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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the Ryder, Ban, & Chentsova-Dutton (2011) “Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology,” American Psychological Association (2014) “Guidelines for Prevention in Psychology,” Hage, et al. (2007) “Walking the Talk: Implementing the Prevention Guidelines and Transforming the Profession of Psychology,” and Rivera-Mosquera, et al. (2007) “Prevention Activities in Professional Psychology: A Reaction to the Prevention Guidelines” articles.

Clinical and counseling psychology is a dynamic field that is constantly evolving and striving toward better treatment options and modalities. In this literature review, you will explore and integrate psychological research into a literature review, addressing current trends in three major areas of clinical and counseling psychology: assessment, clinical work, and prevention.

In your review, include the following headings, and address the required content.

Assessment
Support this section with information from the Ryder et al. (2011) article “Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology” and at least one additional peer-reviewed article from the Ashford University Library.

1. Compare the assessments currently in use by clinical and counseling psychologists.
2. Explain the trend towards cultural-clinical psychology and the suitability of clinical assessments with diverse clients.

Clinical work
Support this section using a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles from the Ashford University Library. The recommended articles for this week may be useful in generating your response.

1. Compare and contrast technical eclecticism, assimilative integration and theoretical integration.
2. Provide a historical context and identify the major theorists for each perspective.
3. Assess the trends in psychotherapy integration.
4. List three pros and cons for each perspective, sharing which perspective most closely aligns with your own.
5. Analyze the major trends in psychology and explain the connection between evidenced-based practices and psychotherapy integration.

Prevention
Review the “Guidelines for Prevention in Psychology” (American Psychological Association, 2014), and support this section with information from the Hage, et al. (2007) “Walking the Talk: Implementing the Prevention Guidelines and Transforming the Profession of Psychology,” and Rivera-Mosquera, et al. (2007) “Prevention Activities in Professional Psychology: A Reaction to the Prevention Guidelines” articles.

1. Describe general prevention strategies implemented by clinical and counseling psychologists at the micro, meso, exo, and macro levels.

PSYCH 540 Week 1 Complete Discussion1.How are the 2 approaches in psychological research similar and how are they different? Are qualitative and quantitative research approaches in conflict or do they complement each other? If they do complement each other, in what way or ways? Why might you choose one approach (qualitative or quantitative) over the other? Which approach “speaks to you” most? Discussion 2.I have two questions to get our discussions started about IRBs and ethics in psychological research: 1. Assume you are a psychotherapist or counselor in private practice or working in an agency and you want to conduct research into anxiety using your clients as the sample population for your study. What ethical considerations would you need to take into account? Is each of these considerations important or are they there because the government or some IRB says you have to include it? If the consideration is important, why and in what way? If it is not, why not? 2. Assume you are preparing your Masters Thesis or PhD dissertation and it involves you conducting an original study. You will have to get approval from the university- IRB first. Given that it is already the 21st Century and you are not going to do anything like Stanley Milgram- experiments, is IRB approval important or is it merely a time-consuming hassle? Describe the criteria you used in formulating your answer. Individual Assignment – Fundamentals of Research Methodology Paper Prepare a 1,400 to 1,600-word paper in which you examine fundamental concepts of research methodology in the field of psychology. Base your discussion on research into the psychological literature you have done using peer-reviewed journals in our university library or other sources for peer-reviewed psychological literature. Your paper, citations, and reference list need to be formatted properly in APA format. As a part of your examination, be sure to address the following items: • Discuss the science of psychology: how psychology functions as a science today and how psychological research fits into the field of psychology. • Explain the scientific method and its relationship to psychological research. • Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative data and each methodology’s role in psychological research. • Describe the process of scientific theory construction and testing. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Learning Team Assignment – Choose Topic for Literature Review The team needs to select a topic for the Week 2 team assignment, the Literature Review. To do so elect an issue in the field of psychology of interest to the members of the team. This issue will be the basis for your Research Project due in Weeks Three and Four as well as Week Two. Therefore, make sure it is a subject about which you would want to design a study. Obtain faculty approval of your selected issue prior to beginning the Literature Review.