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Cognitive psych

This assignment has three components to it, parts A, B and C. Do three assignments to get full credit for this assignment.

Part A

#3: Who is in Your Corner? (Read Chapter 5)

Assignment title: Who is in Your Corner?

Learning objective(s):  Explore the role of social support in coping with your life demands, stressors, emotional challenges, etc.   

Submission details:  Please complete these questions in the discussion board below and respond, in-depth (per the criteria outlined in the course welcome letter) to at least one classmate.

Scoring criteria/rubric:  A rubric is attached to the discussion board.  The assignment is worth 10 points.

Restrictions: Do not use generative AI. You must complete this assignment individually.  

Length: Your answers to each question should be thorough yet concise.  There is no length requirement, but all aspects of each question must be addressed completely.

Resources: Please refer to chapter 5 when answering these questions.  Be sure to integrate concepts from the readings as well as any outside sources that are relevant.  If you use outside sources, please cite the sources and provide and APA style reference.

Please include the following statement on every assignment: “I hereby declare that I have not utilized any generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools or technologies in the creation of this work.”

 

MAPPING YOUR SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK (Adrionna)

All of us, to one degree or another, rely on others to cope with life stresses. This activity will help you see the structure and quality of the social support system that is around you. One way to do this experience is to focus on a specific, recent stressful event and the people who supported you. Another way is to think more generally about the helpful people in your life.

Step 1
On a separate sheet of paper (preferably unlined), draw three equally spaced concentric circles so that they take up the entire page. The inside ring will show the people in your support system to whom you feel closest, those who know you most intimately and provide the most crucial support. Those in the second ring have a somewhat less intimate relationship with you; those in the outer ring are still supportive but not as critically important to you. Now consider the major categories of people in your life: family, friends from high school, current friends, people you know from work, and so on. There may be three, four, or more such categories. By drawing lines from the middle of the inner most circle, divide the concentric circles into as many pie-shaped pieces as you have categories of support people.  (Don’t fill in any names just yet)

Step 2
On the next page, list by initials the people you consider to be the major supportive individuals in your life. Some could be “specialists,” people to whom you go for help on specific problems; some will be “generalists.” Some people you may see virtually every day; some you may see only periodically. Some might provide emotional support (listening to your problems or letting you know you are important to them); some might provide informational support (how to do something); some might provide instrumental support (loaning you money when you are broke); and, of course, some will provide combinations of these types of support. Just stop when you run out of names. Finally, decide whether your relationship with each person is in the inner (most intimate and supportive), the second, or third ring. You may also want to rate the quality of the support each person provides.

Step 3
Now write the initials of each person on the diagram in the location that identifies his or her closeness to you and the category or sphere of your life where you interact (family, work, school, and so on). Draw a small circle around each of the initials (people). At this point you can do many things to depict the nature of your support system. One is to draw lines between all the people in the network who know or are friends with one another. This activity will reveal the density of the network (the number of connections out of the total possible). It can also reveal how integrated or isolated the various spheres
of your life might be. For instance, if you draw many lines across boundaries of your life, you have a highly integrated network—people at school know your family, and people at work know friends you made in high school. You can use colors or other designations to indicate the kinds of support that people provide (one for emotional, one for information, one for instrumental). You could indicate whether the direction of support is usually from that individual toward you or is mutual—you provide as much support as he or she does. One more issue you could examine is the direction of the relationship: Is the person moving toward the inner ring, toward the outer ring, or staying at the same level of intimacy/support? You can also examine other aspects of the network, but this exercise should have made it messy enough!

Discussion

Please note: you do NOT have to include the image of your diagram 

1) What did you learn by completing this exercise?  

2) Do you have more or less support than you realized? 

3) If you have less, how might you acquire more? 

4) Was it easy or difficult to come up with names of supportive individuals? 

5) Would you recommend this practice to a friend? 

6) If so, why?

Part B Mal Psych

Assignment Instructions

MousePartyAssignment.html

Within seconds of entering the body, drugs cause dramatic changes to synapses in the brain. By bypassing the five senses and directly activating the brain’s reward circuitry fast and hard, drugs can greatly alter neural transmission causing changes in behavior.

Your task is to look into the brains of mice on drugs. You will describe the chemical reactions that are taking place in the synapse.

Download the attached document and click on the link. I have also provided the link here:

Mouse Party Activity

After navigating through the different activities in the link, complete the table located in the attached document. Submit your work in the “Submission” box below.

Your score will be calculated using the following rubric:

0 points = I did not complete the assignment.

50 points = My work is grossly incomplete and poorly developed.

75 points = I have a minimal grasp of the material and could use more practice.

100 points = I read the material carefully and have a thorough understanding.

Part C

Science & Evolution

Science and Evolution

After reading the material on Science and Evolution, please, answer the following questions:

On Evolution

1. Explain why thinking that ”
Evolution results in progress; organisms are always getting better through evolution” is a misconception.

2. People may say that ” humans are not currently evolving”. Whys is this incorrect?

3. Explain further the idea that indicates that all of life is related and can be divided into three major 
clades, often referred to as the three domains. How does that relate to the common confusion indicating that ”
humans didn’t come from monkeys (Links to an external site.)“?

On Science

1. After reading (and understanding) our working 
definition of science (Links to an external site.), please, propose your own understanding of science. Tell us what has been your experience with science so far. Does your experience relate to our definition? Why or why not?

2. Review the proposed 
science checklist (Links to an external site.). Apply the checklist to one of the following pseudoscientific proposals: 
Flat earth (Links to an external site.);  
Ancient Astronauts (Links to an external site.)
Body memory (Links to an external site.);  
Detoxification; Law of attraction.  (Links to an external site.)Tell us how do these hypotheses square in relationship with common scientific understanding and why.

3. Read the short article ”
The Psychology of the Pandemic Deniers (Links to an external site.)” by N. Ghaemi. Based on what you know about science so far, what is your position? (Please, avoid political comments).

 

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