Category: Psychology

  • The Social Psychology of Prejudice and Racism: A Commentary on Dr. Zimbardo’s Talk

    Use your perceptions of Dr. Zimbardo’s talk, and Social Psych terminology from chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, when writing your response. Along with your social psychology commentary – I do want you to articulate your own process, observations and emotions regarding this presentation and its contents as they are relevant to our current American and World situations regarding ethnic prejudice/ systemic racism, and stereotype behavior. What is Dr. Zimbardo addressing from a social psychological perspective? What solutions do you envision to avoid individuals and communities from shifting into negative and hateful behaviors? Can you imagine any solutions to this dilemma of human negative behavior(s) that would shift the dynamic? Use Psychological terms throughout your response Use the following terms and define how they affect events you observe in the film: Ingroup, Outgroup, Groupthink and Group Polarization. *Bold each psychological term you are choosing to use throughout your response. Also include at the end of your response – your intellectual and emotional observations and feelings/ affect on the talks experience. *Use both the page on your syllabus that defines the written response process, and this guideline for your work. The only exception is that this response is 2 full pages in length. All writing must be single space only! MLA format only – exception single space! (Single space only). https://www.mla.org/ (Links to an external site.) Size 12 Font only (prefer Times New Roman) 2 full pages – nothing less No spaces between paragraphs .5 indent on paragraph beginning *Bold each psychological term you are choosing to use throughout your response.

  • Title: The Continued Influence of the History of Psychology on Modern-Day Psychology: A Study of Behaviorism

    Write a 3- to 4-page informative essay incorporating the following:
    Choose one school of thought and summarize its major concepts.
    Based on this school of thought, provide an example that shows the continued influence of the history of psychology on modern-day psychology by:Researching past and present factors (e.g., societal values, world events, life events of the theorist, advances in technology) and relating them to the development of psychology as a science. For example: How did the World Wars impact the development of behaviorism?How is this school of thought still being used today?
    How do these factors show the continued influence of the history of psychology on modern-day psychology?

  • Reflection on Adam Curtis’ “HyperNormalisation” “Uncovering the Illusion of HyperNormalisation: A Reflection on Adam Curtis’ Documentary”

    Reflection on recorded talks, films, or podcasts:
    The same style of reflection paper can be written based on recorded talks, films, or podcasts that are posted by the instructor on Canvas. These reflections should follow the same format of 1) explaining the main ideas, themes, or arguments of the film, 2) how it relates to course themes, and 3) a personal assessment. HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2cDKyFdyU&list=PLOBn7ujh5kvgmy8LowCgwstJ6n6T2OMrL&index=25

  • Title: Exploring Human Growth and Development Theories and Their Connection to Spiritual Development

    Researchers who study lifespan development approach the field from several perspectives. Each general perspective encompasses one or more theories – broad, organized explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of interest. Developmental theories provide a framework for understanding the relationships among a seemingly unorganized set of fact or principles.  
    Compare and contrast two human growth and development theories and discuss empirical support. Then read Defining Spiritual Development: A Missing Consideration for Student Affairs (Love & Talbot, 2009), and discuss research on spiritual development and how it could be connected to the other areas of development (physical, emotional, and social).
    I will drop the rubric as well as the dcument for ” A missing consideration for student affairs” 

  • “The Postmodern Perspective in American Beauty: An Analysis of Sam Mendes’ Film and its Relevance to Present-Day Society”

    please analyze the film American Beauty (directed by Sam Mendes) incorporate explanations of why you think it has a postmodern perspective. Explain why you chose to analyze this movie, and why you believe it is an example of us living in a postmodern world. (relate it back to present day) Be specific in your examples.
    be sure to narrow your focus enough to be able to write about it (for example pick one or two examples of postmodernism from the movie in order to narrow the focus) YOU MUST CITE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES IN THE TEXT OF THE PAPER! (APA 7 includes references for films)
    Paper Requirements: Your paper must be written according to the APA 7 guidelines, meaning that the grammar, syntax, and citations must follow APA 7 format. You do not need to include an abstract, but you do need a properly formatted title page, and references page. YOU MUST INCLUDE CITATIONS BOTH IN-TEXT AND ON THE REFERENCES PAGE! Your paper should include a minimum of 5 different citation sources, though you may certainly use more.
    When you cite sources, you MUST paraphrase the source in your own words, unless you are including a direct quote! You may use direct quotes, but they should be used sparingly and integrated into your own writing.

  • “Robin Williams: Overcoming Mental Challenges and Trauma through School Influence and the Theories of Adler and Erikson”

    The famous person I chose is Robin Williams. The significant points are Mental challenges, Trauma in childhood, Drug and alcohol addiction, and School influence. If you want to change them, you can, but I would like to keep at least one.  The theorists are Alder and Erikson. I can provide the book for the outside source if need be, of course. The fourth source is the book.

