Provide the title of your chosen book.
Using the guidelines listed in Section 10.3 of the course text, critique the book to determine its quality as a nonfiction text.
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Category: Psychology and Education
Prompt:
Effective communication was described as extremely important both for dying persons and for those who are helping such persons. Why is communication important for the dying and their helpers? What promotes effective communication among such people? Can you give an example of poor communication? Of good communication?
References:
Corr, C. A., Corr, D. M., & Doka, K. J. (2019). Death & Dying, Life & Living (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1337563895
– I posted images of the textbook to give you an idea
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For centuries, people have believed myths and misconceptions about psychological disorders and the people who suffer from them. Modern psychological research has allowed us to correct some of these misconceptions. As a result, many people have changed their ideas about mental and emotional disorders. Think of a common misconception you have observed in society or your personal experience. How could information from research be used to change people’s views of psychological disorders? How can this information help us to understand better people who experience mental and emotional disorders?
In a multi-paragraph essay, describe the misconception you observed and discuss how information from the research could be used to change this misconception about psychological disorders and the people who suffer from them. Be sure to include details from class materials, readings, and research on psychological disorders to support your discussion.
the film can be Fatal Attraction)Michael Douglas (Actor), Glenn Close (Actor), Adrian Lyne (Director)or A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe (Actor), Jennifer Connelly (Actor), Ron Howard (Director, Producer). A comprehensive description of psychopathology (symptoms) or particular Psychopathological dynamics (Oedipus complex, Existential Angst) depicted, including a formal DSM/ICD diagnosis of the protagonist or main character. This should include specific and relevant symptoms and biographical information that indicates how the person displays these dynamics or meets criteria for a particular mental disorder.
2) Identify a minimum of 3 SCENES either in the film or story that best the above points.
3) A reflection on the positive and negative messages that the film or story portray regarding the particular disorder or psychological dynamics.
4) Discussion of how well or poorly the movie or Literary work characterizes the particular form(s) of psychopathology depicted..
Title Page
Abstract
Introduction
Description of Psychopathology
Description of 3 scenes.
Characterization
Positive and Negative messages
Conclusion
Bibliography
Validity, Accuracy, and Reliability
Consider ways you have encountered to improve and assess the quality of behavioral measurement. What is the importance of validity, accuracy, and reliability in behavioral measurement? What procedures can be used to minimize the threats to the accuracy and reliability of behavioral measurement? Please discuss at least two procedures.
Pick a scholarly, peer reviewed article from a topic discussed in previous chapters and write a 2-page summary of the article.
Like an abstract in a published research article, the purpose of an article summary is to give the reader a brief, structured overview of the study. To write a good summary, identify what information is important and condense that information for your reader. The better you understand a subject, the easier it is to explain it thoroughly and briefly.
You do not need a cover page for this assignment. Use APA style for citations and references as well as implementing professional writing skills.
State the research question and explain why it is interesting
State the hypothesis/hypotheses tested.
Describe the results. what differences were significant? (1-3 sentences).
Explain the key implications of the results. Avoid overstating the importance of the findings.
Describe 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the study.
Each class, students will be responsible for reading three research articles and completing written responses to the readings for that day. These responses are meant to facilitate class discussion of the assigned material. For each response, students will be required to write a one-page paper synthesizing the three articles.
The following factors will be considered in grading: relevance, accuracy, synthetization of the reading materials, the degree to which the responses show
understanding/comprehension of the material, and quality of writing
For this paper, you should choose one chapter from the pdf of extra chapters listed in the content section of D2L for this class. Make sure you are using these chapters, and not the chapters from your regular textbook. Read this chapter, then write a short paper (minimum 500 words) that discusses the chapter you read. You can write about what you learned, why you picked it, why it’s interesting to you, etc. You do not have to write in any specific style guidelines (e.g., APA, MLA), but you can write in whatever style guidelines you’ve learned in other classes up to this point. Make sure you also list what chapter you’ve read at the start of the paper. Finally, make sure you submit a file type that is readable by D2L, such as a .docx file or a .pdf.
For this paper, you should choose one chapter from the pdf of extra chapters listed in the content section of D2L for this class. Make sure you are using these chapters, and not the chapters from your regular textbook. Read this chapter, then write a short paper (minimum 500 words) that discusses the chapter you read. You can write about what you learned, why you picked it, why it’s interesting to you, etc. You do not have to write in any specific style guidelines (e.g., APA, MLA), but you can write in whatever style guidelines you’ve learned in other classes up to this point. Make sure you also list what chapter you’ve read at the start of the paper. Finally, make sure you submit a file type that is readable by D2L, such as a .docx file or a .pdf.
Topic is: Eating disorders as it related to abnormal behavior/psychology
It must include a scholarly review of the theoretical and empirical literature on your topic and present a biopsychosocial perspective
Write a research paper of 5 pages (double spaced)
four to six (4-6) full-text peer reviewed journals or books (i.e.: American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, etc).
Length:
The body of your essay should be five (5) pages.
Add three (3) pages:
1. title page
2. abstract
3. references
Suggested databases:
Medline (National Library of Medicine)
PubMed
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
