The experiment took place in room 337, the experimental psychology lab room in the science building of Queens College, CUNY.…
Why is this experiment important? (Implications in real life situations- at least 2) (4 pts)…
(Wimmer and Perner, 1983) carried out a classic psychological study. The experiment involved the use of two dolls, one called Sally and the other called Anne. In the experiment, Sally had a basket and a marble, while Anne had a box. Sally put the marble in the basket and left the room, during this time Anne placed the marble in the box. Sally returned and wanted her marble.…
b) Criticially evaluate one or more of your explanations of group display in humans (10 marks)…
The experiment was done at the University of Texas at Tyler in the BEP building. There were three different tanks with Betta fish and each group performed the assigned experiment with the fish. The first step was to test how aggressive the fish was by slowly moving a mirror to the side of the fish tank and observe the fish response to its own reflection. This procedure lasted for one minute and then the results were recorded. The next step was to take a piece of construction paper that was similar in color to the fish and construct a model to the fish, glue it onto the applicator stick and to slowly present the model to the fish. While presenting the model to the fish, results of how the fish acted toward to stimuli was being recorded by another group member. When the observation was over we took responses that we conducted with the fish we used in the experiment and compared the results of another group’s responses.…
If at any time the subject indicated his desire to halt the experiment, he was given a succession of verbal prods by the experimenter, in this order:…
References: Cherry , Kendra , The Little Albert Experiment(online), Available from: ,http://psychology.about.com/od/classicpsychologystudies/a/little-albert-experiment.htm (Accessed:14 October 2013)…
S. Freud’s The Future Illusion and P. Tillich’s Religion as a Dimension in Man’s Spiritual Life carry on about an important question of what religion really is, what is its meaning in a cultural, psychological and scientific aspect and how it relates to a society and an individual. In this paper I will try to prove through an analysis and comparison of both texts that although their approach to the subject is different they both regard religion as an important aspect of human life. Freud in Illusion touches on things that to some may be an unquestionable truths; a meaning of life, a reason to be a good citizen - a good human being. Freud strips religion of its “holiness” but not of its power over a culture and a human life. He argues that religion in its essence is nothing more than an illusion - a wishful thinking based on a subconscious hope for a reward (the afterlife). According to Freud, religion is an aspect of culture - civilization, defending us against nature and each other. Civilization is a necessity that was socially constructed in order to explain and control the unknown and scary forces of the world but more importantly to cage our primal desires of: incest, murder, cannibalism which lay deeply in our unconscious. Therefore, to save humanity civilization created laws. At first the forces of nature were given human characteristics to make the assimilation easier and simpler to comprehend. The so called totemism was clear and understandable serving a purpose of control and protection from the environment and ourselves. But who would obey the laws if there was no fear of punishment for doing wrong and a reward for doing good. That is when religion came in handy.…
“Thought experiments” merges information and evidence from four different experiments to determine and analyses the……
Course Description: This is a laboratory course designed to acquaint students with the application of experimental methods to psychological problems. Experiments are conducted in a variety of areas chosen to give students an appreciation of the range of current psychological research. Particular emphasis is given to the areas of experimental methodology, psychophysics, and learning.…
McLeod, Saul. “The Milgram Experiment.”SimplyPsychology. SimplyPsychology. 2007. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. Retrieved from < http://www.simplypsychology.org/ >.…
The experiment tries to show that people can not only create images but also mentally transform them. They present the subjects with two 3D line-drawing of random block shapes. The subjects are asked to decide if the two images are the same object by pressing two different keys on the keyboard. In some cases the two images are the same object with one rotated by some degree. In other cases the two images are mirror images that are similar but not identical. The mirror images are also rotated sometimes. The dependent variable is the reaction time. The independent variables are stimuli that have the same shapes vs. stimuli that have different shapes, and the degree of rotation. The control conditions are the multiple trials and the selection of only correct responses. The hypothesis is that if the reaction time is affected by the degree of rotation of the images, subjects perform the task by mental rotation of the drawings because it takes time to rotate the mental images just like real images. The result shows that the reaction time is indeed affected by the degree of rotation; therefore, it demonstrates the hypothesis that people can mentally rotate images. It takes more time for subjects to react when the degrees of rotation increase. There are some methodology problems in this experiment design. First, the block-shape 3D images are hard to identify even one at a time for some people and the test only takes correct answer into consideration. The repetition of the tests may cause fatigue to some subjects and the correct answers can be generated by random clicking of images. Second, the block-shape objects are not something that we can encounter in the real life so the subjects may have to take extra effort to analyze the images. Finally, the correct answer can be derived by ways other than mental rotation. For example, you can simply just find a starting point of the block-shape images and ‘walk through’ the images to see if the two images have the same ‘route’…
Experiments have long been the method of choice in psychology. However, the experimental approach does have its limitations. Describe these limitations and explain why many psychologists have called for more field research…
PSS - Test 1 - Biomes Are plants important for humans? -food, clothing, shelter, aesthetics, health - oxygen; captures energy from the sun - absorption of contaminants from air, soil, & water -medicines, cosmetics - erosion control - web of life Where do plants grow? -natural plant systems -human cultivated systems Natural plant systems -areas where plants grow naturally -ecosystems; many different types occur on Earth -natural systems are beneficial for humans (ecosystem services) CULTIVATED PLANT SYSTEMS -human-made, controlled ecosystems -agriculture agronomy; grains, agronomic crops, forage horticulture; fruit/vegetables & ornamental crops -landscaping, vineyards hydrophobic, botanic garden forestry; timber, resin, syrup -Original source of plants for cultivated, managed agricultural systems & 'new' plants -naturally…
People wish that they had the option to change their lives for the better like in Charles Dickens’s a Tale of two Cities. This story is about redemption, and a strong friendship between Lucie Manette and Charles Darney. Unfortunately, the relationship was near conclusion when Charles was imprisoned and sent to the guillotine. Then a unlikely character comes out of the background to save Charle’s life, sacrificing his own life at the guillotine in place of Charles, in order to give Charles and Lucie a life together. Throughout this story, Charles Dickens allows many of the characters to gain redemption, although some of the characters like Charles Darney and Jerry Cruncher take this opportunity, others like Madame Dafarge do not and die hated by everyone.…