1. According to the Research, What Is the Biggest Determinant in a Male Finding a Date?

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FINAL EXAM ON MAY 4th – See Handout

1. According to the research, what is the biggest determinant in a male finding a date?

2. Do voluntary immigrant children do better in school if they are exposed to their home culture as well as that of their host country or not ? Why?

3. What implications might the term " model minority" have on other minorities that do not fit the bill?

1. Who is more likely to interrupt in family therapy?

jlo

2. What is one power tactic?

jlo

3. What is the difference between contingency and non-contingency?

jlo

1. What types of people are cut out to be social workers?

jlo

2. What are the two different perspectives between social workers and their clients?

jlo

3. What are some of the risks for being a social worker?

jlo

What are some of the causes of homelessness that are mentioned in the study done by Mooney and Ousley? A.I.
The brain's perceptual processes are involved in three general activities. What are these activities? A.I.
What is meant by the term figure-ground? Give an example. A.I.
What is meant by the term perceptual constancies? Give an example. A.I.
What is the difference between sensation and perception? A.I.
According to the study on the violence and aggression directed towards human service workers, done by Shields and Kiser, what were some of the differences and/or similarities between human service workers in rural agencies and an urban children services agency? A. I.

1. What is meta-analysis?

jlo

2. How many categories would be needed to be considered normal distribution?

jlo

3. What was the significance of the story "Allegory and the Cave"

4. What is normal distribution?

1. What is meta-analysis?

jlo

2. How many categories would be needed to be considered normal distribution?

jlo

3. What was the significance of the story "Allegory and the Cave"

What are two of the biggest and most important fields of study within psychology? Robert Frankel

What are the raw materials for perception? Robert Frankel

What are the three general activities that your brain's perceptual proccesses are involved in? Robert Frankel

1. What is meta-analysis?

jlo

2. How many categories would be needed to be considered normal distribution?

jlo

3. What was the significance of the story "Allegory and the Cave"

4. What is normal distribution?

1. What are two of the main objectives used by social scientists to interpret different contexts around the world? Robert Frankel

2. Name 3 of the main factors that pertain to the science of society that social scientists use reliable methods to identify?

Robert Frankel

3. Who was the Greek thinker responsible for "The Allegory of the Cave" that also shaped a lot of the Western culture's ideas on education? Robert Frankel

Describe the shape a normal distribution will produce on a graph.-TD
Define Meta-analysis.-TD
What is, and give an example of an Allegory from class.-TD
Give a possible conflict of interest in a Commutarian Society.-TD

1. What is meta-analysis?

jlo

2. How many categories would be needed to be considered normal distribution?

jlo

3. What was the significance of the story "Allegory and the Cave"

4. What is normal distribution?

College students interests were peaked when an R-rated movie was said to have sexual content, was it higher in guys or girls?

Nate Vassill

Is a women's interest in a movie, stimulated or deterred from a Violent content advisory?

Nate Vassill

In southern city, North Carolina are there more males or females homeless?

Nate Vassill

From the data given in Article 2 "Homelessness in a small southern city" would you expect to find a male or female homeless in a rural setting?

Nate Vassill

1. What is an allegory? AI

2. According to Karp, in America is there a balance of personal liberty and commitment to others? AI

3. What are some noverbal categories of communication? AI

4. What were the similarities or differences between female and male response regarding content-specific advisories for television and movies?

1- What is Communitarianism NB

2- Where do you see Communitarianism in today’s democratic states? NB

3- What are the Mean, Medium, and Mode? NB

4- How is Libertarianism good for democracy? NB

1. According to reading 5 in the farmer book infants can begin to recognize and track the human face at what age? MS

2. What was the reasoning for the experiment in class with different facial expressions?

3. Does every person see the same shade of every color?

1. What type of distribution has two different regions of frequently occuring scores:

A: Bi-modal distribution RM

2. What is the word used to define the most frequently occuring score in a set of scores:

A: Mode RM

3. This type of correlation is when one value increases and is directly associated with another value increasing.

A: Positive correlation RM

4. True or False: If a socre is normally distributed that means they always assume a bell-shaped curve.

A: False RM

5. This phrase or term is defined as a measure of dispersion around the mean.

A: Standard deviation RM

6. What is the percentage of the amount of scores that normally fall within one standard deviation of the mean?

A: One-third (1/3) RM

1. What is Communitarianism and do we live in a communitarianist America today?

2. During class we began to talk about the first reading in the farmer book. The first reading was titled "Allegory of the Cave." What does the word Allegory mean?

