What multicultural factors should future studies include?

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Assignment 1: LASA # 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Utilizing the information you compiled for your literature review paper, and the feedback you received from your instructor about the literature review, prepare a 10-15 minute Power Point presentation on your topic, summarizing the key points and conclusions. Be sure to direct this presentation to an audience in the community. For example, if your paper pertained to a topic in developmental psychology, direct your presentation toward parents, or a parenting center. If your topic pertained to substance abuse, direct it toward a community service agency which may use this information for educating teens or parents about preventing drug use, or current clients about treatments and facilities available. Please state in your presentation the specific audience toward whom your presentation is aimed. Include a reference page in APA format, as well as speaker notes and an audio file with your presentation.

Your slides should provide answers to the following questions:

  • What was your topic?
  • What question did you hope to answer by completing this literature review paper? Explain the practical implications of the conclusions of the literature review and the audience to which they are directed.
  • Given the results of your literature review, what is/are the prevailing argument(s)? In other words, which of those is supported by the existing evidence? Be sure to include full coverage of the arguments, including strengths and weaknesses of each of them, supported by your findings from reviewing the relevant articles.
  • Did the researchers consider multicultural factors in their studies? If not, what factors may be involved? What multicultural factors should future studies include?
  • What ethical issues are related to your topic and/or discussed in the studies you reviewed?
  • How do the conclusions of your literature review relate to the various specialization areas in psychology? Tie them to as many as apply from the following areas: biological, cognitive, developmental, social, personality theory, psychopathology, and applied psychology.
  • How can the conclusions of your literature review inform the population towards whom your presentation is directed? How can they apply this information to their daily lives? What advice or ‘take home message’ can you provide to your audience based on the research you reviewed?
  • What research question could you ask in order to further develop this area of study?
  • Why is your research question important and relevant to the current work being done on your topic?

Your presentation should also follow these guidelines:

  • It should be approximately 10-15 minutes in length.
  • It should be clear, concise, and professional.  Writing should be free of spelling and grammatical errors; it should conform to current APA style (including any in-text citations).
  • It should include graphs, tables, figures, or images illustrating your ideas.
  • There should be a final slide listing references in current APA style.
  • The bulk of the text should be placed in the Notes pages of each slide. Keep the amount of text on the slide, itself, to a minimum.
  • You should record an audio file of your oral presentation. You should also type the text of the speech you would give while showing these slides to an audience should be typed into the Notes area.  If you are unable to use the audio feature, the Notes text will suffice.
  • You can refer to the Power Point tips document provided in the Doc Sharing section of the course.
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How would the effectiveness of the proposed intervention be tested?

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Assignment 2: Internet-Based Psychological Interventions

Discussion Topic

With so many individuals using the Internet today, the psychology of the individual, the family, the community, and the society has changed. Some might argue that the traditional psychological theories cannot be applied and therefore psychology as an entire field needs to be revamped to incorporate the impact and the application of internet technology. As a student completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology, your future career will undoubtedly incorporate the use of the Internet in very new ways. Read the following article from the AUO Library:

Ritterband, L. M., Gonder-Frederick, L., Cox, D. J., Clifton, A. D., West, R. W., & Borowitz, S. M. (2003). Internet interventions: In review,
in use, and into the future. Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice, 34(5), 527-534.

Identify a problem area or psychological issue that could benefit from the use of an internet intervention. Now, using what you learned from the article, propose an internet intervention using the following guidelines:

  1. What problem area would the internet intervention address?
  2. Provide a general description of the proposed internet intervention.
  3. How would the effectiveness of the proposed intervention be tested?
  4. What are any legal and ethical issues related to the proposed intervention? Include the specific APA ethical standard(s) in your response.

What are some skills you want to develop in your doctoral program at Walden?

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Prompt: Walden University’s doctoral programs are designed to help students develop the skills needed to grow as professionals. What are some skills you want to develop in your doctoral program at Walden? What will these skills allow you to do, and how will they help you grow as a professional?

By Day 7 of Week 2

Write a 1-page (approximately 350 words), double-spaced personal essay in response to the prompt above.  To present your strongest writing skills, submit an essay which:

  • Provides a focused and clear central idea which responds to the assignment prompt with developed ideas;
  • Organizes ideas with paragraphing and transitions;
  • Uses grammar and mechanics to effectively communicate meaning to readers;
  • Maintains academic integrity by demonstrating your original work. Using outside sources is not required for this essay; if you use them, however, then you must cite any information you paraphrase or quote.

Identify and articulate your own personal theory of infant/toddler development.

