Assignments

Module

Discussion

Assignment

Explain behavior from 3 perspectives.

Watch a TED talk

Describe and discuss a PLOS research article.

Compare a popular news article with research article

Describe parts of the brain involved in daily activities.

Create a visual/infographic about a part of the brain

*larger assignment

Describe sleep stages and ways to improve sleep.

Track and analyze sleep and dreams. Record sleep habits and dreams a minimum of 3 days.

*larger assignment, needs introduction at least 1 week prior to due date

Demonstrate cultural differences in perception.

*If used in conjunction with the “Perception and Illusions” assignment, this post could ask students to bring in examples/evidence from the illusion task.

Apply Food Lab research and the Delbouef Illusion to recommend plate size and dinner set-up.

Perception and Illusions

Apply an understanding of Martin Doherty’s research on developmental and cross-cultural effects in the Ebbinghaus illusion. Find an illusion, describe it, and explain whether or not it may show cross-cultural effects.

Choose to respond to two questions from a list.

Describe 3 smart people and analyze what contributes to their intelligence.

Thinking and Intelligence—The Paradox of Choice

Examine an experiment about cognitive overload and decision-making when given many options.

Create a mnemonic and explain an early childhood memory.

Apply knowledge from module on memory, thinking and intelligence, and states of consciousness to help a struggling student.

Write examples of something learned through classical, operant, and observational learning.

Spend at least 10 days using conditioning principles to break or make a habit.

*requires sufficient time (10 days) of working on changing behavior, and should be introduced with two weeks of advanced notice.

Pick an age and describe the age along with developmental theories and if you agree or disagree with the theoretical designations.

Find toys for a child of 6 months, 4 years, and 8 years, then explain theories for the age and why the toys are appropriate.

Pick one question to respond to out of 4 options.

Create a shortened research proposal for a study in social psychology (or one that tests common proverbs).

*larger assignment, possibly the largest assignment. Could be broken into multiple parts and given advanced notice.

Use two of the theories presented in the text to analyze the Grinch’s personality.

Take two personality tests then analyze their validity and reliability.

Personality—Blirtatiousness

Examine various types of validity and design a new way to test the validity of the Blirt test.

What motivates you to do your schoolwork?

Demonstrate the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, and cognitive-mediational theories of emotion.

Growth Mindsets and the Control Condition

Take a deeper look at the Carol Dweck study on mindset and analyze how the results may appear different if the control benchmark varied.

Pick a favorite I/O topic or give advice on conducting an interview.

Investigate and reflect on KSAs needed for future job.

Diagnose a fictional character with a psychological disorder.

Research one disorder and create an “At-a-Glance” paper about the main points.

Choose to respond to one of four questions.

Describe 3 different treatment methods for the fictional character diagnosed for the “Diagnosing Disorders” discussion.

*This assignment builds off of the discussion assignment in the previous module, in which students “diagnosed” a fictional character with a psychological disorder.

Give advice on managing stress or increasing happiness.

Pick from three options to do things related to tracking stress and time management.

*requires advanced noticed