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The purpose of this assignment is to review your knowledge of the major areas in this course thus far based on the course competencies. Use your text and lecture readings to support your work. For this assignment no outside sources will be accepted as cited references (e.g. Wiki, web pages, other textbooks, newspapers, magazines and journal articles).
For this essay you will need to incorporate the following:
Apply the appropriate terms and concepts used in psychology.
Utilize APA format and style for writing.
Write a 4-5 page essay that covers the following: 
Define psychology and explain what makes it a science.
Briefly explain the history of psychology and its impact on modern psychology.
Describe scientific research in psychology.
Independent and dependent variables
Hypothesis formation
Theory
Submit your essay in a 4-5 page Microsoft Word document to the W3: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, June 2, 2015. 
Name your document SU_PSY1001_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria    
Maximum Points
Define psychology and explain what makes it a science.
Briefly explain the history of psychology and its impact on modern psychology.
Describe scientific research in psychology.
Independent and dependent variables
Hypothesis formation
Theory

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Need Help With Analysis Of A Psychology Research Paper. Answer Questions 1-6: Name The Independent And Dependent Variables Used In The First Experiment; Include All The Levels Of Each Variable. (Maximum 2 Sentences, 1 Point) Are There Any Methodological F

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Need help with analysis of a psychology research paper. Answer Questions 1-6:
Name the independent and dependent variables used in the first experiment; include all the levels of each variable. (maximum 2 sentences, 1 point) 
Are there any methodological flaws or limitations in the experimental design? Explain. (Note that small sample size and lack of diversity of the subjects are not sufficient limitations for this question, as how visual perception works is not expected to vary significantly between individuals, and sample sizes of 3+ subjects are common in psychophysical experiments). (maximum 3 sentences; 2 points)
How did the experimenters control for possible confounding variables? Explain. (maximum 3 sentences, 2 points)
Explain the preconstancy and postconstancy views of perceptual grouping. How are these two views related to whether perceptual grouping operates early or late in visual processing? (maximum 5 sentences, 4 points) 
What did the authors find, and what are the implications of those findings? Relate your answer to a sensation or perception topic that you have learned about in this class. (maximum 5 sentences, 3 points)
Design an experiment that will look at perceptual grouping using another Gestalt principle of grouping (e.g., proximity) or another type of constancy (e.g., size, shape) (maximum 1 page, 7 points as detailed below)
1) What methods would you use? (e.g., describe your stimuli, your task, etc.) Be clear and detailed in your description. (3 points)
2) What do you expect to find? (2 points)
3) What would be the implications of your findings? (try to talk about this with regard to the article and sensation/perception in general) (2 points)

When the opportunity arises, observe strangers in a public place–this may be the mall, at a restaurant, the park. Watch how people are listening to each other. Watch the nonverbal behaviors that people are using.
What can you tell about the conversation that is going on based on what people are doing? Watch several different groups of people and record what people are doing, they types of conversations that are happening, and the listening and nonverbal behaviors you see happening. If you eavesdrop and listen in on the conversation, that’s ok, too. That may help you understand some of these conversations happening.
Then I want you take these observations and write a paper that talks about listening and nonverbal behavior. How did it function in these conversations? Was the listening good or bad? How did the nonverbal behavior play into the conversation? Feel free to stray from these questions and discuss anything interesting you observed. Be sure to connect this to your own life. What can you learn that you can use in your own life? What did you or can you learn about your self? Use references to the book to help you discuss these events.
This paper should be three full pages long. I will take off points for using big margains or large font. Three pages is not long, so you can easily write to this page limit. It is a MINIMUM, so you may write longer if necessary. You will lose points if you do not reference the book, and proper citation is required.

Assignment 1: Social Psychology Concept Explanation
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points
Scenario
Imagine that you are a manager of a social services department that works with a law enforcement task force that interacts with families. You have been asked to explain basic social psychology concepts to new personnel assigned to the department and the law enforcement task force. In this assignment, you will communicate two concepts from social psychology in writing. For each concept, you will provide the following information:
(a) Definition
(b) Application to society
(c) Application to criminal justice
(d) Application to the individual
Your definition should be clear, complete and correct. Furthermore, your explanations of the applications should include at least one concrete example.
Choose two of the following concepts to address:
Survey research
Self-esteem
Self-handicapping
Hindsight bias
External attribution
Cognitive dissonance
Media persuasion
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, single spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins. Document your sources in APA-format using in-text citations that match up with references. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe research methods that are used for studying social psychology.
Apply concepts of social psychology to personal and professional situations.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in social psychology.
Write clearly and concisely about social psychology using proper grammar and mechanics.

Write a short paper (four to five pages) on how the field of psychology is important and relevant to your major field or future occupation. The paper must consider your occupational area from at least four different viewpoints of psychology.
Describe your future career and/or major. If you are an undecided major, pick the field that is most likely to be your major. Briefly explain the typical job duties of someone who has a career in your chosen field. What are they expected to do? How do they interact with other people in their work?
How is the behavioral perspective (learning) of psychology relevant to your occupation/major?
a) Define/explain operant conditioning and reinforcement/punishment/extinction. Another possibility would be to explain observational learning.
b) How are these behavioral concepts used in your occupation? For example, are reinforcements and punishments used to motivate people in this field? Give specific examples, then break them down by pointing out the reinforcements and the punishments. (Note: Remember that negative reinforcement is not the same as punishment.)
How is the cognitive perspective relevant to your occupation/major?
a) Define or explain at least one of the following: Problem solving, intelligence, memory (examples: explicit memory, implicit memory), cognitive heuristics.
b) Explain how your specific example of cognition is used in your career field. Again, be as specific as possible in your example and explanation.
How is personality relevant to your career/major?
a) Define or explain at least one of the following: The big five traits (Introversion/extroversion, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, neuroticism), ego defense, social-cognitive theory, or some other personality concept. Personality testing with projective tests or trait-based tests might also be a good topic.
b) Illustrate your personality concept with an example from your field. For example, would extroverts be more likely to succeed than introverts in your career field? What kind of mix of the big five personality characteristics would make the ideal business person, nurse, or teacher? Would knowledge about the personalities of your employees/students/patients be useful for interacting with these people? 
Choose one other field of psychology that was not covered above (examples: biopsychology, health psychology, development). You can choose whatever topic from this course is most interesting to you or most relevant to your career.
a) Your fourth topic must explain at least one specific concept from your chosen area.
b) After the explanation, discuss how this field might be very important to your future career/major.
Closing: Think of psychology in broad terms and how it might be important for your occupation. You can synthesize different ideas from this course to make an argument for a role of psychology in your future occupation.