...Social Psychology Paper Kelly Skiver PSY/201 February 23, 2014 Beth Pepmiller Social Psychology Paper 1. What factors contributed towards Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew and how did these factors contribute? In the social psychology scenario a girl named Sarah goes out with new friends to a party and stays out past her curfew. There were many factors that contributed to Sarah’s attitude about her curfew. Her new friends had just invited her to go to a party. In the scenario it said that Sarah had never been to a party before, and that she also wanted her new friends to continue to invite her out places with them. All these factors contributed to Sarah breaking her curfew and going to the party with her new friends. 2. In what ways did Sarah display cognitive dissonance? Throughout the scenario Sarah’s actions displayed cognitive dissonance. The main example of this was her actually going to the party with her friends. She thought it over in the scenario and knew breaking her curfew was the wrong thing to do yet still went out to the party. 3. In what situations did Sarah conform to her peers’ beliefs, and how? What are some possible reasons that Sarah did this? There were many ways that Sarah conformed to her new friends beliefs. Staying out was the new friends idea. Going to the party is something she really wanted to do and her new friends made it seem really fun and important to do. At the end of the night she left with her friends also...
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...SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY/201 SCENARIO ASSIGNMENT PAPER. Social Psychology Paper ANGELA R. CARY PSY/201 October 03, 2013 Jennifer Baker Social Psychology Paper There were several factors that contributed to Sarah’s attitude in regards to her curfew. Some of these were motivation, compliance and conformity, Normative and Informational Social Influence. Other factors that affected Sarah’s behavior, action and thoughts may include persuasion and peer-pressure. Some of the ways that Sarah displayed cognitive dissonance were disobeying curfew, going to a party, and unnecessary worry. When Sarah decided to go to the party she displayed conformity in order to go along (comply) and fit in with a popular group from school. Sarah felt a need to be accepted by a new group because she was in a new social environment and wants to be accepted and popular in the group also. Sarah may have fears of meeting new people and being in a new environment therefore she conform to a large group of people which is a difficult task. Sarah is also experiencing “incongruous” emotions, actions and behaviors at this time which is not “normal” for her. Sarah begins to avoid her curfew time, and disobey the rules and guidelines her parents had set for her previously, by agreeing to go to the party and being late. She also decides that being accepted and popular by the new group has given her some self satisfaction and happy feelings as well as gained acceptance from...
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...What type of informal research method did you use? How was your research method similar to research methods used by psychologists? If given another opportunity, what would you have done differently? The type of informal research method is the Naturalistic observation. This type that I have used in the shopping mall. I like to watch people it is called people watching. We would spend time just sitting on a bench. How people behavior in the public area. I had done this before for another class. We would glue a quarter to the floor. Then we would watch how many people would try and pick it up. It was an observation that shows that people don’t look around and be aware what is going on around them. The research method is similar to the psychologists that wait for a patient to come out to the public. He would sit somewhere close to the patient. It will take time for thing to be active but they can wait to see how the patient reacts to the public. If I had an opportunity to change it would be done different. The first thing I would like to change is to be able to talk to people about why, what, who the three important questions. The reaction of the people can be understood more and help the psychology learn that a natural habitat for people can show that the mind is a never ending learning processes. I would change on how many test are done. The local would be in several locations is a format. The area in the testing is done would be a high income area and a low income...
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...My daughter has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Some of the problems that I deal with on a daily are lack of attention, failure to follow instructions, loses things easily, and impulsive behaviors. However, having to deal with this, we are dealing with growing pains, her body is growing fast, but her bones are taking their time, so she has some discomfort. With that, her physician told her when she feels pain she may have a pain pill. However this is been a constant problem, every day she has pain. Therefore, I decided to give her a low dose Bayer aspirin, instead of Tylenol. Within less than twenty minutes, she is telling me she is doing just fine. The next couple of days I changed the aspirin to a vitamin, and got the same reaction. For the past 7 months, when she feels pain, she takes a vitamin believing it is a painkiller, and again the same result. In less than twenty minutes, she is feeling no more pain, or discomfort. I used the informal research method of experimental research. Psychologist produces a change in one variable to observe the effects of that change on other variables. This is the placebo effect, when a patient has symptoms, they receive what they think is treatment, and their symptoms disseminate. If I had to make this decision again, I am not sure I would handle it the same way again. I personally acknowledge that I am dealing with a child not well; I believe that I am not hurting, but I know I am not helping either, I have seen that over...
