1. Take any fictional character from a movie or a TV program. Describe the behavior of that person as portrayed in the movie and then explain the behavior from any TWO of the following psychological perspectives.
[Cognitive, Humanistic, Behavioral, Physiological, Psychodynamic, Evolutionary, Cultural diversity.]
2. Read the following study and answer the questions asked.-
In an attempt to determine which method would assure the best class attendance, an educational psychologist had one teacher reward students for attending class with extra points, a second teacher punish absences by deducting points, a third teacher scold students for absences and a fourth teacher do nothing. Results indicated that attendance was best in the first class where the teacher rewarded the students.
a. Specify whether the following study is Correlational or Experimental.
Give explanation for your answer.
b. Specify the Independent and dependent variables.3. Read the following study done by Milgram, also watch the clip posted-
a. Explain which research ethic[s] do you believe were not followed in this study. For each research ethic give specific examples from the study to support your answer.
b. B. In your opinion, do the outcomes of the research in terms of knowledge gained outweigh the ethical concerns?
4. Matt suffered from severe seizures after he was born. The seizures were originating on the left temporal lobe. The side effect of these seizures was so drastic that a neurosurgeon decided to remove the entire left Temporal lobe, a procedure known as lobotomy. Matt was 2 years old, when the surgery was done.
- What are some of consequences that Matt is likely to suffer due to loss of the left Temporal lobe?
- Will he be able to recover the functions of the removed brain side? Explain this keeping in mind Matt's age and the brain's capacity.
5. a. Define emotion-focused and problem-focused coping strategies.
b. Provide an effective example of each coping strategy for dealing with a stressful situation. No points will be given if the example is taken from the textbook or web resources.
6. Based on the information obtained from your textbook or the websites listed below, answer the following questions regarding a drug you choose to research.
Drug:----------------------------
a. Categorize the drug as being a stimulant, depressant, opiate or hallucinogen.
b. What are the common street names for the drug? Name at least 3.
c. What are the effects of the drug on the body and mind?
7. Name the KIND of LEARNING [classical, operant, insight, latent, observational] taking place in the following situations:
a. Sam is visiting China for the first time. Every time he goes to a restaurant he is given chopsticks with the food. Sam has never used chopsticks before. He observes the people around him carefully, sees how they are holding the chopsticks and then tries it himself. Soon he becomes much better in eating with chopsticks.
b. In your college dorm, any time you take shower, someone always flushes the toilet and causes the water in your shower to turn icy cold, making you cringe. Now even when you are at home during vacation and hear toilet flush, you tend to cringe.
c. You discipline your nephew who hits other kids by taking his favorite toy for a week.
d. Your teacher gives 5 extra credit points for not missing a single class.
8. Tell the different schedules of reinforcement [Study organizer, 6.1 Four schedules of Reinforcement] used in the following situations
a. Your mother pays you $ 5.00 for every load of laundry you wash and fold.
b. You work as a librarian at $12.00 per hour.
c. You are going door to door to sell cookies. Some people buy it, others don't.
9. Give an example from your own personal life about some course related information you had to remember and the creative mnemonic device you came up with.
10. Use any two of the following developmental concepts to describe a behavior/interaction you observed of a family member[s].
Parenting styles, temperament, Kohlberg's stages, Erikson's stages, Piaget's theory, Identity formation. The answer should be in a paragraph or two including the behavior/interaction and how these concepts apply.