Unit 1: History and Approaches
Unit 14: Social Psychology
Unit 2: Research Methods
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Unit 3: Biological Basis
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Unit 3 FRQ
Professor Mendel, a behavior geneticist, is interested in studying the relative contributions of nature and nurture to the personality trait of extraversion in humans. Part A: Use the following terms to explain possible biological components of extraversion. Chromosomes Genes Temperament Part B: Describe how Professor Mendel might complete a study of separated twins to investigate the influence of nature and nurture on extraversion. In your description, explain how the research could employ the case study, survey, and naturalistic observation methods. Be sure to explain how you would operationally define extraversion in the description of your study. |
Unit 4: Sensation and Perception
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“I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. Takhns to the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs, psas it on!!”
Unit 5: States of Consciousness
Unit 6: Learning
Unit 7A: Memory
- Do the following in the Exploratorium website:
- Sheep Brain Dissection
- Playing Games with Memory
- Answer the following questions
- How well did you do on the memory tasks?
- Are the types of memory games highlighted in the site related to the type of memory you use in school? Why or why not?
MindTools Assignment: (see both links above)
Review the underlying principles of effective mnemonic systems, then look at the specific mnemonics and apply them to the remembering of names, dates, telephone numbers, and so on. Of special interest to you will be the "How to Remember Info. for Exams" link. Visit the links on that site and write a brief essay on the following:
1. What three fundamental principles underlie the use of mnemonics?
2. Describe three specific mnemonic techniques that are not described in the textbook.
3. Show how one of them can be applied to studying for an exam.
[Context Memory]: (not an assignment)
Try to remember events from your childhood (before you visit the location!).
- Visit a place where you spent a lot of time during childhood (elementary school, childhood home, playground, etc.).
Spend some time trying to remember the events but now in the environmental context of those memories
1. How much easier was it to remember the events in the environmental context?
2. Did other memories come flooding back while you were in the context?
State-Dependent Effect Article
Does the state-dependent effect work with caffeine and sugar (both of which you probably consume while studying)?
Research the literature on state-dependent memories to see if any studies exist on these variables.
Use the EBSCO link under "Important Links and Videos" to find a peer-reviewed journal article with research pertaining to this issue. Bring your article into class on Friday for discussion.
Review the underlying principles of effective mnemonic systems, then look at the specific mnemonics and apply them to the remembering of names, dates, telephone numbers, and so on. Of special interest to you will be the "How to Remember Info. for Exams" link. Visit the links on that site and write a brief essay on the following:
1. What three fundamental principles underlie the use of mnemonics?
2. Describe three specific mnemonic techniques that are not described in the textbook.
3. Show how one of them can be applied to studying for an exam.
[Context Memory]: (not an assignment)
Try to remember events from your childhood (before you visit the location!).
- Visit a place where you spent a lot of time during childhood (elementary school, childhood home, playground, etc.).
Spend some time trying to remember the events but now in the environmental context of those memories
1. How much easier was it to remember the events in the environmental context?
2. Did other memories come flooding back while you were in the context?
State-Dependent Effect Article
Does the state-dependent effect work with caffeine and sugar (both of which you probably consume while studying)?
Research the literature on state-dependent memories to see if any studies exist on these variables.
Use the EBSCO link under "Important Links and Videos" to find a peer-reviewed journal article with research pertaining to this issue. Bring your article into class on Friday for discussion.
Jean Piaget is a famous victim of a false memory. He tells the story of being kidnapped as a small child, a story he believed to be true until he was 15 years old:
"I was sitting in my pram, which my nurse was pushing in the Champs Elysees, when a man tried to kidnap me. I was held in by the strap fastened around me while my nurse bravely tried to stand between me and the thief. She received various scratches, and I can still see vaguely those on her face. Then a crowd gathered, a policeman with a short cloak and a white baton came up, and the man took to his heels. I can still see the whole scene, and can even place it near the tube station. When I was about fifteen, my parents received a letter from my former nurse saying she had been converted to the Salvation Army. She wanted to confess her past faults, and in particular to return the watch she had been given as a reward on this occasion. She had made up the whole story, faking the scratches. I, therefore, must have heard, as a child, the account of this story, which my parents believed, and projected into the past in the form of a visual memory." |
Tower of Hanoi Problem:
Your task is to move the tower from the left peg to the right peg, moving only one disk at a time and never putting a larger disk on a smaller one.
Your task is to move the tower from the left peg to the right peg, moving only one disk at a time and never putting a larger disk on a smaller one.
