Discuss the impact of the “inter-war” years. ?

Module 10: Social Psychology Choose one of the following social psychology experiments: · The Stanford Prison Study · Sherif’s Cooperation Study · Asch’s Line Study · Milgram’s Electric Shock Study Using your chosen study, discuss why you believe the study participants behaved as they did under the various social pressures. Include in your discussion, how the various applicable principles of Social Psychology learned in this Module apply to your chosen study and discussion. In this discussion, you should be able to demonstrate familiarity with the principles from social psychology, primarily from the assigned readings and powerpoints. You should not simply give your opinion regarding the participants. Instead, apply the principles to your discussion of the participants.

What are conceptual and operational definitions? Give both types for the term "religious." How are independent variables in experiments different from those in quasi-experimental designs? What type of IV is often used in an ex post facto study?

Do you think mental development is mostly due to biological brain growth or social factors (Use Piaget and his critics to answer this question)?

Phase 1 ; not going to go into detials but only one person suffered seizures. she was a femaile and consumed the correct dose.

The Phase II study:

Placebo-Controlled: 50 patients recieve the placebo (25 f and 25 m)

Actualy Drug: 25 patients recieve the drug (3 f and 22 m)

beneficence

autonomy

justice

veracity

fidelity

avoidance of killing.  

what ethical principles are being violated and why? i want to touch on all of them, but which ones are most important and why ?

Access the article entitled “Biofeedback: Listen to the body” written by Alexander and Steefel (1995). After reading this informative article, answer any two of the following questions: Alexander & Steefel, 1995.pdf

• What are the seven uses of biofeedback training discussed in the article?
• What is an EMG, and what is it used for?
• What is the key to success in biofeedback training?
• Is it possible to control the blood flow in one’s finger?

Be sure to support your assertions and demonstrate the psychological relevance of your answers.

The abolition movement gained great momentum beginning about 1830--just about the same time as other great reform efforts gripped the nation. What was abolition all about? Cite at least THREE individuals who were important to the movement and what --if anything--they achieved

Read the article "Getting and Making a Tip" (pp. 295 in Readings in Sociology). What are some of the strategies that waitresses employ to earn a bigger tip? What are some ways in which waitresses can gain a tip from those who traditionally do not tip? What does it mean for a waitress to get a poor tip? Which of the three sociological perspectives (structural functionalist, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism) would best be used to analyze this environment. Why ? For those of you who have been employed in the service industry (not necessarily limited to waiters,can be medical staff, sales, etc.), do any of these strategies seem familiar? Give examples.

Understand and explain the key elements of Utilitarianism

Meaning and overall approach

Main criticisms

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Understand and explain the key elements of Nozick’s theory

Entitlement theory and how it works

Original acquisition

Acquisition by transfer

Criticisms

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Understand and explain the key elements of Rawls’ theory of Justice

Original position negotiating behind a ‘veil of ignorance’ leading to conservative decision making

Two principles of his approach

Liberty

The ‘difference principle’ (maximin)

Criticisms

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Apply these theories in a business setting

CROP GROWING SKYSCRAPERS

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the Earth’s population will live in urban centres. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about three billion people by then. An estimated 109 hectares of new land (about 20% larger than Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, if traditional farming methods continue as they are practised today.

At present, throughout the world, over 80% of the land that is suitable for raising crops is in use. Historically, some 15% of that has been laid waste by poor management practices. What can be done to ensure enough food for the world’s population to live on ?

The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another three billion people. Many believe an entirely new approach to indoor farming is required, employing cutting-edge technologies. One such proposal is for the ‘Vertical Farm’. The concept is of multi-storey buildings in which food crops are grown in environmentally controlled conditions. Situated in the heart of urban centres, they would drastically reduce the amount of transportation required to bring food to consumers. Vertical farms would need to be efficient, cheap to construct and safe to operate. If successfully implemented, proponents claim, vertical farms offer the promise of urban renewal, sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply (through year-round production of all crops), and the eventual repair of ecosystems that have been sacrificed for horizontal farming.

