Your mother’s pregnancy with you, genetic influences (what physical or personality traits do you believe you inherited from your parents?),

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PSYC 2103 Term Paper Requirements:

Students will be required to write a six page, APA formatted term paper investigating their own development from a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial perspective. The paper must include an APA formatted title and reference page, which is not included in the six page minimum requirement. Students are expected to examine their development from birth until their current age. A minimum of six scholarly sources must be included to support the theories used to explain a student’s development.

Suggested questions to consider answering throughout the paper (you certainly do not have to answer all of these):

Biological: Your mother’s pregnancy with you, genetic influences (what physical or personality traits do you believe you inherited from your parents?), nutrition, immunizations, brain development, physical activities, puberty/sexual maturation, illnesses, motor skills (fine and gross), sensory development, learning disabilities

Cognitive: Your development through Piaget’s stages, language development, Vygotsky’s theory, early educational experiences, memory development

Psychosocial: Emotional development, attachment to caregivers as infant, play, gender development, moral development, peer groups/peer pressure, relationships with parents as older child, drug use.

APA Formatting Help

For help with the APA format please review the “APA Formatting Resources” folder located directly above the “Observation Report” folder.  You should/must also use either the Upswing Tutoring service or the Writing Lab on you WGTC campus to review your paper for APA formatting.  They will also help you with grammatical errors and completeness of following the directions.

Directions For Submitting Your Papers

Before you submit your paper for grading via the digital drop box, you must first check your paper for originality and to insure that you don’t accidentally plagiarize someone else’s work. You do this but submitting your assignment to the Term Paper_Click Here to Submit link above to get your originality report. You can do this as often as it takes for you to correctly quote and cite your references (textbook, journals, other books, Internet research). Your instructor will only grade the last submission.

Research studies should be summarized with detail, including the findings, how they were obtained, and any biases and limitations affecting the findings.

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Literature Review: You will do 6 literature reviews pretaining to your specific course and topic. Reviews literature related to the unifying/overarching them within the core specializations identified. The focus of the literature review is to determine how the topic has been addressed in the available research literature, extending knowledge in the field by synthesizing research literature from the core areas within the primary topic. Provide a current state of accumulated knowledge as it relates to the specific topic, integrating the core specializations. Summarize the general state of the literature on the topic.

 

The literature review section should begin with a description of the literature search strategy including (not limited to):

  • Keywords used
  • Databases searched
  • Years included
  • Results yielded
  • Results excluded

 

The following should be included in the literature review section:

  • Research studies should be summarized with detail, including the findings, how they were obtained, and any biases and limitations affecting the findings.
  • Significant or noteworthy similarities and differences among core areas and the unifying theme should be highlighted.
  • Provide critical analyses of available research literature.
  • Conclusion that summarizes the section.

 

Discussion: Articulate the importance of the findings of the literature reviewed; explain why these findings are important to the field of psychology. Make recommendations for future research based on the literature reviewed and explain the rationale for the recommendations.

 

This section should include:

  • Synthesis of the research literature, redeveloping conceptualizations of existing paradigms, or proposing new paradigms.
  • Extending of knowledge through the integration of the literature review findings.
  • Supported recommendations for future research.
  • Conclusion summarizing the major elements of the project

In this essay, I have to reflect on the interaction between globalization and religion and whether globalization is good for religion or not. This is an opinion paper. I need to Make sure all your arguments are well sustained with proper information and the facts you state are accurate. In order to help you build an argument, I have to present at least three different cases that illustrate the relationship between globalization and religion. You can think of examples of things that have happened in history, specific situations, etc. For example, how the internet was used during the pandemic for people to still attend religious services, even though there was a mandatory quarantine. This essay word limit is 1500 words and is going to be run through a plagiarism checker so there cannot be any plagiarism and it must have sources cited in MLA format.

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As a forensic psychology professional, you will encounter a variety of ethical issues in handling cases of family violence, including issues with identification, intervention, and treatment, as well as many other facets. It is imperative that you understand these issues and be prepared to handle them within your personal and professional life.

In this Assignment, you will identify ethical challenges associated with family violence and offer ideas to prepare for these challenges, as well as strategies to address them within a case.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Read the APA and AP-LS ethical guidelines found in your Learning Resources. Consider the perspective from which you plan on working within the field of forensic psychology, and identify two ethical issues that you might encounter when working with family violence.

The Assignment: 2- to 3-page paper

Explain two ethical issues you might encounter when working in matters of family violence. Explain why those ethical issues might prove to be challenging. Explain ways in which you could avoid these ethical issues and recommend 2–3 strategies that you could use to help manage each issue.

https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/forensic-psychology

https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/

As a forensic psychology professional, you will encounter a variety of ethical issues in handling cases of family violence, including issues with identification, intervention, and treatment, as well as many other facets. It is imperative that you understand these issues and be prepared to handle them within your personal and professional life.

In this Assignment, you will identify ethical challenges associated with family violence and offer ideas to prepare for these challenges, as well as strategies to address them within a case.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Read the APA and AP-LS ethical guidelines found in your Learning Resources. Consider the perspective from which you plan on working within the field of forensic psychology, and identify two ethical issues that you might encounter when working with family violence.

The Assignment: 2- to 3-page paper

Explain two ethical issues you might encounter when working in matters of family violence. Explain why those ethical issues might prove to be challenging. Explain ways in which you could avoid these ethical issues and recommend 2–3 strategies that you could use to help manage each issue.

https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/forensic-psychology

https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/

Identify the discrepancies you have discovered between the way you actually spend your time each week and the balance you would like to achieve for your weekly activities. Include

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draft a 3–5 page paper and include the following:

  • Identify the discrepancies you have discovered between the way you actually spend your time each week and the balance you would like to achieve for your weekly activities. Include
    • The barriers in your current work/life balance that are preventing you from achieving your desired work/life balance.
    • What are the moral and ethical dilemmas you will face in trying to achieve your goals?
    • What values and ethics does your revised work/balance plan reflect, and why are these important to you?
  • Draft an action plan that will help you achieve your desired work/life balance, based on personal values and ethical principles.
  • Describe any pertinent litigation or laws related to work/life balance.
    • Use the Capella Library and the Internet to research any pertinent litigation or laws related to work/life balance.
  • Describe how you will be able to apply the knowledge you have gained through completing this assignment to help colleagues achieve a better work/life balance.
  • Explain how attending to your own work/life balance may improve your professional performance.

Remember to use your Assignment Worksheet [DOC] to help you outline your work and organize your resources.

Assignment Requirements

  • Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • Length of paper: Submit 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages (title and reference pages not included).
  • Format: Format resources and citations according to current APA guidelines for style and format.
  • Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
  • Sources: Cite at least three sources.