DISCUSSION 1: Psychological Aspects of Aging   Theories of successful aging explain factors that support individuals as they grow old, contributing to their ability to function. Increasing your understanding of factors that support successful aging improves your ability to address the needs of elderly clients and their families.   To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s media. In addition, select a theory of successful […]

   This assignment requires you to create your own action plan that incorporates a Social Justice perspective as an implicit theme underlying the Psychology of Women. ESSAY PROMPT :  “What could I do to help make this a more just and fair world for girls and/or women?”  Considering such basic course concepts as gender, power/privilege, race, class, ethnicity, media impact, socialization, gender theory, etc., what […]

Part 1: Create a Case Study Create a case study, 250-500-words involving a fictitious couple experiencing the stages and characteristics of romantic relationships. Think of this case study as a “story” that you are telling about the process the couple goes through when building a relationship. Do not use any personal information or information related to current cases you are working on. Part 2: Summary […]

Week 7: Cognitive and Behavioral Applications   Introduction As you think about the essential components of cognitive and behavioral theories, what clients do you envision as best suited for these approaches? If you were a client in one of the videos you have explored thus far, how might you react to behavioral or cognitive interventions? On the other hand, if you were the counselor in […]

Discussion Questions I All assignments MUST be typed and double-spaced, in APA style and must be written at graduate level English. The content, conciseness and clarity of your answers will be considered in the evaluation of your work. You must use and integrate the material presented in the course text and cite your work according to APA format. Use of outside resources can be used […]

  For this journal task, first explore the SNHU Career Development Center, the Psychologists: Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on psychologists, and the cognitive psychology career-related links accessed from the webpage, A Career in Brain Science and Cognitive Psychology, of the American Psychological Association (APA). Next, share your thoughts on these career-specific links and write a journal that addresses the […]

After watching the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYYktOfCT6Y and reading chapters one, five and six in your Principle of Social Psychology textbook, ponder this: Social psychologists have found that our perceptions and judgments are subject to a variety of biases and other distorting influences. To what advantage is the deliberate development of the perception of flawless beauty in our society? What disadvantage? Using the attitude heuristic of the Halo Effect,  how […]

Understanding Bullying Behavior Instructions You are currently working as a psychologist and specialize in providing therapy for children, adolescents, and families. Specifically, one focus of your private practice includes assisting blended families manage the move to co-parenting and transitioning two families into one. You have a new client who self-identifies as a divorced single mother of two. Her children are three (3) and twelve (12) […]

   Create an informational handout for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received an intelligence test. Your handout would be given to parents, guardians, and others to help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing. The handout should be colorful, interesting, and be on one or two pages. This […]

   This assignment will help you understand proper reporting and interpretation of multiple regression. You will use the IBM SPSS Linear Regression procedure to accurately compute a multiple regression with the u07a1data.sav file located below in Resources. Use the Data Analysis and Application (DAA) Template located in Resources to write up your assignment. The deadline for submitting your work is 11:59 PM CST on Sunday […]