Category: Psychology

Before writing an LOI, it is important to be able to articulate your work. Follo

Before writing an LOI, it is important to be able to articulate your work. Follow the formula below to concisely describe your research project. Topic: I want to research (or I am researching): ________________________(i.e., single session counseling program) Conceptual Question: because I hope to understand ____________(i.e., the utility of single-session counseling in reducing barriers to services, increasing client satisfaction) Conceptual Significance: in order to help my colleagues understand_______ (i.e., whether this model can support meaningful change for clients) Potential Practical Application: so that my colleagues might better gain a better understanding of __________________________(i.e., practical ways to integrate single-session counseling into ongoing mental health services)

For this week’s Assignment, you will apply the theories, concepts and research t

For this week’s Assignment, you will apply the theories, concepts and research that you have covered so far this term to a hypothetical case study. Your answers to the questions should consist of information from the text and supplemental readings. You also may use sources from the Library or other credible Internet sources, but your primary sources should be the readings assigned for the course.
You will be composing PowerPoint slides and using voice-over narration. Your PowerPoint slides should contain bullet points that you then describe and elaborate on in your narration. You should avoid long lengths of text in your slides. Stick to short sentences and bullet points.
Prepare your presentation in a way that presents a professional image to your clients. Your narration should be consistent with the culture and characteristics of behavior analysis. The language you use should be behavioral and you should avoid mentalistic wording and explanations. Relate your understanding of how behavior analysts perform in the work setting through your slides and tone.
Your PowerPoint must be your original work; plagiarism will not be tolerated. Be sure to review the Syllabus in terms of what constitutes plagiarism. Please make sure to provide proper credit for those sources used in your case study analysis in proper APA format. Please see the APA Quick Reference for any questions related to APA citations. You must credit authors when you:
Summarize a concept, theory, or research
Use direct quotes from the text or articles
In this assignment, you will play the role of a Behavior Analyst working with a family in the home setting. You have already conducted your interview with the family and have conducted the Functional Behavior Assessment for the behaviors identified in the referral (See Referral Form and Brief Summary of the Functional Behavior Assessment). You are ready to begin your intervention plan, but you need to get the parents’ approval first. In a meeting with the parents, you describe your behavior intervention plan and provide a rationale for your intervention choices. You will prepare a narrated PowerPoint that covers the following topics:
Behavior Excess for Decrease: Skin Picking
Define the target behavior by writing a 1–2 sentence operational definition that meets all of the following criteria:
Observable
Passes the “Dead Man’s” test and the “stranger” test
Uses no labels or hypothetical constructs
Explain the difference between habit behaviors and behaviors controlled by social reinforcers.
Explain how you plan to implement all four components of habit reversal with this client. Include a specific competing response.
Explain why you expect this procedure to be effective, including a descriiption of the applicable behavioral principles that explain why habit procedures work to reduce habit behaviors.
Behavior Deficits for Increase: The Mand and the Tact
Begin by explaining to the parents the difference between the behavioral view of language and the cognitive view of language. Accurately represent the behavioral view of how language is learned.
Define the two verbal operants you plan to teach, i.e., the mand and the tact. Clearly differentiate between the two by providing examples for the parents. Your definitions should include the controlling antecedents and consequences for each verbal operant.
Identify which verbal operant you will teach first and explain your rationale for this choice.
Explain your procedures for teaching each verbal operant. Include details of what a typical teaching session would look like.
In your descriiption of how you will teach a mand, identify:
A specific mand to teach
How you will set up the relevant motivating operation
A descriiption of how you will use shaping to teach the new verbal operant
Include how you will prompt and differentially reinforce the mand (identifying the reinforcement to be used).
How you will fade your prompts
In your descriiption of how you will teach a tact, identify:
A specific tact to teach
How you will set up the relevant discriminative stimuli
A descriiption of how you will use shaping to teach the new verbal operant
Include how you will prompt and differentially reinforce the tact (identifying the reinforcement to be used).
How you will fade your prompts
Submitting your Assignment
Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation. Save it in a location you will remember and with the following format: Lastname_FirstnameUnit4Assignment. When you are ready to submit it, click on the Assignment Dropbox and submit.
(Narrated Presentation)

