1.) Help Identify and discuss at least two key changes in childhood development from each of the following categories: Physical Changes Emotional/Personality Changes Cognitive Changes Social Changes 2.) In what ways that we can nurture the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive develop
How would the biological perspective view personal interactions at work?
What is the Methods section of psychological study comprised of? What would each subject describe? The examples provided display subjects such as education, criminal justice, inmates, prisoners, teaching, moral development, research methods, research studies, adult education, philosophy, and a method of research towards the rein
What can reinforcement schedules help us to understand about ourselves?
Which of the listed are the 3 most important qualities to have as a group leader: (Respect, empathy, genuineness, concreteness, self-disclosure, spontaneity, flexibility, confidence). -How will this qualities aid the success of the group? -How will this qualities affect how members of the group will view the group leader?
How would the influence of culture, ethnicity and socioeconomic status play on childhood development and what role does acculturation play in this process?
Analyze specific issues and topics related to U.S. Military culture and the impact of war on children and adolescents. Culture means being in the context affected by war and deployment in one's family. For example, discuss how growing up in a military family during war affects family system dynamics and other social systems
Describe how the concepts of manding and tacting relates to verbal behavior and how an ABA professional would apply knowledge of these concepts to the case of a child with a language deficit.
Locate one scholarly, peer-reviewed source that was published within the past five on the topic of learned helplessness. 1) Based on the information from the article, explain how the principle of learned helplessness can apply in situations where domestic violence occurs. 2) How can early childhood experiences impact t
What are the three romantic attachment styles described by Shaver and colleagues? Briefly describe one, and give an example of how it might 'look.' How are these similar to early attachment styles described by researchers such as Bowlby and Ainsworth?
You are a therapist seeing a couple as your client. Individually, each party often calls you between sessions to tell you information about the other. You saw the husband for one session alone and he revealed having an ongoing affair and asks you to keep it secret. You saw the wife for one session and she revealed that she wants
How can a counselor use the techniques from an Adlerian approach to maximize group cohesiveness in the early stages of group development? How can a counselor use the techniques from a person-centered approach to maximize group cohesiveness in the early stages of group development? Why is group cohesiveness so important?
Describe the biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional processes that make-up human development. Explain how these processes collectively influence human development as we grow from infancy to adulthood.
Who was Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and what are five stages of loss? How have these stages been applied to grief and grief counseling?
A researcher collects the following data from five high-school students: GPA SAT 2.00 960 3.00 1000 4.00 1300 1.00 650 3.54 1280 What is the correlation between high-school GPA and SAT scores? Report the appropriate null and research hypotheses and the critical value (alpha = 0.05).
Describe miminum HIPAA requirements for a small clinic. Discuss how you think psychologists get involved with fraudent practices.
Discuss the major differences between experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Be sure to address the relationship of variable manipulation to each of these designs and the different types of manipulations that may be used. What dictates the design (i.e., experimental versus quasi-experimental) and the type of manipulation u
Dr. Drake, a dentist was concerned that many of his patients did not floss their teeth regularly and were therefore at risk for gum disease. Dr. Drake devised a plan to get her patients to floss everyday. Every time patients came in for a check up or cleaning, Dr. Drake showed them awful pictures of people with gum disease and p
Discuss the reasons why generalization is a necessary part of an effective behavior modification program. Select two of the seven methods of promoting generalization and discuss how these procedures are used in response maintenance of newly acquired behavior.
4. A________ is a subset of the _________ A. population; sample B. population; random sample C. sample; population D. none of the above 5. The first step in the research process is to A. review the literature on your topic B. develop a research plan C. Find a problem or question to examine D. consider the relevant
Various reinforcement schedules have been shown to have different effects on the rate and retention of learning. 1). Explain the meaning of a fixed interval (FI), variable interval (VI), fixed ratio (FR), and variable ratio (VR) reinforcement schedules. 2).What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the four t
Discuss one or two of the therapeutic factors such as: self-disclosure of the group member or group leader, confrontation, cohesion and universality, hope, willingness to risk and to trust, caring and acceptance, power, catharsis, the cognitive component, commitment to change and humor. Identify which factors you believe to be t
How are emotions critical to the bio-cognitive cycle, and how do they drive our attention, meaning, learning and memory?
The British Associations, sitting in their armchairs several centuries ago, identified a number of laws of association, of which the most important were contiguity, frequency, and intensity. In research, several principles have been shown to affect the strength of association between stimuli. 1) Based on life experience
Using the Ethics Code, evaluate how the Code works in a religious therapy setting. Explain why the APA ethical standards are important in this instance, as well as in broader applications of psychology.
The importance of various types of assessment tools used in counseling is explored, including their purposes.
Case: Maria is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents. Her firm religious beliefs greatly influences her decision to stay in her marriage in spite of her husband's infidelity. Other group members press her to leave her husband by pointing out that she is financially independent and implying that her religious beliefs are "ol
To what extent is mixed methods research simply taking half a quantitative plan and half of a qualitative plan and putting them together? What are the challenges to using a mixed methods strategy of inquiry?
How will the ethics code guide a psychologist in decision making with boundary issues?
According to brain research (Jensen, 2008), there are known differences in cerebral laterality between males and females. Although our brains are unique, some may believe it is politically incorrect to say there are gender differences and others may stick to the old understanding that males and females are different. For some ed