Category: Psychology and Education

This week, you were provided with an in-depth examination of the insanity defense. Throughout your reading, you learned what is involved in determining if a defendant is NGRI or GBMI as well as the evolution of an insanity defense. Now, you will demonstrate your understanding of this topic by writing a paper that evaluates the insanity defense. Be sure your paper addresses the following:

    Explore the legal definition of insanity and psychologys role in this definition.

    Discuss how frequently the insanity defense is used and how successful it is.

    Explain common beliefs about the insanity defense and their accuracy.

    Discuss some of the concerns or major criticisms about the insanity defense and the legitimacy to those concerns.

    Summarize any proposed reforms.

Support your assignment with at least two references from scholarly resources.

Length: 2-3 pages

The Article: Cihon, J.H., Ferguson, J.L., Milne, C.M., Leaf, J.B., McEachin, J., & Leaf, R. (2019). A preliminary evaluation of a token system with a flexible earning requirement. Behavior Analysis in Practice (12), 548-556. please complete the assigment like listed below with the comments on the side
The article review should consist the following (see information provided in General Article Review Instructions module, General Review Instructions document for more information).

10 points:
APA formatting (1-inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, proper citations for quotes, etc.) See more information at Purdue Owl: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)
Include title page, quotes and citations, reference section (Note: Please do not cut-and-paste from the above citation as this will results in a 2-point deduction. You will lose the hanging paragraph, the font will be incorrect and/or the gray box will be included, which is not following the APA formatting guidelines for citations.)

8 Points:
Follow standard writing conventions including proper grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, verb/subject agreement, capitalization, etc.

10 points:
Answer questions 1-10 as listed below. You should indicate each answer to the questions by inserting a comment (see the document, How to indicate answers to questions, outlining this procedure in the general instructions information- module 2). Submissions must include the comment referencing the question or they will be returned without a score.
Question are worth 1 point each and will be scored based on accuracy, and thoroughness.

1. What is/are the research question(s)?
2. What research design was used?
3. Where did the research take place (setting)?
4. Identify and describe each participant of the research study.
5. What is the dependent variable (behavior to change the behavior being measured)?
6. What is the independent variable (method/intervention used to change dependent variable)?
7. Outline how you would replicate this study based on the information provided?
8. What were the results?
9. Explain how the conclusions were justified by the results?
10. What are the limitations of the study?

extra credit (2 points)
Note: you must submit your article review by the due date to receive extra credit

11. What did you learn from reading this article?

All information on your submission must be in your own words or quotations with appropriate in-text citation. Do not copy text from the article.

Discuss two plausible reason why the cultural beliefs in the excerpt prevail in your island even though students performance in mathematics at the local and national remains poor.

select one pair of unproductive/productive beliefs relating to the teaching of mathematics and discuss why the belief is, productive and unproductive.

describe one research based strategy that can be use to implement reform based demands

Answer the attached questions. The question’s answers should be 4-6 sentences long and contain one source with an APA style citation (references do not count towards word count). The citation should be listed right under the question’s answer.

You will find ALL the question answers that are listed in the references that are included (the sources are attached in the best order to correspond with the questions). Please only use references listed for questions and in-text citations.

References

Question 1
Emergence of Hope in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman from Sterling, E. (2008). Dialogue, Volume 3 Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman. pp. 137-146. Amsterdam, NLD Editions Rodopi.

Question 2
“The Problem of Meaning” from Eagleton, T. (2007). The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction. (pp. 33-55). Oxford, GBR. Oxford University Press.

Question 3
Sartre, J.P. (1949). The Respectful Prostitute in Three Plays (L. Abel, Trans.) (pp. 245 -265). New York: A. A Knopf. (Original work published 1946).

Questions 4, 7, 8
M. A. Casey, Beyond Meaninglessness, Society. 41(3), pp. 71-74

Questions 5, 6
What is Meant by Meaning? Frankl, V.B.A. (2010). Feeling of Meaninglessness: A Challenge to Psychotherapy and Philosophy. (pp. 176-187). Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press.

Question 10
Kafka, F. (2012). A Hunger Artist and Other Stories. Crick, J., & Robinson, R. (Eds.). Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press. (Original work published 1922).

Question 11
Blomme, R.J., & Bornebroek-Te, L. (2012). Existentialism and organizational behavior: How existentialism can contribute to the complexity theory and sense-making. Journal of Organizational Change Management.

Questions 9, 12
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