3. Do you find Plato's theories and suggestions to be correct in the reading "Allegory of the Cave." MS

What is meta-analysis? (RC)

Central tendency includes what three things? (RC)

What is an allegory? Give an example. (RC)

What are three problems that contribute to homelessness? (RC)

What is an abstract? (RC)

What is the difference between a contingent and a non-contingent reward? (RC)

What are three different types of surveys? (RC)

Can you describe them? (RC)

Is the correlation between high GPA's and happiness positive or negative? (RC)

Japanese families practice shintoism... what is it? (RC)

Who is more likely to be interrupted in a family therapy session: a man or a woman? (RC)

Does attractiveness make a difference when applying for a job? (RC)

What are some hidden factors that can cause bi-modal distribution? (RC)

What is communitarianism? (RC)

What are power tactics? (RC)

Do asian american's really excel in american schools?

Approximately, what is an asian american grade point average ?

When a city has a seat belt law, does usage increase?

What is the matching hypothesis? Robert Frankel

Name two of the people who initially tested the hypothesis of matching? Robert Frankel

Who addressed the question of fait accompli? Robert Frankel

1. Based on the study done in Article two of the Farmer book titled Homelessness in a Small Southern City, what did they find that a majority of the homeless shelters had, males or females? RMM

A: Males, 75% of the shelters

2. What culture is widely considered to be in the students in school? RMM

A: Asian-Americans because their culture widely emphasizes education above all

3. Which group widely does better in school, voluntary immigrants or involuntary immigrants? RMM

A: Voluntary immigrants because they accept their host cultures easily

CAG~
What is contingent vs. noncontingent?
CAG~
Were people more likely to enter a car with an intoxicated driver when another passenger refused or less likely?
CAG~
Regarding physical attractiveness, a couple is more likely to be comprised of two individuals with similar social desirabilities. True or False
CAG~
When regarding marriage and family therapy with a student therapist interruptions are considered what kind of tactic?

1. What types of people are cut out to be social workers?

jlo

2. What are the two different perspectives between social workers and their clients?

jlo

3. What are some of the risks for being a social worker?

jlo

1. Who is more likely to interrupt in family therapy?

jlo

2. What is one power tactic?

jlo

3. What is the difference between contingency and non-contingency?

jlo

1. Who is more likely to interrupt in family therapy?

jlo

2. What is one power tactic?

jlo

3. What is the difference between contingency and non-contingency?

jlo

1. What is an allegory? AI

2. According to Karp, in America is there a balance of personal liberty and commitment to others? AI

3. What are some noverbal categories of communication? AI

4. What were the similarities or differences between female and male response regarding content-specific advisories for television and movies

1- What is Communitarianism NB

2- Where do you see Communitarianism in today’s democratic states? NB

3- What are the Mean, Medium, and Mode? NB

4- How is Libertarianism good for democracy? NB

1. According to reading 5 in the farmer book infants can begin to recognize and track the human face at what age? MS

2. What was the reasoning for the experiment in class with different facial expressions?

3. Does every person see the same shade of every color?

Here are my six questions that were due in class for Wednesday and Friday:

1. What type of distribution has two different regions of frequently occuring scores:

A: Bi-modal distribution RM

2. What is the word used to define the most frequently occuring score in a set of scores:

A: Mode RM

3. This type of correlation is when one value increases and is directly associated with another value increasing.

A: Positive correlation RM

4. True or False: If a socre is normally distributed that means they always assume a bell-shaped curve.

A: False RM

5. This phrase or term is defined as a measure of dispersion around the mean.

A: Standard deviation RM

6. What is the percentage of the amount of scores that normally fall within one standard deviation of the mean?

A: One-third (1/3) RM

1. What is Communitarianism and do we live in a communitarianist America today?

2. During class we began to talk about the first reading in the farmer book. The first reading was titled "Allegory of the Cave." What does the word Allegory mean?

