Category: Psychology

Write an essay using psychoanalysis to explain a characters personality of your choosing. The essay must follow the following format
AT LEAST 5 full pages in length. Double spaced, Times New Roman 12 sized Font
Begin your paper at the very top of the page. Do not write your name, date, or title the page.
Paragraph 1 introduce the essay and Character. Give a brief description of the characters history and demographics. 
Paragraph 2 Psychosexual stage fixation . If no fixation, explain why 
Define the stage the character is fixated on. Explain what should happen in that stage in order for the person to move on successfully through the stage. Explain what might have happened to the character that made them fixated on this stage. 
Paragraph 3. Id , ego ,superego define all three 
Where is the most psychic energy devoted in this character? What leads you to believe this? 
Paragraph 4 What defense mechanism/Mechanisms does this character employ? 
Define the defense mechanism , give two examples 
Why was this defense employed ? What was the character avoiding? 
Paragraph 5 How would psycho analysis help this person? Include techniques and rationale behind psychoanalysis as a means of changing personality. 
Conclusion wrap up the essay by briefly reiterating what you have already covered. Try to give a summarizing sentence or two that describes the characters personality. What limitations does psychoanalysis have when it comes to understanding personality? End with a question or what other mechanism/modality you might use to study this characters personality. 

Provide a hypothesis of a problem to be solved and describe the importance of the need for this applied project (References. Citations. APA Format).
The selected practice-oriented field-specialty area is Behavioral Psychology. Choose and research a problem within this field.
Find 8 peer-reviewed articles relevant to the selected field. Include them as references in the submission.
Write a 1,000 word introduction.
Include the following:
Create a problem statement based on the research. What issue or gap do you view as needing to be addressed?
Describe the problem. Explain the rationale of the problem statement and the importance of and need for the project. Describe the audience. Provide a description of the audience or organization, institution, or policy that the problem statement is designed to help and the aim or solution you seek to achieve.

Using one of the case studies presented in chapter 4, 5, 6, or 7, answer the discussion questions in the table at the end of the chapter (Julie p. 89, Butch p. 109, Betsie p. 131, or Maribel p. 148). This document should include the discussion questions listed and then the answer you have created in complete sentences. You may also need to use supporting literature to validate your responses. Please use APA format when using citations in your document.
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Instructions
For this assignment, you will complete a research paper on The Stroop Effect and selective attention.
You will write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment.
For this paper, your introduction should be 2-3 pages of double-spaced writing. you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (remember that I will give you data) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages – this page count does not include the title page or references) 
This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin™.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will complete a research paper on The Stroop Effect and selective attention. The Stroop Effect is a phenomenon that occurs with the Stroop Task, a test that looks at what happens when we are asked to perform an ordinary task (such as reading or identifying a list of colors) when there is some sort of visual interference.
You are acting like you are the researcher who conducted this study! However, you do not have to actually collect the data – I already have that for you. In order to understand how the study works and how data was collected, you will need to participate in an online experiment on the Stroop Effect located within the “psychology learning tools”.
Once you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (remember that I will give you data) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages – this page count does not include the title page or references) in APA style consisting of the following sections:
Title Page
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References
(More information on each section is located below)
Just like the mini lab report, you will participate in the online experiment so you know what the experiment is like. You will be given the data to analyze.
Here is the data file: DATA
Remember that you were given additional details in the Week 4 Discussion topic:  Research Project Topic/Hypothesis
You will write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment. You have some options in your research question for this project. The data you are given includes the gender and age of the participants as well as two columns of results data (reading the words and saying the colors). If you have a particular interest and want to modify the data, you have that choice. We will talk about this as you work on your hypothesis. You should try to use as much of your data as possible. Do not discard data unless there is a really good reason to do so.
Careful attention must be paid to APA Style as it represents a significant portion of your grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course. At the end of the term, you will submit your completed paper to your assignment folder.
Research Report – Stroop Effect Rubric
Main components on your research paper
Title page – Make sure that the main points of a title page are included.
Abstract – This is a well written summary of your paper. A reader should be able to get a clear picture of your paper based on the abstract. Include everything from a quick introduction of the topic to a sentence that implies that you will discuss results and implications.
Introduction – This is so much more than a summary of your paper and should not be treated that way. For this paper, your introduction should be 2-3 pages of double spaced writing. Start by introducing your topic in general. Then you should discuss research from relevant published studies. Most, if not all, of your 8 references from peer reviewed sources will be cited in this section. Discussing these studies are important as they help provide a rationale for your study. Give that rationale next. Finish by clearly stating your hypothesis.
Here is an article to get you started. Remember that this website isn’t the source for this article. You need to locate and cite the original source!
Methods – Split this section into participants, materials and procedures subsections. You know the gender and age of all of your participants. You are welcome to include other demographic or recruiting information as it helps you with your study. Try the study here so you can adequately write about the procedures. Click on Run Experiment to get started.
Results – Use the data I provided to calculate your results. Remember that your hypothesis drives your statistics. Think about what statistics you need to include to test your hypothesis. Write out all of your numbers even if you are including them in a table. Don’t forget to include a chart or table!
Discussion – This is the best section because it is finally time to talk about what YOU think. After restating your results, talk about what they mean. What are the implications of your findings? Why are they important? For instance, why should we care that one gender is better at this than the other or that there aren’t gender differences for this study? After that, talk about the limitations to your study and give specific ideas for future research.
References – Don’t forget that your references (and all of your paper) need to be in APA format. You need at least 8 references from peer reviewed sources (e.g., journals).

I have to write a 5page paper with the 6th page as references. I picked the topic: Why is it challenging raising teens in MLA format.

So PLease understand this is a paper is 5 sentences and only 5 sentences about the attached reading.
Writing Prompt: In your response, focus your analysis on the following questions: How does the reading help inform our three learning goals?
Learning goals: 
Experience and strengthen inner capacities for care, well-being, and wisdom
Examine psychological and systemic barriers to care
Envision and embody a more equitable world.
What does the perspective in the paper reveal about compassion, well-being, and wisdom? What does the perspective obscure, or in what ways is the perspective limited? You may apply your analysis to a concern that is of particular interest to you. 
Examples of analytical questions that you could respond to:
How does the article change or deepen your thinking or perspective about compassion and well-being? Give detail to explain your statements and claims. 
How would you apply the lessons of the article to enhance qualities of compassion and wisdom in a given setting (e.g., community, work-place, relationship)? Or to address a social issue that is of interest to you? 
Are there concepts, lessons, findings, or theories from your other classes or research projects that say something different than the current article? If so, how do those other sources offer further understanding to the issues? 
Is there something particularly difficult the article raises that you struggled to understand? 
Is there something that you highly agree with or disagree with? If so, why? 
0-1 pts Content: The paper does not come to terms with the assignment. Content areas are ignored or misconstrued, or there are major errors in the interpretation of psychological principles central to the assignment.
2 pts Content: The paper ignores several content areas or shows a misunderstanding of the principles involved.
Format: There is little development of ideas or no clear progression from one part of the assignment to another. There may be serious, frequent errors in reference citations, sentence structure, usage, & mechanics.
3 pts Content: The paper ignores one or more content area of the assignment but shows the writer’s ability to appreciate key ideas and principles.
Format: The paper is organized enough to allow the reader to move through it, but there may be disjointedness or lack of focus in some sections. The paper may contain errors in reference citations, mechanics, usage, and sentence structure.
4 pts Content: The paper slights one of the content areas of the assignment (e.g., not clear demonstration of understanding, lack of tie to literature, etc.). The writer demonstrates clear understanding of psychological principles involved.
Format: The paper is not as carefully organized or reasoned as a full credit paper, but it is organized into unified, coherent sections and is largely free from serious errors in reference citations, mechanics, usage, and sentence structure.
5 pts Content: The paper demonstrates that you were able to understand and critically evaluate the material and shows a clear understanding of the underlying psychological principles (as evidenced by citation to appropriate materials, e.g., course readings or connections with material from other courses, combined with own reflections and reactions).
Format: The paper shows careful organization and orderly thinking. The transitions between content areas are smooth; the paper may organize the content areas creatively to improve the readability of the paper; and the author may make thoughtful comments. It is virtually free from errors in reference citations, mechanics, usage, and sentence structure. 
Descriptions of Letter Grades
A paper (5 points): Perhaps the principal characteristic of the A paper is its rich content. Some people describe that content as “meaty,” other as “dense,” still others as “packed.” Whatever, the information delivered is such that one feels significantly taught by the author, sentence after sentence. The A paper is also marked by stylistic finesse: the phrasing is tight, fresh, and highly specific; the sentence structure is varied; the tone enhances the purposes of the paper. An A paper does not merely summarize, but provides original insights, analysis, and commentary. It does not merely paraphrase, but demonstrates the author’s original perspectives and thoughts. Finally, the A paper, because of its careful organization and development, imparts a feeling of wholeness and unusual clarity. Not surprisingly, then, it leaves the reader feeling bright, thoroughly satisfied, and eager to reread the piece.
B paper (4 points): It is significantly more than competent. Besides being almost free of mechanical errors, the B paper delivers substantial information–that is, substantial in both quantity and interest value. Its specific points are logically ordered, well developed, and unified around a clear organizing principal that is apparent early in the paper. The opening statement draws the reader in; the closing statement is both conclusive and thematically related to the opening. The diction of the B paper is typically much more concise and precise than that found in the C paper. Occasionally, it even shows distinctiveness–i.e., finesse and memorability. On the whole, then, a B paper makes the reading experience a pleasurable one, for it offers substantial information with few distractions.
C paper (3.5 points):  It is generally competent; it meets the assignment, has few mechanical errors, and is reasonably well organized and developed. The actual information it delivers, however seems thin and commonplace. One reason for that impression is that the ideas are typically cast in the form of vague generalities–generalities that prompt the confused reader to ask marginally: “In every case?” “Exactly how large?” “Why?” “But how many?” Stylistically the C paper has other shortcomings as well:  the opening statement does little to draw the reader in; the final statement offers only a perfunctory wrap-up; the sentences, besides being a bit choppy, tend to follow a predictable (hence monotonous) subject-verb-object pattern; and the diction is occasionally marred by unconscious repetitions, redundancy, and imprecision. The C paper, then, while it gets the job done, lacks both imagination and intellectual rigor, and hence does not invite rereading. 
D paper (3 points): Its treatment and development of the subject are as yet only rudimentary. While organization is present, it is neither clear nor effective. Sentences are frequently awkward, ambiguous, and marred by serious technical errors.  Evidence of careful proofreading is scanty or nonexistent. The whole piece, in fact, often gives the impression of having been conceived and written in haste.
F paper (0-2): Its treatment of the subject is superficial; its theme lacks discernible organization; its prose is garbled or stylistically primitive. Mechanical errors are frequent. In short, the ideas, organization, and style fall far below what is acceptable college writing.

