Contact Comfort

Contact Comfort (Harlow): Read and respond to the section titled “ Harlow’s Monkeys (1958).”

 

Read the assigned article, then write a short essay (2-3 paragraphs) that include the following elements.  Please paste your completed essay into the comments section rather than attaching a separate file.

1. A paragraph that summarizes the topic in your own words

2. One or two paragraphs that address one or more of the following objectives:

a. Describe a useful application of this information in your life, and specify what behavioral or attitude changes you might make as a result.

b. Discuss possible sources of bias that might have influenced the results (sample bias, experimenter bias, cultural bias, etc)

c. Discuss the generalizability of the research—do you think the result applies to all people, or just those who are similar in some way to the sample that was studied in the research?

d. Discuss the ethics of the research: was the research ethical? How might ethics influence the way that the research was conducted?

e. Briefly describe an experiment that you might do as a follow up study. Explain what additional information you would gain from the study that you propose.

f. Find a follow up study on the topic that has been done by another researcher, explain what the study adds to the original research, and provide an abstract and citation for the study.

Describe when each type of assessment should be conducted.

1)describe the advantages and disadvantages of each type of functional behaviour assessment.

 

2)Describe when each type of assessment should be conducted.

3)Generally, how is the assessment data used to develop and individualized intervention?

 

4)Reflect on what you know about the characteristics of autism. Do you think (functional behavior assessment ) this is a good approach to developing behaviour support plans for persons with autism? And why?

What types of testing instruments do clinicians use to make a diagnosis? Which ones do you think are most effective? Explain why.

Write a 200 word response to each question below. Use at least one (1) reliable source and it ust be cited within the text.

 

1. Identify at least one contributor to each of the four theoretical approaches in clinical psychology, along with his or her specific theories or views about human behavior. Which of the four approaches do you find most interesting? Explain your response.

 

 

2. What types of testing instruments do clinicians use to make a diagnosis? Which ones do you think are most effective? Explain why.

Developmental Stages Matrix

WK3 Developmental Stages Matrix—Early & Middle Childhood sections onlyÂ

Complete the Early & Middle Childhood sections ONLY on the Developmental Stages Matrix located in the course materials forum.  Answer only the Early and Middle Childhood sections of the Matrix. For each of six sections total, write a 250+ word response in paragraph format that answers what the major developmental milestones are.

Early Childhood (ages 2-6)  250+ word response for the major milestones of Physical Devel. 250+ word response for the major milestones of Cognitive Devel. 250+ word response for the major milestones of Soc/Emot Devel.

 

Middle Childhood (ages 7-11) 250+ word response for the major milestones of Physical Devel. 250+ word response for the major milestones of Cognitive Devel. 250+ word response for the major milestones of Soc/Emot Devel.