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Simulate conditioning
4 weeks (about 5 hrs/week)
Read OpenStax chapter 6 and the Noba module on conditioning. Self-check: chapter 6 review questions. Then make a notebook that simulates classical conditioning with the Rescorla–Wagner model, including extinction.
Proof required
Link the public repo with a notebook that simulates classical conditioning with the Rescorla–Wagner model, including extinction: the notebook, the data (or a link to the open dataset) and a README saying what it shows.
What gets checked
- The learning rule is implemented correctly.
- Acquisition and extinction curves are plotted.
- Changing a parameter changes the curve as expected.
Common mistakes
- Results the files cannot reproduce.
- A summary of the reading instead of your own work.
Powstik Guide
A notebook that simulates classical conditioning with the Rescorla–Wagner model, including extinction.
Steps
- Read the linked chapter and take the self-check.
- Make a public repo.
- Build the smallest version that works, then check it.
- Write a README: the question, the method, what you found, the limits.
- Ask someone who knows psychology to check it.
Template
README Course 7: Learning and Behaviour Question: Data (source, n, how it was collected): Method: Result: Limits:
What gets sent back
- No data or no code.
- Data from people that breaks the rules above.
- Copied work with no history.
Resources
Foundationstart here
Depthgo deeper
What a verifier looks for
- The learning rule is implemented correctly.
- Acquisition and extinction curves are plotted.
- Changing a parameter changes the curve as expected.
- Do the files produce what the README says?
You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.
Analyse a behaviour change on yourself
4 weeks (about 5 hrs/week)
Work through the MIT 9.20 lectures on learning. Self-check: chapter 6 review questions. Then make a single-case report of changing one of your own habits with a reinforcement schedule, with a baseline and at least four weeks of data.
Proof required
Link the public repo or shared document with a single-case report of changing one of your own habits with a reinforcement schedule, with a baseline and at least four weeks of data, with every source cited.
What gets checked
- A baseline is recorded first.
- The schedule is named and followed.
- The data are plotted and honestly read.
Common mistakes
- Results the files cannot reproduce.
- A summary of the reading instead of your own work.
Powstik Guide
A single-case report of changing one of your own habits with a reinforcement schedule, with a baseline and at least four weeks of data.
Steps
- Read the linked chapter and take the self-check.
- Make a public repo.
- Build the smallest version that works, then check it.
- Write a README: the question, the method, what you found, the limits.
- Ask someone who knows psychology to check it.
Template
README Course 7: Learning and Behaviour Question: Data (source, n, how it was collected): Method: Result: Limits:
What gets sent back
- No data or no code.
- Data from people that breaks the rules above.
- Copied work with no history.
Resources
Foundationstart here
Depthgo deeper
What a verifier looks for
- A baseline is recorded first.
- The schedule is named and followed.
- The data are plotted and honestly read.
- Do the files produce what the README says?
You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.