Discussion Boards

General Psychology

Unit III Discussion Board Question

It is Thanksgiving morning; coffee tables are littered with shopping ads galore. We see little boys playing with robots, trains, and primary colored blocks. We see little girls playing with dolls, play kitchens, and pastel colored blocks. Do children really learn what it means to be boys and girls through toys? Are these ads responsible for creating gender differences in little kids? Reflect upon your own upbringing in your response, and how you believe it affected your outlook. How does nature versus nurture play a role in this topic?

Unit IV Discussion Board Question

In our daily lives, forgetting causes most of us inconvenience (Where did I put that grocery list?) and sometimes causes more significant consequences (When was that discussion post due again?). Many of us have some fears of growing older and no longer being able to remember important details of our lives. Is it always better to remember? What if the issue was not that you occasionally forgot things, but rather that you remembered every detail of your life—what you ate, the weather, what every mean person ever said to you—since you were a teenager? This is the case for a small (but growing) number of people identified as having superior autobiographical memory.

If you had a say in the matter, which would you choose: to someday forget a major chunk of your life, or to live remembering every detail?

Unit V Discussion Board Question

Imagine that you are a member of your town’s school board, and your children are currently in middle and high school. The school is trying to decide what type of sex education information to provide in its health class for the following school year. This decision is likely to raise a lot of concerns and reveal people’s beliefs about sexual motivation and behaviors (as well as their cultural, moral, and spiritual beliefs). How would you handle this situation? When other board members come to you for your opinion, what type of sex education would you suggest for the school?

Social Psychology

Unit III Discussion Board Question

Many of you are concerned with the image others have of you. To alter people’s images, you might behave, act, and present yourself in a certain way. In other words, many people attempt to control the impression others form of them. This process is known as impression management.

In this discussion post:

Explain a situation in which you engaged in impression management. Why?

Discuss whether you believe that you engage in impression management often. Why, or why not?

Provide examples of people from your life who you believe engage in impression management, and discuss why you believe this person acts this way.

Unit IV Discussion Board Question

Identify one ad, evaluate it, and then answer the following questions in your discussion post:

What product does this ad attempt to market, and where is the ad from? (Provide a website link or upload the picture)

Which component(s) of attitudes (e.g., affective, behavioral, cognitive) does this ad appeal?

How can you tell, and do you think this was a good strategy for this product/audience?