A literature review is a critical summary of published scholarly research on a p

A literature review is a critical summary of published scholarly research on a particular topic. Completing a literature review helps you become familiar with current thinking on a topic; by demonstrating this familiarity, you enable readers to understand the topic being investigated. [MO 3.2, MO 3.3]
Instructions
In preparation for writing your literature review, please give careful attention to the way in which you will organize your sources. Your literature review must contain at least 10 scholarly sources within your major area of study, cited correctly in APA or MLA format (depending on your discipline). As you organize and synthesize your information, use citations and references appropriately. In all cases, remain true to the context of your sources, taking care not to misrepresent or quote out of context. This assignment must contain the following sections.
Introduction (Connection to Discipline and Explanation of the Issues)
Explain the issues and make a connection to your discipline. Introduce the topic with reference to your thesis or main question In the opening paragraph.
• Describe the issue or problem clearly and with enough relevant information that your reader will fully understand it. Make connections between your topic and important theories/facts/examples from your discipline or area of study (e.g., psychology, history). The purpose of the literature review is not to answer your questions but to situate your topic within the wider literature on the subject matter.
Source Finding Analysis (Accessing Information and Evaluating Sources)
• What databases did you use to find potential sources and why? (Reminder: Google and other search engines are not databases. Use the New Jersey State Library database resources.) What key word searches did you use, and which were most effective? What database or key word did you exclude. from your search, and why? How did you make sure that your information sources were highly relevant?
• Explain how you evaluated and selected sources to use for this project. How do you know your selected sources are appropriate to your research question? How do you know you have chosen a variety of sources that are appropriate for the scope of your project?
• How did you make sure that you were fully complying with all ethical and legal restrictions on the use of published, confidential, and/or proprietary information?
• Synthesize the information from your sources in order to help your reader fully understand your topic’s background and relevant issues. What main themes emerge in the literature on this topic? What do different sources have to say about these themes? What patterns, differences, or similarities emerge from the sources? What significant scholarly disagreements have you noticed? Provide your reader with a sufficient breadth of the topic under your themes or means of organizing your sources so that the reader can be aware of and acquainted with the topic’s background and relevant issues. Be sure to situate the topic within a larger context and draw out themes and key ideas.
• What information have you found that illustrates both your interest and rich awareness of your topic?
Why is this information sp interesting? What ideas are you developing that are appropriate for your discipline?
Conclusion (Summary)
Finally, after you have completed the body of your review, provide a paragraph summary. What have you learned thus far?
Conclusion (Summary)
Finally, after you have completed thi body of your review; provide a paragraph summary. What have you learned thus far?
Keep in mind, the literature review is not an extended annotated bibliography whereby you list each source you have read and provide a brief synopsis of it. Rather, the literature review is a running narrative that develops the background and context for your topic. Finally, additional research should continue to be done throughout the course until the final submission of the capstone project (which must include at least 15 sources in the final bibliography.

