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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University

Principles And Applications Of Aversive Conditioning

Internet Exercises

  1. Does the cost of helping affect the likelihood that a bystander will help?

    HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY.
    http://onlineethics.org/reseth/psycha.html

    Provides a link to a Piliavin article on the presence of blood at the scene of an accident and the likelihood of bystanders helping the victim. There is also a discussion about the ethics of using deception in research.

  2. Should corporal punishment be used with children? What can knowledge of learning add to the debate?

    NO MORE SPANKING
    http://people.biola.edu/faculty/paulp/

    This link provides summaries and links to studies about corporal punishment of children.

  3. Can the response-cost technique be used for groups as well as individuals?

    THIS WILL, THIS WILL, COST YOU.
    http://www.wm.edu/TTAC/articles/challenging/response.htm

    This link shows a way to use response cost in an educational, classroom setting.

  4. What is Behavior Analysis anyway? How did it develop and how is it used?

    ANALYZE THIS BEHAVIOR
    http://www.behavior.org/behavior/behavior_index.cfm

    This link to the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies has tutorials on positive reinforcement and behavior analysis, and a historical examination of behaviorism. There are also many other interesting links.