Psychology Answers

A researcher decided to investigate whether an exercise or a calorie-controlled diet is more effective in lowering cholesterol levels. What research design can the researcher use? State an appropriate hypothesis, and carry out a study with a total sample of 20 individuals and report your results in text.

A number of groups have urged restrictions on child labor. For example, they believe that no one under the age of 16 should be permitted to work in manufacturing, mining, agricultural, and construction industries; that hours of work should be limited in all jobs for workers under the age of 18; and that no one under 21 should be allowed to have any contact with pesticides. Discuss the moral considerations attending this proposal.

I want to conduct a survey of educators’ views on local school board policies. I have a colleague who collected some data last year (in 2019) on teachers’ knowledge of current policies and their agreement with these policies. He gives me access to that data, and I plan to compare the views of elementary, middle school, and high school teachers in his data set. My study is most likely:

Group of answer choices

a causal comparative design

a quasi-experimental design

a true experimental design

a correlational design

Often the concordance rate in twin studies is less than 100%, even in MZ twins. Why might this be true?

When a person develops an external locus of control that goes to extreme levels, this can result in a sense of

Do humans prefer solitude or group membership?

Use the Statutory regulations (Constitution, BCEA, LRA etc) to tell me what the judge could have used in his decision

Opening Skinners Box Chapter 4 just answers these 3 questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5YwN4NW5o

How was the Kitty Genovese case an example of the “bystander effect” (also known as “diffusion of responsibility”)?

Explain how each of Darley and Latane’s experiments: (1) the fake seizure and (2) the smoke filled room help explain the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility.

In each of the previous experiments, they used actors, which are called confederates, to pretend that they were in the experiment, just like the subject. Why did they need actors instead of just other subjects?

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divided/
1 full page for these 4 questions
What event served as an impetus (or cause) for Jane Elliott carrying out this exercise with her class? Be specific and accurate in this response.

What was the blue eyed/brown eyed experiment? Exactly how did it work?

What were the reactions of the children? What were the reactions of the adults? Were they similar or different? Explain briefly.

Do you think this is an effective experiment to teach kids and/or adults about racial discrimination? Why or why not?