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Read and study section 2.4.1. Who is reflected in the mirror? from Unit 2. Then, look in a mirror, like the man in the story, and reflect on yourself in terms of who you really see in the mirror, i.e. take note of your thoughts in terms of yourself with reference to the image you see in the mirror - ignore the physical reflection you see on the surface - this is not who you really are. o Report to yourself, about of what you see in the mirror in terms of section 2.4.1. Who is reflected in the ...

Do you know someone who is a good storyteller? It could be your grandfather, your teacher, or just someone you know. Especially, we are talking about stories that teach a moral lesson, and the language used in telling stories. We want you to find one of these special people in your community and record one of their stories or proverbs or moral lessons. Your discussion should be between 500 - 700 words. You can also use comments on other student's postings as part of your discussion. Remembe...

Read Unit 3 and summarise the following investigations in different paragraphs as your discussion: PARAGRAPH 1 of your discussion – Investigate your name and its origins: o What does your name(s) mean? o Where does it come from? o Do you like your name? Why? or why not? o Has this changed over time? o If you could change your name, what will it be and why will you change it? o Do you think your name(s) had an impact on who you are? PARAGRAPH 2 of your discussion – Interview pe...

PYC4807 - Psychological Assessment 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 2 - 2nd Attempt Question 1: A cognitive test is being translated from English to Afrikaans. The forward-translation design is followed, and a group of bilingual experts will compare the source and the target versions of the measure. Thereafter the source version of the test will be administered to source-language monolinguals and the target version to target-language monolinguals to determine the equivalence of these vers...

PYC4807 – Psychological Assessment 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 2 - 1st Attempt Question 1: Choose the most correct option. The item discrimination index and the item-total correlation are measures of … 1. the frequency of choosing the correct response to an item 2. the predictive value of an item 3. differential item functioning 4. the extent to which an item measures the same aspect as the total test Question 2: Foxcroft (2004) provides guidelines for the development of...

HMPYC80 – Research Methodology 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 3 Question 1: Which of one of the following statements is NOT true about C-studies? C-studies research do NOT ... a) aim to explore or describe without statistical testing and typically use non-random or purposive sampling (NR). b) compare groups or examine relationships between variables by means of some form of statistical hypothesis testing. c) aim to explain phenomena by means of a hypothesis. d) use random sampli...

HMPYC80 – Research Methodology 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 2 Question #1: The title contains at least one central psychological construct from the research proposal or study. 1. Absent, incorrect, or completely wrong. 2. Only partially addressed. It does not attain the item requirement or criteria. 3. Sufficiently up to standard in terms of the item criteria. Question #2 The title indicates the research setting or demographic information of the sample population. Any one of...

PYC4802 – Psychopathology 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 2 Question #1: According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism… a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural perspective. b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity. c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and race in the socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and cultural populations. d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture ...

PYC4808 – Ecosystemic Psychology 2022 – Semester 1 – Assignment 2 Question #1: Systems thinking (also referred to as systems family therapy) is described as counter- cultural and is a shift from the modernist perspective. Danie, a psychology student, describes himself as a modernist thinker. Which of the following premises are consistent with the modernist way of thinking, and which you would expect to be part of Danie’s descriptions of the world: a) Causality is linear b) Causal...