3. What are the similarities and differences between positive and negative reinforcement? Please be succinct and clear. Answer:

4. Explain the difference between “escape learning” and “avoidance learning,” providing a simple example of each within your explanation. Examples in lecture or textbook are not accepted. Answer:

5. Provide a real world behavior that could be explained by “Learned Helplessness.” You cannot use domestic violence, and your answer shouldn’t be more than a paragraph. Answer:

6. How might you teach your child “learned industriousness”? Do not use textbook or lecture examples and your answer shouldn’t be more than two –four sentences. Answer:

7. Provide an example of “behavior momentum” other than the examples in the textbook or lectures. Answer:

Fully explain what the author means by "Pave the Planet or Wear Shoes."

Subverting Greed Chapter 3.

Discuss how society might solve the heroin epidemic on Long Island. Where are the drugs coming from, and has the so called "War on Drugs" been effective at all?

In the High Desert we are far too familiar with the problems of drugs. In February 2017 a major Sheriff’s Department operation precipitated in an arrest warrants for 50 known gang members. Although Opioids were not the major drug of choice in that raid, and although death by drug overdose in San Bernardino County is not as high as in some California counties, it is a major problem here as well. Discuss some of the reasons for the increase in opioid usage and other drug abuse / addiction in California, from a sociological perspective.

What are your thoughts on Peter Singer's approach to non-humans and his distinctions between persons and non-persons? Explain.

A. Decide whether each passage should be thought of as containing no argument, one argument, or more than one argument. For each argument, determine whether it is simple or complex (whether it contains only one or more than one inference), pick out any premise or conclusion indicators, and identify each premise and conclusion.

example: 1. The snow is making driving conditions very dangerous. But I must still go out and vote, even though my candidate has no chance of winning.

Answer: Not an argument. No claim here is intended to provide support for any other.

Question: 16. Blaise Pascal realized that there were certain significant consequences of Torricelli’s hypothesis that the Earth is surrounded by a dense sea of air. Among these were that barometers at different altitudes would contain mercury columns of differing heights. So, being a sickly fellow, he persuaded his brother-in-law to do a spot of climbing in order to test out the hypothesis. Thus was Torricelli’s hypothesis comprehensively confirmed.

Let’s look at health and fitness in middle adulthood. Pick one: sexuality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, or osteoporosis and discuss risk factors, interventions, and how overall health connects to relationship satisfaction & happiness.

Identify basic beliefs and practices of the various forms of historical Christianity. Focus upon the three main groups within Christendom (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodoxy). Do you identify with these?

Hip Hop Literature

Answer the following questions in approximately 150 words per response:

1) In what ways does the film, La Haine, illustrate some of the challenges faced by immigrant youth in Paris? Choose a scene or two that describe these challenges.

Why, according to the evolutionary perspective, would different cultures manifest these common behaviours (universal behaviours)?

In a short paragraph, discuss your views on Harm-Reduction Therapy and its connection to psychology as well as contributions.

Compare and contrast the components of religion. Which component of religion is easiest and hardest to measure? Be sure to explain why and include examples in your analysis. (100-150 words minimum)

What parenting style did your parent(s) use (refer to Baumrind's theory) to raise you? What were the pros and cons, and how do you think it has influenced you today? Consider the type of discipline used and why your parents used it. Which style do you use with your own children, or would you use, if you don't have children. Justify your answer.

Discuss when and where imagery is most often used. Describe three potential negative outcomes of using imagery.

Interview a classmate. Ask him/her to describe his/her own ecology during their growing up years. Focus your discussion on identifying possible socialization agents that you think may have important role in shaping your classmate’s development. Write your findings from the Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Model.