Part 4—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts :

Part 4—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts :

Using your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes, answer each question by typing your response in the space provided below. For each question, your answer should be one or more healthy paragraphs (Your total answer should be at least 100 words or more).

1. You decide to go to work for a presidential candidate in the next election. You

think that the way for you to get folks to vote for your candidate is to use some psychology. So, you make a deal with a soft-drink company to insert a picture of your candidate into its commercials for only a brief instant. It will be so quick that no one will notice the picture. That way, the candidate’s image will enter viewers’ subconscious minds and make them vote for your candidate. What psychological processes are you trying to use and will they be likely to work?

2. Describe how sound waves become nerve impulses as they enter the ear. How are the important characteristics of sound coded?

3. List and explain two binocular cues for depth perception and two monocular cues. Why do we have two different types of cues for depth?

4. Why do perceptual illusions occur? Give an example of a perceptual illusion and explain it according to your answer to the first part of this question.

5. Compare and contrast the trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision. How has this debate been resolved?

 

Part 4—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts :

Using your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes, answer each question by typing your response in the space provided below. For each question, your answer should be one or more healthy paragraphs (Your total answer should be at least 100 words or more).

1. If you were a behaviorist, would you agree with the idea that consciousness is an area of serious psychological research? Please explain why you agree or disagree.

2. List and describe the different stages of sleep. What position do you hold regarding the purpose of sleep and its stages?

3. List and describe three different sleep disorders. Note the symptoms associated with each, and identify who is most likely to develop each condition.

4. Compare and contrast two theories of dreams. Which one do you believe makes more sense and why? What is your theory of dreams?

5. What are the main differences between physical dependence and psychological dependence? Give examples of both types of dependence.

 

Part 5—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts :

Using your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes, answer each question by typing your response in the space provided below. For each question, your answer should be one or more healthy paragraphs (Your total answer should be at least 100 words or more).

1. Compare and contrast classical and operant conditioning. How are they similar? How are they different? Make sure to describe relevant terms from each type of learning.

2. Define learning. Given this definition, what types of behaviors would not be considered learning? How does the concept of instinctive drift relate to these examples? What types of behaviors would be included?

3. Explain what learned helplessness is and describe how it develops. Also discuss the effects it has on people and animals once it is established.