For this assignment you will complete a summary review of an scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article on an important issue in psychology selected from the list below.

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For this assignment you will complete a summary review of an scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article on an important issue in psychology selected from the list below. This summary will be attached to the assignment screen for grading and also posted on the Week 2 Forum where it will 1) be read by classmates for discussion in class, and 2) be considered by them as the direction for their course paper (see details in the Literature Review assignment instructions for how this works).

This assignment requires a single evidence-based, peer-reviewed journal article, not an opinion publication or one reviewing or summarizing multiple writings or researchers’ experimental studies.  Evidence-based means the article reports on a single experiment conducted by an article’s author(s).  Peer-reviewed means an article in an academic journal that had to be approved by the journal’s editorial panel of scientific discipline experts.  Trade journals and commercial/popular publications do not qualify for the assignment.
MUST BE A evidence-based, peer-reviewed article.
Because it reports on a single article, this assignment will only have one publication, the article you are summarizing, listed in the required APA formatted attached Reference list.  Submissions not meeting this requirement cannot be assigned points. This paper will include a description of the article’s main focus, a description of the experimental methodology (including the study sample, measures and analyses used, etc.), discussion of the results and related conclusions reached by the article’s authors, and a substantive closing paragraph describing two to three future research ideas inspired by the article.
Each member of our class will generate from article summaries classmates post on the Week 2 Forum a topic on which to base the course Literature Review Paper due later in the 8 weeks. Once a student decides which classmate’s article will determine the topic focus of his/her Literature Review Paper, the student must notify the course instructor of and receive approval for his or her Literature Review Paper focus choice via a Message sent from inside the classroom (not email) by the end of WEEK 3 of the course. This assignment, like all others in the course, must be completed per the general writing standards.
Issues in Psychology Article Summary TopicsAddiction

ADHD

Aging

Alzheimer’s

Anger

Anxiety

Autism

Bipolar Disorder

Bullying

Death & Dying

Depression

Disability

Dissociative Disorders

Diversity

Eating Disorders

Ethics in Research and Practice

False Memory Syndrome

Hate Crimes

HIV & AIDS

Hypnosis Treatment

Impact of Violent Media Exposure

Mental Health of the Incarcerated

Military Mental Health

Natural Disasters

Obesity

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Safety & Design

Schizophrenia

Sexuality

Suicide

Testing Issues

Trauma

Violence

Workplace Issues

 

explain one way your own spirituality or religious convictions might support your work with a client, and one barrier it might present.

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Furness and Gilligan (2010) stated, “There is a growing body of literature written predominantly for health professionals and more recently for social workers about the importance of developing and incorporating cultural and spiritual sensitivity and awareness in their work with others” (p. 2187). Spirituality, which may or may not include involvement with an established religion, contributes to human diversity and influences human behavior. An individual’s spirituality may be an important factor in his or her social environment. As a social worker, your awareness of a client’s spirituality may help increase your understanding of the client and his or her needs.

Sensitivity to and respect for your client’s spiritual dimension reflects your appreciation of diversity. As you consider the potential impact of your clients’ spirituality on their perspectives and behavior, you must also consider how your spirituality might influence your interactions with a client.

For this Discussion, you consider the impact of spirituality on your interactions with clients.

By Day 3

Post a Discussion in which you explain how considerations about clients’ worldviews, including their spirituality or religious convictions, might affect your interactions with them. Provide at least two specific examples. In addition, explain one way your own spirituality or religious convictions might support your work with a client, and one barrier it might present. Finally, share one strategy for applying an awareness of spirituality to social work practice in general.

 

Required Readings

Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA:  Cengage Learning.
Chapter 3, Section “Relate Human Diversity to Psychological Theories” (pp. 130-132)
Chapter 7, Sections “Review Fowler’s Theory of Faith Development,” “Critical Thinking: Evaluation of Fowler’s Theory,” and “Social Work Practice and Empowerment Through Spiritual Development” (pp. 350-354)
Chapter 15, Section “Spotlight on Diversity 15.2: Spirituality and Religion” (pp. 694-696)

