AS & A Level / Psychology / Learning and behavioural explanations Question practice
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Psychology Learning and behavioural explanations
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1 Fictional case: a dog salivates to a tone after the tone repeatedly precedes food. Identify the conditioned stimulus and conditioned response. Easy 2 marks No calculator + 2 Fictional case: fastening a seatbelt stops an unpleasant alarm and makes fastening more likely later. Explain negative reinforcement rather than punishment. Easy 3 marks No calculator + 3 Fictional case: a child watches an older sibling receive praise for sharing, then begins sharing. Analyse observational learning without assuming direct reinforcement of the child. Medium 4 marks No calculator + 4 Fictional case: a fear response to one barking dog spreads to similar dogs but not to toy dogs. Analyse generalisation and discrimination. Medium 4 marks No calculator + 5 Fictional case: a school rewards reading with tokens. Evaluate whether token rewards necessarily create a lasting interest in reading after rewards stop. Hard 4 marks No calculator + 6 Fictional case: an animal conditioning study is used to explain all human food preferences. Evaluate this reductionist claim. Hard 4 marks No calculator + Self-assessed Not marked yet
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