Define psychology and psychological adjustment.

Week Four Assignment

In this assignment, you will review your current level of adjustment.

 

Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

 

Reflect on how well you are:

adjusting to your life in terms of subjective well-being, diversity, contexts, and / or thinking critically.

balancing your priorities, specifically with home, work, school, recreation, and / or family.

developing your identity, specifically self-esteem, self-concept, ethnicity, and / or gender.

coping with stress, specifically social support, multiple coping strategies, and / or self-control.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; Since the only resources you will be using for this assignment are the article and your textbook, you need not include a reference page. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

Define psychology and psychological adjustment.

Identify contextual variables (e.g., culture) that impact psychological adjustment.

Describe self-concept, self-esteem, and identity.

Define stress, stressors, and coping strategies, and contemplate their relationship to health and wellness.

Use critical thinking skills to reflect on personal experiences with adjustment and identify new strategies for personal growth.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.

Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics.

 

Week 4 E-Activity

http://www.semel.ucla.edu/dual-diagnosis-program/News_and_Resources/How_Do_You_Cope.

 

From the e-Activity and your textbook, identify which of the categories in the different classifications of coping strategies best describes your coping style. Describe how you have used this coping style in recent months. Determine whether or not the coping style was effective. Justify your response.

 

Week 4 Discussion This is a marketing discussion

 

1. A market leader has the largest market share in the relevant product market. Name a product that is a market leader and briefly describe, in your opinion, why that product has become the market leader.

2. Name a product or service that you recently purchased that satisfied or exceeded your expectations.  Briefly explain why the product or service satisfied or exceeded your expectations.

3. Briefly describe what a company should do when a product does not meet a customer’s expectations of that product.

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Required posting format: The Strayer discussion questions must be written as a heading, followed by the student’s answer to the question. Ie.

 

Strayer question one fully written out

 

Your answer to question one

 

Strayer question two fully written out

 

Your answer to question two

 

What are your independent and dependent variables? What are their operational definitions?

MUST BE NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK. CANNOT HAVE BE GIVEN TO OTHER STUDENTS. ALL POINTS MUST BE CLEARLY COVERED…PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WORK ALIGNS WITH RUBRIC SO THAT ALL POINTS ARE COVERED. DO NOT JUST PUT A REFERNCE IN THE REFERNCE SECTION BUT DO NOT USE IT WITHIN THE PAPER. ALL REFERNCES MUST ALSO BE FEATURED WITHIN THE PAPER AS WELL. ****THE ISSUE/TOPIC THAT THIS PAPER SHOULD BE BASED OFF OF IS THE GENDER PAY GAP (MEN BEING PAID MORE THAN WOMEN ETC)****

 

In your final paper for this course, you will need to write a Methods section that is about 3–4 pages long where you will assess and evaluate the methods and analysis of your proposed research.

In preparation for this particular section, answer the following questions thoroughly and provide justification/support. The more complete and detailed your answers for these questions, the better prepared you are to successfully write your final paper:

  • What is the problem being addressed by your research study?
  • State the refined research question and hypothesis (null and alternative).
  • What are your independent and dependent variables? What are their operational definitions?
  • Who will be included in your sample (i.e., inclusion and exclusion characteristics)?
  • How many participants will you have in your sample?
  • How will you recruit your sample?
  • Identify the type of measurement instrument to be used to collect the raw numeric data to be statistically analyzed and the type of measurement data the instrument produces.
  • What issues will you cover in the informed consent?
  • If there is potential risk or harm, how will you ensure the safety of all participants?
  • Name any possible threats to validity and steps that can be taken to minimize these threats.
  • What type of parametric or nonparametric inferential statistical process (correlation, difference, or effect) will you use in your proposed research? Why is this statistical test the best fit?
  • State an acceptable behavioral research alpha level you would use to fail to accept or fail to reject the stated null hypothesis and explain your choice.

This paper may be written in question-and-answer format rather than a flowing paper. Write your response in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

 

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Stated the problem being addressed.
8
Stated the refined research question and hypothesis (null and alternative).
6
Stated the independent and dependent variables and provided the operational definitions.
12
Discussed sample characteristics and size.
8
Discussed a sample recruitment strategy.
6
Identified the type of measurement instrument to be used and the type of measurement data the instrument produces.
8
Discussed the informed consent and potential risk and protection factors.
12
Named the possible threats to validity and steps that can be taken to minimize these threats.
12
Discussed the type of parametric or nonparametric inferential statistical process that will be used and why it is a best fit.
8
Stated an acceptable behavioral research alpha level for analyzing the data.
4
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
16
Total:
100

Describe the factors that influence the effective treatment applicable to your intervention plan.

Discussion Board: only 2 paragraphs with references $5.00

Therapeutic Techniques

 

 

 

What are the differences between the therapeutic techniques used with children or adolescents and the therapeutic techniques used with adults?

 

 

 

 

 

Short Paper $10.00 2-3 pages with references

 

http://dcfs.lacounty.gov/katieA/practices/docs/Foster%20Care%20MH%20Review%20%28Casey_2006%29.pdf

 

 

3-2 Short Paper: Intervention Strategies

Using one of these case studies, explain which intervention would be appropriate to utilize as a treatment intervention. What possible roadblocks might hinder treatment? Describe these differences and select an intervention that best fits your therapeutic style.
Use this link and choose one of the case studies http://www.mentalhealthmy.com/articles/free-mental-health-case-study.html

 

 

 

Milestone 2 Assignment $10.00 with references. This is based off the Overview that you previously did.

 

3-3 Final Project Milestone Two: Outside Factors and Effective Treatment

Describe the factors that influence the effective treatment applicable to your intervention plan. Consider the impact that culture, environment, and family have on the effectiveness of intervention and treatment strategies.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a test with high face validity?

Assignment 2: MMPI

For this assignment, you will review a major personality measure, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). Your review will consist of two parts:

    1. For this part, you will prepare a brief overview of the history and development of the MMPI-2 (approximately 1 page).  Address:

 

      1. type of psychological test
      2. a brief description of the instrument
      3. the administration, scoring and interpretation
      4. a statement about the reliability and validity
      5. any social/cultural/ethical issues pertinent to the test.

 

    1. In this part, you will evaluate the test’s validity. Be sure to address:

 

    1. Is the MMPI-2 high or low on content validity and face validity? Explain why.
    2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a test with high face validity?
    3.  Discuss the four Validity scales and how each one assesses validity.

Be sure to support your conclusions with information drawn from the online content, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources to substantiate the points you are making.  Apply APA standards to writing and citations to your work.

Good resources would also include Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print.

  1. Launch the online library.
  2. Click on Behavioral Sciences under Browse By Subject on the library homepage.
  3. Scroll through the alphabetical list of databases and click on Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print to launch the database.