3 Wishes
1. No hunger/world starvation
2. Happiness
3. Health (for everyone)
I am...
1. Female (P)
2. 17 (P)
3. Short (P)
4. A senior (R)
5. Nice (PS)
6. Talkative (PS)
7. A leader (R)
8. Semi - smart (PS)
9. An only child (R)
10. A good friend (R)
11. Unathletic (P)
12. Social (PS)
13. Fun (PS)
14. Dedicated (PS)
15. Hardworking (PS)
16. Daughter (R)
17. Grand-daughter (R)
18. Determined (PS)
19. Tired (P)
20. Compassionate (PS)
P stands for Physical Trait - 5
R stands for Role - 5
PS stands for Personality Trait - 10
Birth order - Only child
(I had a hard time coming up with pros and cons)
Pros
1. All the attention
2. No favortitism
3. Only yourself to look after
Cons
1. Lonely - sometimes (rarely)
2. Parents are extremely over protective
3. Too much attention at times
Questions:
1. How would you be different if you had the same birth order but were a different sex?
Honestly, I don't know how I would be different. I mean personality wise I would be different because I probably would not be interested in the same things. (clothes - shopping, shoes, purses, etc...) I would hopefully be stronger and more athletic too. I don't think the birth order would really affect me, anymore than it does now, if I were a different sex.
2. How would you be different if you had a different ordinal position?
Well, I would probably be different because I would not receive as much attention as I do now. Which means I would probably either talk less often, be more reserved, and not share my opinions as often. My parents probably would not be as over protective because their focus would be split up amongst all the kids verses just me. It would be really different, I would be really different if my I was not an only child.
3. As a parent I would probably only want between 1 and 3 children; just because I come from a really small family. Also, this way I would allow myself to have more time for each of my children. (Time might be limited with work and other things.)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
In Class Activities Chapters 8 and 9
Chapter 8:
11/9/09
Memory Score
1. 1
2. 4
3. 2
4. 4
5. 5
6. 3
7. 5
My Score: 24 Average Memory
Seven Dwarfs
grumpy
sleepy
dopey
doc - I got these four on my own
sneezy
Happy
Bashful
12 Days of Christmas (partiage in a pear tree given)
2 Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Golden Rings - I got to
6 Geese of Laying
7 Swans of Swimming
8 Maids of Miliking
9 Ladies dancing
10 Lords of Leaping
11 Pipers piping
12 Drummers Drumming
11/11/09
First Memory Test (* remembered it)
apple*
pear*
grape*
banana
Bill*
Jon*
Robert*
Charlie
Blue*
Red*
Green*
Yellow*
Nickel*
Quarter*
Dime*
Dollar
East*
South*
West*
North*
17/20
Second Memory Test
Duck*
Big*
Jowel*
Clog*
Pot
Dusk
Wreak
Broom*
Later*
Trout*
Wage
Mayor
Lot
List
Smug*
Job*
Start*
Else
Chap
Tape
Thir Memory Test
Court*
Royal*
Dice*
Dent
Slot*
Hand
Solve
Stoned
House
Mutt
Dirt
Draft
Greet
Stale
Chapter 9
Riddles
1. A coffin
2. A- 14
3. Move the second glass
4. Shortest sentence using every letter of the alphabet
5. Back to Back
6. 100204180
7. every number
8. m
9. a) age 17
b) 6 stations
c) 19 passengers still on
d) 50 people got off
e) 65 people go on
10. same place
11. crunchy dog food eaten by - lady
green dog house - sancho
I thought that these activites were fun and at times challenging. I used to consider myself to have a decent memory but after doing these activities I found out that I don't. My favorite class activity that we did was the riddles.
11/9/09
Memory Score
1. 1
2. 4
3. 2
4. 4
5. 5
6. 3
7. 5
My Score: 24 Average Memory
Seven Dwarfs
grumpy
sleepy
dopey
doc - I got these four on my own
sneezy
Happy
Bashful
12 Days of Christmas (partiage in a pear tree given)
2 Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Golden Rings - I got to
6 Geese of Laying
7 Swans of Swimming
8 Maids of Miliking
9 Ladies dancing
10 Lords of Leaping
11 Pipers piping
12 Drummers Drumming
11/11/09
First Memory Test (* remembered it)
apple*
pear*
grape*
banana
Bill*
Jon*
Robert*
Charlie
Blue*
Red*
Green*
Yellow*
Nickel*
Quarter*
Dime*
Dollar
East*
South*
West*
North*
17/20
Second Memory Test
Duck*
Big*
Jowel*
Clog*
Pot
Dusk
Wreak
Broom*
Later*
Trout*
Wage
Mayor
Lot
List
Smug*
Job*
Start*
Else
Chap
Tape
Thir Memory Test
Court*
Royal*
Dice*
Dent
Slot*
Hand
Solve
Stoned
House
Mutt
Dirt
Draft
Greet
Stale
Chapter 9
Riddles
1. A coffin
2. A- 14
3. Move the second glass
4. Shortest sentence using every letter of the alphabet
5. Back to Back
6. 100204180
7. every number
8. m
9. a) age 17
b) 6 stations
c) 19 passengers still on
d) 50 people got off
e) 65 people go on
10. same place
11. crunchy dog food eaten by - lady
green dog house - sancho
I thought that these activites were fun and at times challenging. I used to consider myself to have a decent memory but after doing these activities I found out that I don't. My favorite class activity that we did was the riddles.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Chapter Nine- Thinking and Language
Three things that I learned about in this chapter and found interesting were overconfidence, belief perseverance, and intuition.
According to the book, overconfidence is the tendency to be more confident than correct - t overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements. I find this topic interesting because sometimes I find myself struggling with this tendency. (Obviously I do not think that I am infallible or always correct, but the majority of the time I am fairly confident in my answers.) The book gave some really good examples to explain overconfidence too. Such as the one about whether or not absinthe was a liqueur or a precious stone. 60 percent of people answered the question correctly, however 75 percent felt confident in their answer. It also made the point how overconfidence or the inability to notice our potential to make errors can lead to serious consequences. However, there are positives to having overconfidence. People who are overconfident tend to be happier, have an easier time making tough decisions, and seem more credible than those who lack self confidence.
Belief perseverance according to the book is, clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited. I find this topic interesting because we all do this at times. This topic deals with our biases. The book gave an example about a controversial topic the death penalty. If you have two people and both sides and show them evidence backing up both claims; each person will only use the evidence that backs up their belief. The more evidence that we find to back up our claims the more we consider them true. In order to change the belief that someone has they will have to see compelling evidence to shatter their belief.
Intuition according to the book, an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. I found intuition to be fascinating because this allows us to make decisions without evening really thinking about them. The book states how this maybe a good thing or a bad thing depending on the situation. Some perils or reasons as to why intuition maybe wrong are: (pg. 380 Table 9.1) we are influenced by our present moods and by misinformation, we may form false memories, inflated self confidence in one's discernment based on the interview alone, our intuitive self-predictions can often go astray, and intuitively perceiving a relationship where none exists. Evidence of intuition's powers or reasons why it is good are: (pg. 380 Table 9.1) learning how to do something without knowing that ones knows, quick gut feelings that precede moral reasoning, and the sometimes spontaneous appearance of novel and valuable ideas. These are just a few things about intuition.
The reason why I picked these three points out for this blog is because after reading the chapter it made me think as to whether my judgements, beliefs, or notions were correct. Overall, I found this to be fascinating.
According to the book, overconfidence is the tendency to be more confident than correct - t overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements. I find this topic interesting because sometimes I find myself struggling with this tendency. (Obviously I do not think that I am infallible or always correct, but the majority of the time I am fairly confident in my answers.) The book gave some really good examples to explain overconfidence too. Such as the one about whether or not absinthe was a liqueur or a precious stone. 60 percent of people answered the question correctly, however 75 percent felt confident in their answer. It also made the point how overconfidence or the inability to notice our potential to make errors can lead to serious consequences. However, there are positives to having overconfidence. People who are overconfident tend to be happier, have an easier time making tough decisions, and seem more credible than those who lack self confidence.
Belief perseverance according to the book is, clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited. I find this topic interesting because we all do this at times. This topic deals with our biases. The book gave an example about a controversial topic the death penalty. If you have two people and both sides and show them evidence backing up both claims; each person will only use the evidence that backs up their belief. The more evidence that we find to back up our claims the more we consider them true. In order to change the belief that someone has they will have to see compelling evidence to shatter their belief.
