Write a personal statement for admission into School Psychology Masters Program.

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Personal Statement

Write a personal statement for admission into School Psychology Masters Program.

In looking at Chapter 8 on Motivation and Emotion, what are some motivating factors in one’s behavior to seek out certain individuals as a mate? Does emotion play a part in our preferences? Why or why not? Explain how cultural and social ideas may play a part?

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The Role of Mate Selection Processes in Couples’ Pair-Bonding Behavior

Everyone has preferences when it comes to mate selection! Individuals have an “ideal mate” and sometimes make extensive lists to find the “perfect person”. In looking at Chapter 8 on Motivation and Emotion, what are some motivating factors in one’s behavior to seek out certain individuals as a mate? Does emotion play a part in our preferences? Why or why not? Explain how cultural and social ideas may play a part?

Make sure to explain each one of these aspects in preferences and provide relevant research sources to support your answer.

Briefly explain noncontingent reinforcement. Do you have any superstitious behavior? What is it and how do you think it was conditioned? How do you think the reinforcement schedules discussed in your research may have maintained the superstition?

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Personality

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Explain the role of the shadow in Jung’s thinking about the personality. The shadow, and many other of Jung’s archetypes, can be found in pop culture. Think about some of your favorite fantasy or superhero movies and books. What is the best example you can come up with of a movie or book that depicts the hero struggling with his or her shadow? Describe their struggle. How did the hero resolve their struggle with the shadow? Can the shadow ever be beneficial to personality development? Explain your reasoning and find support for your viewpoint in the assigned articles.

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Briefly explain Erikson’s approach to personality. Then, choose one stage and fully explain how an individual might get “stuck” in the crisis of that stage. What must an individual master in this stage to become “unstuck” or use the crisis of the stage as an opportunity to reach their potential? Give an example.

Read an article on emerging adulthood, what do find the most compelling argument for adding this as a stage of development? What would be your best argument against adding this as a new stage of development? If you had the power to make the decision to add it or not, which would you choose?

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You may not be old enough to remember the Maybelline Make-up commercial that stated: “Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline,” when determining if the model’s beauty was natural or created by the make-up (Noonan 2014). This seemingly innocent commercial brings up the question of whether we are a product of our nature or our nurture. This commercial asked if she was born beautiful or made beautiful. This same question can be applied to many things.

Address these questions:

Is a person born a genius or made a genius through education and hard work? We call a talented musician “gifted.” Does that mean the individual was born with a natural gift for music (nature) or did they just work harder than other people to be that good (nurture)? Explain your reasoning. Would it make a difference in your answer if that musician were nine years old or thirty years old? In what way?

This is all part of the decades old debate over whether we are born with certain innate personality characteristics and abilities (our genes), or whether we learn and are impacted by our experiences to be the person we become (environment).

Do they work independently – or do they work together? Explain your choice and find a source to support your view on this.

Probably one of the most famous answers to this age-old question comes from neuropsychologist Donald Hebb. When a reporter allegedly asked Hebb which was more important – nature or nurture, he replied, “Which contributes more to the area of a rectangle, its length or its width”(as cited in Meaney, 2004. p. 2)?

Finally, discuss what you think Dr. Hebb meant by that reply.

Meaney, M. J. (2004). The nature of nurture: Maternal effects and chromatin remodeling. In J. T. Cacioppo & G. G. Berntson (Eds.), Essays in social neuroscience (p. 1–14). MIT Press.

Noonan, K. (2014, June 24). Maybe it’s Maybelline 1991 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDO-2qce1oI

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Your friend insists on wearing their “lucky” socks for the team playoffs since every time they wear them the team wins. Such behavior is called superstitious behavior because it appears as if the person believes their ritual, and not accident or coincidence, is responsible for producing the reinforcer – the team winning. Your friend forgot that the first three times they wore those socks the team lost. Superstitious behavior results from noncontingent reinforcement.

Briefly explain noncontingent reinforcement. Do you have any superstitious behavior? What is it and how do you think it was conditioned? How do you think the reinforcement schedules discussed in your research may have maintained the superstition? Find an article on superstitions in college students, Any behaviors related to reducing anxiety and fear? Do you have a superstition like this, or something you do each time before you take a quiz or submit a paper? What is your superstitious practice? If you do not have one, explain your reasoning for not having this behavior. What does this superstitious behavior say about your personality?

Identify one missing element of the S.M.A.R.T. formula from each of the following objectives and briefly explain why you think this element is missing?

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Multiple Choice Questions

Funding Issues & Opportunities for non for profit org

QUESTION 1
1. 1) Explain what is missing in the following mission statement:

“Build equitable opportunities and access to mental health.”

QUESTION 2
1. 2) Explain what is wrong with the following value statement.

“Help reduce social isolation of 2SLGBTQ+ seniors through access to more safe and inclusive community spaces”.

QUESTION 3
1. 3) Based on the following mission statement, develop a vision and one value statement for this organization.

“Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for our community by offering comprehensive behavioral health services in a trauma-informed culture of care, promoting integrated healthcare, recovery, and community inclusion.”

QUESTION 4
1. 4) Identify one missing element of the S.M.A.R.T. formula from each of the following objectives and briefly explain why you think this element is missing?If you list more than one element, you will be graded for only one correctly identified missing element.

Only choose from the S.M.A.R.T. options

a) To hold 50 information sessions for consumer survivors and their families over a period of one year.

b) To provide bi-weekly support to individuals that have experienced complex trauma.

QUESTION 5
1. 1) What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods? Provide examples of each.

