psycology paper

Due: Monday, July 7th Format: 3pages (minimum) to 4 pages (maximum) – typed & double-spaced Citation: Please reference all research material in a thorough manner. (endnotes or footnotes relating directly to your text and including title, author, publisher and page of the source). If you’re unclear about this, do an internet search on MLA citation style (Modern Language Association) Please pick ONE of the options below to write about…

Option # 1 - Sensation & Perception Research 2 different sensation/ perception deficits. (vision, hearing, smelling, taste or touch) For each deficit, discuss…

1. whether the deficit is caused by a problem at the sensation level or the perception level (be specific: what exact part/s of the brain or sense organ are involved)

2. what caused the deficit (birth defect? exposure to chemicals?...) 3. what are treatment/s for this deficit?

Option # 2 - States of Consciousness Record a dream journal for 1 week (at least 3 entries):

1. Record the times you went to bed/sleep and time you woke up.

2. As soon as you wake up in the morning, write down everything that you can remember about your dream/ s the night before.

Relate each dream to at least 1 of the dream theories discussed in class. Discuss how the dream theory would analyze your dream.

Option # 3 - Learning Explain the differences between the three types of behavioral learning (classical, operant and observational) Give an example of each type of learning from your own life. You can give examples where you are the ‘trainer’ (e.g. potty training your child) or where you are the ‘trainee’ (e.g. studying so that you’ll get good grades). Where appropriate, include whether the behavior is:

• generalized or discriminate

• extinct or has been spontaneously recovered • reinforced by a positive or negative reinforcer • reinforced by a primary or secondary reinforcer • reinforced by a continuous or partial reinforcer • learned through imitating a certain type of person.

Evaluate whether learning each of these behaviors has served the ‘trainee’. Has the ‘trainee’ learned a nasty habit that gets in the way of his/ her success? Or a skill that will help him/ her thrive? Finally, if you wanted to ‘untrain’ any of these behaviors, how would you go about doing it?

Option # 4 - Health Psychology Write a summary of the history and tenants of Positive Psychology. Do you agree with these principles? (You will have to do some research outside of the textbook for this paper.) For the second portion of the paper, do a “Thoughts Log” where you write down every time you have a negative thought about yourself, others and the world at large.

• What did you learn from this “Thoughts Log”? • How did you start to combat these particular negative thoughts? • Where did these negative thoughts come from? • Are you more negative than you had anticipated? • How might this negative view affect your overall psychological and physiological

health?