Create a PowerPoint presentation discussing the Barnum Effect. For this presentation option, you will integrate scholarly research on the Barnum Effect with a mini-experiment that you will conduct on friends and family

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Create a PowerPoint presentation discussing the Barnum Effect. For this presentation option, you will integrate scholarly research on the Barnum Effect with a mini-experiment that you will conduct on friends and family.

  1. Collect data from 5 people on the Barnum Effect by giving them the test found at the psych.fullerton.edu website
  2. Next, ask your participants to rate the accuracy of their results on a scale of 1 to 10
    (1 = not accurate at all; 10 = completely accurate).
  3. Record the participants’ ratings/results and include them as part of your presentation.
  4. Once you have told the participants their results, you may also include follow-up questions to obtain qualitative data on their reaction to the accuracy of the test or the Barnum Effect. Feel free to include those qualitative data in your presentation as well.
  5. Integrate the data you collected from your 5 participants with the scholarly research that you found on the Barnum Effect into a single, well-organized presentation.
  6. Include at least 1 peer-reviewed resource, in addition to your textbook. (That’s at least 2 scholarly sources total!)  Discuss whether or not your findings are consistent with the scholarly sources that you cite.  If not, offer an explanation of why.

 

 

The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain information from a different perspective about disability. Identify either an individual with a disability (can be from any of the categories), or an adult who works with an individual(s) with a disability (e.g. a teacher, supervisor, camp counselor, coach).

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The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain information from a different perspective about disability. In order to do this, you will conduct an interview and analyze the results of your interview from an educated and professional perspective. The following is a task analysis for completing this assignment:

Step 1:  Identify either an individual with a disability (can be from any of the categories), or an adult who works with an individual(s) with a disability (e.g. a teacher, supervisor, camp counselor, coach).

Step 2: Select an interview topic (what do you want more information on from this person— Inclusion? Public Schools? Civil rights? A political topic?  You can select anything, but try make it relevant to the individual you will be interviewing and class topics).  Develop anywhere from 10-15 “deep thinking” questions to ask this individual (including potential brief follow up questions based on responses given), with the understanding that questions may be added, deleted, or modified during the actual interview itself. Record the interview with your cell phone or laptop.

Step 3:   Transcribe the entire interview, word for word from the recording. Include this transcript with your analysis. Warning! This is a time consuming, laborious process. Recruit the help of family, friends, or computer technology if possible. This typed complete transcript should be included as an appendix of your paper. All names can be changed to pseudonyms to protect the anonymity of your interviewee.

Step 4:  Analyze the results of your interview. When formulating your written analysis, think about the topic of your interview, and how the results contrast to class discussion and personal experiences. What kind of insight did this person’s responses provide you with into both the topic and themselves?  As part of your analysis include a minimum of 5-6 reference sources. Half of these sources must be from refereed journal articles or scholarly essays. The remaining references may come from trade sources such as Time Magazine, The Buffalo News, internet sites or blogs, shows like Dateline NBC, or PBS. In summary consider the following: As a result of this interview, have you learned anything about having a disability and how it perhaps affected the person’s responses to your question—how, what? Your analysis should be about 5-6 pages of typed doublespaced text (this does not include your transcription) using standard 12 point font and margins.

Explain what the issue is, the different positions that are defended with respect to the issue (e.g. for or against), the central arguments made by each side, and lastly, use three different normative ethical theories to explain why the relevant action(s) would be considered right or wrong.

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Explain what the issue is, the different positions that are defended with respect to the issue (e.g. for or against), the central arguments made by each side, and lastly, use three different normative ethical theories to explain why the relevant action(s) would be considered right or wrong.

Normative ethical theories:

Egoism, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Social Contract Theory, Virtue Ethics, Natural Law Theory, Divine Command Theory). What would a utilitarian say about the issue? A Kantian? While introducing the issue, you might want to provide a brief history of the issue (1 or 2 paragraphs).

Structure the paper so that the first 2 pages are introductory with the remaining pages dedicated to applying the ethical theories to the issue at hand. Feel free to separate sections with their own headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, etc.). Your research paper should draw from at least four different sources, only one of which should be an encyclopedia entry.

Propose a research study of a topic of interest related to the brain or mind. In order to do so, investigate recent developments in an area that interests you by reading 3 related news media articles or articles from scientific journals.

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Propose a research study of a topic of interest related to the brain or mind. In order to do so, investigate recent developments in an area that interests you by reading 3 related news media articles or articles from scientific journals. Since we want you to focus on topics of current interest, the articles you use cannot have been published before 2005.

2. While reading the articles keep in mind new research possibilities and unanswered questions. Utilize these ideas to propose a research study, and to write a short summary of your proposal.

What to include:

Paragraph 1: The research question your study aims to address.

Paragraph 2: Aspects of the design of your study, including (1) the methods you propose using to conduct your study (e.g., epidemiological survey, EEG, fMRI, nerve-cell stimulation, pharmacology, a blender, etc.) and (2) the population you will be conducting this study upon (i.e., mice, elephants, squid, adult human men and/or women, infants, elderly, etc.)

Paragraph 3: A concluding paragraph describing how your study question evolved out of the 3 articles you read and describing why you think this question is meaningful or interesting and what you hope to get from the results on both a personal and societal level.

The researcher identifies two facilities and recruits volunteer participants. In one of the facilities, life review therapy is conducted for eight weeks, the other no-treatment support group takes place. What type of research design is this? What is the greatest threat to internal validity in this type of design? Explain.

