Category: Psychology

What are the risk factors and plights for homelessness among US veterans?Do three risk factors identified in articles directly relate to homelessness among US veterans?

Formulating a Research Study Problem & Search of Literature

What are the risk factors and plights for homelessness among US veterans?

Homelessness is a condition of lacking “regular, fixed, and sufficient in nighttime residence,” it entails shifting to different types of accommodation, homeless shelters, and places not suitable for human habitation.

Do three risk factors identified in articles directly relate to homelessness among US veterans?

Apart from the three risks identified, are there any other factors that put the US veterans at risk of homelessness?

Considering what you have read and watched thus far in the course, how might the group members respond? Also, if you were observing the group session as Robert and Susan’s direct supervisor, what feedback would you have for Robert and Susan? Lastly, how would a disagreement with a co-leader affect you if you were the other leader?

Robert and Susan are colleagues and they have developed a group for male adolescents with an eating disorder. There are 8 group members and currently the group is in the working stage. During a session, Robert and Susan disagree about the group topic and do so openly in front of the group.

Considering what you have read and watched thus far in the course, how might the group members respond? Also, if you were observing the group session as Robert and Susan’s direct supervisor, what feedback would you have for Robert and Susan? Lastly, how would a disagreement with a co-leader affect you if you were the other leader?

What will the demographics of your participants be (gender, ethnicity, age range(s), SES, educational criteria (if relevant), history of medical and/or mental health diagnosis (if relevant) )?Do Preventative Measures Against Cyberbullying Decrease the Negative Impact It Has on Adolescent’s Mental Health?

Do Preventative Measures Against Cyberbullying Decrease the Negative Impact It Has on Adolescent’s Mental Health?

Next, make sure you include the following essential information that pertains to the Method elements:

Reiterate your research question. What is the purpose of your hypothetical study?

Determine an appropriate research design that addresses your research question regarding your chosen topic and explain why this design was chosen. Also, what will your dependent (DV) and independent (IV) variables be for this study?

For your Participants section describe the following:

How many participants do you envision having for this hypothetical study and how will you select them (where will you be gathering your participants from)?

What type of sampling method will you use and why?

Will you be assigning participants to groups? Yes, no and explain why

What will the demographics of your participants be (gender, ethnicity, age range(s), SES, educational criteria (if relevant), history of medical and/or mental health diagnosis (if relevant) )?

For your Procedures section describe the following:

Where the study will take place (e.g. online, a lab, a university, a medical or mental health setting, a natural environment, etc.)? Explain why you have selected that particular setting.

Over what period of time will data be collected?

If you are using an intervention, you must describe it in terms of content and also dose parameters (e.g. groups will meet once per week for 60 minutes for 10 consecutive weekly sessions).

For your Measures section describe the following:

You MUST include at least one survey (make sure to include relevant citations and references if you are employing existing measures)

To find surveys, go to PsychTESTS

Explain what the measure’s purpose is and what it studies

Explain what type of measure it is (self-report, therapist, rating, teacher rating, parent rating, etc.) and explain why you consider it appropriate for your research study

Describe how many items the measure has and any subscales it might include

How/when will this measure be used and why (e.g. at the beginning of the study (pre-test), at the end of the study (post-test), etc.)

Explain how you will account for ethical issues associated with your proposed research. In other words, how will you ensure that ethical guidelines will are followed appropriately and adequately?

After reading Smith and Geroski’s (2015) “Decolonizing alterity models within school counseling practice,” what model of alterity would you like to develop as a school counselor?

Discussion

1. After reading Smith and Geroski’s (2015) “Decolonizing alterity models within school counseling practice,” what model of alterity would you like to develop as a school counselor?

2. As your counselees’ families may be experiencing issues and concerns at home, discuss your thoughts about school counselor ethical conduct both culturally and/or personally.

3. A married father of six was having a sexual affair with another woman. Very active in the education of his children, one of his kids suspected he was with another woman.

Their mother took them to “watch” their father, confirming their suspicions. The mother, devastated and distraught, was very angry and did not want her husband to talk to her children at school.

However, because there is no legal document barring him from seeing his children, he was able to do so. Based on the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Code of Ethics, examine how you would work with the mother in the case scenario regarding her husband’s desire to talk to his children at school

When have you unintentionally reinforced an undesirable behavior of someone you know? What was the behavior? How did you reinforce it?What resulted because of this reinforcement?

NOTE: Respond to the following in a minimum of 150 words:

According to the principles of operant conditioning, reinforcement seeks to increase the chances of a behavior continuing, so we should only reinforce those behaviors that we would like to see again. There are times when we may intentionally reinforce behavior of someone for our convenience and not understand by doing so how it fosters such undesirable behavior to continue in the future.

Discuss your answers to these questions with your classmates:

NOTE:  ADDRESS ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS IN THE PAPER: When have you unintentionally reinforced an undesirable behavior of someone you know? What was the behavior? How did you reinforce it?

What resulted because of this reinforcement?

Once you realized the continuation of the undesirable behavior how did you manage to guide the individual to desirable behavior?

Do not use yourself as the person with undesirable behavior you reinforced.

Which schedule of reinforcement is Manuel using to lure in repeat business?Assuming the students find the grade of A or B to be reinforcing, what schedule of reinforcement is at work here?

Which schedule of reinforcement is the reason the boyfriend is still texting so long after the breakup?

Which schedule of reinforcement is this an example of when first teaching a skill?

Which schedule of reinforcement is Manuel using to lure in repeat business?

Assuming the students find the grade of A or B to be reinforcing, what schedule of reinforcement is at work here?

What is your opinion about students’ stress and anxiety levels. Give two reasons why it may be different to the general population.How the findings of this study compared with other studies mentioned in this article?

Journal assignment

Questions:

1. What was the overall aim of this research?

2. Briefly define Mindfulness, making reference to depression, anxiety and stress.

3. Briefly describe the participants and methods used in this research

4. What were the main findings of this research?

5. What is your opinion about students’ stress and anxiety levels. Give two reasons why it may be
different to the general population.

6. How the findings of this study compared with other studies mentioned in this article?

Assessment Criteria and Submission – Very Important

A satisfactory completion of this assignment requires

The main purpose of this material is……………… (State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for this material. What was the author trying to accomplish?

Organizational Psychology
Reading Comprehension Guide
20 points

1. Textbook Chapter and Title:

2. The main purpose of this material is……………… (State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for this material. What was the author trying to accomplish?)

3. The key question(s) addressed in this material is/are……………… (If not specifically addressed, figure out the key question or problem that was in the mind of the author when the material was developed. In other words, what key question or problem is addressed?)

4. The key concept(s) in this material is/are……………. (Identify the most important ideas, theories, definitions, etc., used to support the author’s reasoning.)

This section will likely be the longest in any set of notes as it is where the key definitions, theories, models, etc., presented in the work should be summarized. Approach this section as if you were preparing a study guide on this section of the course.

5. The main inferences and/or interpretations of this material are……….. (Identify the most important findings and conclusions the author presents in the material).