778 Answered Questions for the topic psychology

Psychology

11/24/20

Psych Final project question

Hello! I am currently working on a psychology final, and my project is on stress. What causes stress, how we cope with it, and how it affects everyday life. So my question to ask reddit is, What... more
Psychology

11/18/20

How might medications such as Adderall or Ritalin impact brain development? What are the potential consequences of prescribing these medications?

How might medications such as Adderall or Ritalin impact brain development? What are the potential consequences of prescribing these medications? 
Psychology

11/18/20

Discuss your thoughts on teachers providing input on whether or not a child should be diagnosed with ADHD or medicated?

Discuss your thoughts on teachers providing input on whether or not a child should be diagnosed with ADHD or medicated? 
Psychology

11/18/20

Explain your thoughts around physicians receiving incentives for prescribing certain medications? Do you feel this is ethical? Why or why not?

Explain your thoughts around physicians receiving incentives for prescribing certain medications? Do you feel this is ethical? Why or why not? 
Psychology

11/13/20

Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. This is an example of what reinforcement schedule?

Positive ReinforcementNegative ReinforcementPositive PunishmentNegative Punishment
Psychology

11/13/20

Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a(n):

Unconditioned ResponseConditioned ResponseUnconditioned StimulusConditioned Stimulus

Social Capital Theory

Social Capital TheoryIn your informed opinion, what you feel are the pros, cons, and general thought about it as a useful theory to develop an intervention on in order to address a health concern... more
Psychology Gre Gre Prep

11/09/20

Do I need to study for the GRE psychology subject test?

YES! Think of it as the psychology AP exam on steroids! There might even be some concepts you haven't heard of before if you took classes in undergrad mostly in a specific area of psychology... more
Psychology

11/09/20

Do I need to study for the psychology AP exam?

YES! And you should know most of the details such as which neurotransmitters do what, parts of the brain, etc. I can help you come up with mnemonic devices or understand concepts so well that. you... more
Psychology

11/08/20

Lifespan development psychology

Lifespan development psychologyRead the following article and then read about adolescence in the text. Answer the following questions by comparing and contrasting the article with the... more
Psychology

11/06/20

Adulthood and adolscence

Discuss the major differences in relationship formation, friendship, AND sexual behavior between adolescence and emerging adulthood10 sentences or so thanks

11/02/20

Sociology of Psychology Exam Review

Amy, Juan, and Jenn are interacting. Amy and Juan dislike each other, and the same is true for Amy and Jenn. If the situation is balanced, we would suspect Juan and Jenn toa. like each otherb. none... more
Psychology

10/28/20

Which type of brain imaging would be best to observe specific mental functions by studying electromagnetic or metabolic activity in the brain, like blood flow?

structural imaging (MRI, CT scan, X-ray) functional imaging (PET scan, fMRI)
Psychology Social Studies

10/27/20

What do you think of Freud’s psychodynamic theory of personality development? What are the pros? What are the cons?

How much do you think our unconscious really influences our behavior? Why? Are the id, ego, and superego valid? Why or why not?  Is personality development fixed in childhood? Why or why not? What... more
Psychology History Latin

10/27/20

Why do you think that this significant proportion of the undocumented population that is not Latin American is generally ignored by the media and politicians?

Latin Americans make up 75 percent of all undocumented immigrants to the U.S. The other 25 percent of undocumented immigrants hail primarily from Asia. Why do you think that this significant... more
Psychology Sociology

10/27/20

Social media and dehumanization

How can social media lead or encourage dehumanization?
Psychology

10/27/20

What are two examples of how you and another person have differed in your perception of the same event?

"Our assumptions and expectations may give us a perceptual set - a predisposition to interpret an ambiguous stimulus one way to rather than another" Myers and Jeeves (p. 61). In light of this... more
Psychology

10/26/20

Clinical Psychology Discussion

Clinical psychology is a broad field that encompasses both research- and clinical-based activities. Psychologists can work exclusively as researchers in an academic setting, but a large majority... more

10/22/20

Tuskegee Experiment

Tuskegee StudyMost people's initial reaction to the Tuskegee experiment is to ask how it could have happened. What do you think? Could it happen again? What groups might be vulnerable to unethical... more

10/20/20

Gender-typed toys response

What do your observations suggest about how gender is constructed in our society through toy design and/or advertising? How might such constructions of gender influence popular ways of thinking... more
Psychology Logic

10/19/20

Complete the form of the above argument:

"If it’s right for me to lie and not right for you, then there is a relevant difference between our cases. There is no relevant difference between our cases. It’s not right for you to lie.... more
Psychology Logic

10/19/20

According to its truth table, which property best characterizes it?  

For this statement,"Either a tax reduction is feasible only if both education costs do not increase and the welfare program is abolished, or a tax reduction is feasible and either the welfare... more
Psychology

10/19/20

Psychology Quiz Review

One of the videos we watched in class documents a research study that finds that people are less likely to help others when they complete a word association task about money than when they are... more

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