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Which area of psychology did you find most interesting?
Which career path would you choose for the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. Explain your rationale.
Your task is to compare and contrast the two professional organizations. What do they have in common and where do they differ? In order to accomplish this task you will have to spend some time exploring at each site. Take your time to understand the two major professional organizations in psychology.
What is the stated purpose of APA?
What is the stated purpose of APS?
What do APA and APS have in common?
What are the advantages and disadvantages joining APA?
What are the advantages and disadvantages joining APS?
Which organization would you join and why?
What was the most significant event that happened on your birthday? Explain why:
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Should we attempt to clone a human?
What are the ethical considerations of cloning animals and humans?
Should the U.S. government stop funding basic research into cloning as proposed by President Clinton?
Would you consider cloning yourself?
Which of the many types of illusions do you find the most interesting?
Which specific illusion was the most interesting and why?
After exploring this page do you think seeing is believing?
What is parapsychology? Answer this question before going to http://
hrcweb.lv-hrc.nevada.edu/cogno/para1.html#one.
Now go to the site and search for the answer to the question. What is parapsychology? Is the answer different than your earlier answer if so how?
Is the study of parapsychology a legitimate area of inquiry for psychology?
Is parapsychology real or a sham?
Which topics did you choose?
1. 2. 3. Which topic was the most interesting?
Which topic was the most useful to you as a student of psychology and why?
Which test did you take? How did you do? Were you better or worse than you thought you would be prior to taking this test?
What could you do to improve your score on the specific test?
Did you feel this test was a valid test of your IQ? If not, why not?
What is anorexia nervosa and how is it defined?
What is bulimia and how is it defined?
What course of action should you take if you know someone with these behaviors, whether a friend or yourself?
What new information did you discover?
If you are not now a parent, how will this information affect how you approach parenthood?
1. 2. 3. By the time you reach retirement, which of these three problem areas mentioned above will no longer be a concern because of discoveries in the sciences or psychology? Which of these areas will not be a problem to you and why?
Does this test seem valid? Is it really measuring Type A personality?
If you have a Type A personality as measured in this test, what measures would you take to change your behaviors and thus your responses on the test?
If you did not have a Type A personality, describe a friend's behaviors and discuss how you would advise this person to change their behaviors.
How did Freud and Jung differ in their approach to personality?
How did Freud and Jung agree in their approach to personality?
What aspect of each psychologist's theories did you find most interesting?
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What was the most interesting location you visited at this site?
What new information did you learn from this site?
How long are you projected to live? _______
Are you shocked, happy or surprised by the calculated number? Explain.
What factors are the most positive? What factors are the most negative?
What lifestyle factors could you change to increase your estimated longevity?
Return to the game and change some of the lifestyle factors for which you received the largest negative numbers on the summary table. How much did these lifestyle changes affect your estimated life span?
Are these lifestyle changes worth the effort involved in making them in order to add years to your longevity?
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What was the most important information that you discovered at this site?
Has this site increased or decreased your perceived need to find a psychologist for a friend or family member?
What information at this site did you find most interesting?
What techniques did you learn from this site to help guard yourself against social influence pressures?
Which resource site did you choose? What was the most interesting aspect of this site?
Which program did you choose?
Would you still like to attend this school now that you have explored its social psychology program?
What were the most positive and negative factors you discovered at the program?
After exploring this site, what is your definition of Forensic Psychology?
What unique material did you discover at this site?
After viewing this site would you consider Forensic Psychology as a career? Explain.
What is your definition of sports psychology?
Can sports psychology enhance the performance of athletes?
Would you like to consider sports psychology as a career? If not, why not? If is yes, explain.
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home page or at http://altavista.digital.com/, or http://www.yahoo.com/, two major sites.
Some of these questions are easy; others may have no real answers. Good luck.
Overview
Careers in Psychology
The Two Major Professional Psychology Organizations
Happy Birthday?
Go for the Money
Biological Basis of Behavior
Hello Dolly et al
Sensation and Perception
Exploratorium
States of Consciousness
Parapsychology: Real or Sham?
Memory and Learning
Enhancing Your Memory
Cognition and Intelligence
What Is Your IQ? Traditional and Non-Traditional
Motivation and Emotion
Eating Disorders: Killers
Child and Adolescent Development
You're Having a Baby
Adult Development and Aging
The Graying of America
Personality
Do You Have a Type A Personality?
Comparing Freud and Jung
Stress and Health
Go Ask Alice
The Longevity Game
Psychological Disorders and Treatment
Who Is Crazy?
Choosing a Psychologist
Social Psychology
Social Influence
Exploring Social Psychology
Applied Psychology
What Is Forensic Psychology?
What Is Sports Psychology?
Skills on the Internet
Scavenger Hunt on the Internet
Overview
Careers in Psychology
Go to http://www.psych-web.com/careers/index.htm. The resources on this page focus on: (1) careers in psychology at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level and (2) academic information about psychology at the bachelor's and graduate levels.
The Two Major Professional Psychology Organizations
Until recently there has been only one major professional organization for psychologists, the American Psychological Association (APA), http://www.apa.org/. In 1988, a second organization was formed. The American Psychological Society (APS), http://www.hanover.edu/psych/APS/aps.html, is quite different in scope and purpose.
