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Assignment 1

Answer the following questions.

1. Review the list of Freud's defense mechanisms discussed in your textbook. Choose three and describe instances when you observed yourself or someone else utilizing them. Explain how the use of defense mechanisms can be both healthy and unhealthy.

2. Your textbook highlights several different types of psychological tests. Identify three types of tests and explain what they are used for. Do you think these types of tests would be useful for human resources departments to use to determine personnel decisions, such as hiring, promotion and termination? Explain your answer.

3. Define stress, including the role of cognitive appraisal and coping strategies.

350 words per question and use the outline paper attached for the format.

Reflection Paper

INTRODUCTION

One of the main goals in this course is for you to develop personally through knowledge of psychology. This assignment will give you the opportunity to apply psychological principles to your own life, to your relationships, and to your life in society.

For this assignment you will write a reflection paper detailing the personal development you feel you have achieved.
Your paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

• Content: See paper description below.
• Length: Approximately 1200 to 1800 words in length (about 5 to 7 pages long)
• Typography: Use a size 12 Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced
• Citation style: Include APA style references to the textbook and other course materials. Please note: While APA style doesn't usually allow the writer to refer to her/himself in the first person (i.e., using "I" or "me" to refer to yourself), this paper will require the use of first person language.
• Due date and grade weighting: The paper is due no later than the final day of the term and will account for 10% of your final grade.

PAPER DESCRIPTION

During this term you have learned about, discussed, and written about the following topics:

• Research methods
• Neuroscience and behavior
• States of consciousness
• Learning and memory functions
• Thinking, language, and intelligence
• Motivation and emotion
• Human development
• Health psychology: understanding stress and coping
• Personality

As you review the topics in this list, reflect on how a better understanding of these topics in psychology has impacted you in four areas:

• Personal: How has taking this course allowed you to better understand yourself? What insights have you gained? In what ways has this course helped you to understand your thoughts, feelings or behaviors? In what areas of your life do you still struggle and need help with?

• Social: How has taking this course allowed you to better understand your relationship(s) with someone else? Think about a significant relationship, and discuss how topics studied in this course have allowed you to gain a better understanding of that relationship.

• Organizational and Societal: How has taking this course allowed you to better understand the world around you? Think both about organizations to which you belong (school, place of employment, religious or civic organization) and about society in general. What have you learned in this class that can help you better understand groups to which you belong and issues in our world (for example, racism, sexism, homophobia, class issues, differing cultures and ways of life, religious differences, etc.)

• Lasting Impact: Lastly, discuss what topic(s) in the course you were most affected by. Reflecting back on the semester, what was the topic or assignment that applied the most to your life? Why do you think this topic impacted you? How does what you have learned in this course relate to your career aspirations? In general, why do you think it is important for students to take an Introduction to Psychology course?

Written Assignments

Make sure you have a full cover page with the information I have asked for in my expectation post. It is located on the Announcement Forum.

Answer each question as completely as possible. The answer to each numbered question in a particular assignment should be at least 250 words in length, or between one and two double-spaced typed pages. (Depending on how many questions appear in each of the first nine assignments, each assignment will run between 500 and 1250 words per assignment. The last assignment has its own length prescription.)

Formulate your responses in your own words. Use specific examples to illustrate your points, but do not merely copy information from the textbook.

When it is appropriate to use quotations or paraphrase from your text materials, be sure to cite your sources properly by giving page number in parentheses or using footnotes and endnotes.

When you have completed the assignment, proofread your answers for correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Send your assignments on or before the appropriate date in the calendar and according to the instructions in the Student Handbook.

Class here is an outline for your first assignment.

Please use this outline as a model for all assignments.

Remember, you need to use APA formatting not MLA. There is a ppt on the Announcement forum regarding APA formatting along with websites that instruct you on how to use APA.

Please answer fully and use citations and references. I have posted a best practice model on the Announcement Forum that you can use as a guide. If you have any questions, just email me at [email protected]

Assignment 2

Answer the following questions.

1. The first psychologists were philosophers; however, the field became more sophisticated as scientific approaches were developed.

a. Explain the historical evolution of psychology, tracing its roots from Ancient Greece to the modern day.

b. Identify and describe three of "today's perspectives," and

c. Explain in detail which perspective you think best explains the root of human behavior.

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a. Explain the historical evolution of psychology, tracing its roots from Ancient Greece to the modern day.

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b. Identify and describe three of "today's perspectives,"

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c. Explain in detail which perspective you think best explains the root of human behavior.
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2. You are interested in conducting a research study that investigates whether listening to different types of music while studying improves test scores in an Introduction to Psychology course.

Detailing

a. Ethical considerations,
b. The scientific method, and
c. Experimental research methods,

How would you implement this research study from start to finish?

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How would you implement this research study from start to finish?

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a. Ethical considerations,

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b. The scientific method,
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c. Experimental research methods,
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3. The brain naturally produces neurotransmitters that have a significant impact on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

a. Choose three neurotransmitters, and

Discuss how each one impacts an individual's

1. Thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
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The brain naturally produces neurotransmitters that have a significant impact on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
a. Choose three neurotransmitters,
1.name one
Discuss how each one impacts an individual's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
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2. name one
Discuss how each one impacts an individual's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
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3.name one
Discuss how each one impacts an individual's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
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4. The activities of the sympathetic nervous system are often referred to as the "fight or flight" response.
1. Discuss an event in your life when your sympathetic nervous system became activated.
2. What changes did you notice to your body?

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Discuss an event in your life when your sympathetic nervous system became activated.
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What changes did you notice to your body?
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4. Suppose you were to suffer an accident to the frontal lobe of your brain.
1. Describe what effects you might notice as a result of this accident?
2. Explain the role neuroplasticity would have in your recovery.

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Suppose you were to suffer an accident to the frontal lobe of your brain.
Describe what effects you might notice as a result of this accident?
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Explain the role neuroplasticity would have in your recovery.
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All references used in your assignment go at the end of your paper only in alphabetical order.