How do we experience taste? How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain. How do our senses monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our vestibular senses.

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Final Essay Exam

Assignment Instructions
For your Final essay exam, you will complete 5 short answer essay questions that focus on the course readings and videos. Final essay answers must be attached as Word documents to the appropriate assignment page, not typed into the assignment student comments boxes. In addition to APA formatted citations and references with each answer, an APA title page and reference page are required. Each question should be answered clearly and numbered. Students will answer each question thoroughly and completely (approximately 300 words for each question, more if needed), providing examples where required.

Answer the questions below in your Final exam.

How do we experience taste? Be sure to discuss the composite of the five basic taste sensations. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do our senses monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our vestibular senses. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
What did the Gestalt psychologists contribute to our understanding of how the brain organizes sensation into perceptions? After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do we see the world in three dimensions? Be sure to discuss the research on visual cliffs, binocular cues, retinal disparity, and monocular cues.

Describe how this leader’s research/work has added to the body of IO psychology knowledge. Do you see an opportunity for further research in this area? How will you apply the key principles or ideas from this work in your own workplace or professional journey?

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Leading Minds in the Industry

Part 1: Watch ONE of the Ted Talk listed below.

10 Great TED Talks on Industrial-Organizational Psychology – https://www.organizationalpsychologydegrees.com/io-ted-talks/

– Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
– Dan Ariely: What Makes us Feel Good About Our Work
– Alain de Botton: A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
– Carol Dweck: The Power of Believing You Can Improve
– Theresa Glomb: Let’s Make Work Better
– Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
– Barry Schwartz: The Way We Think About Work is Broken

Part 2: In a well-written discussion post:
– Describe how this leader’s research/work has added to the body of IO psychology knowledge.
– Do you see an opportunity for further research in this area?
– How will you apply the key principles or ideas from this work in your own workplace or professional journey?

Do you agree or disagree with the author(s) conclusions? Why? If you disagree, how would you improve their overall presentation of the information?

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Psychology news article assignment

Title of Article: Anxious or reserved? You might’ve been that way as a baby
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/health/infant–temperament–predicts–adult–personalitywellness/index.html

Summary: Write a two–sentence summary of the topic discussed in the article and your overall impression of the content.
The topic of this article overall focuses on the topic learned in week 6 about attachment and temperament, and specifically in the article it points out that the temperament one may have had as an infant can predict your personality and social experiences as an adult. It also points out that a behavioral trait that everyone has inherited throughout evolutionary history is inhibition and that babies with high levels of inhibition will exhibit overly cautious, fearful and avoidant responses to unfamiliar situations and objects.

Takeaway Points: Write two main conclusions made within the article.
1. A takeaway point that was really important in this article is that with the study included in it that was published in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, found that the babies who were more behaviorally timid became more reserved and introverted adults due to the brain activity as adolescents who avoided or perceived their mistakes were highly associated with
anxiety and depression in adulthood.

2. Another important conclusion that was made in the article includes how the temperament as a baby can impact the success and health in adulthood, especially in shaping one’s personality, relationships, career, educational success, and mental health in adulthood. However, parents can look for signs by helping their children overcome and approach anxiety–provoking situations, and encourage them to realize the potential positives of their situations.

Importance: Why is the topic important to study?
This topic about temperament and inhibition as a child is important to study because the problem approaches when a child begins to be too reserved and anxious at a young age could potentially affect their future. Although not every inhibited baby entered adulthood with mental challenges, it did affect other things like the ability to talk to strangers and people of authority was more difficult which relates more so to their social skills. Temperament for babies is a significant factor to finding more ways in research to try to improve the growth of one’s adulthood. This topic can open up a world to more research questions and also help parents look for signs so that they can try to help their children work through their anxiousness, so that they can live a better life. Of course there is nothing wrong with being reserved and introverted, which was emphasized towards the end of the article, however, it can become a problem when it interferes with one’s life. If someone’s anxiety is holding them back from accomplishing what they want to do because of their attachment and inhibition to their parents when they were younger, that is the problem researchers and scientists are trying to fix. Temperament during infant and childhood years are good predictors of how one’s life could be as an adult, so it’s important to research about these trends and figure out ways of how to Critique: Do you agree or disagree with the author(s) conclusions? Why? If you disagree, how would you improve their overall presentation of the information?

Evaluate the contribution of cognitive process to causes and recovery from poor mental health. Must mention at least three mental health conditions.

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Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

Evaluate the contribution of cognitive process to causes and recovery from poor mental health. Must mention at least three mental health conditions (Anxiety, depression and Psychosis or Dementia).

Discuss with your classmates what was surprising to you as a psychology student and a consumer. What aspects of these drugs were comforting to you? What aspects did you find concerning? Why?

