PSY 101 Week 3 DQ 1: The Mouse Party
PSY 101 Week 3 DQ 1: The Mouse Party
Access the Mouse Party interactive module. Select one mouse, influenced by the drug of your choice, and complete the simulation by viewing all of the relevant slides. Next, perform a web search on the drug you selected and locate additional resources that will help you answer the following:
· Briefly describe why you chose this drug and how many people are estimated to be using/abusing it.
· Explain how the drug influences both the brain and behavior.
· Discuss what you think (if anything) needs to be done to combat addiction to this substance and provide a rationale for your position.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 200 words and utilize at least two scholarly source (e.g., the course textbook, a peer-reviewed article from the Ashford University Library, or a professional web source), cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates who chose a different drug than you. Discuss the drug they shared and how it influences behavior. How is their drug similar or different to the drug you studied? Do you think their rationale to combat the addiction to this substance is valid? What suggestions would you give for other ways to combat the drug addiction?
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 APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
