Description Prompt: (150-word minimum) Read the following article from Brown University that discusses if and how some social media sites and designed to create a possible kind of “addiction.” https://sites.brown.edu/publichealthjournal/2021/12/13/tiktok/ After you have read the article, write a post you feel is safe to share with everyone about what parts of the article resonate with your own social media use. If possible, see if you can recognize various fields of psychology mentioned, such as emotions, cognitions, the unconscious, memory, attention, biology, community, etc, and bring that into your reflection.
Description Write an analysis on a featured debate on learning theory. You will explore how the evolution of learning theories and neuroscience has shaped a current learning controversy. Learning theories evolve over time. It is important to understand how historical, political, and cultural changes affect learning theories and how they are applied. The purpose of analyzing a current learning theory debate allows you to demonstrate your knowledge of theories and critical thinking skills, as well as how to apply theory to your own specialized field of psychology. In this assessment, you will explore how the evolution of learning theories and neuroscience has shaped a current learning debate. Select one of the following learning topics: Multiple intelligences. Learning styles. Brain hemisphere dominance (left versus right brain). The Mozart effect. Homework is essential for learning. The use of technology and "screens" in learning. Learning happens best in a school. Research the historical approaches for the learning controversy and how this issue is currently being debated. Looking at this learning controversy through the lens of learning theories and neuroscience, identify what has changed or been discovered. Analyze the multiple perspectives of the selected theoretical concept. Present arguments on both sides of the debate—both for and against the idea. Assess the effect of the selected theoretical concept on your area of specialization. To complete this assessment, you will need to do the following: Evaluate multiple perspectives on both sides of the selected theoretical concept. Present the arguments from both sides of the debate. Discuss the current state of the debate in the field. Assess the quality of available research being used to support a current debate in learning theory. Examine the nature of the research that is being used by each side of the debate. Determine the quality of this research by determining if the articles are theoretical in nature, are opinions, or are quality academic research.
Description 1) Create a personality/individual difference measure consisting of 10-20 Likert-type items. The content of the measure is up to your group, within the following constraints: (a) Your measure must fall in the domain of social/personality psychology, liberally conceived; and (b) The items may not ask about sensitive behaviors (e.g., sex, drug use, illegal behavior) or constitute a significant invasion of privacy. Your group must clear the topic of your scale with me prior to collecting any data (topic due 1/31). Obviously, this is to be a measure your group created yourselves; do not use existing measures or items. 2) In addition to creating your measure, find an existing scale that measures your construct of interest (or, if you have trouble, find one that measures a construct that should be related to your topic -- e.g., anger is typically related to aggression). 3) Complete the CITI Human Subjects Ethics Training found at: https://about.citiprogram.org/en/homepage/ Links to an external site. . Save and print the completion certificate. 4) Administer both your measure and the existing measure to 20 subjects. Try to get roughly equal numbers of males and females in your sample, and have your subjects identify their gender on the questionnaire. 5) Perform a reliability analysis using SPSS. You should report and discuss the following in your analysis: Means and standard deviations for each item of your created scale; item-total correlations for each item; and the internal consistency reliability coefficient (alpha). On the basis of these results, delete your worst item(s) from your scale. Explain in your write-up why you chose to delete them (in other words, what makes them bad items). Recompute the internal consistency reliability. Did it change? In what way? Explain why or why not. 6) Using the final version of your scale, create a dependent variable that consists of the mean of the (retained) items in your scale. Make sure you explain how you did that in your paper. Then, compute the mean across items for the existing measure that you used. Compute a correlation coefficient testing the relationship between the two measures. Are they significantly related? Explain what might account for whatever results you got. In addition, compute the means, standard deviations, and a t-test testing the difference between men and women on your newly created measure. 7) Write an APA-style description of your work. Your write-up should include the following: Title page Abstract, in APA style, not to exceed 120 words Brief introduction (2-3 paragraphs) to the issue you created your scale to measure. Your introduction should contain references to at least two social psychological / personality articles on the topic. Detailed method section, following APA style. Start off with a (very short) Participants section–how many subjects participated? What was the breakdown by gender? Then, have a Measures section. Describe how you actually developed your scale. What kind of response formats did you use? Why? Did you balance the wording of your items? Why or why not? What kinds of issues did you take into account in the wording of your items? How is your scale scored? etc. Include a table showing the items of your questionnaire. Finish with a (short) Procedure section, where you describe what you actually did. Where and how were participants recruited? How many people refused to participate? Did you have to throw out anybody’s data? Why? Detailed results section. Describe the analyses that you conducted. Present in a table the statistics you were asked to compute in part (5) above. Present the results and interpret what they mean. Describe all the steps you took (e.g., deleting items) and explain why you did what you did. Describe explicitly how you created the final scale score that you used to test your correlation and to compare groups (i.e., gender). Present the r and t-tests that you conducted. Brief discussion section (2 paragraphs). What did you learn about your construct/attitude? Is your scale a good scale? Why or why not? Do males and females differ in their responses? If any differences emerged, what do you think accounts for them?
