Week 5 – Discussion –  . Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.     Elder Abuse     Prior to completing this discussion, read the required Roberto (2016) article, as well as Chapter 25 from the Lerner, Easterbrooks, Mistry, & Weiner (2013) Developmental psychology e-book.  Evaluate the issue of elder abuse being sure to define the types of abuse, the ages most susceptible to abuse, and other relevant information pertinent to this complex issue.Support your thoughts with the required reading, and one other source of scholarly perspective and research from the field. Additionally, propose two solutions for aging adults that would help them achieve successful aging and prevent elder abuse, as well as identifying two resources that would help active caregivers avoid elder abuse.

DQ 2 .End-of-Life Decisions     Prior to completing this discussion, please read the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(2010) and Fact Sheet on End-of-Life Care (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (2014), as well as the Block, et al. (2006), Kwak, & Haley (2005), and Torbic (2011) articles required for this week.  You are working at an area hospital dealing primarily with end-of-life decisions and palliative care. For this discussion, you will be reviewing the PSY605 End-of-Life Case ScenariosPreview the documentView in a new window document and making recommendations based on the information provided in the scenarios.  All end-of-life choices and medical decisions have complex psychosocial components, ramifications, and consequences that have a significant impact on suffering and the quality of living and dying. The issues involved in this process of decision making are based on issues of developmental stage, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, health, family, and physical, cognitive, and psychosocial states. For your initial post, you will apply concepts from developmental psychology to create your recommended courses of action for either Roger or Geri.  To begin, carefully review the PSY605 End-of-Life Case ScenariosPreview the documentView in a new window document, select one of the cases, then create a recommended course of action for the scenario selected by addressing the following questions: •What is the best recommended course of action for the client at this time, and why? •What potential effects would themes such as the client’s culture, ethnicity, family, education, and gender have on the situation and recommendation(s)? •How does the client’s developmental stage factor into your recommendation? •How do the client’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial states affect your recommendation(s)? •How might the developmental stage(s) of the client’s family member(s) affect your recommendation? •How will you present your recommendation(s) to both the patient and family member(s)? ◦What consideration(s) would affect your manner of presentation? •Are there considerations that cannot be processed at this time because of lack of information in the written scenario?  Next, analyze and comment on the ethical considerations related to the scenario. Note how the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. might provide guidance.  Remember to evaluate the unique scholarly perspectives presented in your reading to support your recommended course of action and analysis of ethical considerations.

Learning and cognition is a broad discipline. For this Discipline-Based Literature Review, you will research at least two peer-reviewed articles published within the last ten years to support your analysis of each of the following topics:

• Operant conditioning
• Classical conditioning
• Behaviorism
• Social learning theory

When conducting your research, consider the issues that arise within these different disciplines. In your analysis of each topic, explain the theoretical perspectives and empirical research that are pertinent to the field of learning and cognition. Within this analysis, apply ethical principles to the evaluation of each theoretical approach and consider issues that arise in research related to that area. Support your statements with evidence from your selected articles.

The Discipline-Based Literature Review

• Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length, not including the title or references pages, and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph.
• Must address the topic of the paper, including each construct, with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion paragraph.
• Must use at least eight scholarly sources (two per topic) in addition to the required resources.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.