  • Responsibility for Covering Mental Health Care Costs: A Critical Thinking Analysis Initial Post: In my opinion, a mixture of both healthcare companies and patients should be responsible for covering the costs of mental health services. This is because mental health care is

    Please recall that for discussion assignments: all initial posts are due Fridays and follow-up peer responses are due Sundays, unless otherwise accommodated by your course instructor.
    For this discussion, we will use the Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR) (1) to guide our initial post on the assigned topic; (2) to identify and investigate the elements of critical thinking in our peers’ posts.
    Discussion Topic
    Who should be responsible for helping cover the costs of mental health services, such as counseling or prescribed psychotropic medications and why? Healthcare companies, patients, a mixture of both, or some other party (such as the therapist’s office)?
    Please use 3 of the elements of critical thinking from Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (Facione & Gittens, 2016) to support your rationale/argument with a minimum of 4 sentences per element application (see rubric):
    Accurately interprets evidence, statements, graphics, questions, etc.
    Identifies the salient arguments’(reasons and claims) pros and cons.
    Thoughtfully analyzes and evaluates major alternative points of view.
    Draws warranted, judicious, non-fallacious conclusions
    Justifies key results and procedures, explains assumptions and reasons.
    Fair-mindedly follows where evidence and reasons lead.
    Instructions
    (1) Initial Post: Identify who should cover the costs of mental health care (such as therapy or medications) and explain why they should cover the costs. Utilize at least three of the elements of critical thinking from the HCTSR in providing your rationale. Underline and bold the title of each element that you use prior to explaining your use of the element. Please see the “Sample” format provided below for further illustration of this formatting. Provide a minimum of four sentences for each application of each element.
    Use at least one scholarly reference (this does not include your textbook, though you are welcome to also cite your textbook) in generating your argument. Scholarly sources (also referred to as academic, peer-reviewed, or refereed) are written by experts in a particular field and serve to keep others interested in that field up to date on the most recent research, findings, and news affiliated with the field. Some examples of scholarly references include academic journals or books written by experts in the field. Please note these are not scholarly sources:
    Magazine articles
    News: on TV, in the newspaper, online, any form!
    Blogs
    Encyclopedia/Wikipedia
    Most things you will find in a general internet search!
    The “Links & Tools” Module page on “Finding & Using Article Sources” may prove helpful in supporting your engagement of sourcing scholarly source; you may also wish to review this website on differentiating between source types (https://guides.library.cornell.edu/scholarlyjournalsLinks to an external site.): Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly PeriodicalsLinks to an external site.
    The ASU library offers many relevant resources in supporting our analysis of cost associated with mental healthcare. Scholarly sources of this nature tend to provide objective data that may be used to support one’s claim. Please see the resources provided below in assisting you in your engagement of scholarly sources.
    (2) Read and respond to at least two initial posts by your peers. In each peer response, identify at least one of the elements of critical thinking assessment from Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric that the peer used and discuss the use of this element. Please underline and bold the element discussed.
    *For reference section for discussion assignments, the hanging indent may not work properly. Accordingly, please note that for discussion assignments only, we will not take off points for indenting of the reference section.
    Sample

  • Title: Ethical Considerations in Psychological Practice: A Review of APA’s Code of Conduct, DSM-5-TR, and Peer-Reviewed Literature

    Additional Requirements
    Your paper should meet the following requirements:
    Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
    APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting standards.
    Refer to Academic Writer
    Links to an external site.
    for guidance in using proper APA style. See the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for instructions on accessing and using Academic Writer.
    References: At least six references, including your textbook, APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
    Links to an external site.
    The DSM-5-TR
    Links to an external site.
    And three peer-reviewed journal articles. Note: You can use sources you found for the Week 5 assignment.
    Length of paper: 5–7 typed, double-spaced pages of content, in addition to the title page and references page.
    Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

  • “Reflections on Dewey’s Impact on Modern Psychology”

    The reflection paper should provide a brief overview of the articles, as well as present your thoughts on and impressions of the material covered in the article. For example, your reflection paper may discuss how the information presented in the article influenced current thought or clinical practice, how the information in the article is no longer relevant based on current findings, new ideas stimulated by the article about your own clinical practice or research, a discussion of how the articles expand upon information presented in the text, etc.
    There is a good amount of flexibility in what can be discussed in the reflection paper. They are expected to be thoughtful, specific to the article, and a clear reflection of the material. Each reflection paper must be at least 2 pages single-spaced. The website below were you can find the article 
    https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Dewey/newpsych.htm

  • Kleptomania: Understanding the Impulse to Steal

    I included pictures of how the professor wants it formatted. just follow those steps. the topic is about kleptomania and it has to be at least 6 pages including the cover page and reference sheet. it could be a bit longer if required just not shorter.