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melly21297

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on: Jun 20, 2018
You are sitting in the workroom of your school with a faculty member who has just said, I got sick of the students' continually talking today, so I fixed them. I doubled their homework assignment. I had assigned the odd problems at the end of the section, and now they get to do all the problems.
  You comment courteously, I'm not sure that's a good idea.
  Why not? your colleague retorts. It stopped the talking.
  Using classical conditioning as a basis for your response, explain why using homework as a form of punishment is not a good idea.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Operant conditioning is also involved in the case study. Carefully describe the operant conditioning component including an identification of the concepts involved.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Through classical conditioning, homework, which is initially a neutral stimulus, can become associated with the event of being punished (the UCS). Being punished can cause negative emotions (UCR). Because of homework being associated with punishment, the homework becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS), which produces negative emotions as conditioned responses

Answer to Question 2

When Russell's mother lets him stay home, an aversive event


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