Apply the skills related to conducting forensic assessments that you learn throughout the course by assessing the individual portrayed in the documentary, Murder

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For your Final Project, you will apply the skills related to conducting forensic assessments that you learn throughout the course by assessing the individual portrayed in the documentary, Murder on a Sunday Morning.

Your Final Project must be presented via the following option:

A 10- to 12-page (not including references, title page, or abstract), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper.

The Final Project must include:

A minimum of 10 references (in addition to any course readings that you may wish to reference). Please be aware that user-created websites such as Wikipedia will not be accepted as scholarly references. (Please consult the Walden University Library’s instructions for evaluating research resources, which includes a link to criteria for evaluating resources.)
A brief description of the case study in the documentary, including a description of the individual and the forensic population he is from.
A description of the potential role(s) of a forensic psychology professional in relation to the case study.
An explanation of the forensic assessment principles that apply to the case study
A description of any third party information that may be necessary to collect for forensic assessment of the case study
A description of three ethical and/or multicultural issues and/or considerations related to the case study
An analysis of how a forensic psychology professional might best address each of the ethical and/or multicultural issues and/or considerations you described (Note: Refer to the forensic and multicultural guidelines when completing this part of the Final Project.)
An explanation of what a forensic psychology professional might think important to consider and/or determine when conducting a forensic assessment of the individual in this case study
An explanation of what the courts might think important to consider and/or determine from a forensic assessment of the individual in this case study
A description of at least two forensic assessment instruments and/or tools that might be used in relation to this case study, with an explanation of why
A brief description of the elements that would be included in a forensic assessment report based on this case study
An explanation of which elements from a forensic assessment report based on this case study would be relevant for testimony, and why
A description of the implications that the assessment may have for the outcome of the case

CASE STUDY

Day of Nonviolence

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Day of Nonviolence Exercise

Step I: Participate in the Day of Nonviolence
This exercise is best done following the chapter on Aggression. You are to spend a day observing a “Day of Nonviolence.” You are to live each minute of this time in as nonviolent and peaceful a way as possible. In other words, you should do your best to live in harmony with others and avoid all verbal, emotional, and physical aggression towards people, animals, and the Earth in general.
When carrying out this assignment, leave no behavior unexamined — from washing your face to talking on the telephone to eating meals to watching TV. That is, don’t just avoid obvious acts of physical or verbal violence; strive for the deepest level of nonviolence in your heart without being phony or insincere. It is up to you to define what nonviolence is and to decide how best to realize it.
Note: To minimize any bias in social reactions, it is best if you do not tell others about the class assignment until after the Day of Nonviolence is over.

Step II: Write About Your Experience
On the due date and time specified on your syllabus, you are to turn in a 1 page social psychological analysis of what the day was like. Here are some sample questions you might address:
• How did you define nonviolence, and what did you focus your efforts on?
• If your behavior was different than normal, which person did you like more: the “Day of Nonviolence you” or the “normal you”? If you preferred the “Day of Nonviolence you,” what are the psychological factors that prevent this “you” from coming out?
• What are the psychological costs and benefits of behaving nonviolently? In your view, do the benefits outweigh the costs?
• How did others respond to your nonviolence? Do you think they noticed a difference in your behavior? What attributions did people make for your behavior, and why?
• If you wanted to encourage others to behave as you did during the Day of Nonviolence, what psychological techniques would you use? How can social psychology be used to foster a less violent society?
• If you were to predict your behavior one month from now, do you think it will be changed in any way as a result of participating in the Day of Nonviolence? If so, how? If not, why not?
In carrying out this assignment, try to go beyond superficial descriptive accounts and see if you can arrive at social psychological insights that might improve your life, campus, society, or the world.

Behaviour modification has been applied in a wide variety of areas to assist people in changing theirbehaviour.

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Additional assignment information can be provided via email.

This is a research report. You will attempt to modify your own behaviour. This will involve recording your behaviour for a minimum of 28 days, and writing a report on what you have done. It is therefore important to start this assignment at least six weeks before the due date which is May 9 (i.e., start the assignmment in March).

Research Report 2000-2500 words

Worth 35%

Behaviour modification has been applied in a wide variety of areas to assist people in changing theirbehaviour. For example it is one of the key treatments underlying cognitive behavioural therapy usedwidely in clinical psychology. Self management is one area where behaviour modification has been applied. Individuals can usebehavioural modification techniques to control personal habits, health behaviours, professionalbehaviours and personal problems.

The aims of this assignment are to:

•Teach you about behavioural self management techniques, by giving you an opportunity to modify your own behaviour.
•Consider and discuss some of the different dimensions that influence the target behaviour.
•Explain the way that learning contributes to behaviour.
•Apply learning theory to modify behaviour.
•Develop skills in writing a research report.
•Gain experience in the use of APA format.

Choose a target behaviour that you would like to modify. Examples include:

• Increasing the number of hours of study.
• Increasing the occurrence of a healthy habit (e.g. exercise).
• Decreasing unhealthy food consumption.
• Decreasing the occurrence of an unhealthy habit (e.g. smoking).

To do this you will:

• Identify and precisely describe the behaviour.
• Choose an appropriate method to monitor the behaviour
• Monitor and record the behaviour for a minimum of 14 days
• Identify some principles which should lead to changing the behaviour in the desired direction.
• Using these principles, design a strategy or set of strategies to change the frequency of the behaviour. This is called the intervention.
• Implement the intervention for 14 days while continuing to monitor and record the behaviour.
• Write a report based on what you have done.

Analyze an article from sources such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Adweek, Advertising Age, Communication Arts, Brandweek.

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Analyze an article from sources such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Adweek, Advertising Age, Communication Arts, Brandweek. Psychology Today, American Psychologist, Eye Magazine, and Print Magazine, or other another periodical or web site about any of the topics in the text.

The paper with analysis should be 4 pages doubled spaced. Discuss how the article relates to relevant supporting material from the text. In other words how the article supports, contradicts, and/or furthers the text material. Make a specific conclusion about what the article means. What is your opinion of the article’s point? In other words, is the appeal made or technique discussed likely to make marketing efforts more effective and why? Then, consider an alternative view. If it’s a negative article what positive use/benefit could there be that weren’t considered? Conversely, if a positive article, what are the potential risks to be aware of? In other words, what are the pro and con implications to a marketer?