Assignment 1 Each answer should be approximately 1 page long, double-spaced. Pro

Assignment 1
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.
Textbook: Petri, Herbert L.,
& Govern, John M. (2013). Motivation. Wadsworth.
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