Calculate your results as best as you can. Remember that your hypothesis drives your statistics. Think about what statistics you need to include to test your hypothesis. Write out all of your numbers even if you are including them in a table. Don’t forget to include a chart or table!

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Instructions

For this assignment, you will complete a research paper on a topic of your choice and you will work with a research group.

You are the researcher who conducted this study!

Once you have completed your study you will need to analyze data and write a lab report (I think it will end up being around 7- 10 pages – this page count does not include the title page or references) in APA style consisting of the following sections:

  • Title Page
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • References

(More information on each section is located below)

You will write the report as the researcher conducting the experiment. You should try to use as much of your data as possible. Do not discard data unless there is a really good reason to do so.

Careful attention must be paid to APA Style as it represents a significant portion of your grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course. At the end of the term, you will submit your completed paper to your assignment folder.

Here is the grading rubric for the paper: Rubric

Main components on your research paper

  1. Title page – Make sure that the main points of a title page are included.
  2. Abstract – This is a well written summary of your paper. A reader should be able to get a clear picture of your paper based on the abstract. Include everything from a quick introduction of the topic to a sentence that implies that you will discuss results and implications.Calculate your results as best as you can. Remember that your hypothesis drives your statistics. Think about what statistics you need to include to test your hypothesis. Write out all of your numbers even if you are including them in a table. Don’t forget to include a chart or table!
  3. Introduction – This is so much more than a summary of your paper and should not be treated that way. For this paper, your introduction should be 1.5-3 pages of double spaced writing. Start by introducing your topic in general. Then you should discuss research from relevant published studies. Most, if not all, of your 8 references from peer reviewed sources will be cited in this section. Discussing these studies are important as they help provide a rationale for your study. Give that rationale next. Finish by clearly stating your hypothesis.  Remember to paraphrase and summarize rather than using quotes.
  4. Methods – Split this section into participants, materials and procedures subsections. I think with all the sections this may approahc a page in length
  5. Results – Calculate your results as best as you can. Remember that your hypothesis drives your statistics. Think about what statistics you need to include to test your hypothesis. Write out all of your numbers even if you are including them in a table. Don’t forget to include a chart or table!
    1. since you are most likley going to end up fudging data yo have to focus less on the numbers and more on what the numbers you write down, mean and make sense.  For example, correlation cooefficients need to be between -1 and 1 and you should know the meaning of what a negative number and a positive number mean.
    2. You should know how a statistical test would get results.  For example, use a correlation coefficient for correlational studies and a p-value for things like a t-test
    3. If you say something is significant then your fudged numbers should reflect that it is significant at whatever level of alpha you are assigning.
    4. Hard for me to say how long this would be but since it is just the facts ad not your interpretation of the facts, I wouldn’t expect more than a page in any case
  6. Discussion – This is the best section because it is finally time to talk about what YOU think. After restating your results, talk about what they mean. What are the implications of your findings? Why are they important?  After that, talk about the limitations to your study and give specific ideas for future research. I would expect 1.5 -3 pages
  7. References – Don’t forget that your references (and all of your paper) need to be in APA format. You need at least 8 references from peer reviewed sources (e.g., journals).  ONLY use peer reviewed/scholarly sources.

Describe the criminal behavior in detail, including any research you have found on the origins or development of this behavior (in approximately 1 page).

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The goal of this course is to create a prevention plan for a specific criminal behavior. Throughout the course, you will complete interrelated assignments in each module that build toward the LASA assignment, a prevention plan.

 

The first step toward this end is to identify a specific criminal behavior for which you will develop a prevention program. The first chapter of the textbook describes a variety of criminal behavior problems, such as status crimes, juvenile offenders, and drug abuse.

 

Once you select the criminal behavior, you should do a preliminary literature search to ensure that you will have ready access to scholarly resources.

 

Create a 2- to 3-page paper describing your selected criminal behavior. You must consider the following when creating your paper:

 

  • Describe the criminal behavior in detail, including any research you have found on the origins or development of this behavior (in approximately 1 page).
  • Discuss the specific target area you want to address in the problem (in approximately 1 paragraph).
  • Describe the specific group you want to focus on from among those affected by the criminal problem, i.e., juveniles, women, etc.
  • Describe the possible prevention and intervention ideas (in approximately 1 page).
  • Discuss research support for the effectiveness of your proposed prevention or intervention ideas (in approximately 2–3 paragraphs).

For example, suppose you pick juvenile sex offenders and want to develop a prevention program for adolescent sex offenders. Specifically, you want to target risk factors associated with that population.

 

Support your assumptions by citing reputable source material used for this assignment in APA format.

Explain in detail (using course readings/presentations from this module/week) the relationship between abuse and addiction in adolescence.

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In Modules/Weeks 3, 4, and 5, you will read the provided essay topic, noting carefully all the pertinent issues to address. You will then write an essay of at least 600 words, drawing information from this course, outside readings, and presentations for that module/week. The essay must be strongly supported with proper citations of 2–3 current, scholarly sources in current APA format; include a reference page at the end. These sources must be less than 10 years old. DO NOT write opinions, but support your answers to the questions with your readings. Must be original snd not plagarize and be in  proper apa format

 

 

Essay 3 – Addiction in Adolescence

 

Explain in detail (using course readings/presentations from this module/week) the relationship between abuse and addiction in adolescence. How does abuse or addiction affect the developing brain of an adolescent? How does a healthy spiritual development affect the likelihood of use/abuse/addiction in the adolescent years? Discuss local news coverage of alcohol or drug-related stories to adolescent use in your area. Give details on the prevalence of addiction based on your readings and the news stories. Are differing viewpoints considered, analyzed, and treated?

 

 

 

 

For each essay, ensure that the conclusion contains a good summary of the issues treated and offer suggestions for further study.

How do the experiments of Carolyn and Arthur Staats help us understand prejudice?

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write a 300 word answer to each essay question with APA formatted citations and references (APA title page and reference page are required. Each question should be answered clearly and numbered) answer each question thoroughly and completely, providing examples where required. A minimum of 5 scholarly references are required

Answer the questions below

  1. Synthesize the work of Watson and Rayner with Little Albert.
  2. Evaluate how you might have cured Little Albert’s phobia.
  3. Synthesize how a person might learn to be embarrassed by the word strawberry.
  4. How do the experiments of Carolyn and Arthur Staats help us understand prejudice?
  5. Evaluate Garcia’s work on taste aversion. Explain how his work differed from most studies of Pavlovian conditioning.
  6. How might you use Pavlovian conditioning to produce a boost in the body’s immune system in response to a CS?
  7. Compare and contrast classical conditioning and operant learning.
  8. What is the chief problem with the two-process theory of avoidance?
  9. Synthesize e how you would use shaping to train a pigeon to hop on one foot.
  10. Why is insight not an adequate explanation of problem solving?
    1. Find a NEWS article that addresses a recent technological development or the impact of a technological innovation on society. For example, there are many news articles about the impact of cell phone use on human cognition, social media on self-esteem or elections, gene editing, renewable energy, etc. (A news article is an article from a media source like a newspaper or magazine such as the New York Times, FOX, The Washington Post, VICE, etc. that addresses a current event. It does not include sources like Wikipedia, eHow, dictionaries, academic journals, or other information websites.)
    2. Write a minimum 300 word essay that answers the following questions:
      1. Based on the article you chose, how is the technological innovation described?
      2. According to the article, what is the impact of the technological innovation on human society and culture? How is this similar to previous technological innovations discussed in the book?
      3. How do you imagine the technology discussed will develop in the future, i.e. what do think the long-term impact will be?

    please include work cited!!