PSY402 - Experimental Psychology

Re: PSY402 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion

Total Marks 5 Starting Date Thursday, January 23, 2020 Closing Date Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Status Open Question Title Memory Question Description SEMESTER FALL 2019 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSY402) GRADED DISCUSSION BOARD Discussion Question Human memory has infinite time duration and capacity of storage, but there are some factors at the same time causes memory decade. In your opinion, what are the possible causes of memory decay? Justify with the help of previous researches. Important Instructions: Your discussion must be based on logical facts. Your comments on the topic should not exceed 200-250 words. The GDB will remain open for 2 working days/ 48 hours. Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course. Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided. Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over. For Detailed Instructions please see the GDB Announcement

Due Date: 25.11.2019 Assignment objectives: SEMESTER FALL 2019 Experimental Psychology (PSY402) Assignment No.01 Lesson No: 3 HEARING AND THE OTHER SENSES Marks: 20 Upon the successful completion of this assignment students will be able to: • Comprehend the concept of pain • Apply the concept of pain the cultural context • Analyze the role of culture in experience of pain Dear students This assignment is aiming to teach you about the concept of pain. This concept has elaborated by the gate theory. You are supposed to comprehend and discuss the concept as well as put it in the local cultural perspective. You will address the following two questions in the assignment. a) How human being experience sensation of pain, discuss with the help of Gate Control Theory. 10 marks b) What are the cultural differences in the experience of pain? Logically discuss with reference to Eastern & Western culture. 5+5 marks Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above-mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline: • Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines: • Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”. • It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003. • Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines: • Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment. • Give the answer according to question. • For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if: • It has been submitted after due date • The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt • It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word) • It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…

Experimental Psychology (PSY402) Assignment No. 02 th Due Date: January 17 , 2020 Assignment Objectives: Upon completing the assignment, students will be able to: • Comprehend the memory models. • Analyze the memory models and their differences. Dear Students, Marks: 20 This assignment is based on the memory models. There are different models proposed in the history to describe the function of human memory. Your task is to comprehend the two main models addressed in chapter 10. In order to complete the assignment, answer the following two questions related to the memory models. Explain both of the models ‘Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model’ and ‘Baddeley’s model of working memory’ briefly. (2.5 +2.5=5) Address three main differences between these two models (5+5+5= 15). Marking Scheme: Brief explanation of models = (2.5 +2.5=5) Differences between models = (5+5+5= 15) Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above-mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline: • Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines: • Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”. • It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003. • Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines: • Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment. • Give the answer according to question. • For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if: • It has been submitted after due date • The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt • It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word) • It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…