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Week 4 Assignment Worksheet

Psychodynamic Theories

Complete the following table.

Theorists	Main tenets of theory	Unique contributions	Limitations
Freud	Stressed the importance of  early childhood events, the  influence of the unconscious  and sexual instincts in the  development and formation of  personality.	Mental Energy In Freuds view: 1. All mental energy was derived from the body. 2. Humans only have a limited amount of energy. 3. There is causation for all human behavior. 4. The goal of human behavior is tension-reduction.	as his subjects were mostly Viennese upper-class women; a considerably small portion of human society. Therefore, the data he collected to support his theories would have a large margin of error. Also, one had to take in mind the influence of this historical context on Freud’s own mindset; certainly the Victorian ethics and general European attitude distorted his views on psychology and the human mind.
Jung	Focused on concepts such as the collective unconscious, archetypes and psychological types.
Adler	Believed the core motive behind personality involves striving for superiority, or the desire to overcome challenges and move closer
Horney

Defense Mechanisms

Match the example with the appropriate defense mechanism.

1. H A woman is involved in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down, but she cannot remember any details of the accident.

2. G Taking a test makes me nervous, so I bite my nails.

3. A My boss yelled at me at work today and it made me very upset. I went home and ended up yelling at my spouse that night.

4. F Even though I drink alcohol every day, I am not an alcoholic.

5. E I hate Alex, but I am overly nice and friendly when interacting with him at work.

6. B I broke up with my boyfriend, but I am fine with it because he was a loser anyway.

7. C_I am convinced that my husband is cheating on me, even though I am the one who frequently thinks about cheating on him.

8. D_I am very frustrated at work and just want to scream, but instead I go to the gym and work out my frustration on the treadmill.

A. Displacement

B. Rationalization

C. Repression

D. Sublimation

E. Projection

F. Denial

G. Regression

H. Reaction Formation

Psychosexual Stages of Development

Fill in the appropriate psychosexual stage for the following descriptions.

1. The ______ stage focuses on mature sexual relationships.

2. A 3rd grader still sucks their thumb. They may have a(n) _______ fixation.

3. An adult who exhibits a lack of self-discipline and messiness may have struggled with toilet training. This person may have experienced difficulty in the ________ stage.

4. A child tends to prefer the parent of the opposite sex and views the same-sex parent as a threat. This conflict occurs in the _______ stage

5. Children tend to focus on peer relationships with same-sex friends and other nonsexual activities. This behavior occurs in the _______ stage.

Stress and Coping

Consider the following scenario:

You have unexpectedly lost your job due to layoffs at your company. You are the sole provider of income for your family. You are worried about how you will pay your bills and support your family during this time.

Write 150 to 200 words describing how stress can affect you physically and mentally, and which coping strategies you may use to work through this situation.

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How much water and energy are in a small storm? (20 points)

 

The liquid water that is in a thunderstorm in the Midwest primarily comes from evaporated water from the Gulf of Mexico. When that water vapor condenses in the updraft of a thunderstorm, tiny liquid water droplets form and the storm is born. Let’s calculate how much water and energy is in a small thunderstorm complex – the kind that pop up on a hot summer day. Please find the total number of gallons of water in this storm and also the total energy content of the storm expressed in megatons and joules. You must show your work to get credit.

 

Assumptions:

Each cubic centimeter (cm3) contains 7.5*10-7 grams of water (7.5*10-7 g/cm3)

The storm’s dimensions are 20 km wide, 15 km long and 9 km tall.

1 gallon of water = 3785 grams of water

Each gram of water in the cloud releases 2260 Joules of energy as it forms those tiny cloud droplets (2260 J/g)

A 1-megaton nuclear bomb contains 4.18*1015 Joules of energy.

 

Water in the Atmosphere

 

Scenario: February is often a bitterly cold month and you may spend most of the month with a sore throat and cough. A doctor will recommend that you get a humidifier to help raise the humidity levels in your apartment. Before you turn on your humidifier, you decide to measure the relative humidity and air temperature in the room and find that the RH = 12.4% and the temperature is 68°F. Using this information answer the following questions. (Hint: check out figure 1.9 in the textbook and in the video lecture I provided***.)

 

1. Write down the equation for relative humidity (RH) in the space below.

 

 

1. What is the air temperature in Celsius?

 

 

1. What is the saturation vapor pressure (SVP) of the air in your apartment?

 

 

1. What is the vapor pressure (VP) of the air in your apartment?

 

 

1. What is the dewpoint temperature (Td) of the air in your apartment?

 

 

Six hours after turning your humidifier on, you measure the humidity levels again and see that the relative humidity has risen to 50% and you are now finding some relief in your sore throat and your cough is gone. The air temperature has not changed. Answer the following questions.

 

1. What is the dewpoint temperature in your apartment now that the RH is 50%?

 

 

1. What is the vapor pressure (VP) of the air in your apartment now?

 

 

1. What is the saturation vapor pressure (SVP) of the air in your room now?

 

 

1. If you were to raise the air temperature in your room to 72°F, how would this change the relative humidity (increase, decrease or stay the same)? In one or two sentences, explain your answer.

 

*** Figure 1.9 shows the relationship between the SVP and Temperature. If you know the air temperature (in Celsius) you can find the SVP (in mb). This same chart can be used to find the vapor pressure (VP) if you know the dewpoint temperature (Td). This works because when the relative humidity is 100%, the VP = SVP and T = Td. So, as you are trying to answer questions #4 and #7 above, use Figure 1.9 to find the VP.