Please provide an answer that is 100% original and do not copy the answer to thi

Please provide an answer that is 100% original and do not copy the answer to this question from any other website since I am already well aware of this. I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure that the answer comes up with way less than 18% on Studypool’s internal plagiarism checker since anything above this is not acceptable according to Studypool’s standards. I will not accept answers that are above this standard.
No AI or Chatbot! I will be sure to check this.
These are the professor’s instructions, please follow accordingly. Absolutely no plagiarism or AI/Chat GPT use allowed!
Film Paper
Select a film from the list below. Each of these movies portrays characters struggling with various forms of mental illness. Your task will be to choose one of the main characters in the film to “diagnose”. Using the film, your text, and the DSM criteria as your guides, generate and justify a comprehensive diagnosis.
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream
Black Swan
Please adhere to the following format:
Introduction: Briefly describe why you chose this character. Outline what your paper will illustrate about the character, their specific abnormal behavior, and the field of abnormal psychology, more generally.
Body (in paragraph form):
1 Describe in detail the character you chose (demographics: age, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, profession, marital/relational status, etc).
2 List some of the specific symptoms they experience. Pay close attention to patterns of eating, sleeping, emotional behavior, interpersonal behavior, thought content, etc.
3 Identify the impact of their disordered behavior on functioning (social, occupational, academic, interaction with the legal justice system).
4 Reflect on possible causes of their abnormal behavior. Make a case for each of the five (5) major etiological theories: Psychodynamic, Biological, Cognitive, Behavioral, Sociocultural. (You can make assumptions here. Just back up whatever you propose with observations from the film.)
5 List the methods the character uses to cope with his or her mental disorder(s). These can be both adaptive (e.g. exercise) and maladaptive (e.g. drug/alcohol abuse).
6 Describe any mental health or psychiatric treatment the character has received or is receiving during the course of the film. Have these treatments been effective? If no treatments have been received or if the treatments have not been effective, what specific forms of treatment would you prescribe, given the character’s unique make-up?
7 Finally, you will provide a diagnosis for the character, based on all the data you’ve written in the preceding paragraphs. For example:
Clinical Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent
Personality Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder
Medical disorders: None
Psychosocial Stressors: Recent divorce
Conclusions: Wrap up your paper by briefly summarizing your observations. Given the diagnosis and treatment that has been prescribed by you, offer a prognosis for future functioning—a brief narrative on how this character may end up. (You can be creative here, but be sure to keep your speculations grounded in the diagnosis and evidence from the film).
References: You should provide, on a separate page, a complete list of references used for the paper. In addition to your textbook, The DSM Manual, and the film, please use two “scholarly” resources. (These can be journal or newspaper articles, excerpts from related books, interviews of experts in the field, etc.) Wikipedia and other similar internet sites can be used to generate information for your paper, but will not count as one of the two additional “scholarly” resources. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
Note: The paper should be a minimum of five full pages from top to bottom (5) and maximum of seven full pages from top to bottom (7) typed, double-spaced pages (not including reference page). You will be graded primarily on the content of the paper: how strong and appropriate your evidence, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations are. However, spelling, grammar, neatness, and completeness will also be taken into consideration.
Here is a link to the textbook please be sure to read, use, and cite it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14VCzTwcnZQ6OTjUuc…
Requirements: 5-7 Full Pages From Top to Bottom Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and Reference Pages
Please provide an answer that is 100% original and do not copy the answer to this question from any other website since I am already well aware of this. I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure that the answer comes up with way less than 18% on Studypool’s internal plagiarism checker since anything above this is not acceptable according to Studypool’s standards. I will not accept answers that are above this standard.
No AI or Chatbot! I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure to include an introduction paragraph with a clear thesis statement in the last sentence of the introduction paragraph and a conclusion paragraph.
Please be sure to carefully follow the instructions.
No plagiarism & No Course Hero & No Chegg. The assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Please be sure to include at least one in-text citation in each body paragraph.

This is about two thrids editing/profreading/paper improvement and a little bit

This is about two thrids editing/profreading/paper improvement and a little bit of new content generation for an undergraduate capstone is in support of the thesis/subject “research aimed to investigate how meditation and music therapy can help reduce stress and anxiety among college students, part or full time, who are also full-time workers. I have existing content attached in two documetns that I would like edited/combined. I have my draft, and I have the draft of a prior order. They are similar and overlap, but are not the same. I am looking for the documents to be combined, text improved, some additional content generated. The abstract could benefit from a clearer articulation of the research design, including a brief mention of the mixed-methods approach and the main findings. Please add in specific outcomes, such as the effectiveness of combined therapy versus individual therapies to provide a more comprehensive summary. The background section needs to be better organized to differentiate between meditation and music therapy’s individual effects and their combined impact. Also, including a brief discussion on the limitations or gaps in existing research would set the stage for the “study’s” research contribution (little as its an unfunded undergraduate studnet capstone.) One section could also benefit from a more critical analysis of the studies mentioned, highlighting any methodological strengths or weaknesses. The methods section could be more detailed in describing the study design e.g., recruitment process for participants, the specific content of the surveys and interviews, and the duration of the intervention sessions should be clearly outlined. Also needed is to describe the criteria for participant selection and the rationale behind the chosen methods. When you do get to the results section, it should include specific quantitative/qualitative results, how they connect back to the literature, and whether the synthesized results support/refute your hypotheses. Something should also acknowledge any limitations related to the data collection or analysis, such as sample size, potential biases, or the inability to control certain variables. (I have some of that already in the draft.) the references need put in order and properly cited on the references page. Please extrapolate the best as possible with the specific data points and findings; I will edit the specifics as needed, and I have them offline. No new citatios are being requested. Production needs pass multiple AI detectors and Plagiarism checks.

