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1. Give a real life example from life experience which explains Classical Conditioning   BE sure to explain the conditioning sequence and identify the UCS, UCR, (NS – Neutral Stimulus) the CR and the CS.
2. Explain the processes of generalization, discrimination, extinction and spontaneous recovery by using “real word examples”.
3. Explain how Bandura studied observational learning. Discuss what you believe are the effects of television and video games on behavior. Please be sure to cite an example of a movie or a video game to relate to this issue.
4. Distinguish among the various schedules of reinforcement.. Use other examples than provide with your online text to provide real-world examples.
5. Discuss what happened in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and explain how it violated ethical standards of research.
6. Define structuralism and functionalism and the contributions of Wundt and James in the development of psychology
7. List and define the five major domains, or pillars, of contemporary psychology
8.  Imagine you work for a drug company that just created a medication to decrease anxiety in adults.  Design an experiment using the appropriate research method that would allow you to best market your company’s new pill.  Incorporate and explain the double blind method
9. Describe the strength and weaknesses of archival, longitudinal, and cross-sectional research
10. Explain what a correlation coefficient tells us about the relationship between variables and explain why correlation does not mean causation.