For your ninth discussion board topic, you will need to watch “State of the Union: Politics in Red and Blue,” which can be found in the Required Learning Materials for Module 13. Click on reply at the bottom. This will open a dialogue box. Respond to the following: How is the polarization of U.S. politics creating problems in the social structure? For this discussion, you may want to focus on the following key concepts in the course: Authority, Political Participation, Democracy, Polarization

Psychology 150

What does it mean to get old?

When I was in my 20's I did not think about getting old. I would lift heavy weights - skip nights of sleep and eat whatever and how much of whatever I wanted.

IT was AWESOME... at the time.

Adulting is Hard.

Now I have type 2 diabetes because of my epigenetic diet choice interactions - angry joints (bad disks in back) and hurt feet. I have to be very careful of what I do or I can seriously hurt myself. Many of my peers from my college days are also in sad physical shape as well from how we were in the late 80s.

As far as Money goes - In college the major concern was finding enough money to buy bicycle parts - or maybe find a new roommate, or trying to date (ha!).

Last sememster I had to spend 12000 on re-plumbing our old house - and am about to spend another 50K or more on sending a kid to college.... but I can get whatever bicycle parts I want whenever I want.. but I don't because of aforementioned bills. If I had saved money when I was young - I would be able to retire in 5 years...

What does getting old mean to you?

Does that mean the same as Growing up?

Why can't young people (myself included) listen to old people and prep for when you are older?

Part I - The most commonly known and labeled senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Considering this, please address the following

a)     Do you think that there may be senses which do not necessarily receive information only from the environment, but rather from within us as well? (For example, how do you sense that you are hungry? If you hold your breath, which sense ‘senses’ that you need air? How do you sense the need for belonging?)

b)     If you think that we may have more senses than the 5 noted above, would you provide your opinion on why you think the dominant scientific community may not have considered more than the typical 5 senses? If you wish, you may use other references to strengthen or support your discussion.

c)     How does a “definition” (for example, how we define the 5 senses) help or hinder us in knowing the parameters of a concept, think about a concept’s potential for expansion, or keep a concept within known boundaries?

Do you think that the definition of sensation needs to be expanded? Why?

Part II - What is the role of operant conditioning in our development of reading skills? How do these skills become stronger and more “automatic”? Do you think that many of our “skills” follow the same path of development, and why?

Part III - Conduct the exercise found on this website:  http://web.psych.utoronto.ca/psy100dax/other_resources/colours.gif

You can repeat the exercise as many times as you want.

Questions:

1)     Discuss your experience in completing the exercise. How do you think learning, intelligence, language, and memory are connected to any ease or difficulty you may have experienced while doing the exercise?

2)     How is doing this exercise related to Parts I and II above?  

Hint: What we pay attention to is related to what we reinforce.

Use your own words to construct a 2-3 page paper addressing the three parts above. You should use some outside sources to bolster your answers. All citations should be in APA format. The paper must be 1-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced. You should include a separate page at the end of the paper that lists your references.

Discuss if you think personality is nature (born with, genetic) or nurture (environmental, experience based), and defend/explain your point of view.

Please answer these below:

1) Avoiding research bias is important for developing objective, reliable health-related information that can be used by the public. Check all of the situations that are likely to indicate research bias.....

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.

----A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

#2)   WORD BANK: (NOT ALL WILL BE USED) dietary supplement, observation, correlation, data, experiment, hypothesis, treatment

Researchers make a(an)  ____________  that people who like to camp take megadoses of thiamin to repel mosquitoes.

Researchers develop the following  ____________ : "Taking megadoses of thiamin is an effective way to prevent mosquito bites."

Researchers design a(an)  ____________  to test whether taking a high dose of thiamin repels mosquitoes.

Researchers randomly divide 100 people into two groups, each of which have 50 subjects. The  ____________  group is given pills that contain a very high amount of thiamin. The control group is given similar tasting and appearing pills that do not contain thiamin.

Researchers analyze  ____________  about the number of mosquito bites people in each group receive.

#3- MATCH WORDS with definition: ANCEDOTE, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, DATA, EXPERIMENT, TESTIMONIAL

Briefly summarize the arguments of the social scientists:

Horace Miner

Richard Sosis

Audrey Richards

Victor Turner

(Subject is Anthropology)

In 150- 200 words, describe different single subject case designs

a. Describe AB, ABA, ABAB, multiple baseline, and alternating treatments design

b. Give an example of how you could use this design

c. Pick two designs to compare. Why would you choose one design over the other?

The skill of self confidence by Dr. Ivan Joseph - Public speaking

1). What you believe is the primary purpose of the speech. Compare that with what you consider to be the speaker's "message" or thesis/claim.

2). As you listen deeply, decipher this speaker's main points. How does he support his main points? (We're talking content here.) What techniques are used to build credibility?

3). What delivery skills work best as this speaker attempts to develop a relationship with his audience?

4). Finally, what particular part of the speech resonated with you the most? Why do you think that is?

If you traveled to another country, what elements would most likely cause you to experience culture shock?

Social institutions are evolving, a case in point, it is now legal for same-sex partners to marry, but ironically, among heterosexual couples fewer are choosing to marry or they are choosing to do so at a later age. Draw on your understanding of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, statistics on marriage and divorce (www.census.gov) and Robert Sternberg's theory of love to explain why these trends are maybe occurring and what they might mean for the future of marriage and traditional family as institutions.   

Identify the main groups and ideas that drove the Progressive movement in detail

Contemporary Leadership:

(In times of crisis, leaders step up. They step out in greatness and create change)

Q1:  Identify great leadership in your own life (work or personal) and reflect on leadership as you see it in this time of crisis by reviewing contemporary leadership styles that you see and recognize in your life?

Provide 1 (one) example each of how power relationships and power gradients have been manifest in recent and in early colonial times.