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Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. Years ago, some psychologists noticed that the parents of autistic children appeared very aloof and detached from their autistic children than were parents of normal children. These psychologists concluded that parental detachment was the cause of autism. (a) What type of study design is this? Be specific. (1 pt) (b) What is one strength and one weakness of this specific type of study design? (2 pts) (c) If you turned this study idea into an experiment, what would your independent variable be? (1 pt) (d) If you turned this study idea into an experiment, what would your dependent variable be? (1 pt)  

Which of the following is a positive correlation?

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) In conformity, research finds that people often conform to others’ behaviors due to informational social influence. Describe why we conform due to informational social influence. (1 pt) (b) Research also finds that people conform to others’ behaviors due to normative social influence. Describe why we conform due to normative social influence. (1 pt) (c) Describe what Sharif found in his autokinetic illusion study (and say which of the type types of social influence above from a and b did this study illustrate). (1 pt) (d) Describe what Ashe found in his line matching study (and say which of the type types of social influence above from a and b did this study illustrate). (1 pt)

Brad makes sure that during his study no extraneous variables will affect the dependent variable. Brad is trying to create

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) Describe the chemical process of how a neuron fires. You don’t need to list which types of ions we described, but describe the overall process and how it relates to the overall electrical charge of the neuron during the steps (don’t forget to include the refractory period too). (4 pts) (b) Neurons aren’t the only types of cells in our brains. What are 2 tasks some of the other types of cells do, and which type of task is most common? (2 pts)

What do you think you are most likely to remember from this class material 5 years from now?

Two professors disagree about whether overall amount of time spent studying or student’s type of studying will improve their learning the most. They decide to each encourage their classrooms to do either more hours of studying or different types of studying. These professors both explain to their students which study method they are encouraging and tell them they’ll be collecting surveys throughout the semester to test this hypothesis. The professor who thinks type of studying matters the most also changes how her class is organized. She inadvertently devotes more attention and effort into her class and challenges her students to do more to further their own learning. Which of the following problems does this pose?

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. A different group of psychological researchers think that differences between various cities’ economic successes is due to citizens in those cities having more or less amounts of courage. To study this, they posted a survey online that looked like a Harry Potter Sorting Hat Quiz so that people rated how they’d respond to courage-related scenarios. They also asked people to rate how likely they’d be to make economic risks, like starting a new business. (a) What type of study design is this? Be specific. (1 pt) (b) If you turned this study into an experiment, what would your independent variable be? (1 pt) (c) If you turned this study into an experiment, what would your dependent variable be? (1 pt) (d) What is one strength and one weakness of experimental study designs? (2 pts)

Based on the image below, please label the following parts of a neuron using the box of terms below. Please be aware that you will only use terms in the box once and that there are many distractor terms included in the box that will not be used.   A (the starting parts). B (the entire length). C (the ending parts). D (the bright orange part). E (the large tan part). F (the tan part between the orange parts).   If any of these areas are unclear about what they’re pointing to, please make sure to describe that in your answer for possible partial credit.

Two professors disagree about whether overall amount of time spent studying or student’s type of studying will improve their learning the most. They decide to each encourage their classrooms to do either more hours of studying or different types of studying. These professors both explain to their students which study method they are encouraging and tell them they’ll be collecting surveys throughout the semester to test this hypothesis. What potential problem could this cause?