Happy Birthday?
Go to http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/calendar/datepick.html, select your birthday, and see what happened in psychology that day.
Go for the Money
You have finally graduated from college and are working for a famous research group. This is a great place to work and the pay is fantastic, so you are content with your new position. But there is one small catch. You have to write a grant to receive funding in order to keep your job. This project is designed so that you can utilize the Internet to find agencies for funding opportunities. Start at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/ for your search.
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Biological Basis of Behavior
Hello Dolly et al
Science and humankind has entered a new era with the discovery of the ability to clone large mammals. Quite recently human DNA has been inserted in a cloned sheep adding to the interest in this topic. Go to http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/034clone/index.html and explore the site. This may take sometime but, it will allow you to answer some interesting questions. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but take the time to think and then write about the following:
Sensation and Perception
Exploratorium
Go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/imagery/exhibits.html and explore three different kinds of illusions. Most of these exhibits are electronic versions from the museum floor, a few are unique.
States of Consciousness
Parapsychology: Real or Sham?
Memory and Learning
Enhancing Your Memory
Go to http://www.gasou.edu/psychweb/mtsite/memory.html. This site contains many links to sites that are intended to improve your memory. All students of psychology, from the entering freshperson to the full professor, are interested in improving their memories. Go to this site and pick three topics of interest. Follow the instructions and proceed through the exercise.
Cognition and Intelligence
What Is Your IQ? Traditional and Non-Traditional
Go to http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1641/iqown.html. Here you will find traditional IQ tests. Take the one that interests you the most.
Now go to http://www.2h.com/Tests/iqalt.phtml. This site tests alternative IQ, with some humorous tests that include IQ's for your romance, jewelry and garbage IQ's.
Which test did you like the best? Which did you like the least?
Which IQ test appeared to be the most valid? Explain your answer.
Motivation and Emotion
Eating Disorders: Killers
Many of us have either observed the behavior of others or our own behavior and wondered, "Do I have an eating disorder?" Go to http://www.fsci.umn.edu/~AFED/ and go to several links that might answer this question.
Child and Adolescent Development
You're Having a Baby
Go to http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthindex.html. This page has many diverse topics on very early development in humans. Pick a topic that you know little about and explore the links.
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Adult Development and Aging
The Graying of America
Go to http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/. What are the three major problems or concerns you could expect to face as a parent or grandparent ages? The information on this URL will guide you to specific concerns for individuals who are aging.
Personality
Do You Have a Type A Personality?
Go to http://www.queendom.com/typea2.html, an online personality test containing seventeen items which attempts to differentiate between A and B type personalities.
Comparing Freud and Jung
Two of the major figures in psychology from the first half of this century are Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Both were concerned with personality theories and abnormal behavior. Go to http://www.cgjung.com/cgjung/ for Jung and http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/ for Freud. Use these sites as starting points to explore the philosophy and theories of both psychologists.
Stress and Health
Go Ask Alice
Go to http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise. This site contains the Health Education and Wellness program of the Columbia University Health Service. This site is committed to helping individuals make choices that will contribute to their personal health and happiness.
The Longevity Game
How long will you live? This question has been considered since individuals started thinking. You have information about your parents' and grandparents' longevity. Is their longevity a good indicator of your longevity or other factors as important? The Longevity Game allows you to assess your own probabilities of reaching a specific age based on your lifestyle. Go to http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity/
longevity-main.html and proceed with the questions.
Psychological Disorders and Treatment
Who Is Crazy?
We have all known individuals (friends) that have strange or bizarre behaviors either in real life or in the media (films and TV). Choose 3 tests from http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/public.html and take a test using the behaviors you have noted in these individuals. Are these individuals diagnosable using these tests? Or are they just eccentric?
Choosing a Psychologist
Many times individuals (friends and family) feel that they are in need of professional help. Go to http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/howto.html to help answer the question, "Do I need a psychologist?"
Social Psychology
Social Influence
Go to http://www.public.asu.edu/~kelton/. This Web site is devoted to social influenceÑthe modern, scientific study of persuasion, compliance, and propaganda.
Exploring Social Psychology
Social psychology is a very large area of psychology. Go to http://
cac.psu.edu/~arm3/social.html and explore one resource for social psychology and one social psychology program of social psychology. Choose the area that most interests you and a school that you might like to attend, either as an undergraduate or graduate student.
Applied Psychology
What Is Forensic Psychology?
Go to http://users.bart.nl/~geradts/forensic.html. Zeno's Forensic Page is a large site with many links in the area of forensic psychology.
What Is Sports Psychology?
Go to http://spot.colorado.edu/~collinsj/. Search the links and organization in order to develop a definition of sports psychology.
Skills on the Internet
Scavenger Hunt on the Internet
This exercise is designed to test your skills on the Internet. I have chosen a number of questions related to the long running TV series "Star Trek." Your parents were amazed when the original "Star Trek" aired. Now the show has evolved into several new series with new plots and characters. Your task is to use the Internet to answer the following questions.