Category: Psychology

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is intended to help you assess your ability to create a bibliography to support your capstone project.
Action Items
Conduct a library database and internet literature search for information related to the topic of your Capstone Project.
Identify specific books, articles, or journal pieces that appear to have relevance to your project. Pay particular attention to peer-reviewed professional journals as a credible source of resource support for your project.
List the primary research sources you may be using (interviews, surveys, etc.).
Prepare a 1-2 page tentative list of references in APA format that you believe could be used to meet the References section of your Capstone Project Paper. For assistance with APA format, please review this informative APA reference guide from Purdue’s online writing lab along with Franklin’s APA style citation guide.
Note any resource areas for which you would like additional instructor guidance.

Choose ONE of the Claims to evaluate. Which type of claim is it: Frequency,
Association, or Causal? EXPLAIN your answer based on what the type means.

Over time, doctors noticed a trend among their patients: Many of them with chronic conditions were sharing histories of “rough childhoods” and early trauma. Because of this, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study was started in 1998. This study captured just how serious adverse childhood experiences can be, and how, even though a person might try to deny the effects of that trauma years later, the trauma was affecting their health.
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To prepare, review the provided resources related to the ACE study, as well as information related to common chronic health conditions detailed in Arnett (2019). Furthermore, consider situations you are aware of that involved childhood trauma or adverse experiences and any association between these stresses and chronic health conditions.
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an analysis of connections between stress and health issues throughout the lifespan.
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Briefly describe (under 100 words) a hypothetical person who has experienced adverse childhood experiences.
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* Indicate what their ACE score might be based on the survey from Stevens (2012).
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*Identify at least two likely health outcomes that could affect this individual throughout adulthood using evidence from the ACE research. What can prevent these health outcomes from becoming a reality?
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*Explain the role of resilience for this individual and their health issues.
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The purpose of the theory response is to demonstrate an academic and real-world knowledge of a specific theoretical construct from the course. The first Theory Response has 4 parts: 1) State and define the theory chosen for the Theory Response paper. 2) Give an example of how the concept would be used to understand an issue at the macro level (that is an issue involving a very large group like states or national people groups). 3) Give an example of how the concept would be used to understand an issue at the micro level (that is an issue involving a small group like a youth group or college sports team). 4) Give an example of how the concept would be used to understand an issue from your own life. For this theory response you must choose from the following concepts: naturalist approach, CFR approach, or empirical approach. Requirements: 3 pages (minimum of 750 words), 1 peer-reviewed article, and the Sabates textbook; APA format.

READINGS/REFERENCES: Subjective Well-being (Heintzelman & Tay, 2017) Positive Emotions and Well-being (Nguen & Fredrickson, 2017)
Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being (Diener, 2020)
Human Relations (Saylor, 2012)
Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence (Goleman, 2012)
The Surprising Science of Happiness (Gilbert, 2012)
https://ares.umgc.edu/nonshib/ares.dll?SessionID=G… (e-reserves; your emotions and you)
1. Discussion (Main Entry): Post a brief analysis of what you have learned from this week’s readings and activities. Start a new thread, and place the header — Name’s Main Entry (e.g., Jaz’s Main Entry) at the top. Within the body of your post, clearly identify each segment of the required response in order to facilitate discussion development.
Emotions are a fact of life for humans. They help us identify and interpret the events occurring in our lives. For this task, you will record your responses as they occur in 1-minute intervals as you watch the following 4-minute video. That is, you are to pause the video when it hits the 1, 2, 3, and 4-minute markers, recording your answers at each pause period. Once you have completed viewing and recording your responses post here your answer to the “Your Experiences” items (listed below). Part 1: Careful Observations: Print out or on a piece of paper draw the following table
Time Markers
Physiological Responses
Think about what you are feeling physically: heart rate, muscle tension level, body position in your chair, etc.
Cognitive Responses
What are you thinking at this moment? What thoughts, choices, or decisions are you running through your mind?
Emotion(s)
label your current emotion(s)
Baseline
(record state of being before starting the video)
Start video
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1 minutes:
pause the recording:
Record your response states, label your emotion(s).
2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes (The End)
What do you think?
The Video to Watch: (2007, March 27). Get service [Video]. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeXxkbgCVE
Part 2: Your Experiences: We have a wide range of emotions and cognitive approaches available to us. It is how we manage our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that is important. This week we read and viewed resources focused on subjective wellbeing and emotional intelligence, exploring how capable we are in managing and working with our emotive self.
Post as a response to this discussion thread
a. Your responses to the video: Share a summary of the variety of physiological and cognitive responses you experienced during and after watching the video. b. Thinking of others: On pp. 8-9 of “Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being,” Diener (2020) summarizes what he sees as the most important Internal and External influences on subjective wellbeing. Share how you could use this video to open a discussion with friends about subjective wellbeing, as discussed by Diener (2020). c. Self reflection: Assess and describe yourself (or even better, if you are feeling adventurous, ask another person you know to assess you as well) on each of the following aspects of emotional intelligence:
(a) the ability to accurately perceive emotions in yourself or others;
(b) the ability to use emotions to facilitate your mood;
(c) the ability to understand the complex mixture and changeability of emotions; and
(d) the ability to manage or self-regulate your own emotions.

