1) there are a few types of reciprocity shared: generalized reciprocity, balanced reciprocity, and negative reciprocity. Please share the definition of each of these types of reciprocity and then share how reciprocity works in the American culture? Do you ever engage in it at home or in the workplace? Please provide an example of how you participate in reciprocity.

Generalize reciprocity:

usually is carried out among close kin and carries a high moral obligation.

Balanced reciprocity:

Involves greater social distance than generalized reciprocity and entails a clear obligation to return, within a reasonable time limit.

Negative reciprocity:

                Is the unsociable extreme in exchange.

2) So let's analyze giving a gift. There are definitely rules when you want to give a gift to someone, say a friend, a parent, or a partner. One example might be that you need to give a gift that is a appropriate in value. You don't want to give something too expensive or something too cheap. What are some of the other rules surrounding giving a gift in our culture? How we learn what those rules are, and what are some of the consequences of breaking them?

I'm writing a paper on Maslow's Esteem theory pertaining to school shooters but ending it with an positive ending. Is this possible?? Is it safe to compare it to the breastfeeding study using Maslow's Esteem theory??

What sorts of alternate experimental conditions did Milgram use to decrease rates of obedience?

What is the correspondence bias?

What is the self-serving bias?

What is self-esteem, and what is the sociometer theory of self-esteem?

What is cognitive dissonance, and what does it have to do with self-esteem?

Why do people identify as part of groups?

What is ingroup bias, and how has it been demonstrated experimentally?

What is prejudice?

What is implicit prejudice (e.g., implicit racism), and where does it come from?

What is the evidence that implicit prejudice exists?

Why do people act in prosocial ways?

Using examples, write an essay (350- 400 words) to support a generalization on social network sites, a generalization such as SNS are structured as personal (or "egocentric") networks, with the individual at the center of their own community.

Book: The Story of Psychology

The measurers chapter is all about how people measure up to others and how testing of human minds began.

Discussion: What were the origins of testing? Was testing for good or for ill in the early years? Please describe some of the dark sides and bright sides. And what about now? Please use historical and scientific evidence to argue the pros and cons of measuring and comparing human minds in the beginning and in the modern day. How could we improve the situation for the future?

4. Describe the barrel model of culture and its major elements (infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure) and discuss how it was applied to the Kapauku culture. Following this example, apply the barrel model to the community that you currently reside in while citing specific examples. In reference to the concept of ethnocentrism, discuss whether or not this is present in your community. How can notions of cultural relativism help avoid ethnocentrism?

Apply the knowledge of biological psychology and consider the commonly expressed myth that humans use 10% of their brains.

In what ways does the film Singin' in the Rain comment on the transition from silent to sound films?

5. Discuss whistle-blowing in terms of Virtue Ethics.

W4 Assignment

In Chapter 3 on perception and communication, the book stated that there is no intrinsic meaning in phenomena but that humans actively construct meanings and attach values. In Chapter 4, the book argued that language is powerful and that values inherent in the words we use shape our perceptions and those of others. Do these two statements contradict one another? Craft your answer in relation to the notions of hate speech and loaded language. (Be sure to distinguish between these two notions in your answer and provide concrete examples to support your point). Provide an example of situation you encountered with hate speech or loaded language. How did that make you feel? Your paper should be 1-2 pages citing specific examples and providing detailed analysis incorporation reading and textbook material. If outside sources are used, proper citation of the source should be included.

Describe the concept of structure in Structural Family Therapy

Explain the concept of fusion

Compare and contrast how archaeologists and paleoanthropologists date their discoveries.