Psychology Answers

An investigator predicts that dog owners in the country spend more time walking their dogs than do dog owners in the city. The investigator gets a sample of 21 country owners and 23 city owners. The mean number of hours per week that city owners spend walking their dogs is 10.0. The standard deviation of hours spent walking the dog by city owners is 3.0. The mean number of hours country owners spent walking their dogs per week was 15.0. The standard deviation of the number of hours spent walking the dog by owners in the country was 4.0. Do dog owners in the country spend more time walking their dogs than do dog owners in the city?

Critically analyse the progress of the implementation of policies and legislation on Inclusive

Education in South Africa or any other country of your choice. Provide a critical analysis of the

policies related to Inclusive Education. Why do you think that many countries, including South

Africa, are failing to implement these policies?

When healthcare staff have less time available than what is needed to do their work the following symptoms appear (select all that apply):

The aviation industry was able to become highly reliable over time due to improvements related to.......?

Weick and Sutcliffe's model for high reliability organizations include the following components

The Joint Commission model for high reliability organizations include the following components:

We covered trait theories (i.e., personality characteristics that can be measured along a scale or continuum, with people ranging from low to high on each characteristic). I would like you to discuss the three trait theories: the three-factor (PEN) model, the five-factor/Big Five (OCEAN) model, (HEXACO) model.

• Which model—PEN, OCEAN, or HEXACO—do you think provides a better overview of the fundamental traits that are of interest when examining personality? Why?
• Do you think that traits such as these are better characterized in terms of dichotomies (e.g., you are either an introvert or you are an extravert, like on the MBTI) or along a continuum (e.g., you can be lower or higher in extraversion, like with the PEN, OCEAN, and HEXACO models)? In other words, do you have a preference for “type theories” or “trait theories”?
• Are there are any major personality traits that seem to be ignored by all of these models, or have these theorists covered the most important ones, in your view?

How does a definition for example how we define the 5 senses help or hinder us in knowing the parameters of a concept, think about a concepts potential for expansion or keep a concepts with a known boundaries

What is the role of operant conditioning in our development of reading skills? How do these skills become stronger and more "automatic"? Do you think that many of our skills follow the same path of development and why??

1. Do you think that there may be senses which do not necessarily receive information only from the environment, but rather from within us as well? (For example, how do you sense that you are hungry? If you hold your breath, which sense ‘senses’ that you need air? How do you sense the need for belonging?)
2. If you think that we may have more senses than the 5 noted above, would you provide your opinion on why you think the dominant scientific community may not have considered more than the typical 5 senses? If you wish, you may use other references to strengthen or support your discussion.
3. How does a “definition” (for example, how we define the 5 senses) help or hinder us in knowing the parameters of a concept, think about a concept’s potential for expansion, or keep a concept within known boundaries?

• Do you think that the definition of sensation needs to be expanded? Why?