3 questions, no right or wrong answers...

#1 When Is a Lie Not a Lie? The issue of some psychological research using deception in order to gather information. This is often done in social psychology experiments where it is necessary to "set up" a situation in order to study individuals' responses. At the conclusion of the study, participants are always told the truth, and the experiment is explained to them so that they do not leave believing a lie. My question to all of you is, do you believe that using deception is an acceptable research practice? Many topics could not be studied if deception was not used, however participants are still lied to. Give some thoughts on this issue or what you think! #2 Male Vs. Female Brain... click for more

Three problems - Extrasensory Perception; Hypnosis; ESP

#1 Extrasensory Perception Introduction: NASA has just notified you that you have been selected to travel in the next space shuttle! Congratulations! This will be the first shuttle to travel to another galaxy, to a distant world called Psychic where everyone uses his or her psychic abilities. In preparation for the trip, you will need to learn all that you can about the field of parapsychology, a subdiscipline of psychology that conducts research on all types of psychic ability (called psi). Task: Also need to include in your report an original example of each term: • Telepathy • Clairvoyance • Precognition • Psychokinesis Please provide a 1-1.5 page include a brief overview of th... click for more

3 questions

#1 Phobias Introduction: Your best friend has just called you with some great news! The president of the company that your friend works for has asked your friend to make a speech at the next stockholder's meeting. When you congratulate your friend, however, your friend tells you that a terrible fear of public speaking may make such a speech impossible. Since you have read the chapter on learning, you realize that your friend has one of the most common types of social phobia - the fear of public speaking. You (because you are such a good friend) feel the need to help out by researching phobias and gathering together information that might help your friend make this important speech. You a... click for more

Deindividuation

What can people do to avoid deindividuation?

Psychology Community/Disciplinary Perspective: health and health care

To what degree and in what ways does Psychology think about health and health care? Can you give me several examples? Thanks. I prefer a long answer/explanation, rather than a brief one-sentence answer.