TLee(Psy) Part 1 Before responding to the questions below, review in Chapter 1 of the course textbook the five major theoretical perspectives on the causes of behavior that are present in psychology today, which include the biological, learning, cognitive, sociocultural, and psychodynamic. After completing this reading assignment, using the Post New Conversation link at the top of the discussion Topic screen, respond to the following questions. After completing Part 1, continue to Part 2. Part 1 Topic Questions 1. Who are you and what name do you prefer to be called (first, second, nickname)? 2. Where are you from and currently residing or stationed? 3. What are your current and/or future educational aspirations and goals? 4. What are your learning goals for this course? Learning goals should be more than doing your best and earning a satisfactory grade. Everyone should have those goals. Share what you hope to take away from the course as learning you can use. 5. What prior knowledge do you have about the field of psychology and on what sources is it based? Its okay to say TV, movies, magazines, and other popular media if it has been your source. We want to candidly share here because this can be great baseline measure for comparing before- and after-course knowledge and insight. 6. Which of the theoretical perspectives that you read about in Chapter 1 of the textbook do you believe does the best job of explaining human behavior and why? You dont have to be a psychologist or other behavioral science expert to respond to this question. It is asking you to answer based on the meaning you have made of the assigned readings. 7. How can knowledge of psychology benefit you in either your personal or professional life? Part 2 Topic Questions Our course textbook discusses several research approaches, including case studies, observational studies, surveys, psychological tests and laboratory experiments Imagine you are going to conduct research investigating a human behavior that you would be interested in learning more about. Based on your reading describe what research method you would use for investigating it. 1. What drew you to this method? Why would it be well suited for your hypothetical research? 2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this type of research? 3. Then, when responding to your classmates for the minimum of two reply posts requirement, take their research topic of interest and recommend another type of research approach to the study of the topic they chose (Ex: "Another method that might also work is _______" or "Have you thought of the _________ method?" - we want to be respectful and professional and not criticize a classmate's method choice) and explain why you would recommend that alternative method. To help jump start this part of the discussion, here is an example of a human behavior that has been researched: Say you were interested in whether men or women approach each other first in social situations where they do not know one another. You might have an opinion based on personal experience but you want to avoid bias toward one's own experience and ideas that such might cause, so you are going to conduct a research study. To research this, one might choose "naturalistic observation," which could require going into nightclubs and taking note of what you observe men and women doing. Another research method would be to give out a survey to see how men and women respond to the question of whether they approach the other. As researchers who have used these methods for studying human behavior will tell us and as is discussed in our textbook, each has a both a strength and a weakness. length requirement is 300 words.

TLee(Psy)

Part 1

Before responding to the questions below, review in Chapter 1 of the course textbook the five major theoretical perspectives on the causes of behavior that are present in psychology today, which include the biological, learning, cognitive, sociocultural, and psychodynamic. After completing this reading assignment, using the Post New Conversation link at the top of the discussion Topic screen, respond to the following questions. After completing Part 1, continue to Part 2.

Part 1 Topic Questions

1. Who are you and what name do you prefer to be called (first, second, nickname)?

2. Where are you from and currently residing or stationed?

3. What are your current and/or future educational aspirations and goals?

4. What are your learning goals for this course? Learning goals should be more than doing your best and earning a satisfactory grade. Everyone should have those goals. Share what you hope to take away from the course as learning you can use.

5. What prior knowledge do you have about the field of psychology and on what sources is it based? Its okay to say TV, movies, magazines, and other popular media if it has been your source. We want to candidly share here because this can be great baseline measure for comparing before- and after-course knowledge and insight.

6. Which of the theoretical perspectives that you read about in Chapter 1 of the textbook do you believe does the best job of explaining human behavior and why? You dont have to be a psychologist or other behavioral science expert to respond to this question. It is asking you to answer based on the meaning you have made of the assigned readings.

7. How can knowledge of psychology benefit you in either your personal or professional life?
Part 2 Topic Questions

Our course textbook discusses several research approaches, including case studies, observational studies, surveys, psychological tests and laboratory experiments

Imagine you are going to conduct research investigating a human behavior that you would be interested in learning more about. Based on your reading describe what research method you would use for investigating it.

1. What drew you to this method? Why would it be well suited for your hypothetical research?

2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this type of research?

3. Then, when responding to your classmates for the minimum of two reply posts requirement, take their research topic of interest and recommend another type of research approach to the study of the topic they chose (Ex: "Another method that might also work is _______" or "Have you thought of the _________ method?" - we want to be respectful and professional and not criticize a classmate's method choice) and explain why you would recommend that alternative method.

To help jump start this part of the discussion, here is an example of a human behavior that has been researched: Say you were interested in whether men or women approach each other first in social situations where they do not know one another. You might have an opinion based on personal experience but you want to avoid bias toward one's own experience and ideas that such might cause, so you are going to conduct a research study. To research this, one might choose "naturalistic observation," which could require going into nightclubs and taking note of what you observe men and women doing. Another research method would be to give out a survey to see how men and women respond to the question of whether they approach the other. As researchers who have used these methods for studying human behavior will tell us and as is discussed in our textbook, each has a both a strength and a weakness.

length requirement is 300 words.