March 31, 2025

Monday March 31, 2025

Circle: If you could make one thing illegal, just because it annoys you, what would it be?

Homework: SQ3R 300-316 for Monday.  If you haven't done this you need to have it done for Thursday when we will be quizzing and working on the AEQ

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Discovering Psychology: Learning

Practice Quiz

Quiz on Thursday

March 27, 2025

Thursday March 27, 2025

Circle: Where do you want to be living when you are 30 years old?

Homework: SQ3R 300-316 for Monday

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

Activity: Operant Conditioning Reinforcement Schedules

What is this?  Classical or Operant? 

If Operant, what kind of Operant Conditioning is it? 1. Positive Reinforcement 2. Negative Reinforcement 3. Positive Punishment 4. Negative Punishment 

And more importantly, what is the behavior that is trying to be reinforce or extinguished?

If Classical, what is the UCS, UCR, NS, CS CR?

Penny

Jim and Dwight

Sheldon and Leonard

Coach Carter

Stewy

Negative Reinforcement Quiz

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Wednesday March 26, 2025

Wednesday March 26, 2025

Homework for tomorrow: 294-297 and 300-309

New seating chart and reward

Score the brackets!

Circle: If your parents could see all of you social media would they be happy, sad or mad?  

Activity: Take a few minutes and write down something about yourself you would like to improve.  Then write down how it make you feel if you succeed and finally what would incentivize you to work towards it?  We will be sharing in your group and then to the class.

Point to remember: This is the beginning of the behavioral branch of psychology!

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Activity: Find some examples of operant conditioning.  The Office and The Big Bang Theory are two great spots.  Be prepared to share out to class.

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Activities: True or False

Activities: Examples of Negative reinforcement

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Classical ConditioningVideo's
Crash Course
Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
Classically Conditioning your roomate


Operant Conditioning

The Little Albert Experiment
BF Skinner Pigeon Ping Pong

Observational Learning
Our Skinner Box
Crash Course: The BoBo Beatdown
Classical vs Operant Condtioniong

Note cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

acquisition	learning
associative learning	Neutral stimulus
classical conditioning	operant conditioning
cognitive map	punishment
discrimination	reinforcer
extinction	shaping
fixed interval schedule	spontaneous recovery
fixed ratio schedule	US / UR / CS / CR
generalization	variable interval schedule
latent learning	variable ratio schedule

March 20, 2025

Thursday March 20, 2025

Circle: The worst movie you have ever seen or a terrible one that you love?

Burrito Brackets- Chance to win lunch, delivered by yours truly.

This is Behaviorism- Otherwise known as Learning: The process of acquiring through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.  What does that mean?

Classical Conditioning Slide Show

Activity: Classical Conditioning class activity

Activity: On your own

Operant Conditioning: Scenario- a student skips class and gets caught.  In order to reduce the student skipping in the future, what should be done to improve their attendance?  What actually is done?

Homework: SQ3R 283-291

March 17, 2025

 Monday March 17, 2025

Circle: Something you can't eat or drink anymore because it made sick?

Test over Development

Homework: SQ3R 270-280

This is Behaviorism- Otherwise known as Learning: The process of acquiring through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.  What does that mean?

March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025

Circle: You are given $10,000 but the only caveat is that you have to spend it on yourself.  You cannot give it away, you cannot save it for later, and if you don't spend it all you have to give back whatever you don't spend back and you cannot put it towards anything practical like a car.  You must indulge yourself.

What do we want to review?

Module 36- Thinking and Language

Module 42- Prenatal and the newborn

Module 43- Infancy and childhood/Physical Development

Module 44- Infancy and Childhood/Cognitive Development

Module 45- Infancy and Childhood/Social Development

Module 46- Gender Development

Module 47- Parent, Peers, Social Development

Module 48- Adolescence/Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 49- Adolescence/Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 50- Sexual Development

Module 51- Adulthood/Physical Cognitive and Social Development

Kahoot 

March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

Baby Journal is due!!!  You are an empty nester now.  Let your sock go and enjoy your life without children!

Circle: At your funeral, what would you hope they would say about you and your life?

Practice Test- Today you will be taking a practice quiz over the different modules.  This should be used as a self assessment to see what you know and more importantly what you don't know.  The test over Developmental Psychology will be on Monday March17th.  

Pre-Test- With a partner go through the vocabulary and figure out where you need to target your studying.  After completing, use the AP Study guide to review your weakest areas.

Practice Test

What do you want to review tomorrow?

Kahoot if we have time.