one of these concepts had the greatest effect on the field of psychology? Why?
 What is operant conditioning? How do reinforcement, punishment, and extinction apply to operant conditioning?

DQ 2
How does the concept of reward versus punishment apply to society?
 Do variable ratio reinforcement schedules produce high rates of extinction? Why or why not?
 Without a consistent reward, behavior usually ceases. Given the fact that most slot machine players rarely win, why do they continue to play? Is your answer consistent with B. F. Skinner’s views? Why or why not?




PSY 390 Week 2 team learning Assignment


Prepare an outline with assigned parts for the week 3 presentation and at least 3 references




PSY 390 Week 3 Learning Team Functionalistic and Associationistic Theories Presentation


Select one theorist from each of the following paradigms in preparation for this assignment:
Functionalistic
Edward Lee Thorndike
B. F. Skinner
Clark Leonard Hull
Associationistic
Ivan Pavlov
Edwin R. Guthrie
William K. Estes
Obtain faculty approval for your selected theorist prior to beginning this assignment.

Prepare a 10- to 15-minute oral presentation, accompanied by 10- to 12-Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides, in which you analyze the functionalistic and associationistic theories associated with your selected theorists. Online Campus students must submit a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation with speaker notes. In your presentation, address the following items:
Discuss the contributions that your selected theorists made to the field of learning and cognition.
Describe the models associated with your selected theorists.
Describe the major theoretical concepts associated with the models.
Analyze the modern-day relevancy of the models, such as in media advertisements or education

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PSY 390 Week 3 DQS

DQ 1

What is the difference between conditioned and unconditioned responses? Provide at least three examples of each type of response.
 According to Pavlov, what determines how individuals respond to the environment?
 What is the Garcia effect? How can the Garcia effect be used?
 What does it mean when a behavior is classified as a conditioned response? What are some examples of a conditioned emotional response that you have observed in yourself or in a friend?
 Kay Rubin, MA

DQ 2

How could you use classical conditioning procedures to help someone quit smoking?
 Can Guthrie’s techniques for breaking bad habits be applied to serious problems in a clinical setting? Why or why not?
 How does Guthrie’s theory of learning differ from Thorndike’s?




PSY 390 Week 4 Individual Assignment Classical Conditioning Paper


Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the theory of classical conditioning. In your examination, address the following:
Describe the theory of classical conditioning.
Select a scenario in which you would apply classical conditioning theory, such as training your dog to sit or training your partner to clean the house.
Describe your selected scenario and prepare a chart in which you illustrate how you would apply classical conditioning theory to the scenario

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PSY 390 Week 4 team learning Assignment


Prepare an outline with assigned parts for the week 3 presentation and at least 3 references



PSY 390 Week 4 DQS

DQ 1

What behaviors can best be learned by using classical conditioning methods? Explain your answer.
 What behaviors can best be learned by using instrumental conditioning methods? Explain your answer.
 What is Gestalt theory? What are the major contributions of this theory? What are the major criticisms?


DQ 2

What are the stages associated with Piaget’s stages of development? Which stage do you feel is most critical in the cognitive development of an individual? Why?
 Are there optimal conditions for learning? If so, what are they? If not, why not?
 What implications do Piaget’s stages of development have on education?





PSY 390 Week 5 Individual Assignment Piaget Chart


Create a chart in which you describe the stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. For each stage, identify a task that a child could perform



PSY 390 Week 5 Learning Team Cognitive, Neurophysiological, and Evolutionary Theories Presentation


Select one theorist from each of the following paradigms in preparation for this assignment:
Cognitive
Max Wertheimer (Gestalt theory)
Jean Piaget
Edward C. Tolman
Albert Bandura
Neurophysiological and Evolutionary
Donald O. Hebb
Robert C. Bolles
Obtain faculty approval for your selected theorist prior to beginning this assignment.

Prepare a 10- to 15-minute oral presentation, accompanied by 10- to 12-Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides, in which you analyze the cognitive, neurophysiological, and evolutionary theories associated with your selected theorists. Online Campus students must submit a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft®PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes. In your presentation, address the following items:
Discuss the contributions that your selected theorist made to the field of learning and cognition.
Describe the models associated with your selected theorist.
Provide a framework for the theoretical concepts associated with the models.
Analyze the modern-day relevancy of the models, such as in media advertisements or education.

Format according to APA standards



PSY 390 Week 5 DQS


DQ 1
What effect does the environment have on intellectual differences in humans?
   According to Hebb, what is the difference between childhood learning and adult learning?
 According to Hebb, how can the connection between two neurons be strengthened?
 According to Hebb, what characterizes infant and early childhood learning?


DQ 2
What types of evidence support the consolidation theory?
 What effect does electroconvulsive shock have on memory?
 What is the function of the corpus callosum?