Psychology

  • . How consistent or stable is personality?

    1. How consistent or stable is personality? Use your personal experience with friends and family members and your knowledge about yourself to respond to this question. Is personality basically consistent or stable over time, or is personality subjected to change over time? 2. Larsen and Buss refer to Craik’s (1987) proposal that people display “multiple…

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  • Finalize Parts 1, 2, and 3 of your Final Project Worksheet. Incorporate any nece

    Finalize Parts 1, 2, and 3 of your Final Project Worksheet. Incorporate any necessary changes, based on Instructor feedback. By Day 7 Final Project Assignment: Final Project Worksheet, Parts 1, 2, and 3 Submit Part 1: Selecting a Dataset, Part 2: Research Questions and Design, and Part 3: Collecting and Managing Data of your Final…

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  • Conduct an interview with a mental health specialist. 1) Responses and Discussi

    Conduct an interview with a mental health specialist. 1) Responses and Discussion of Interview Questions (2 pages or more); 2) Was this interview helpful? Present what you learned that you did not know before (1 page). My question For countries in times of war, especially within their own territory, are there effective crisis management practices…

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  • How might self-regulation be affected by rtms to the lateral prefrontal cortex?

    This week we focus on the last of the cognitive related neural networks: the cingulo-opercular. In this writing assignment, List brain hubs the make up the cingulo-opercular, and what role they regions play in cognitive behaviors. Restate the role of the LPFC in cognitive function. How do you think rTMS targeting the LPFC will affect…

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  • Five-Factor Model of Personality

    STEP 1: Select one theory of personality from the following list: Biological Contributions (This is in your textbook as Behavioral and Molecular Genetics) Five-Factor Model of Personality Humanistic Model Social Cognitive Perspective (see Crash Course Video, Episode #22) https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych! STEP 2: Write a 275 word post on the theory of personality you have chosen and…

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  • Each student will choose one intellectual assessment measure or achievement test

    Each student will choose one intellectual assessment measure or achievement test give a 15-20 minute presentation including the following: (a) purpose and description of the test (including subscales), (b) target population, (c) methods used for standardization of the test (including norm groups available), (d) reliability and validity data, (e) strengths/weaknesses of the test (including contraindications),…

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  • Psychology: Helping and Relationships Summarize the research by John Darley (and

    Psychology: Helping and Relationships Summarize the research by John Darley (and his colleague Bibb Latané) on helping behavior in emergencies. What events and concerns led to this research? How is the research both “behavioral” and “cognitive” as well as “social”? Question 2 Look up the term “prosocial behavior.” How does the content of this module…

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  • Instructions Read Chapter 7. Chapter 7 Explain how Cognitive Biases (e.g., Confi

    Instructions Read Chapter 7. Chapter 7 Explain how Cognitive Biases (e.g., Confirmation Bias, Hindsight Bias, Representative Heuristic) can create a distorted reality and influence a person’s behavior. Provide at least one good example. Create a file entitled “Cognitive Biases” and attach the document to the submission box for this assignment.

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  • Find 3 scholarly journal articles (full text, not abstracts) that are empirical

    Find 3 scholarly journal articles (full text, not abstracts) that are empirical studies (i.e., have 4 sections: a hypothesis/purpose, methods, results, conclusions) and that focus on 3 different practical applications of psychology. For example: You should find three different journal articles that focus on applications such as the following: How psychology relates to the workplace?…

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  • Watch the video on ethical data collection (Links to an external site.) and read

    Watch the video on ethical data collection (Links to an external site.) and read the following about Henrietta Lacks: Henrietta’s Dance (Links to an external site.) Review of Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Links to an external site.) Taking the Least of You (Links to an external site.) Note: These two articles,…

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