Summarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.

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Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology Testing

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please read the required textbook chapters and articles for this week.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. Your presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics and include appropriate citations of your referenced sources. Separate reference slides, which follow APA formatting guidelines for a References page, must be included at the end of the presentation. You must create your own template and organize your presentation in the sequence provided. Do not use a font smaller than 20 pt. You are encouraged to insert relevant figures and graphics. Make sure to appropriately cite any images you use. If you include a table or figure from a journal article, cite it according to APA guidelines. The notes section of each slide must include the text for oral comments you would make while presentating the materials to a live audience.

References must be cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For assistance with creating a visually engaging and readable presentation, you may review Garr Reynolds’s tips for creating presentations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

The presentation must cover each of the following topics in the order presented below.

The Ethical and Social Implications of Testing

  • Provide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.

Professional Responsibilities

  • Describe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.

Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

  • Analyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.

Reliability

  • Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.

Validity 

  • Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.
  • Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.
  • Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyze the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.

Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction

  • Compare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).

Application One: An Ethical and Professional Quandry

Application Two: Evidence-Based Medicine

  • Summarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.
  • Elaborate on each of Youngstrom’s recommendations by providing practical examples that illustrate the relevance of the recommendations in a clinical setting.

Application Three: Selecting Valid Instruments

  • Create a research hypothesis or brief clinical case scenario in which you must select an instrument to measure intolerance for uncertainty.
  • Use the information in the Fergus (2013) article to support which measure to use.

The presentation

  • Must consist of 16 to 20 slides (not including title and reference slides) that are formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title slide with the following:
    • Title of presentation
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use the assigned chapters in the course text, Standard 9 from the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and the 3 required peer-reviewed articles assigned for Week One.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include separate reference slides formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Describe something you have learned (you used to have to concentrate) that is now in your procedural memory (you no longer have to concentrate on it). Discuss how you learned this information.

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Chapter 6

1. Search for short youtube/vimeo video on a famous psych LEARNING experiment (max 6 min video)

2. Briefly summarize the video – include link to video (minimum 200 words)

3. In addition to your summary, explain why you chose this video. What type of “learning” is being demonstrated (classical, operant, cognitive)

Chapter 6 leisure activity

 

Give your own example of each of the following:

a. Positive Reinforcement

b. negative reinforcement

c. positive punishment

d. negative punishment

Chapter 7

 

1. Define practical intelligence (textbook definition). Describe a situation in which you would need to use practical intelligence https://snead.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-946996-dt-content-rid-4401675_1/courses/10567.201910/Psychology-OP.pdf

2. Define cultural intelligence (textbook definition). Describe a situation in which cultural intelligence would help you communicate better.

3. Define emotional intelligence. What influence do you think emotional intelligence plays in your personal life?

Chapter 7 assignment

 

Access two of the resources below relating to Cognition

2. Write a summary of both (300 words minimum)

3.  In addition to the summary answer the following questions: Why did you choose these two resources? What did you learn that you did not know before? What was the most fascinating aspect? Why?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/24/545711940/pitch-neurons

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/201709/how-speaking-second-language-affects-the-way-you-think

Chapter 8 leisure activity

 

1. Describe something you have learned (you used to have to concentrate) that is now in your procedural memory (you no longer have to concentrate on it). Discuss how you learned this information.

2. Describe something you learned in high school that is now in your semantic memory.

 

Watch the videos relating to memory
http://video.snead.edu/PSY200/Memory_-_20160921_122707_25.html

2. Write a summary (250 words minimum)

3. Before this chapter, did you know that false memories were a thing? How likely do you believe that you have experienced this phenomenon in your lifetime? What kind of ethical questions does this raise?

 When you revise this draft for the Final Project I submission in response to instructor feedback, be sure to use track changes. Use this Microsoft Help Guide for instructions surrounding the use of tracked changes.

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Reminder: When you revise this draft for the Final Project I submission in response to instructor feedback, be sure to use track changes. Use this Microsoft Help Guide for instructions surrounding the use of tracked changes.

Specifically, the following critical element must be addressed:

IX. Personality Patterns Summary: Using the information provided, create a personality patterns summary for the client based on all assessments and your observations.

A. Summarize the general personality characteristics of the client’s:

  1. Openness to experience (level of creativity and curiosity)
  2. Conscientiousness (level of organization and work ethic)
  3. Extraversion (level of sociability and enthusiasm)
  4. Agreeableness (level of friendliness and kindness)
  5. Emotional stability (level of calmness and tranquility)

Guidelines for Submission: Your draft of the Personality Patterns Summary section must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double

spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Adhere to the latest edition of APA formatting.

Instructions

Recognize: Postive/Negative Reinforcements and Punishments

Evaluation Title: Operant Conditioning

The table below provides the four kinds of operant conditioning as they apply to dog training.

After reviewing these examples, create two examples from each category but apply them to human behavior.

  • You will provide 2 examples of positive reinforcement;
  • 2 examples of negative reinforcement;
  • 2 examples of positive punishment and
  • 2 examples of negative punishment.

Remember, Reinforcement = increasing behavior and Punishment = decreasing behavior. Positive = applying something to increase or decrease behavior and Negative = removing something to increase or decrease behavior.

Write an essay in which you discuss your findings in relationship to your understanding of what is involved in assessing the individuals within their environment.

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Instructions

Take a walk around your neighbor and look for environmental features that encourage or discourage social contact or neighboring as discussed by Kuo, Sullivan, and Coley (1998) and Sullivan, Kuo and DePooter (2004).
Make a note of features that might promote community contacts: front porches where people sit, pedestrian walkways and sidewalks, streets with less automobile traffic and more pedestrian traffic, public areas where children can safely play while adults can both supervise them and talk to each other.

During your observation, consider the following: Do these features encourage saying hello, conversation, or other neighborly contacts, even with people you don’t know? Does the lack of such facilities discourage such contact? Are there other features that encourage contact?

Next, visit common spaces such as parks or playgrounds, no matter how small. During your observation, consider the following: Is there pedestrian traffic and neighborly contact? Are spaces open to public view in ways that help keep them safe? Does greenery, benches, or other features promote neighborly contacts (Kuo et al. 1998)?

Write an essay in which you discuss your findings in relationship to your understanding of what is involved in assessing the individuals within their environment. Provide recommendations to help make the neighborhood more encouraging for social contact.

Length: 3-5 pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to the topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be careful to adhere to Northcentral’s Academic Integrity Policy.

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