Category: Psychology

The Case Assignment for this course will be to write a 3-5 page essay (excluding title and reference pages).
Choose two television shows such as 7th Heaven, Family Matters, or Parenthood (or another show that features family members interacting with each other). Then watch one episode from each show.
You will need to address the following in your essay:
1) Identify and then discuss the parenting approaches that are exhibited in your two chosen shows. Make sure that you choose two shows with di�er approaches to parenting
2) Identify and then discuss the di�erent communication patterns exhibited in your chosen shows. Make sure to compare the di�erent ways that family members communicate with each other.
3) Explain way to improve the parenting style and communication approaches you viewed in the two television shows.
Writing expectations include competency in the following:
1 / 2 Sentence Structure Spelling Focus and Organization
Thesis Statement & Conclusion Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and typed in 12-point Times New Roman. Your Essay should have a Title Page and Reference Page.
Essays should be proofread for spelling and grammar mistakes.
You must cite all texts used, including page numbers to avoid plagiarism.
Your essay must have a purpose statement and conclusion

For the next few weeks, you will be working on a test development project. The goal of this project is to demonstrate your understanding and application of concepts related to the technical aspects of tests and assessment by creating a new (hypothetical) test.
This week, you will begin by choosing a psychological characteristic on which people differ. A simple, narrow characteristic works best for this assignment. You may want to look ahead to the next two weeks as you will be continuing the project based on your work this week.
Conduct a brief literature review of the psychological characteristic you chose, learning more about it and how it has been defined and measured in the past. Then, answer the following questions about your test. You may use the attached template to help organize your paper.
Test Topic:
What is the name of your test?
What is your test designed to measure? Be specific.
How do you define the construct being measured? Remember, that to create a test the construct should be defined in ways that can be quantified and measured.
What is the purpose of your test? What real-world behavior will it predict?
Background:
How has your construct been tested in the past? Include a focused review of the literature in this area, discussing information on specific measures.
Is there a need for your test? How will your test benefit society? How will your test be better or not better than previous tests?
Conceptualization:
What is the content of your test? Explain why it is covering this content.
Who are the proposed test users? Be specific.
In what setting(s) will the test be used? Be specific.
Who are the proposed test-takers?
What cultural factors might affect test-taker response?
Be sure to respond to each question completely and provide your reasoning to demonstrate you understand the material. At the same time, be concise – 2 to 3 pages should be sufficient to address these questions. Be sure to appropriately give credit to your sources (e.g., APA style citations and references).

Explore the concept of advocacy in relation to psychology and how it relates to performance in the workplace. 
Respond to the following criteria in 3 to 5 sentences each, citing your sources in APA style:
Describe how you would apply a specific theory of social psychology to advance your advocacy agenda.
Describe how you would apply a specific theory of cognitive psychology to advance your advocacy agenda.
Describe a psychological concept that could be used to heighten awareness of the need for social change.
Describe how assessment tools can be used to measure social change.
Describe critical first steps in developing an intervention for effecting social change in the workplace.
All sources and ideas requiring attribution must be cited according to APA style.
Please use at least 1 scholarly source to support ideas answering each question. Minimum of 3 sources, may use more.

Reinforcement is a regularly used treatment for behavior modification. Reinforcers can include food, blessings, attention, protection, and many other things. However, to be considered a reinforcer, the preferred item must result in an increase of future occurrences of the behavior. Briefly distinguish between the two types of reinforcement (positive and negative reinforcement) and provide brief personal examples. Also, briefly discuss how one of the types of reinforcement has been used in current research. The student will post one thread of at least 300-500 words. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 1 scholarly peer- reviewed empirical research article in current APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include the textbooks from our course and outside sources.

The Final Paper
This paper will have three distinct sections: Original Research, Replication, and Extended Research Proposal, with subsections within each major category. Original Research includes the summarized information of the important parts from the original study you’ve chosen. Replication is set up mirroring the experiment from your original project.
Extended Research Proposal is set up like a research proposal that you plan on conducting. FUN!!
Writing Style
Please follow the academic writing standards we’ve been working on all semester.
When writing about the research, stay clearly focused on the findings and meaning of that research, and do not go into irrelevant details, such as how many people were in the study, or where it was done, unless it’s an important factor. This paper must clearly focus on facts and research only. Always remember to cite exactly where all facts and claims come from, even when those claims are vague or in your own words. Always use an appropriate professional tone in writing any formal research paper like this. Do not use the words I, we, you, our, my, or us – this is an informal reflective writing style that is not appropriate for this formal assignment. For example, instead of saying “I will present research on the topic of..” write “Research has found that..” Instead of writing “you can see how important this is..” write “the importance of this research is clear.” With a professional tone “I” and “you” are invisible and the research and facts are the focus. For this paper everything you write must be entirely in your own words. You can only use 1-2 direct quotations for the entire paper.
All information must be properly paraphrased/summarized (putting it in your own words) and also properly cited in APA format. Remember! Simply changing around a couple words or swapping out one or two out isn’t OKAY. That is NOT putting the information in your own words. APA formatting is also required and a big part of the overall grade.