Barker, S. L. (2007). The Integration of spirituality and religion content in social work education: Where we’ve been, where we’re going. Social Work & Christianit, 34(2), 146–166.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Crisp, B. R. (2011). If a holistic approach to social work requires acknowledgement of religion, what does this mean for social work education?. Social Work Education, 30(6), 663–674.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Day, J. (2010). Religion, spirituality, and positive psychology in adulthood: A developmental view. Journal of Adult Development, 17(4), 215–229.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Furness, S., & Gilligan, P. (2010). Social Work, Religion and Belief: Developing a Framework for Practice. British Journal of Social Work, 40(7), 2185–2202.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Stirling, B., Furman, L., Benson, P. W., Canda, E. R., & Grimwood, C. (2010). A comparative survey of Aotearoa New Zealand and UK Social Workers on the role of religion and spirituality in practice. British Journal of Social Work, 40(2), 602–621.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Document: Wagenfeld-Heintz, E. (2009). Faith and its application to the practice of social work. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 21(3), 182–199. (PDF)(PDF)
Faith and its application to the practice of social work by Wagenfeld-Heintz, E., in the Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 21/3. Copyright 2009 by Haworth Pastoral Press. Reprinted by permission of Taylor & Francis Informa UK Ltd- Journals via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
“The Logan Family” (pp. 9-10)

Document: Life Span Interview (PDF)
You will use this document for your Life Span Interview Assignment In Week 10.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan family: Episode 3 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

Accessible player –Downloads–Download Video w/CCDownload AudioDownload Transcript

Optional Resources

Use the link below to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program.
MSW home page

Atchley, R. C. (2006). Continuity, spiritual growth, and coping in later adulthood. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 18(2/3), 19.

Linzer, N. (2006). Spirituality and ethics in long-term care. Journal of Religion and Social Work, 25(1), 87–106.

Nelson-Becker, H., & Canda, E. R. (2008). Spirituality, religion, and aging research in social work: State of the art and future possibilities. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 20(3), 177–193.

Nelson-Becker, H. (2005). Religion and coping in older adults: A social work perspective. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 45(1/2), 51–67.

Summarize Chapter 9, beginning with the section titled “Christian Ethics as Narrative Ethics,” through the end of the chapter of Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics

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Summarize Chapter 9, beginning with the section titled “Christian Ethics as Narrative Ethics,” through the end of the chapter of Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics. Be sure to read the whole chapter for broader content and contextual understanding, even though your actual précis and critical analysis will focus on “Christian Ethics as Narrative Ethics” through the end of Chapter 9. Refrain from or severely limit utilizing quotations.

 

In 600 words, briefly describe the author’s thesis, key concepts/ideas, key terms, the method/approach used by the author, and the evident purpose of (reason for) the author’s piece. The précis should consist of about two-thirds of the total word count for the essay.

 

  1. Use your own words to state what the author studied (or discussed).
  2. How was it accomplished (or the procedure/focus)?
  3. What was learned (or what were the results)?
  4. What does it means (or why it is important)?

In 200 words, write a critical analysis. Be sure to review the “Precis Explanation and Overview.” Include the word count at the end of Part II. Be sure to stay within the given word count range to avoid penalties for not meeting or exceeding the word-count range. The critical analysis should consist of about a third of the total word count for the essay.

 

Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics is the book read chapter 9

 

Based on the empirical rule, state the range of crying times within 68% of infants cried, 95% of infants cried, and 99.7% of infants cfants cried

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4. The following frequency distribution table lists the time (in minutes) that participants were late for an experimental session. Compute the sample mean, median, and mode for these data.

mean  Correct: Your answer is correct. min

median  Correct: Your answer is correct. min

mode  0 Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. min

Time (min)  Frequency

0     3

5     2

6     5

7     1

9     2

______________________________________________________________________________

7. A neuroscientist measures the reaction times (in seconds) during an experimental session in a sample of cocaine-addicted

(n = 8),

morphine-addicted

(n = 6),

and heroin-addicted rats

(n = 12).

Mean reaction times in each sample were 16, 14, and 12 seconds, respectively. What is the weighted mean for all three samples? Hint: The overall mean is not 14.0 seconds. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

____________ sec

______________________________________________________________________________

9. A group of researchers measure the weight of five participants prior to a clinical weight loss intervention. They record the following weights (in pounds): 160, 110, 210, 310, and 260 pounds. The mean is 210 pounds.

Using the original example of five weights, the researchers added a sixth participant to the sample.

(a) If the sixth participant weighed 220 pounds, will the mean increase, decrease, or not change?

The mean will increase.

The mean will decrease.

The mean will not change.

(b) If the sixth participant weighed 210 pounds, will the mean increase, decrease, or not change?

The mean will increase.

The mean will decrease.

The mean will not change.

(c) If the sixth participant weighted 180 pounds, will the mean increase, decrease, or not change?

The mean will increase.

The mean will decrease.

The mean will not change.

