Category: Psychology

  • “The Instrumentalization of the Past: Exploring the Role of Collective Memory in Media and Society”

    PY3067 Social Memory
    Final essay due: May 13, 2024
    Length of assignment: 3-4,000 words.
    In this essay, students are challenged to think about the meaning and resonances of the
    past in the present. Reading the newspaper or watching film or television, we are
    constantly bombarded with interpretations of the past and what the past should mean to
    us.
    I want students to ask: How is the past used and instrumentalized? How and why is the
    past represented in the way that it is?
    I suggest that students begin with the notion of “present pasts” but there is some latitude
    in the kind research that you might carry out. I am available for discussion and
    consultation.
    As part of their research, students may choose to document a memory place or museum,
    conduct an ethnography of a museum or tourist site, analyze how a historical event is
    presented in film or social media forums, carry out a scholarly investigation of the
    memory of a historical figure, engage in a discussion of a relevant theoretical or
    empirical problem in the literature.
    Some questions to consider: What is the relationship between personal and collective
    memory? How do collective narratives become part of our personal story? What is the
    purpose of public memory? Does public memory achieve its goals? How?
    All projects should include 10-15 pages of written analysis and at least six scholarly,
    beyond course readings, that directly address your question. In addition, you should use
    eight sources, at a minimum, from class readings. In other words, your bibliography
    should include at least 14 sources that you use in your thinking and writing and cited in-
    text and in the bibliography. Use both indirect and direct citations–do not overquote. 
    More sources: 
    https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/5/3/73 
    https://books.google.fr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vkc-uvbLy8EC&oi=fnd&pg=PA171&dq=%2Bthe%2Bcollective%2Bmemory%2Bof%2Bprincess%2Bdiana&ots=O3yQyqwHCg&sig=kCozRsKnLyLIXyQ4tI7nQDAZuEQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=the%20collective%20memory%20of%20princess%20diana&f=false
    https://books.google.fr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2TKrBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=the%2Bcollective%2Bmemory%2Bof%2Bprincess%2Bdiana%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bmedia&ots=bQWQYfnQpL&sig=kI6f7y6N95IZj20VxsOT6dZPdP0&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=the%20collective%20memory%20of%20princess%20diana%20from%20the%20media&f=false
    https://books.google.fr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=BxhwAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&ots=WI2gHx0EsV&sig=cmZ6ql_EVRkr_PH21hNvJIgJ24U&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=collective%20memory&f=false 
    https://communication.iresearchnet.com/media/collective-memory-and-the-media/ 
    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Death-of-a-princess%3A-the-press%2C-the-public-and-the-Jenkins/0468acaeb772978672691a9a3b9568787045b96e 

  • Title: The Impact of Social Media Use on Mental Health: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Proposed Study

    PLEASE REVISE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PROFESSOR FIRST AND FOREMOST!!
    Paper must include:
    Title page (1 page)
    Abstract (1 page; 150-250 words)
    Introduction/Lit review (4+ pages, 12+ peer-reviewed empirical psychology sources)
    What’s the issue? Why this issue? What makes it important?
    Hypothesis?
    Detailed, synthesized literature review that provides backing and logic for study. Should include lots of citations!
    Method (2-4 pages) –
    Participants
    Procedure/ Design
    Manipulation (if applicable)
    Measures
    Minimum 2 IVs and 2 DVs
    Anticipated Results (1-3 pages) –
    Restatement of hypothesis
    Statistical testing you plan to do to answer each hypothesis
    Brief description of how you think the results will turn out
    Anticipated Discussion (3-4 pages)
    Summary of findings
    Connection to other literature
    Implications
    Limitations
    Future directions
    Conclusion: One paragraph description of what was found and why it is important
    References
    8. Appendix if necessary

  • Title: “The Impact of Erik Erikson’s and Jean Piaget’s Theories on Aotearoa New Zealand Healthcare: A Comparative Analysis”

    writing an essay on Erik Erikson’s and Jean Piaget theory about their concepts, principles and contributions and explain the similarities, importance and relevance it has towards Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare workplace including in-text citations and references.

