Each answer should be approximately 1 page long, double-spaced. Provide original examples to help clarify definitions or concepts. If you use outside references (which you should) include them on a separate reference section sheet (as well as referencing them in your answer).
You will be marked on the following:
accuracy of your answer
completeness of your answer
the degree to which your answer is original (does not quote the text; adds examples)
your use of outside resources/references when needed (IMPORTANT: Use APA format to cite your references and have a reference page at the end of each assignment.)
Each question will be out of 10 points. Here is what certain scores mean:
6/10 — Most basic points are there but no examples or applications or thoughts beyond what is directly in the text. Some minor points may be missing.
7/10 — All points, major and minor, are included in the answer.
8/10 — All points are included in the answer and there is some original contribution.
9-10/10 — Not only is the question answered but the student also makes the effort to take it beyond the text and ties in materials from elsewhere.
Many behaviours found in nature are not learned but are encoded in the animal’s genes and DNA. Name and define (describe the behaviour and what triggers it) five instinctive behaviours found in nature that are not mentioned in the textbook. For each behaviour, make sure to state its function or motivation (the reason it helps the animal survive or reproduce). Remember to provide references using correct APA format.
Stress is linked to many diseases, however, the stress response has an adaptive purpose as well. Explain how each of the changes evoked by the stress response would help an animal in the wild if they were dealing with the threat of a predator coming near them. List the top five stressors in your life and explain how that same stress response is not adaptive for you to deal with them.
Any doctor will tell you to eat healthier foods and exercise if you want to increase your fitness (not necessarily “lose weight” but “live longer” which should be a doctor’s goal). Find a well-known diet fad (most likely in a book from your library) and describe its basic principles. Explain (with supporting evidence) why fads like this don’t end up working for most people over the long-term.
Learned taste aversions occur all the time in people. Describe one that you, or someone you know, has and explain how it occurred using the terms from classical conditioning (CS, UCS, CR UCR). How might you deprogram this taste aversion using desensitization therapy? The more details you give of the therapy, the better.
*Don’t exceed one page per question. Use google scholar sources. Used CanadianEnglish.
