Why is extinction not classified as "the unlearning of a response?"

Why is extinction not classified as "the unlearning of a response?" How does extinction differ in classical conditioning and instrumental learning? Give an example from your life (or a pet's life) of each one.

Compare and contrast ratio and interval schedules in terms of how these contingencies of reinforcement are set up and the effects they have on the instrumental response.

Compare and contrast ratio and interval schedules in terms of how these contingencies of reinforcement are set up and the effects they have on the instrumental response. Compare and contrast S-O and R-O associations (including research used to investigate them).

Describe the difference between intradimensional and interdimensional discrimination training. Give concrete examples of both.

Describe the difference between intradimensional and interdimensional discrimination training. Give concrete examples of both. How would I get my cat to have discrimination learning so that she comes running only when the cat food can is being opened (and not every can)? (Use the terms S+ and S- in your response).

Peak Shift Effect, & Free-operant Avoidance Learning

Explain the peak shift effect. What is the fundamental problem in the analysis of avoidance behavior? How can the concept of a safety signal be used to explain free-operant avoidance learning? When a parent is shopping, why is using a threat "we'll go home if you keep that behavior up" to a child an ineffective punishment ...continues

Personal Model of Helping

I need to create a personal model of helping by incorporating what I've learned in my counseling & psychotherapy class. The following are the major therapeutic theories that we have studied: Psychoanalysis Alderian Existential Person-centered Behaviorism Gestalt Rational Emotive Transactional Analysis Reality T ...continues

Drugs and Behaviour

1. How the topic relates to psychology:specifically, how it relates to or impacts behavior or mental processes. 2. The scientific evidence is available relative to the topic 3. The way in which this psychological event either benefits people or impacts them negatively 4. Any advances, changes you would like to see occur as re ...continues

How do the behaviors that you listed relate to those reported by Sternberg and his colleagues?

Take out two sheets of paper. Label the first sheet "academic intelligence." In 5 minutes, list all of the behaviors that you can think of that are characteristic of academic intelligence. After completing this list, put this sheet aside. Label the second sheet "everyday intelligence" and spend 5 minutes listing behaviors that a ...continues

What makes an emotion pathological?

Take two basic human emotions and show how they appear in DSM. What makes an emotion pathological?

Emotion Question

Explain what a two-year-old, a drunk, and a dog have in common (emotionally speaking). Use the brain and its emotional functions in answer.

Psychological Testing Questions

I need help with these questions: a) Information processing theories of intelligence (sequential processing and simultaneous processing. Which intelligence test uses these concepts? b) In what ways do intelligence tests for infants and preschool children differ from intelligence tests for school children? c) mental age and ...continues