3. Do you find Plato's theories and suggestions to be correct in the reading "Allegory of the Cave." MS

I.mc) Explain Social Science?MC

II.mc) Compare Lomand and Farmer. Which format do you favor and why?

III.mc) How to critique an article and grant merit? What elements persuade or dissuade you? MC

Articles 1 & 2:

Farmer

I.mc) What is an allegory? Can you correlate Plato’s portrayal of ignorance vs. intelligence, as it may be apparent today (social, political, religious, cultural, or educational)? MC

II.mc) Can you remember a situation in which you were ‘paralyzed’ similarly to the description of the cave and the consequential paradigm shift? MC

III.mc)

IV.mc) Based on your personal experience and opinion:

V.mc) Is comunitarianism prevalent in US society? MC

VI.mc) Did you grow up with a feeling and sense of community? MC

VII.mc)

VIII.mc) Does a communitarianism environment subsist at FPC? MC

Lomand

I.mc) Does article #1 contain quality information? Why and/or why not? MC

II.mc) How did reading Article #2 on homelessness make you feel? Have you ever witnessed it first hand? MC

III.mc) According to Article #2 would a homeless individual in a rural location most likely be male or female? MC

IV.mc) When reading such an article what measures of quality do you look for? (Hypothesis, methodology, results, etc) MC

Week 3

Farmer (3, 5)

I.mc) What does the article “The presentation of self in everyday life” mean to you? (3) MC

I.mc) What is your opinion on children with needs integrated into public schools systems? (5) MC

II.mc) Define nonverbal communication. How strong is nonverbal communication? (5) MC

Lomand (3, 4)

I.mc) What is your reaction to article #3? Does this articles statistical research and data have merit? MC

II.mc) Have you had any personal experience in regards to gender discrimination? What is your opinion on the matter? (3) MC

III.mc) Human Service Work, what does this article prove? (risky, unsafe, stressful, and rewarding) (4) MC

Week 4

Farmer (6, 8, 9)

I.mc) According to article 6, what are two important psychological disciplines of study? MC

II.mc) True or False? According to Breshnahan and Blums experiment, low socioeconomic level children’s typically poor school performance is a result of constant contingent feedback in the home. (8) MC

III.mc) According to article 9, is physical attractiveness more important to males or females when making their dating choices. MC

Lomand (5, 11)

I.mc) Women use ____ tactics while men use ____ tactics. (5) MC

Attention
Conversation support
Empirical
Power

II.mc) According to article 11, Asian-Americans culture emphasizes the values of education. The family oriented nature of Asian cultures, equates academic success with upholding the family ______. MC

Week 5

Farmer (10, 14)

I.mc) In article 10 when testing peer conformity in relation to riding with an intoxicated driver; how many conditioned were assessed? How many participants? MC

II.mc) What statistical method was used to test for correlating relationships? (10)

Lomand (12, 13)

I.mc) Article 12. What characteristics of the participants were emphasized as being an important factor in the study? (i.e. college students) MC

II.mc) Would you personally be more influenced by public postings and/or peer conformity? (11) MC

III.mc) As results indicate in article 13, were participants more or less likely to enter the car of an intoxicated driver when a peer refused? MC

Based on findings from psychological literature guidelines, the attorney general of New Jersey now calls for double-blind testing with lineup. True or False? AI
What is meant by double-blind testing with regards to police lineups? AI
According to Getz, does working in groups to perform a task increase or decrease feelings of loneliness? AI
There is a universally accepted definetion of terrorism. True or False? AI
According to Corley, Smith, and Damplhousse, what is the difference between a left-wing terrorist and a right-wing terrorist? AI
According to Gueguen and Pascual's article, which sentence would get a more compliant response from possible doners.
A) You will help me, won't you?
B)Will you help me? AI

