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CONFUSION

Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology

May 8, 2013

Assignment Number: 05020601

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The subfields of psychology that are of the greatest relevance to Alexis’ problem are:

a) Social Psychology, which is the study of how people’s thought, feeling and actions are affected by others.

b) Personality Psychology, which focuses on the consistency in people’s behavior over time and the traits that differentiates one person from another.

c) Counseling Psychology, this focuses primarily on educational, social, and career adjustment problems.

2. The perspective on psychology that would be more helpful to the changes in Alexis’ life would be social psychology because this would be able to analyze the thoughts, actions and feeling she has towards other and where it stems from.

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I think that it is a two edged sword, because the web and self -help books give a wide variety of information and sources that she can pull from which is a good thing, however not all information might be relevant to her and this is what may confuse her. It is also possible that since she is not a professional, her self-diagnosis may not be accurate, given on the web or in the self-help books the theory are normally more or like specific to individuals and it may not be effective to her situation.

4. I would advise Alexis to seek professional help, not from books or websites but a certified Psychologist, who specialize in the field pertaining to her problem.

THE CAUTIOUS PILO

Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8, 2013
Assignment Number: 05020601

1. The Captain Mueller and his co-pilot sat in dark before take-off on the night flight because they were running through their pre-flight routine/ procedures.

2. The mysterious object first appeared to Mueller peripheral vision because he was looking straight on and it was not in his central vision, therefore the Peripheral vision (rods) saw it first and this alerted him of the object.

3. The cues that the Captain used to determine that the mysterious object was much closer to the aircraft was his monocular cues- this permits us to obtain the sense of depth and distance -, also it might have been difficult to determine whether the object had been moving is because of the motion parallax- the object retained cause by the movement of our body-.

4. The passengers failed to notice the light because of the location of the object and the fact that they weren’t paying such close attentions to things that may or may not be right with the flight.

5. The sense that allowed passengers to detect aircraft movements is the

THE MANGER WHO DOUBLED PRODUCTIVITY

Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8, 2013
Assignment Number: 05020601

1. Cliff took advantage of principles of operant conditionings modify his staff’s behavior by giving them small rewards when they were found working hard.

2. It didn’t work because it was not what he was used to doing or what he was known for; he was more at ease with reinforcements over punishment because there were positive connotations to this method. Reinforcement works best because it bring about the positive and show how and why it is rewarded, while punishment only focuses on the negative and therefore results in demoralization.

3. Cliff made use of partial reinforcement schedule by frequently complimenting staff whenever they had done a good job; also he met daily production goals for them and rewards those that met their goals with lunch on Fridays. The specific schedule that he used was fixed-ratio schedule that can be seen when he rewarded the staff after they had completed a specific goal for the day.

4. Cliff use the shaping techniques to train his staff to complete a complex new task, this is the process which teachers a complex behavior by rewarding closer and closer approximation of the desired behavior.

5. Cliff can make use of principles of cognitive learning theory to improve his staff’s productivity even further by hard work and their consistency.

ROB STREERE, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8, 2013
Assignment Number: 05020601

1. Yes it is reasonable to expect that anyone would be able to make good sense of the filling system through teaching them, because it can be learnt and applied.

2. Long term memory- declarative memory.

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MIKE AND MARTY SCANLON, THE UNLIKELY TWINS

Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8, 2013
Assignment Number: 05020601

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