G Messages LTE 8:59 AM * 90%- psy week 5 DOCX 13 KB Close In the Message section
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G Messages LTE 8:59 AM * 90%- psy week 5 DOCX 13 KB Close In the Message section answer each of the following questions. Please make sure to provide unique answers. (Question 1) Provide an example of classical conditioning using the template. (Focus on examples that are very clear and label each of the four major components using the template) [Worth 4 points] (Question 2) Using your example for question 1, answer the following questions: a) What is the Cs+? [Worth 1 point] b) What are at least three other stimuli that might elicit the CR? [Worth 3 points] c What are at least three other stimuli that would be unlikely to elicit the CR? [Worth 3 points] d) How would you extinguish this CR? (Make sure to use information from BKLO 69 -71) [Worth 2 points] e) How would you countercondition this CR? (Make sure to use clearly label each component of the counterconditioning template) [Worth 4 points]) (Question 3) Your friend comes to you for advice on how to overcome their fear of spiders using extinction. What would you recommend they do? (Make sure to use information from BKLO 69-71) [Worth 2 points] Emai Word SaveExplanation / Answer
Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary. Also, for (d) and (Q3) please refer to your ‘bklo’ as I do not have access to that material.
(Answer) (1) Let us assume that John Doe gets a letter in his mail from ‘American Express’. Upon seeing this letter, he feels nothing. Upon opening the letter, his heart beings to pound as he has a very big credit card bill. This takes place for the next three months and as John opens the letter and reads his bill, his heart beings to pound. By the fourth month, he sees a letter with “American Express” written on it and his heart beings to pound without reading the bill.
Assume the bill can be worse than it is and get even more nervous and worried.
John might suddenly remember that he had far too many purchases this month.
John might train himself to worry when he simply goes to the mailbox and not just at the sight of the “American Express” envelope.
John can lend money to a friend, reminding him that he has no money left to pay his own bills and hence increase his CR of worry.
John might, for instance, lose his job which would remind him of the things he cannot afford and increase the CR.
John might increase the interest by not paying the previous month’s bill and increase his CR.
John can take deep breaths and calm down voluntarily.
John can be through controlling his expenses and hence know that the bill is less and not worry, to begin with.
John can train himself to not worry until he actually reads the bill and not merely by the sight of the envelope.
John has won the lottery and no longer worries about his bills (UCR)
John has purchased nothing this month and knows his bill is $0, so he isn’t worried (UCR)
John has been doing yoga to calm his nerves and is naturally prone to worrying less (UCS)
(3) In order to bring about the extinction of an emotion, one must overcome that particular emotion. This can be done through acclimatisation or through sudden exposure. Therefore the two ways in which the friend can overcome the fear of spiders would be to firstly buy a terrarium and get a tarantula as a pet. Since the creature is caged, the friend might not be as scared and simultaneously get acclimatised to the sight of a spider.
Secondly, the friend could try sudden exposure where he would have to have a tarantula placed on the palm of his hand for a few minutes. This would be a heavy emotion to bear and certainly heavier than merely seeing a spider on a wall. This would help the friend be less scared as other situations probably wouldn’t be as bad as actually holding a spider.
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