Introduction To Health Psychology

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Consider a time when you or a family member/friend were sick (could be a minor sickness like the flu, or something more serious). Discuss how various biopsychosocial factors may have contributed to the illness. Discuss the behaviors involved and how you feel those behaviors contributed to the illness. Reference the textbook in your discussion post.

After reading The Six Dimensions of Wellness Model, rate your own wellness for each dimension on a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being the lowest possible level of wellness and 10 being highest possible level of wellness). Analyze your highest and lowest rated dimensions of wellness and consider possible reasons why they are at that level. Write about what you learned from this activity as well as how this relates to what you have learned this week.

End your discussion post with one well thought out question related to health psychology from which your colleagues can formulate a response or generate further discussion.

Your Discussion should be at least 250 words in length, but not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references for the textbook and any other sources used.

Please Complete Assignment Five Questions. Quantitative Study,

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PSYC 6245: Social Psychology

Research Methods Quiz

 

In this quiz, you will be provided summaries of five studies in social psychology. For each study described below, select the correct answer to the multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

1. For all of the five studies, identify the specific research method from the multiple-choice list of options.

2. If it is a quantitative study, identify the independent and dependent variables and determine the hypothesis.

3. If it is a qualitative study, identify the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored.

 

By Day 7 of Week 2: Complete and submit the quiz.

1. Researchers (Dexter et al., 1998) wanted to know what impact, if any, the consumption of violent movies has on attitudes toward women. Participants at a large, midwestern university viewed either (a) a slasher film daily for 1 week, (b) Three slasher films in 1 week, or (c) a George Pierrot adventure travelogue. Slasher films feature the slicing and dicing of young women’s bodies (e.g., The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974). In the week following the film viewing, all participants were escorted to the campus law school where they were asked to observe law students try a rape case in a mock trial; participants’ task was to evaluate the performance of all parties to the trial. A Likert-style questionnaire (1=not at all; 9=extremely) completed by participants included evaluations of the respective attorneys, the defendant, and the accuser. Examples were:

· How sympathetic is she/he?

· How attractive is she/he?

· How intelligent is she/he?

· How likeable is she/he?

 

Reference:

 

Dexter, H. R., Penrod, S., Linz, D., & Saunders, D. (1998). Attributing responsibility to female victims after exposure to sexually violent films: The effects of victim-observer similarity, situational relevance, and mass media induced emotional arousal. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27(24), 2149-2171.

 

1. What is the research method employed in this study?

(Highlight the correct answer)

 

1. Observational

1. Correlational

1. Experimental

1. Phenomenological

1. Case Study

 

 

 

If a quantitative study,

1. What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

 

 

1. What is the hypothesis for this study?

 

 

If a qualitative study,

1. What is the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored?

 

 

 

2. A pair of psychologists are interested in the effects of mood in helping (based on Isen & Levin, 1972). They give participants free tickets to a happy movie. They then have a confederate drop papers in front of the people who just got out of the movie, and people who are only walking by and have not just seen a happy movie for free. The researchers watch to see if the participants help pick up the dropped papers.

 

Reference: Isen, A. M., & Levin, P. F. (1972). Effect of feeling good on helping: Cookies and kindness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 21(3), 384–388.

 

a) What is the research method employed in this study?

(Highlight the correct answer)

 

1. Observational

1. Correlational

1. Experimental

1. Phenomenological

1. Case Study

 

If a quantitative study,

b) What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

 

 

c) What is the hypothesis for this study?

 

 

If a qualitative study,

d) What is the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored?

 

 

3. Researchers are interested in personal experiences of Indian adolescent girls with regard to gender discrimination and how they feel about the discrimination (Sarkar, 2003). All of the participants used in this study are female. Participants are interviewed with a set of semi-structured, open ended questions in an individual setting and in focus groups.

