Psychology Answers

Without any conscious effort, your ________ prepares you to fight or flee from dangerous situations.

Researchers try to use a truly representative sample of the population of people in whom they are interested—one of the main reasons for using random selection. Even so, the sample is usually selected from within a particular segment of the social world in which the researchers themselves live and work. For example, in the United States, there are some fairly distinct differences between people from the northeast and people from the southeast, and the same can be true in many other countries. There are also differences between urban and rural areas. If a psychologist is conducting a study in a particular geographical area of a country, how might regional differences impact the study’s results? What measures could or should the psychologist take to minimize the impact?

with examples analyze how art therapy techniques can be used in a child who has experienced a traumatizing event

Outline how a child with physical disability can be counseled so that he/she can accept him/herself in order to experience growth in all spheres of life

Kara wants to know which color is the most favorite among her class. She has each person write down their favorite color, and determines that blue is the most popular. Kara has created a _____________ distribution.
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Years ago, neuroscientists discovered that forming a memory causes physical changes in the brain in which new synaptic connections grow between the neurons. Each time we recall a memory it gets modified when we save it. Based on this research, it was, recently, reported that psychologists have found a way to erase the emotional anxiety associated with bad memories without erasing the memories themselves. It is done by using a drug called Propanolol which changes the way a memory is saved after being accessed. Can you think of some ways in which this research can be applied? Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing?

How would one be able to tell when an individual is “delusional” versus having non-delusional beliefs that differ from the societal normal?

Why are cognitive impairments important to understanding schizophrenia?

Attitudes toward obesity have varied widely both across and within cultures at various historical times. There is evidence that this cultural variation is giving way to an increasing “fat stigma,” even in cultures around the globe that have previously had positive values attached to larger body size. Is the spread of negative views of people who are overweight or obese a good thing or a bad thing for these cultures? Explain your answer from both a physical health and also a psychological health perspective.

Every time Mary does well on her assignments her teacher gives her candy this is an example of:
Latent learning, classical conditioning, imprinting, or continuous reinforcement