Intuition according to the book, an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. I found intuition to be fascinating because this allows us to make decisions without evening really thinking about them. The book states how this maybe a good thing or a bad thing depending on the situation. Some perils or reasons as to why intuition maybe wrong are: (pg. 380 Table 9.1) we are influenced by our present moods and by misinformation, we may form false memories, inflated self confidence in one's discernment based on the interview alone, our intuitive self-predictions can often go astray, and intuitively perceiving a relationship where none exists. Evidence of intuition's powers or reasons why it is good are: (pg. 380 Table 9.1) learning how to do something without knowing that ones knows, quick gut feelings that precede moral reasoning, and the sometimes spontaneous appearance of novel and valuable ideas. These are just a few things about intuition.
The reason why I picked these three points out for this blog is because after reading the chapter it made me think as to whether my judgements, beliefs, or notions were correct. Overall, I found this to be fascinating.
My Head is Spinning Tutorial Questions
I have just completed the My Head is Spinning Tutorial. While I am not sure that I completely understand everything that I just learned; I found the tutorial activities themselves to be interesting.
Conceptual Thinking:
This activity has a candle and the mouse is the match. You are supposed to take the match and light the wick of the candle with it. I didn't really have to think when it came to this activity because it was instinctive.
Cooper & Shepard's Results:
This activity dealt with the letter R and its rotation. The reason why people's reaction times decrease after the rotation of 180 degrees is because they are the same rotations that were made earlier with the smaller degrees. The theory as to why the rate decreases (respond faster to 300 degrees than 240 degrees) is that people treat the rotation of 300 degrees clockwise the same as 60 counter clockwise.
Mental Rotation Experiment:
The pattern of my results for this experiment seemed to match the theory of Cooper's & Shepard's or at least I thought it did until I saw the chart. My chart had two short lines in the upper right hand corner and there chart had a single line rising to 180 degrees and falling from 180 degrees. I don't think that my results were conclusive at all.
Conceptual Thinking:
This activity has a candle and the mouse is the match. You are supposed to take the match and light the wick of the candle with it. I didn't really have to think when it came to this activity because it was instinctive.
Cooper & Shepard's Results:
This activity dealt with the letter R and its rotation. The reason why people's reaction times decrease after the rotation of 180 degrees is because they are the same rotations that were made earlier with the smaller degrees. The theory as to why the rate decreases (respond faster to 300 degrees than 240 degrees) is that people treat the rotation of 300 degrees clockwise the same as 60 counter clockwise.
Mental Rotation Experiment:
The pattern of my results for this experiment seemed to match the theory of Cooper's & Shepard's or at least I thought it did until I saw the chart. My chart had two short lines in the upper right hand corner and there chart had a single line rising to 180 degrees and falling from 180 degrees. I don't think that my results were conclusive at all.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Chapter Eight - Memory
Throughout this chapter I have learned the significance of our memory. Memory is extremely important, especially because it helps to define us as individuals. Each individual has different memories that are important and significant. Without those memories we would all be the same. There would nothing that sets us apart from the rest. Memories are experiences in our lives that define us and without those memories life would be boring and challenging.
A perfect example of this is Clive Wearing. Clive had a normal life until he lost his memory. Now his memory lasts for approximately 20 seconds at a time. Every two minutes he writes down that he has just woke up. He doesn't remember the foods he eats, people he knows or has met, the fact that he is married, and he doesn't remember writing things down in his diary; even though he recognizes his own handwriting. He feels that the things written down before either he has written unconsciously or someone else wrote them in his handwriting. I could not imagine having a life like this. Doing the same things everyday and not realizing it. (Life definitely was not meant to be so repetitious.)
As far as memory itself goes, I do see how it works differently. For example, some people like Clive Wearing can only have a short term memory, others only have a long term memory, and there are people that have both but remember one clearer than the other. Also, age has a great deal to do with memory. For example when you are younger, you will most likely have a greater or better memory than those who are older. Before this chapter, I considered myself to have a very good memory, but when we did that in class experiment I found myself to have an average memory. I would say that this simple experiment or quiz definetly made me change my perspective of my memory. I now recongize how often I forget to do simple tasks or can't remember if I turned a light off or locked the house door. I find myself being like mother and asking people questions twice or double checking myself constantly. I do however, still trust my memories. I feel like the things that I do remember are very accurate and lucid.
A concept that I learned in this chapter is the theory of repression. I find it interesting that we as individuals can repress memories. Although, the book stated that this is a rare thing because, often the memories that we try to repress are emotional which makes it nearly impossible to repress them. This is especially true, if the memory is very traumatic. Information that may easily be repressed is neutral material.
