What are some of the difficulties involved in attempting to define abnormal behavior?

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PART I

 

Directions: Provide detailed and elaborate responses to the questions below.  Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments and discuss how the concepts are applied in modern psychology.  Your responses to each question should be at least one half of one page in length and include a minimum of two references.

 

1.What are some of the difficulties involved in attempting to define abnormal behavior?

 

2.What is the DSM and how does it define “mental disorder?”

 

3.Describe the emergence of the contemporary views of abnormal behavior, including biological discoveries and brain pathology.

 

4.Describe sampling and generalization, internal and external validity, criterion and comparison groups.

 

5.Describe the Cognitive Behavioral perspective and provide an example of how the approach may be utilized in a fictional scenario.

 

6.   What are your thoughts about how what we have viewed as ‘abnormal’ and how it has changed over the past 100 years.  How may it be different in the future? Any thoughts?

 

 

PART II

 

Review the Web resources in the lecture notes.

http://www.nami.org

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

http://psychclassics.yorku.ca

http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/resource/

 

Select at least three websites that you consider valuable.  In a document that is at least one page in length, provide the following information.

 

1.Describe the site and its purpose.
2.How does it demonstrate credibility?
3.Explain how the information provided on the site may be beneficial to students and professionals.

Ethics

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Despite the fact that social psychological research typically does not have life and death consequences, such research can have an impact on individual health and well-being. Whether through participation in the study itself or through the implications of research findings, research may have unintended and unethical consequences. It is therefore incumbent on anyone conducting social psychological research to be familiar with both APA’s policies and those of their institution’s institutional review board regarding research with human participants.

 

a brief explanation of how you might use ethics when forming your research question (use the APA’s Code of Conduct to inform your response). Then explain two potential consequences if ethics are not considered. Finally, explain two ways culture might inform the development of your research question, and explain what ethical considerations you may need to consider.

 

Just need to post answers to discussion board

Examine the physical, biological, emotional, cognitive, and/or social factors that are affected.

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This coincides with the outline, so only the person doing the outline can do the final.

 

  1. Once you have chosen your topic, examine the various theories of human development learned in the course and choose one or two that best assist you in understanding the issues involved in your topic. In your assignment address the following:
    • Identify some of the major domains of human development and how they are impacted.
    • Examine the physical, biological, emotional, cognitive, and/or social factors that are affected.
    • Identify the stages of development that are affected and describe the cultural and historical perspectives of partitioning the lifespan that influence the interpretations of the available data on the topic.
    • Describe the influences of family, culture, and environment and the roles they play.

    Be sure to examine the available research in human development before completing this assignment.

    Writing the Final Paper

    The Final Paper:

  2. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  3. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  4. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
    1. You may use the introduction you developed during the Week Four assignment or a revised version if changes are deemed necessary.
  5. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  6. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
    1. Conclude with an answer to the selected question. Did the evidence you surveyed answer the question satisfactorily?
    2. Include an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence.
    3. Illustrate how each source fits specific sections of your Final Paper. The goal is to demonstrate that supporting evidence exists for statements that are made in the paper.
    4. If possible, suggest the course that future research should take if answers to the selected question are deemed less than conclusive.
  7. Must use at least five scholarly sources, all of which must come from the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar.
  8. Must summarize each article including the purpose of the investigation, its methodology, and results.
    1. Rely on the brief summaries of the articles (including the purpose of each investigation, its methodology and results) that you developed during Week Four to construct an organized summary of the scientific evidence that answers the question you selected.
    2. If possible, select peer-reviewed articles that summarize the evidence available in a given field of study (e.g., meta-analysis combines the findings of different studies to uncover trends, commonalities and differences).
    3. Order the articles in the way you think you will discuss them in your paper. Then develop a summary of the scientific evidence that answers the question you selected.
    4. You may reference your textbook and other required materials from the course; however, these will not fulfill the resource requirement.
  9. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  10. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
    1. You may use the reference section you developed in the Week Four assignment as the final page of the paper.

Psychology Child And Adolescence Abnormal

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Discussion Assignment

Assignment 1: Discussion—Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Epidemic

The number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has risen dramatically during the past few decades. Researchers are now calling it an urgent health matter; some are even calling it an epidemic. Between 1991 and 1999, the number of children in the United States receiving special education services for autism spectrum disorder rose 500%. The rate has nearly doubled in the past ten years across the country. In 2002, the rate of children with autism spectrum disorder was 1 in every 150 children. Currently, approximately 1 in every 88 children has autism spectrum disorder. This increase is happening not only in the United States; studies have found rates to be rising in Canada and across Europe, as well.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research the increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. Then, respond to the following:

  • Identify and explain at least three possible causes for the increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder.
  • Analyze why so many children are developing autism spectrum disorder.
    • Do you think the numbers have increased due to improved methods of identifying and diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorder? Why or why not?
    • Are there some environmental, genetic, or cultural reasons for the increase? Explain your answer.
  • Recommend what we should do, as a society, to address this epidemic.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, including in-text citations and full references. Incorporate information from at least two academic sources to support your statements or ideas. Academic sources could include your textbook, required readings for this module, or academic journal articles found in the AU online library.

By Saturday, August 23, 2014, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, August 27, 2014, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Provide a statement of clarification, a point of view with rationale, challenge a point of discussion, or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion. Consider commenting on the following:

  • Evaluate your peers’ theories about the possible causes of the increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder.
  • Suggest additional theories or ideas you have developed after reviewing the required materials and conducting research.
  • Suggest additional environmental, genetic, or cultural reasons for the increased cases of autism spectrum disorder.
  • Evaluate your peers’ recommendations about what society should do about the epidemic.
  • Provide interesting resources, Web sites, or references for academic research articles you found during your research. Summarize the researched information for your peers.

Grading Criteria and Rubric