Here is a document with all of the Weekly Discussion Questions for Week 1 - Week 5.
PSYCHOLOGY 355 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Week 1 Discussion Questions:
DQ 1- Due Day 2-Wednesday: What are the major sources of motivation? Which source affects you most? Why?
DQ 2- Due Day 4- Friday: What is the relationship between time and motivation? How does time affect motivation?
Week 2 Discussion Questions:
DQ 1 – Due Day 2-Wednesday: To what extent are the reasons why you like or dislike certain foods based on innate factors? Explain your answer.
DQ 2- Due Day 4- Friday: Is it possible for someone to become a “Chocoholic” (a person that can be addicted to chocolate)? Why or why not?
Week 3 Discussion Questions:
DQ 1 – Due Day 2- Wednesday: What are incentives? What are two examples of incentives? How do these incentives work as sources of arousal?
DQ 2 – Due Day 4- Friday: What are the similarities and differences between physiological and psychological needs?
Week 4: Discussion Questions:
DQ 1 – Due Day 2- Wednesday: Why do you listen to music? Do any of these reasons include energization, relaxation, and mood alteration? How can music be used to alter arousal levels?
DQ 2 – Due Day 4- Friday: What is stress? What is the difference between chronic stress and acute stress?
Week 5 Discussion Questions:
DQ 1 – Due Day 2- Wednesday- What is the difference between personality and temperament? Provide an example.
DQ 2- Due Day 4- Friday- What are some possible consequences of incorrectly labeling our emotional feelings? Is this possible? If so, how could it happen? If not, why not?