Intro Psychology Homework

1. WHAT DO RODS AND CONES HAVE IN COMMON? (1 pt) WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF RODS COMPARED TO CONES IN THE HUMAN EYE? (2 pts) DESCRIBE IN GENERAL WHAT SENSORY RECEPTORS DO (ONE SENTENCE; see my lecture) (1 pts) AND GIVE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC RECEPTORS AND WHAT THEY DO (IN BRIEF, BUT TECHNICALLY CORRECT, FOR FULL CREDIT). (1 pts) 

2. DESCRIBE CLASSICAL CONDITIONING and give one example of it (1.5 pts). DESCRIBE OPERANT CONDITIONING and give one example of it (1.5 pts). HOW ARE THESE TWO FORMS OF LEARNING SIMILAR AND HOW DO THEY DIFFER? (1 pt)

3. LIST THE STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN SEEING (2 pts) AND THEN THOSE INVOLVED IN HEARING (2 pts)--don't forget the brain structures involved in each, as well as peripheral structures.