I need this divided by section labelled . the topic is Finding a Research Topic and Formulating an Introduction and Problem
Statement
Assignment: Learning Self-Assessment and Resource Analysis 6
Objective: This assignment aims to conduct a thorough self-assessment of your learning experiences and critically analyze the resources you identified during the process. By reflecting on what you’ve learned, identifying resources, and evaluating their utility, you will gain valuable insights into your learning journey and enhance your ability to leverage resources effectively.
Instructions: Your best strategy for earning points on this assignment is to copy and paste each section into a MS Word document, then typing your responses directly beneath each prompt (SEE THE EXAMPLE IN SECTION 1). Follow this format throughout your paper. That way it will be clear to me that you have responded to all the questions, and you will be able to tell whether you have left anything out. Be thorough, and use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout.
Section 1: Learning Reflection
Begin by reflecting on your recent learning experiences. Consider Key concepts or skills you’ve acquired.
[TYPE YOUR RESPONSE HERE]
Challenges faced during the learning process.
[TYPE YOUR RESPONSE HERE]
Moments of success and personal growth.
[TYPE YOUR RESPONSE HERE]
Section 2: Identifying Resources
List the resources you utilized during your learning experiences. These may include textbooks, online articles, videos, peer discussions, or other materials relevant to your studies.
Section 3: Critical Analysis
Provide a critical analysis of each resource identified. Assess the credibility and reliability of the sources.
Evaluate the relevance of each resource to your learning objectives.
Discuss how each resource contributed to your understanding and application of the subject matter.
Section 4: Usefulness of Information
Reflect on the overall usefulness of the information obtained from the identified resources. Consider how well the resources addressed your learning needs.
Any gaps or limitations in the information provided.
Whether the resources enhanced your comprehension and skill acquisition.
Section 5: Learning Process Description
Provide a step-by-step description of the process you used to complete this assignment. Include how you approached the self-assessment of your learning experiences.
The criteria you used to select and evaluate resources.
Any challenges encountered and how you addressed them.
Section 6: Application of Learning
Discuss how you can apply the self-assessment and resource analysis insights to future learning endeavors.
Propose strategies for optimizing the use of resources in upcoming academic activities.
Section 7: Conclusion
Summarize your key learnings from the self-assessment and resource analysis.
Reflect on how this process has informed your understanding of effective learning practices and resource utilization.
Section 8: Design Statement per the examples in your syllabus
Submission Guidelines:
Present the assignment in a well-organized format with clear headings for each section.
Include specific examples and anecdotes to illustrate your reflections and analysis.
Ensure that the critical analysis includes an assessment of the reliability, relevance, and impact of each resource.
The step-by-step description should be detailed and provide insights into your decision-making process.
Cite and reference your sources appropriately.
Submit the assignment by the specified deadline.
This assignment encourages self-reflection and develops your skills in identifying, evaluating, and utilizing resources effectively. Approach it with an open mind, be thorough in your analysis, and consider it a valuable exercise in enhancing your learning capabilities.