Unit 8A: Motivation
The Airline Industry Debate
The airline industry has been grappling with weight discrimination for many years. Weight limitations are a critical concern for the industry, because overweight planes can experience difficulty in flight. Debate the following issues regarding weight discrimination on airplanes (type your responses and print them out):
The airline industry has been grappling with weight discrimination for many years. Weight limitations are a critical concern for the industry, because overweight planes can experience difficulty in flight. Debate the following issues regarding weight discrimination on airplanes (type your responses and print them out):
- For many years, flight attendants were required to maintain certain weights. Many women who served as flight attendants felt the policy was more about customer service than plane weight distributions. Should flight attendants be required to maintain a certain weight? In what ways might this be perceived as discriminatory?
- In recent years, airlines have shrunk the sizes of seats in most sections of most airplanes to accommodate more paying customers. Passengers who are overweight often take up more room than the seat allows. Should airlines require these customers to pay for more than one seat? Why or why not?
- STI Research:
Sexually transmitted infections are a problem in the U.S. Many people are unaware of the pervasiveness of STIs and the dangers associated with them. Do research on any of the following STIs:- chlamydia
- syphilis
- HIV/AIDS
- gonorrhea
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and cervical cancer
- herpes
- Address the following questions about the disease:
- What are the symptoms of the disease?
- How many people are infected each year?
- What is the prognosis for this disease? Are there any treatments/cures available?
- Include pictures/diagrams/drawings/charts/graphs/etc.
- Address the following questions about the disease:
Unit 9: Developmental Psychology
Divorce Pamphlet:
Develop a pamphlet for younger children about how to handle being a child of divorce. You can use resources from the Internet and even contact local psychologists who specialize in counseling children and families dealing with divorce for research-based tips they can offer others.
Develop a pamphlet for younger children about how to handle being a child of divorce. You can use resources from the Internet and even contact local psychologists who specialize in counseling children and families dealing with divorce for research-based tips they can offer others.
Unit 10: Personality
Sheldon's Somatotype Theory:
1. Endomorph: centered on the abdomen and whole digestive system 2. Mesomorph: focused on muscles and circulatory system 3. Ectomorph: related to the brain and nervous system |
Unit 11: Testing and Individual Differences
Emotional Intelligence Assignment:
Is emotional intelligence a product of heredity or environment? Consider this question based on your knowledge from previous units, such as 3C and 9. Are children born with the ability to succeed socially and be self-aware? Or do socially reinforcing experiences breed socially intelligent people? Use this website from John Mayer, one of the leaders in emotional intelligence, which discusses the major issues in emotional intelligence- www.unh.edu/emotional_intelligence. Answer the following questions from the website:
Is emotional intelligence a product of heredity or environment? Consider this question based on your knowledge from previous units, such as 3C and 9. Are children born with the ability to succeed socially and be self-aware? Or do socially reinforcing experiences breed socially intelligent people? Use this website from John Mayer, one of the leaders in emotional intelligence, which discusses the major issues in emotional intelligence- www.unh.edu/emotional_intelligence. Answer the following questions from the website:
- What is emotional intelligence?
- How is emotional intelligence measured?
- What does emotional intelligence predict?
- Can scores in emotional intelligence change?
“The March of the Psychos”
The valiant, bespectacled psychos are we
Prepared to assign every man his degree
And the place he’s best fitted for in the armee
By psychologee, psychologee.
Bill Kaiser will shake in this throne 'cross the sea
When he feels the earthquake of our efficiency
Pencils up! Forward march! to the great victory
Of psychologee in the Army.
Source: "The March of the Psychos," Camplife Chickamauga, April 1918. Reprinted in Joanne Brown, The Definition of a Profession: The Authority of Metaphor in the History of Intelligence Testing, 1890–1930 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).
The valiant, bespectacled psychos are we
Prepared to assign every man his degree
And the place he’s best fitted for in the armee
By psychologee, psychologee.
Bill Kaiser will shake in this throne 'cross the sea
When he feels the earthquake of our efficiency
Pencils up! Forward march! to the great victory
Of psychologee in the Army.
Source: "The March of the Psychos," Camplife Chickamauga, April 1918. Reprinted in Joanne Brown, The Definition of a Profession: The Authority of Metaphor in the History of Intelligence Testing, 1890–1930 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).
Culture-Biased/Fair Tests Discussion Questions:
1. What questions in the Appendix that were considered "unacceptable" would you have trouble with if they were on an assessment? Which ones would you find familiar? 2. How does culture play a role in answering these questions? How would you respond to a question that you found unfamiliar? 3. What would be the impact of facing a test full of culturally inappropriate questions? |