Week 1 Discussion -Primary Goals of Psychology

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The Effectiveness of Stress Management Skills

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Select a stress management technique from your Week 5 Final Project assignment. Then consider how you might measure the effectiveness of the stress management technique. Reflect on the benefit stress sufferers might derive from using multiple stress management techniques. Finally, consider two barriers to effective stress management.

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Discussion:   The purpose of this assignment is for... | Psychology

The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze how personality impacts real-life behaviors in a criminal case study. Case studies are an in-depth evaluation of a single individual. This assignment will challenge you to explore personality from various psychological and cultural aspects. Using any of the resources you have available, read, listen to, or watch a short documentary on a specific criminal of your choice. Ensure the media is factual. When making a choice consider the wide variety of crimes a person may engage in; violent crime, property crime, white-collar crime, organized cri...

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discussions for ABA 601

When doing research, one is continually challenged with using the appropriate methods. Describe the difference between individual and group subjects in research. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Which method do you prefer (5 points)?

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Research Methods

Understanding Approaches to Methodology:  A doctoral candidate may choose between four basic research approaches for the Doctoral Project, a Theoretical Study, a Qualitative methodology, or a Quantitative methodology and a Mixed Methods approach. While each research approach utilizes its own distinctive methodology and organization for gathering, analyzing, and reporting findings, specific guidelines apply to all three methodologies.

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Collaborative Learning Community

Assessment DescriptionThis is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. Before beginning this assignment, each group should submit a filled-in copy of the CLC Agreement Form. Each CLC team will design a correlational study, groups will need two variables with at least five sets of data. between these two variables: time spent playing video games and aggression. Then in 1000 words, do the following: Create a hypothesis for the group’s study. Consider the hypothesis and how the group will define operationally and measure the variables. Describe how the group will obtain a random samp...

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Can this be done in 9 hours? Today

Locate three peer-reviewed articles on Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change (part of the Transtheoretical Model). Ensure your research on this model includes other cultures, ethnicities, or countries than your own.

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Discussion:   Module 2 Discussion This week, we... | Psychology

Module 2 Discussion This week, we further examined how to read scientific articles. In addition, you should have a solid understanding of what constitutes experimental control (clearly established variables and a solid research question). Read the article from Leaf et al. Actions and identify the following: What is the purpose of the study? What is the independent and dependent variable? What is the experimental question? What kind of experimental question is it? Based on the Discussion section of this article, formulate an original experimental question that could be used as a follow up stu...

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Psych week 8 dq 1: INTELLIGENCE On March 12, 2009, a... | Psychology

INTELLIGENCE On March 12, 2009, a former chief of the New York Stock Exchange pled guilty to one of the largest financial frauds in history. Bernie Madoff, founder of his own financial firm and active philanthropist, had been swindling thousands of private investors—many of whom were close friends—out of billions of dollars. Madoff had achieved a degree of personal financial success few individuals ever attain, though he will be spending the rest of his life in prison. Would you consider Madoff an intelligent person? What role might emotional intelligence have played in his decision making? Fo...

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WK 1-1

In-depth responses using course material from the readings (shoot for at least 150 words). In-text citations and references are required for all initial DQ responses.  Compare the criteria of the scientific method with everyday decision-making. In what ways is the scientific method superior? Is it inferior in any way? Can it blind us into thinking it is the only way to gather and interpret data? From your research or experience, provide an example to support your answer, and respond substantively to at least two of your classmates' responses.