1. Psychology Bell Work
3rd Quarter –

2. Monday, February 4
A psychologist is a person who…
Define psychology.

3. Tuesday, February 5
Write down three things you can recall about psychology as a science. (Definition, goals, research, etc.)

4. Wednesday, February 6
No bell work – Snow Day

5. Monday, February 11
The issue of heredity vs. environment has always been a debated topic. Think about the person you are today. How much of “you” is a result of heredity? How much of “you” is a result of the environment in which you live?

6. Wednesday, February 13
Write down one fact that you can recall about 3 of the men listed below.
Sir Francis Galton
Ivan Pavlov
John Watson
B.F. Skinner

7. Thursday, February 14
Write down five things that you have learned from this chapter.

8. Monday, February 25
Think about learning to ride a bike. How does one learn to ride a bike? What is involved in this process?

9. How would you define learning?
Tuesday, February 26
How would you define learning?
What are some different ways in which we learn behaviors?

10. Wednesday, February 27
What can you recall about Classical Conditioning?

11. (Not assigned as bell work)
Jordan is a three-year-old who always loves playing with balloons. One day while Jordan was playing with the balloon, it popped. The loud noise upset him and he cried. Ever since that day, whenever he sees a red balloon, he starts to cry.
Identify the following based on the scenario:
Neutral Stimulus (NS)
Unconditoned stimulus (UCS)
Unconditioned response (UCR)
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Conditioned response (CR)

12. Thursday, February 28
Give your own example of classical conditioning. This could be from your life or something that you observed.
If you can’t think of anything, explain an example of something that could be considered classical conditioning.
Explain the UCS, UCR, CS, and the CR.

13. Friday, March 1
What can you recall about operant conditioning?

14. Monday, March 4 Briefly explain the schedules of reinforcement:
Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval

15. Tuesday, March 5
Explain how reinforcements and punishments can influence our behavior.

16. Wednesday, March 6 Give an example for each of the following:
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Positive punishment
Negative punishment

17. Thursday, March 7
What are some factors that could affect (influence) learning? These could be positive or negative.

18. Friday, March 8
Sometimes we learn things from simply watching other people. Give three examples of things that you have learned strictly from observation, not necessarily by doing.

19. Monday, March 11
Write down 3 things that you can recall from the section on factors that affect learning?

20. Tuesday, March 12
Which learning theory (classical, operant, or social) do you think contributes the most to your learning? Explain your choice.

21. Wednesday, March 13
Explain how modeling, observation, and disinhibition contribute to our learning experiences.

22. Monday, March 18
Explain how your life would be if you had no memory.

23. Tuesday, March 19
Write down everything that you did yesterday that did NOT involve memory.

24. Wednesday, March 20
In your opinion, how good is your memory? Explain!

25. Thursday, March 21
Explain how selective attention and feature extraction help us to narrow down sensory inputs.

26. Friday, March 22
In what ways do sensory memory and short term memory differ? In what ways are they similar?

27. Tuesday, October 23
Write down 5 things that you can recall about long-term memory.

28. Wednesday, October 24
What do you think causes you to forget information, events, people’s names, etc.?

29. Thursday, October 25
Write down three things that you learned about retrieving information from memory.