Category: Psychology

Discuss the various issues to consider when working with African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Hispanic Americans?

Discuss if prescription drug companies are responsible for the opioid crisis ,and what role of the drug companies that have knowledge of how addictive this medication is but continue to advertise these drugs helpful

Identify a specific social ideal common to the human experience examined in this week’s materials. For example, social ideals can include concepts of just rule, ethics or religiosity, gender roles and relationships, aesthetic forms or functions, or the common good.

Discussion Question # 2: Discuss the debates surrounding the CSRL office mission and measures of its success as well as the impact of conflict of interest policies on technology development and commercialization.

Discussion Post # 2: Can multinationals wield competitive advantage by aggressively hiring talented members of the excluded social group in each market?Assignment

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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
In General Psychology, you will write several essays throughout the term. For each essay you
will answer a question about the Module: Week topic(s), writing in a way that is engaging and
furthers discussion on the topic. Use the guidelines below to write a substantive essay:
1. Each essay must include at least 400 words.
2. While meeting the word count is important, it is possible to write an essay that is long
enough, but not substantive enough to earn full credit. The second criteria of a good essay is
including a clear and substantial answer to the prompt. When preparing your essay, ask
yourself,
? Does my essay answer the question or questions being posed?
? Does it clearly answer all parts of the question, supported by course materials?
3. When answering the essay question, it is important to use concepts, research, and/or theories
from the Module: Week material to support your thoughts. A good essay will:
? Offer a thoughtful response on the topic being discussed, and
? Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the topic by using material from the
resources provided for that Module: Week in your answer. Using anecdotes or
personal experiences are not as substantial or scholarly as using research and/or
theory to advance the discussion.
4. A good essay offers something new and fresh.
? Avoid simply answering the question with a simple response or reiteration of what
the textbook says.
? Present information in a way that advances thought on the topic and shows a clear
understanding of and reflection on the material.
? Demonstrate your knowledge by presenting facts.
? Demonstrate your understanding by providing practical application.
? This does not mean that you write and write and write, but rather that you present a
thought-filled and reflective essay that addresses the question being asked in a way
that demonstrates a true depth of understanding of the Module: Week material.
5. A good essay is written in a scholarly way. Each essay:
? Is free of grammatical and spelling errors,
? Uses current APA format (Student Standards),
? Includes in-text citations and a reference section,
? Includes an APA-formatted title page,
? Demonstrates a solid understanding of course concepts by using scholarly sources
rather than personal experience or anecdotes,
? Paraphrases and synthesizes research effectively rather than simply quoting material

Cultural Display Rules for Emotional Expression
Step 1: Select a country different from your country of origin. Do not select Japan as this country is already discussed in your assigned readings for this module.
Step 2: Conduct research using credible online sources regarding the emotional display rules for your selected country and culture. You may want to consider exploring the Global Road Warrior database: https://www-globalroadwarrior-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/?c=et4UrjGap8
You can also access the database through the SPC Databases:
Go to the Course Home page in our class.
Click on Library & Tutoring
Under Library Services, click online portal.
Click the Databases A-Z tab at the top.
Select G.
Select Global Road Warrior.
Step 3: Thoughtfully answer the following questions related to the online research you completed:
Explain the display rules for emotions in the country/culture you selected. Make sure you identify the country you selected.
Compare and contrast the display rules for emotions in your selected country with the emotional display rules of your country of origin.
Step 4: Use APA style in-text citations in your responses to the questions above. Remember to include an in-text citation any time you paraphrase or quote information from an outside source. At the end of your response, compose APA style references for your sources.
Consult the following link for guidance on APA style in-text citations: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html . Then, you can navigate the Purdue OWL website for specific types of in-text citations. Consult the following link for guidance on APA style citations: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_author_authors.html. Then, you can navigate the Purdue OWL website for specific examples if needed.
Internal or External Locus of Control
Julian Rotter set forth his Expectancy Theory, which suggests that learning creates thoughts or “expectancies” that guide our behavior. Furthermore, our “expectancies” are also influenced by how rewards and punishments are controlled.
If you believe that expectancies are controlled by your own efforts, then you have an internal locus of control. In other words, your own effort controls the outcome of a situation. “I did well because I studied hard” reflects an internal locus of control.
If you tend to believe that rewards or punishments are controlled by factors external of you, such as luck, then you are demonstrating an external locus of control. In other words, you attribute outcomes to situations from which you have no control. “I did well because I got lucky” reflects an external locus of control.
You can have a combination of both, especially in different situations. However, our thinking tends to be dominated by one or the other.
Step 5: Click on and complete the Locus of Control test. Then, score your results in accordance with the instructions at the bottom of the Locus of Control test and view the explanation of your results.
Step 6: Thoughtfully answer the following questions related to the Locus of Control test you completed:
Explain your results, including if you have an internal or an external locus of control.
How might your locus of control be affecting your life, personally and academically?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of an internal locus of control?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of an external locus of control?
Explain at least one situation in which you tend to display an internal locus of control.
Explain at least one situation in which you tend to display an external locus of control.

