• What are the primary assumptions each author makes?

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Analyzing Basic Applied Research. There are very different views of what types of evidence are most credible in evaluating the effectiveness of psychological treatment research. In this discussion you will analyze basic applied psychological research as well as evaluate how researchers applied a research process in the development of specific components. To begin, read the following articles (which can be accessed through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library):

 

 

 

 

 

 

• “Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology: Implications for Research and Research Training”

 

 

 

• “Practice-Based Evidence: Back to the Future”

 

 

 

• “Psychological Treatments: Putting Evidence into Practice and Practice into Evidence”

 

 

 

After reading the articles listed above, select two of them. Analyze the basic applied research within each of your two selected articles by answering the following questions:

 

 

 

• What is the main point-of-view in each article?

 

 

 

• What are the primary assumptions each author makes?

 

 

 

• Which author are you inclined to agree with? Support your choice with scholarly reasoning and cite your evidenc

Describe the theory of operant conditioning.

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1,050- to 1,200-word paper in which you examine the theory of operant conditioning. Address the following items:
• Describe the theory of operant conditioning.
• Compare and contrast positive and negative reinforcement.
• Determine which form of reinforcement is the most effective. Explain your reasoning.
• Select a scenario in which you would apply operant conditioning to shape behavior.
• Create a reinforcement schedule for your selected behavior

Personality Characteristics And Criminal Behavior

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Assignment 2: RA 2: Personality Characteristics and Criminal Behavior

A particular set of personality characteristics does not turn a person into a criminal. However, a criminal will have the same set of characteristics. This concept may not be easy to understand. Here is another example: all college graduates have attended college, but not everyone who attended college is a college graduate. The mistake “if A then B” is the same as “if B then A” is a common one in research, criminal investigation, and profiling.

Criminal profiling is a difficult task. Complete the following three parts and present it in your report.

Part I

Identify at least five offense characteristics of each of the following crimes: sex offense, murder, acquisitive crime, organized crime, and terrorism.

Part II

Choose two offenses for those listed in Part I. Using the selected characteristics, complete the following for each of the two offenses you selected:

  • Analyze the selected characteristics to develop a forensic profile for that particular type of offense. For example, how would you use the two offense characteristics you have selected for murder to develop inferences regarding the personality of a murderer?
  • Explain how an offender’s level of cognitive and emotional functioning, as well as social and environmental factors, could contribute to his or her maladaptive behavior in each of the above offenses.
  • Identify and justify the types of tests and/or personality measures that might be used to gather additional information for each of the two offenses.
  • Identify and justify the type of collateral information you would need to learn about the offender in the case of each of the two crimes.

Part III

  • Identify the differences in ethical standards between a criminal investigation and a psychological interview.
  • Offer your recommendations for future research needed to advance the science and research of psychological profiling techniques.
  • Discuss the different ethical considerations one must follow as an investigator and as a psychologist.

Support your responses giving reasons and examples from 8–10 scholarly resources.

Write a 7- to 9-page report in a Microsoft Word document. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Making Difficult Ethical Decisions.

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Karen is a Latina, lesbian woman who decided to come out to her family and classmates when she started her second year in her psychology doctoral program. She thought that things would be easier now that she could be her “true self” around her family and friends. However, several people were not as accepting of her as she would have liked, including her parents and four siblings. As a result, she struggles to keep up with schoolwork, is tearful during class, and becomes upset while in conferences with professors. The faculty at her school are talking about requiring her to start psychological treatment to deal with these issues, and are even considering removing her from the program.

What does the code say about what suggestions of the faculty? What are the cultural implications of doing what they are suggesting? Apply the ethical decision-making model discussed in Fisher (2013) to this situation and make a decision about how to handle Karen’s situation.

Response Guidelines

Examine the work of at least two other learners and comment on the following elements:

  1. Their perspective on what the ethical code says about the scenario.
  2. Their analysis of the cultural implications of doing what they are suggesting.
  3. Their application of all steps of the ethical decision-making model discussed in Fisher (2013) to this situation.
  4. Their resulting decision on how to handle Karen’s situation.

Your response may include comparing and contrasting several elements of the components or the outcome of your initial post.

Note: Remember, all of your discussion posts are expected to be written at a graduate level, be free from typos and spelling errors, and follow standard English grammar. You will need to support your points with in-text citations and references in APA style. This may include your readings for this course, but also outside scholarly sources that you obtain relevant to this discussion from our library.