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...University of Phoenix Material Structure and Functions of the Brain Word Search Highlight your answers in the word search below. X B L A L M D D W F L S C T P S N I O A E U G O A F P U W I R U S V A J W G O M T Z V F K D R A I T E P U E O V V H C Y R T G P B M H H Y E H M R H C P V O C G O Y C J C O R P U S C A L L O S U M I D C V T E T S U G V E N C Y P T M F A P A Y F K G R U U L H O N O R E Z H S O I L R Y V Z G E Q M I N W P M D Y H V T T A O U W X D X B T A P N P C Y G E R P A P S F K V D C A R D L O I F D B I J D L K N H E X S I E U A R A H T O F Y V T L L E C G Y C M M R A L B H L F Y H G V O N S N U O S Q A L E A C L T I I S V M B C O K S H Y Q L T C B A O J O I C Z E E W T S W E B O L L A T E I R A P V N R H F A B A O B Q M Z N Z I L J T N Y E C J T M H G E P A X O G E U L L N E B H E W D O U M O T O R C O R T E X U R X L T L H S W A I T F N I T V P J S U M A L A H T J B Z G R M T B F C G S M C F X A S D B Clues: 1. The part of the brain located in the temporal lobe that is responsible for our emotional response. ________________ 2. The portion of the brain involved in intricate cognitive functioning. ___________________ 3. A part of the brain that belongs to the limbic system and is responsible for processing new memories. ________________ 4. A structure that is known to be a key relay station for sensory information. ________________ 5. An area of the cerebral cortex involved in organizing, controlling, directing...
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...Chapter Overview 12.1 The Beginnings of Development What Is Development? Prenatal Development The Newborn CONCEPT LEARNING CHECK 12.1 Before and Preoperational Stage Concrete Operational Stage Formal Operational Stage Challenges to Piaget’s Stage Theory Social Development The Power of Touch Attachment Theory Disruption of Attachment Family Relationships Peers After Birth 12.2 Infancy and Childhood Physical Development Cognitive Development Piaget’s Stage Theory Sensorimotor Stage CONCEPT LEARNING CHECK 12.2 Stages of Cognitive Development 12 Learning Objectives Development Throughout the Life Span 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Describe the development of the field and explain the prenatal and newborn stages of human development. Discuss physical development in infants and newborns. Examine Piaget’s stage theory in relation to early cognitive development. Illustrate the importance of attachment in psychosocial development. Discuss the impact of sexual development in adolescence and changes in moral reasoning in adolescents and young adults. Examine the life stages within Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. Illustrate the physical, cognitive, and social aspects of aging. Describe the multiple influences of nature and nurture in human development. 12.3 Adolescence and Young Adulthood Physical Development Cognitive Development Social Development Cognitive Development Social Development Continuity or Change Relationships Ages and...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix B Piaget Worksheet Directions: Review Module 26 of Psychology and Your Life. Complete the matrix below and answer the questions that follow. Cognitive Stage Age Range Major Characteristics Sensorimotor Stage Birth to 2 years Children learn from movements, they learn that things continue without their presence. Preoperational Stage 2 years to 7 years of age. Developing language and symbolic thinking. They are focused on the present, rather than abstract. Concrete Operational Stage 7 years to 12 years old. At this age you are able to see from different points of views. Thinking is done with reality. Formal Operational Stage 12 years to an adult. Reasoning is done more abstractly, and logical. 1. This is the awareness that objects and people continue to exist, even if they are out of sight. a. Recognition b. Object permanence c. Intuition d. Cognitive development 2. During this stage, motor skills are developed; however, there is little or no capacity for symbolic representation. a. Formal operational b. Concrete operational mastery c. Sensorimotor d. Preoperational 3. This is the term for when children view the world from only their perspective. a. Egocentric thought b. Conceited c. Metacognition d. Self-esteem 4. The knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects. a. Principle of conservation b. Zone of proximal development c. Mass d. Formal operational...
