Social Psychology and Human Nature

Answer the following question in a paragraph minimum of 200 words. Then respond to one peer post of 100 words minimum. Text book: Social Psychology and Human Nature 5th Edition, Cengage Learning by Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman January 3, 2020

Ch. 1 discussion
For the following questions, choose the correct answer and then EXPLAIN in DETAIL why it is the correct answer, and/or why the others are not correct. If proper, give some more examples. If your choice is correct but your explanation is wrong or does not have enough details to demonstrate your understanding, you will NOT receive credit.

1. If you know that achievement is positively correlated with life satisfaction, then you can conclude that
   a. A person’s achievement causes life satisfaction
   b. Life satisfaction causes a person’s achievement
   c. A person’s education level causes both achievement and life satisfaction
   d. We do not have enough information to know the direction of causation
   e. Correlation is an illusion, therefore there is in fact no relationship between achievement and life satisfaction
2. Which of the following is an example of positive correlation?
   a. The more people eat hamburger, the angrier they become
   b. The more people eat hamburger, the less they walk
   c. People learn to focus on their positive feelings
   d. None of the options are examples of positive correlation (provide your own example)
   e. When one is sure the students’ learning outcome is positive
3. Which of the following is an example of negative correlation?
   a. The less people eat hamburger, the less money they spend
   b. The more people eat hamburger, the less money they spend
   c. People who are always focusing on their negative feelings
   d. None of the options are examples of negative correlation (provide your own example)
   e. When one is sure the students’ learning outcome is negative
4. If Mark examines how stress influences people’s math performance,
   a. Stress is the dependent variable, math performance is the independent variable
   b. Both stress and math performance are the independent variables
   c. Both stress and math performance are the dependent variables
   d. Stress is the independent variable, math performance is the dependent variable
   e. The researcher is the independent variable, participants are the dependent variable
   f. Not enough information to decide the independent or dependent variable
   g. We can be sure the stress is the independent variable, but cannot be sure what dependent variable is in this case
   Note:
5. This is NOT the time to express your personal opinion. You have to read the book AND the lecture to learn the correct answers. It applies to ALL discussion questions unless specified otherwise.
6. The questions I give are MULTIPLE CHOICE questions, so treat them as such. That means:
   a. There IS a correct answer for each question. Do not over-analyze it; do NOT invent one. If you do not choose one, I do NOT care how long your explanation is, point(s) is/are deducted.
   b. You have to give the CORRECT LETTER first (e.g., “The correct answer to this question is “B, correlation is not causation”), then explain. That will be the FIRST thing you do. If you do not give correct letters, once again I do NOT care how long your explanation is, you will be marked wrong. By the way, “The correct answer to this question is “B, correlation is not causation” will NOT be counted toward the 200-word requirement. In other words, after giving this correct letter and option, you need to write 200+ words to explain.
   c. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
   Important reminders:
   In order to get full credit, you have to do the following things:
7. Post your two postings: one answering question(s) from me (200+ words), another commenting on a classmate’s post (100+ words).
8. Your comments must be meaningful, showing evidence that you indeed have read and digested the readings
9. Do NOT copy-and-paste or directly quote from the textbook or any source. Paraphrase instead.
10. You need to cite the textbook in the correct APA style with the correct reference (It’s References, not “Sources” or other words). If you want to cite another source besides the textbook, only peer-reviewed journal articles are allowed, no internet sources, unless it’s from a valid source like a Harvard psychology professor.
11. Just a suggestion: many students like to complete the weekly discussion ahead of time, sometimes weeks ahead. I suggest you don’t do that. Because you cannot correct your posts, if you make a mistake, all your posts will be penalized.

Make sure you number your answers accordingly, or a few pts will be deducted.
Note: Again, read the homepage for the criteria of the weekly discussion assignment carefully. The most important reminder: in order to receive full credit, you must post two discussions. The first one is to answer the question(s), and the 2nd one is to comment on a classmate. See detailed instructions on the homepage.
NOTE: You will not be able to see classmates posts until you make your initial post.
*You must cite the textbook: Baumeister, Roy F. and Bushman, Brad J.(2020). Social Psychology and Human Nature (5th Ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN 13: 978-0357122914
In order to get full credit, you have to do the following things:
Post your two postings (one answering question(s) from me 200 word minimum, one commenting on classmate’s post, 100 word minimum.)
Your comments must be meaningful, showing evidence that you do have read and digest the readings
do NOT copy-and-paste from the textbook or any source. Paraphrase instead.
Remember that all work will be checked through turn it in for plagiarism and A.I. anything over 2% will result in immediate failure of this course.