Review, you will research at least two peer-reviewed articles published within the last ten years to support your analysis of each of the following topics:

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Discipline-Based Literature Review

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch the video PSY620 Scholarly Resources and review the PSY620: Analyzing and Citing Scholarly Articles.

Video Transcript

Learning and cognition is a broad discipline. For this Discipline-Based Literature Review, you will research at least two peer-reviewed articles published within the last ten years to support your analysis of each of the following topics:

  • Operant conditioning
  • Classical conditioning
  • Behaviorism
  • Social learning theory

When conducting your research, consider the issues that arise within these different disciplines. In your analysis of each topic, explain the theoretical perspectives and empirical research that are pertinent to the field of learning and cognition. Within this analysis, apply ethical principles to the evaluation of each theoretical approach and consider issues that arise in research related to that area. Support your statements with evidence from your selected articles.

The Discipline-Based Literature Review

  • Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length, not including the title or references pages, and formatted according to APA styleas outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must begin with an introductory paragraph.
  • Must address the topic of the paper, including each construct, with critical thought.
  • Must end with a conclusion paragraph.
  • Must use at least eight scholarly sources (two per topic) in addition to the required resources.
    • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in Citing Within Your Paper.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in Formatting Your References ListList

What is the difference between explanatory versus exploratory research? Where are they most likely found on the Wheel of Science?

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Answer the following questions:

1) Knowing the flaws and issues with good definitions of concepts and research design is often critical to avoid being manipulated by “fake news and Data” … after reading the article on the study of immigration – what were the problems associated with the analysis of immigrants on welfare?

2) What is meant by the term triangulation in the reading on positivism? Make sure you address the issue of External Validity.

3) What are the primary differences between documentary films and social science researchers?

4) Where does science begin the process of research?

5)  Which area of the wheel of science is best suited to develop and test hypothesis?

6) What is the difference between a primary and a nominal conceptual definition?

7) How can one’s religious spirituality be measured? Give examples

8)  What is the difference between explanatory versus exploratory research? Where are they most likely found on the Wheel of Science?

9)  Does the Comfort Hypothesis begin from a theoretical orientation or from a data collection starting point? I am looking for you to google up the Comfort Hypothesis – write what the hypothesis is…. and what does it predict. Since the example provided on the PowerPoint focused on Religiosity – which is linked to the Comfort Hypothesis(both focus on religion) – what patterns do you see as regards to who is more likely to seek comfort in religion? Men or Women? Older or Younger? Richer or Poorer? Dominant or Subordinate (Majority vs Minority groups)?

o Describe the behavioral symptoms for three of the most common mental health disorders present in the criminal justice system.

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Read the obituaries from a newspaper for a period of one week. As you read the obituaries, record the age, sex, and cause of death for each person noted

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Read the obituaries from a newspaper for a period of one week. As you read the obituaries, record the age, sex, and cause of death for each person noted. Multiply the data by 52 to get an equivalent of one year’s worth of data. Calculate crude mortality rates (# deaths in year/city population) and cause-specific (you pick a cause of death & count how many died from that cause from your data x 52, then divide by city population), then age-specific mortality rates (pick an age bracket, then count how many people died from your group, multiply by 52. Now divide by the population for that age bracket only (look this up online). The formula tables attached will help you. Show at least the data (sex, age, cause of death if noted) found from the newspaper for some points. Then show your math using the formulas for the rest. If you listened to the audio lecture, it states to be able to correctly do this, you must look up the population of the city you get your data from. If your city does not indicate cause of death, put “no cause listed”.  Hint: Choose a smaller city for this because if you pick a large city, the more numbers you are going to be working with.