 

Reference: Sarkar, S. (2003). Gender as a cultural factor influencing mental health among adolescent students in india and sri lanka: A cross-cultural study (Order No. 3085121) [Doctoral dissertation, University at Albany, State University of New York]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (305245729).

a) What is the qualitative research method employed in this study?

(Highlight the correct answer)

 

A. Observational

B. Correlational

C. Experimental

D. Phenomenological

E. Case Study

 

 

If a quantitative study,

b) What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

 

 

c) What is the hypothesis for this study?

 

.

 

If a qualitative study,

d) What is the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored?

 

 

4. Researchers (Reifman, Larrick, & Fein, 1991) were interested in the factors causing aggression. They looked at an entire baseball season’s worth of news reports. For each game, they recorded the temperature of the locale and the number of batters who were hit by pitched balls.

 

Reference: Reifman, A. S., Larrick, R. P., & Fein, S. (1991). Temper and temperature on the diamond: The heat-aggression relationship in major league baseball. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17(5), 580–585.

 

1. What is the research method employed in this study?

(Highlight the correct answer)

 

1. Observational

1. Correlational

1. Experimental

1. Phenomenological

1. Case Study

 

If a quantitative study,

1. What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

 

 

1. What is the hypothesis for this study?

 

 

If a qualitative study,

e) What is the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored?

 

 

5. Researchers are interested in influences on self-esteem. Half of the participants used in this study are male and half are female. Participants are given a set of anagram problems to solve in a 5-minute period. Half are randomly assigned to receive very easy anagrams and half are given difficult ones. After completing as many of the anagrams as they can, participants are given a questionnaire labeled “Thoughts and Feelings Questionnaire” that is really a measure of self-esteem.

 

1. What is the research method employed in this study?

(Highlight the correct answer)

 

1. Observational

1. Correlational

1. Experimental

1. Phenomenological

1. Case Study

 

 

If a quantitative study,

1. What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

 

 

1. What is the hypothesis for this study?

 

 

If a qualitative study,

f) What is the concept or phenomenon of interest being explored?

 

 

By Day 7: Complete and submit the quiz.

 

Instructor Comments:

 

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Competencies Measured

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Competency 1: Analyze the methodology used in scientific research.
Identify the study sample in the chosen research.
Identify the methodology used in the chosen research.
Competency 2: Evaluate the characteristics, purposes, benefits, strengths, and weaknesses of research methods.
Identify the main themes in the chosen research.
Identify the research question or questions in the chosen research.
Describe the theoretical framework of the chosen research study.
Describe the findings in the chosen research.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of an identified field of study, using APA style and formatting.

Articles for the Weeks 3 & 6 Assignments
Posted on: Thursday, July 28, 2022 9:47:33 AM CDT

Articles for the Week 3 and Week 6 Assignments

Each of the assigned articles for the Weeks 3 and 6 assignments are downloadable in our course newsletter linked in the announcement from July 9, 2022. You will need to search the library for the formal hyperlinks necessary for the accurate APA style references that you will create for each article for the reference list, with the exception of the Kiebler and Steward (2021) article which is only available via the download provided in the course newsletter. For that article, you will include the DOI number, but not a hyperlink.

We suggest you read the “sample” article first and then look at how we “dissected” it in the template provided in the assignment area. Then, please read each article below to find the content required for the research matrix template.

Sample Article (Nin & Keeton, 2019)

Article Title: Challenges and realizations of first-generation students who navigated through transfer momentum points

Authors: Nin & Keeton

Year of Publication: 2019

Article 1 (Capannola & Johnson, 2022)

Article Title: On being the first: The role of family in the experiences of first-generation college students

Authors (last names): Capannola & Johnson

Year of Publication: 2022

Article 2 (Garvey et al., 2020)

Article Title: Where I sleep: The relationship with residential environments and first-generation belongingness

Authors (last names): Garvey, Ballysingh, Dow, Howard, Ingram, & Carlson

Year of Publication: 2020

Article 3 (Kiebler & Stewart, 2021)

