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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 our textbook readings 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?

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Films Media Group (2008). Statistical Analysis (02:49) From Title: Psychology Research in Context.Watch the “Psychology Research in Context” video. 

Answer the following questions in a 700- to 1,050-word paper:What was the goal of the present study?How are the present results considered valid?Explain what these results mean to someone who has not taken this course before.How do you understand the concept of statistical significance in relation to this study?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

perfecto – Errors in Reasoning

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In this assignment, you will select one of the claims listed below. Using what you know about the topic, describe at least four claims that might commonly be made that display some of the errors in reasoning covered in this module’s readings. You may have to do a bit of research to find popular positions on these topics.

For example, if the claim is: Children should not be allowed to play violent video games.

Then four common claims about the subject might be:1. Children have always played violent games and they turned out okay.

2. Dr. Dre says that violent video games are okay.

3. Everybody knows that violent video games don’t cause problems.

4. Many countries banned violent video games and they have higher crime rates than we do.

And the errors they represent might be:1. Children have always played violent games and they turned out okay (appeal to tradition and false analogy).

2. Dr. Dre says that violent video games are okay (argument by mistaken authority).

3. Everybody knows that violent video games don’t cause problems (appeal to common belief).

4. Many countries banned violent video games and they have higher crime rates than we do (post hoc ergo propter hoc).

Because1. Any sentence that talks about how we have always done something as a way to justify doing it is an appeal to tradition.

2. The claim looks like it comes from an authority, but Dr. Dre is a musician, not a doctor.

3. Any claim that says that everyone knows something as a way to justify doing it is an appeal to common belief.

4. Showing that two things happened (that video games are accepted and crime is up) does not prove that the two things are related or that the first caused the second; this is called post hoc ergo propter hoc, which means after this, so because of this.

Select one of these topics. Using what you know about the topic and additional research you conduct, describe at least four claims that might commonly be made that display some of the errors in reasoning covered in this module’s readings.1. Should people under 18 be subjected to legal curfews or restricted driving privileges?

2. Should libraries be required to install filtering software or otherwise censor the materials that they provide?

3. Should insurance companies be required to pay for breast reconstruction, birth control pills, or Viagra?

4. Should the use of camera phones be banned in gymnasiums or other locations?

Write your 600-word response in the Microsoft Word document format

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The Harlow monkey experiments were among the first to study attachment in a laboratory. The below video is vintage footage from the original experiments. 

Watch the video and respond to the following questions: 
What are the similarities and differences between this experiment and the Strange Situation we discussed in class? Do you think that this was an ethical way to conduct a research study? What change(s) would you make to the experiment if you were the researcher? Remember that you must remain respectful and professional in your comments on other student’s responses.  

Here is the video link:

 

PSYC 2009 discussion question, 1 to 2 paragragh

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 a description of which theorist you would like to discuss (please note your selection in the title of your post). How has your selected theorist provided the most practical or useful ideas for understanding self, others, and daily interactions? Explain. Briefly describe one specific concept or idea developed by your theorist that you find particularly helpful. Finally, conclude by noting one strength and one limitation of viewing personality from your theorist’s viewpoint.

A brief description of two CHC broad ability factors

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a brief description of two CHC broad ability factors. Then explain how each of the two CHC broad ability factors that you selected might influence one academic and one occupational skill/ability. Finally, provide two recommendations for addressing possible impairments of the two CHC broad ability factors you selected and justify your recommendations.

 

Format: APA

 

Words of 400 or less

 

Reference page not title.

Week Four Practice Problems PSY/315 Version 4 1

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Prepare a written response to the following questions.

 

Chapter 7

 The table below shows ratings of various aspects of work and home life of 100 middle-class men in India who were fathers. Pick three rows of interest to you and explain the results to someone who is familiar with the mean, variance, and Z scores, but knows nothing else about statistics.

 

Comparison of Fathers’ Mean Psychological States in the Job and Home Spheres (N = 100)

   

Sphere

 

Scale

Range

Work

Home

Work vs. home

Important

0-9

5.98

5.06

6.86***

Attention

0-9

6.15

5.13

7.96***

Challenge

0-9

4.11

2.41

11.49***

Choice

0-9

4.28

4.74

-3.38***

Wish doing else

0-9

1.5

1.44

0.61

Hurried

0-3

1.8

1.39

3.21**

Social Anxiety

0-3

0.81

0.64

3.17**

Affect

1-7

4.84

4.98

-2.64**

Social Climate

1-7

5.64

5.95

4.17***

     

 

Note : Values for column 3 are t scores; df = 90 for all t tests.

