Category: Psychology

Discuss the implied message from this article and the need to identify underlying testing items that have subtle stereotypical wording or context that are culturally discriminatory in nature.Discuss effective measures that can address these issues based on your readings for this unit and personal professional behavior.

Appropriate measures for psychological diagnosis, evaluation, and selection

For this Assignment, you will write a (5) paper about choosing appropriate measures for psychological diagnosis, evaluation, and selection.

Be sure to address the following:

Part 1. The Minority Testing Bias Persists  article calls attention to the fact that some tests may be culture-specific without even knowing it. (A COPY OF THE ARTICLE IS ATTACHED).

1). Discuss the implied message from this article and the need to identify underlying testing items that have subtle stereotypical wording or context that are culturally discriminatory in nature.

2). Discuss effective measures that can address these issues based on your readings for this unit and personal professional behavior.

3). What impact does culture have on the process of psychological assessment and influence diagnosis on verbal communication, and on nonverbal communications?

Part 2. Issues with ethics, legal, socio-cultural, and personal biases affecting diagnostic, treatment and selection process.

1). Discuss with examples, the role of ethics, legal, socio-cultural, and examiner biases and how each influences the diagnosis, treatment, and applicant selection processes.

2). Explain each of the following forms of testing issues:

Discrimination

Culture and language barriers

American Disability Act (ADA)

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Your assignment should be a 5-page expository essay, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

1). Title page: Provide your name, title of assignment, course and section number, and date.

2). Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.

3). Your responses should reflect professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate, and reflect knowledge of skills and practice in the human service profession.

3). Reference page: Sources listed in APA format (7th ed.)

Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources outside of your textbook and the Minority Testing Bias Persists  article to support your paper.

4). Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.

5). Use standard 1″ margins on all sides.

6). Use APA formatting and citation style.

What made the chosen solution more effective or appropriate than the alternatives?A research-supported discussion of how the proposed solution should be assessed after implementation. How will the end-user know the solution is working effectively?

Adding Value and Assessing Solutions

Write an additional 1,000-1,250 words in which you expand on the details for the solution you presented in “Learning and Communication Design. Include the following in your expansion:

A research-supported discussion of the value the proposed solution will add for the end user.

A research-supported discussion of the alternate design solutions that were considered and discarded. What made the chosen solution more effective or appropriate than the alternatives?

A research-supported discussion of how the proposed solution should be assessed after implementation. How will the end-user know the solution is working effectively?

This will be the second part of the first paper you wrote. So this paper should flow off of that paper. Any questions let me know.

Discuss trauma and resilience, how trauma affects development, and what might be the determining factors that lead to developmental delays when a child is exposed to trauma.What is research saying about trauma and resilience, and spiritual development and how it can counter the effects of trauma?

Trauma, Development and Spirituality Essay

The essays should be between 500 – 600 words.

APA 7ed. formatting.

Strongly supported with 2–3 scholarly references

References must be less than 10 years old

Discuss trauma and resilience, how trauma affects development, and what might be the determining factors that lead to developmental delays when a child is exposed to trauma.

What is research saying about trauma and resilience, and spiritual development and how it can counter the effects of trauma?

Analyze the research and critically discuss the viewpoints. Ensure that the conclusion contains a good summary of the issues treated and offers suggestions for further study.

What was the tradition of inquiry/methodological approach (e.g., historical, social/political, philosophical/ethnographic, case study, phenomenology, heuristic, hermeneutic, etc.)?

Journal article review, Interests, and Research Question

What was the rationale of the study? How is this particular study adding to the body of knowledge in the field? How did the article mention disputes or limitations that might influence this study? What might be a robust research question based on your research interests in light of the findings in the article?

Review of Qualitative Article (1 page): What was the rationale for the study? What was the purpose statement?

What was the tradition of inquiry/methodological approach (e.g., historical, social/political, philosophical/ethnographic, case study, phenomenology, heuristic, hermeneutic, etc.)?

How is this particular study adding to the body of knowledge in the field? How did the article mention disputes or limitations that might influence this study?

What might be a robust research question based on your research interests in light of the findings in the two journal articles?

Write 3 pages (double spaced, 12-point font, 1 inch margins)Describe what you watched in all six videos and heard and relate the core symptoms discussed in your text.

Paper over videos

There are six videos that you will need to watch and react to as a part of the course. The names and links to the six videos can be found within this module.

review all six videos. Then, write 3 pages (double spaced, 12-point font, 1 inch margins) describing what you watched in all six videos and heard and relate the core symptoms discussed in your text. The assignment is worth 100 points. You will need to submit your assignment to me electronically in the Submit Assignment section of Canvas.

Do not send your assignment to my e-mail account.  will not read it or grade it. It will only be read and graded when submitted through the Submit Assignment section of Canvas. All papers will be checked to determine if work from the original source is incorporated into the written portion of the annotated bibliography and passed off as original work.

