Category: Psychology

Psychology is more than simply common sense’. Evaluate the extent to which this claim can be supported, using research evidence from three of the following blocks: Block 1, Block 2, Block 3, Block 4 and Block 5.
Word limit: 1800 words

Overview
This week, you were introduced to the purpose statement in a research study. In the last two weeks, we’ve also focused on ethical conduct in research and the introduction to research.
This assignment focuses on building a second research matrix similar to the one from Week 3. The content you will include in this matrix includes research concepts that can be found and connected to the same four research articles related to the topic selected for this quarter that are posted in the Announcements area of the courseroom.
Assignment Instructions
Fill out the Research Concepts Research Matrix Week 6 [DOCX] Download Research Concepts Research Matrix Week 6 [DOCX]with research concepts connected to the topic selected for this quarter. Your instructor will provide the articles you are to use for this assignment in the Announcements area of the courseroom. A sample article is included in the matrix to demonstrate the level of depth and breadth of content you should include from the four articles you will read for this assignment. All content you include in your Research Concepts matrix should be summarized in your own words. The purpose statement for each article can be provided word-for-word from each article, however. Please use APA style and format for the citations and references in this assignment.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the methodology used in scientific research.
Identify the purpose of the study.
Identify the statement of the problem.
Competency 2: Evaluate the characteristics, purposes, benefits, strengths, and weaknesses of research methods.
Explain the limitations/implications of the study.
Provide the future research possibilities.
Competency 3: Evaluate ethical issues in research studies.
Describe the ethical considerations in the chosen research.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of an identified field of study, using APA style and formatting.
REPOSTING: As noted in the assignment directions for week three (and week six), the articles you are required to use for the assignment are linked below. These are the only articles you should use for the first two assignments in our class. Please note that in the template for each assignment, we have completed a sample/example article for you to use as a guide for your own “dissection” and summary of the four required articles. Please use the required template linked in the assignment directions (not one you create or design) for all assignments in this course. 🙂
Sample article (we recommend reading this article and then seeing how the example in the template aligns with the content in the article to aid you in completing the four assigned articles):
http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fresults-mindfulness-intervention-feasibility%2Fdocview%2F2443477740%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D27965
ARTICLE ATTACHED BELOW
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6529524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710905/