**p < .01    

 

***p < .001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 8

 Barker and colleagues (2012) compared 61 parents fo children who had a serious mental illness (SMI) to 321 parents of children withour such an illness. The researchers examined the parents’ reported levels of stress, their levels of a hormone called cortisol (levels of this hormone provide an indication of chronic stress), and their use of several types of medication. The table below shows the results of the study. Focusing on the parents’ number of stressors (the first row of the table) and the parents’ use of medications for anxiety or depression (the last row in the table), explain these results to a person who knows about the ttest for a single sample but is unfamiliar with the t test for independent means.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptive Statistics and Mean-Level Comparisons   

SMI Parents  

Comparison Parents   

    

N  = 61  

N  = 321   

    

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

t

p

Stress        

   

Number of stressors

0.65

0.56  

0.42

0.37  

-3.08

0.00  

Stress severity sum

1.89

1.63  

1.16

1.1  

-3.3

0.00

Cortisol (nmol/L)        

   

Wake

17.46

10.72  

16.75

7.38  

-0.14

0.90  

Out of bed

22.83

11.48  

24.19

10.59  

1.13

0.26  

Bed

5.72

8.56  

4.22

5.57  

-1.86

0.06  

Cortisol awakening response

5.62

9.7  

7.48

8.34  

1.55

0.12  

Decline from out of bed

17.13

11.35  

20.11

10.71  

1.97

0.05

Medication use (proportion)        

   

Allergy

0.26

0.44  

0.16

0.37  

-1.71

0.09  

Steroid

0.2

0.4  

0.12

0.33  

-1.32

0.19  

Hormone

0.13

0.34  

0.14

0.35  

0.25

0.80  

Anxiety or depression

0.26

0.44

 

0.12

0.33

 

-2.36

0.02

 

14. For each of the following studies, say whether you would use a t test for dependent means or a t test for independent means.

a.      A researcher measures the heights of 40 university students who are the firstborn in their families and compares the 15 who come from large families to the 25 who come from smaller families.

b.     A researcher tests performance on a math skills test of each of 250 individuals before and after they complete a one-day seminar on managing test anxiety.

c.      A researcher compares the resting heart rate of 15 individuals who have been taking a particular drug to the resting heart rate of 48 other individuals who have not been taking the drug.

 

 

 

Chapter 9

 An experiment is conducted in which 60 participants each fill out a personality test, but not according to the way the participants see themselves. Instead, 15 are randomly assigned to fill it out according to the way they think theur mothers see them (that is, the way they think their mothers would fill it out to describe the participants); 15 as their fathers would fill it out for them; 15 as their best friends would fill it out for them; 15 as the professors they know best would fill it out for them. The main results appear in Table 9-17. Explain these results to a person who has never had a course in statistics.

 

 

 

Means for Main Personality Scales for Each Experimental Condition

Scale

Mother

Father

Friend

Professor

F (3, 56)

Conformity

24

21

12

16

4.21**

Extroversion

14

13

15

13

2.05

Maturity

15

15

22

19

3.11*

Self-Confidence

38

42

27

32

3.58*

      

 

*p < .05, **p < .01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.   Rosalie Friend (2001), and educational psychologist, compared three methods of teaching writing. Students were randomly assigned to three different experimental conditions involving different methods of writing a summary. At the end of the two days of instructions, participants wrote a summary. One of the ways it was scored was the percentage of specific details of information it included from the original material. Here is a selection from her article describing one of the findings:

 

The effect of summarization method on inclusion of important information was significant F(2, 144) = 4.1032, p < .019. The mean scores (with standard deviations in parantheses) were as follows: Argument Repetition, 59.6% (17.9); Generalization, 59.8% (15.2); and Self-Reflection, 50.2% (18.0). (p.14)

 

a.      Explain these results to a person who has never had a course in statistics.

b.     Using the information in the preceding description, figure the effect size for the study.

 

 

 

 

 

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