______________________________________________________________________________

10. Gilman and colleagues (2008) measured general life satisfaction in 1,338 adolescents from two individualistic nations (Ireland, United States) and two collectivist nations (China, South Korea) using the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS). Mean participant scores on the MSLSS are given in the following table.

Nation  Gender Men  Women

United States   4.39  4.61

Ireland   4.37  4.64

China   4.41  4.56

South Korea   3.92  3.78

(a) Among which group was general life satisfaction lowest on average?

women from South Korea

men from the United States

women from Ireland

men from South Korea

women from the United States

men from China men from Ireland

women from China

(b) Among which group was general life satisfaction highest on average?

women from South Korea

men from Ireland

men from South Korea

men from the United States

women from China

women from Ireland

women from the United States

men from China

______________________________________________________________________________

11. What are the degrees of freedom for sample variance?

n − 2

n + 1

n − 1

n

______________________________________________________________________________

12. Based on the empirical rule, what percentage of data fall within 1 SD, 2 SD, and 3 SD of the mean for data that are distributed normally? (Enter your answers to one decimal place.)

% of all scores lie within 1 SD of the mean

% of all scores lie within 2 SD of the mean

% of all scores lie within 3 SD of the mean

______________________________________________________________________________

13. A social scientist measures the number of minutes (per day) that a small hypothetical population of college students spends online.

Student  Score   Student    Score

A   64   F    84

B   86   G   97

C   27   H  92

D   91   I   78

E   92   J    86

(a) What is the range of data in this population?

____________min

(b) What is the IQR of data in this population?

____________min

(c) What is the SIQR of data in this population?

_____________min

(d) What is the population variance?

(e) What is the population standard deviation? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

_____________min

______________________________________________________________________________

14. A sociologist records the annual household income (in thousands of dollars) among a sample of families living in a high-crime neighborhood. Locate the lower, median, and upper quartiles for the times listed below. Hint: First arrange the data in numerical order.

lower quartile  _________  thousand dollars

median  _________  thousand dollars

upper quartile __________ thousand dollars

22  36

46  53

38  49

47  31

20  38

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15. A psychopathologist records the number of criminal offenses among teenage drug users in a nationwide sample of 1,301 participants. To measure the variance of criminal offenses, he computes SS = 46,800 for this sample.

(a) What are the degrees of freedom for variance? ______________________

(b) Compute the variance and standard deviation.

variance ______________

standard deviation ______________

______________________________________________________________________________

16. State whether each of the following will increase, decrease, or have no effect on the population variance.

(a) the sum of squares (SS) increases

This change will increase the population variance.

This change will decrease the population variance.

This change will have no effect on the population variance.

(b) the sample size decreases

This change will increase the population variance.

This change will decrease the population variance.

This change will have no effect on the population variance.

(c) the size of the population increases

This change will increase the population variance.

This change will decrease the population variance.

This change will have no effect on the population variance.

______________________________________________________________________________

17. A researcher measures the time (in seconds) it takes a sample of five participants to complete a memory task. It took four of the participants 1, 2, 2, and 3 seconds. If M = 2, then what must be the fifth time recorded?

______________sec

______________________________________________________________________________

18, An expert reviews a sample of 10 scientific articles (n = 10) and records the following number of errors in each article: 3, 5, 4, 6, 9, 0, 1, 9, 0, and 8. Compute SS, variance, and standard deviation for this sample using the definitional and computational formula. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

SS   ________________________

variance ________________________

standard deviation _____________________ errors

______________________________________________________________________________

19. A professor records the time (in minutes) that it takes 16 students to complete an exam. Compute the SS, the variance, and the standard deviation assuming the 16 students constitute a population and assuming the 16 students constitute a sample. (Round your answers for variance and standard deviation to two decimal places.)

31  39  42  28

43  51  41  20

36  22  19  42

13  40  24  49

(a) the 16 students constitute a population

SS ______________________

variance ____________________

standard deviation ___________________min

(b) the 16 students constitute a sample

SS ___________________

variance _____________________

standard deviation ___________________min

______________________________________________________________________________

20. To study bonding between mothers and infants, a researcher places each mother and her infant in a playroom and has the mother leave for 10 minutes. The researcher records crying time in the sample of infants during this time that the mother was not present and finds that crying time is normally distributed with M = 8 and SD = 1.1.

Based on the empirical rule, state the range of crying times within 68% of infants cried, 95% of infants cried, and 99.7% of infants cfants cried

______________ to _____________ min

(b) 95% of infants cried

___________ried.

(a) 68% of in___ to ______________ min

(c) 99.7% of infants cried

______________ to ______________ min