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    Biological Aspects of Personality

    What are two ways in which our "biology" may influence the types of experiences we have? Provide examples of these two ways using current research.

    Shared Social Cognition in Small Groups

    Discuss social psychophysiology, including social and non-social aspects of social cognition; and discuss how biological, evolutionary, neural or hormonal aspects of social phenomena might impact on shared cognition.

    Gamblers Anonymous Addiction

    Discuss your impression of Gamblers Anonymous Twelve-Step Treatment Programs after your experience there, detailing the following: when you might rely upon this treatment option as an addictions counselor; when you might be reluctant to do so; and how you see this process as contributory to sustained addiction free behavior foll

    Psychological Control

    What is parental psychological control. Is guilt a good form of psychological control in controlling a child's behavior? Is psychological control beneficial for children? What other control methods do parents utilize on their children? *400 words for 4 credits* *NO REFERENCES NEEDED*

    Evaluative Questions: Quantitative & Qualitative

    For this discussion, you will describe your research design for answering key evaluation questions for your program evaluation. This is an extended discussion that should be 300-400 words. At the beginning of your post, briefly provide the following information for your peers' review: Population. Clinical area of

    Youth homelessness and their relationship with their worker

    Analyzing and Evaluating Research Questions and Hypotheses Creswell points out that "[I]nvestigators place signposts to carry the reader through a plan for a study" (p. 129). If the introduction and purpose statement tell where you want to go, the research question or questions are the routes for getting there. In this Discussi

    Active listening responses

    I am to respond to this situation but as an active listener. In doing so, I need to identify the key experience (s), etc. An example provided can respond to the group as a whole or to each individual separately. Complete the template for each person if you choose to respond to each individual separately. Include 3−5 sentence

    Behavioral and cognitive Approaches

    The behavioral approach and the cognitive approach; it is important to understand the foundation for each of these theories and how they differ from each other. Address the following: 1) Describe the foundational principles of each approach 2) Compare and contrast the two approaches, specifically detailing where they diffe

    Bilingualism in Psychology

    Why it is difficult for an individual to learn a second language beyond childhood, but yet bilingualism is usually easier for young children? What are the advantages/disadvantages (cognitively) of being bilingual?

    Cognitive Psychology: Stereotyping and Prejudice

    explores how cognitive psychology is used in the development of high-stakes academic competency tests to mitigate prejudice and stereotyping in the test items. Include the following: 1. A brief review of the theories of cognitive psychology and their applications to learning and instruction. 2. A discussion of how cognitiv

    Stereotypes, biases and heuristics

    evaluate the methods used to measure biases, stereotypes, and heuristics. Include the following in your paper: 1. An evaluative summary of the properties of psychometrically sound measures 2. An evaluation of the methods used to measure biases, stereotypes, and heuristics. Do these methods conform to psychometrically sound

    Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

    Describe a job that you held in the past. (a) Reflecting on your former job, analyze your person-job fit, and give specific examples of how the person-job fit was related to your degree of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. (b) Ultimately, why did you leave that job? (c) As you left that job, what characteristics we

    Self-Attribution and Cognitive Dissonance Theory

    Describe the connection between self-attribution and cognitive dissonance. Include the following: 1. A summary of the research regarding the theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the mental processes of self-attribution and cognitive dissonance. 2. A discussion of how nature and nurture influence self-attri

    Innovation and Creativity in Organizational Leadership

    This solution offers some suggestions about the role of innovation and creativity as a responsibility of tomorrow's organizational leadership. Apply this to your current or past employment. Support your assertions with current research. Harnessing and Optimal Utilization of Human Capital in Virtual Workplace Environments By

    Work/Life Balance

    This solution delivers some suggestions on discussing the value of having a balance in your work and life responsibilities, using this article: When Work and Family Are Allies: A Theory of Work-Family Enrichment by Jeffrey H. Greenhaus (Drexel University) and Gary N. Powell (University of Connecticut) http://amr.aom.org/conte

    Religion and belief systems in counseling

    Before you start on this discussion, complete Part 1 (items 1-10) of The Social Justice Advocacy Readiness Questionnaire in the Chen-Hayes article. Use your responses to the questionnaire and the readings of this unit to prepare a post that reflects on your own readiness to counsel sexual minorities. Specifically address your sp

    Developing Leadership Capability

    Do superior leaders have a minimum number of natural-born abilities? Or can anyone become an effective leader? Give examples and support your assertions with current research. Use the article "Developing leadership capability: What's inside the black box?" by Jay A. Conger http://amp.aom.org/content/18/3/136.abstract

    Leadership resources

    Briefly describe your own leadership skills, traits, and behaviors. Indicate the key characteristics that support and inhibit your leadership growth. What are the ways in which developing skills will help you be a more effective leader? Give examples and support your assertions with current research.

    Leader traits

    This solution briefly offers some suggestions with explaining what someone might believe to be the single most important characteristic for a leader in the 21st century.

    Transformational leadership

    Explain how you view transformational leadership as an enhancement to organizational leaders, to those who work with them, and to their organization. Give examples and support your assertions with current research. Read the Bass article "Two Decades of Research and Development in Transformational Leadership" from European

    Trait Theory and Dispositions

    Most trait theories focus on broad dispositions as the determinants of behavior. Briefly explain the concept of "dispositions." How do dispositions most significantly contribute to the construct of personality? Why is this contribution significant?

    Literature guidance

    This solution offers some suggestions regarding three different leadership theories that involves culture.

    The Media, Children, and Mental Health

    Using communications media (either local or national) how might this be effective and creatively employed as a tool of social change when working amongst children in the mental health system. Please help me come up with up with one concrete action that could be taken using the media to further the change considered for this popu

    Organizational issues

    This solution offers some notes of suggestions on the topic of spirituality within an organization. Utilizing additional recent articles related to spirituality and leadership, it defines spirituality in the workplace.

    Independent, dependent, and mediating variables

    For this discussion, you are asked to answer some of the questions from the checklist in order to analyze an empirical study. The questions you are to answer from the checklist are listed below. To complete this discussion, start with reading the Grant and Berry 2011 article. This article, on motivation and creativity, explor

    Family therapist in a mental health setting

    Interviewing skills can be used in a wide variety of settings. How these skills may be applied? As a marriage and family therapist career in mind, think of a social service agency, healthcare agency, business, educational institution, or government agency that you would potentially be employed at that could make use of a counsel

    Social Change and the Family System

    Please help with thinking about a social change issue specific to local communities related to families or children. Using the local media or other sources, please define the issue and examine programs or policies that have been implemented for communities. Describe this policy/program, and briefly summarize its key objectives.