Category: Psychology


  • After reading the required resources, answer the following questions: 1. Compare the six (6) major theories of motivation. 2. Distinguish between the psychological and the biopsychosocial theories of motivation. 3. Differentiate between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. 4. Contrast the three theories of emotion. 5. What is your point of view about the theories of…

  • Week 1 Application Assignment: Using the DSM Overview Learning to use the DSM can seem a bit like learning a foreign language. This week, you have learned about the DSM and comprehensive diagnostic assessment. This assignment will allow you to apply that knowledge by developing some initial diagnoses and justifications. Assignment 1 will help you…

  • This semester we’ve analyzed the rhetorical efficacy of two authors, defined skepticism, and addressed pseudoscience in our culture. Now it’s time to put your rhetorical powers to the test. For this essay, identify a television program that you feel encourages pseudoscientific thinking in some way. Feel free to choose any television program you wish. Watch…

  • Final Exam Class Discussion Assignment Correlational Research is different from historical and descriptive research. It provides some indication as to how two or more things are related to one another or, in effect, what they share or have in common, or how well a specific outcome might be predicted by one or more pieces of…

  • Write a paper based on the research done in modules 1 and 2. Include the following components: · Title Page · Abstract · Introduction · 3 main ideas with associated research · Conclusion PEER REVIEW PAPER After the Sunday due date, you will be assigned one paper to peer review. Your review will be anonymous to…

  • Sociologist C. Wright Mills preferred to call the sociological perspective the sociological imagination, and he saw it transforming personal troubles into public issues. Let us begin our discussion this week by considering suicide, which is thoroughly explored in your textbook reading for this week. For the initial post, respond to one of the following options,…

  • · What is the definition of an organization as an open system? · List and explain the organizational resources. · What are the main organizational theories and their importance to the discipline? Remember to review the academic expectations for your submission. Submission Instructions: · Submit your initial discussion before 11:59 p.m. Easter time (EST) on…

  • How do you feel about the longevity of social security, why? Do you plan to include social security into your retirement planning projections? * 350 word minimum for discussion posts and 100 word minimum for replies.

  • Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s). (Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. Students should always cross-reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in their academic work.)…

  • Presentation: A 30-year-old male demonstrated a subtle onset of the following symptoms: dull facial expression; droopy eyelids; puffiness of the face and periorbital swelling; sparse, dry hair; dry, scaly skin; evidence of intellectual impairment; lethargy; a change of personality; bradycardia (60 b/min); a blood pressure of 90/70; anemia (hematocrit 27); enlarged heart (upon radiological exam);…