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  • Methods in Behavioral Research:
  1. How may a researcher enhance the generalizability of the results of a single-case design?
  2. What is program evaluation? Provide an example.
  3. What are researchers examining in an efficacy assessment?
  4. Unlike true experiments, quasi-experimental designs lack.
  5. Why might a researcher use a quasi-experimental design rather than a true experimental design?
  6. A researcher is investigating the effects of life review group therapy on depression among older adult residents of assisted care facilities. The researcher identifies two facilities and recruits volunteer participants. In one of the facilities, life review therapy is conducted for eight weeks. In the other facility, a no-treatment support group takes place for eight weeks. Depression is measured after the program is administered. What type of research design is this? What is the greatest threat to internal validity in this type of design? Explain.
  7. A researcher wants to investigate patriotic behavior across the lifespan. She samples people in the following age groups: 18–28, 29–39, 40–50, 51–60, and 61 and above. All participants are interviewed and asked to complete questionnaires and rating scales about patriotic behavior. This type of developmental research design is called?What is the primary disadvantage of this type of design? Explain.

Share an experience in which you have encountered an object that appeared to be one color initially and then another under different circumstances. How did it appear to you first? How and why did your perception change?

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Share an experience in which you have encountered an object that appeared to be one color initially and then another under different circumstances. How did it appear to you first? How and why did your perception change?
In that experience, what do you think the relationship between light adaptation and color perception was? How were they interrelated and which structures in your eye may have been involved?
Think about the “black and blue dress vs. white and gold dress” phenomenon or about those nifty new glasses that allow colorblind individuals to see color for the first time. What do these experiences indicate to you about the nature of perception?

Search online for support groups or discussion boards relating to a psychological disorder or disability. Describe what aspects about the post make it particularly compelling to you. What did this person say about their disease/disorder?

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You will begin by searching online for support groups or discussion boards relating to a psychological disorder or disability. Read through the boards and identify at least one post that you find particularly compelling. Then answer the following in a blank document:

Explain the purpose of the support group and/or discussion board. Is it for a specific psychological disorder/disability? Is it themed? If so, what is the theme?
Describe what aspects about the post make it particularly compelling to you. What did this person say about their disease/disorder? What are some of the behaviors that arise because of this disease/disorder? What are some ways they are coping? How does it influence their life?
Tell us about the probable biological underpinnings of this person’s behavior. What biologically is happening that causes their problems? The possibilities are numerous: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, hippocampus damage and resulting memory problems, and schizophrenia, to name some examples.
Summarize how the person dealt with the situation.
How did this person’s story make you feel? Did you look at the person positively or negatively? How do you imagine your life would change if you experienced similar circumstances?

Write out five questions about aspects of human behavior that puzzle you, similar to the ones listed above in the assignment description. How would you test them using the scientific method?

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In a blank document, complete the following reflection and answer the questions. Your reflection should be about 300 words in total.
Brainstorm: Write out five questions about aspects of human behavior that puzzle you, similar to the ones listed above in the assignment description.
Reflection: Pick two of your questions. How would you test them using the scientific method? What do you think you would find? What ethical considerations must you contemplate as you design your test?

Everyone has his or her own personal beliefs about “the way people are” or “what makes people tick.” For example, you might believe that men are better than women at math but that this difference is a result of the way girls are treated in schools. You might believe that depression is the result of stressful life experiences.

Alternatively, you may simply be puzzled by certain aspects of human behavior and not really have an explanation for it. For example, why do such deep divisions exist between various ethnic groups? Why is it sometimes so difficult to remember people’s names? In this assignment, you will reflect on some of these questions

Based on the reading, what are the key factors that you may need to take into consideration when working with someone who is ethnically different from yourself? What communication skills would you use in that situation? Describe your possible countertransference.

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Two-part: First: Based on the reading, what are the key factors that you may need to take into consideration when working with someone who is ethnically different from yourself? What communication skills would you use in that situation? Describe your possible countertransference. Please cite your sources and respond to at least one other student’s post.
Reference
Gallardo, M. E., Neville, H. A., Sue, D. W., & ebrary, I. (2014). Case studies in multicultural counseling and therapy. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Retrieved from Ebook Central in the Touro library (Read Chapters 1 and 3)
Second part:Based on the film for this threaded discussion, how can we communicate with children or adolescents, who are bullied at school? How can we communicate with children or adolescents, who are the perpetrators of bullying? How can we communicate with parents of bullied children or parents of bullies?

Reference
Aquarius Health Care Media (Producer). (2003). Bullying: What Every Adult Needs to Know [Video file]. Retrieved from Counseling and Therapy in Video: Classic database. Retrieved from Touro library.

Discuss your thoughts on how Gottman’s Sound Relationship House theory serves as an example of how a theory can provide shape and structure to a couple’s therapy treatment plan. Also, discuss how Gottman’s assessment process informs the treatment plan.

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Discuss your thoughts on how Gottman’s Sound Relationship House theory serves as an example of how a theory can provide shape and structure to a couple’s therapy treatment plan. Also, discuss how Gottman’s assessment process informs the treatment plan. Discuss what negative outcomes might be associated with couple and family therapy cases in which no or minimal assessment is conducted.

Must have 2 references including
Gottman, J. M. & Schwartz Gottman, J. (2018). The science of couples and family therapy