A. What is the conclusion drawn by the author?

B. Can the conclusion be drawn on the basis of the information given in the article? Why or why not?

C. Are correlational data used to inappropriately draw causal conclusions? Explain?

D. Were alternate conclusions ruled out? Explain?

E. Was there an appropriate comparison or control group mentioned? Explain?

F. What would critical consumers of this information need to know before accepting the conclusions of this study?

Exercise #2: See the 60 minutes video module, �King of The Jungle.�

Should psychologists and other researchers conduct experiments that are harmful to animals? Why or why not?

In two or three sentences, agree or disagree with the following statement: �researcher with lower animals cannot really tell us anything about people.

Exercise #3: See video module #2.2.

A:How would you explain �neurometrics to someone who had never heard of it?

B:Neurometric analysis reveals,� according to E.Roy John, � abnormal transaction between brain regions.� He goes on to identify two reasons for this. What are those reasons?

C:John states: �Even with normal neurochemical capability and normal neurochemical structure, the brain can enter certain states which are abnormal.� What does he mean? How can this happen? What examples does he give to explain this?

Exercise #4: See video module 2.4

A:How would you summarize the results of the � infant massage� study?

B:Do you think that emotional development is affected by touch the same way that physical, cognitive and motor development are? What about emotional well-being and touch in adults? Is there a connection?

See video module 9.2

C:Provide an overview of Meany�s research. What is he investigating? How valuable is his work?

D:�The question were trying to pose,� Meany says, is � could an indivdual�s ability to cope with stress be a factor that predicts whether or not we see intellectual impairment in individuals; and how early it shows up?� Its very possible, Meany believes, that � The individual differences in intellectual functioning among elderly people are related to their ability to deal with stress, What do you think? Based on your own expirence with stress, Do you agree?

Exercise #5 See video module 4.2

A:Explain the purpose and results of research. What went wrong? How could the unintentional deaths of the rats been prevented?

B:What is your opinion of this kind of research? Is it relevant? Should it be continued?

C:Can you think of a situation in which you inadvertently produced an aversive reaction in someone else? Or, alternatively, can you think of anything you�ve been conditioned to find aversive? ( for example, eating a certain type of food after becoming ill.)

Exercises # 6 see video module 4.3

A:Provide a brief overview of Watson�s research. What was he trying to prove?

B:Discuss the ethical consideration involved in this experiment.

C:Apply this module to either your own experience or that of others. Try to provide at least one example of classical conditioning and /or generalization.

Exercise # 7 See module 4.4

B.F. Skinner said: � the environment is the key causal matrix. In order to understand human behavior we must take into account what the environment does to the organism before and after it responds. Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences.�

A:React to this statement in a brief paragraph.

B:How does operant conditioning differ from classical conditioning? How are they similar? Give an example of how they may work together.

C:Apply the idea of reinforcement to your life at least one example

Exercise #8: See video module 6.6

A:What are some of the important points to remember from this module that can help you in the future decision making?

B:Do you agree with Kahneman that: � under certain conditions, and the conditions are knowable, we should not trust our intuitions , because we are liable to predictable errors and predictable biases.� Briefly explain your answer.

C:Comment on Kahneman�s statement that: � The fact that we can predict when intuition might falter gives us hope of implementing produces to avoid those errors�? What is he referring to?

Exercise #9: See module 7.2

A:What makes Gardiner�s approach to intelligence different? Do you like it? Does it make sense?

B:Describe your preferred � intelligence,� and give one example of how you utilize these preferences (e.g. at work, or in your choice of academic major).

See video module 7.3

A:What does Sternberg mean by practical intelligence? Give an example of how you may have used practical intelligence today.

B:Sternberg states: � I view intelligence as the abiliyty to adapt to existing environments �to go into an environment and figure out what you need to know in it, and then work effectively in it. Also to change the environment. To make it more suitable for your interest, abilities, and for what you want. And where appropriate, select a new environment.� Do you agree with him? Based on his definition, access and briefly discuss your own level of practical intelligence as described in the video.

Exercise # 10 See video module 10.1 and 10.2

A:Find the terms �object permanence� and �conservation� in the text and describe how they are illustrated in these video clips.

Exercise #11 see video module 10.3

A:What was Deloache trying to show? What conclusion does she draw? Do you agree?

B:Define the word symbolic in one sentence.

C:� Deloach says: � The two-year old is a very busy person cognitively. In fact, I think its� safe to say that a two-year old thinks more than you or I think, because they have so much more to figure out.� Comment in 2 or 3 sentences, referring to Piaget�s theory of cognitive development.