It took humans 10,000 years to learn how to grow most of the crops we now take for granted. Along the way, we despoiled most of the land we worked, often turning verdant, natural eco-zones into semi-arid deserts. Within that same time frame, we evolved into an urban species, in which 60% of the human population now lives vertically in cities. This means that, for the majority, we humans have shelter from the elements, yet we subject our food-bearing plants to the rigours of the great outdoors and can do no more than hope for a good weather year. However, more often than not now, due to a rapidly changing climate, that is not what happens. Massive floods, long droughts, hurricanes and severe monsoons take their toll each year, destroying millions of tons of valuable crops.

The supporters of vertical farming claim many potential advantages for the system. For instance, crops would be produced all year round, as they would be kept in artificially controlled, optimum growing conditions.

There would be no weather-related crop failures due to droughts, floods or pests. All the food could be grown organically, eliminating the need for herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers.

The system would greatly reduce the incidence of many infectious diseases that are acquired at the agricultural interface.

Although the system would consume energy, it would return energy to the grid via methane generation from composting non-edible parts of plants. It would also dramatically reduce fossil fuel use, by cutting out the need for tractors, ploughs and shipping.

A major drawback of vertical farming, however, is that the plants would require artificial light. Without it, those plants nearest the windows would be exposed to more sunlight and grow more quickly, reducing the efficiency of the system. Single-storey greenhouses have the benefit of natural overhead light; even so, many still need artificial lighting.

A multi-storey facility with no natural overhead light would require far more. Generating enough light could be prohibitively expensive, unless cheap, renewable energy is available, and this appears to be rather a future aspiration than a likelihood for the near future.

One variation on vertical farming that has been developed is to grow plants in stacked trays that move on rails. Moving the trays allows the plants to get enough sunlight. This system is already in operation, and works well within a single-storey greenhouse with light reaching it from above: it Is not certain, however, that it can be made to work without that overhead natural light.

Vertical farming is an attempt to address the undoubted problems that we face in producing enough food for a growing population. At the moment, though, more needs to be done to reduce the detrimental impact it would have on the environment, particularly as regards the use of energy. While it is possible that much of our food will be grown in skyscrapers in future, most experts currently believe it is far more likely that we will simply use the space available on urban rooftops.

1. The contribution of traditional farming method is expected to *

2. Cutting-edge technologies in executing new idea like ‘vertical farm’ is necessary as......

3. Factors like efficiency, economical and high level of safety in regards to operation should be......

4. As the crops get exposed to the adversity of the weather,.........

5.  The vertical farming method.........

Below are some arguments in standard form. Some of them are the fallacies of Affirming the Consequent (AC), Denying the Antecedent (DN), or Undistributed Middle (UM). Identify each by writing the abbreviation in the blank. If an argument is none of those forms, write N. (2 points each, 10 total) _______If the weather turns cold, Orville will knit a hat. The weather turns cold. Orville will knit a hat. ______ If Hortense paid attention and studied well, then she got an A. She got an A. Therefore, she paid attention and studied well. _______If Orville studied well, then he taught Algernon. Orville didn’t study well. Hence, he didn’t teach Algernon. _______If Orville catches the flu, then Hortense will catch the flu. If Orville catches the flu, then Algernon will catch the flu. Therefore, if Hortense catches the flu, then so will Algernon. _______If Hortense gets the job, then she will need a new computer. If she needs a new computer, then she will get one good for gaming. Thus, if Hortense gets the job, she will get a computer good for gaming.

Describe Ethical Egoist view on co-operation and self-sacrifice

Compare and contrast the “political realism” of Machiavelli and Hobbes.

Explain how children reason in Kohlberg’s three levels of moral thought: preconventional moral thought, conventional moral thought, and postconventional moral thought. For each level, report a) what children emphasize as important as their basis for their moral beliefs and b) provide an example from the Heinz dilemma that reflects that type of moral reasoning.

Explain the roles of at least THREE of the following factors on gender role development: a) prenatal hormones, b) different socialization for boys and girls, c) modeling, and d) gender schemas.

How do psychological experiences come from biological, social, and cognitive origins? Describe and define each of these origins/factors. Give a unique example of each. Finally, describe an example of your own where all of these factors interact in a single experience. In describing the interaction, be sure to describe how each of these factors plays a role.