After reading this week's prompt, click on the link at the left to begin a thread. 1. when you think of the word "psychology", what images and/or words come to your mind? 2. how would you define psychology? write down your definition of psychology. how does your definition differ from that given in the text? 3. give an example of how psychology has personally related to you in your daily life.

Peggy feels sorry for smokers who have lung cancer because she believes they were duped by tobacco companies to develop a deadly addiction and are therefore not responsible for their disease. when asked to donate money to support lung cancer research, peggy gives generously. peggy’s prosocial behavior can best be explained by the arousal: cost-reward model. the negative state relief model. a norm of equity. attributions of responsibility.