Multiple Intelligences

Okay, this is what you need to do...I know, I know, it's been forever, but here it is! I need you to get on this website. Take the mulitiple intelligences test and figure out your dominant intelligence(s). After reading up on this, look back and look for examples in your life that confirm your dominant intelligence(s). The test takes about five minutes...

Learning

Your blog assignment is to apply the learning principles to your own life. Using the information you know about classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning, give one example of each type of learning that has occurred to you in your life.

Here's the twist...you can't use anything that another student has already posted. So anything that is on a previous post is off-limits.

With classical, define your UCS, UCR, NS, CS, and CR.

With operant, define which type of reinforcement or punishment it was.

Here are mine:

1) Classical conditioning: When I was young, I was in the car on a hot day, and my parents had gone through a drive-thru at KFC. We were riding back to our apartment, and I easily get car sickness, but that day especially, it was miserable. I got stuck holding the bucket of fried chicken, and as soon as I got home, I got out of the car and ran up to our apartment, but I threw up before I could get inside. From then on, even the smell of fried chicken makes me feel a bit queasy. [UCS--hot car ride and my motion sickness problems, UCR--throwing up, NS--Bucket of fried chicken, the smell, eeewww, CS--the smell of fried chicken, CR--feeling queasy, not quite throwing up, though]

2) Operant conditioning: Whenever Troy doesn't get a green dot (daily), that means that he had some kind of behavioral issue. The two days that he received a blue dot (two days in a row), he was not allowed to watch cartoons, play games, or play outside with his friends. After that, he has not brought home anything but green dots. [Negative punishment]

3) Observational learning/Modeling: Troy says "whatever" whenever he knows he isn't winning an argument...bad mommy! :-)

Perceptions Affected by Past Experiences

For those of you who posted, your grade has been given, and I will give that to you at school. The posting for the previous question is now over. Thank you for your very interesting observations. I enjoyed reading them all.

Now for the next...

One thing that we have learned from lecture is that much of our perceptions are affected by past experiences. For example, songs or music often trigger feelings or memories from the past. Scents/smells also strongly remind us of past events or people. Think of a smell or song/music that reminds you of the past and discuss it.

For me, one of the strongest reminders of my past is my mom's perfume. Whenever I smell Clinique Happy, I am always reminded of my mother. Some days, if I am already in a sad mood, it may even bring tears to my eyes, but most of the time, I just remember how she smelled and smile at her memory.

People Watching (Observable Behaviors)

Watch someone for 3-4 minutes. Record everything you "see." The person should not know you are observing them for information. Be as objective as possible, avoiding any value judgments or inferences about their physical appearance or behavior. Click on the comment link below to post what you observed. Give us a brief description of the setting in which the observation took place.

Remember to tag your post with your first name and last name initial. For example, Britney Spears would be BritneyS.