Please answer using your own words (i.e., don't quote directly from the text).: Describe the three different measures of central tendency and how their values are determined. For each, give two examples (other than those given in the text) of their appropriate use.
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Imagine you are a nurse working at a clinic that provides prenatal care for pregnant women. Your patient, Anna, has heard that it’s a good idea to play music for her unborn baby, and she wants to know when her baby’s hearing will develop. What will you tell her?
Which parenting style describes how you were raised? Provide an example or two to support your answer.
Would you describe your experience of puberty as one of pride or embarrassment? Why?
Your best friend is a smoker who just found out she is pregnant. What would you tell her about smoking and pregnancy?
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Behaviorists from John Locke on have assumed that we can shape our children any way we like by controlling their environment and the use of modeling, reward, and punishment. How would Scarr modify this position? What type of evidence does Scarr site to substantiate her position? Provide some details.
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How might a counselor explain what “counseling” is to a low-ability 14 year old boy? To a gifted 10-year-old? To a high school senior with average intellectual ability?
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Any potential changes you foresee occurring with these issues- multicultural or diversity issues and changes to family structure.
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Make a list of what you believe to be rights belonging to all humans. Use any of the theories of rights to support your assertion that these rights belong to all.
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Effects the issues have on the feild of psychology---- Multicultrual or diversity issues
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The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies
What to do:
Please watch the TED Talk
The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies
Links:https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies
and post you find most disturbing or intriguing about the thought of tinkering with humans.
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Answer the following Questions:
1. There is no correlation between motivation and behavior. T F
2. In general, most humans have the desire to succeed in some capacity or another. T F
3. There are three criteria to emotion. They are biological, cognitive and neurological. T F
4. How many instincts did William MsDougall suggest humans possess?________________
3. How many instincts did Bernard suggest humans possess?
5. Most animal behavior is based on _________________________.
6. In 1 sentence describe drive reduction._________________________________________
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7. Most human behavior is learned. T F
8. What percentage of the U.S. population are overweight?____________________
9. The various levels of insulin leads to the body storing excess sugar as fat and carbohydrates. T F
10. In 2 sentences explain nurture vs nature. _____________________________________
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11. Heredity does not play a role in development. T F
12. Heredity is based on genetic makeup. T F
13. What is cross-sectional research? (2 sentences) _____________________________
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14. One cell at conception contains a specific number of chromosomes. How many? _______________________
15. Name the three parenting styles._________________________________________________
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16. Source amnesia occurs when someone can recall a lost memory. T F
17. Constructive property in memory means rebuilding the past. T F
18. Schemas are disorganized pieces of memory. T F
19. Children’s memories are highly susceptible to suggestion. T F
20. Tunes in our heads are associated with mental images. T F
21. With regard to problem solving, name the 3 types of problems.
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22. The single general factor for mental ability is the g-factor. T F
23. People with fluid intelligence are concrete thinkers. T F
24. What is crystallized intelligence? ________________________________________________
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25. Intelligence tests can be utilized to identify vocational and educational opportunities. T F
26. What are drive reduction impulses? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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27. Human behavior is primarily instinctual. T F
28. What are gut reactions? _________________________________________________________
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29. Explain the stages of Maslow’s theory of hierarchy:
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30. Men on the average earn less than women on the job. T F
31. The degree of aggressive behavior between men and women is identical.
T F
32. There are not any general differences between men and women regarding IQ scores. T F
33. A mother who drinks alcohol regularly may possibly give birth to a child with cognitive issues. T F
34. One in 10 people in the United states will be infected with a STI at some point or another. T F
35. The ego is the raw unborn part of personality. T F
36. The superego is the final personality structure to develop in childhood.
T F
37. The id attempts to relieve tension created by primitive drives related to hunger, sex, aggression and irrational impulses. T F
The theory revolved around the id, ego and superego are based on Sigmund Freud’s personality model. T F
38. Freud believed that only the id and ego have conscious components. T F
39. Freud’s theory of personality represenst abstract concepts of a general model of personality that describes the interaction of forces that motivate behavior. T F
40. The superego harshly judges the morality an individual’s behavior. T F
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Married couples are generally more satisfied at which point in their marriages
(1pts)
A. The early period
B. The later period
C. The middle and later period
D. The early and later period
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Compared to the family life cycle approach, the family life course approach
(1pts)
A. Is the same thing
B. Focuses on how families integrate changes over time, and how individuals give meaning to them
C. Focuses on the 8 stages that most families pass through after marriage
D. Focuses exclusively on death and dying
13)
The rapid pace of change in recent years is typically cited as a
(1pts)
A. Family stressor
B. Family strength
C. Family strain
D. Family career
14)
What typically governs the family life cycle stage?
(1pts)
A. Amount of family income
B. Level of parental education
C. Ages of children and parents
D. Duration of parents’ marriage
15)
Families draw strength from the stories that they tell and retell, and that help define the family’s history. These stories comprise
(1pts)
A. Family stories
B. Family myths
C. Family narratives
D. Family formations
16)
The International Family Strength Model, which focuses on 6 major qualities of strong couples and families, is a
(1pts)
A. Structural perspective
B. Microsocial perspective
C. Macrosocial perspective
D. Normative perspective
17)
The difference between quantitative and qualitative methods in social research is that qualitative methods
(1pts)
A. Test specifically defined hypotheses
B. Can proceed with only a question in mind
C. Rely heavily on surveys
D. Don’t tell us much about meanings underlying social processes
18)
An ___________ variable is manipulated by the researcher, and the ___________ variable is affected during an experiment
(1pts)
A. Independent, dependent
B. Dependent, independent
C. Control, dependent
D. Quantitative, qualitative
19)
Symbolic Interactionism believes that the family is
(1pts)
A. A group within the social system that affects individuals and larger social systems
B. Families are sites of conflict for resources, including money and attention
C. Families adapt to changes over time, and make meaning from them
D. The family is the product of day-to-day interactions of family members
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Which of the following is NOT part of the ASA Code of Ethics?
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A. Professional Competence: Do only what you are qualified to do. Pursue ongoing education. Utilize proper resources. Consult other professionals when necessary
B. Professional and scientific responsibility: Follow the highest scientific and professional responsibilities on a personal and professional level. Value public trust.
C. Social responsibility: Seek to advance the science of sociology and serve the public
D. Scientific contribution: research should contribute to the common good. Research that misleads research subject is only acceptable when the benefits to the public are clear
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Which theoretical school from this unit—psychoanalysis, humanism, or cognitive psychology—resonates the most with you? Explain why you would prefer to work from this particular perspective.
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Explain in what sense Rachels thinks the relationship between religion and morality is like the relation between religion and science. Do you agree with him about this? Why?
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