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...Psy 201 Week 5 Living in partner-violent families: Developmental links to antisocial behavior and relationship violence. I chose this topic and article because the “cycle of violence” is something that I can relate to. I got into a domestic violent relationship at a very young age and was scared to speak to anyone about, because I was afraid of what might happen, but I’ve never experienced child abuse. Child abuse and chastising your children is totaling different. I find it to be pretty amusing as to how children who are exposed to intimate partner-violent families are likely to follow the same path when they reach adulthood. I would think that a child, as they get older, would want to refrain from such violent relationships after witnessing the violence from their parents; but statistics prove that such exposure is very relative for violent interactions in adulthood. Domestic violence is something that many families struggle with and it is a very unfortunate situation for a child to listen and see the events that take place when parental violence happens. I do feel that the “cycle of violence” continues to happen with each generation because the children being raised in these households know nothing more than what they are being exposed to. How would they know what a healthy, and normal intimate relationship entails if they are shown nothing but unhealthy abuse? The article that I chose focuses on living in partner-violent homes and the correlation between aggressive...
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...Final Project: Autobiographical Psychosocial History PSY/201 Nikki Pigeon 06-17-13 The five concepts that have affected my development in life that I have chose to write about are; parenting style, nature-nurture issue, influence, need for achievement, and also generativity-versus-stagnation stage. I have chosen to write about these five concepts because I feel that each of them has given me the foundations on which I have built my life and helped shape me into to person I am today. I first chose parenting style, I was raised by my grandparents and they were what I would consider permissive parents for the most part they gave us freedom and required little from us however, they did show us that responsibility was a very big part of life and the earlier we learn it the better we will accept it when we enter adulthood. They made having responsibility somewhat fun by helping us with chores and homework, and the feeling that I got from knowing that they were happy with me and proud of me really reinforced that if I were to show the same responsibility for other aspects of my life I could achieve anything I set my mind to. The next concept I chose would be the nature-nurture issue, this affected my life because I felt that both nature and nurture played a part in my growing up. By nature of my family, excluding one of my parents, I was naturally hard working, determined, easy-going, and fun. Growing up in my family you can see each of these traits in everyone, and I feel...
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...[pic] |Course Design Guide College of Social Sciences PSY/201 Version 4 Foundations of Psychology | |Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Carter, K. & Seifert, C. (2013). Learn Psychology. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: A Brief...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C Psychotherapy Matrix Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy. |Psychodynamic |Behavioral |Cognitive | |Summary of |Psychoanalysis: Freudian psychotherapy in which the goal |Aversive conditioning, a form of therapy hat reduces the |Cognitive-behavioral approach: A treatment approach that | |Approach |is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in |frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an aversive, |incorporates basic principles of learning to change the | | |order to reduce their power in controlling behavior |unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior (Feldman, |way people think (Feldman, 2010). | | |(Feldman, 2010). |2010). |Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: attempts to restructure| | |Free association: Psychoanalysts using this technique |Systematic Desensitization: gradual exposure to an |a person’s belief system into a more realistic, rational, | | |tell patients to say aloud whatever comes to mind, |anxiety-producing stimulus...