Please create a research paper for the research question: Does eating breakfast have a significant impact on students’ academic performance? Please use the templates attached for formatting. Please submit seven attachments, which should all be combined for the final research paper. All attachments should be in APA format.
The attachments should include the following.
1. Journal Article Review
2. Journal Article Review
3. Journal Article Review
4. Journal Article Review
5. Journal Article Review
6. Method/ Procedure Section
The final Research paper

Purpose
This paper will objectively address how attitudes toward human sexuality have changed over the past 30 years. By completing this paper, you will achieve learning objectives 2-4. & 6-3. Specifically, you will evaluate the role of parents, peers, and the media in human psychosexual development. Parental influences may include religious upbringing, value system, and formal/informal human sexual education, while peers may influence informal/formal sexual education. Often, peers influence media choices, such as movies, music, social networks, dating apps, sexting, etc.
Instructions
You will read two academic articles (Jayne et al., 2021 & Widman et al., 2021) in the Resources section below; the studies refer to the influences parents, religion, peers, and media have on psychosexual development. Please critically evaluate the articles using the skills you practiced in the M05 and M06 research preparation assignments.
In addition, you will search Ivy Tech’s online library for a minimum of one additional, Full Text, Peer-Reviewed article for a relevant study that will help you develop a well-organized, well-written paper. You are also encouraged to use material from previous modules, such as relevant academic articles, TEDx Talks, and the Yarber & Sayad (2022) eText for supportive details. 
Now is also the time to demonstrate your mastery of APA 7 by using in-text and reference citations when you paraphrase or quote the two required articles and the one, at a minimum, you locate. When you follow the steps below, you should end up with 4-5 pages of content. However, once you add the title page and reference page(s), you will likely have a 6-7 page paper. Please use the following guidelines for your research paper:
Read and critically evaluate Jayne et al. (2021) and Widman et al. (2021).
Use the APA 7 Student Research Paper Template Download APA 7 Student Research Paper Templateto guide your paper’s organization and format your title, content, and reference page.
Specifically, you’ll organize the content of your paper into three main topics: 
For example, parental influences may include roles of religion and family or school sex education. Therefore, this section needs at least two supporting paragraphs of content.
Peer influences may include peer pressure/expectations and informal sex education like what peers learn from one another. Therefore, this section needs at least two supporting paragraphs of content.
Media influences may include the Internet, sexting/social media, music videos, movies, etc. Therefore, this section needs at least two supporting paragraphs of content.
In Ivy Tech’s online library, locate a minimum of one additional Full-text, Peer-Reviewed journal article on a study(ies) that will help you fill in the APA Student Paper template and write a well-organized paper.
Relevant academic articles, TEDx Talks, and the Yarber & Sayad (2022) eText from previous modules M01 – M06 may also contribute supportive details.
You may check Course Resources for supplemental materials. 
Use Word (doc or docx) to type your paper and APA 7 for the format.
Begin the introductory paragraph on page 2 because an abstract is not required. The introduction explains what the reader is about to learn and should include your thesis statement. 
Begin your paper in the third person (e.g., he/she/they/them). 
Additionally, for every source you paraphrase, quote, or summarize within your paper, you need an APA 7 in-text citation. 
Next, you may break with formality to discuss the qualitative data from your interview in the Conclusion. If you could not collect data, answer the questions by comparing your experiences with scholarly research findings.
So for the Conclusion, which will include your summary, you may write in the first person (i.e., I/me/us/we). The conclusion section is similar to the journal assignments you completed in earlier modules (i.e., M03 & M05).
Components of the Conclusion:
First, assess your psychosexual development by comparing your interviewee’s experiences with your responses to the questions in the PSYC240 Interview Resources Download PSYC240 Interview Resources. If you could not collect data, assess your psychosexual development by comparing your answers to the questions in the PSYC240 Interview Resources with scholarly research findings.
Were you surprised about the differences in parental influences?
What differences did you note in peer pressure (social media/sexting) regarding human sexuality?
What differences did you note in media experiences?
Based on your interview or scholarly research findings, when and how do you think children learn about human sexuality?
At what age and how do you think children should learn about human sexuality? Why do you believe this?
In the last section, briefly discuss what you learned about survey research methodology from your interview experiences. Or, briefly discuss what you learned about survey research methodology from credible sources, such as the Yarber & Sayad (2022) eText or scholarly research articles. Please cover the following in paragraph format in your paper:
What are the advantages of interviews over online questionnaires?
What challenges did you experience in asking your interviewee questions? Or what challenges do interviewers experience when asking questions about human sexuality?
What are the limitations of interviews?
What are the ethical considerations of interviews? 

