Entries by Linus

Work Environments, Self-care, and Professional Wellness

five ways that you think organizations, for instance counseling centers, could support a healthy work environment. This work environment would be protective against vicarious trauma. Offer specific details about what the work place would do to support employees and how these efforts would be helpful to those employees. How would leaders of the organization know […]

What Psychologists Do

Submit a report addressing Experimental Psychology, Health Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the American Psychological Association website at http://www.APA.org and one other occupation-related website (e.g. the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook Online) related to the sub-specialties (the latter must be professional and not commercial sites):   The type of work in which professionals within […]

Validity

Define internal validity, external validity, and social validity and discuss their importance to behavioral research. Describe different ways one can evaluate a particular study’s external, internal, and social validity, based on your discussions so far in this class.

poster presentation

Poster presentations at conferences are effective methods of communicating research findings. The discussion of the research being presented is a key element in poster conferences. During professional conferences, poster presenters speak with other psychology professionals providing insights into the information offered within the poster as well as explaining key elements of the research findings. See […]

Using Personality Theory to Craft a Cover Letter

  For this discussion post, you will use the knowledge you have gained about personality to help you to choose and develop a cover letter for a job in the human services sector.   Career: Family Life Counselor   Once you have found a suitable job posting, carefully review the requirements and note these for […]

Psychology-LMHC

  I need a 10 page case study. Students are required to complete a paper on a specific child and adolescent diagnosis. The purpose of this assignment is for students to develop a clinical diagnosis and treatment plan in a case report. This is exactly what you will be doing on your own one day […]

Defining Normal and Abnormal

  At this stage in your study of human psychology, you might be wondering, “I can often recognize what I consider to be abnormal behavior, so why is it so difficult to define?” As you found in this week’s assigned reading, some of the issues involved in distinguishing abnormal from normal behavior are complex and […]

Abnormal Behavioral, 2 paragraphs, References needed

your thoughts about how various legal guidelines, ethics codes, and specialty guidelines influence diagnosis and assessment in general. Reference at least one potential conflict between laws in your state, ethical guidelines, or specialty guidelines and explain how you might address the conflict.

Assignment 2: LASA # 1: Literature Review Paper **FOR SOLUTIONS PRO**

  The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to select a topic in the particular area in which you have an occupational or research interest, and to complete a literature review of the topic, using a minimum of ten scholarly references. This will allow you to demonstrate mastery of the […]

short psychology paper

Track your experience of positive and negative emotions over 4 days this week.   Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:  Did you experience more positive or negative emotions during the tracking period?  What did you notice about the range of emotions you experienced during the 4 days? What type […]