A perfect example of this is Clive Wearing. Clive had a normal life until he lost his memory. Now his memory lasts for approximately 20 seconds at a time. Every two minutes he writes down that he has just woke up. He doesn't remember the foods he eats, people he knows or has met, the fact that he is married, and he doesn't remember writing things down in his diary; even though he recognizes his own handwriting. He feels that the things written down before either he has written unconsciously or someone else wrote them in his handwriting. I could not imagine having a life like this. Doing the same things everyday and not realizing it. (Life definitely was not meant to be so repetitious.)
As far as memory itself goes, I do see how it works differently. For example, some people like Clive Wearing can only have a short term memory, others only have a long term memory, and there are people that have both but remember one clearer than the other. Also, age has a great deal to do with memory. For example when you are younger, you will most likely have a greater or better memory than those who are older. Before this chapter, I considered myself to have a very good memory, but when we did that in class experiment I found myself to have an average memory. I would say that this simple experiment or quiz definetly made me change my perspective of my memory. I now recongize how often I forget to do simple tasks or can't remember if I turned a light off or locked the house door. I find myself being like mother and asking people questions twice or double checking myself constantly. I do however, still trust my memories. I feel like the things that I do remember are very accurate and lucid.
A concept that I learned in this chapter is the theory of repression. I find it interesting that we as individuals can repress memories. Although, the book stated that this is a rare thing because, often the memories that we try to repress are emotional which makes it nearly impossible to repress them. This is especially true, if the memory is very traumatic. Information that may easily be repressed is neutral material.
The Case of Clive Wearing
I watched the movie the case of Clive Wearing. Clive Wearing reminded me (as others have stated) of 10 second Tom from the Movie, Fifty First Dates.
Clive Wearing lost his memory and can only remember the day to day things that are ingrained in his memory, such as; getting dressed, eating, playing music, playing patience, writing, and the fact that he loves his wife, Deborah. Clive has no idea that Deborah is his wife, in fact each time he sees her, he thinks that he is seeing her for the first time. She then points out to him that he has seen her before and writes down his love for her in his diary. He doesn't remember writing it down so he assumes that he was unconscious when he wrote that and continues to claim that he has never seen her before. When he is writing in his diary, he will almost every 2 minutes or so write that he is awake for the first time that day. When he is playing music, he claims that he has never played before, but he plays, directs, and sings wonderfully. His wife, Deborah, cites his ability to do this similar to the act of us riding a bike.
I could not imagine having a complete memory one day and then having a memory like Clive's the next day. The struggles that he has to go through (because he can think clearly or is lucid), not remembering things that he writes down, or not remembering that you are married even though you can remember that you love that person. I also could not imagine being Deborah and having to see her husband go through that day after day. Just knowing that he doesn't remember simple day to day things like when he woke up, what he has written down, things he has eaten, or the fact that he is married; must be extremely difficult to go through.
Clive Wearing lost his memory and can only remember the day to day things that are ingrained in his memory, such as; getting dressed, eating, playing music, playing patience, writing, and the fact that he loves his wife, Deborah. Clive has no idea that Deborah is his wife, in fact each time he sees her, he thinks that he is seeing her for the first time. She then points out to him that he has seen her before and writes down his love for her in his diary. He doesn't remember writing it down so he assumes that he was unconscious when he wrote that and continues to claim that he has never seen her before. When he is writing in his diary, he will almost every 2 minutes or so write that he is awake for the first time that day. When he is playing music, he claims that he has never played before, but he plays, directs, and sings wonderfully. His wife, Deborah, cites his ability to do this similar to the act of us riding a bike.
I could not imagine having a complete memory one day and then having a memory like Clive's the next day. The struggles that he has to go through (because he can think clearly or is lucid), not remembering things that he writes down, or not remembering that you are married even though you can remember that you love that person. I also could not imagine being Deborah and having to see her husband go through that day after day. Just knowing that he doesn't remember simple day to day things like when he woke up, what he has written down, things he has eaten, or the fact that he is married; must be extremely difficult to go through.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Applied Cognition - Five Activities
I completed the five activities on the Applied Cognition website. I found them to be interesting and challenging at the same time.
The first activity that I completed was Recognition. In Recoginition they had an array of pennies and the goal was to chose the real penny from the rest. After looking at the pennies for quite awhile I finally just guessed and to my surprise I guessed correctly on the first try.
The second activity that I completed was The Mnemonicizer. This was to show how mnemonic devices can help us to remember miscellaneous information. Examples of mnemonic devices include: All Cow's Eat Grass (for treble clef on the piano) or PEMDAS (parentheses, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract) for the order of operations in math. I tried to make a mnemonic device to remember the nine planets (technically eight because apparently Pluto isn't one... I guess). I failed miserably at this task and ended up with the sentence: Moneys voted elaborate meals just so unicorns nibble pleasantly.
