Homework 1 - Practice Identifying Classical Conditioning

Due Tuesday, Feb 7

Type all your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

For the following scenarios do the following:

a) list the four elements for each (US, UR, CS, and CR)

b) diagram the situations before, during, and after conditioning

c) identify if this is appetitive or aversive conditioning (you no longer have to do this part of the homework)

1. Martin likes to take a shower in the men's locker room after working out. During one such shower, he hears someone flushing a nearby toilet. Suddenly, boiling hot water rushes out of the shower head, causing Martin serous discomfort. As he continues to shower, he hears another toilet flush and immediately jumps out from under the shower head.

2. Captain Hook had a nasty encounter with a crocodile in Never-Never Land. As a result of the battle, he lost his hand to the croc, which also swallowed an alarm clock. Fortunately for Hook, the loud ticking warned him of the hungry croc's approach. Unfortunately for Hook, any clock's ticking now causes a full-blown anxiety attack.

3. Whevener you watch a romantic movie, you always eat a box of Thin Mints. Now you find that you begin to feel romantic whever you see a box of Thin Mints.