Mon 11.23
1. Discuss and turn in “School of Shock”.
2. Video clip on the Rotenberg Center.
3. Lecture: operant conditioning ct.; biological factors.
4. Article: “The Learning Curve” (due Wed 11.25).
Tue 11.24
1. Lecture: social learning theory, latent learning, and insight learning.
2. Video clip: Albert Bandura.
Wed 11.25
1. Discuss and turn in “The Learning Curve”.
2. Lecture: miscellaneous factors that impact learning.
ARTICLE DUE WED 11/18
Wilford, John Noble. “Almost Human, and Sometimes Smarter”. The New York Times. 17 April 2007.
1. How genetically different are humans and chimps?
2. What did Frans de Waal state in his book “Primates and Philosophers”?
3. What did Jill Pruetz describe?
4. What was revealed in Julio Mercader’s research?
5. On what particular test do chimps out-perform humans? What explanation did Matsuzawa provide to explain this chimp superiority?
6. What was revealed about chimps in Misato Hayashi’s work?
7. What evidence suggests that chimps are capable of experiencing complex emotions?
8. What types of chimp tool usage have been observed?
9. According to chimp researchers, why is it important to learn more about emotions and behavior?
10. What are your reflections/viewpoints on the research described in this article? Explain/Elaborate.
ARTICLE DUE MON 11/23
Gonnerman, Jennifer. “School of Shock”. Mother Jones. 20 August 2007.
http://www.motherjones.com/print/16435
Questions
1. What are the annual revenues at the Rotenberg Center? Who pays for the charges?
2. How many fatalities have occurred at the Rotenberg Center?
3. Why is it said that the Rotenberg Center is “a tale of two schools”?
4. Why do some desperate parents view the Rotenberg Center as a “godsend”?
5. What are “aversives”?
6. What influence did BF Skinner have on the life of Matt Israel?
7. What punishments did Israel employ at his Behavior Research Institute?
8. Why did Israel begin to favor electric shocks as the main form of punishment at his center?
9. What is the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED)?
10. What did O. Ivar Lovaas establish as a treatment to normalize autistic kids? Why did Lovaas eventually abandon these methods?
11. How did Israel “adapt” to his students increased pain tolerance?
12. What is featured in the “Before and After” film? Why could it be said that the film is misleading?
13. For what reasons have prominent psychologists criticized Israel?
14. What privileges are provided for the well-behaved kids at the Rotenberg Center?
15. Why could it be said that the educational instruction at the Rotenberg Center is very flawed?
16. In what ways are employees controlled at the Rotenberg Center?
17. What happened to Connie Chung when she investigated the Rotenberg Center in 1993?
18. What are your views on the Rotenberg Center? Explain/Elaborate.
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