  • Title: “Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in ABA Therapy: A Look at the Professional Code of Ethics and its Applications”

    You will be writing a paper that identifies, summarizes, and applies a published code of ethics for your profession, (ABA Therapist). The paper will include 2-3 pages of content, a title page and reference page, for a paper that is 4- to 5-pages in total length.
    Using the internet and Library, locate an industry organization’s code of ethics. For example, the American Marketing Association, American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association all have extensive codes of ethics. In addition to an internet search, you can try this resource: Code of Ethics. Once you have located and examined the code, summarize the main points of the code. Provide an example of an ethical decision or issue that may arise in your profession. Explain how the code of ethics could be used to provide guidance regarding the decision or issue. Conclude your paper with an explanation regarding the importance and benefits of codes of ethics. 
    Content Requirements:
    The paper should consist of an introduction, body (points below), and a conclusion.
    Identify your profession, and a professional code of ethics for your profession.
    Summarize at least three main points of the code, and how they apply to your career.
    Explain the benefits of a code of ethics with two specific examples
    Discusses how the chosen code of ethics can guide logical decision-making and provides two specific examples.
    Demonstrate how the code of ethics can be applied to a specific ethical issue that could arise in your profession.
    Demonstrate consistency of your clearly established viewpoint throughout the paper with a clear logical flow as you apply ethical reasoning.
    Make sure your writing is original and insightful.
    Two in-text citations and references used as support for ideas presented (one must be the code of ethics).

  • Annotated Bibliography for Literature Review on Systemic and Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Mental Health Care

    For this assignment, you will submit an annotated bibliography on all the resources you have compiled. Please note that the same citation rules applied to other documents (such as proper paraphrasing and quotation marks where necessary) also apply to annotated bibliographies. Cutting and pasting from the abstract or the body of an article is unacceptable. Each annotation should include the following: An APA formatted reference
    A summary of the purpose, methods, and findings of the article. Make sure that you are differentiating between information presented as background/introduction to the article and the actual findings from the article.
    A critique of the article
    Critique methodology
    Describe ways the focus is or is not systemic and culturally sensitive
    Discuss briefly how the article relates to attached topic(table doc) and a specific section of your literature review. For example, specify if the article will assist you with your theoretical framework or a specific concept within your topic. Each annotation should be single-spaced and kept as brief as possible. Your professor will spot-check several of your annotations for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Overall Feedback
    Overall, you did well with completing the table for this week, and I now have a better sense of some aspects of your topic. One thing you want to start working on, and this is an important process of your literature review work, is starting to synthesize these findings. For example, instead of listing a separate reference for each “What we know” and “What we don’t know” section, consider where there might be some overlap. Did any of these studies find similar things? Did any of them identify similar gaps? Can you find ways to connect some of these findings and/or gaps across different studies? An important component of a successful literature review is making sure that it doesn’t turn into just an annotated bibliography (ie, where each paragraph is just a discussion of a separate article), but instead you are finding ways to connect (synthesize) the different research findings and also be able to critique some of them (whether it comes to their findings, their methods, or something else). You will get to work on these specific components as you continue in the course, but this is important to start thinking about now! The ASC (and the dissertation center) has some specific resources and tools to help with the literature review and synthesis/analysis, so I strongly encourage you to get familiar with those. https://resources.nu.edu/researchtools/researchsupport
    https://resources.nu.edu/c.php?g=1007176&p=7296562
    Also, pay attention to your references page. You had a few places where you missed important information.
    The dissertations you located are not properly cited in APA 7 (you should be using brackets instead of parentheses, and also you need to indicate which database you retrieved the dissertation from as well as a URL, if applicable). https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/published-dissertation-references
    All of your peer-reviewed journal articles need to include their doi information at the end
    The book chapter (Sandage et al., 2019) needs to include the editor information (see the examples under “Chapter in an edited book” section): https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/edited-book-chapter-references
    Your references need to be “left aligned” (currently they are “justified” – this is an easy fix within MS Word). You can tell this is the case as each reference goes to the far right side of the paper, until hitting the right margin, and thus this usually creates extra spaces that should not be there (see the Rokach & Chan reference as a clear example of those extra spaces that should not be there).