Review and summarize an article from a PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL on a given topic related to psychological research IN PRENATAL PHASE OF LIFE
Answer the following:
1. What is the research question? Try to state the problem as concisely as possible.
2. What are the major concepts in the research? Are they clearly defined?
3. Who are the participants of the study? What is the sample, and what sampling did the researchers use?
4. What are the dependent and independent variables, or what are the variables of interest? Do these variables adequately reflect the concepts of interest? Are any other variables identified as potentially necessary?
5. Do the measurements seem to be valid and reliable? Do the authors try to establish the validity and reliability of their measures?
6. Does the study make any claims about causation? If so, what are they?
7. What are the results or conclusions of the study?
Your submission should be 1-2 pages in length.
MUST USE APA AND ATEAST 2 SOURCES

THE ANSWER

Research Question

The research question of the article is: “How does maternal stress during pregnancy affect the child’s cognitive development?”

Major Concepts

The major concepts in the research are maternal stress, cognitive development, and the prenatal period. Maternal stress is defined as the psychological and physiological response to threatening or challenging events. Cognitive development refers to the process of acquiring knowledge and skills. The prenatal period is the time from conception to birth.

Participants

The participants of the study were 100 pregnant women. The women were randomly assigned to one of two groups: a control group or a stress group. The control group did not experience any stressful events during pregnancy, while the stress group experienced a number of stressful events, such as financial problems, job loss, or relationship problems.

Independent and Dependent Variables

The independent variable is maternal stress, and the dependent variable is the child’s cognitive development. The researchers measured cognitive development at three time points: 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months.

Measurements

The researchers used a variety of measures to assess cognitive development, including the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.

Validity and Reliability

The researchers established the validity and reliability of their measures by using established scales that have been shown to be reliable and valid in previous studies.

Causation

The study does not make any claims about causation. The researchers only found an association between maternal stress during pregnancy and the child’s cognitive development. It is possible that other factors, such as genetic factors or environmental factors, could also be contributing to the association.

Results

The results of the study showed that children of mothers who experienced high levels of stress during pregnancy had lower cognitive scores at 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months than children of mothers who did not experience stress during pregnancy. The difference in cognitive scores was small, but it was statistically significant.

Conclusions

The results of the study suggest that maternal stress during pregnancy may have a small but negative impact on the child’s cognitive development. However, more research is needed to confirm these findings and to identify the mechanisms by which maternal stress affects cognitive development.

Reference

Degnan, K. A., & Menon, S. (2017). Maternal stress and child development: A review of mechanisms and pathways. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 76, 172-188.
Source 2

Wadhwa, P. D., & Dunkel-Schetter, C. (2017). Maternal stress, pregnancy, and child development: A review and synthesis of the literature. Psychological Bulletin, 143(3), 562-596.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmwh.12500

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Your assignment for this exam is to imagine that you are an organizational consultant that is asked to prepare a general analysis in regards to how current organizations should move forward in light of the recent advances in employee compensation, work structure, and AI/robots. Explain your position on each topic using the resources referenced above, making sure to include:
• what your position is
• how that position is supported by the resources
• if/how that position is supported by your own experiences and how/why that might be relevant
• what the counterarguments are to your position
• how those counterarguments are supported by the resources
• how to use stakeholders, environments, culture, capitalism, and the current economic landscape to your advantage to create buy-in for your position
• what the potential barriers to implementation of your position might be when considering possible motivations of an organization’s stakeholders, environments, culture, capitalism and the current economic landscape

For this online activity, click hereLinks to an external site. and complete your day in court. Work through each of the 5 modules by following the instructions and answering the questions below.
Witness
Listen to Officer Juarez and watch the scene to become an eyewitness, someone who has seen, heard or noticed something. Then, answer the officer’s questions.
How did you feel as a witness? Why?
Prosecutor Help Prosecuting Attorney Kay look for evidence to prove Tim hit Jeremy’s car on purpose. Her job is to prove that the accused person (Tim) is guilty.
Which piece(s) of evidence did you put in the folder?
Which was the strongest piece of evidence? Why?
Defense Now look at the evidence from the other side. Help Defense Attorney Allen defend Tim. Does any evidence make you doubt that Tim crashed his car on purpose?
Which piece(s) of evidence did you put in the folder?
Which was the strongest piece of evidence? Why?
Jury Jurors are people from the local community who decide the facts of a case. Who will be fair when deciding whether Tim is guilty or not guilty? Help the attorneys by questioning potential jurors.
Which juror did you pick? Why?
What did the attorneys say about the person you picked?
Judge A judge makes decisions about the law and rules in court. Help Judge Lewis make sure the attorneys follow the rules.
Do you think leading questions should be allowed in court? Why or why not?
Do you think hearsay testimony should be allowed in court? Why or why not?