For this final paper you will be sewing together the information and ALL the cri

For this final paper you will be sewing together the information and ALL the critical elements discussed and presented in the previous milestones. IT should be a complete and polished paper and it should reflect the incorporation of the feedback that has been given to you throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric (see attached).
For additional details and instructions for this paper please see the attached rubric.
this is feedback from previous assignments,
1. Contribution to Knowledge – 7/10 pts
Good job on connecting to previous research, but there should be more specifics in this. How exactly does your current study relate to previous studies? Also what are your variables that you are studying? How do you measure cognition? The more specific you are in your discussion, the better
Possible Limitations – 8/10 pts
Good job overall. How is the self-questionaire biased? What factor may influence responses on those type of questionaires?
Ethical Issues – 10/10 pts
Threats to Validity – 10/10 pts
Great job on this section.
Conclusion – 10/10 pts
Writing Mechanics – 9/10pts
Should be more APA format than just sections.
Total: 54/60

Module 8 Signature Assignment
Julio is a 16-year-old high school junior who live

Module 8 Signature Assignment
Julio is a 16-year-old high school junior who lives with his mother, father, younger brother, and maternal grandmother in a rented home in a low-income,
working class community of a large urban city. Julio is eager to finish high school and begin his life as a car painter to help with expenses at home. Julio does not
participate in any formal school activities (e.g., sports, afterschool programs). When Julio communicates with his peers, he often uses profanity, which causes
teachers to grow upset and quickly reprimand him in the classroom and on school grounds. Julio does not easily trust or respect the adults in his school, as most
of his teachers do not see him as a promising student and often ignore or harass him in an effort to provoke a violent or aggressive response from him, which
then leads to a suspension or a required parent– teacher meeting. His speech patterns and his social norms are always in direct conflict with the school culture.
He jokes with others that he “can’t wait to be done with school,” as the promise of schooling does not seem like an equalizer for him.
When he is engaged in school, Julio asks thoughtful questions and is able to earn high grades. Unfortunately, the school staff tend to treat Julio differently from
the other students, which results in him being disengaged in school. Typically, his grades suffer because of the large number of days he spends out of school
because of suspensions or expulsions. He does not see himself matriculating into higher education: “I’m poor, my family can’t help me pay for college, and we
live in the ghetto.” Julio knows that he has the capacity to transition into college, if only he had the opportunity and financial resources, but no one in his school
or community has transmitted the necessary information about college on a personal level with him. As in other underresourced high schools, he has received
information on college from a college counselor in a large group presentation with no individualized attention or follow-up. When he turns 18 years old, the
summer after he graduates from high school, his parents expect him to leave home and enter the workforce.
Julio was born into a family with a gang history and has been a member of a gang for more than 4 years. Julio’s father has been a member of a gang with local
ties for more than 30 years, and younger gang members seek him out for life advice. Julio’s father was incarcerated in state prison for more than 10 years, and
Julio “raised himself” by observing older male gang members in his community. Julio’s deep commitment to the gang may also be influenced by the fact that
most of its members are his childhood friends and have known one another for more than 10 years. Thus, his gang peers are not simply other gang members; he
considers them his “brothers,” as they have a shared understanding and bond over the highly stressful and violent activities they have encountered.
For instance, in his short experience, Julio has engaged in various activities as a form of survival, including multiple violent exchanges with rival gang members
who have disrespected and attacked his gang at school, either through physical threats or crossing out their graffiti-tagged monikers. Unfortunately, Julio was
eventually arrested and later spent more than 6 months in a juvenile facility for violating his probation. Upon his discharge he’s been court-mandated to attend
counseling and has been referred to you.
Here are the questions:
1. Choose a theoretical orientation through which you will view this client and complete the following:
1. Briefly describe the orientation
1. Founder
2. Major tenets of the theory
1. What made you choose this one?
1. What are the risk and protective factors evident in Julio’s life?
2. What cultural (i.e., ethnicity, SES, religion, disability, education, etc.) influences do you see influencing Julio?
3. How much is Julio’s presenting problem influenced by the systems in which he is connected?
4. How much is Julio’s presenting problem influencing the systems in which he is connected?
5. Using your theoretical orientation, how would you connect with Julio in the very first session?
6. What are some potential goals you’d develop with Julio?
7. Would family counseling be a part of his treatment plan?
8. What might be some potential diagnosis? What symptoms support this diagnosis?
9. What would be your concerns about Julio’s treatment with you?
Resource for theoretical orientations:
Metcalf, L. P. (Ed). (2018). Marriage and family therapy, second edition: A practice-oriented
approach. Springer Publishing Company
Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

