Question 1

Define attachment. How can parents try to create a secure attachment style with their children? How would they know they have a secure attachment with their children? Identify at least one consequence of attachment deprivation.

Question 2

Describe how the principles of operant conditioning can be applied to a school setting or to sports development, using at least 3 of the following terms: Positive reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Shaping, Primary Reinforcement, Conditioned Reinforcer, Schedule of Reinforcement, Punishment.

Question 3

Explain 3 of the following terms and how they are related to our abilities as humans to detect sensations: absolute threshold, subliminal stimuli, dual track mind, difference threshold and Weber’s Law.

Question 4

G. Stanley Hall describes adolescence as a period of “storm and stress.” Explain this statement discussing at least 2 aspects of brain development and/or cognition and 1 aspect of social development.

Question 5

Pain is influenced by many factors. Explain a biological factor, a psychological factor and a socio-cultural factor than can influence pain.