Critical thinking exercise 2: chapters 4, 5, and 6
1. Why do you feel people are so attracted to altered states of consciousness? In your answer discuss both the physiological and psychological effects of drug use.
2. Discuss the similarities between Pavlov’s classical conditioning and Skinner’s operant conditioning.
3. Discuss how wearing sunglasses can be a form of positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
4. If a person is in an accident and has some sort of brain damage affecting memory, would it be possible to relearn previously learned information and learn it more quickly? Are there examples of this? Are memories ever really gone or are they simply forgotten?
5. Describe the process of sensory, short, and long-term memories.