PS 124

Perspectives and Theories in Psychology

Perspectives and Theories in Psychology Kaplan University PS124 – Unit 5 Assignment The Stanford Prison experiment was a study done in 1971 by psychologist Philip Zimbardo. The idea was to set up a fake prison they had 24 volunteers that were picked at random to be either a prisoner or a prison guard. The prisoner

PS124 Week 8 Discussion

Topic Instructions: In this unit, you are examining how people learn information, as well as how they remember it. Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology that attempts to explain learning through different types of associations and conditioning. Think about how this type of learning occurs in your own life, as well as your

PS124 Unit 6 Assignment

PS124 Unit 6 Assignment Identify the historical research study (video) you selected from the list above. Summarize the results of this study and what implications it has with regards to human behavior and mental processes that you have learned about in Units 5-6. I watched the Stanford Prison experiment. Retrieved from: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ya1j Discuss what is

Little Albert Study Analysis

Little Albert Study Analysis Kaplan University PS124 – Unit 3 Assignment Little Albert Study Analysis John B. Watson used the study with baby Albert to demonstrate classical conditioning, which was first discovered by Ivan Pavlov (Johncheezy, 2010). Learning associations or events that occur together is known as conditioning. Classical conditioning includes two stimuli or events

PS124 Unit 2 Assignment

Unit 2 Assignment Introduction to Psychology For this assignment, I will be watching a video and writing about it. The video I chose to write about is by Bo Bennett and was posted on YouTube September 10, 2013. The name of his video is called “Robber’s Cave Experiment.” In this video Bo Bennett talked about

Evaluation of Harlow’s Monkeys Experiment

Evaluation of Harlow’s Monkeys Experiment. PS124: Introduction to Psychology Evaluation of Harlow’s Monkeys Experiment. The study that I have chosen to write about is Harlow’s Monkeys. This experiment was designed to learn about the way attachments are formed in infant monkeys, but has significant overlap with humans, as well. After noticing that baby monkeys would

Project Brain Disorder Ataxia

Brain Disorder: Ataxia Unit 7 Project Kaplan University PS124 Brain Disorder: Ataxia I. Introduction a. Ataxia what it can effect II. Condition a. What can condition cause? b. Signs and symptoms III. Testing a. What types of tests? IV. Neurons a. What neurons are affected? V. Conclusion a. Understanding treatment There are more than 400

The Role of Biology in Psychology

The Role of Biology in Psychology Purdue University Global PS124 – Unit 4 Assignment An activity that I do on a daily basis would be driving cars. My job requires me to transport cars back and forth between different automobile companies. Sometimes it can be CarMax, Enterprise, Mercedes, BMW and sometimes I have to drive

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