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Week 2 Discussion

Take a look at this lecture by Karen L. Swartz, M.D. that was delivered during the John Hopkins 25th Annual Mood Disorders Research/Education Symposium entitled:

Antidepressants & the Placebo Controversies.

Look up information on a particular drug used to treat a neurological or psychiatric disorder. use only credible online sources.

Sources used must be websites with scientifically grounded information. Avoid .org sites which are frequently established by persons suffering from the same disorder and/or their family members and can be important sources of support for those persons, but which may also contain unsubstantiated and personal perspective based information. Also avoid using pharmaceutical sites as your only source of information; while they may look scientific, they also are maintained by companies in the business of manufacturing and selling medications. WebMD is an example of a web source which contains scientifically grounded information about treatments for various disorders including neurological and psychiatric ones. The sources you use must be no more than 5 years old.

Report what you find for each of the categories below:

-The class of the drug
-The mechanism of action
-Receptor sites the drug targets
-The drug’s main affect
-Unexpected effects and side effects and drug interactions
-Non-FDA uses of the drug

Discuss with your classmates what was surprising to you as a psychology student and a consumer. What aspects of these drugs were comforting to you? What aspects did you find concerning? Why?

Discuss what you would consider the role and tasks of the group leader during the working stage. What responsibility does the group leader have in developing follow-up procedures and evaluation for a group? What would you do to evaluate the group?

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GROUP COUNSELING SKILLS: GROUP LEADER ESSAY

Write a 2-3 page essay that addresses the following:

1. Discuss what you would consider the role and tasks of the group leader during the working stage. What responsibility does the group leader have in developing follow-up procedures and evaluation for a group?

2. What would you do to evaluate the group?

Support your information with at least three reference sources (your text can be one of them). This essay should be in APA format grammar, spelling and quality will influence your grade.

Describe how this leader’s research/work has added to the body of IO psychology knowledge. Do you see an opportunity for further research in this area? How will you apply the key principles or ideas from this work in your own workplace or professional journey?

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Leading Minds in the Industry

Part 1: Watch ONE of the Ted Talk listed below.

10 Great TED Talks on Industrial-Organizational Psychology – https://www.organizationalpsychologydegrees.com/io-ted-talks/

– Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
– Dan Ariely: What Makes us Feel Good About Our Work
– Alain de Botton: A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
– Carol Dweck: The Power of Believing You Can Improve
– Theresa Glomb: Let’s Make Work Better
– Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
– Barry Schwartz: The Way We Think About Work is Broken

Part 2: In a well-written discussion post:
– Describe how this leader’s research/work has added to the body of IO psychology knowledge.
– Do you see an opportunity for further research in this area?
– How will you apply the key principles or ideas from this work in your own workplace or professional journey?

How do we experience taste? How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain. How do our senses monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our vestibular senses.

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Final Essay Exam

Assignment Instructions
For your Final essay exam, you will complete 5 short answer essay questions that focus on the course readings and videos. Final essay answers must be attached as Word documents to the appropriate assignment page, not typed into the assignment student comments boxes. In addition to APA formatted citations and references with each answer, an APA title page and reference page are required. Each question should be answered clearly and numbered. Students will answer each question thoroughly and completely (approximately 300 words for each question, more if needed), providing examples where required.

Answer the questions below in your Final exam.

How do we experience taste? Be sure to discuss the composite of the five basic taste sensations. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do our senses monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our vestibular senses. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
What did the Gestalt psychologists contribute to our understanding of how the brain organizes sensation into perceptions? After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do we see the world in three dimensions? Be sure to discuss the research on visual cliffs, binocular cues, retinal disparity, and monocular cues.

Analyze of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process. Examine the neuroanatomy of the topic, the neurotransmitter systems involved, and any other biological system, such as hormones, that may be involved. Identify any life-span implications, how the topic is studied, and relevant history of the topic. Describe behavioral processes that are involved in the disorder or brain process. Disorders and behaviors that have heavy social influences are not suitable topics.

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The Biological Basis of Behavior

Your final project, which began with your Week 2 and Week 3 written assignments, is an analysis and discussion of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process.

In your paper,

Analyze of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process.
Examine the neuroanatomy of the topic, the neurotransmitter systems involved, and any other biological system, such as hormones, that may be involved.
Identify any life-span implications, how the topic is studied, and relevant history of the topic.
Describe behavioral processes that are involved in the disorder or brain process.
Disorders and behaviors that have heavy social influences are not suitable topics.

Write a short (2-3 page, double spaced) biographical paper on a figure from the history of psychology who was: a person of color or a woman.

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History of Psychology Biosketch

Write a short (2-3 page, double spaced) biographical paper on a figure from the history of psychology who was: a person of color or a woman.

A short starting list of suggested people is included in the document titled History of Psychology Paper Guidelines.