This 5–7 page paper focuses on challenging a flawed source of information about biopsychology using evidence from credible and scholarly sources. The easy availability of poor quality, outdated, or inaccurate information about how our brains work can make it difficult to find trustworthy information. The objective of this assignment is to practice finding and using credible evidence to counter flawed sources.
Preparation
Choose one of the following controversial statements:
Obesity is caused by lack of willpower.
There are large differences between men and women’s cognitive ability.
Only women should compete in women’s sports.
Topic of your choice related to the content in the chapters on Motivation, Sex, Gender, or Emotion.
Find one flawed source of information on the internet. To find a flawed source, look for one with a substantial number of errors:
Read what the textbook says about the controversial statement.
Use the controversial statement mentioned above and use it as your search word/phrase.
If you don’t see a flawed source on the first page of results, skip to the 3rd page of results or further.
Look for sources that are not accurate based on the information in your textbook.
Tips for finding flawed sources,
Scroll through your social media feeds.
Scroll through your results and look for sources that are not:
.gov websites.
News or press websites.
Then, find three peer-reviewed journal articles in the Capella library focused on the actions of the brain and body that underlie your topic.
Instructions
In your paper:
Describe one other field (such as biology or medical sciences) that studies your topic.
Compare this field to psychology.
Contrast this field to psychology.
For your topic, what is the benefit of the two fields working together?
Summarize your flawed source, including any evidence provided.
Provide evidence from your 3 peer-reviewed journal articles.
For each source:
Discuss the methods, participants, and results.
Explain the reliability, validity, and generalizability of the sources.
Discuss whether the research is ethically based on the 5 APA ethical principles of psychologists. Refer to the specific principles and cite the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of ConductLinks to an external site..
Relate the actions of the mind and body to psychological and physical health.
Describe the actions of brain and body involved.
Connect these biological actions to your topic.
Describe one of the psychological or behavioral theories that explain your topic.
Describe the value and limitation of using theories to explain behavioral phenomena.
Construct your own explanation to explain the cause of your topic.
Explain your rationale.
Refer back to evidence already presented in your paper.
Headings
Use headers to organize your paper. Recommended headers:
Flawed source (Level 1)
Peer-reviewed sources (Level 1)
Source 1 (Level 2)
Source 2 (Level 2)
Source 3 (Level 2)
Biological Mechanisms (Level 1)
Theories (Level 1)
Conclusion (Level 1)
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Resources: Use a minimum of six sources: your flawed source, your textbook, the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of ConductLinks to an external site. and three peer-reviewed journal articles.
APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
Refer to Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in using proper APA style. See the Evidence and APALinks to an external site. section of the Writing Center for instructions on accessing and using Academic Writer and APA Paper Template [DOCX] Download APA Paper Template [DOCX].
Length: 5–7 double-spaced, typed pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Farvid (2016) calls for research to “examine the nature and function of heteronormativity.” She talked about how university textbooks depict heterosexuality as normal and natural. For example, King (1988) found that introductory psychology textbooks in the 1980s excluded gay or lesbian topics, or when it did cover it, it did so in the chapters on abnormal psychology or psychopathology, presenting them as pathologies: anything like this happening with textbooks now? Moreover, are LGBTQ+ lives included or excluded (in text or pictures) when discussing topics like sexuality, romance, love, relationships, marriage, childbirth, and couples therapy? 
Later, Barker (2007) found that things after 2000 had improved, but there were excessive discussions of the origins of homosexuality (nothing on the origins of heterosexuality) and discussions on relationships were mostly heterosexual, emphasizing biological and dichotomous (gay vs straight) nature of sexual orientation, and discussions of gender were binary and stereotypical. I would add further evidence of heteronormativity: uncritical reviews of research that support natural and biological nature of sexual orientation. 
Let’s look at introductory psychology textbooks and see if there is any evidence of heteronormativity and how it manifests.
Pick at least one of the attached textbooks published 2009-2015.
Search the index or use ctrl f to find discussions of sexuality, sexual orientation, heterosexuality, homosexuality, romance, love, marriage, sexual dysfunction, childbirth, and related topics. Find a section worth of critique that seems to be heteronormative (it privileges heterosexuality and problematizes everything else). Note that you can find either text or pictures that are troubling, or sometimes the exclusion of content is also worthy of criticism. You can also compare results across different textbooks to make your case.
Once you find a section that you think is good to use, propose your idea to the professor.
Find a peer-reviewed journal article that helps. Identify this to the professor.
Now, write it up.
Quote the section clearly,
and then critique it,
citing at least one source that helps you make your argument.
Conclude with suggestions to the author on how to repair the heteronormativity in their textbook.

There is a list of categories you can chose from to write about, which will be provided in the pdf. APA Format. Have at least 3 refferenecs and a refference page please. Maximum of three pages. !!CHOOSE TOPIC FROM THE LIST BELOW IN THE PROMPT PDF. !!

Gathering ABC Data
Overview
One basic form of direct observation for a direct assessment is ABC recording. With ABC—antecedent, behavior, consequence—recording, the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest, as well as the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors, as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.
The goal is to identify a correlation between the target behavior and time of day, context, or activities. Using a scatterplot—a graphic display of data in a grid format—the behavior analyst can identify what conditions apply when the behavior occurs the most and the least. They can also find similarities in incidences of the behavior’s occurrence—such as the setting, activity, peers present, time of day, and so on. For this assignment, you will gather ABC data for Monica’s property destruction and write a descriptive analysis of the ABC data.
Instructions
Go to the Functional Behavior Assessment: ABC Descriptive Analysis media piece.
Watch the baseline video again and use the ABC Data Collection Form [DOCX] to collect the data. Each time the target behavior of property destruction occurs, record what happened immediately before (antecedent), the target behavior, and what happened immediately afterwards (consequence).
Write a descriptive analysis of the ABC data in the text boxes on the Functional Behavior Assessment: ABC Descriptive Analysis media piece.
Identify any patterns or consistencies in the antecedents or consequences that appear to be related to the challenging behaviors.
Describe Monica’s property destruction.
Describe Monica’s cooperative behaviors.
Identify the hypothesized function of the behavior based on the ABC data. Support the hypothesis with recent, relevant academic literature.
To complete this assignment, copy and paste your ABC descriptive analysis from the media piece into your FBA Template and submit your ABC Data Collection Form and your template to the assignment area.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret findings of applied behavior analysis research.
Identify patterns and consistencies in behavior discerned from data analysis.
Describe identified disruptive behaviors.
Describe identified cooperative behaviors.
Identify hypothesized function based on ABC data.
Competency 2: Apply functional analysis techniques.
Complete ABC data collection based on client observation.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a psychology professional.
Successfully implement APA style.
***if any questions, let me know. 
Monica’s video https://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/PSYC4004element240031/wrapper.asp

