Assignment: Stimulus and Response.
Assignment: Stimulus and Response.
Note: For each of the examples below, decide if the behavior in question was acquired through operant or classical conditioning. If you decide the behavior is operant, identify the Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence below. If you decide the behavior is respondent, identify the previously Neutral (now Conditioned) Stimulus, the Unconditioned Stimulus, and the Unconditioned ( now Conditioned) Response.
1. Last year Julie was in a terrible car accident. Just before the cars collided, the brakes and the tires on the car squealed. Even a year later, Julie cringes and breaks into a sweat at the sound of squealing brakes and tires..
Is this an example of operant or respondent conditioning?
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Label appropriately:
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Antecedent Behavior Consequence
OR OR OR
NS (CS) US UR (CR)
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We have been looking at different psychological theories and the way we can use them to better examine social media. For this assignment, you should choose yourself or another person (such as a celebrity or a politician). Spend some time looking through your/their social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Then write your analysis, being sure to cover these points:
- A good introduction including who your subject is and a good overview of them and their social media use
- Examples and discussion of schema/script theory in your subject
- Examples and discussion of cultivation theory in your subject
- Examples and discussion of agenda-setting theory in your subject
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- Examples and discussion of uses and gratifications theory in your subject
- Conclusions
We have been looking at different psychological theories and the way we can use them to better examine social media. For this assignment, you should choose yourself or another person (such as a celebrity or a politician). Spend some time looking through your/their social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Then write your analysis, being sure to cover these points:
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