Test 2

Learning Theory
Fall 2005

Modified: 2005-09-27

Answer the following questions by 5:00 p.m. October 5, 2005. Please bring your answers to class, typed (word processed) and doublespaced. Use your text, class notes, and any outside reading necessary. Strict rules concerning plagiarism (see below) will apply. So, be sure to reference appropriately.

1. Describe Thorndike's early career in psychology in detail. Why was he so influential?

2. How did Hull's theory change from 1943 to 1952? Why did it have to?

3. Pick two basic schedules of reinforcement (e.g., FI, VI, FR, or VR) and then use them to reinforce two instances of student behavior in the classroom. You may use the same behavior or two separate ones.

4. Compare and constrast reinforcement in the theories of Thorndike, Hull, and Skinner.

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Martin (1994) provides an analysis of plagiarism that classifies plagiarism into categories:
1) word-for-word plagiarism,
2) paraphrasing plagiarism,
3) plagiarism of secondary sources,
4) plagiarism of ideas, and
5) institutional plagiarism This last type includes ghostwriting and honorary scholarship (i.e., the type of conduct covered by Standard 8.12 (b)).
Students who plagiarize usually do so by word-for-word plagiarism, paraphrasing plagiarism, plagiarism of secondary sources, and plagiarism of ideas. You can prevent these types of plagiarism in your work by knowing that they are wrong and actively avoiding them.