Internet Exercises

Anatomy of a Research Study
How Satisfied Are Men And Women With Their Bodies?

About-Face

http://www.about-face.org

1. What is About Face and what are some of this organization's purposes?
2. Review the Body Image Facts page. Who is Liz Dittrich?
3. Identify one thing you found interesting from each of the Facts pages: body image, media, eating disorders, appearance messages, and SES, ethnicity and the thin ideal. Why did you choose each of the ones you did?
4. View the New Top Ten Offenders advertisements. Do you find the images troublesome? Why or why not?

Thinking Critically About Psychology and the Media
Is There A Gay Brain?

The Council for Responsible Genetics

Gene Watch

1. Summarize the central principles of the Council for Responsible Genetics.
2. Select Programs and read the Position Paper on the gay gene. Briefly summarize each of the major sections of this position paper.
3. What are the most compelling arguments made in this paper? What makes them compelling?

Psychology versus Common Sense
Will Rewarding A Behavior Always Increase Our Desire To Perform It?

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

1. What is the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and what are its purposes?
2. Select PCPFS Research Digests and read the one from May 1993, Physical Activity Intrinsic Motivation. What is cognitive-evaluation theory and how does it apply to physical activity?
3. Create a scenario where a child is playing little league baseball, and the recommended guidelines for fostering intrinsic motivation is followed. Now create a similar scenario where the recommended guidelines are not followed.
4. What are your attitudes (or those of a friend) concerning physical activity? How may they have been influenced by messages concerning the intrinsic or extrinsic value of physical activity?