Summative Assessment: Marshmallow Experiment

  Describe the interaction in the introductory paragraph, including any critical behaviors. What are some predictors of the behaviors of different individuals in the interaction? According to Rotter, what are their needs?  Is the behavior produced by culture or the situation in which the person is involved? How does the interaction relate to delayed gratification? … Read more

MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENTS IN CAREER COUNSELING

  Review this week’s learning resources that focus on the stages in the development of vocational/career counseling. As you review the stages, think about the developments at each stage. Which stage do you believe made the most major contributions to and/or led to significant progress in the overall development of career counseling? To what extent … Read more

5-2

Read the two articles on experimental research in psychology. To what extent do you think the research methods used by psychologists adequately explain human behavior in the real world? Choose one of the articles that you have read for your final project and discuss how it relates to the arguments made in this week’s articles. 

4-2 Discussion: Peer Review

After reading the articles in the module Reading and Resources area on peer review, what do you think is the best way that articles in psychology should be selected for publication? What are the key strengths of your suggested method? The weaknesses? following – 4-1 Final Project Milestone Two: Research Question, Hypothesis, and Annotated Bibliography

discussion

  Skinner discussed environmental control of behavior. Apply that concept to today’s culture of social media and the use of cameras. Do our behaviors change because of this type of environmental control?

3-2 Discussion: Validity and Reliability

Select and read one peer-reviewed article. Ideally, this should be one on your topic that you may ultimately use in your final project. Highlight at least one threat to internal or external validity or reliability. Explore why this threat is problematic and how it could be remedied.  my topic for my final project Problem Orientation … Read more

4-3

Pick one of the questions/tasks that you would like to address as part of your final project and explain how the concepts you have learned apply to the cultural or ethnic group you have chosen for your project.