Article Title: Student experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from first-generation/lower-income students and others

Authors (last names): Kiebler & Steward

Year of Publication: 2021

Article 4 (Almeida et al., 2021)

Article Title: How relevant is grit? The importance of social capital in first-generation college students’ academic success

Authors (last names): Almeida, Byrne, Smith, & Ruiz

Year of Publication: 2021

 7860 Week 3 Assignment

 

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Literature Review Research Matrix

Please note that the first row of data is meant as an example. Please read the example article (Nin & Keeton, 2020) as a guide for how to dissect each article assigned.

 

Parenthetical Citation Main Themes/

Constructs

 Research Question(s) Theoretical Framework or Model Population & Sample description & “N=” Methodology& Design Summary of Findings
 (Nin & Keeton, 2020)

 

 Lack of institutional support, the importance of self-regulation and personal responsibility, family support, and importance of financial resources What challenges do first-generation community college students experience when navigating through the process of transferring to a four-year university? Ben and Eaton’s model of student retention N = 10

 

Students from a large, public, community college volunteered to participate in the study.

 Qualitative

Narrative

 

 

  The participants began community college with limited experience and knowledge about higher education. Their limited income, experience, and a lack of parental guidance led to many challenges. These challenges included difficulties with financing their education, feelings of isolation, setback and obstacles (poor grades, struggles in class, repeated course withdrawals), and struggles balancing work and school commitments, sometimes because of a lack of motivation in early college career. However, what the students all had in common was that they learned how to navigate community college and made new realizations, which guided them through momentum points. Analysis of the interview transcripts resulted in four challenges and four realizations that were consistent in this group of first-generation students: Limited income, developing financial awareness, feeling isolated and alone, utilizing support systems and campus resources, setbacks and obstacles, staying focused and hopeful, lack of motivation in early college career, and finding their drive.
Capannola & Johnson, 2022

 

 family relationships, first-generation college students, qualitative

 

   Braun and Clarke’s inductive thematic analysis

 

 

 N=8

large public university in the Southeastern

 

 qualitative phenomenological design

 

  
 Garvey et al., 2020

 

 

 

   Does a Sense of belonging contributes to academic success, persistence, and self-efficacy among students, and is especially poignant for first-generation students ?

 

 Strayhorn’s (2012) sense of belonging model:

 

   quantitative

 

  email using students’ university-provided email addresses and via social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). We provided incentives to promote survey completion among student respondents

 
             
             

 

 

 

References

 

 

Nin, O. F., & Keeton, R. (2020). Challenges and realizations of first-generation students who navigated through transfer momentum points. Community College Journal of

 

Research and Practice, 44(4), 273-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2019.158530

 

Garvey, J. C., Ballysingh, T. A., Dow, L. B., Howard, B. L., Ingram, A. N., & Carlson, M. (2020). WHERE I SLEEP: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND FIRST-

 

GENERATION BELONGINGNESS. College Student Affairs Journal, 38(1), 16-33. http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fwhere-i-sleep-relationship-with-residential%2Fdocview%2F2401331843%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D27965

 

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Discussion Thread: Empirically Based Theories

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Researchers who study lifespan development approach the field from several perspectives. Each general perspective encompasses one or more theories – broad, organized explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of interest. Developmental theories provide a framework for understanding the relationships among a seemingly unorganized set of fact or principles.

Detail one human growth and development theory and discuss its empirical support. Then read Defining Spiritual Development: A Missing Consideration for Student Affairs (Love & Talbot, 2009), and discuss research on spiritual development and how it could be connected to the other areas of development (physical, emotional, and social).

DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The student will complete 5 Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread between
400-500 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned Module: Week. The student
must then post 1 reply between 200-250 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the assigned
Module: Week. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly
citations in current APA format, as well as 1 biblical principle. Any sources cited must have been
published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include peer reviewed journal articles

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