familiarize yourself with three examples of famous social experiments — The Stanford Prison Experiment, Asch’s Conformity Experiment and the Milgram Obedience  Experiment, and apply the concepts and theories associated with one of these to the Abu Ghraib prison situation.

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In 2004 there were allegations of abuse and human rights violations that occurred in the Abu Ghraib prison. There have been many interpretations of what happened, and there are many aspects of Social Psychology that could have been at play in this situation.  For this Case Assignment you are to familiarize yourself with three examples of famous social experiments — The Stanford Prison Experiment, Asch’s Conformity Experiment and the Milgram Obedience  Experiment, and apply the concepts and theories associated with one of these to the Abu Ghraib prison situation.
 
Assignment Expectations
Your paper should be 4-5 pages in length, and should give a synapsis of the experiment you chose to use, and you need to explain how it is similar to what took place at Abu Graib, and what Social Psychology factors and theories you felt were involved.  You should also comment on what has been done or might be done to prevent this from occurring again.  Your paper should include 4-6 references and should be in APA format.

Describe one (1) reason why you want to change the behavior and one (1) benefit the change will bring.

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C04J Introduction to Psychology
Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.Part A For Part A of this assignment, you will apply the principles of operant conditioning to modify an existing behavior. Target a behavior to be modified, either an undesirable behavior that you would like to eliminate or a desirable behavior that you would like to strengthen.1. Generate a plausible explanation for why the problem exists.
2. Describe one (1) reason why you want to change the behavior and one (1) benefit the change will bring.
3. Carefully design a program for modifying the behavior, making sure to include all relevant conditioning principles incorporated within your plan (which might include the use of positive and negative reinforcers, punishment, shaping, schedules of reinforcement, modeling, extinction, stimulus discrimination or generalization, primary and secondary reinforcers, and so on.) Your plan should include three (3) steps.Part BDesign a series of test items that would indicate the different intelligences according to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Provide one (1) original example of how you would test each of the eight (8) different intelligences.
 

Considering what you now know about the biological basis of learning and memory, how might you enhance your short- and long-term retention and retrieval of the information you are learning in this course?

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Brain and Behavior Psychology Essay Questions on Learning and Memory.
APA Format/ 2 full pages/Proper Grammar and Puncuation/References cited throughout whole paper..
Must use Garrett, B. (2015). Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Biological Psychology, (4th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage. as a required reference
 
Other references you can use our as follows:
http://www.sagepub.com/garrettbb2study/animations/12.10.htm
http://www.sagepub.com/garrettbb2study/animations/12.11.htm
 
Briefly explain how you study for this class.

  • What activities do you engage in to learn the material?
  • How much time per week do you devote to reading the assigned chapters?
  • How frequently do you review the week’s material before moving on to the next week?
  • Is your pattern of studying for this class similar to or different from how you study for other classes? Explain.
  • You have read that the process known as long-term potentiation is a likely phenomenon underlying learning.
    • As you study material for this class, what is happening to the neural cells involved in processing the information? (In other words, explain the process of long-term potentiation.)
    • Based on the material in the chapter, what brain areas are involved in your initial processing of this information? (Keep in mind that this involves declarative memory.)
  • Once you have learned the material, you are required to retrieve it for a test, or to complete an assignment.
    • What brain areas are involved in this process?
    • Is the information likely to have been consolidated into long-term memory? Explain your answer.
  • Assume that one year from now, you are asked to give a talk at your job about what happens in the brain when we learn and remember information.
    • Assuming you can still recall the information, will it be stored in the same location that it is now? Explain.
    • Assume that you are unable to recall the information clearly. Why? What has happened to the memory?
  • Considering what you now know about the biological basis of learning and memory, how might you enhance your short- and long-term retention and retrieval of the information you are learning in this course?

 
Answer all questions in Red… Follow all instuctions.. Use required Reference
Must be completed by Sunday 03/22/15 5 pm Cental Standard Time US (No excuses)

What is the difference between health and wellness?

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Library Article: Health and wellness.
Johnson, C. (Ed.). (2011, July). Health and wellness. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 34(6), 407.
Library Article: Wellness without fairness: The missing link in psychology.
Prilleltensky, I. (2013). Wellness without fairness: The missing link in psychology. South African Journal of Psychology, 43(2), 147–155.
Library Article: The function of meaning and purpose for individual wellness.
Savolaine, J., & Granello, P. F. (2002). The function of meaning and purpose for individual wellness. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 41, 178–189.
 
Scholarly Discussion: After reading Health and Wellness (Johnson, 2011), visit several of the websites listed in that document as providing more information on health and wellness. Considering the information presented on the websites, the information presented in this module, and your own personal experience, what do you think is a complete definition of “health”? What do you think is a complete definition of “wellness”? What is the difference between health and wellness?
Choose a wellness model that you found in your exploration this week. Describe the model, provide a reference to the source, and discuss how the model you chose relates to the models of wellness presented in this week’s readings.
Savolaine and Granello discuss the importance of meaning in wellness. They state that having meaning in life is a central component to wellness. Prilleltensky discusses the role of fairness in wellness. Present an example of someone who you think represents an “ideal” wellness model, and discuss the role of meaning and fairness in attaining this ideal wellness.
Contribute: Share an interesting website, podcast, blog, video, Twitter feed, article, journal, organization, or other online resource that you found in your research this week that relates to this module’s theme.
 
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