PSY 101 Week 3 DQ 2: Sensation and Perception
PSY 101 Week 3 DQ 2: Sensation and Perception
This discussion has two options. Select one of the options and indicate which one you chose in your response.
Option A:
Recruit someone you trust to help you. Have them prepare two items for you to taste (tell them to be nice), but do not let them tell you what they are. While they are preparing the items, find something to use as a blindfold and plug your nose so you cannot smell. You should not be able to see or smell the food while sampling it. As you chew, see if you can recognize the flavor. If not, unplug your nose and see if that helps you detect it. If that doesn’t work, take off the blindfold and see if you can identify it.
Once you have completed this activity, provide an analysis by sharing the following as you
respond:
• Were you able to determine the food without smell or sight?
At what point did you identify the food (e.g., blindfolded with nose plugged, blindfolded with nose unplugged, or neither)?
Analyze the relationship between taste and smell.
Analyze the relationship between taste and sight.
PSY 101 Week 4 DQ 1: Psychological Disorders
View the videos from the Films On Demand database. Research dollars are scarce, and it is always controversial how best to spend them. Imagine you are the chair of the budget committee for a large non-profit organization who specializes in mental health-related research. You are in control of deciding how to allocate the research budget for the upcoming year. Address the following as you respond:
Which psychological disorder (select one) would you choose to receive the most funding for research?
Which psychological disorder (select one) would you choose to receive the fewest research dollars?
Explain your reasoning for these decisions.
Describe abnormal behavior in general as well as each of the disorders you have selected.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 200 words and utilize at least one scholarly source (e.g., the course textbook, a peer-reviewed article from the Ashford University Library, or a professional web source), cited according to as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
