What is it that draws us as humans to music? How can listening to music impact our emotions, thoughts, or behaviors? What examples do you have from your own life of music impacting you in some way? What explanation can there be for how different music, which has different sounds, has different effects on us?

describe two events that illuminate what David’s relationship with God was like. Use one event from 1 Samuel and one from 2 Samuel. Consider his whole life, not just the early years, and how his faith was reflected in family as well as national events.

what stands out for you as to how we got from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution.? What form of federalism do we have in each direction? Is our system of federalism effective? Why or why not. Be sure to cite your information sources for your academic support.​

Instructions: For each of the following learning examples, classical conditioning is at work. In each example, identify the unconditioned stimulus (US), conditioned stimulus (CS), unconditioned response (UR) and conditioned response (CR).

1. Jonathan loves spicy dood! Last week he ate at Tia Mexicna three times and literally perspired from the hot spices. Yesterday, as he drove past the restaurant, Jonathan began to perspire profusely.

2. When he was just a puppy, Barney’s cruel owner took him out hunting and fired his shotgun right next to Barney’s car. Barney’s new owner notices that whenever there’s a thunderstorm, Barney hides under the bed and whimpers until the storm passes.

3. Jeremiah is six months old. His mother warns his bottles in the microwave. Whenever the bell on the microwave rings, Jeremiah begins to drool.

4. Tiffany was playing with her cousin. Suddenly her cousin let out a horrifying scream and cried, “A bee!” She yanked Tiffany by the arm and dragged her brutally into the house. Now Tiffany is refusing to go outside to play, claiming she is afraid of “the bees.”

5. Serita had to give a speech for English class. She was so nervous she thought she was going to be sick. Shanelle was sitting in the front row wearing “Twilight” perfume (too much Twilight perfume). Even though her speech was over, for three days, whenever Serita smelled Shanelle’s perfume, she felt extremely nervous and sick to her stomach.

6. George had an unfortunate accident. While shaving one morning his electric razor shorted out and burned a large parch of whiskers of his chin. Now George displays a fear of electric toasters, coffee makers, and toaster ovens.

7. After a cat is exposed to repeated pairings of an electrical shock and a yellow light, the cat’s heart races whenever a yellow light is presented.

8. Marge fixed Mr. Lee her special recipe meatloaf---convinced tat he would beg for more. Several hours later, Mr. Lee felt very ill. He immediately blamed on Marge’s meatloaf and told her he would never eat it again.

How is gun control related to the topic of forensic psychology?

how privileged people benefit at the expense of oppressed people. What role does hierarchy play in maintaining this system?

Beginning Christian counselors are often naïve in assuming that psychology and Christianity can be easily integrated. Based on your reading of McMinn, what are some areas where Christianity and psychology/counseling disagree and how will you deal with this contrast in the practice of counseling?

You are completing an internship with a local police agency. The officers you ride with are great and let you come along on everything they do. One day, the officer you are riding with takes you along on a drug raid. You are invited to come in when the house is secure, and you observe six young men sitting on two sofas in the living room. The officers are ransacking the house and asking the young men where they have hidden the drugs. Four of the youths are black and two are white. One of the officers walks behind the sofa where the black youths are sitting and slaps each one hard on the side of the head as he walks past. He ignores the two white youths sitting on the other sofa. You are shocked by his actions, but you know that if you say anything, your chance of being hired by this agency will be very small. You desperately want a good recommendation from the officers you ride with. What would you do?

• Police ethics are closely tied to police mission and purpose. Explain how the two different missions of law enforcement might impact your decision.

• Discuss how a police subculture may impact your decision, including research that indicates police subcultures may be changing. Consider and integrate course materials in your response.

Instructions: For each of the following research designs, identify the dependent and independent variables.

1. To investigate the effects of exercise on mathematical problem-solving ability, a researcher assigned subjects to one of two groups. One group did 50 jumping jacks and the other group did 200. After exercising, both groups did a set of math problems,

2. A researcher hypothesized that talking to plants enhances their growth. To test her hypothesis, she gave two plants the same amount of food, water, and sunlight, but she talked to one plant and not the other.

3. In order to study the relationship between neonatal exercise and motor development, a professor randomly assigns 50 one-week-old infants to Group A or Group B. The 25 infants in Group A participate in a daily 15-minute exercise program. The infants in Group B are not exposed to anything beyond their normal daily activities. Twice a month for an entire year, subjects from both groups are given a motor-skills test.

4. An experimenter wants to study the relationship between breast-feeding and Infant Formula X in underdeveloped countries. She randomly assigns 300 infants to Group A or B and weights the infants every three days for the first four weeks of life.

5. Two groups of subjects were told they were going to receive electric shocks as part of a learning experiment. One group was told that the shocks would be relatively painful. The other group was told that the shocks would be mild and produce a gtickling sensation.h The subjects were then asked if they wished to wait individually or with a group while the shock machinery was being set up.

6. One half of the General Psychology students completed computerized instruction exercises. The remaining half spent an equal amount of time reviewing the text and lecture notes. Both groups were tested on the course information.