first part: News websites such as www.cnn.com and www.foxnews.com frequently poll their visitors on current event topics. A good example of this is when websites ask visitors who they plan to vote for in an upcoming presidential election. The results of these surveys are then posted online. Sometimes, the results of online polls are also […]
Why are Psychologists Not Allowed to Prescribe Medications?
1- Why are psychologists not allowed to prescribe medication? 2- What would need to be done in order to allow psychologists to prescribe? What are the pros and cons of this? (one paragraph) 3- Do you think psychologists should be able to prescribe? Why? (one paragraph) you can use one reference if possible from text […]
Description In his book “The Examined Life” by Robert Nozick, he states the following thought experiment: ”Imagine a machine that could give you any experience (or sequence of experiences) you might desire. When connected to this experience machine, you can have the experience of writing a great poem or bringing about world peace or loving […]
Discuss the work of 3 psychologists: G. Stanley Hall, Lightner Witmer , Munsterberg Essay should begin with a thesis statement in which you lay out the scope of the essay. This should be followed by at least three supporting paragraphs and a concluding paragraph or statement.
Explain why sociocultural psychologists use the metaphor that people are like fish swimming in water in regard to humans and culture.
To begin researching for the next module’s Critical Response Essay, you will complete a mini-research project using the OCC library’s database. You may expand this project to complete your Critical Response Essay. Please refer back to Module 3 and the schools of literary criticism (Links to an external site.). 1. Select a reading of fiction […]
1) How does the Gestalt approach to perception differ from that of the Structuralists, whom the Gestalt psychologists disagreed with? 2) What are 5 of the grouping principles the Gestalt psychologists discovered? How does each of them influence our perception? 3) What are the two competing grouping principles in the image above? 4) Which of […]
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the Fisher (2009) article, “Replacing ‘Who is the Client?’ With a Different Ethical Question” and the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments, paying special attention to standard 3.11. Informed consent is an important ethical component of research and practice. It is […]
Psychologists have long-since claimed that children are especially vulnerable to influence, whether favorable or unfavorable experiences, during their early formative years. Certain storylines in films require the use of child actors to portray criminal and even savage characters or be on the receiving end of violence. Consider the morality (not legality) of using child actors […]
