Identify a community organization, business, organization, public agency, or research institution of interest to you in in the field, one in which you are interested in potentially working.

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Your task this week is to prepare a letter of interest for an organization of interest to you, (or one where you would enjoy working) and to develop a brief description of a potential research topic in an area of psychology.

Assume you are applying to work in a field of research.

  1. Identify a community organization, business, organization, public agency, or research institution of interest to you in in the field, one in which you are interested in potentially working.
  2. Prepare a statement of interest in which you address the following points:
    • Why are you interested in psychology and in the particular area of interest represented by this organization?
    • How do you see yourself contributing to the field of psychology?
  3. Identify and describe a topic of interest to you in the field of psychology and a potential area of research focus within that topic that might be of interest to the organization where you would be interested in working.

To complete the assignment, you have two options:

  • Option 1 – Schedule a phone call or Skype session with your instructor during the first week of the class. During that session, share your thoughts, ideas, and dreams with her or him. Then, write up a summary of your discussion and submit it below. Unless you have obtained permission to submit written responses, be sure to contact your professor in a timely manner to schedule a time to complete assignment 1 prior to the Sunday due date.
  • Option 2 – If a phone call or Skype session (the preferred option) is not possible (e.g., scheduling conflicts, etc.), a second option for completion of the assignment for this week is to write your responses to the areas outlined above, and then submit them below.

Using your NCU account, send your instructor an email that notifies her or him about which option you have chosen to complete this assignment. If there are issues with your NCU e-mail account, contact tech support to resolve them so that you can send this notification to your instructor.

The format for this assignment should be double-spaced. Be sure the tone is professional.

Length: 1-2 pages

Review several of your colleagues’ posts. Post at least twice by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this forum.

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WEEK SIX INTERACTIVE SSIGNMENT PSY645

Week 6 – Interactive Assignment

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

 Rethinking Psychopathology

Prior to beginning work on this interactive assignment, review your instructor’s initial forum post, and watch The Nature of the Mind–Part One: The Roots of Psychological Disorder. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. It is recommended that you read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 10 in Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications, Please note that the video selected for this week is dense and may be difficult to understand upon first viewing. You are encouraged to watch the video more than once over the course of several days to better understand the conversation in more depth.

As a scholarly member of the psychological community, you will be expected to engage in philosophical conversations on the nature of psychopathology and changes in the mind. This interactive assignment is an opportunity to have a philosophical conversation with your instructor and classmates on positive psychology and the nature of psychological suffering.

For your posts in this forum, you will follow the instructions provided to you in the instructor guidance for this week. As a class, you will judge and comment on the use of diagnostic manuals and handbooks including how they may limit our understanding of psychopathology.

Guided Response: The goal of this discussion is to have a single, dynamic, and respectful conversation about positive psychology and the nature of psychological suffering, not a series of 20 to 30 separate conversations. This means that every post should be in response to another student’s post, creating one long thread. Only start a new discussion thread if you want to address an entirely different theme or question(s) within the discussion subject area. Additionally, only post after first carefully reviewing your colleagues’ posts within the thread.

Review several of your colleagues’ posts. Post at least twice by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this forum.

Each of your responses to your peers should include a summary of the thoughts presented by your colleague as well as your evaluation of your colleague’s comments in a manner that contributes to the further understanding of the various phenomena under consideration.

Simple agree and/or disagree statements are insufficient to be counted as a response. When presenting your opinion, be certain to cite relevant references which support your claims. Do not repeat what your classmates have already stated, and do not ignore them if they ask you questions. Any questions asked of you must be answered, including questions from your instructor. Try to keep the conversation moving forward by presenting options, insights, alternative ideas on and/or interpretations of the topics and research.

Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and be sure to answer any questions your colleagues pose to you.

Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread

THIS IS INFORMATION THAT THE TEACHER SEND EXTRACT: Related to the ideas discussed in the video for week 6, I would like to introduce you to some additional ideas and philosophies that discuss the human condition and involve some of the roots of our profession of psychology. First, I would like to introduce you to existentialism via the following video. Now, I would like to introduce you to the philosophy of Neitzsche who influenced many of our “greats” in psychology such as Freud, Jung, and Adler. Neitzsche further explored the idea of the self and our freedoms to be who we want to be.  Finally, I would like you to see how these ideas relate to counseling and therapy.  What are your thoughts on this information as related to the video we watched for the disucssion? Reply to my posting in the week 6 thread to discuss

You have probably noticed in your educational career that some people are very good at remembering facts and therefore do well at tests that require memorization. Other students, on the other hand, struggle with tests that require memorization.

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Unit 4 Individual Project
You have probably noticed in your educational career that some people are very good at remembering facts and therefore do well at tests that require memorization. Other students, on the other hand, struggle with tests that require memorization. To understand how memory works, this exercise will ask you to trace the memory system – from the stimuli to long-term memory.

Use your text book and research from the Internet to learn the process of memory – from beginning to end. Your description should include the following:

•Identification and description of each step in the human memory model. As you describe these steps, use an example to illustrate the process
•Discussion of factors that enhance or impede information flow in each step of the process
•Explanation of proactive and retroactive interference and how you might counteract their effects while studying in order to facilitate maximum retention via long-term memory
•Explanation of other kinds of forgetting and a discussion of strategies that can improve memory consolidation and retrieval
Submit this in the form of a 2 -3 page paper. You can use illustrations to demonstrate the process. Be sure to document your references using the APA format.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Please refer to the following multimedia course material(s)

•Week 4 – Memory, Thinking, and Intelligence
•Week 4 – Types of Memory
•Week 4 – Learning and Memory
•Week 4 – Learning, Thinking, and Memory
Please use the following guidelines for formatting your assignment.

•Margins – set to one inch
•Font – 12pt. Times New Roman, no bold, or underline
•Title – center above the paper, 12 pt. font (Level A Heading), no bold, underline, or italics
•Pagination – every page; consists of a header containing a short title for the paper and page number placed in the upper right corner of the page
•Line Spacing – double space all work including the References Page
•Point-of-View – third person, objective; limit perspective to research; no personal opinion or narrative
•In-text citations – must conform to APA requirements
•References list – must conform to APA requirements
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.

In the Articles folder, read The Importance of the Clan in Iraq. Using the Culture notes and chapter discuss this article. Who is speaking? What are his main points? How is this relevant to Culture and Sociology? 

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ONE PAGE LONG

Listen to the TED Talk, The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice. Who is the speaker? What are his credentials? What is the point of his discussion? How does this relate to the lecture notes and chapter on deviance? What is his conclusion? What do you think?

ONE PAGE LONG

Watch the Video, The Changing American Family, CBS. Describe the families you see here. Do you see your family? Describe your family. How is the American Family changing?

ONE PAGE LONG

Listen to the TED Talk, The Charter for Compassion. Who is the speaker? What are her credentials? What is the point of her discussion? What examples does she use to make her points? What is her request? What do you think about her request?

ONE PAGE LONG

Read the article, The Recentness of What We Know. What is the actual topic of the article (be careful!) What are the main points about this topic? How does this relate to social science and sociology?

ONE PAGE LONG

In the Articles folder, read The Importance of the Clan in Iraq. Using the Culture notes and chapter discuss this article. Who is speaking? What are his main points? How is this relevant to Culture and Sociology?

ONE PAGE LONG

Read the article, Class Decides Everything. What is the author’s point? What classes is he talking about? What is class? HOW does “class decide(s) everything?”

ONE PAGE LONG

Read the article, Brothers Share Wife to Secure Family Land. Using the notes from Marriage and Family, what kind of marriage is this? Why does this society/culture have this form of marriage? How does it secure the family land? Be sure to answer sociologically, not just from personal opinion.

ONE PAGE LONG

Read the article, Too Close For Comfort. Who is the author? What makes her qualified to write about this? What are her main points? What do you think?