SECTION A: SCENARIO QUESTIONS (80 MARKS) 1. Your Lecturer is driving to work, another driver runs through a red light and hits his car. Your lecturer is shaken up but survives the incident. However,...


SECTION A: SCENARIO QUESTIONS (80 MARKS)<br>1. Your Lecturer is driving to work, another driver runs through a red light and hits his car.<br>Your lecturer is shaken up but survives the incident. However, the next time he starts to<br>enter the intersection, he becomes nervous and fearful. Soon, he starts going to work via<br>another route to avoid the intersection even though this route adds 20 minutes to his<br>commute in each direction.<br>a. According to the principles of classical conditioning, why does the lecturer become<br>scared of the previously harmless intersection? 5marks<br>b. What can he do about this, as going via the other route is very time consuming?<br>5marks<br>NB: Be specific. Break down the situation into its parts (i.e. NS, UCS, UCR, CS and CR),<br>and show how the principles of learning apply.<br>c. Give an example of each of the following: Positive reinforcement, Negative<br>reinforcement, Positive punishment, Negative punishment and Shaping (1<br>mark each=5marks)<br>

Extracted text: SECTION A: SCENARIO QUESTIONS (80 MARKS) 1. Your Lecturer is driving to work, another driver runs through a red light and hits his car. Your lecturer is shaken up but survives the incident. However, the next time he starts to enter the intersection, he becomes nervous and fearful. Soon, he starts going to work via another route to avoid the intersection even though this route adds 20 minutes to his commute in each direction. a. According to the principles of classical conditioning, why does the lecturer become scared of the previously harmless intersection? 5marks b. What can he do about this, as going via the other route is very time consuming? 5marks NB: Be specific. Break down the situation into its parts (i.e. NS, UCS, UCR, CS and CR), and show how the principles of learning apply. c. Give an example of each of the following: Positive reinforcement, Negative reinforcement, Positive punishment, Negative punishment and Shaping (1 mark each=5marks)

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