Entries by SK

Discussion: Reflecting On Child And Adolescent Development

PSYC 2002: Human Development: Childhood and Adolescence Like human development, every course you take through Walden University is a journey. You likely start out with some excitement about the material and look forward to exploring a variety of topics. Think back to each week of this course. As you read the introductions and looked over […]

Social Heuristics, Social Roles, Prosocial Behavior, Decision Making

2 Questions (read carefully, they have different delivery dates) 1st question: What is the most significant influence of social heuristics on social roles? Why? Are heuristic strategies more likely than controlled deliberate self-control in prosocial behaviors? Explain. Are these strategies more likely in situations that require time or money? Why or why not? 350-400 words […]

Six Steps Of Ethical Decision Making

Dr. Martin Lux, an applied developmental psychologist, has created his own community consultation and program evaluation business. He specializes in helping communities and service organizations set up day care programs for children aged 1 to 3 years. He wants to advertise his services on the Internet and is beginning to develop the following plan: To […]

Global Psy

Define the ratchet effect and generate an example for it (excluding the example of the hammer in the textbook). (Chapter 2.) There are three explanations posited to explain how primates developed such big brains. Name the three explanations and generate a study design that tests these competing explanations. (Chapter 2). (250 words)