Conduct three of the following experiments and record your reactions. Be specific for each experiment.

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PSYCHOLOGY

Conduct three of the following experiments and record your reactions. Be specific for each experiment.
1. Rub your index fingers gently over a piece of very coarse sandpaper a few times and rate its coarseness on a scale from 1 (very soft) to 7 (very coarse). After a minute or two, rub the same finger over the paper and again rate its coarseness. Did your perception of the coarseness change? How?
2. Distribute one cup with sugar water and one with fresh water. Take a sip of the sugar water and swish it around in your mouth for several seconds without swallowing it; gradually, it should taste less sweet. After swallowing it (or spitting it back into the cup), taste from the cup containing fresh water. Did the taste of the fresh water surprise you? How?
3. Take about 15 index cards and a flashlight that is opaque on all sides (so that light shines only through the front) into a very dark room. After placing all 15 cards over the beam of light, slowly remove the cards one at a time until you can barely detect the light, and then count the number of cards that remain over the light. After a few minutes, the light should begin to look brighter. When this is the case, add a card and see if you can still see the light. Repeat this process of gradually adding cards over a 15-minute period. Were you able to detect an increasingly dim light the longer you spent in the dark?
4. Fill 3 medium-sized bowls with (a) very hot (but not painfully so) tap water, (b) very cold tap water, and (c) a mixture of the very hot and very cold water. Arrange them, so your right hand is in front of the cold water, your left hand is in front of the hot water, and the lukewarm water is in the middle. Submerse your hands into the water (right into cold, left into hot) for about 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, quickly transfer both hands to the lukewarm (middle) bowl. What did you sense?
In all four experiments, you will experience Sensory adaptation.
•Fully describe the process and results of each experiment.
•What is adaptation? Explain adaptation as discussed in the text, not as a general dictionary definition.
• Explain how adaptation is evident in each of your experimental results.
• Comprehensively describe the sensory systems involved in these experiments, from the receptors all the way into and including the brain.
•Describe in detail the theories surrounding one of the sensory systems in regards to how we smell, touch, taste, see, etc.
•Include a discussion on how adaptation is important from an evolutionary perspective.
Write a 2-3 page paper addressing the items above.
As with all assignments in which you are referring to someone else’s writing, cite any sources used and format them according to the requirements of the APA style guide.
This formatting includes, but is not limited to, the following guidelines:
•Margins – set to one inch
•Font – 12 pt. Times New Roman, no bold, or underline
•Title – center above the paper, 12 pt. font (Level A Heading), no bold, underline, or italics
•Pagination – every page; consists of a header containing a short title for the paper and page number placed in the upper right corner of the page
• Line Spacing – double space all work including the References Page.
•Point-of-View – first person may be used for this paper
•In-text citations – must conform to APA requirements References list – must conform to APA requirements
(For information on the APA style, visit the Library’s APA Citation Center.)

Choose one notable physical or socioemotional characteristic of each of the three developmental stages (early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence) discussed in chapter 3, and give at least one educational implication of each.

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1.Choose one notable physical or socioemotional characteristic of each of the three developmental stages (early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence) discussed in chapter 3, and give at least one educational implication of each. Note: Try to pick a characteristic that you personally remember as being difficult or significant. What classroom accommodations would you make as a result of these implications?2.Describe what parents and teachers can do to promote language development in young children.
3.List and describe the three factors identified by researchers in the development of prosocial behavior in young children. Give a personal example of each factor that you can identify in either your own childhood or that of your child.
4.List and discuss the four different types of play covered in the textbook. Give a personal example of each type of play that you can identify in either your own childhood or that of your child. Explain the importance of play to development.
5.In recent years, early childhood programs have expanded. Briefly summarize the focus of day-care, preschools, compensatory preschool, early intervention, and kindergarten programs. Discuss how the NAEYC defines the concept of developmentally appropriate practice and its implications for each of the above programs.
6.List and discuss the separate textbook suggestions regarding promoting self-esteem and social skills.
7.Define hypothetical-deductive reasoning and briefly list and summarize the four implications for educational practice discussed in the textbook.
8.List and summarize James Marcia’s four identity statuses.
9.Briefly list and summarize the seven major types of problems experienced during the adolescent years. Pick one of these problems that you remember was significant for you and offer a suggestion regarding how a teacher could have, or did, help you.
The text is the 7th edition, Educational Psychology, Theory and Practice, by Robert Slavin

Write a reflection of your role as an observer in your study and briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of observational research design, as reflected in your fieldwork experience.

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Kindly refer to attachment – Imagine that you are a social science researcher and you are expected to write on the following topic and complete the following tasks:
Topic: Teacher’s behaviour in teaching adults
Task 1:

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Imagine that you are a social science researcher and you are expected to write on the following topic and complete the following tasks:
Topic: Teacher’s behaviour in teaching adults
Task 1:
State your research objectives clearly and construct an observation guide to address your objectives. Your observation guide should consist of the aim(s) of your observation, the nature of the observation and the method of recording. It should list down (a) what to look at, (b) how to observe, (c) where and when to look, and (d) what to record (e.g. field notes or using a structured observation schedule). It should consist of a list of behaviour categories as well as behaviours that count as examples for each category and things to look out for. You should explain your choice of observation (i.e. participative, non-participative, contrived/structured or unstructured observation, direct or indirect observation and open or hidden observation) and the sample used during the behavioural observation.
(30 marks)
Task 2:
Conduct the observation based on your observation guide but as an observer. Write a descriptive analysis based on your observation data and discuss the extent to which the data can address your research objectives. Your write-up for this task should be no more than 800 words .
IMPORTANT: Please note that your observation must not be done during your own class time (whether it is PSY390 or other courses you are taking), but you can sit in for other courses.Hence, if you have constructed your observational guide in Task 1 using the participative observational method, you would need to refine your observational guide for Task 2 so that you can conduct the actual study as an observer.
(45 marks)
Task 3:
Write a reflection of your role as an observer in your study and briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of observational research design, as reflected in your fieldwork experience. You should also explain how you have attempted to establish…
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What five physical areas between people does differential psychology focus on identifying?

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WHAT FIVE PHYSICAL AREAS BETWEEN PEOPLE DOES DIFFERENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING? IS IT…

What five physical areas between people does differential psychology focus on identifying? Is it important for managers to understand their employees’
differences? Why or why not? Explain your viewpoint by giving a minimum of two specific examples.
Leslie Snow manages a team of five help desk operators. The cubicles of the operators are located a floor below Leslie’s office. Each operator is required
to log help desk calls into a team database. This database tracks the nature of a problem, the length of the call, and whether the problem was fixed or
sent to the engineering department for further investigation.
Leslie has a busy schedule, and it is not possible for her to monitor the performance of her team members sitting on a different floor. Therefore she
decides to assess their performance solely on the basis of reports queried from the database.
Based on what you have learned about criterion deficiency and contamination, analyze Leslie’s performance measurement strategy. Suggest three ways for
better performance measurement for Leslie’s help desk team.