The Week 2 assignment, like many in this course, is a combination of a personal reflection and an academic-centered discussion.

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Reading Related to Paper

In Chapter 3 of the textbook you will become familiar with the basic phenomena of conditioning, including the acquisition, extinction, generalization and discrimination.

Personal Narrative Section

Write a personal narrative paper on an instance of personal learning. Provide detail about the following: what was learned (what changed from start to finish), what were the reason(s) for the learning, in what situation or context did the learning take place and how did the learning occur and who (if anyone) was involved in the learning?

Conditioning Section

Link your experience to: the basic phenomena of conditioning, including defining the four main learning phenomena that occur as a result of conditioning, how each of the four learning phenomena would be present in a human.

Ground the discussion in this section with citations to the course textbook, course video and/or article from a peer-reviewed journal

Outline and Headings for Personal Narrative on Conditioning Paper

Use the following headings to structure the paper.

The headings are based on the grading rubric

APA title page

I. Introduction

An effective introduction briefly presents the topic of the paper and includes a thesis or premise statement. Listing the contents of the paper is not an effective introduction.

II. Personal Narrative Section

Write a personal narrative paper on an instance of personal learning. Provide detail about the following:

1. What was learned (what changed from start to finish)?
2. What were the reason(s) for the learning?
3. In what situation or context did the learning take place?
4. How did the learning occur and who was involved in the learning?

III. Conditioning Section

Ground this section in citations to the course textbook, course video and/or article from a peer-reviewed journal

Link your experience to:

1. The basic phenomena of conditioning,
2. Define and discuss the four main learning phenomena that occur as a result of conditioning
3. Discuss how each of the four learning phenomena would be present in a human

APA Reference page

At least one reference such as the course textbook, course video and/or article from a peer-reviewed journal

Must be 3 to 4 double-spaced pages PLUS APA title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in your approved APA style guide.

Write a personal narrative paper on an instance of personal learning. Provide detail about about the following:

• What was learned (what changed from start to finish)?
• What were the reason(s) for the learning?
• In what situation or context did the learning take place?
• How did the learning occur and who (if anyone) was involved in the learning?

Link your experience to the basic phenomena of conditioning, including defining the four main learning phenomena that occur as a result of conditioning and how each of the four learning phenomena would be present in a human.

The paper should be 3-4 pages in length (excluding cover page and reference page) and follow APA style.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.