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Option A: Describe how the quantity and quality of a reinforcer can affect behavior. Also include how the passage of time before giving reinforcement can affect behavior. (9 Points)

Option C: Describe the Premack Principle and the experiment he set up to test it.  (6 Points)

Option D: Describe Thorndike’s experiment dealing with Relevance/Belongingness.  Provide further experimental evidence that supported Thorndike’s ideas. (8 Points)

Option B: What did Madden et al. (1997) find in terms of value discount function and heroin addicts?  (6 Points)

Describe the Law of Effect and the study Thorndike performed on cats to develop it.  Next, identify, describe and give an example of the four conditioning procedures (not reinforcement schedules!) Skinner developed that built off the Law of Effect. (20 Points)

Describe the steps necessary for Classical Conditioning according to Pavlov and as described in lecture.  Provide an example to illustrate each step.  Furthermore, describe the steps necessary for inhibitory conditioning. (16 points)

Option B: Describe the two processes of the dual-process theory of habituation and sensitization and the difference between these processes? Think about physiology of the body for each. (8 points)

Option A: Define learning and define and provide examples of how performance, fatigue and maturation differs from learning?  (8 points)

What association is learned in Classical Conditioning? Describe both S-R and S-S Learning and provide experimental evidence to support which explanation may be correct in describing what association is learned in Classical Conditioning. (10 points)

Option C: Describe the two most important historical findings of the Little Albert Experiment by Watson and Raynor (1920). (4 points)