PSY 210 Week 5 Exercise Conformity Response Appendix E

PSY 210 Week 5 Exercise Conformity Response Appendix E

PSY 210 Week 5 Exercise Conformity Response Appendix E

John is an 18-year-old freshman at New York University. John was the starting quarterback at his high school in a small town in Indiana. He enjoys playing sports and hanging out with friends. John has always been popular and done well in school and sports. Once he is comfortable in his surroundings he can be confident in what he is doing.

Donnie is an 18-year-old freshman from Chicago attending Iowa State. Donnie spends most of his time playing his guitar and writing music. In high school he had a few close friends but his attention was mainly focused on his studies and his music. He has little trouble expressing himself and enjoys doing so on stage while playing in his band. Donnie is determined to earn a degree and find a career in playing, writing, or producing music.

Sample Solution Response:

In 200 to 300 words provide an opinion on who would be more likely to be persuaded by peer pressures such as drinking, drug use, skipping class, and other irresponsible behavior in a new city. Then, provide your reasoning on why you chose either John or Donnie as more likely to conform to his new social situation. Reference the factors that influence persuasion and conformity discussed in your text.

Either one are really accessible to caving into peer pressures such as drinking, drug use, skipping class, and other irresponsible behavior in a new city. You would think that Donnie would be the more responsible one of the two because he is (what would seem as) more determined. John, who is a football player, would be the most likely candidate out of the two, though. Even though it may be a stereotype, John is a football player, and he’s part of the popular crowd. The popular crowds in college consist of the fraternities and sororities, which also are known for their partying. If John is a typical “jock”, then I would say he is probably in one of these fraternities, and he is more likely to cave then Donnie, who would probably be in general housing, and have a quieter dorm. Donnie has a goal and is determined so in the end he is more likely to with-hold on peer pressure, unlike John, who would probably cave into peer pressure way faster. Just because Donnie is in a quieter dorm does not automatically mean he would be less likely to fall into peer pressure, I just think that fraternity and sorority houses are more of a “party zone” then the regular housing. It seems as if regular housing would be a lot quieter. I’ll bet that Donnie would value his schoolwork more because he does have a goal and is determined to accomplish it. That alone would deter the falling to peer pressures.

PSY 210 Week 6 Checkpoint Parenting Styles and Development

Whether children are exposed to an authoritative, authoritarian, or permissive parenting style may have a great influence on how children handle challenges in their lives.

Describe how three adults, each brought up under a different parenting style as a child, might cope differently with one of the changes listed in the table in Appendix F.

Post a 200- to 300-word response.

PSY 210 Week 6 Individual The Response Cycle

Review the sexual response cycle located on pp. 429-433 in Ch. 13 of Psychology and the Challenges of Life.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word APA-formatted paper summarizing each phase of the response cycle for males, females, and commonalities for both males and females.

Include a brief description of sexual dysfunctions and common methods of treatment.

PSY 210 Week 7 Checkpoint Sternberg’s Theory of Love Appendix G

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PSY 210 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

Week 7 DQ 1

Everyone differs slightly in what they consider attractive or beautiful. Do you believe certain attributes are universally attractive? What are these attributes? Do you believe one’s sense of beauty is intrinsic or learned? What influence do the media and one’s peers have on the concept of beauty? What other factors influence the perception of attraction?

Week 7 DQ 2

Relationships go through stages of development. Describe how a person moves through each of the five stages of Levinger’s ABC’s of relationships model. As you write your description, include answers to the following questions: What do you think people look for in the attraction stage? How do people work on building a relationship? What are some positive factors that foster the continuation of a relationship? What steps might a couple take to avoid the deterioration phase?

PSY 210 Week 8 Checkpoint Psychotherapy

Biomedical and psychotherapy are two basic approaches to treating psychological disorders. A number of approaches fall under the category of psychotherapy, but they all include the following four essential characteristics:

· Systematic interaction between a client and a therapist

· Based on psychological theory and research

· Influences a client’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior

· Used in treating disorders, adjustment problems, and to foster personal growth

Explain in a 200- to 300-word response the biomedical approach as well as the psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, behavior, and cognitive approaches to psychotherapy listed in your text.

PSY 210 Week 8 Individual Psychological Disorders Presentation

Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes.

Summarize how psychological disorders are classified. Include the role of the DSM-IV-TR®. Your presentation must have at least one slide for each of the following major classes of psychological disorders:

· Anxiety Disorders

· Dissociative Disorders

· Somatoform Disorders

· Mood Disorders

· Schizophrenia

· Personality Disorders

Describe the major characteristics and suspected causal factors for each class of disorder.

PSY 210 Week 9 Capstone DQ

Respond to the capstone discussion question.

300-500 word Response

Summarize 2-3 of the topics you enjoyed learning about in tis course.

Ch. 8-16 of Majoring in Psychology reviews some of the career possibilities for psychology majors. Which careers in psychology interest you the most? Explain why. What would you need to do to attain one of those careers? Include both short-term and long-term goals.

PSY 210 Week 9 Final Project Case Study

Review case studies 1 and 2 in Appendix A.

Choose one case study from Appendix A.

Complete the following questions in 150 to 200 words each. Be as detailed as possible and use the information you have learned throughout this course.

· What are the causes of stress in Michael’s or Jennifer’s life? How is stress affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s health?

· How are these stressors affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s self-concept and self-esteem?

· How might Michael’s or Jennifer’s situation illustrate adjustment? How might this situation become an opportunity for personal growth?

· What defensive coping methods is Michael or Jennifer using? What active coping methods might be healthier for Michael or Jennifer to use? Explain why you would recommend these methods.

· Select one theory of personality and use this theory to tell Michael or Jennifer how this theory explains his or her situation.

· In what stage of development is Michael or Jennifer? What factors about this stage might be affecting his or her perspective of this situation?

What relationship factors or considerations might be influencing Michael’s or Jennifer’s problems