How Learning Environment Shapes Personality

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 How Learning Environment Shapes Personality

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the webpage for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), the  Harvey, Luiselli, & Wong, (2009) article, and review the APA’s Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct required for this week.

In your initial post:

  • Applied behavior analysis is a rapidly growing area of learning psychology. Based on the information in the required web page and article, describe what you think it would be like to be an applied behavior analyst is a school setting.
  • Analyze and describe how the APA’s Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct might affect the implementation of behavior modification principles.
  • Examine the behavioral analysis approach to personality psychology and discuss whether personality shapes behavior or behavior shapes personality. Use evidence from the resources to support your statements.
  • Evaluate the cultural implications of addressing and treating mental health issues in standardized school settings.
  • Describe the benefits this type of approach might have for students.

Guided Response:  Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this discussion.

  • Based on the supporting information from the resources, did you colleague create a convincing argument regarding whether personality shapes behavior or behavior shapes personality?
  • Even if you agree with your colleague’s statement(s), what evidence might you use to disprove his or her assertion(s)?
  • What other ethical consideration(s) should your colleague address regarding behavior analysis applications?
  • How would these and/or additional ethical considerations affect the treatment of mental health issues in standardized school settings?

Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

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What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing?

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Issues in Psychological Testing Worksheet

Using the text for this course, the University Library, the Internet, and/or other resources answer the following questions.  Your response to each question should be at least 200 words in length.

 

1.     What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing?  What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing?

2.     What are at least two legal issues associated with psychological testing?  How do these issues affect the field of psychological testing?

3.     Which court case do you feel has had the largest impact on the field of psychological testing?  Why?

What specific interventions do you feel are necessary with this client?

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Review the Trauma Case Study. Write a 750-1,000-word paper answering the following questions. Your number one goal is to make sure she is safe.

 

Provide appropriate support for your answers by citing the DSM.

 

  1. What are the key assessment issues to consider?
  2. Do you think this is a crisis situation? Why or why not? Explain.
  3. What is the client’s immediate need? Be specific
  4. What specific interventions do you feel are necessary with this client?
  5. What is the possible diagnosis for this client? Provide supportive reasoning for your diagnosis. Why?
  6. Is this client suffering a stress disorder? Define which one and the symptoms associated.
  7. How does the biology of trauma present in this case?
  8. Should Maryam’s family be notified? Explain.
  9. Would you feel competent enough to work with this client? Why or why not?
  10. Should you seek additional resources to help with this case? Explain.
  11. Do you have coordination or treatment issues to consider? Explain.

Include a minimum of three scholarly references in addition to the textbook.

 

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

 

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

A properly formatted title page

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Appelbaum, P. S. (2009). Mental retardation and the death penalty: After Atkins. Psychiatric Services, 60(10), 1295-1297

 

Develop a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to brief the class on the article above. Include the following:

  • A properly formatted title page
  • An agenda for your presentation
  • An outline of the purpose or focus of the article
  • An evaluation of the ethical issues presented in the article
  • An explanation of the conclusions drawn by the article and their implications for the clinical practice of psychology
  • An analysis of the implications of the ethical issues presented in the article to the practice of psychology
  • A properly formatted reference slide

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines. speaker notes mandatory, with three or more scholarly references. Use citations, cite your references.