The third activity that I completed was Human Memory. This involved hearing twenty words and then you had to write down all the ones you recalled. This is very similar to the in class activities that we did on Wednesday. I did all right on this, but definitely not as well as I did on the in class activities.
The fourth activity that I completed was Interference. This activity involved hearing a list of seven numbers and remembering them. Then each time they gave you a new list of seven numbers with interference to try and hinder your ability of remembering the numbers. I did well on the first list getting all seven numbers but the other two times I did not do so well.
The fifth and final activity that I completed was Short Term Memory. The activity first gives seven pictures and you have to try and remember them. I did well and remembered all seven. The activity then gives you seven words to try and remember. I got all but two. Then the third time they give you seven new words to try and remember. I got five the next time too
The first activity that I completed was Recognition. In Recoginition they had an array of pennies and the goal was to chose the real penny from the rest. After looking at the pennies for quite awhile I finally just guessed and to my surprise I guessed correctly on the first try.
The second activity that I completed was The Mnemonicizer. This was to show how mnemonic devices can help us to remember miscellaneous information. Examples of mnemonic devices include: All Cow's Eat Grass (for treble clef on the piano) or PEMDAS (parentheses, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract) for the order of operations in math. I tried to make a mnemonic device to remember the nine planets (technically eight because apparently Pluto isn't one... I guess). I failed miserably at this task and ended up with the sentence: Moneys voted elaborate meals just so unicorns nibble pleasantly.
The third activity that I completed was Human Memory. This involved hearing twenty words and then you had to write down all the ones you recalled. This is very similar to the in class activities that we did on Wednesday. I did all right on this, but definitely not as well as I did on the in class activities.
The fourth activity that I completed was Interference. This activity involved hearing a list of seven numbers and remembering them. Then each time they gave you a new list of seven numbers with interference to try and hinder your ability of remembering the numbers. I did well on the first list getting all seven numbers but the other two times I did not do so well.
The fifth and final activity that I completed was Short Term Memory. The activity first gives seven pictures and you have to try and remember them. I did well and remembered all seven. The activity then gives you seven words to try and remember. I got all but two. Then the third time they give you seven new words to try and remember. I got five the next time too
Friday, November 6, 2009
Current Event #3
Since our chapter discusses learning, I thought it would be fitting to share one of my learning experiences.
So recently I went ice skating for the first time with my friend. I was excited but also nervous to go ice skating because I am extremely uncoordinated to say the least. My friend who plays hockey was aware of this and attempted to teach me how to skate. He tried his best to teach me but he did not get very far.
When I stepped onto the ice (unconditioned stimulus) in skates for the first time I became really nervous (unconditioned response). Then when I fell (conditioned stimulus) on the ice (unconditioned stimulus) I became extremely nervous (unconditioned response) of falling again. This led me to be nervous (conditioned response) of falling (conditioned stimulus) again.
This is just a really basic example of how my ice skating experience ties into the chapter. Needless to say I only fell twice within a two hour span. Granted I wasn't going very fast.
So recently I went ice skating for the first time with my friend. I was excited but also nervous to go ice skating because I am extremely uncoordinated to say the least. My friend who plays hockey was aware of this and attempted to teach me how to skate. He tried his best to teach me but he did not get very far.
When I stepped onto the ice (unconditioned stimulus) in skates for the first time I became really nervous (unconditioned response). Then when I fell (conditioned stimulus) on the ice (unconditioned stimulus) I became extremely nervous (unconditioned response) of falling again. This led me to be nervous (conditioned response) of falling (conditioned stimulus) again.
This is just a really basic example of how my ice skating experience ties into the chapter. Needless to say I only fell twice within a two hour span. Granted I wasn't going very fast.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
How Beliefs and Values Influence What Tastes Good
I saw this article on Psyblog discussing how our values help to determine our tastes. For example if people think eating meat is murder to animals, than very few people will eat meat products.
The article discusses various studies that prove the theory as to whether or not our beliefs or values help us to determine what is okay to eat. The studies ranged from people eating sausage rolls that were made from beef to eating sausage rolls that were made from artificial meat (vegetarian meat). The study switched the labels of the two meats. The study showed that those who consumed the meat labeled vegetarian thought it was tastier even though the vegetarian meat was really beef meat. Therefore confirming the fact that our social values help us to determine the types of food that we consume. This study was performed with Pepsi verses Coca Cola. Pepsi is known for using slogans that discuss youthfulness and generation. However when the labels were switched the majority of the testers preferred Coca Cola to Pepsi.