According to Wilson, Price, Zimmerman, and Murphy, are female clients, during marriage and family therapy interrupted more than male clients? AI
According to Wilson, Price, Zimmerman, and Murphy, were statements that trailed off in tone or volume seen as being an interruption? If yes, why? If no, why? AI
What does the term acculturation mean? AI
What does the term assimilation mean with regards to culture? AI
According to Steven K. Lee, do Chinese-Americans and Koren-Americans who value the acculturation process have superior academic achievement levels to those who are more interested in the assimilation process? If yes, why? If no, why? AI
According to Brown's article, what is the difference between contingent feedback and noncontingent feedback? AI
Which, according to Brown's study works better in the long run, noncontingent feedback or contingent feedback? AI
Is physical attractiveness important in mate selection? If yes, why? If no, why? AI

Farmer article 11

1. What is the correlation between eyewitness identification and confidence? What can it be compared to? TA

2. What does recent analysis of eyewitness behavior show about future eyewitness research? TA

Farmer article 12

1. Do attractive offenders receive harsher or more lenient punishment than their unattractive counterparts? What attributes to this? TA

2. How was evidence of immorality pursued in Honolulu before Hawaii belonged to the US? TA

3. What are the consequences if evidence of immorality is found of males vs. females? TA

Farmer article 15

1. What attributed to effectively suppressing gangs? TA

2. What technique was ineffective? TA

Farmer article 17

1. Compare and contrast the NCCI and SECC TA

Farmer article 18

1. Describe the three different tribes (The Arapesh, The Mundugumor, and the Tchambuli) and how they can be compared to people of our culture.

Lomand article 15

A. In this experiment, was there a difference in the results for male and female subjects? (NO) TA

Lomand article 16

A. What helps children understand and cope with divorce? (Primary intervention programs) TA

B. What if the children have harmful cognitive affective behavioral consequences as a result of their parents' divorce? (Tertiary intervention programs) TA

CAG
What characterizes a decentralized management structure?
CAG
According to Margaret Mead, are gender roles a learned or natural behavior?
CAG
Sociocultrural, archaeological, human biological, and linguistic subdisciplines are all unified in what discipline?
CAG
New England is an area where soil does not build up over time. The result is that historic artifacts are often found very close to the surface and are easily damaged. What is the one area within New England where soil build up causes artifacts to be found under comparitively much soil?

What does the term Tabula Rasa mean? AI
There is a major flaw in the research done on the effects of family conflicts on the resolution of children's classroom behavior. What is it? AI
According to Dr. Goodby, what are some of the reasons that evidence of the Abenaki is hard to find? Explain. AI
What are some reasons for which Native Americans choose to "hide in plain site"? Give some examples. AI
What is carbon 14 dating? How is it useful in today? AI
Have Native American graves been treated differently from Euroamerican graves? Explain. AI

1. Why is suppression tatics so important to law enforcer's in large cities when it come to gang related activity?
NB
2. How are gang suppression tatics flawed?
NB
3. What is Meads views on how cultural conditions effect human nature?
NB
4. Prisoners are looked at as being in a hierarchical model. Where do they stand in that model?
NB
5. Where do the guards stand in that hierarchical model?
NB
6. Does the model change the guards perception of the inmates or vicaversa?
NB
7. Does staff effectiveness change if proper management skills are implaminted?
NB
8. Are more people apt to get ina car that a person has been drinking and not say anything or refuse to be drivin by that person?
NB
9. Are terrorist motives based in gender?
NB
10. Why is there a perception that terrorists are young?
NB
11. Is there any data refuting that fact?
1- What is Communitarianism NB
2- Where do you see Communitarianism in today's democratic states? NB
3- What are the Mean, Medium, and Mode? NB
4- How is Libertarianism good for democracy? NB
N

What ethinicity is most likely to be a terrorist? RC

What is a push-pull survey? RC

What is a pilot study? RC

What is the difference between centralized and decentralized management? RC

Which had marginally better results: decentralized management, or centralized? RC