Description Review the Psychoanalytic Case Conceptualization Example found in this week’s Learning Resources and use this document to prepare your initial Discussion post. Select one of the case studies presented in this week’s Learning Resources, and answer the following points as if you were a person-centered counselor. Use your Learning Resources and the notes you took on language and technique from the person-centered expressive arts therapy video to support your conceptualization and integrate examples from the case to support your post. Include the following: Presenting Problem Hypothesis Treatment Goals Identification and explanation of at least two techniques and interventions Expected Outcome Here is a YouTube link to a part of the videohttps://youtu.be/AtaFR2J2uEI?si=-PxQGOZAPiDrc9N3 https://youtu.be/kvkk1EhKEO0?si=b5dnxltYC3AOUO0o Psychotherapy.net (Producer). (2008c). Person-centered expressive arts therapy
Description https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/twofold/202109/twins-separated-birth-growing-continents-apart "For example, Why is one individual a talented singer featured on Sweden's got talent" and the other not?" Does it surprise you that they have the same voice, hands, and face? Explain why or why not. Why or why not does that surprise you? Because they share 100 percent the same DNA, might you have expected more similarities or not? Explain your answer. Part 2: Choose a relative close to you, a sibling, stepsibling, first cousin, or other genetically close relative to you, compare and contrast their environment to yours and describe how those similarities and/or differences made them similar to you or different from you. (For example, in the same family, some children are born into times of affluence and others are born into less affluence. If you were, for example, the first child and your parents were just starting their careers and they were not very wealthy, you probably did not have many vacations or sports equipment and it is possible that your diet was not as enriched. Later siblings in your families had the benefit of more affluence, let us say, and had more benefits, vacations, music lessons, and perhaps a backyard pool. Their environment was enriched in some way, so to speak, how might that have changed their later opportunities for jobs, materials for writing college entrance essays, and so forth?) Part 3: Finally, in the last paragraph work out your own thoughts about how powerful DNA is versus how powerful life experiences are in shaping who we become. Which do you think has the most influence on who a person becomes? How does that inform us how to parent, school, and guide children?
Description part 1 Topic: "Investigating Heredity" (Garrett & Hough, 2022, p. 111). Neuropsychology is above all a science. As such, those who work in the field use the scientific method to understand the brain and our behaviors. The role of genetics and the environment cannot be denied in mental or physical disorders. However, how we test certain areas or apply the findings of the research can have serious ethical implications. Questions to discuss: What are some of the methods we use to study neuroscience? What can be some of the ethical issues that must be addressed when doing research/experiments? (Garrett & Hough, 2022, 116). Consider stem cell therapy. Why is this considered an "unethical procedure" for some? Should we continue the use of stem cells? Why or why not? (Garrett & Hough, 2022, p. 20). PART 2 Case Study Analysis"Split My Brain: A Case Study of Seizure Disorder and Brain Function" The rehabilitative power of our brain when we are young is absolutely amazing. Read the following case study about a child with epilepsy and the decision that must be made about conducting a hemispherectomy to eliminate the debilitating seizures. Then submit the answers to questions in both Parts 1 & 2 of the case study case study - Alternative Formats (found on pages 2 & 5 of the case study) by the close of Week 1. Please note that you may need to conduct some research outside of your text to completely answer these questions. The following are some good websites you may want to check out: Hemispherectomy - procedure, test, blood, complications, adults, infection, operation, risk. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers. https://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Fi-La/Hemispherectomy.html Lew, S. M. (2014). Hemispherectomy in the treatment of seizures: a review. Translational Pediatrics, 3(3), 218-217. https://tp.amegroups.com/article/view/3760/5032 D'Arrigo (2021, July 7). What is a functional hemispherectomy? WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/functional-hemispherectomy Choi, C. (2007, May 24). Strange but true: When half a brain is better than a whole one. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-when-half-brain-better-than-whole/
Description THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS!!! QUESTION 1: Students - and teachers - come to the classroom with a variety of learning styles. Consider ways in which you could adapt a lesson plan to reach students with varying learning styles. Consider your own learning style and how their plans would work for you. Visit this site for further background on this subject. QUESTION 2: Overview Articles are written to inform, misinform, influence, or misdirect, among other reasons. Sometimes they serve as nothing more than a vehicle for an author to achieve fame, notoriety, and wealth. You should never take at face value the elements of any article you read, but you should be able to: Differentiate between fact and opinion Recognize and evaluate author bias and rhetoric Determine cause-and-effect relationships Determine accuracy and completeness of information presented Recognize logical fallacies and faulty reasoning Compare and contrast information and points of view Develop inferential skills Make judgments and draw logical conclusions When writing an article critique, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comment on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the article. Starting in Module Two, you are assigned two articles to read, which are located in Module Resources for that specific module. You have to select one of the two articles and write a critique of it. In your paper, cite any and all information taken from the article or any other references used. Your goal should be to read and understand the article, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the article. Reading the Article Allow enough time to understand it. Read the article without taking notes to gain an overall picture of its main idea. Read the article again analytically highlighting important ideas and making brief notes of the main ideas and main topic. Main Elements Be sure to address the following within your article critique: What is the issue that the article is specifically addressing? Is this a significant problem or issue related to the concepts and theory in this course? Why or why not? What references did the author use in this article? Did the article contain research? What data was used? What instruments, if any, were used to collect data? What were some of the conclusions, if any, to the research in this article? Was the article reliable and valid? Explain. Was this article well written? Thoughtful and reflective? What were the limitations in this article? Any variables? Any other thoughts, comments?
Description Discuss the results of Larry P v. Wilson Riles and whether or not you believe the ban on using IQ tests for assessing African American students is still appropriate given the changes that have been made to IQ tests and testing procedures. Required podcast listening: https://radiolab.org/podcast/g-miseducation-larry-... https://radiolab.org/podcast/g-problem-space
Description Need to develop a chapter summary for chapter 2. You had sent as chapter 2 summary a brief synopsis of the threats to validity and ethical sections. However, you need to summarize the entire chapter, not just two sections.