This check is done using TurnItIn SimCheck. TurnItIn SimCheck also checks your work against other student papers from current and prior courses. This paper will be graded using the  in Appendix D of your syllabus. It is important that you review the prior to watching the videos and writing your paper.

Video Links

Video 1: Adorable 2 Year Old Displaying One of the Early Signs of Autism Hand-Flapping.

(Links to an external site.)

Video 2: This is Brigette. This is Autism.

(Links to an external site.)

Video 3: Autism Stimming in the Car.

(Links to an external site.)

Video 4: High Functioning Autism and Sensory Issues – Diana’s World.

(Links to an external site.)

Video 5: Severe Autism Meltdown. Mother Attempts to Restrain Autistic Daughter from Self-Injury

(Links to an external site.)

Video 6: Positives about being an Aspie.

(Links to an external site.)

What are areas of your own thinking where in you have been guilty of making assumptions without asking the “tough questions?Why it is valuable for even a Christian with strong convictions to engage in critical thinking?

Biblical correlation to SUD

Read the following essay titled Critical Thinking from Summit Ministries

Read Chapter 3 of your text by Arterburn and Felton.

Write a 2 page paper that responds to the questions below.

What are areas of your own thinking where in you have been guilty of making assumptions without asking the “tough questions?”

Why it is valuable for even a Christian with strong convictions to engage in critical thinking?

How can critical thinking help avoid some of the errant beliefs shown in Chapter 3 of the book Toxic Faith?

According to this essay, how can critical thinking actually corroborate the Christian worldview?

Provide a minimum of one academic resource.

All written assignments should be formatted using APA.

Explain how the evolution of the visual system is linked to visual behaviour.Explain the diff kinds of evolutions and how it helps our behaviour today (eye movement, colour vision, hunting, everyday activities etc.)

Explain how the evolution of the visual system is linked to visual behaviour

Have a coherent argument, go through the lecture slides attached and six the pdfs !! Use technical terms and proper english and grammar!! see the exam marking and write according to the excellent answer standard! give a 250 word introduction on the visual brain and then start explaining the main question “how the evolution of the visual system is linked to visual behaviour  explain the diff kinds of evolutions and how it helps our behaviour today (eye movement, colour vision, hunting, everyday activities etc.) ! Use information relevant to the topic

Explain how what is known about the brain bases of memory and reward enhance psychopathologists’ understanding of mental illness. How do these neuroscientific insights encourage a dimensional approach to psychopathology, rather than the traditional categorical one?

Critical Thinking Questions

Use the reading assignments thoroughly in an integrative discussion. Remember to reference all work cited or quoted by the text author. You should be doing this often in your responses.

Additional evidence-based research may be used, to support the text information, but not replace the text. Remember to cite and reference in APA format.

Respond to each question in 1-1½ pages per question.

Total assignments should be 5-7 pages plus a title and reference page.

1. Explain how what is known about the brain bases of memory and reward enhance psychopathologists’ understanding of mental illness. How do these neuroscientific insights encourage a dimensional approach to psychopathology, rather than the traditional categorical one?

2. It is widely recognized that people with autism spectrum disorder display deficits in communication and social behavior. It is perhaps less often noted that in some areas, their abilities may surpass those of people without autism spectrum disorder.

Draw off what you have learned in the text to support this statement. Very generally, how do the enhanced abilities of those with autism spectrum disorder lend credence to an evolutionary approach to psychopathology?

3. Succinctly distinguish among traditional cognitive therapy, “new wave” cognitive therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and psychodynamic therapy with respect to the aspects of the client’s experience that is thought to be most important in treating depression.

4. Distinguish between adjustment disorder, acute stress disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder with respect to the nature of the precipitating event, the symptoms required for diagnosis, and the duration of the symptoms.

5. Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy offer effective psychological treatment alternatives for many of the anxiety disorders. In a few sentences, contrast the general focus and overall approach of exposure therapy with that of cognitive behavioral therapy. Illustrate the distinction with specific reference to the treatment of social anxiety disorder.

What information provided by the popular source is supported by research or information provided in the articles?Discuss how the topic you reviewed can be applied to the real world. Feel free to include a personal example.

Popular Versus Scholarly Sources

Select a popular media source like a video or a website that covers a topic from the Cognitive Psychology text.

Provide a link to the source.

Summarize the content of the source using bullet points or a 4-6 sentence paragraph.

Identify at least three peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic covered in the source.

Compare and contrast information provided in the source with the three articles by answering the following questions:

What information provided by the popular source is supported by research or information provided in the articles?

What, if any, information in the articles conflicts with the popular source?

Do you consider the media source you selected to be valid? Why or why not?

What questions do you have about the topic based on your analysis?

Discuss how the topic you reviewed can be applied to the real world. Feel free to include a personal example.