Part 1: Research the sources of a substance abuse problem utilizing either Psychoanalytic, Behaviorist, or Social Control Theory to explain how one might acquire the characteristics which would eventually lead to a lifetime of addiction.
Part 2: For your chosen source theory, create a prevention program using what you have learned from that theory.
Part 3: Utilizing your choice theory as well as at least 2 other sources; describe a treatment modality to treat an individual who has fallen victim to addiction. In the final discussion section for this paper, note what factors are preventable as well as what factors may be helpful for a person to overcome addiction. Your summary section should include your own personal beliefs about the potential outcome for an addicted individual and what must occur in their lives in order to overcome addiction. Please use this Outline below for your paper:
Substance Abuse
I. Introduction to Substance Abuse and Addiction
A. Research on either psychoanalytic, Behavioral, or Social Control Theory as a source of addiction
B. Characteristics of an addicted person based on your theory
II. Descriiption of a prevention program using what you have learned from the theory (How do we target at-risk individuals?)
III. Describe a treatment modality to treat an individual who has fallen victim to addiction. Include such issues as costs, social support, etc. Use the text and at least 2 other sources in your answer.
IV. Discussion-note and discuss factors that are preventable as well as what factors may be helpful for a person to overcome addiction. (Can it happen, but how?)
V. Summary: personal beliefs about the potential outcome for an addicted individual and what must occur in their lives in order to overcome addiction.

After reading Chapter 10, write a one-page, double-spaced paper (250 words minimum) describing the three dissociative disorders (dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and dissociative fugue). What is the controversy about? Do dissociative disorders really exist, or is this just a trend? Have you or a friend had any experiences similar to the symptoms these disorders display?
Paper requirements:
Use current APA format; include proper in-text citations and a reference page
Meet or exceed the 250-word count minimum
Write in an organized manner and avoid grammatical errors

For this assignment, select a peer-reviewed journal article relating to an area of problem solving, decision making, or an intelligence theory that was discussed in class (e.g., fluid or crystalline intelligence, primary/secondary reinforcers, biases, or effective problem-solving strategies).
The article must meet the following criteria:
The article must be from a peer-reviewed journal..
The article must be a research study, rather than a literature review (i.e., the article has to have methods, results, and discussion sections).
The article must utilize a cognitive or behavioral theory, model, or effect.
The purpose of this article review is to get you to think critically about an area of cognition or learning. After reading your chosen article, address the following questions. Use subheadings to differentiate between the various aspects of your review.
Major Findings/Conclusions:
Be sure to include the major findings of the study.
What conclusions did the researchers draw from the data?
Implications for the Field of Psychology (how the findings could be used/applied in the field):
Include how the results of the study can be applied (e.g., why are the findings of the study important?). These may be the implications the authors put forth, or your own ideas (be sure to cite if they are not your ideas).
How would psychology/education/counseling professionals benefit (learn) from the findings?
How might the results improve knowledge or application in the field? What should psychology professionals “take away” from the findings?
Method/Participants:
Describe the basics of how the study was conducted. What procedures were used?
Who were the participants?
Strengths/Limitations of the Study:
Include at least one strength AND one limitation you saw in the study.
Explain why you believe each is a strength or limitation. Hint: study findings are not “strengths” in and of themselves.
The article review should be 1,000-1,250 words. Include a minimum of three scholarly articles.

