Make-Up In-Class Activity #2
Learning
Directions: For this makeup assignment you need to find a newspaper or magazine article
that talks about operant conditioning, classical conditioning or observational learning.
Type up a paper (about half a page) in which you include the following: 1) briefly
summarize the article in your own words, 2) state what type of learning it is from the
three choices listed above, 3) explain why it is that type of learning; that is if it’s an
example of classical conditioning you need to list what the UCS, UCR, CS & CR are or if
it’s an example of operant conditioning state what type of reinforcement (positive or
negative) or what type of punishment (positive or negative) it is & explain why and 4)
staple the article (original or copy) to your paper