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    Questions about human motivation

    Are extraverts and introverts born (through genetics) or made (through experience and learning)? Explore and explain. Extrinsic rewards can have positive effects on motivation and behavior, and extrinsic rewards can have negative effects on motivation and behavior. Explain how both statements can be true. Can we volunt

    Psychology Problem

    Here is the question... 1. Assume an individual engages in behaviors that are in conflict with their stated religious beliefs and they experience dissonance. What impact might this have on their beliefs? What might allow people to productively resolve that dissonance?

    Psychology problem

    1. Can health-related theories in psychology be used to predict who will and who will not adhere to medical advice? Why or why not?

    Questions on Behaviorism Theory

    This solution helps answer the following questions about behaviorism theory with references. 1. What is the implicit epistemology of behaviorism? 2. What are the core values of this theory? 3. What does this theory view as the The Good Life? (meaning what is the life they should look after or seek) 4. What does thi

    Gender Identity Disorder

    Homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder until 1973. Now, it is seen as a normal variant of sexual behavior. Today, another diagnosis called gender identity disorder (GID) is undergoing a similar debate. Present the diagnostic criteria of GID to your class, and ask them to consider the role of cultural and historical re

    Individual differences on job performance

    I need help in describing major factors to individual difference that affect job performance. Include factors of mutiple intelligence, mental ability, skills, personality traits, and cultural behavior. Please utilize at lesst one outside source in this discussion. Any help would be appreciated.

    Culture - Bias - Functions

    1. why do individualistic and collectivism cultures differ in their tendency to make the fundamental attribution error? 2. The literature on attribution processes identifies a number of "biases" in the processes by which we perceive other persons. How do these biases influence the impressions we form of others as we interact

    Therapy and Testing Connection

    Can effective therapy happen without administering psychological testing? Explain why or why not. Under what circumstances is testing useful?

    Culture influence psychological testing

    In what ways does culture influence psychological testing? Please provide an answer to the question in detail with at least 300 words. Provide references as party of the solution.

    Summary of a journal article

    I am working on a research paper and need some help extracting from the attached journal article. The angle I am looking to report on is the impact that sexual abuse can have on a marriage. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

    Questions on working in groups and communication principles and strategies

    Compare and contrast Decision making and Problem solving. How are they different? Why is it important to separate the two processes? Include two (2) direct quotations from the textbook for this course. "Decision making refers to the 'passing of judgment on an issue under consideration' and 'the act of reaching a c

    Case Study on Scenario

    Case Study Esmeralda Trujillo, 35, has lived in your community for six months with her four children, ages 4, 6, 10, and 15. The family is living with relatives in a small house on the outskirts of the city, and they cannot stay there much longer. In Guatemala, Esmeralda lived with her husband, had a garden that virtually fed

    Life cycle stages overview

    There are different stages of the life cycle. How is it to determine when each stage begins and ends, using biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional criteria? Compare this discontinuity outlook with the continuity perspective. Which perspective do you favor and why?

    Consider the developmental debate of nature vs. nurture.

    1. How difficult is it to determine when each stage begins and ends, using biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional criteria? Contrast this discontinuity perspective with the continuity perspective. 2. Consider the developmental debate of nature vs. nurture. What traits are shaped more by nature, and which by nurture? On th

    Problems in the biopsychosocial model over the biomedical model

    1. Discuss the implications of the acceptance of the biopsychosocial model over the biomedical model. What is the role played by age, ethnicity, and SES? 2. Discuss the advantages of experimental and correlation studies. Why might a researcher choose one over the other?

    neuropsychological processes cases

    1. Elizabeth wants to find out if chewing bubble gum during an exam improves the test scores of her students. She knows she will have to give a test to her students, but she is not sure how to separate the control group from the experimental group. How should she do it? 2. Daffy Duck is in bad shape. A few too many direct h

    What are the criteria for determining appropriate rigor in qualitative research?

    Please help with some ideas so that I can address these questions: Submit a draft of two problem statements that address current situations, issues, or observations in your field of study or discipline. Each problem's description should be written in such a way as to lead to a different research method (quantitative, qualitat

    MMPI-2

    Your client has t-scores greater than 70 on depression, psychopathic deviance, and schizophrenia on the MMPI-2. Would you feel comfortable diagnosing mental illness based on these results? Why or why not?

    Determine the critical value and which type of hypothesis test was used

    Please provide a step by step solution for the following problem. A researcher wants to determine whether alcohol increases the amount of motor coordination errors. She selects two samples of 25 participants each. One group receives 5 ounces of alcohol, while the other group receives 5 ounces of water. She then observes the

    Damaged Limbic System

    Explain the behavioral or functional changes that may occur as a result of damage to the limbic system. Then determine the rationale for the predicted changes or deficit.

    Bias in Mental Health

    What are some of your biases about mental health? How do you think you formed these biases?