discussion question from book psychology ninth edition David G.Myers Homework Help

Choose ONE topic to respond to for the thought paper and list the topic at the top of your
thought paper.
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long (300-600). However, attention to detail, quality thinking, and quality writing are necessary if you hope to get full marks.

Your argument needs to be backed up by a scientific/scholarly article from a peer-reviewed journal (see the guidelines for finding peer-reviewed articles in the thought paper guidelines). Furthermore, the article

needs to be summarized and when paraphrazed, proper citations must be included in the body of your thought paper. Personal opinions should be supported with appropriate evidence from the research

literature.
From Chapter 6
Discussion Question 1: We need your illusions?
Can you find an example of a visual illusion (other than the ones described in the textbook, or
discussed in your lecture) that seems to illustrate or provide an example of any of the perceptual
phenomena or principles (e..g, the Gestalt Principles of Organization; feature detectors; top
down or bottom-up processing)?

Describe or include a link or .jpg of the illusion, and explain how it illustrates a principle or
concept in the textbook.

Discussion Question 2: No pain, no gain?
Are there any people who do not feel any (or very little) pain in via the pain receptors in their
skin? Why is this the case? Are there any disadvantages to not feeling pain? Describe some.

Discussion Question 3: Colour blind advantage?
Why are some people ?colour blind?? What is the technical term (or terms) for ?colour
blindness?? Are there possible evolutionary advantages to ?colour blindness?? If so, describe
what has been suggested.

From Chapter 7
Discussion Question 4: Call me superstitious
How do the concepts of conditioning and reinforcement help to explain superstitious behaviour?

Do you perform any superstitious behaviour (in sports or school)? Do you accept the
conditioning explanation helps explain (at least in part) why you perform these behaviours?

Discussion Question 5: Yuck to yum through the magic of reinforcement
Can you think of an example of something that you initially found aversive, but that you now
like? How can you use the concept of reinforcement to explain how a former ?yuck? turned into a
?yum??

Discussion Question 6: Classical conditioning and advertising ? video example?
Provide a link of an example of a video advertisement that illustrates classical conditioning. (You
can locate the ad on the Internet, of course – it just should be in video format).

Your example should not be one discussed in the text or lecture.

Explain why you think the ad is an example of an attempt to produce classical conditioning, and
suggest what the CS, US, UR and CR are in your example.

Discussion Question 7: Classical conditioning and advertising ? PRINT example?
Provide a link or .jpg of a print (i.e. magazine or online) advertisement that illustrates classical
conditioning.

Your example should not be one discussed in the text or lecture.

Explain why you think the ad is an example of an attempt to produce classical conditioning, and
suggest what the CS, US, UR and CR are in your example.

From Chapter 8
Discussion Question 8: Which do we tend to remember better ? negative or positive
emotional experiences?
Think of the five most powerful emotional memories you have of events that occurred more than
six months ago. (Don?t do this question if the memories are too disturbing to you).

Of the five memories (don?t mention what they are) how many of them would you classify as
?more positive than negative??

How many would you classify as ?more negative than positive?? (This is a forced choice task –
you have to put them one of the two categories!)

Based on your own experience (and on any research you can find on the topic) do you think
people tend to remember more negative emotional experiences, or more positive ones? Why?

Discussion Question 9: Effective study techniques ? research evidence?
What are some of the best study techniques that have been validated by research?

Summarize at least one research study (that was not mentioned in the text) that compared or
evaluated the effectiveness of (a) study technique(s).

Discussion Question 10: I can?t get it out of my head
Have you ever have a song get ?stuck in your head? such that you cannot forget it? Which one
(or ones)?

Does this tend to happen with songs that you like a lot, songs that you don?t like very much, or
does it seem to be random?

How do psychologists or other researchers explain this aspect of memory?