Similarities and differences between the five-stage model and punctuated equilibrium model?

1. Beverly really wants to go to graduate school in psychology and has the grades to get in, but she knows that she needs to have some research experience. She therefore begins working with Dr. Miserendino on a project in which she is observing white rats and measuring the amount of time it takes them to learn to navigate through a maze, depending on whether the animal has been given a drug or a placebo. Beverly is supposed to collect data every day for six days in a row (Monday through Saturday) to see what happens as the drug gradually wears off. She collects the data Monday through Friday, but on Saturday she isn’t able to go to the campus, because of a family emergency. She knows from talking to Dr. Miserendino about the study that it is too expensive to repeat the study, because both the rats themselves and the drugs are very costly. She also knows that if she tells Dr. Miserendino that she missed a day of data collection, Dr. Miserendino will be really upset. She considers making up the data just for Saturday, based on the data she had collected for the rest of the week. She knows that Dr. Miserendino would never have to find out what happened.
   Reflection Questions:
   Assuming that Dr. Miserendino never does find out about the made-up data, what are some possible negative ethical consequences of Beverly’s decision to falsify the data?
   1. Why is it risky for Beverly to make up the data?

What would you choose to do if you were in Beverly’s place? Explain.

Please browse the New American Story Project website, reading the testimonials of the unaccompanied minor refugees who have immigrated from Central America to Oakland and the information that’s provided in the interviews of experts. Post a brief response to anything you read on the website.

Which perspective of functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist do you identify with and why? Does this perspective best explain the family institution overall? Explain your answer.

A statewide evaluation of the Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) program was conducted to assess its ability to increase adolescents’ knowledge and beliefs about pregnancy prevention. Using a quasi-experimental research methodology, middle school students were divided by homerooms into a treatment group (n=900) who got the ENABLE program and a comparison group (n=700) who got nothing beyond classroom activities as usual (CAU). Participants in both in ENABL and CAU homerooms completed a pretest and posttest reflecting knowledge and beliefs about pregnancy (PSI: Postponing Sexual Involvement); the higher the PSI score, the more accurate the pregnancy knowledge. Participation was anonymous and student ID numbers were used to match pretest and posttest. Statistical tests reveal significant differences on posttest scores between ENABL and CAU groups and the ENABL group showed marked improvement from pretest and posttest scores, whereas the CAU group did not.

1. What is the implicit or unstated hypothesis of this study?

2.Using the information presented above, describe a conceptual framework, which may inform this research, in other words, support a rationale for doing such a study

3.Name one threat to internal validity and explain how this threat was reduced or present in this study

4.What ethical standards must have been met to conduct this study?

5.What is the dependent variable in this study?

6.Operationally define the dependent variable

7.At what level of measurement is the dependent variable measured? Why do you say this?

8.What is the primary independent variable in this study?

9.At what level of measurement is the independent variable measured? Why do you say this?

10.How many participants are in this study?

Consider the following dataset taken for a field experiment (meansure in meters)

120 230 220 305 410 250 290 300 200 210 210 200 210 210 300 400 200 210 350 3000

a. Describe the distribution by computing:

i. Skweness. Interpret your result

ii. Kurtoisis. Interpret your result

b. is there an observation that may be an outlier? Explain?

Draw a boxplot for the distribution

1.- According to Sociologist / Philosopher Theodore Adorno:

a) What is the “Culture Industry”

b) How does “Popular Culture” influence decision making?

c) Do you agree with Adorno’s concepts and ideas, why yes or why not?

2. - According to Anthropologist George Murdock:

a) What are “Cultural Universals”, define and explain.

3. - According to Sociologist George Ritzer:

a) What is the “McDonaldization” of society and the world?b) Why is this concept criticized?

1. Dr. Franklin designed a treatment for panic attacks and tried it with all of her clients who suffered from such attacks, and had great success. Over a ten-year period, Dr. Franklin treated more than 100 clients, in all of whom the technique significantly reduced panic. The treatment consisted of the therapist (Dr. Franklin) leading the patient through a series of relaxation exercises in her office. Dr. Franklin was so excited about the success of this treatment that she decided to market it to therapists nationwide. For $33 (admittedly reasonable for a psychological measure or technique), she sent therapists a script of everything she said to the patient during the relaxation exercises. A lot of therapists purchased the treatment, because they were very impressed with the success rate that Dr. Franklin reported. However, six months later, Dr. Franklin started to receive calls, letters, and e-mails from therapists all over the country, who complained that the treatment had proven completely useless for their clients.

Reflection Questions:

1. How would you explain the fact that Dr. Franklin had so much success and the other therapists such failure? How would reliability analyses have helped this problem?
2. From an ethical point of view, why should Dr. Franklin have done reliability analyses before marketing her treatment program?
3. Keeping in mind that she never gave any false information to anyone who purchased her treatment program, do you think Dr. Franklin should give the therapists who purchased her program a refund of their money? Why or why not?

in your own words what are the challenges of juvenile delinquency, depression and suicide for adolescents. If a teen between the ages of 13-16 commits a serious crime like rape or murder should they be charged as an adult why or why not??

How can hegemonic ideas be used to justify social inequality?

A four-year-old refuses to make her bed or clean up after playing with toys and has a tantrum when her parents try to insist that she do so.

1. a) What advice would Locke give to the parents? Explain the rationale for his advice based on his ideas about human nature and his basic principles of child-rearing as completely and thoroughly as you can. b) What advice would Rousseau give to the parents? Explain the rationale for his advice based on his ideas about human nature and his theory of development as completely and thoroughly as you can. c) what advice would you give the parents? What ideas or observations inform your suggestions?

The fall of Rome & the "dark ages" is compared to the political relationship between the Romans & the Barbarians with:

Judging an historical event or person by present standards is comitting the "sin" of: