Psychology: Discussion Questions

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Your Report | 0 points Question (Non Graded Questions) | | Q.1) | As noted in the Critical Thinking section of Weiten and McCann (2007, pp. 432-433), people display a number of common fallacies in their reasoning. Identify the fallacy in the following statement. Provide support for your answer. "We need to control street prostitution because it is currently unregulated." | | | | Explanation Circular reasoning. The premise and the conclusion are simply re-statements of each other. (p. 433) | | 0 points Question (Non Graded Questions) | | Q.2) | Identify which broad category of test (i.e., mental ability, personality) and which type of specific test category (i.e., achievement, aptitude, intelligence, creativity) is illustrated by each of the following examples. You may refer to more than one kind of test. Support your answers, where appropriate, by commenting on the validity and reliability of the type of test that you identify.…show more content…
Independent variable: seeing the film. Dependent variable: results of the test Controlled variables: questions in the test Experimental group: students watching the film Control group: students not watching the film. The experiment is a between-subjects design. | | 0 points Question (Non Graded Questions) | | Q.19) | Identify the stage of personality development, as proposed by Erikson, in the following scenario. Support your answer.2. Jocelyn is 25 years old. She feels very insecure about some of the personal and career choices she has made so far. Consequently, at this stage of her life, she is unwilling to search for a serious, committed relationship with another person. | | | | Explanation Jocelyn is likely at Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation. The key concern in this stage of Erikson's theory is whether one can develop the capacity to share intimacy with others. (pp. 451, 470) | | 0 points Question (Non Graded Questions) |

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