PSYC 101 Critical Thinking Assignment Part A
For this assignment, you willpick twoof the following senses:sense of hearing,the sense of taste,sense of smell or the sense of touch. These are called somestheticsenses.
For each sense, (pick two), answer the following questions in paragraph form, using complete sentences. Please double space using Times New Roman 12 point font.
1. Discuss the important structures and organs in the body and brain that are involved with processing this type of sensory information.
2. Explain what transduction is and how it occurs for this sense.
3. Considering what you know about human senses, think about how our sensory systems might evolve if human beings continue to live in urban settings for the next few million years.
PSYC 101 Critical Thinking Assignment Part B
After reading chapter 6, target a behavior that you would like to modify, it could be a behavior that would like to eliminate or a desirablebehavior that you would like to strengthen. For example, think about study habits, sporting skills, health habits or interaction habits/skills. You may want to eliminate a behavior such as smoking, eating high fat foods or overly sugary foods, decrease the time you spend on social media.
For this assignment you will use operant or classical conditioning techniques to modify your behavior. You may answer in paragraph form, using complete sentences. Double space your response in 12 pt Times New Roman Font.
1. Describe what you want to change in your behavior, and what benefits it would bring.
2. Carefully design a program for modifying the behavior. Use conditioning principle, such as negative and positivereinforcement, shaping, schedules of reinforcement and extinction.
(Example, to reinforce my study habits, I will reward myself after reading and outlining 20 pages in my textbook, with 10 minutes of watching youtube.)
Please write you response in a word doc. and submit