Answer each response. Your response to your classmates must be at least 150 words per response and include at least 1 empirical references. No plagiarism, you must be original and elaborate on your classmates responses. I have included each discussion question along with one of the classmates response. Remember each of your response must include at least one or more in text citations.
DQ 3:1
Assessment Description
What do you believe to be optimal stimulation and optimal frustration during Freudian psychosexual stages? Support your view.
Classmate Responds Below:
Antoinette Martinez Response:
Hello class,
Freud’s theory of phases of psycho-sexual has expanded over time, and transitions from phase to other proceeds through continued levels of functioning (Cimino, 2024). The birth of a child is the initial stage where the child’s most important activity is nursing from the mother’s breast and the child is acquainted with pleasure (Cimino, 2024).
The anal phase feces retention can be implemented as a masturbatory stimulus which can relate to the individual who cares for the child (Cimino, 2024).
The following phase which the urination and the sensations of washing the child, Freud states these actions ends the stimulus and arouses pleasure which describes activity of infantile masturbation (Cimino, 2024). Perverse inclination demonstrates the normal evolutionary stage of the child (Cimino, 2024). When a child is older, they have a sense of shame when exposing their bodies which can lead into their adult lives (Ellman, 2018). Freud’s theory of the phases can pave the way to better understand behaviors: one is attached to an object, then there is detachment, then separation or loss of parts of oneself until the individual recognizes the
‘outside or different of oneself’ (Cimino, 2024).
References
Cimino, S. (2024). Rereading and rethinking: reflections towards the society of 2030 from Freud’s three essays on the theory of sexuality and the case of Dora. Psychodynamic Practice, 1-12.
Ellman, S. J. (2018). When theories touch: A historical and theoretical integration of psychoanalytic thought. Routledge.
Sarah Clark Response:
During Freudian psychosexual stages, Freud suggests the goal is to reach optimal stimulation and optimal frustration in each stage to develop into a healthy adult. Freud suggests there are needs to be met or conflicts to resolve in each psychosexual stage that involve stimulation and frustrations (Sauerteig,
2012). Optimal stimulation is when the child’s needs specific to the phase are met and the right amount of gratification occurs (Ellman,
2018). There can be an over or
understimulation during these phases with overstimulation leading toward fixations into adulthood along with creating issues in furthering development (Ellman, 2018).
Understimulation can also occur in a stage affecting optimal frustrations. In Freud’s optimal frustrations, the child learns to handle and endure frustrations with the help of the parents, mostly mother, along with turning away from once essential tendencies (Ellman,
2018). Like stimulation, under and over-frustration can occur that can cause anxieties to develop (Ellman, 2018). If optimal stimulation and frustration do not occur in each stage there will be correlating effects that will continue and show within the adult’s personality and behavior until these needs are met and development can be fulfilled (Sauerteig, 2012). Optimal stimulation and optimal frustration can occur in each stage when the right amount of gratification and frustration are provided to develop the necessary need to resolve the conflict for that stage. When more or less is provided like during over-attentiveness or neglect the child becomes enabled and overstimulation and
inder-frictratinn or underctimnlatinn and under-frustration or understimulation and overfrustration creating an out of balance and prohibiting proper development in becoming a healthy adult.
Reference
Ellman, S. J. (2018). When theories touch : A historical and theoretical integration of psychoanalytic thought. Routledge.
Sauerteig, L.D. (2012). Loss of innocence:
Albert Moll, Sigmund Freud and the invention of childhood sexuality around 1900. Medical History, 56(2), 156-183.
https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2011.31
ANSWER DISCUSSION QUESTION 3:2 in 150 words. Include at least 2 sources with one being a journal article. Write in APA 7 format. No plagiarism must be original. 
DQ 3:2
Is the topographical model a better model than Freud’s structural model? Why or why not?