Imagine that you have successfully completed your South University degree and you are now in a leadership position at your dream job. Everything is going well but, your team is now having issues with motivation in the workplace. They have begun to slack on some of their responsibilities and are not as productive as they used to be. The lack of motivation could be for many different reasons, but you are not exactly sure why. After work, you begin to research different theories of motivation and brainstorm solutions to get your team back on track.
For this assignment you will be finding one peer-reviewed journal article related to motivation and report your findings to your team members in an email. The goal of the email is to encourage them with your research findings and provide some solutions to help motivate them in the workplace.
Remember when writing emails in the workplace it is important to have email etiquette, write in a professional manner, and always proofread your message to avoid errors before you press send.
In your email, please provide a brief summary of the article: purpose of the study, methodology, and results. Also, include how you think the information you have learned from the journal article can be useful to your team members and provide solutions on how to help motivate them
at work.
You need to follow all APA formatting rules so you should have an APA title page, an APA formatted reference page and APA formatted in-text citations. The paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length submitted in an MS Word document that includes the following:
An APA formatted title page
Introduction that includes a thesis statement
A complete summary of the article in your own words
Concluding paragraph
An APA formatted reference page

Early childhood begins at the end of toddlerhood, at approximately age two, and continues until middle childhood begins with formal school entry at age five or six. During this period, there are greater changes in cognitive development than any other period of life. At the same time, family relationships provide children with their earliest social experiences. Attachment patterns developed in early childhood influence an individual’s ability to successfully develop and maintain peer and adult relationships throughout the lifespan. For this assignment, you will apply the concepts you’ve learned to an analysis of a case study dealing with adolescence or emerging adulthood.
Preparation
If you haven’t done so, choose one of the following case studies from your Broderick and Blewitt text to analyze the developmental and contextual issues related to the selected case. Each case study includes a set of questions that can guide your analysis of the pertinent issues for the particular case. Mark Spencer, page 424. Angela, page 458.
The case study analysis should be a maximum of five pages, including the introduction and conclusion, each of which should be approximately one-half page. The body of the paper should not exceed five pages.
Organize your paper as follows, including headings for each section:
Title Page.
Introduction: Include an overview of the contents, with a brief summary and background information on the case study.
Case Study Analysis:
Presenting Challenges: Explain the presenting challenge or challenges and primary issue or issues.
Lifespan Theory: Analyze lifespan development theories to determine the most appropriate theory or theories to apply to the case study.
Intervention Process: Apply the appropriate lifespan development theory to support an identified intervention process.
Individual and Cultural Differences: Describe the potential impact of individual and cultural differences on development for the current age and context described in the case study.
Conclusion: Summarize the case study context, challenges, and interventions.
References: Cite in current APA format at least five peer-reviewed articles in addition to the course text as needed to support your assertions.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: References and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and format.
Number of references: Your paper should include at least five properly cited peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook in which the case study is embedded.
Length: 5–6 double-spaced pages of content in addition to the title page and reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 points.

Needing a research paper on psychopharmacology specifically focusing on PTSD and issues that have arised from using medications to help with PTSD.
I️ have attached rubric and instructions.  

Write a short paper on the history of social psychology and the people who have contributed to the field that engages the following:
How has the field of psychology changed over the course of history?
Who do you believe was the most significant contributor to the creation and evolution of social psychology throughout its history? Explain your reasoning.
How does knowledge of social psychology’s history inform analysis of classic and modern social psychology theories and research?

Overview
Successful intercultural communication requires an understanding of cultural fluency. In this assignment, you will reflect on your current cultural fluency by describing what cultural fluency is. You will also discuss ways you can elevate your cultural fluency using one of the scenarios outlined in the project. This assignment is part of Part Two of the project. This assignment will allow you to further explore the importance of cultural fluency and self-awareness and consider how you can use these concepts to communicate and collaborate more effectively with others.
Directions
First, consult the Project Guidelines and Rubric to review the scope of the project.
Next, review the scenario you chose from the Module Two Project Draft assignment. With your chosen scenario in mind, address the assignment prompts below by completing the specified criteria of Part Two in the Project Template.
Note: You can find the Project Template linked in the What to Submit section. You can find the Project Guidelines and Rubric and the Scenario Profiles document linked in the Supporting Materials section.
Specifically, you must address the following:
Project: Part Two: Intercultural Communication and Collaboration
For this assignment, the Module Three Project Draft, you will complete rubric criteria #1 and #2 of Part Two of the Project Template.
Describe how you would demonstrate cultural fluency in the scenario.
Describe how cultural fluency benefits your self-awareness.