Unit 4 Discussion
Your post should be at least 350 words in length It is not difficult to imagine that intimate relationships with clients can have a detrimental impact both on the helping relationship and on the client. In this Discussion, you will take the opportunity to analyze the impact of such relationships and their effects on all parties involved, including the human services practitioner. Use the Readings, Internet, and Library to research the potential emotional, psychological, and social impacts on the client in an intimate relationship with a human service professional.
Please respond to the following:
- Create a scenario, analyze it, and then discuss the likely and potential impacts of intimate relationships on the client and the human service professional.
- Research similar scenarios in the state in which you live and discuss how such a situation might be handled if
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Post 2
Discussion Prompt 1
Infant Intelligence
Developmental researchers have taken an interest in measuring infant intelligence and exploring whether it is an effective predictor of academic intelligence later in life. What is your position on the matter? Do you believe that one's intelligence as a baby will yield the same level of intelligence later in life? Use your knowledge about the factors that can influence infant brain development and your understanding of nature and nurture influences to support your answer. Support your reasoning with information from the text, other course materials, and these supplemental articles:
Discussion Prompt 2
Infant Emotional Stress
There is some debate regarding how often and how a parent should respond and soothe an infant who is emotionally distressed. Some claim that soothing an infant ev
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Initial Psych
The Research Paper Topic Proposal
This week, you will submit your research topic proposal to your instructor for approval.
Begin by exploring topics in developmental psychology. Reference your textbook, the weekly introductions in your course, and reputable journal articles to explore topic ideas. Be sure to choose a topic that you are highly interested in. From that topic, you will pose a question for your research.
For example, you may find interest in the life span of adolescence. From there, you may want to explore issues related to adolescent suicide. From this topic you could pose a number of questions to research, such as:
- Are adolescents from single-parent homes at higher risk of suicide than those from two-parent homes?
- Does lack of play in childhood lead to anxiety and depression in adolescence?
- Does "helicopter parenting" lead to anxiet
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300 W4 Discussion
For this discussion, section find TWO (2) peer-reviewed academic journal articles that directly relate to your research topic for this class. Then, briefly...
1. Describe the articles and discuss the types of survey questions they asked
2. In greater detail address the measures that the authors used.
- Be sure to include a description of any scales or indexes (Chapter 5).
- If they use scales or indexes, are they similar to those from our textbook? If so, how?
- What are their levels of measurement?
- Using the standards from the textbook, is there anything wrong with the questions? If so, describe how you would fix the questions and justify your argument using the book. (Chapter 6)
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Fundamentals Of Psychology
Unit 9 Will You Help Me?
Based upon this weeks readings, explain the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. Also describe the effect of role playing on attitudes in terms of cognitive dissonance theory.
Your discussion post should be at least 300 words and include minimally (2) citations. One citation will include the assigned readings. The second citation will need to be from a peer-reviewed academic source. Websites will not count as a second source.
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Fundamentals Of Psychology
Unit 9 Was it Genuine?
Reflect upon the last intentional act of kindness that you endured by either a friend, family member, peer or stranger. Describe your reaction to the act of kindness. Then describe how altruism played a role in the act.
Your discussion post should be at least 300 words and include minimally (2) citations. One citation will include the assigned readings. The second citation will need to be from a peer-reviewed academic source. Websites will not count as a second source.
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Week Four Assignment Scnerario
Assignment Description: In a document ONLY THREE PAGES LONG (not counting cover page and reference list), students must provide a description of a real-world problem that addresses the topic of Motivation, including a diagnosis of possible motivational causes of a problem and how the theory has been shown by research to be a potential solution.
Weekly Topic: Motivation.
Scenario: Students need to create a work-related problem based on current or past experience.
Goal: Students will learn to use evidence-based methods to effectively address Motivation in a real-world scenario.
Action Plan: An action plan should address the problem using a clearly defined approach that is supported with evidence from the text and peer-reviewed research.
Scholarly evidence must be used to support the action plan including
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Code Of Ethic
Work should be saved in one of the following formats: DOC, DOCX, or PDF. Remember your work should be original (as the Plagiarism Detection software will produce an Originality Score which should be 30% or under). Keep direct quotes to an absolute minimum (paraphrase and include proper citations is a better approach).
Your paper should address the following information:
- What is a Code of Ethics (and why is it important)?
- What is the difference between a code of ethics, a mission statement, and policy and procedures?
- Review an organization's code of ethics. Students prefer to choose an organization which they are currently or have previously been employed. There are 3 papers required in this course based on your specific company. You would be adding to your workload by choosing one you needed to do additional research on. I am not looking for business research papers
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Psychology
Write a paper (500-750 words) in which you discuss how you will apply concepts from the five assigned pre-residency presentations to your dissertation research. Include the following in your paper:
- A statement of how the information in the pre-residency presentations support and/or refute the direction of your intended research.
- A statement of the how the information in the pre-residency presentations guides the revision of your initial research plan.
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Overcoming Forensic Psychology Stereotypes In Policing
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the following articles and think about the challenges and stereotypes forensic psychology professionals must overcome when encouraging police professionals to use psychological resources.
"Law Enforcement Preferences for PTSD Treatment and Crisis Management Alternatives"
"Characterizing Perceived Police Violence: Implications for Public Health"
"Helping First Responders Withstand Traumatic Experiences"
"The Effectiveness of Individual Wellness Counseling on the Wellness of Law Enforcement Officers"
Review the "Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists." Consider the guidelines that are relevant to forensic psychology professionals providing support and interventions to police professionals.
Review the book excerpt, "Confidentiality of Psychological Information and the HIPAA in Police Psychology." Think about the ethical guidelines and