What is the role and achievements of American Civil Rights Movement to stop prejudice and racism in their Society during the sixties of the last century?

1) What are the economic, social and social psychological connections between the upper class and the corporate community?

Sue is 14 and depressed. She recently argued with her best friend and is feeling hopeless that she can work things out. Her therapist asked her how she might solve this problem but Sue could name only one solution that she did not think would help. The therapist wants to teach Sue problem solving skills that will help Sue with which of the following:

(a) Thinking of a number of solutions, not just the first one that comes to mind

(b) Thinking about the pros and cons of each solution, rather than immediately dismissing them

(c) Pick the solution that is guaranteed to work

(d) A & B

(e) All of the above

Over the past several years we have seen examples of significant crimes which have been committed by juveniles across the country. Do you think that public expectations of the juvenile justice system have been altered due to the widespread exposure the cases have received?

What would be your initial thoughts if a family member started to display the signs of being part of a terrorist or extremist group? How would you approach your family member to deter him or her from filtering into a terrorist or extremist group?

explore thoughts on deterrence and an assessment of prevention methods that law enforcement could initiate to counter radicalization that may lead to terrorism as it relates to the American youth population. Provide some analysis what might be needed to further understand the issue

What are the essential elements for achieving greater police accountability identified in your readings? Do you feel that the current internal and external mechanisms of accountability created by various police departments are sufficient? Provide at least two examples of such mechanisms.

Explain the ways in which the drugs prescribed to treat depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety work.

In a well written paragraph, describe how Sonia Sotomayer would score on a test of the Big-5 personality factors and how his specific set of traits may have contributed to his genius.

Listening is a difficult skill. What does it take to be an effective listener? Assess your own listening strengths and weaknesses.

James, age 12, has been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. His main worry is that other people will think he is stupid or boring. James does not answer questions in class and rarely talks to his peers during lunch and recess. Which of the following is an exposure activity that James’ therapist might have him practice early in treatment?

(a) Listing things that could go wrong if he talked to a peer

(b) Giving a speech in front of the class

(c) Petting a dog

(d) Saying hi to a friendly classmate

Explain the key difference between the economies of New France and Acadia. In your opinion which colony had a more diverse economy

Question 3: An early criticism of reinforcement theory is that it can only account for the repetition of highly stereotyped behaviors produced in response to specifically trained stimuli (i.e. cannot account for behavior variability, or for the ability of novel stimuli to elicit learned behavior). Describe at least two experiments that refute this criticism.

Which type of talent do you think has greater worth to society, creativity or academic intelligence? Why? Do you think one of these is more important than the other? Why?

Topic: Attributions

Throughout this week, pay attention to the attributions you make for your own behavior and others’ behavior. Select 1 instance in which you made an attribution for your own behavior, and 1 instance in which you made an attribution for someone else’s behavior. Then respond to the questions below.

Describe 1 instance from the past week in which you made an attribution for your own behavior.

Was the attribution internal or external? Positive or negative?

Did you demonstrate the self-serving attributional bias (accept responsibility for positive outcomes but blame someone or something else for negative outcomes)? How do you know?

What was the outcome? Were there any negative or positive consequences of making this attribution?

Describe 1 instance from the past week in which you made an attribution for someone else’s behavior.

Was the attribution internal or external? Positive or negative?

How much do you like this person? How do you think your attribution would have been different (if at all) if you liked the person more or less?

How well do you know this person? How do you think your attribution would have been different (if at all) if you knew the person more or less?

What was the outcome? Were there any negative or positive consequences of making this attribution?