1.  Frank loves to swim in the lake near his house.  After swimming in the lake one afternoon, he discovered two big slimy, blood sucking leeches attached to his leg.  He was repulsed by the experience of pulling the slimy bodies off his leg.  Now when he drives by the lake he shudders in disgust.  Indentify the elements of classical conditioning:

Unconditioned stimulus (UCS):

Unconditioned response (UCR):

Conditioned stimulus (CS):

Conditioned response (CR):

Bonus:  One day while at the lake, Frank sees a very attractive woman in a bathing suit.  He finds her very attractive and he can't admire her and feel repulsed at the same time.  Lo and behold, he now feels pleasure when he drives by the late, and no longer feels disgust.  What has happened?

2.   One day last summer, my cat, Coconut was chased by a dog.  Although she wasn't hurt, she was very frightened.  Now if Coconut is outside, and person walks a dog past our house, Coconut immediately runs to the door of the house to  be let in.  Identify the elements of classical conditioning:

UCS 

UCR 

CS

CR

Bonus:    Coconut show fear not only to the original dog, but to any dog. What has happened?

3.  Amy always stops by a coffee shop on her way to work.  A cute guy who works the counters always smiles at her and pays her a
    compliment, which in turn makes Amy smile.  The other day, Amy made coffee at home and just the smell of the coffee made Amy smile!
    Identify the elements of classical conditioning:

UCS 

UCR 

CS

CR

Bonus:    The cute guy quit his job at the coffee shop, and the new counter worker doesn't smile at or pay Amy compliments.  Amy no longer smiles when she smells coffee.  What has happened?

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Identify whether the examples illustrate positive or negative reinforcement, positive or negative punishment.

1. You're on a boring date and complain of a headache.  The boring date thus ends early.  The next time your on a boring date, you complain
    of a headache.  Complaining about a headache while on a boring date has been ____________________________.

2.  You touch a hot iron and your hand is burned.  You don't touch the iron again because you've been ___________________________.

3.  You are careless with how you are holding an ice cream cone.  The ice cream falls to the ground.  Next time you are less careless because
     before you were _____________________________.

4.  You put coins in a vending machine.  You get a cold soda to quench your thirst.  The next time you are thirsty you put coins in a vending
     machine because this behavior has been ______________________.

5.  You got a new video game console from Christmas.  When you failed a course this semester, your parents take away your video game
     player.  Your parents are using ______________________.

6.  You get your hair cut in a new style.  Your friends tell you that you look great!  At your next hair appointment you ask for the same cut
     because you have received _________________________ from your friends.

7.  Spanking is usually considered to be what type of punishment?  ________________

8.  You used to be teased because you were somewhat overweight.  You started working out regularly and you lost those extra pounds. 
     Now you are no longer teased, and you feel motivated to continue working out because of __________________.

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