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...Meditation Worksheet Directions: Locate two resources on the Internet that explain meditation techniques. Copy and paste the web address into the top of the matrix. After reviewing the website, provide a brief summary for each source. Below your summary, list two interesting facts you learned from each site. Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience. Be sure to answer the two questions below the matrix also. Web Address (URL): www.how-to-meditate.org Summary of resource: This website has a lot of Buddhist techniques on how to meditate, it has breathing techniques and helps you with posture. How-to-meditate helps to educate you on how the everyday stressors of life can really us unhappy and effect how we act on an everyday basis. Two interesting Facts: 1. Meditation allows us to control our minds regardless of what is happening around us. 2. If we do not learn to control our minds through meditation, we may find it extremely hard to be happy even in the best of circumstances. www.wikihow.com/mediate This is a pretty simple website on meditation, it does not have any religious viewpoints and it is pretty simple for beginners like myself. It has a list of 6 easy steps, and they are straight to the point. Two interesting Facts: 1. Mediation can work even if you do it for 5 minutes or hours. 2. After you learn to meditate, you will be able to meditate anywhere...
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...Psy 201 DQ Wk 5 DQ1 My first response as a male was that the child was probably just being himself. When I fully comprehended the question I concluded that Sally and Bob probably have a rebellious son on their hands. They should calmly and firmly take control of the situation before Jimmy gets too much older and grows to be disrespectfully to his parents. Television could be one of the issues, so perhaps walking in the park would be an activity that would benefit the child. Exercise is good for a child and it also helps wear out the child which could take some energy out of the aggression. Sally and Bob observed. The next day after a good nights sleep, perhaps the child would be more agreeable to the situation. Television I would say has some of an affect on how the child behaves, but I have a son and sometimes he expresses anger but not aggressive behavior. DQ2 I think it is a combination of both nature and nurture that influences our behavior. Nature refers to the environmental factors of influence (siblings & family, schooling & peers, and any other external source of influence around them). Nurture refers to the hereditary factors which “are based on the genetic makeup of an individual that influences growth throughout life” (Laserwords, 2009), and therefore influential to the individuals behavior. There are a lot of environmental factors that are going to influence a child’s behavior as he or she is growing up. Most of our traits of behavior have to do with the...
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...Testing a Theory PSY/201 Testing a Theory When I was 18 years old, I was fortunate enough to get a job as a guitar instructor. This was only the second job that I ever had, and I was excited about both the opportunity to share my knowledge with others and by the decent wages offered. While I had already been playing guitar for several years and had the technical ability, I had no experience in educating others. While I improved over time, I began my work as an instructor based on a rather naïve theory. Before I began instructing on my own, I shadowed the instructor I was replacing on his last day. This gave me a chance to meet the students and to watch how he conducted his classes. I noticed he generally used the same material for each student. The only real variation was how far along each individual student was in the material. From observing this, I decided to take the same approach. I developed the theory that since all my students were learning the same instrument, they could all be taught the same way. When I began teaching on my own, I quickly learned that this theory was false. From this theory, I formed the hypothesis that my students could be taught in the same manner and from the same material with little or no variation. I then began testing this hypothesis on my students. While I did not consider it in this way at the time, my initial teaching experience was an experiment of sorts. I inadvertently had formed a theory, a hypothesis, and finally...
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...Samuel Smoot Social Psychology Paper PSY 201 3/1/2014 Sarah is going through exploration of her own path. She wants to do things that are not okay with her parents. Should she do these things and lie about what she is really doing, or is it easier to be honest? The problem with honesty is she will most likely not get what she wants out of it. It is the way that parent and child relationships mature. It ultimately helps with the separation process that is inevitable. Sarah is starting to make her own choices even if they are wrong. While mom and dad are trying to protect the little girl that is their daughter, like they always have. Sarah has many adult choices, but she is still only a young teenager. Sarah is just a teenager who is still attending school and getting good grades. To start with Sarah was dealing with social cognition toward her curfew. Sarah was experiencing partying for the first time. Sarah had obviously heard from other how fun it could be, but had never experienced it with her parent’s rules in place. For a fifteen year old these issues are the social norm. That still doesn’t make it any easier on her decision to go to the party. The friends and their persuasion made it even harder to say no too. She wanted to fit in, because they are new friends to her and she wants to fit in. She didn’t want to give them a chance to discriminate against her for not staying out to attend the party with them. Due to the...
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