Overview
In this short paper, you will investigate what makes a good test and id

Overview
In this short paper, you will investigate what makes a good test and identify the various aspects of a good test. This will help you understand what goes into test development, why people choose a test, the advantages and limitations of tests, and who tests are developed for. It is important for you to understand this information in order to provide an analysis/evaluation of the chosen tests for the final project (including why the tests could answer the referral question, whether the tests are appropriate, and what the strengths and limitations of the test are).
Prompt
In this 3- to 5-page paper, you will explore the various aspects of a “good” test and address the following questions:
-How do developers make a test a good test?
-How do developers ensure validity and reliability?
-What are some cultural, environmental, and ethical considerations when creating a test?
-How is a test normed for a population?
-What are the differences between self-reported and administered tests? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
I have attached some notes, but I will attach more tomorrow.

For your final assessment, you will finalize your presentation by including poin

For your final assessment, you will finalize your presentation by including points from your memo, a summary of your micro intervention from Week 5, and an outline for a macro intervention.
After completing this assignment, you will be able to demonstrate motivational improvements and HR strategies to leadership.
Take some time to polish your presentation’s job characteristics and SWOT analysis sections. Read through them carefully to determine if you want to make any changes based on your learning experiences in this course. Document these changes in your presenter notes.
Open your presentation with a title slide, followed by a slide with the goals of the presentation and a slide listing the topics you will cover.
Use the memo you drafted in Week 3 to add 2 to 3 slides to explain the alignment of your plan and interventions with organizational vision, mission, and goals.
Merge your presentations from Weeks 2, 4, and 5. Make sure to add a title slide and a segue slide between them. A segue summarizes how the topics are related to each other and how it benefits the organization.
Finally, select an event, law, policy, or legal issue that would:
Benefit the organization and another that challenges the organization
Create 10 to 15 slides that outline HR activities that provide:
Tailored motivational responses that benefit each level of the organization
Preparation for the organization for potential changes
Instructional and policy activity that insulates the organization
Provide a 2- to 3-slide summary emphasizing the improvements to productivity stemming from the motivational benefits of your planning.
Note: You can use national events, lawsuits, technology innovations, security events, and so on.
Format your assignment as follows:
Your slides should only contain essential information and as little text as possible. Do not design a slide presentation made up of long bullet points. Your speaker notes convey the details you would give if you were presenting.
Reference the Create Speaker Notes video guide from Microsoft® for help creating speaker notes.
Include citations and a reference slide following APA guidelines.

Choose a psychological disorder from the DSM-V.
Summarize the symptoms of the di

Choose a psychological disorder from the DSM-V.
Summarize the symptoms of the disorder.
What type of therapy do you believe would be the most successful in treating this type of disorder? Support your opinion with research evidence.
Locate a current event or recent journal article on the disorder and share the key points (findings) with your classmates.
Be sure to use APA style formatting for any resource used as a reference in your post.