A well-developed resume remains an essential element of successfully obtaining a job. This is a multi-part assignment. Part 1: Conduct resarch and write a 1 page paper. Instructions include: Online Job Search – Conduct an on-line job search and identify a specific position you might be interested in applying for. In your paper, discuss your […]
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) to develop a survey that will identify teenagers who are at-risk for driving while intoxicated.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) to develop a survey that will identify teenagers who are at-risk for driving while intoxicated.
importance of research in behavioral sciences
Search for research articles from peer-reviewed publications in the University Library. Examples of peer-reviewed publications are listed in Chapter 2 of Methods in Behavioral Research. Select four research articles to review . Include at least one applied research article and one basic research article. Be sure to apply the scientific method to evaluate the evidence […]
Tests for Understanding
Imagine that you can predict the class’s scores on the Tests for Understanding in this course. In Week 1, there was a bimodal distribution. In Week 2, there was a positive skew. In Week 3, there was a normal distribution. In Week 4, there was a negative skew. What do these different scores tell you […]
motivation for behavioral improvement
The main topics covered in chapter ten are motivation (what gets you started and keeps you going towards a goal) and emotion (the feelings you experience along with a behavior). Over the next day or two, monitor your own behavior. Think of the motivation you have for your various behaviors and the emotions that you […]
What are the arguments against defining learning as a change in either cognitive structures or in the nervous system?
What are the arguments against defining learning as a change in either cognitive structures or in the nervous system?
Massed vs. Distributed Practice (Keppel)
Massed vs. Distributed Practice (Keppel): Read and respond to the section describing Keppel’s experiment (next to the green graph) http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/summer2002/willingham.cfm Read the assigned article, then write a short essay (2-3 paragraphs) that include the following elements. Please paste your completed essay into the comments section rather than attaching a separate file. 1. A paragraph that […]
The amount of time it takes to recover physiologically from a certain kind of sudden noise is found to be normally distributed with a mean of 80 seconds and a standard deviation of 10 seconds
16.)The amount of time it takes to recover physiologically from a certain kind of sudden noise is found to be normally distributed with a mean of 80 seconds and a standard deviation of 10 seconds. Using 15% -34% -14% the figures, approximately what percentage of scores (on time to recover) will be (a) above 100,(b) […]
Balance
Thanks to the ever-increasing wireless connectivity, the boundary between work and personal life is constantly thinning. A new term “weisure” describes the increasing tendency to continue to work during leisure time (Patterson, 2009). Examples include reading work e-mail while spending time with the family and answering work-related cell phone calls during a leisure outing. This […]
Nanotechnology Applications
Assignment 2: Nanotechnology Applications Nanotechnology (also called nanotech) is a branch of materials science that deals with manipulating matter on the atomic scale. It is so called because this field deals with engineering on the scale of a billionth of a meter, also known as a nanometer. Nanotechnology seeks to solve a wide range of […]
