Dr. Paddock is a counseling psychologist who is interested in decreasing adjustment issues in first-year college students. She is curious if having students create collages of their first few weeks of school and then mailing them home will help students feel they have integrated their new life with their old and, as a result, will help them feel less homesick. She samples a group of 100 incoming college freshmen at her university and measures how homesick they are during the first week of school. During Week 4 of school, she has them make the collage and send it home. During Week 7 of school, she measures their homesickness again. She notices a significant reduction in the amount of homesickness from the pretest to the posttest and concludes that her treatment is effective. Imagine in Dr. Paddock’s study that only 90 of the original participants completed the measure of homesickness during Week 7 (10 participants had left the university and were unavailable). What kind of threat to internal validity does this pose? How does this affect her conclusion that her treatment for homesickness worked?

What is evolutionary psychology, and how does it explain women’s and men’s choices for an ideal romantic partner? Why is it inadequate in explaining cross-cultural research? How can the social-roles theory account for that research? Finally, why would evolutionary psychology have difficulty accounting for lesbian relationships?

Describe the division of power in traditional and egalitarian marriages, as well as in lesbian relationships. Also discuss how power operates for married women of color.

Discuss gender comparisons, Be sure to include topics such as the ideal sexual partner, the ideal marriage partner, reactions to breaking up, satisfaction with marriage, and the decision to seek a divorce.

Why did the Cold War emerge at the conclusion of WWII

Explain whether Dr. Nguyen is correct in thinking that extra-legal factors are more important in legal decision making than legal factors.

What is being authentic or the despair of defiance? - Kieregaard

In 150 words, explain how Robinson Crusoe found a meaning behind his misfortune of being cast away in a desolate island, and how this line of reasoning shaped his worldview.

Which of the three ethical philosophies that we have studied so far imparts the greatest wisdom in your well-reasoned opinion? In answering this question, discuss the concrete implications that these theories have for particular issues in both personal and political ethics. Give the best reasons you can think of to justify your answers (for example, reasons that might persuade an open minded person who initially disagrees with you). (20 points <600 words)

USE ARISTOTLE, THE HUMAN GOOD AND FUNCTION ARGUMENT

1) Which theory offers the best explanation of human motivation?
2) How can understanding emotions and the emotional make-up of humans be beneficial in understanding motivation?

1. when is anecdotal evidence reliable and when is it unreliable?

2. why is science reliable?

SHORT ANSWER PLS

Dr. Vegapunk thinks that watching anime (Japanese animated shows) decreases social skills in college students. To test this, Dr. Vegapunk randomly selected 30 brooklyn college students and assigned them to watch an episode of anime everyday for a week. After the week, each of the students answered a questionnaire about their social skills. The results showed that the sample had a mean social skills score of 7.3 and a standard deviation of 2.4. A previous study showed that the overall population of brooklyn college students had a mean social skills score of 6.2, but the standard deviation was not reported. Dr. Vegapunk decides to use an alpha level of 0.05.

a) what test should he use?

b) what is the alternative hypothesis?

c) what is the null hypothesis?

d) what is the critical value?

e) what is the obtained statistic?

f) what should he conclude?

What are your thoughts on Milgram’s studies on obedience?