Category: Psychology

For this paper, you will examine the ethical implications of a controversial topic related to forensic psychology.
Choose from the following topics:
Psychologists’ involvement in military interrogations
Psychologists’ involvement in assessments related to death penalty cases
In 1,050-1,250 words, consider the following:
Discuss human rights as it relates to the controversy.
Explain ethical implications that may arise for both sides of the controversy.
A minimum of four peer-reviewed sources and the textbook should be used to support this paper.
NOTE: 1,050-1,250 word essay (4-5 double-spaced pages; check your word count) on Forensic Psychology and Ethical Implications.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.- Please see attached Formatted APA word document for this assignment
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. Please see the Rubric that you have to follow
I’ve also attached the lessons from our reading this week.

Sensation refers to an actual event; perception refers to how we interpret the event. What are some cultural differences that might affect responses to particular stimuli? Create a post using examples from the text as well as your own experiences.

Step 1: Read the tips from the UMGC library on “Finding Experimental (Empirical) Research Articles.” Pay special attention to the sections on “Scholarly Research Articles” the “Structure of An Experimental Article”
Step 2: Using the UMGC Library electronic databases, find an article published in the last seven (7) years in an academic, peer-reviewed journal related to clinical or counseling psychology (e.g., Professional Psychology: Research & Practice). The article should describe, specifically, an experiment or empirical study by the researchers. This means that the researchers conducted a study that contains easily identifiable independent and dependent variables. (Do not select meta-analyses, summaries, editorials, or theoretical articles. It is your responsibility to make sure that the journal article you select is appropriate. If you are unsure about the relevance of your article, contact your instructor for approval.).
Step 3: Read the article starting with the Title and Abstract, which will give you a quick preview of the purpose and results of the article.
Step 4: Read the Introduction. Highlight the purpose of the article and the author’s hypothesis (e.g., what was studied, what did the author predicted, and why did they find the topic worthy of study). Pay attention to the context provided for the research (i.e., what research has been done previously in the field? what issue or problem is this study trying to address?).
Step 5: Read the Methods section. Note the descriiption of the participants and any tests, surveys, questionnaires, apparatus, or other materials that were used. Pay particular attention to the details involved in the experimental procedure. How were the variables manipulated or measured? Recall that the Independent Variable (IV) is the variable that is manipulated by the research (i.e., whether the room is hot or cold (if that is the variable of interest) or whether participants are given a placebo, shown any type of media or other stimuli, given talk therapy, or instructed to take medication (if that is the variable of interest). Remember that the Independent Variable is what was different about the experiences of the different groups. Recall also that the Dependent Variable (DV) is that variable that is measured, or, the outcome of the study.
Step 6: Read the Results. Try not to get intimidated by complex statistical analysis. Instead of focusing on the numbers, focus on the short descriiptions that accompany the findings explaining what the researchers found (i.e., Did the researchers find evidence that supports their hypothesis?)
Step 7: Read the Discussion. Pay special attention here to what the authors say about the importance of their findings or the lack of findings. Think about other things you could do to look at this issue.
Step 8: Prepare a 1-2 page summary of the article fully paraphrased in your own words and your own writing style and structure. Changing a few words from the original is not fully paraphrasing. Be sure to address the following questions in your summary:
What is the purpose of the research? (Address specifics regarding the overall purpose of the research in question.)
What hypothesis is tested? (Provide a clear statement of the researchers’ prediction.)
How did the researchers investigate their research question? (Provide details regarding the study methodology.)
What are the pertinent results of the manipulation? (What were the findings and conclusions drawn?)
What is your personal opinion of the study conducted? Should it be repeated? What could be improved?
What is your overall impression of the work? What are the implications of the study?
Your summary should be written as a coherent essay (do not format as a list of answers to these questions). You may include additional insights in your analysis, but you must address these key issues.
Step 9: Prepare your Article Review according to the following guidelines:
Formatting: Structure your paper utilizing APA style (7th Edition); this includes title page, headings, in-text citations, reference page, and general paper format (1-inch margins, double-spaced, appropriately sized sans serif or serif fonts – e.g., 12 Times Roman). An abstract is not required. Include subheadings for intro method results etc. Please follow the instructions for choosing an article!