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Below is the prompt for the last reflection question. As I stated in class, be confident with your answer. Important to justify/substantiate the answer you provide. Here it is:

Early this semester we discussed multiple “themes” related to development in general. We applied these themes to infancy throughout the semester. After learning about infancy, what would be your personal theme for infant development specifically (Think “Infant Development is…”) ? Identify and articulate your own personal theory of infant/toddler development.

In other words, what about infant development really resonated with you??? Use your obtained knowledge, interesting/surprising findings, etc. to substantiate/validate your theme. This is NOT you choosing a theme from chapters 1or 16 and elaborating on it. Further, I am looking for your thoughts/feelings and using material from class to support your point. It is not designed to just restate material from class. I want to know YOUR takeaways/impressions which will be captured within your “theme.” As I said in class, go “all in” with this. Identify your theme and sell me on it. I am really interested in reading what you learned about babies this semester.

What do you know about the death with dignity movement?

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original work. Less than 20% plagiarism. Must be APA format.

Part 2. After answering Debate questions. Write a paper on debate questions that you answered in Part 1.

 

Death with Dignity

1.  What do you know about the death with dignity movement (you may use the articles or other information that you have obtained)?

2. Why might someone choose to end their life this way?

3. What are the arguments for death with dignity? What are the arguments against it?

4. Do your core values align with death with dignity? Why or why not?

5. Are you for or against death with dignity? Explain.

This is the written portion of the Death with Dignity Debate Assignment. Be sure to submit the answers to the questions and the transcript of the debate.

What might make you more or less likely to have a sense of integrity?

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Original work. Less than 20% plagiarism. Must be APA format.

n this module you will complete the virtual life portion of the project. You will begin with age 65 so that you may complete late adulthood. Please answer the questions below and be sure to include images.

1. Do you expect to have a sense of ego integrity or ego despair as you move into and through late adulthood? What might make you more or less likely to have a sense of integrity? Now that you have been through the exercises of later adulthood, what decisions might you have made either now or in your virtual past in order to cope differently with either negative or positive experiences you have had in your Virtual Life?

2. Write your own conclusion or obituary about your Virtual Life. What significant others in your life remain after you? What would you list as your meaningful moments or accomplishments, either those addressed within this Virtual Life course, or drawn from experiences not mentioned previously?

examine and discuss sport psychology research

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The purpose of this assignment is for you to examine and discuss sport psychology research. Students will be asked to write a 4-5 page Article Analysis/Critique from a peer-reviewed journal such as: The Sport Psychologist, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, etc. Papers must be written in APA format. The Analysis/Critique must include a brief description of the study, a description of the sport and exercise psychology topic used, study limitations, and a discussion for further exploration in the area. This will be discussed further later in the semester.

*Late work – Two points will be deducted per day for each day the assignment is turned in after the deadline. Papers turned in 5 school-days (1 week) after the deadline will not be graded.

Use the worksheet available in canvas to complete the assignment. Type your answers directly into the worksheet. Your submission should include the following:

– APA reference citation (see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)

– Summary (purpose, methods, results, conclusions)

– Implications (future research directions, application of research)

– Personal Evaluation (your thoughts about the research and implications)

– Include a pdf copy of the research article

Offer your own unique thinking about a philosophical topic

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(1) Pick any of the philosophers from the course that have been studied

(2) Select a small aspect of their philosophy that you found interesting (i.e. suffering in Buddhism, categorical imperative in Kant, love in Plato, etc.)

(3) Go to the library online database and find 5 sources: these must be from physical books or electronic journals, not  web sources. You are, however, permitted to use journal articles so long as they are in the library’s online database.

(4) Research your topic in more detail and then write a 5-7 page paper.

Guidelines

  • Quotations should be kept to a minimum. All quotations must be in MLA style
  • 5-7 Pages, Times New Roman, Double Spaced, 12 Point Font
  • Avoid long summaries
  • Offer your own unique thinking about a philosophical topic, and use the secondary sources to elaborate on it. I would suggest reading a few good essays about the philosopher that you’re writing about.

Do some research on the abortion debate, researching both sides and the arguments that are made to defend both sides

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Do some research on the abortion debate, researching both sides and the arguments that are made to defend both sides: research the pro-choice arguments and the pro-life arguments. After researching both sides of the abortion debate:

(i) take a position on the abortion debate (either pro-choice or pro-life) and develop a thesis

(ii) come up with three arguments in defense of your thesis

(iii) write a conclusion as a result of your arguments on the abortion debate

Should be 3-5 pages, 12 point font, double spaced, times new roman

Include a works cited page for any sources used