SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Thursday 4 30 6 in SI Ch 1 part 2 The Science of Psychology Review Questions from Ch 1 part 1 lecture 1 What perspective focuses on free will and self actualization A Psychoanalysis B Behaviorism C Cognitive psychology D Humanism 2 Jenna suffers from a nervous tic of washing her hands repeatedly and being unable to resist washing them again and again Which perspective would explain Jenna s hand washing behavior as a result of repressed conflicts A Psychoanalytic psychodynamic perspective B Cognitive psychology C Behaviorism D Biopsychology 3 Which of these is NOT a founder of the behavioral perspective 4 A person who has suffered a major stroke and is now experiencing severe personality problems because of the damage would be best advised to see a A John B Watson B Ivan Pavlov C Sigmund Freud D B F Skinner A Psychiatrist B Psychoanalyst C Psychiatric social worker D Psychologist 5 This theory explains how voluntary behavior is learned In this theory behavioral responses that are followed by pleasurable consequences are reinforced Ivan Pavlov called this theory classical conditioning A True B False BF Skinner operant conditioning Activity 1 List the steps of the scientific method with psychological goals 1 Develop a question description SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Thursday 4 30 6 in 2 Form a hypothesis description explanation 3 Test the hypothesis explanation of behavior 4 Come to a conclusion prediction 5 Share results control Activity 2 Correlations Draw a graph depicting the trends for each of the correlations Then list in order of strongest correlation to weakest correlation R stands for correlation A r 0 no relationship B r 1 strongest perfect correlation C r 0 3 weak D r 0 8 strong What does this cartoon mean Just because two things are correlatied doesn t mean they cause each other Ex Smoking caused a shorter lifespan Can t say this because smokers may not be excercising or eating healthy which could cause a shorter life Correlations SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Thursday 4 30 6 in 1 Tell of there s a relationship or not 2 How strong the relationship is 3 What direction the relationship goes in Activity 3 Research Methods Assign the appropriate research method to each experiment Research methods may be used more than once Choices Naturalistic observation observing one in a natural habitat Laboratory observation uses equipment Case study may use equipment BUT it s done during a rare circumstances Survey anonymous Survey Case Study Survey Naturalistic Observation Laboritory Observation Case Study Naturalistic Observation 1 To determine what percentage of married females ages 25 40 cheat on their husbands 2 David was involved in a terrible car accident He appears to be fine but he insists that his mother and father are imposters who simply look like his actual mother and father 3 It s the week after Voodoo Fest in New Orleans and LSU is interested in how many students consumed illicit drugs such as molly and weed 4 A psychology grad student is curious about the honesty of highschool students compared to college students to determine this he has a friend accidentally have his money filled wallet fall out of his pocket Students are then observed to see how many return the wallet to it s owner 5 Dr Allen wants to determine the effect that energy drinks have when used in combination with exercise She plans to do this by hooking an EKG electrocardiograms onto female adults 6 8 year old Tommy is prescribed a common medication for his ADHD However when he takes it he has an unusual reaction he experiences vivid hallucinations and disppears from his home This is the first reported incidence to this medication Researchers decide to study him in detail to see what happens 7 Jane wants to see if a person in need of help is more likely to receive it on a busy or a crowded SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Thursday 4 30 6 in Laboratory Observation street To do this she hires an actor to fake a heart attack and runs the experiment numerous times on both busy and crowded streets 8 Danielle wants to measure temptaion and rewards in children Children are sat in a room with hidden cameras with a marshmellow in front of them They are told that if they wait to eat it until Danielle comes back they will receive three marshmellows Activity 4 Experiment Dr Susie wants to measure the affect that ADHD medication has on attentiveness and focus among non ADHD college students Dr Susie assembels a class of 20 students and randomly divides them into two groups One group is given Adderall the amount given for each person is adjusted accordingly for the person s weight height The other group is given a placebo in the form of a sugar pill Neither Dr Susie or the students are aware of who is given the Adderall and who is given the sugar pill After every class the students were given a test that measuring how much information from that class they retained and how well they could manipulate it Dr Susie then compared the test results when students took a pill to their previous test results She found that those who took Adderall had increased rates of attention when compared to those who took the placebo Identify Population college students Sample 20 non ADHD students Independent variable minipulated presence absense of Adderall Dependent Variable test results of attentiveness focus Single or Double Blind study Double Closing activity You created a lotion that you believe makes wrinkles disappear for good You are just so thrilled because you ll be bringing in the big bucks but before your product hits the shelf you have to make sure that there are no adverse side affects SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Thursday 4 30 6 in Discuss the benefits as well as the drawbacks of using animals in testing in the space below Pros 1 Know the side effects 2 Easier to
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