Why is my conditioning operant?
Am I related to Ivan Pavlov or Ivan Botha?
Is my brain an organ or an apple computer?
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My capital or your capital
100

Your dog Richard uses the bathroom outside and gets a treat for each time he uses the bathroom outside, thus his behavior of using the bathroom outside increases. 

What is positive reinforcement?

100

Define "extinction" in the context of classical conditioning

What is the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of the conditioned response?

100

This neurotransmitter is often called the "feel-good" chemical because it is associated with pleasure and reward.



What is dopamine?

100

Picture 1 

What are the color of the cups?

What is Red?

100

The capital of Russia

What is Moscow?

200

Every single time young Nick has a headache, his mother gives him kids Tylenol to reduce his headache and thus he feels better and relieved of this nasty headache.

What is negative reinforcement? 

200

Scenario: Receiving texts from a loved one can make you feel happy and cared for. Over time, just the notification sound from that person can trigger a positive emotional response.

What is the conditioned response?


Conditioned Response (CR): Feeling happy upon hearing the notification sound.

200

The BLANK is crucial for emotional learning and fear conditioning. It processes and stores emotional reactions and is particularly involved in:

  • Associating neutral stimuli with aversive or rewarding stimuli.
  • Mediating fear responses.


What is the Amygdala?

200

Picture 2

What brand of soda was in the background?

What is Coca-Cola

200

The capital of morocco


Worth 10,000

What is Rabat?

300

Stephanie got an F on her horoscope class in high school, and as a result her parents told her she can not attend her friend's exciting birthday party.


Worth 3,000

What is negative punishment?

300

How did the dogs respond to the food in Pavlov's experiment? 


Worth: 800 points

What is salivation?

300

The BLANK is essential for forming and retrieving declarative memories and spatial navigation. It contributes to the context-dependent aspects of classical conditioning.

  • Involved in contextual conditioning, where the environmental context serves as part of the conditioned stimulus.

What is the hippocampus?

300

Picture 3

What brand was in the background of the picture?

What is Krispy Kreme?

300

The capital of Argentina

What is Buenos Aires?

400

Every time little Richie says a bad word, like the F word, his teacher brings him up to the class and has everyone in the class make fun of him.


Worth 4,000 points

What is positive punishment?

400

Scenario: If you regularly eat dessert after dinner, you may start to crave something sweet whenever you finish a meal, even if dessert is not present.


What is the Unconditioned Response (UR)?

What is Pleasure from eating the dessert.

400

The BLANK is associated with higher-order cognitive processes such as planning, decision-making, and moderating social behavior. It is involved in the modulation and extinction of conditioned responses.

What is prefrontal cortex?

400
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What flag was in the background?

What is the American Flag? 

400

The capital of Scotland 

What is Edinburgh?

500

The 4 main principles of PR, NR, PP, NP

PR - reward

NR - relief 

PP - Pain

NP - Loss

500

Scenario: Drinking coffee every morning helps you feel alert and ready to work. Over time, the smell or taste of coffee alone can make you feel more awake.


What is the neutral stimulus?

Neutral Stimulus (NS): The smell or taste of coffee.

500

The BLANK, part of the basal ganglia, is involved in habit formation and reward-related learning. It interacts with dopaminergic pathways to influence learning based on rewards.

What is striatum? 

500

How many objects were on the table?

What is 4?

500

The capital of Poland


Worth 1,000 points

What is Warsaw?

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