Task 1. Instructions located in instructions 
Task 2. 
Working with your group, selected a topic, figure or system within psychology and create your own Meme.  Memes can be informative, historical, sarcastic, funny and most importantly clever… it’s up to you!  Consider our underlying theme of institutional and systemic ‘isms.
There are several sources on line to create a meme such as Meme GeneratorLinks to an external site., quickmemeLinks to an external site., and Make a MemeLinks to an external site. but you do not have to use any of these sources.  You can use Google slides, a doc or PPT to set up your meme.
Submit your meme with a brief description of meme and how it’s related to what we learned in class. The most important rule of this task is Do Not Replicate a Meme On-Line.  Be creative, make your own and have fun!
Please be sure to post on PADLET https://padlet.com/briwaterbury/psych-meme-02-9s7s4n75mv65m6nzLinks to an external site.
Shiraev2e file is uploaded with what we learned in class

valuate the theories (approx. 800 words) along the following parameters: its historical and contemporary developments, and limitations as well as socio-cultural differences, acknowledge the subjective nature of individual experience and discuss the significance of this, consider the strengths and limitations of the theory in its ability to describe and define the key concept and people’s experience of it.
Finally, discuss the application of the theories to real-world contexts (approx. 800 words)

I NEED SOME TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS , I HAVE COMPLETED THE POWER POINT I JUST NEED IT EDITED AND THINGS OR THAT NATURE COMPARED TO THE EXAMPLES, INSTRUCTIONS, AND TEMPLATE.
ORAL PRESENTATION – OVERVIEW 
This is an 18 to 20-min oral defense of your Research Prospectus. Create a PowerPoint presentation of your research prospectus and deliver it in a video format. Your presentation must be presented in PowerPoint.   
Please use the PowerPoint template that I have provided in the Oral Defense folder. 
Dress to impress in business attire.  This counts towards your score for this assignment.  See the Housekeeping matrix in the syllabus.
Save your video in a cloud or on YouTube, etc.  Post the LINK to your video in the place provided.
Reflect upon the content of your Introduction and Rationale and be prepared to address these question(s):
Who cares about the behavior you are proposing and WHY?
Would the results of this research significantly affect human life?  How? Why?
In what way do you think the positive results of this study would improve the lives of your colleagues?
In what way would this research move science forward?
Is this study replicating a previous study? If so, then why are you proposing to replicate it?
What do you expect the outcome to be?   
POWERPOINT SLIDES
The template you must use is located in this Oral Defense folder. Clarification, the organization of your slides is what must be followed.  
Add more as needed.
Change the background design to something else.
The color of your background and font must be pleasing.  While hot pink and orange or navy blue and red might be your favorite combinations, they don’t typically show-up well on PowerPoint slide, I am afraid.  
Always be cognizant that someone in your audience might be colorblind or otherwise visually impaired, so try using contracting colors as the rule of thumb.
Font sizes (points) for each slide work well between 36 and 44 pts.
Font sizes (points) in the body of a slide work well between 14 and 20 pts.
Font themes – Use Arial, Times Roman, or Courier. 
No paragraphs, please, and thanks.
Your Powerpoint slides that the audience will see outlines your presentation. They are not your notecards.  You may have handheld notecards or you can use the “presenter’s slides” feature in PowerPoint. 
Submit your PowerPoint slides file in the assignment provided

Develop a 2-to-5-page paper, using APA style, that describes memory in terms of information processing. Be sure to distinguish between sensory, short term, and long-term memory. Use two to three scholarly articles to substantiate your argument.