Analyze and describe the agonist-antagonist activity of the drugs and the receptor types and subtypes involved in the disorder.

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Elaborate on the Topic for Your Critical Review

This assignment will be a continuation of the written assignment from Week One. Research a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles in addition to information from your text on the disorder you chose in Week One. Consider the key classes of drugs used to treat the disorder you chose in Week One and explain their action at the neurotransmitter system involved in the disease process. Analyze and describe the agonist-antagonist activity of the drugs and the receptor types and subtypes involved in the disorder. Elaborate on the receptor agonist-antagonist actions of the drugs and describe the most common side effects seen with these drugs. Evaluate the risk-benefits of drug use for this disorder.

The paper:

  • Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length, excluding title page and references page, and it must be 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 title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Your name
    • Course name and number
    • Your instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources in addition to the text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

What, in general, appears to be adequately assessed on each test with respect to the construct that you selected? What does not appear to be adequately assessed?

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Throughout the course, students will conduct research on instruments that are currently used to measure a particular construct, develop a new instrument to measure that construct, administer the instrument to participants, and report on data arising from those administrations. . Students are free to select any construct of their interest, such as some ability, a personality construct, or any kind of attitude or belief.

Over the six-week course, students will select a construct of interest (such as depression, anxiety, job satisfaction, etc.), conduct research on other popular instruments used to measure the same or similar construct, develop a 12-15 item instrument, administer the instrument to 3-5 participants, discuss the methods used to administer the instrument, provide a strengths and weaknesses/limitation section regarding the development of the instrument, and discuss ways to increase the reliability and validity of the instrument.

This assignment is the second step toward completing your Final Test Development Proposal in Week 6.  Using your construct of interest from Week 1 and building upon the instruments and information you found in Step One (Week 1), develop a 7-8 page literature review (not including the title page, abstract, and references page) on your construct of interest and the 5-7 instruments used to assess it. Thus, the literature review should explain your construct of interest thoroughly, as well as provide thorough reviews of the 5-7 instruments used to measure it. This is slightly different from other literature reviews, whereby the idea is to review and critique the study and findings. For this literature review you are not reviewing the study but rather are reviewing and critiquing the instrument based on what studies and other researchers have found. The idea here is to review the instrument and its usefulness in measuring your construct. Thus, what does the instrument measure, how reliable and valid is it, and what are its strengths and weaknesses?  What is lacking in the instrument which paves the way for the necessity of your newly developed instrument? How are these instruments different from what you will develop?

Use the Forbush, Wildes, Pollack, Dunbar, Patterson and  Watson (2013) Development and validation of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) and the O’Neill, and Sevastos (2013) The development and validation of a new multidimensional Job Insecurity Measure (JIM): An inductive methodology articles for examples of how to conduct literature reviews of current or previous instruments/tests.

Use 5-7 scholarly resources, including mostly research studies and articles related to your construct and the instruments used to measure it. Information should be drawn from appropriate sources, such as professional journals, test publisher websites, and dissertations. Information gathered from sources must be appropriately cited, following APA guidelines.

Please be sure to include the following in your literature review:

  • A discussion of your construct of interest.
  • A thorough discussion of each instrument you review for your construct, including the name of the test, what the test is used for, whether the test is appropriate for this area, what the reliability and validity of the test is, and what reviewers say about the strengths and weaknesses of it with regard to assessing this construct
  • What, in general, appears to be adequately assessed on each test with respect to the construct that you selected?
  • What does not appear to be adequately assessed?

Your literature review should justify your development of an assessment—is there a hole in what is currently being assessed that you can fill with your test? Make a case for why your proposed test would address an area that is not already well assessed.

How do their students actually feel about the intervention?

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While Social Security provides a safety net of sorts for millions of people, there are still many groups who are not adequately served by this program. For example, there are disparities in the Social Security benefits women receive in comparison to men.

For this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Also, conduct some Internet research to select a population that you think might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program. Consider how the population you selected might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program.

Post a brief description of the population you selected. Then, explain how that population might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program based on research, statistics, or policy analysis.

250-300 Words

References;

 

Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2015). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
Chapter 7, “Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement” (pp. 139-163)

NASW. (2009). Social work speaks. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Long-term Care (pp. 223–228)

U.S. Social Security Administration. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2013, from http://www.ssa.gov/

Congressional Budget Office. (2010). Social Security policy options. Retrieved from http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21547Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 in the Frost e-book, Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, and the required journal articles for this week. Also review last week’s PSY635 Week Two Discussion Scenario (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. In that scenario, the three instructors realized there are limits to the insights they can gain through anonymous counting of discussion posts. The instructors would like to answer two additional research questions: (a) How do their students actually feel about the intervention? and (b) How do students view the influence of the intervention on their learning inside and outside of the classroom (if applicable)?

In your initial post, compare the characteristics of appropriate research designs and recommend a qualitative research design that would facilitate answering the instructors’ additional questions. Explain the philosophical paradigm underlying the recommended approach. Evaluate the required articles for this week and describe the  assumptions the instructors might have to set aside as they enter into a qualitative research study. Be sure to identify any ethical issues that may apply to the research. Review the characteristics of the quantitative approach you described in the Week Two discussion. Explain the ways in which the quantitative approach and paradigm differs from the qualitative approach and paradigm you have recommended here.

Describe two different models (individual, triadic, or group), methods, and theories used in CMHC supervision. What do you feel is most important to accomplish in supervision?

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Reflect on what you have learned in this unit, and compose a reflection paper about your chosen career path (firefighter) and how psychology can benefit your career.

You will address the following aspects.

§ Describe your future career aspirations.

§ Describe the educational requirements of your future career.

§ Explain the history of social psychology, including when and how it developed differently than other fields of psychology or social sciences.

§ Explain how the history of social psychology and the field in its current state can help inform your career of choice. Support your answer by using information from the textbook or another resource.

Your response should be at least two and half pages in length. You must use at least one source as a reference in your paper. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Please format your paper and all citations in accordance with APA guidelines.

For this discussion, review the multimedia presentation, Supervision Scenarios, and the readings from this unit’s studies before preparing your response. In your post, address the following:

  • Describe two different models (individual, triadic, or group), methods, and theories used in CMHC supervision.
  • What do you feel is most important to accomplish in supervision?
  • What are your top three preferences in a supervisor?

Support your ideas with citations of readings from this unit, using APA style.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the post of at least one of your peers, whose response differs from yours. Discuss the differences you identified, and explain what you have learned from their responses that deepens your understanding of the supervisory process.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

  • Review the American Counseling Association (ACA) ethics code regarding supervision and consultation.
  • Review your state licensing board Web site to determine the requirements for post-masters supervision in your state.
  • Plan for use of supervision and case consultation to support ethical and legal clinical decision making.
  • Describe the role of counseling supervision in facilitating consistent client care.
  • Describe a theory, model, and strategies for practicing consultation to improve coordinated services for clients.