Learning Goal: I’m working on a psychology question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
Task:
Identify something specific in your own life, academic or social, where you would like to improve your working memory. Consider how you rely on working memory in this area of your life.
Come up with one strategy that would improve your working memory as it relates to the situation that you want to improve in your own life. For example, you might struggle to keep certain information in mind during everyday tasks. Make sure you can explain how your plan specifically relates to the situation you want to improve.
Apply this strategy in your own life over at least 2-3 days. Spend 20 minutes each day to reflect on your experience in a journal (you might consider writing about it in your Writing Journals for Expressive Clarity!). Be sure to also reflect on the experience once you are done applying the new strategy over 2-3 days. Use these reflections to help you write up your final assessment of your strategy. (See Submission Requirements below.)
It is important to measure your efforts to change. So be sure to do the following:
Before implementing your strategy, take a working memory test (for instance, the OCL, or N-Back test – or another test as appropriate to your strategy) to obtain a baseline score.
Implement your strategy for 2-3 days. Take notes about it.
Take the same working memory test on the 4th day to see if there is any difference in your overall working memory.
Your Submission:
Write a summary of the experience which includes discussion and assessment of your strategy in no more than 500 words. Make sure you include all the following in your summary:
A clear definition of working memory
An explanation of the situation that relies on working memory
A full description of the intervention with justification and analysis of how it is related to working memory
An explanation of the benefits from improving your working memory in this area of your life.
An explanation of how you measured your success using a valid measure explaining why this reflects working memory and why it is an appropriate measure in this case.
A reflection on how successful your strategy was based on your measurement and experience.
Be sure to link your measures and outcomes to your initial description of working memory
Evidence based arguments.
Purpose:
The primary aim of Assignments 1-3 is to introduce students to the concept of designing and executing an experiment, justifying their choices with evidence or logic, analyzing and using valid metrics of a psychological construct, and effectively communicating ideas. The secondary aim is to illustrate ways of implementing strategies that may improve their own practices in their academic or personal lives.
Learning Outcomes:
One score per LO (i.e., the student will receive three numeric scores, each with one of the following LOs selected).
#DescribeCogCapacities: Clearly describe cognitive capacities, such as executive functions, and their importance in real world situations.
A score of 4 will be assigned when the student accurately describes the executive function, elaborates on the definition throughout their assignment by linking the description of that executive function with measures and outcomes of that executive function in a thoughtful and evidence-based manner.
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#ImproveCogCapacities: Design and implement methods to successfully improve one’s own and/or other’s cognitive capacities.
A score of 4 will be assigned when the student thoroughly describes the intervention, justifies the intervention, and analyzes how it is specifically connected to the executive function.
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#MeasureCogCapacities: Use contextually appropriate, valid, and reliable tools to measure cognitive capacities.
A score of 4 will be assigned when the student uses a valid measure of the executive function, analyzes why the metric reflects that executive function, connects the metric and the results to that executive function and the intervention.
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Please follow the rubric and instructions above

Directions
For this assignment you will be “creating” a person. You will choose a gender and name your person. You will then discuss, in essay format, changes that your person will experience throughout the lifespan – from conception until death. For example, if the person you create is Jane, you might explain teratogens and discuss how specific teratogens were a danger to Jane while in the womb. You might move on to explain object permanence and discuss how Jane would experience it.
Choose at least 2 concepts from each stage of development (prenatal/infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood).
Examples of concepts include (but aren’t limited to):
Prenatal Stages
Teratogens
Motor Development
Object Permanence
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Attachment
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
Egocentrism
Cognitive Decline
Marital Satisfaction
For each of the concepts you choose, you will need to:
Write a 1-3 sentence summary that explains the concept (9 points).
Write a 1-3 sentence summary that explains how your person would experience the concept (9 points)
You will need to write in essay format for this assignment. The following format should be used for this assignment and is worth 2 points:
Introduction paragraph (at least 3 sentences): Includes an introduction of lifespan development.
Paragraph 1 (4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of prenatal/infancy.
Paragraph 2 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of childhood.
Paragraph 3 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of adolescence.
Paragraph 4 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of adulthood.
Conclusion paragraph (at least 3 sentences): A summary of the concepts that you covered in your paper.
Reference page listing full APA citations for all sources used (including textbook).

The Assignment is to: Please respond to the questions in the attached worksheet with a total of 860 words. Review the word count for each response.
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**In addition to the textbook, a minimum of 4 resources is required.**
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The TEXTBOOK RESOURCE: Hays, D., & Erford, B. (2022). Developing multicultural counseling competence: A systems approach (4th ed.). Pearson. ISBN-13: 9780137474196
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The other resources (minimum of 4) can be of the writer’s choosing, provided they pertain to the subject and are listed with in-text citations in proper APA format (and listed with links in the reference area so they can be located)

