Saturday morning at the Koines/Landry household… I wake up around 5:00 am because I’ve woken up at that time almost every day for 10 years… What type of learning is this?

Classical UCS: alarm clock UCR: waking NS: time (5:00 am) CS: time CR: waking at 5:00 am

At 5:00 am, Moxie gets hungry What type of conditioning is this?

Classical UCS: eating/food UCR: feeling hunger shortly before eating NS: time (5:00 am) CS: time CR: feeling hunger at 5:00 am

Reinforcement or Punishment? Negative or Positive? If I don’t get up in a timely manner, say by 5:10… Moxie will start knocking things off my nightstand… Books fall of the floor, I get up. What type of learning is Moxie showing? (What type of conditioning is Moxie using on me?) Operant She has learned that if she knocks something on the floor, I will get up. And if I’m out of bed, I’ll feed her. Reinforcement or Punishment? Negative or Positive? The more I get up in response to her knocking things on the floor, the more she’ll do it.

The books falling on the floor causes me to wake up. What type of learning do I show? Non-associative learning Book hits the floor (stimulus) And I get up (response)

Saturday morning at the Koines/Landry household… part II As the cats are eating, I grind some coffee beans This momentarily frightens the cats What type of learning is this? Non-associative

As the cats are eating, I grind some coffee beans This momentarily frightens the cats Within a couple seconds, the cats go back to eating. I grind some more coffee and they don’t make any reaction What is the term for this? Habituation