Prompt Why is advocacy necessary in the field of psychology? Parameters · Identify one major point from the readings that was a new learning point for you · Retrieve one article/citation about advocacy in psychology · Apply what you learned from reading this additional article · Address how reading this additional article built upon the…

Reflection on Temperament and Attachment In this course, journals will be used to reflect on the learning objectives for the course and how they relate to your development as a professional. The journal assignments provide an opportunity to connect the readings and professional practices to your own personal and professional experiences. Journal assignments in this…

Unlike ethical issues pertaining to clinical practice (i.e., psychotherapy and assessment), ethical issues related to teaching and research in the Ethics Code are seldom incorporated into laws that dictate the rules/professional conduct for the licensure and professional practice of psychology. Discuss why this may be the case. Does it make it more difficult to enforce…

Overview Combating low quality information with scientific evidence is a challenge faced by most human services professionals. Posters can be used to provide easy-to-digest facts in a visually appealing way, as an aid to challenging flawed information. The objective of this assignment is to communicate persuasively and succinctly to a general audience. Create a poster…

Over the course of one week, use the attached sleep diary to record your sleep patterns and variables that may be affecting the quality of your sleep. Use your data to answer the following questions: Use this document to record your data over the course of 7 days:  sleep_diary_remix.pdf Answer the following questions: Part I:…

Now that your behavioral modification plan has been approved, you need to implement your plan and track your behavior. This means you need to start collecting data. Since all of your projects are different, I am not going to restrict how you collect that data. But, at minimum, you need some way to record the…

This final paper is to demonstrate your culmination of knowledge from this course. In practicing the standard format and writing style of research scientists, this activity should help you become a more efficient and informed consumer and producer of research. By incorporating feedback from your peers and instructor, you are honing scientific writing and research…

This week you will be writing a paper in which you complete the following: Summarize the case study. Describe credible and scholarly sources, relevant to a particular theory. Apply a social psychological theory to a chosen case study. Explain how social psychological research studies relate to a particular social psychological theory. Apply an ethical reasoning…

DNA “fingerprinting” is a powerful tool for comparing two DNA samples. The process is relatively simple. This exercise should help you see how this tool can be applied to forensic and paternity testing. The Case: A married couple, Joe and Sally (Sally is infertile), arranges with a close friend, Mary, to have a baby. Mary…

THE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND EVIDENCE-BASED RATING SCALES Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.    WEEKLY RESOURCES   TO PREPARE:   · Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide regarding psychiatric assessment and diagnosis.   · Consider…