Anecdote: At the beginning of the school year, I had no idea when the bell rang so I just packed up right when the bell rang. The next day, I remembered what time and from then I always packed a few minutes ahead because I had developed this in my long-term memory.

Operant Conditioning: A type of learning in which the frequency of a behavior depends on the consequences that follows that behavior.

Anecdote: Sometimes I fight a lot with my brothers and get a positive punishment of sitting in a corner for a few minutes. After this, I try to not fight with them as much and ignore them more so I avoid getting in trouble.

Social Observational Learning: Learning from watching the behavior of other people.

Anecdote: When I was little, I wanted to learn baseball so my dad would take me to the park and show me how to swing and catch. From then, I was able to play in a league because of my experience and practice.

Research Question: Will eating a healthy meal before a test impact how well you do on a test?

Hypothesis: Students will be taking the practice ACT test. After their test, their scores will all be added up to show the data of the people who ate before and the ones that didn’t.

Students will be taking a test in one of the labs and each student will be assigned whether to eat a meal or not.

2nd experiment:

Research Question: Do steroids really pose a risk to your overall health?

Hypothesis: Random gym members who are willing to take steroids will be given it and report within the next few weeks if they experience any medical or health problems.

Unconditioned Stimulus: Thunder and lightning

Neutral Stimulus: Storm

Conditioned Stimulus: Jumping out of bed

Conditioned Response: Hiding in the basement

Ex. 2: Ben was at a restaurant with his family and accidentally consumed something that he wanted to try on the menu that was spicier than expected. Within a few minutes, he then feels nauseous and runs to the garbage can to vomit.

US: Spicy food item

NS: Eating food before spice kicks in

CS: Running to garbage can

CR: Vomiting

Ex. 3: At a public gym, a man was bench pressing without a spotter and poor grip, The bar slipped out of his hands and landed on his chest causing him to yell someone to help save him from future injury. He is helped out and thanks person for saving him but tells him that he should be more carful and have a spotter next time.

US: Bar falling on his chest

NS: Benching without a spotter

CS: Calling for help when bar falls

CR: Learning to be more safe and to have a spotter

Negative reinforcement: At home, my brother was on his iPad and was stressing over a game. He was warned to stop but didn't so his iPad was taken and he starts to complain more.

Positive punishment: My two brothers were fighting over a bag of chips and as a result, both of them are taken to their room and were told to stay for 10 minutes. After, they learn their lesson and try not to fight again.

Ex 2. I was playing Fortnite with my friends and was told to be quiet because my dad was sleeping. I couldn’t be quiet so my dad came out and started yelling and spanking me with a belt. From then on, I kept it more quiet and didn't play as much at night so I wasn’t as likely for this to happen again.

Negative punishment: I was starting to fail my classes because I wasn’t completing my homework and instead hanging out with friends and playing a bunch of video games. My parents found out and took it away until my grades would start to go back up.