PSYC 1100 PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 1100 Week 12 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 12 Multiple Intelligences on the Screen(adapted from Jarvis, Nordstrom, & Williams, 2001) During a period of television or movie viewing, write down the name of a person or character who exemplifies a high amount of intelligence for each type of intelligence defined by Gardner (1983). For each form of intelligence listed onHandout 10-A for

PSYC 1100 Week 11 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 11Memory Enhancement StrategiesProvide examples of how, when, and for which course you used each of the memory enhancement strategies below:1. Elaborative rehearsal2. Linking new information to examples and items already in memory3. Organizing information4. Overlearning the material5. Distributing the material over time6. Minimizing interference7. Us

PSYC 1100 Week 9 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 9What Do You Think? Was the “Little Albert” Study Ethical?After watching the video on “Little Albert” in the link below, write a paragraph explaining whether they would approve the study today if they were members of an Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Participants.Intergenerational Transmission of Violence(adapted from

PSYC 1100 Week 7 Discussion |Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 7Bryant and McConkey (1989) presented an interesting case study of an individual called DB, who was diagnosed as having a “visual conversion disorder”— that is, DB had a loss in visual functioning that could not be explained by a physical disorder, was not under voluntary control, and was apparently influenced by psychological factors. Despite this diag

PSYC 1100 Week 6 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 6Insomnia(adapted from Malley-Morrison & Yap, 2001)College students often complain about sleep loss and insomnia due to their workload and the stress of school. Of particular relevance for students is a study by Mimeault and Morin (1999), which evaluated what they called a “bibliotherapy” approach to insomnia. Specifically, they reported on a stud

PSYC 1100 Week 4 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 4 Whose Brain Works Harder?(adapted from Malley-Morrison & Yap, 2001) To reinforce the textbook’s emphasis on scientific versus common sense approaches to knowledge, and to illustrate one of the approaches to measuring brain function, which of these individuals is likely to have the hardest working brains—those who do well on tests of abstra

PSYC 1100 Week 3 Discussion | Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 3Design a StudyOne method to comprehend the steps of the scientific method is to work through the actual design for a study. The more outrageous the topic chosen for study, the more interested you will be. The safest approach to this exercise is to select a general topic yourself and let your students design the study in class. For example, you might

PSYC 1100 Week 2 Discussion |Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityPeer Learning Discussion Week 2Naturalistic Observation of Gender DifferencesUsing the method of naturalistic observation,observeeverydaybehaviorsof men and women in the university/ general setting in a scientific manner.(e.g., waiting for an elevator or bus, standing in the lunch line, students arriving in class, students at a sporting event, crossing a busy intersection, etc.).