Category: Psychology

What are the psychological, social impacts/implications? Stigma?Whatdoes normal development look like?Or what are the developmental challenges?

Childhood Development

1. Select one-topic/subject in the field of developmental psychology(i.e lifespan development ranging from prenatal, childhood, adolescence, adult, elderly, etc,.) as it relates the individual.

2. After you have identified your topic of interest, using your textbook and 3-5other sources from the body of literature on the topic research and write a 5-10page paper on the subject (excluding a separate title page and references page) using APA format.

3. Introduce your topic and what you hope to prove (thesis) or what you postulate about the development, changes, challenges, opportunities to health (e.g. emotional, cognitive, physical, social, etc,.)then provide supporting evidence from the literature.Follow the flow of an essay style paper following introduction with a body and conclusion.

4. Address the following in your special topics paper:

a. Whatdoes normal development look like?Or what are the developmental challenges?

b. How does it affect one’s life?

c. What are the psychological, social impacts/implications? Stigma?

d. What treatments are available or cure?

e.How can we resolve the condition/issue or help someone reintegrate back into some sense of normalcy-or improved health/living condition? (your reaction and response)

Why are an expert’s body language and speech patterns important during testimony?Which do you think are particularly important and why.

Expert Testimony- Testifying and Communicating Your Findings

Answer the following questions separately:
1. Why are an expert’s body language and speech patterns important during testimony?
2. Review Barsky’s 10 rules for testifying. Which do you think are particularly important and why.
Book:
Barsky,A.E.(2012). CliniciansinCourt,SecondEdition.GuilfordPress;NewYork,NewYork.(ISBN

Brodsky,S.L.(2012). TestifyinginCourt:GuidelinesandMaximsfortheExpertWitness,Second Edition. American PsychologicalAssociation; Washington, DC. (ISBN 978-1-4338-1212-5)

Barsky’s 10 rules for testifying
https://books.google.com/books?id=on2XfplaMTQC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=Barsky’s+10+rules+for+testifying.&source=bl&ots=fmJc9fGsw3&sig=ACfU3U00VIOJKdKXU0zsLDAt2hJQF9Pq3g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-htvG2ZL0AhWrQTABHcjNDxEQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Barsky’s%2010%20rules%20for%20testifying.&f=false

Is there a relationship between Big five personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openness) and Emotional Intelligence?

Research question:

Is there a relationship between Big five personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openness) and Emotional Intelligence?

Does it meet the guidelines for a good hypothesis? If not, what is missing or incorrect? How could they improve their hypothesis to make it more clear or specific?Does your classmate’s post convince you that their hypothesis should be supported? Why or why not?

Response to student post

The questions below do NOT have to all but answered just a short summary of attached classmate discussion

1, Does it meet the guidelines for a good hypothesis? If not, what is missing or incorrect? How could they improve their hypothesis to make it more clear or specific?

2, Does your classmate’s post convince you that their hypothesis should be supported? Why or why not?

3, Can you think of an argument that supports a different hypothesis (i.e., a different relationship between the variables)?

4, Alternatively, if you find no holes or flaws in a student’s hypothesis or logic of the rationale, then provide positive comments acknowledging their good work and point out what in particular made their hypothesis very strong

Summarise the core health psychology concepts, models and theories that underpin contemporary health psychology research.Critically evaluate the application of health psychology theory to the maintenance of health.

On successful completion of this assessment and this module, you will have demonstrated
your ability to:

1. Summarise the core health psychology concepts, models and theories that underpin
contemporary health psychology research.

2. Critically evaluate the application of health psychology theory to the maintenance of
health.

3. Critically evaluate the role of health psychology research in understanding the
experience of illness.

Identify the factors that contribute to the prevalence of conduct disorder according to these theories.How do these different theories compare? What are their contrasting opinions in regard to prevalence and diagnosis of your.

For Milestone Two, you will submit a draft of Literature Review section of your final grant proposal.

Providing examples relevant or similar to your organizational environment is imperative for those reviewing the grant to truly gain an experiential perspective of the grant.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your milestone assignment:

Conduct a review of available literature around developmental theory in regard to your Conduct disorder.

Using American Psychiatric Association criteria and current professional research publications, how is conduct disorder identified/diagnosed in children and adolescents?

Theory Survey and Comparison: Survey current developmental theories.

Identify the factors that contribute to the prevalence of conduct disorder according to these theories.

How do these different theories compare? What are their contrasting opinions in regard to prevalence and diagnosis of your.

identified problem?

Identify the 3-5 main topics regarding the identified problem, and describe what the research has currently determined using the citation of multiple sources when appropriate.

 

Is your answer to this question based in the preconventional, conventional or postconventional level of moral reasoning? Should the level of moral reasoning be based on the stage of development that the man was in when he escaped from prison, or when he was located by authorities? Explain.

Discussion

A young man was sentenced to serve 10 years for selling a small amount of marijuana when he was 15 years old.

He escaped from prison six months after his sentencing and moved to a different state. The authorities located him when he went to vote, 30 years later.

He is a professional carpenter and a model citizen. Should he be sent back to prison to serve the remainder of his 9.5-year sentence? Why or why not?

Is your answer to this question based in the preconventional, conventional or postconventional level of moral reasoning? Should the level of moral reasoning be based on the stage of development that the man was in when he escaped from prison, or when he was located by authorities? Explain.