PSY101: Introduction to Psychology – week 4

When I was younger my mother would always tell me a list of chores to complete. I would always remember the first couple of chores and the lasts couple of chores. But I always had difficulty remembering the chores that were in the middle of the list. Describe what memory phenomena I was suffering from.REQUIREMENTS: 200 – 300 words

Chapter 4: Sensation & Perception (Required) Discussion

ad the following sentence:”Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of many years.”Now that you have read the above sentence,count the number of “f’s” in the sentence.  What is your initial response, did you count 2 f’s?  3 f’s?  or more?  Did you have to count more than once to arrive at the correct answer? (the correct answer is 6)  This simple activity is a demonstration of how quickly the brain senses and perceives information – sometimes accurately, sometimes not so accurately.Comment on your experience with the sentence activity above – did you count the number of f’s correctly on the first try – or did you miss a few? :)Watch either  Sensation and Perception (27 min) or Inside-Out Interpretation of Perceptions (28 min).  What reflections/observations do you have from the Chapter 4 video in comparison with material found in the text (your response should reflect both your reading of the chapter material combined with the video content)?ASSIGNMENTFor True/False items, answer either T or F in the space provided. If the response is false, give a brief explanation (a sentence at the very least) that supports the false response. The explanation should be based on information from the course textbook. True/False items are 2 points each – false responses that are not followed by an explanation will receive zero credit.Chapter 6: True/False1. _____ Behaviorists study the differences between conscious and unconscious thought.2. _____ In Pavlov’s experiments, the conditioned response was very similar to the unconditioned response.3. _____ Both positive and negative reinforcement increase the probability of a behavior.4. _____ If you have received reinforcement only occasionally for some action, your response will extinguish faster than it will for someone who received reinforcement every time.5. _____ In operant conditioning, the procedure for extinction is simply to stop providing reinforcement.Chapter 7: True/False1. _____ Brain damage that impairs declarative memory will also impair procedural memory.2. _____ A sequential lineup, in which a witness makes a yes/no judgment on each suspect, one at a time, decreases the probability of falsely identifying an innocent person.3. _____ People tend to lose semantic memories more quickly and easily than they lose episodic memories.4. _____ Moderately strong emotion at the time of learning something enhances your probability of remembering it later.5. _____ If you want to remember something for as long as possible, and you plan to spend 10 hours studying, it is best to study the material for 10 hours all at once.Chapter 9: True/False1. _____ In most cases, fluid intelligence continues to increase throughout a person’s lifetime.2. _____ Research has demonstrated that it is important for educators to determine a child’s learning style and then educate some children visually and others verbally.3. _____ A five-year-old who has a Stanford-Binet IQ score of 116 is more intelligent than an eight-year-old who also scores 116.4. _____ Comparisons of monozygotic and dizygotic twins imply a genetic contribution to differences in IQ performance.5. _____ It is possible for a test to have high reliability and low validity.DISCUSSIONComment on your experience with the sentence activity above – did you count the number of f’s correctly on the first try – or did you miss a few? :)Watch either  Sensation and Perception (27 min) or Inside-Out Interpretation of Perceptions (28 min).  What reflections/observations do you have from the Chapter 4 video in comparison with material found in the text (your response should reflect both your reading of the chapter material combined with the video content)?Three additional videos associated with material from Chapter 4 are adjuncts to material from Chapter 4 and also encouraged.  Mirror Box Therapy 1: Mirror Box demonstration video (relates to phantom limb pain and pain perception), Mirror Therapy 2:  Mirror Therapy with Amputee,.Lastly, consider the following question:  “If you could have one enhanced sense, which one would it be?” What would be the advantages (serious or silly) of that enhancement?  Could you imagine a downside or disadvantage to it?  Explain.hree additional videos associated with material from Chapter 4 are adjuncts to material from Chapter 4 and also encouraged.  Mirror Box Therapy 1: Mirror Box demonstration video (relates to phantom limb pain and pain perception), Mirror Therapy 2:  Mirror Therapy with Amputee,.Lastly, consider the following question:  “If you could have one enhanced sense, which one would it be?” What would be the advantages (serious or silly) of that enhancement?  Could you imagine a downside or disadvantage to it?  Explain.You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads

Classical Conditioning, Stimulus Generalization and Phobias

1. Describe a phobia that either you or a close friend suffers from.2. Using classical conditioning terminology, explain how you think this phobia could have been learned. If you do not know exactly how the phobia was learned, it is ok to speculate. Be sure to identify the US, UR, CS, and CR.3. How would stimulus generalization maintain this phobia?4. Based on your reading, explain how you might go about setting up a program of desensitization therapy for the phobia you described.5. How effective do these behavioral therapies seem to be for the treatment of certain psychological conditions? What types of psychological conditions would be highly responsive to systematic desensitization, etc.? Are there certain types of human psychological conditions that would not be handled well with therapies based on classical conditioning?6. Imagine yourself as the therapist conducting systematic desensitization. How comfortable would you be as the therapist doing these types of therapy? Imagine yourself as a client. Would you be comfortable working in this way to overcome a phobia?