Soo i already did this assignment and am having issues with the excel data and presenting it. I attached the spreadsheet, rubric, the feedback from teacher and a couple other examples of this assignment, i am just having hard time finishing the assignment for redo.
In this assignment, you will continue to play the role of a behavior-consulting intern. Your company is now working with Pathways an alternative high school. You will analyze the collected data and provide a summary of your findings based on the scenario presented below.
Scenario: Pathways High School
Pathways is an alternative high school. Pathways allows students with behavior challenges to complete their high school experience with a more flexible and positive approach. Their mission is to create an environment that allows students to consistently exceed expectations, maintain high levels of student and family satisfaction, and meet cost effectiveness standards. They strive to provide the highest education possible to students from a variety of communities and cultural backgrounds.
Acme, Inc., assisted Pathways with the creation of individual behavior intervention plans (BIP) for students displaying high levels of inappropriate behaviors. In addition, ACME used behavior skills training (BST) to train all staff on the basics of ABA and how to implement each BIP.
A behavior management division headed by a full-time behavior specialist at the school is responsible for implementing the plans that were originally created in collaboration with Pathways’ staff. In addition, Acme is responsible for ongoing staff training and monitoring the effectiveness of each plan.
You are asked to do a follow-up to determine the success of the procedures that were put in place. In addition, you are asked to conduct some inter-observer Agreement (IOA) probes and determine whether the staff has maintained the skills taught during training.
You are provided with a variety of data to analyze and will need to use the data to determine the effectiveness of the current interventions.
The behavior specialist has been collecting and compiling data and presents them in the figures displayed in the Spreadsheet.
Figure 1: Summary of comments from staff questionnaires related to the success of the intervention and satisfaction with training.
Figure 2: Line graph of the frequency of aggressive behavior incidents for the entire school reported before (Baseline) and after (Treatment) the program began.
Figure 3: Frequency data from an observation session with two different teachers and one student’s behavior. Figure 3 reflects the frequency of physical aggression during the sessions.
Figure 4: Data from Staff Integrity Checklist.
You must now review the data and present a summary of your findings to your supervisor at ACME, Inc., as well as the school. You should include the following in your summary:
For all Figures:Determine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussing how it can be used in the program evaluation process. Discuss the importance of data collection and analysis in program design and evaluation.
Discuss the role of employee engagement and social validity of the procedures related to the program measures and the success of the intervention as a whole.
Identify the data collected as either “quantitative” or “qualitative.” Discuss whether the type of data is appropriate for the context of the evaluation.
For Figure 1:Determine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussing how it can be used in the program evaluation process. Discuss the importance of data collection and analysis in program design and evaluation.
Discuss the role of employee engagement and social validity of the procedures related to the program measures and the success of the intervention as a whole.
Identify the data collected as either “quantitative” or “qualitative.” Discuss whether the type of data is appropriate for the context of the evaluation.
Discuss the overall purpose of this data and how it should be used in analyzing the effectiveness of the program.
Using the data contained in this figure, discuss the implications with regard to the effectiveness of the program.
For Figure 2:Determine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussing how it can be used in the program evaluation process. Discuss the importance of data collection and analysis in program design and evaluation.
Discuss the role of employee engagement and social validity of the procedures related to the program measures and the success of the intervention as a whole.
Identify the data collected as either “quantitative” or “qualitative.” Discuss whether the type of data is appropriate for the context of the evaluation.
Use visual analysis and discuss the level, trend, and variability of the challenging behavior incidents reported during baseline (before) and treatment (during the intervention).
Using the data, describe the effect that the intervention had on the frequency of behavior incidents within Pathways.
Considering the level of data, as well as any trends in the data, discuss the effectiveness of the program.
For Figure 3:Determine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussing how it can be used in the program evaluation process. Discuss the importance of data collection and analysis in program design and evaluation.
Discuss the role of employee engagement and social validity of the procedures related to the program measures and the success of the intervention as a whole.
Identify the data collected as either “quantitative” or “qualitative.” Discuss whether the type of data is appropriate for the context of the evaluation.
Calculate the total frequency of physical aggression for each observer.
Using the total count method of IOA; calculate the percentage of IOA.
Discuss the result of the IOA Is the IOA percentage within acceptable range?
Discuss what changes should be considered to increase the IOA percentage. If changes are not necessary, discuss what factors contribute to high percentage of IOA.
For Figure 4:Determine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussing how it can be used in the program evaluation process. Discuss the importance of data collection and analysis in program design and evaluation.
Discuss the role of employee engagement and social validity of the procedures related to the program measures and the success of the intervention as a whole.
Identify the data collected as either “quantitative” or “qualitative.” Discuss whether the type of data is appropriate for the context of the evaluation.
Calculate the percent results of the treatment integrity checklist before intervention; one day after the intervention; and at the 3-month follow-up. This is the total factors with a “Yes” out of the total number of factors, multiplied by 100.
Relate these treatment integrity measures to the effectiveness of the program.
Discuss the importance of treatment integrity in relation to the success of behavior management programs.
Your paper should be a minimum of 3–4 pages in length, include current APA formatting (including properly formatted headings for each section of your plan), and include at least two academic references (including your course readings).
Your Assignment should include:
Title Page
Reference Page
Main body of the paper (3–4 pages)
Properly formatted headings for each section of your plan
At least two academic references (including your course text)
Correct APA Style formatting for in-paper cites
*Please note: The summary information for each Excel worksheet appears in the actual Excel workbook.

