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Article 1
Summary:
This article describes some complex cognitive tasks accomplished by honeybees. This review covers a rich variety of types of learning that bees can do to paint a picture of the scope, as we current know it, of what honeybees can learn.
Discussion Questions:
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At the start of the article the authors make the case for studying cognitive complexity in honeybees. What about their behavior, learning, and memory ability makes the species a good candidate for study? What do bees learn about in the natural environment?
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Honeybees could not be taught transitive inference. How was this attempted? What did the authors conclude about why bees were not able to do this task?
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Honeybees learned an occasion setter that was one step more complicated than those discussed in the book. What was that task?
Article 2
Summary:
This article evaluates the effectiveness of different occasion setters on human response time. The authors evaluate whether in a driving simulator an auditory warning that is richer could lead to better response times.
Discussion Questions:
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What occasion setters were used in this study?
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What is the effect of the richer occasion setter on responses in the driving simulator?
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From a practical standpoint in everyday life, what are the potential benefits of the richer occasion setter? Can you think of any drawbacks?