Based on Chapter 5 and Classical and Operant ConditioningLinks to an external site., consider how we learn from a behaviorist perspective by explaining operant conditioning and applying it to a real-life scenario.
To complete this activity,
Choose one of the following situations from everyday life in which learning (i.e., a relatively permanent change in behavior) is desirable.Margot wants her husband, Todd, to stop leaving his dirty laundry on the floor.
Coach K wants to increase his basketball players’ free-throw percentages.
Moore wants his dog to stop jumping up on visitors.
Biggs Boss wants his employees to arrive on time.
O’Neill wants her preschoolers to raise their hands before speaking.
Joe wants his son to earn good grades.
Jack wants his girlfriend, Jill, to show more affection.
Marty wants his friend, Dave, to stop smoking.
Insert your own situation:____________________________________
Prepare a plan utilizing operant conditioning principles to change the behavior of the targeted individual(s), clearly identifying and justifying suitable reinforcers or punishers to attain your desired outcome.Example: If I want my son to eat his vegetables (i.e., increase a desired behavior), I could do several things.If he eats his vegetables, I could apply a positive reinforcer by adding something he does like, such as screen time; alternatively, I could apply a negativereinforcer by taking away something he does not like, such as one of his weekly chores.
If he does not eat his vegetables, I could apply a positive punisher by adding something he does not like, such as a new weekly chore; alternatively, I could apply a negative punisher by taking away something he does like, such as screen time.
After you have shared your plan, discuss at least three factors that might impact the success of your plan, including social and cultural considerations.
Describe at least one ethical consideration as relevant to operant conditioning.
To prepare for this discussion, please read Chapters 5 and 6 of your textbook, as well as Chapter 1: In a NutshellLinks to an external site. and Chapter 10: Assessment in Context: The Alternative to Standardized TestingLinks to an external site. in Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons. Also read the article Cultural Explorations of Human Intelligence Around the WorldLinks to an external site.. In addition, watch the Classical and Operant ConditioningLinks to an external site. video.Lastly, review the weekly Instructor Guidance and Announcements.

Examine each of the following topics for one group of your choice in the LBGTQ community:
Historical and current terminology, language, and labels regarding the group you have chosen. Have members of your group reclaimed any labels?
Current issues being faced by individuals in the group you have chosen.
Your paper should be 1–2 pages in length, double-spaced. Use current APA format, and include in-text citations and sources for all references.

Research Writing Paper 1 Instructions
In this research essay you will discuss the scientific debate on nature vs nurture. Are we more nature or are we more nurture or are we a combination of both?
-Discuss the concepts of nature and nurture.
-What is nature? Give examples of what is meant by nature.
-What is nurture? Give examples of what is meant by nurture.
-Discuss nature and nurture with regards to your own development. The idea is to make connections between research on the information, your life, and the concept of nature and nurture. For instance: When speaking about nature, what traits do you see in yourself and where did you get them?
-When speaking of nurture, what event had a impact on your early life, such as if your parents divorced when you were young, or you moved around a lot, or an illness, or the death of a loved one? Maybe you had really great and supportive parents, how has that impacted or supported your development. Choose only one of these concepts to focus on (if you have an idea for another event, let me know).
Remember this is a shorter paper between 500 and 750 words. There is a lot of information in journal articles from the EFSC library or the internet on any of these topics. Remember the paper is to be research based, so focus on the research. I want to see support from peer reviewed sources in your paper!
Conclusion: Do you think nature, or nurture, or a combination of both has made you who you are today? Explain why you think this (in other words, support your conclusion).
Use MLA or APA Formatting for this research essay paper (Choose one formatting style. Do not combine the two formatting styles).
The paper must be at least 500 to 750 words max. Do not exceed 750 words. (Note: the word count only includes the words in the essay portion of the paper, and not the header, title, or work cited section sources.
Make sure to double space your paper.
Use 3 peer reviewed sources in your paper. (Your textbook can be one source). This means I will see at least 3 different in-text citations in the body of the paper and at least 3 fully cited sources (that match your in-text citations) in the work cited section (MLA)/reference section (APA) of the paper.
Your paper must have a header section (MLA) or a cover page (APA) you do not need an abstract for APA papers. Your paper must include in-text citations and a work cited section sources/reference section sources with fully cited sources. Add the word count at the bottom of the paper. The word count does not include the header section, or the work cited sources.
When you submit your paper to Turnitin, your paper will submit to Turnitin automatically for an Originality score. Your Originality score must be under 25% including the work cited section. You may make corrections to your paper by making changes to the matches in the body of the paper and then resubmitting the paper in the Canvas assignment drop box (up until the due date of the paper). Note: It may take up to 24 hours to receive an originality score after your first submission to the Canvas assignment drop box. Please do not upload a Google doc, PDF, or Pages paper. If you are not using Microsoft Word, please submit your paper as a .rtf (rich text format) file.
Use quotes sparingly! That means one or two short quotes at the most! Put the information from other sources in your own words, which is called paraphrasing. You will still cite your sources in-text and in the work cited section even when you paraphrase the information from other authors. Please do not copy and paste or write information word-for-word from other sources as this not showing your own work and is considered plagiarism.

A 2- to 3-page paper comparing your own path to adulthood with that of someone you are personally familiar with from at least two generations before you (such as one of your grandparents or a similarly aged person). Your comparison should include the following:
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1. Identify the generation of yourself and your chosen grandparent (or similar
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lder) based on the terminology from Pew Research Center (2015) and similar resources.
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2. Compare the experiences of both yourself and your chosen elder in reaching adulthood, supporting your comparison with examples.
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3. Explain whether you believe the chosen elder’s experience in their path to adulthood is reflective of other people in their time, supporting your ideas with research conducted on that particular generation.
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4. Assuming the perspective of your elder, describe any opinions (positive, negative, etc.) they might have on your personal path to adulthood. Provide examples to support your ideas.
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5. Support your work with citations from scholarly resources, and your library research.
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https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/09/03/the-whys-and-hows-of-generations-research/