On
each assignment, please put your name, the date you are turning it in, the date
of the quiz that it replaces, the chapter number and title, and, if applicable,
the option you have selected.
Assignments must be typed unless the instruction below says, "In your own
handwriting".
Assignment
for Chapter One Psychology as a Science
Option a. Give examples of two positive
and two negative correlations. For each
example, address the issue of causation.
Option b.
Demonstrate an aspect of
critical thinking by raising questions about a magazine or newspaper article
that addresses a psychological issue.
Use an article that presents more than facts and seems to take a
position. State the position you think
has been presented or implied and specify what in the article makes you think
the authors or producers are taking a position. List questions you would like
to have answered in order to evaluate the position. Include a copy of the article.
Assignment
for Chapter Two
Neuroscience and Behavior
In your own handwriting,
provide brief definitions/explanations of the terms and concepts on p. 67 of
the textbook. This and other assignments
of this type can be done on paper or on a set of index cards to be used as
flash cards.
Assignment
for Chapter Four The Developing Person
Option a: Imagine that you have four children and their
ages are thirteen months, four years, nine years, and fourteen years. Name each child and describe something about
each that corresponds with Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
Option b: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms and concepts listed on p.139 and p. 291
of the textbook.
Assignment for Chapter
Eight Memory
Make up a case example
about a person who has symptoms of memory impairment that could be consistent
with damage to the hippocampus. Make up
a case example about a person who has symptoms of memory impairment that could
be consistent with damage to the cerebellum.
Talk about what implications these cases have for normal
individuals.
Assignment
for Chapter Seven Learning
Option a: Write about an example of classical
conditioning. Identify the unconditioned
stimulus (UCS), the unconditioned response (UCR), the conditioned stimulus (CS)
and the conditioned response (CR).
Option b: In your own words, explain how
classical conditioning differs from operant conditioning and give an example of
each.
Option c: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms and concepts listed on p. 255 of the
textbook.
Assignment for Chapter 10
Motivation
Option a: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms on p. 377.
Option b: Describe Maslow's hierarchy and then suggest
how a change in life circumstance might change a person's focus of attention
and level of functioning.
Assignment for Chapter 12
- Personality
Option a: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms on p. 467.
Option b: Describe two defense mechanisms and apply
them to everyday life. If you quote
Myers, use APA style. For each defense
mechanism, give at least one example of a person using that defense.
Assignment for Chapter 15-
Social Psychology
Option a: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms on p. 581.
Option b:
Assignment for Chapter 13
Psychological Disorders:
Option a: Link a concept in Chapter 13, Psychological
Disorders, with something you learned in another chapter.
Option b: In your own handwriting, provide brief
definitions/explanations of the terms on p. 505.
I recommend that you keep
track of your quiz and assignment scores.
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