The article goes on to discuss organic foods, marketing values, and beer. The point the article makes is that marketing or psychology helps influence whether people eat organic food or non organic and the same thing for beer. Many people claim that organic food is healthier for you and tastes better; therefore organic producers are hoping for people to buy into the psychology of the items. Beer is more of a social marketing strategy. For example if a person were to drink beer on their own; they would most likely find the taste repulsive, but when around a group of people they drink it because others are drinking it. Thus, each situation is playing off your values.
I agree with some of the points in this article. With that being said, I know personally that I am one of the most finicky eaters. I severely dislike certain foods and it has nothing to do with my values. Ever since I was little I have hated fish and seafood. My friends like fish and the majority of family likes fish. My values do not dictate my dislike in food because for lent we are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays. (most people eat fish during this time). I absolutely hate fish and seafood. For this reason alone, I question the accuracy of these studies.
I was wondering if what you think of this article and whether or not you find it to be accurate.
The article discusses various studies that prove the theory as to whether or not our beliefs or values help us to determine what is okay to eat. The studies ranged from people eating sausage rolls that were made from beef to eating sausage rolls that were made from artificial meat (vegetarian meat). The study switched the labels of the two meats. The study showed that those who consumed the meat labeled vegetarian thought it was tastier even though the vegetarian meat was really beef meat. Therefore confirming the fact that our social values help us to determine the types of food that we consume. This study was performed with Pepsi verses Coca Cola. Pepsi is known for using slogans that discuss youthfulness and generation. However when the labels were switched the majority of the testers preferred Coca Cola to Pepsi.
The article goes on to discuss organic foods, marketing values, and beer. The point the article makes is that marketing or psychology helps influence whether people eat organic food or non organic and the same thing for beer. Many people claim that organic food is healthier for you and tastes better; therefore organic producers are hoping for people to buy into the psychology of the items. Beer is more of a social marketing strategy. For example if a person were to drink beer on their own; they would most likely find the taste repulsive, but when around a group of people they drink it because others are drinking it. Thus, each situation is playing off your values.
I agree with some of the points in this article. With that being said, I know personally that I am one of the most finicky eaters. I severely dislike certain foods and it has nothing to do with my values. Ever since I was little I have hated fish and seafood. My friends like fish and the majority of family likes fish. My values do not dictate my dislike in food because for lent we are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays. (most people eat fish during this time). I absolutely hate fish and seafood. For this reason alone, I question the accuracy of these studies.
I was wondering if what you think of this article and whether or not you find it to be accurate.
Chapter 7- Learning
This chapter had some interesting topics in it. I particularally found sections on conditioning and punishments to be interesting.
According to the book, classical conditioning is a type of learning in which one learns how to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. This involves an unconditioned response, an unconditioned stimulus, a neutral stimulus, a conditioned response, and a conditioned stimulus. A very simple example of this would be a dog sees food (unconditioned stimulus) and its mouth starts to water (unconditioned response). The same dog later hears a sound (neutral stimulus) and its mouth remains normal (no response). Later the dog hears the same sound (neutral stimulus) at the same time the food (unconditioned stimulus) is brought out; which causes the dog's mouth to water (unconditioned response). Even later, the sound is created and the dog's mouth waters because it now associates that sound with food. Therefore, making the sound a conditioned stimulus and the mouth watering a conditioned response. This same technique can be modified to real life situations such as to get drug addicts to stop their addiction to basically just about everything.
According to the book, classical conditioning is a type of learning in which one learns how to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. This involves an unconditioned response, an unconditioned stimulus, a neutral stimulus, a conditioned response, and a conditioned stimulus. A very simple example of this would be a dog sees food (unconditioned stimulus) and its mouth starts to water (unconditioned response). The same dog later hears a sound (neutral stimulus) and its mouth remains normal (no response). Later the dog hears the same sound (neutral stimulus) at the same time the food (unconditioned stimulus) is brought out; which causes the dog's mouth to water (unconditioned response). Even later, the sound is created and the dog's mouth waters because it now associates that sound with food. Therefore, making the sound a conditioned stimulus and the mouth watering a conditioned response. This same technique can be modified to real life situations such as to get drug addicts to stop their addiction to basically just about everything.
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