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*Only his teammates who hold and snap the ball will be on the field with him. All the evaluators will be in the press box and he will not see them. 
* The field is an artificial turf and he has never played on such a surface.
* Several days ago, he sustained an eye injury and he will be wearing a patch over his left eye. He has been unable to practice since the accident.


Explain how each of the following factors could influence John's performance at the clinic:
* The "Big Five" trait of Openness to Experience
* Convergence (depth perception)
* Cognitive dissonance
*Social facilitation
* Sympathetic nervous system 
* Non-declarative memory
* Self-efficacy
]]> Tue, 11 May 2021 21:30:02 PDT //www.mustangsla.org/homeworkItem7604248 //www.mustangsla.org/apps/classes/1015615/assignments/ a. Describe how John's eye and brain enabled him to see the bear. In your description, include how the eye focused the image, transduced energy, and transmitted information to the brain. Identify the parts of the brain involved.
b. Explain how the fight or flight response enabled John to run faster than ever before. 
c. Using a current theory of emotion, account for why John experienced fear rather than anger or sadness.
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Explain how the following applied psychologists might attempt to help Alex's current situation.
Health psychologist
School psychologist
Counseling psychologist.


2. A teacher wants to know if nightmares are more common than dreams. He asks for volunteers from his second period class and asks them to report how many dreams they had last week. He then asks his third period class volunteers to report the number of nightmares they had last week. Describe two things wrong with the design of this study.


3. While walking barefoot, you step on a piece of glass. Before you have a chance to consciously process what had happened, you draw your foot away from the glass. Identify and explain the three types of neurons that deal with information regarding this painful stimulus.
]]> Wed, 05 May 2021 00:54:56 PDT //www.mustangsla.org/homeworkItem7532416 //www.mustangsla.org/apps/classes/1015615/assignments/ Part A
Explain how each of the following concepts may help her performance in the play.
*Context-dependent memory
*Acetylcholine
*Kinsethetic sense
* Selective attention


Part B
Explain how each of the following concepts mat hinder her performance in the play.
*Proactive interference
*Yerkes-Dodson law of arousal
*External locus of control
]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:47:27 PDT //www.mustangsla.org/homeworkItem7500250 //www.mustangsla.org/apps/classes/1015615/assignments/ a. Describe how John's eye and brain enabled him to see the bear. In your description, include how the eye focused on the image, transduced energy, and transmitted information to the brain. Identify parts of the brain that are involved.
b. Explain how the "fight or flight" response enabled John to run faster than ever before. c. Using a current theory of emotion, account for wht John eperienced fear, rather than anger or sadness.
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*shyness
*language aquisition
* phenylketonuria
* violent behavior
* schizophrenia
]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:53:48 PDT //www.mustangsla.org/homeworkItem7446435 //www.mustangsla.org/apps/classes/1015615/assignments/ *sample
*assignment
* independent variable
*dependent variable
*experimental group
*control group
*possible confounding variable
*how you would determine whether or not the drug is effective
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Question1
For each of the pairs of terms below, provide an example of how the first term in each pair affects or is related to the second.


basal metabolic rate........obesity
spacing effect.........studying
industrial/organizational psychology.......product design
Chameleon effect ........mirror neurons
maturation........infant memory
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