The purpose of this assignment is to publish and submit a comprehensive and complete APA research paper. Your final APA research paper is based on your original research topic proposal, annotated bibliography, and outline.
You will use Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development Links to an external site.(see Chapters 1-3 in the Santrock text). Based on this theoretical lens, select one (1) stage of development. Based on that one stage of development, develop a research question and thesis statement.
Using the WCU Library, select a minimum of 3 to 4 peer-reviewed journal articles that will help you answer the research question while supporting your thesis statement.
Your final APA research paper must be a minimum of 4 to 6 pages (not including the required cover page, abstract, or reference page).
Your final APA research paper must include the following elements:
Properly Formatted Heading Levels Links to an external site.. Use the APA Publication Manual and review Table 2.3. Format for the Five Levels of Heading in APA Style & Figure 2.5 Format of Headings in a Sample Paper.
Properly Formatted Title Page Links to an external site.. Use the APA Publication Manual and review Figure 2.2. Sample Student Title Page.
Properly Formatted Abstract Links to an external site.. Use the APA Publication Manual and review 2.9. Abstract.
Properly Formatted Reference Page Links to an external site..
Properly Formatted in-text Citations Links to an external site..
Beginning on page 3, write your introduction and thesis statement followed by your research question (be specific, focus on the age range within the selected stage).
For the body of your APA final research paper, discuss how your 3 to 4 peer-reviewed journal articles support your thesis statement and answer your research question.
Then, include your Personal Narrative (Level 1 Heading) and discuss why you selected that development stage.
Finally, include a Conclusion (Level 1 Heading) and tie together the paper’s main points, show why your argument matters, and leave your reader with a strong impression. Remember, your conclusion should give a sense of closure and completion to your argument and show what new questions or possibilities have opened up.
Be sure to plan enough time for proofreading and editing. Use the APA 7th Edition writing style, mechanics, and format.
I have attatched the research topic proposal, annotated bibliography, and outline.