  • “Crafting an Effective Evaluation Approach: Addressing Stakeholder Needs and Incorporating Theories and Methods”

    answer four questions
    1. At the start of your first project with us, you will be asked to describe your
    evaluation approach to an auditorium packed of program stakeholders, including
    funders, directors, program managers, and program recipients. What would
    you say to this diverse audience (hint: most of them don’t know much about
    evaluation)?
    2. Which two formal evaluation theories do you draw on most in your practice
    and why?
    3. Which two formal evaluation theories are the most dissimilar to your approach
    and why?
    4. Please describe how you go about designing evaluations and selecting methods
    that yield credible and actionable evidence.

  • Exploring Trauma: A First Person Account of Mental Illness in “What Happened to You”

    This is a psychopathology course assigment. For the assigment it has to be a book that is 
    First Person Account of Mental Illness. Some book recomendation from the proffesor are: 
    What Happened to You (trauma)*
    The Quiet Room (schizophrenia)
    Recovered, Not Cured (schizophrenia)
    Drinking: A Love Story (substance use)
    Tweak (substance use)
    I really want you to use WHAT HAPPEND TO YOU and write the paper about that book. 

  • “Understanding the Complexities of Mental Health: Exploring Causes, Prevalence, and Treatment”

    Paper must be in APA format, up to 5 pages not including the title and reference pages. 
    It cannot be more than 8 pages and will need to include the below:
    Title Page 
    Title of your paper
    Your name first
    Semester Spring 2024
    Course 
    Professor 
    Body of the paper
    Title 
    Introduction 
    Origin or History
    Prevalence-How common it is? Statistics-Demographic 
    Signs and Symptoms 
    Biological/Sociological/ Psychological Factors 
    Treatment and Coping Mechanisms 
    Personal Experience if any or an experience that is related to the topic? 
    Conclusions 

  • Integrating the Field of Developmental Psychology: A Review of the Literature for Adolescence (13-18 years)

    Prior to completing this assignment, read Chapters 7 and 8 in the textbook. Also review the reading from the chapter that covers the age group you have selected (review previous week’s reading or read ahead if you have chosen one of the adult life stages). This week, you will begin preliminary work on your final assignment in the course, Integrating the Field of Developmental Psychology: A Review of the Literature, which is due in Week 6. To begin, select an age group or developmental stage from the list below:
    Infancy and toddlerhood (0–3 years)
    Childhood (3–12 years)
    Adolescence (13–18 years)
    Young adulthood (18–40 years)
    Middle–late adulthood (40 years and older)
    In your paper:
    Clearly identify the age group and developmental stage selected.
    Describe the important physical, emotional, cognitive, and social features of that age group.
    Analyze that developmental stage from the point of view of at least three developmental theorists (e.g., but not limited to the viewpoints of Piaget, Freud, Erickson, etc.).
    Summarize the theory you find most useful to explain that developmental stage.
    In writing your paper, support your selections and conclusions with reasoned arguments. A minimum of three peer-reviewed articles are required for this paper.
    The Selecting an Age Group/Developmental Stage for the Final Paper
    Must be 5 to 6 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. or How to Make a PowerPoint PresentationLinks to an external site.
    Must include a separate title page with the following:
    Title of paper in bold font
    Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
    Student’s name
    Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
    Course name and number
    Instructor’s name
    Due date
    Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
    Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
    For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
    Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
    The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
    To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
    Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.
    Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

  • Title: The Power of Observation: Applying Social Learning Theory in the Workplace

    Explain social learning theory and observational learning using the appropriate terminology. Next, identify and describe an example of something that you have learned at work (recently or in the past, if you are currently not working) using the principles of observational learning/social learning theory. Explain how learning occurred using the appropriate terminology. Conclude your assignment with a brief reflection on how what you’ve learned could be used to demonstrate initiative on the job and how it could it be used in networking conversations or eventually lead to possible leadership opportunities.
    You need to follow all APA formatting rules so you should have an APA title page, an APA formatted reference page and APA formatted in-text citations. The paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length submitted in an MS Word document that includes the following: An APA formatted title page
    Introduction that includes a thesis statement A complete summary of the article in your own words (if required)
    Concluding paragraph An APA formatted reference page NOTE: The title page and reference pages do not count towards the 2-3 page requirement.