QUESTION 6

1. 2) Why is it important to understand the needs of the community prior to developing a response?

Describe the areas that you want to improve upon, Explain how doing so will improve your emotional well-being, and Discuss at least two specific psychological strategies you will use and how they reflect concepts of positive psychology.

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In this Assignment, you will assess your own life within the framework of positive psychology. Specifically, you will assess and reflect upon your self-awareness, ability to manage emotional responses, employ social skills, find personal motivation, and make choices that support personal happiness and satisfaction. Prepare a 3- to 4-page paper (double spaced, APA format in style and references) addressing the following points:

Write an introduction that provides an overview of positive psychology concepts, making reference to the course materials and/or other credible sources.
Summarize the set of skills that is generally accepted to comprise emotional intelligence. Explain how these skills contribute to or detract from your own health and wellness. Support your response with a discussion that references the course reading(s) and includes applied examples from your own life.
Summarize the focus of Dan Gilbert’s research related to conditions that promote or interfere with happiness. Explain at least two factors that interfere with the ability to predict future happiness. Discuss how these concepts influence your own health and wellness. Support your response with a discussion that references the reading and includes applied examples from your own life.
Write a plan to strengthen your psychological health and wellness based on the concepts of positive psychology presented in the readings. Your plan should:
Describe the areas that you want to improve upon,
Explain how doing so will improve your emotional well-being, and
Discuss at least two specific psychological strategies you will use and how they reflect concepts of positive psychology.
Discuss at least two peer-reviewed research articles that justify the scientific validity of your plan.
Provide a summarizing conclusion that reviews the relevance of theories of positive psychology to health in general and reflects upon the value of this research to improving your own health.

Does the stigma surrounding adult-ADHD cause those individuals with it to demonstrate a lower psychosocial age than their peers?

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ADHD and psychosocial age (maturation).

Question:
Does the stigma surrounding adult-ADHD cause those individuals with it to demonstrate a lower
psychosocial age than their peers?

Citation to Peer-Reviewed Article
Citation: Fuermaier ABM, Tucha L, Koerts J, Mueller AK, Lange KW, Tucha O (2012)
Measurement of Stigmatization towards Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051755

What are executive functioning skills? How might the lack of age-appropriate executive functioning skills present in the classroom? What can you do as a teacher to help build students’ executive functioning skills?

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Executive functioning

Write a 3-5 page paper that answers the following questions:

What are executive functioning skills? How might the lack of age-appropriate executive functioning skills present in the classroom? What can you do as a teacher to help build students’ executive functioning skills?

Write a letter to your first child that demonstrates empathy for what it is like to watch a child develop. What kind of parent do you hope you will be and how do you hope to “nurture” your child’s development?

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A “Caregiver Letter.”

This is a letter that will show your understanding of the concepts tied to parenting from the Development chapter: choose an “ideal age” to become a parent. Write a letter to your first child that demonstrates empathy for what it is like to watch a child develop. What kind of parent do you hope you will be and how do you hope to “nurture” your child’s development?

Using information from our textbook describe the primary need or needs of individuals in that stage of life. Suggest at least 3 activities that would facilitate a meaningful connection based on the need you have described.

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Essay: Put that Phone Down Assignment

Write this paper from a baptist Christina perspective and use the bible as a source Use this textbook as the main source, Textbook: George, S., Kelley, B., ” Piferi, R. (2020). Introduction to psychology from a Christian worldview. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co.
Electronic devices have saturated our society, becoming a distraction that hinders our connections with others. For this assignment, imagine that you are a developmental expert asked to help individuals connect meaningfully with someone in a particular stage of life. Outline a response by writing an essay that includes these points:

  • Choose a life stage (for example: infancy, adolescence, older adulthood, etc.).
  • Using information from our textbook describe the primary need or needs of individuals in that stage of life.
  • Suggest at least 3 activities that would facilitate a meaningful connection based on the need(s) you have described.

What are consequences and/or impact of the results in the “real world”? Do the authors overstate this importance? Or do they miss important impact they should have written/about?

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Attentional shifting and disengagement in Rett syndrome (2019) by Susan A. Rose

Briefly state the main research question and write enough about the data and/or results for the reader to understand your critique. Keep any explanation of the data or methods clear and concise so that you can focus primarily on the critique.

Suggestions for identifying something to critique:
1. Evaluate the experimental methods. For example, did the authors really test what they said they intended to test? Are there flaws in the experimental design? Did they include the appropriate control groups? Did they have the proper controls for their experimental conditions? Make sure you elaborate on these comments and describe the problem and how it impacts their results and how they can be interpreted. Provide suggestions for a better approach and say why. State what new information you think they would have found if they had used a different approach.

2. Do the conclusions follow from the results or are there other interpretations that the authors did not consider? Be specific and suggest an experiment (or two) that could properly test that alternative explanation.

3. Discuss the limitations of the study or methods. Especially focus on any limitation that they did not mention themselves (comments about sample size need to be made with reference to the field – if authors are tackling a rare disorder, larger sample sizes may simply be unfeasible). In addition, sample size comments also need to be justified in terms of how it impacts the study – do they actually need a larger sample size to answer their research question? All limitations raised need to be discussed with reference to the research question and the statistics/method used.

4. What are consequences and/or impact of the results in the “real world”? Do the authors overstate this importance? Or do they miss important impact they should have written/about? Make sure you can explain how the data/results of the study directly lead to impact in the world or in what way the authors have overstated the studies importance and state what else would need to be done to have real impact.