Discipline: Psychology

(150 words)  The 1960s marked a period of civil rights that were expanded in the 1970s. However, in the late 1980s, these efforts seemed to take a different direction, with a more conservative Supreme Court. Given the current composition of the Supreme Court: Do you think civil rights continue to be reversed or expanded for […]

(150 words) The recurrent push under President Reagan for distinguishing between the worthy and the unworthy and for the voluntary and private sector to take on more responsibility for social welfare seems to reflect a turn back to the 1800s and the Charity Organization Societies. Do you agree or disagree with this ideology? What similarities […]

Consider the following scenario: Chuck is an undergraduate psychology instructor at a local college. On a Saturday night he goes to his favorite bar and runs into one of his female students, Jessica, from his course last semester. They begin to talk and he buys her some drinks and they dance. As the evening progresses […]

Last week you imagined yourself as an instructor of an introduction to psychology class where you responded to a personal introduction from Carlos James and explored ethical concerns that might exist in terms of his self-disclosure. The implications for students, instructors, and the educational institution are immediate factors to consider when students disclose highly personal […]

The final project for this course will be a scientific poster based on a peer-reviewed empirical article that touches on a topic covered in the course. These will be very similar to an article review and will include sections on the study’s background information, gap in the current literature, the research question, methods used, results, […]

INFLUENCE OF NEUROSCIENCE ON COGNITIVE RESEARCH Scientists have engaged in study to determine whether or not the parts of the brain specialize in one task exclusively, performing an action repetitively like factory workers on a traditional assembly line. Some theorize that individual neural regions specialize in various tasks, at times even “contracting” one another for […]

Pick a character from the movie that displays abnormal behavior and assess, diagnose, and then treat the character. You must decide what theoretical perspective you will be taking in relation to the cause of the disorder and then the effective treatment. You must give a brief synopsis of the movie, the character’s signs and symptoms, […]

  Briefly describe the psychology research study you located and identify the independent variable in the study. What aspects of the study increase the internal and external validity? What sources of bias did you see, if any?

Discussed Behavioral counseling theories, describe how you would use the theory and technique to build rapport with your client, assist your client in gaining insight, and effect change. You may incorporate more than one theory if you feel those fit best with your philosophy of counseling. 

Discuss a culture-specific syndrome/culture-bound syndrome. After you have selected the culture, you would like to explore further.  Please include (if applicable):  Name of your selected culture. Name of the culture-specific syndrome  what symptoms to look for  duration of symptoms and syndrome https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/symptoms-causes/syc-20374968