Assignment 1: Retrospective Analysis of Personality
In this assignment, you will take a retrospective look at your life history. First, choose an area of the brain and explain what it does, as well as how it would impact an activity from your daily life. Then, analyze the roles of nature and nurture in shaping the person you are today. Next, describe the influences of culture, environment, and biology on your gender-role behavior. Subsequently, discuss possible sources of inaccuracy and bias in any retrospective analysis. Finally, discuss the reasons why systematic scientific studies are considered more valuable than individual accounts
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Section 1 (1-2 paragraphs):
• Choose one of the following areas of your brain and explain what it does:
- Thalamus
- Reticular formation
- Brain stem (pons and medulla)
- Cerebellum
- Limbic system
- One of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex
• Explain how the area you described contributes to a specific activity from your everyday life. (Example: During horseback riding, the cerebellum integrates information from the motor systems and balance system.)
Section 2 (1-2 paragraphs):
All of us have been shaped by both nature (biology) and nurture (environment), making us the persons we are today. In most cases, it is difficult to completely disentangle the separate effects of nature vs. nurture with much certainty. However, we can make some educated guesses based on our knowledge of familial tendencies that we may have inherited, as well as knowledge of our environment and experiences. In this section, we ask for you to make some educated guesses about the roles of nature and nurture in your life.
• Describe the role of nature (biology) in shaping what kind of person you are today. Provide a specific example of the role of nature.
• Describe the role of nurture (environment) in shaping what kind of person you are today. Provide a specific example of the role of nurture.
Section 3 (1-2 paragraphs):
• Describe the influences of culture, your environment, and biology on your gender role behavior.
• Use specific examples from your own life to explain your answers.
Section 4 (1-2 paragraphs):
• Discuss the fallibility of memory in terms of bias and inaccuracy when you reflect on your past.
• Identify specific memory biases that could affect how you remember your past. Include factors related to cognition.
• Use specific examples from your own life.
Section 5 (1 paragraph):
• Describe why the science of psychology places more emphasis on results based on scientific studies than it does on personal experiences and anecdotes.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for your paper should be your own experience and the Webtext. For this reason, APA citations and references are not required for this assignment.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Relate psychological concepts to real-world situations.
• Describe the major theories of personality development, learning, memory, cognition, consciousness, development and social psychology.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.
• Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics.
Assignment 2: The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of the effects that war and peace have on the distribution of foreign aid, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 3.
Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:
1. Assess the positive and negative effects that peace and war, respectively, have on the distribution of foreign aid in the developing country that you have selected. Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited.
2. Analyze the specific actions that the leadership of the selected country has taken, through the use of its foreign aid from donor nations and international lending institutions, to relieve the severe problems caused by warfare.
3. Discuss whether or not the extension of foreign aid has successfully reduced poverty and the incidence of warfare in the selected country. Support your response with examples.
4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor's discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.
When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format:
• Webtext Format: Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website url.
Example: Understanding development (4th ed.). (2016). Asheville, NC: Soomo Learning.
• Lecture Format: Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture url.
Example: Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides].
• Internet Resources: Author's Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website url.
Example: Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of people living on a dollar a day.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Analyze how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to alleviate the problems caused by warfare.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics.
Assignment 3: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 6 through 9.
Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:
1. Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples.
2. Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.
3. Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.
4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor's discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.
When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format:
• Webtext Format: Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website url.
Example: Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext].
• Lecture Format: Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture url.
Example: Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides].
• Internet Resources: Author's Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website url.
Example: Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of people living on a dollar a day.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Determine how human capital is used and what effect gender disparity has on these decisions.
• Determine what role health plays in developing economies.
• Examine the role that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank play in transfers and the conditions they set to effect this funding.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics.