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    Lesbians & Straight Women

    Please see the artcile at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194724,00.html. What are your thoughts, comments about this one? What do you get from it?

    Human Services-Models of Effective Helping

    Write a description of your personal model of helping and discuss how and why you have, at this point in your development, formed your viewpoints. Include: a. How and why you formed this viewpoint b. Your view of helping c. The relationship between the clinician and the participant d. Techniques or approaches to change e.

    Sociocultural influence on group process

    Identify two distinct cultures and compare and contrast the impact of sociocultural context on one aspect of the intraindividual social development or group process.

    What is the connection between long-term anxiety and social incompetence?

    The article attached: (Burt Obradovic) is the article I need help with and will be coupled with another article (see hyperlink: Twenge) that is on how and why anxiety has increased in children and adults over the years. I will leave the hyperlink to the Twenge article in case it is needed. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/featu

    Emerging Issues

    a. Describe the impact that these issues will have on society. b. Explain how these issues will affect the interaction among culturally diverse groups.

    Characteristics of Mexican culture

    The various characteristics of History.This is all about History of Mexican culture 1)What are the primary cultural characteristics of this history 2)How do the characteristics of this history impact their experience as a subculture in American society? 3)How might the cultural aspects of this history be applied to traditio

    Group Motivation

    ? Describe what you learned about yourself in this exercise. ? How does this knowledge affect the way you interact in groups? ? What will you do differently in future groups as a result of this exercise? ? Based on your results, what may you do to be more motivated? ? What incentives/motivators would help you be more motivat

    Environmental Psychology - Queuing Theory

    Please help answer the following questions on abnormal psychology. Provide at least 300 words. What is queuing theory? How has queuing theory affected you? What are Quarantelli's Dimensions? Why is it important to learn this concept?

    Discussion Questions

    I have to answer the questions below in 250 words each. I had to place 4 individuals in a group and determine their 4 Personality Type Letters by having them complete the short Cognitive Style Inventory© at http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html. Each group member completed the Cognitive Style Inventory and prov

    Design an imaginary quasi-experimental study.

    Design an imaginary quasi-experimental study. Then answer the following questions: 1. What is the hypothesis of your imaginary study? 2. What is/are the independent variable(s)? 3. What is/are the dependent variable(s)? 4. Briefly, how will you test your hypothesis? That is, what are the procedures you will

    correlational data

    A method that can be used to analyze research Discuss the advantages and the drawbacks associated with your selected method

    True experiments/difference from experimental designs.

    What are true experiments? How are threats to internal validity controlled by true experiments? How are they different from experimental designs? What are quasi-experimental designs? Why are they important? How are they different from experimental designs?

    Controlled setting

    Why would it be important for an experiment to be conducted in a natural setting as opposed to a controlled setting? What obstacles do researchers face in conducting experiments in a natural setting? How can they overcome these obstacles?

    Discussion Questions

    1) How may your group incorporate the principles of Edwin Locke and Gary Latham's goal theory into your weekly goals? 2) How may a group be motivated to accomplish goals? Is it necessary to motivate every member in a different way? Why or why not? Be sure to reference text readings to support your reasoning.

    Testing and Measurement

    What is the one of the most significant external influences (examiner or environment) on test results as well as one of the most significant examinee behaviors/conditions that may influence test result. Why is each a significant influencer and what can done to control for each?

    Employee Selection and Training

    Examine the role of industrial/organizational psychology in selecting and training employees using the findings from your research. o In your examination, you must include at least two real-world examples of how organizations have used industrial/organizational psychology to select and train employees. o Examine th

    internal validity ..

    If both groups started with about 30 people (28 in one, 32 in the other) and at the end, one group had 20 and the other had 26. Why is that a problem?

    effectiveness of a new teaching method

    Describe your sample population in detail (selection method, size, composition, any incentives offered, etc.) Describe your data analysis methods, including the inferential statistics you will use.

    Listening to Books and Performing Other Tasks

    Please assist with providing a good argument that states that certain people can listen to books on tape/CD and still perform other tasks. I have a boss that believes that since he can't concentrate on the book and do his job that no one else can. I need a good strong argument and facts that claim that certain people actually do

    Sternberg, Spearman, and Gardner Models of Intelligence

    1. Explain the major points of the Sternberg, Spearman, and Gardner models of intelligence. 2. Discuss specific similarities and differences from one model to another. 3. Discuss which model appears to be the most comprehensive model of intellectual functioning and why. Defend your answer with data from the text and othe

    conditioned stimulus

    I am writing a paper regarding unconditioned stimulus, conditional stimulus, unconditioned response and conditional response and how they relate to my fear of public speaking. the US is the crowd or being asked to do a presentation, the UR is the fear. I am having a hard time pinpointing what the CS and CR would be as it relat

    Cultural Differences sample guide

    Which two will be a better choice I was thinking about Bicultural conflict and Ethnic identity. 1) Individualism versus collectivism 2) Bicultural conflict 3) Acculturation 4) Culture and aggression 5) Gender identity 6) Sexual identity/orientation 7) Racial identity 8) Ethnic identity 9) Cultural identity 10) Religio

    What is ethnocentrism?

    1. What is ethnocentrism? How does it affect perceptions among culturally diverse groups? (about 250 words) 2. What are at least two sociopolitical factors encountered by Asian Pacific Americans? What impact do these factors have on this population? (about 250 words) References please. Note: This is not an essay as

    Atmospheric Environmental Stressors

    Describe and detail at least three atmospheric environmental stressors (e.g., temperature, humidity, chemical pollution) and evaluate the affect of stressors on individuals (400 words max).

    Trend Article Analysis Help

    Locate a peer-reviewed article about a research study concerning a social and/or behavioral trend that impacts research in the field of psychology. a. Summarize your selected article. b. Explain the impact of the trend discussed in your selected article on research in the field of psychology. Back up your discuss

    Research Design

    See attached. Your advisement will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.