Sensation and Perception
Sensation and Perception
Sensations involve one of your five senses and perception involves the brain’s capacity to interpret, analyze, and integrate the stimuli presented. We cannot tune into everything our senses come in contact with or we would be overloaded with sensory stimuli. Read and respond to the following:
You are the president of a corporation that owns several large department stores. A board member has a plan for preventing shoplifting: In each store, play musical soundtracks containing subaudible and consciously imperceptible verbal messages such as “don’t steal” and “shoplifting is a crime.” Carefully discuss your reasons for supporting or rejecting this proposal to engage in subliminal persuasion. You should offer at least one citation to support your work.
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Assignment 3: Profiling Presidential Stalkers
This assignment introduces a specific theoretical framework used in the profiling of presidential stalkers. The framework, or classification system, uses both psychiatric and psychological factors and integrates them with other information experts in the field may have about individuals who may have engaged in similar behavior.
Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research the behavior of presidential stalkers.
Respond to the following:
- Explain the classification of presidential stalkers.
- Examine the behavior of presidential stalkers from a psychological perspective.
Support your responses with reasons and examples from scholarly resources and historical examples from the textbook.
Write a 2- to 3-page paper in a Microsoft Word document. Apply APA standards to cite sources.
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