Discussion – Preparation- APA AT LEAST 300 WORDS  Refine and expand your vision of a career in psychology in light of the practitioner-scholar model. Consider how this   learning model can guide your professional development, encouraging you to investigate and critically evaluate relevant  theory and research to determine effective best practices that you will use on the job. Think about how it will help you   establish […]

Identify a senior citizen and schedule an hour to talk with him or her face to face. Be sure to tell the person that you are completing the interview as part of a class assignment and that the content of the interview is completely confidential (no names will be used). Conduct an informal interview, focusing on the participant’s developmental history. Consider the following: Family history and background […]

Facebook is a social media networking service that currently boasts over 1 billion users worldwide. For this assignment, you will analyze the Facebook page of Jacob Smith. More specifically, analyze Jacob’s page using: At least three of the theories we explored in this module. Use the theories to describe what you learned about Jacob. Which of these theories do you find the easiest to apply? Why? […]

Your Research in Psychology Resources Your Research in Psychology Scoring Guide. Promoting Cognitive Complexity in Graduate Written Work: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a Pedagogical Tool to Improve Literature reviews. Turnitin. Smarthinking Tutoring. APA Style and Format. Analyzing Your Originality Report [PDF]. APA Writing Feedback Rubric [PDF]. Unit 7 Assignment Worksheet: Your Research in Psychology [DOC]. Learner Guide to APA Writing Feedback Rubric [PDF]. PSY5002 & […]

Competencies in Psychology Resources Attributes and Evaluation of Discussion Contributions. Professional Communications and Writing Guide. Graduate Psychology Discussion Rubric. PSY5002 & PSY5005 Research Guide: Practitioner Resources. As mentioned in the unit studies, you have covered a wide range of competencies essential to your success as a professional in psychology and a graduate learner. For this discussion, reflect on your career exploration in the unit studies […]

Assignment: Reflection Essay: Positive Social Change—An Evolving Perspective As demonstrated in the first week of this course, there is no one single definition for terms such as social responsibilityand social change. These are complex concepts determined by multiple factors. You may now recognize some of the key contributing factors that lead to social responsibility in action. Has your initial understanding of social responsibility and social change evolved […]

Outline for the Psychiatric Diagnosis Review the instructions for the Psychiatric Diagnosis assignment in Week Six. This week’s assignment will build upon the work you have completed on your chosen case study in Weeks One and Two. For this assignment, you will construct an outline of your Psychiatric Diagnosis paper. This outline is meant to provide structure for your final assignment, jump-start your thought process […]

    Your town has one major mental health provider who has been providing outpatient and residential service for years. The problem is that your town does not have a crisis unit. You work for the local suicide hotline, which handles thousands of calls a year, of which a few hundred are suicide threats. Currently, the protocol is to call the police who then transport […]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the Splett, Fowler, Weist, McDaniel, & Dvorsky (2013), Stinnett, Bui, & Capaccioli, (2013), and  Kosher, Jiang, Ben-Arieh, & Huebner, (2014) articles,  and review Chapters 10 through 13 in your textbook. For this discussion, you will be taking on the role of the school psychologist in a public middle school. In this role, you will facilitate the evaluation […]

Using the information from the PowerPoint presentation you created in Module 3, write an Argument Paper that takes a position on the issue you selected. Be sure to include an explanation of the topic, possible viewpoints on the topic, your selected position on the topic, and appropriate evidence to support both your position and that of your possible opponents. Avoid the errors in reasoning that we […]