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    Need assistance on the following topic: State Licensure

    Can you explain the underlying rationale for licensing. Then, based on the Georgia state's licensing board, summarize in what you discovered about Georgia state's licensure requirements for professional counselors. Include the types of academic courses required, number of credit hours, number of supervised clinical hours needed,

    Why Join a Professional Organization?

    Can you describe why it is important for you to become a member of a professional organization such as, American Psychological Association or American Counseling Association. Based on any article, can you discuss a current issue that is affecting the field of counseling. A minimum of 250 words or more and please provide refer

    Research proposal

    Hi - I am having a little trouble answering/understanding the below questions for my research proposal. Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks!! :) RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the relationship between socioeconomic levels and child abuse? 1.Will participants be clearly and fully informed of the purpose of the rese

    Motivation, Emotion, and Learning premises are briefly correlated.

    Please take one of the Emotional Intelligence tests at the sites listed below. Reflect on your results and explore ways that you might develop an enhanced emotional IQ. The sites below have informal self-administered surveys that introduce the concept of EI in an interesting and personal way. There are also links at these sit

    Freudian defense mechanisms

    Describe at least three Freudian defense mechanisms and give examples of situations in which a person might use these defense mechanisms.

    Individual difference variables

    Regarding to "individual difference variables", which are different from both dependent and independent variables? What about the differences that exist between individuals who will be the subjects in our research studies? What are some examples of these?

    Walt Whitman and Learning

    CRITIC ________________________________________ William James, the American philosopher and psychologist, is attributed to have said "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." The scholar must move beyond this rearranging of prejudice, which is sometimes called confirmation

    Grading Orientation

    I need some help responding to this question. Which type of grading orientation---norm-references or criterion referencedâ?"would be best understood by parents? How might the choices vary depending on grade level?

    The Lake Wobegon Effect

    I need some assistance answering the following question. Thanks! What factors might contribute to the â??Lake Wobegon Effect,â? where â??all the children are above average?â? Are students getting smarter today and thus making old norms too easy?

    Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

    How does problem arise and how people change using person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, andpsychodynamic theories. What affect does person-centered theory has on a therapist theoretical orentation?

    Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

    What are two of the basic tenets of person-centered theory? What are some similarities and differences among person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic theories with respect to how client problems arise and how people change?

    Discuss why knowing things through the empirical method is generally better

    When engaging in the empirical method, people use their senses and observations to learn about the truth. The scientific method goes beyond the empirical method in that it uses a systematic approach to observing and testing. There are other ways of knowing, such as through the method of intuition. Discuss why knowing things thro

    Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma?

    Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Abnormal Psychology Text Analyze Issue 3: Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma? As part of your analysis, evaluate contemporary research associated with the critical issue. After reading the selected critical issue, use the following questions to analyze th

    Observational research methods

    Do you think that observational research methods are too subjective? Why or why not? How can observer bias be controlled? Please read chapter 4. I need at least 250 words of your response.

    Examine the neurological effects, structural and functional, of drug use.

    Examine the neurological effects, structural and functional, of drug use. All drugs do something in the brain to create their euphoric results although several of them also have harsh harmful penalties in the brain including seizures, stroke, and widespread brain injury that can affect all features of everyday life. Drugs c

    Uses for descriptive statistical processes in research questions

    Can descriptive statistical processes be used in determining relationships, differences, and/or effects in the research question and testable null hypothesis (as stated below)? I think that includes mean, median, mode, etc. Research question: What is the relationship between socioeconomic levels and child abuse?

    Applying Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Interventions

    What are three effective cognitive-behavioral interventions you can use, for a specific disorder, based on the conceptualization of the problem in question? How would a psychologist fit with cognitive-behavioral therapies?

    Strokes and effect on brain functioning and behavior

    The brain is the center of human activity and there are processes that may come along to derail the brain's normal functioning. Some of these disruptive processes are known as neurological disorders. Neurological disorders may affect different areas like movement, perception, and language. Cerebrovascular accidents or strokes ar

    MSA differences between sexes

    In your research, did you find any differences between the sexes? Or any other groups, such as ethnic or racial groups? Does multiple system atrophy (MSA) affect men and women equally? Why? What are the physiological similarities or differences between men and women concerning this disorder? Or between ethnic, or other,

    Behaviorism in the Classroom

    Scenario: You are the teacher of John, a 13-year-old boy who transferred this year into the seventh grade at your school, a fairly traditional middle school. John is getting into a lot of trouble. He is not turning in much homework and often seems unprepared for tests. He is frequently off-task in the classroom, particularly

    complexity of synapses and receptors

    This complexity of synapses and receptors provide the means for our behaviors. How exactly does this process affect behavior? How does the changes in the nervous system translate into a change in behavior?

    Having a problem with a research assignment

    My research question is - what is the relationship between socioeconomic status and child abuse. I have to state the null and alternate hypothesis, align the the hypothesis with the research questions and identify and describe the type of research hypothesis (differences, relationship and effects). I think I stated my hypothes