Your reading for the next two weeks relate, in particular, to between groups experiments that have internal validity problems. What is internal validity and what are some factors that could create such problems? Locate one article or study that you feel has internal validity problems. Specifically discuss these and then offer suggestions as to how to improve the experiment. You may have to look for these examples in some pretty questionable journals or other magazine sources as scientific journal will not usually public “poorly designed studies” with such errors.

Be certain to provide the specific reference of this article. (The name of the author or authors, title of the article, journal name, year published etc.) These articles may come from the following fields: Psychology, Medical Studies, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Education, or Human Resources/Management.

Your reading  for the next two weeks includes a section on “external validity”. What is external validity and what are some factors relating to this concept? Locate one article or study that you feel has external validity problems. Specifically discuss these and then offer suggestions as to how to redesign the experiment in some fashion to overcome this issue (at least in part).

Be certain to provide the specific reference of this article. (The name of the author or authors, title of the article, journal name, year published etc.) These articles may come from the following fields: Psychology, Medical Studies, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Education, or Human Resources/Management.

It is important to express your own thoughts in the discussion board forum. Please answer in your own words. I would be greatly disappointed to read answers that were nothing more than “cut and paste” exercises. Please observe proper spelling, grammar rules, and refrain from use of slang or profanity as this will diminish your score.

An answer of at least 200 words per question is required for full credit (20 points) That is at least 400 words total on this assignment (200 minimum per question). The most certain way to receiving a poor score on this assignment is to provide a response of less than the minimum number of words

Part 1:

Emotions are powerful responses! Sometimes emotions can find themselves in the workplace. A sales person with intense passion can convince someone to make a purchase. On the other hand, an angry manager can deliver an unfair review as their emotions get brought into the workplace. In this discussion, you are asked to help your team to understand and manage their emotions in the workplace. Review the following article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intense-emotions-and-strong-feelings/201012/it-or-not-emotions-will-drive-the-decisions-you

Assume that you are a team leader, and your team is under a deadline to get a lot done. You have noticed that some of your team members tend to get overwhelmed and make emotional decisions. Other team members seem to thrive in those situations and are motivated by the deadline.

Based upon this article, make a list of things you can do as a manager to help your team to understand and manage their emotions so they all can be productive. For instance, what could you teach them about emotions? How would you pair people to work together? What would help them to learn about their emotions so they can be productive in the workplace?

*** Be at least 10 sentences ****

Part 2:

Respond to this discussion post below.

“If I obtained a position of power like this, I would try to incentivize each worker based on their needs. For example, I would set the deadline, but I would encourage workers to finish early by adding some time of bonus. I would also try to pair motivated workers with anxious workers. The motivated workers would most likely inspire the anxious workers. Additionally, the workers should be informed. I would try to explain why some anxious workers feel that way, and how they can redirect that anxiousness into motivation. All of these tactics would create a better work environment.”