Global Psychology 2

Chooose TWO (ONLY TWO) of the four prompts below and write discussion in paragrah form of 250 words.

YOU choose which Two you want to write about & write a discussion of 250 words IN TOTAL. Not 250 each, 250 for BOTH.

1. Justify why the cultural practice of eating seal blubber among many indigenous populations in the Arctic is both an evoked culture and a transmitted culture.

2. On Planet Belia, two civilizations (the Edinia and the Elash) have coexisted for centuries in the same environmental context. Both civilizations have marriage rituals (for this question, assume that marriage rituals can only be either monogamous or polygamous). You know that Edinians believe that polygamy is generally better than monogamy, so there are more polygamists than monogamists in Edinia. To determine whether evoked culture or transmitted culture plays a bigger role in affecting marriage rituals, you visit Edinia and Elash and try to find the proportion of marriages that are monogamous versus polygamous. Draw a bar graph of what your data would look like if evoked culture plays a bigger role than transmitted culture.

3.Your professor wants to upload a video of talking horses, and he wants it to go “viral” (i.e., spread very quickly to many people). Based on the different factors that cause ideas to spread, give examples of what the video would need to include for it to have the highest likelihood of spreading.

4. Vancouver has many different neighborhood areas, including Richmond and Strathcona. Richmond is politically more conservative, while Strathcona is politically more liberal. Create an account based on dynamic social impact theory to explain how these different neighborhoods seem to have different forms of political culture.

Sports Psychology Quick Assignment

Assessing Self-Confidence

Instructions

1. Read each question carefully and think about your confidence during competition with respect to the ability noted in the question.

2. For each ability noted, write the percentage of time you feel you had either too little, too much, or just the right degree of confidence. Estimate to the nearest 25 percent.

· For example: A pole-vaulter might have rated his confidence each time he attempted to clear 17 feet as follows: underconfident, 25%; confident, 50%; overconfident, 25%.

3. The three ratings should add up to 100%. Distribute this 100% however you feel is appropriate; you may assign all 100% to one category, split it between two categories, or, as in the example, divide it among three categories. If the “Total %” column indicates something other than “100,” you need to revise your percentages.

Adapted, by permission, from American Coaching Effectiveness Program, 1987, Sport psychology, level two (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics), 140-142.

 

Self-Confidence Assessment

How confident are you with respect to… Underconfident

(%)

Confident

(%)

Overconfident

(%)

Total

%

1. Your ability to execute the skills of your sport or exercise?        
2. Your ability to make critical decisions during the contest?        
3. Your ability to concentrate?        
4. Your ability to perform under pressure?        
5. Your ability to execute successful strategy?        
6. Your ability to put forth the effort needed to succeed?        
7. Your ability to control your emotions during competition?        
8. Your physical conditioning or training?        
9. Your ability to relate successfully with your coach?        
10. Your ability to come back from behind?        

 

Be mindful of your Underconfident and Overconfident scores.

 

Which skills did you assess in an over- and under-confident manner?

 

Do you see a pattern with these types of questions?

 

Think about how you can change your behavior during those actions and implement a strategy to become more confident or work harder to become less overconfident. Remember, becoming aware of your confidence level is the first step in achieving your optimal confidence level.

 

From Weinberg, R.S., and D. Gould. 2011. Foundations of Sport & Exercise Psychology Online Study Guide, 5E (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics).

Evaluation Of A Forensic Psychological Report

Assignment 2: LASA: Evaluation of a Forensic Psychological Report

This course has provided you with a foundational knowledge of forensic psychological assessment.  Successful integration of your skills is a significant aspect of this  course. Throughout this course, you have learned about the variety of forensic psychological assessments.

In this assignment, read and apply what you have learned in this course to analyze a report of a recently paroled offender.

Scenario:

You are working as a forensic mental health professional in a parole outpatient clinic, which has received a forensic psychological and risk assessment report on a paroled offender. You have been asked evaluate the report and present it to the Board of Parole.

Click here to download the forensic psychology and risk assessment report.

Tasks:

Evaluate the forensic psychology and risk assessment report and create an 8- to 10-page essay in a Microsoft Word document addressing the following:

  • Identify  and describe the role and purpose of the report. Comment on whether the  evaluation was or was not necessary. State the reasons for your  opinion.
  • Apply considerations of any  information or sections that you found missing in the report as well as  information that you found to be not relevant, i.e., elements that  should have been omitted. In other words, what could have been added to  or excluded from the report?
  • Discuss the  ways in which cultural sensitivity and aspects of diversity were  addressed in the report, including any ways in which the report could be  made more culturally sensitive and include greater considerations of  elements of diversity.
  • Identify and describe at least two additional psychological  assessments or measures that you would have administered to obtain  additional relevant information for the report. Feel free to list more  than two as appropriate. Be sure to also consider cultural implications  of the tests which you select.
  • Explain how you would use the recommendations in the report to assist in the development of a treatment plan.
  • Discuss  in what capacity the report may be used in alternative venues. For  example, can this report be utilized by other professionals in the  future? If so, in what capacity?
  • Discuss the overall quality and readability of this report, including a scholarly critique of the writing.

As  you evaluate the report be sure to avoid using the word “I” in formal  writing. Remember, the reader of your assignment will know it is your  voice since you are the author of your paper. Also, consider the  difference between the following two statements, “I think the report  needed to have included . . .” and “The report needed to have included .  . .” The first statement has some redundancy by the writer’s use of the  word “I,” whereas the second statement displays greater confidence.

Your  essay should rely upon at least seven scholarly resources from the  professional literature that are cited in APA format. The literature may  include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant  textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by  professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov).

Submission Details:

The LASA is worth 300 points and will be graded according to the following rubric:

Research Methods

A minimum of 350 words each for these 2 topics with references including at lease one from: Bordens, K. & Abbott, B. (2013). Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach (9th ed.). Franklin Park, IL: McGraw-Hill.

 1. Topic: Scientific Explanations

Using phrenology, astrology, graphology, palmistry, numerology, ESP, or another pseudoscience  as an example, describe how scientific explanations are superior to both “common sense” and “belief-based” explanations. How do the methods of authority and the rational method connect to this discussion? (Minimum 350 words)

2. Topic: Research a Theory

It is here that you will begin the collaborative process of discussing your research ideas and finding a question that you wish to develop into a research proposal. Using the Library or another course, you should find a theory or problem in psychology that you would like to investigate. You should describe the problem or theory and what it is about the topic that makes you want to investigate or understand it more thoroughly. Be detailed and clear, supportive and substantive: suggest potential avenues of research, discuss methods that seem appropriate, or note potential problems or ethical issues that may arise. (Min 350 words)

References including one from: Bordens, K. & Abbott, B. (2013). Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach (9th ed.). Franklin Park, IL: McGraw-Hill.