PSYC101
Week 2 Forum Latest 2018 February
General posting requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 2
Forum “View Full Description” link on the Forums screen under the
heading”Forum General Posting Requirements”. All forums in this
course have the same general posting requirements.
Imagine you are going to conduct research investigating a human behavior that
you would be interested in learning more about.
1. Based on your readings and learning this week describe what
research method you would use for investigating it.
2.What drew you to this method? Why would it be well suited for
your hypothetical research?
3.What are the strengths and weaknesses of this type of research?
4.When responding to your classmates for the reply posts
requirement, take their research topic of interest and recommend a different
type of research approach to the study of the topic they chose (Ex:
“Another method that might also work is _______” or “Have you
thought of the _________ method?” – we want to be respectful and professional
and not criticize a classmate’s method choice) and explain why you would
recommend that alternative method.
To help jump start this part of the discussion, here is an example
of a human behavior that has been researched: Say you were interested in
whether men or women approach each other first in social situations where they
do not know one another. You might have an opinion based on personal
experience, but you want to avoid bias toward one’s own experience and ideas
that such might cause, so you are going to conduct a research study. To
research this, you might choose “naturalistic observation,” which
could require going into nightclubs and taking note of what you observe men and
women doing. Another research method would be to give out a survey to see how
men and women respond to the question of whether they approach the other. Each
method has strengths and weaknesses.
Be sure to check before posting that you have answered all of the
questions, that you are basing your statements on concepts you learned about in
your weekly readings and activities where required and that your post meets the
general posting requirements located under the “View Full Description” link
below the main Forum heading.
PSYC101
Week 3 Forum Latest 2018 February
Before responding to the questions below, click on the
“Lessons” link on the left and complete the Week 3: Topic 3 – Memory
lesson. After completing the lesson, return to the forum here, click the “Post
New Conversation” link at the top Week 3 Forum screen, and respond to the
following questions.
General posting requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 3
Forum “View Full Description” link on the Forums screen under the
heading “Forum General Posting Requirements”.
A great deal of controversy has surrounded the phenomenon of
“false memory syndrome” and the implications that it has had in our society,
particularly in the legal realm. One of the most influential psychologists in
the area of memory and eye witness testimony is Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, who has
spent three decades as a research psychologist and memory expert in legal
cases. To learn more about the controversy surrounding “false memory syndrome,”
visit the online LA Weekly website at
http://www.laweekly.com/2004-08-19/news/memory-and-manipulation/
to read the article, “Memory and Manipulation.”
Based on the points that the Loftus article brings up and your
readings and research this week respond to the following:
What kind of implications do particular limitations of human
memory have on the use of eye-witness testimony in criminal and civil court
cases?
PSYC101
Week 4 Forum Latest 2018 February
General posting
requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 4 Forum “View Full
Description” link on the Forums screen under the heading”Forum
General Posting Requirements”. All forums in this course have the same
general posting requirements.
As we reach the midpoint
of our course, it is a good time to connect with each other to begin thinking
about what comes next. Please reflect upon and answer the following questions:
- What do you hope to do with
your degree? - Which course(s) will you take
next? - Why do those courses interest
you? - What do you hope to learn from
your program? - How might it help you advance
your current career or prepare for your future? - Are there any obstacles you
foresee? - How will you work to overcome
them? - What questions do you have
about your program or future career goals to which your peers or
instructor might be able to respond?
PSYC101
Week 5 Forum Latest 2018 February
General posting requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 5
Forum “View Full Description” link on the Forums screen under the
heading “Forum General Posting Requirements”.
Before responding to the questions below, click on the
“Lessons” link on the left and complete the Week 5: Topic 1 –
Learning lesson. After completing the lesson, return to the forum here, click
the “Post New Conversation” link at the top Week 5 Forum screen, and respond to
the following questions.
Consider a behavior that you would like to teach someone. This
could be a friend, a child, a co-worker, etc. Describe the behavior and select
one of the learning theories we learned about this week (i.e. observational learning,
operant conditioning, etc.) as the framework for how you would teach the person
that behavior. Explain how you would ensure they have learned the behavior and
why you felt that approach would work best for the particular behavior and
setting. What challenges do you encounter to the learning process using your
planned approach?
PSYC101
Week 6 Forum Latest 2018 February
General posting requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 6
Forum “View Full Description” link on the Forums screen under the
heading “Forum General Posting Requirements”.
Before responding to the questions below, click on the
“Lessons” link on the left and complete the Week 6: Topics 1 and 2 –
Psychological Disorders and Therapy and Treatmentlessons. After completing the
lesson, return to the forum here, click the “Post New Conversation” link at the
top Week 6 Forum screen, and respond to the following questions.
This week we studied psychological disorders. Which of the
disorders covered in your lessons do you think would be the most challenging to
have and why? Which of its symptoms would prove the most difficult for you? What
would you most need from society and loved ones if you had the disorder you
selected? What might be some treatment options you could pursue to alleviate
symptoms of your selected disorder?
PSYC101
Week 7 Forum Latest 2018 February
Below are the Week 7 Forum Topic instructions. General posting
requirements can be viewed by clicking the Week 7 Forum “View Full
Description” link on the Forums screen under the heading “Forum
General Posting Requirements”.
Before responding to the questions below, click on the
“Lessons” link on the left and complete the Week 7: Topic 1 – Social
Psychology lesson. After completing the lesson, return to the forum here, click
the “Post New Conversation” link at the top Week 7 Forum screen, and respond to
the following questions.
One of the most famous psychological experiments of all time, was
conducted by Dr. Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues at Stanford University. To
read more of the details of this experiment, visit http://www.prisonexp.org.
Take some time to watch the video on the Zimbardo Prison Experiment by clicking
here. After reading about the experiment, exploring the website and watching
the video, answer the following:
1. Was it ethical to do the prison study in the way that Zimbardo
conducted it? Why or why not? Explain your position substantively.
2. What social psychological constructs did the study reveal?
Would the same information have been learned if the study had been conducted
differently? If yes, how might you adapt the study to address ethical concerns
and still obtain results relevant to our understanding of behavior in social
settings?
3. How do the social psychology concepts of conformity and the
power of the social situation that we are studying this week relate to what
happened during the brief period of time that the prison study ran. Where in
the description of how the study unfolded did we see evidence of these
concepts?
PSYC101
Week 8 Forum Latest 2018 February
Reflection on Learning
1. Share three “take-away” elements of the course that added to your
understanding of human psychology and that you believe will serve you well in
the future in both your personal and professional lives and explain why.
NOTE: Here you are sharing learning that was and that you believe
will remain of value to you, not chapter reviews. Be thorough, thoughtful and
focused in this part of the post. Think about what stood out to you and why it
did during the 8 weeks.
2. Describe the three most meaningful experiences you had while participating
in the course discussions with your classmates.
3. Complete the sentence below. In filling in the blanks, think about
information that you learned in completion of the course and elaborate in the
space following the word “because” on why you picked what you did .
If I could pick just one thing that the world would be well served to better
understand about psychology it would be ________________. I chose this because
________________.
