Psychology

Describe the so-called “brain reward pathway” and explain its importance to understanding the effects of drug-seeking behaviour. Provide an example to support your description.  Just need 150 words.

Does listening to violent music contribute to violence? Who is vulnerable to the influence of violent music?

In 750-1,000 words, discuss the following: Select a drug or violent offense. Discuss the offense. Consider the type of rehabilitation program that would best serve that type of offender, analyze if the rehabilitative processes would be effective or not. Use two to four scholarly resources to support your writing.For more information read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_psychology

Information processing theories focus on many basic capacities of children’s cognition, like attention and memory. There are many different topics that we can get into, but let’s look at a few hot topics that hopefully are interesting and relevant.  Write an original post on one of these discussion boards. Then, respond to 2 of your peers. It may be good to see what others have done in other discussion boards as well!  young children need a lot of sleep. Does that actually impact a child’s memory and cognition? Read this short blog type article from a researcher about her study on naps and memory. What are your reactions to this study? What policies should we have as a society? 

You will have to complete a term paper.  The subject is of your choice.  It can be anything having to do with human behavior or mental processes.  Some students choose to do their papers on a psychological disorder.  Others choose to do more non-conventional topics.  I have had topics on “Why people get tattoos”, “the Psychology of Water”,.  The following link is a description.  The paper has to be in APA style.  I have also included a link that describes APA.  You must cite your sources in the body as well as works cited page, and a title page. 

What was your classroom experience like in elementary school? What does instructional time break down in U.S. classrooms look like for you? What are the key differences in teaching styles between the U.S. and Japan? Why is it problematic when the majority of time is spent on individual work as opposed to group instruction or activities? Which aspects of teacher training and support do you think U.S. teachers would need to change to enable teachers to use the techniques practiced by teachers in China and Japan?

To prepare for this Assignment, research the resources available in your local community to support the issues and concerns of the older population. Note any gaps in these services and consider what improvements might be made to existing services as well as what services should be added. Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following: A description of the services in your local community that supports individuals in later adulthood, An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified, A description of service gaps you identified, An explanation of how to improve existing services, A description of services that should be added, and why. Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

As you read in Chapter 1, research designed to assess and answer questions about the current state of affairs is descriptive research. It is called descriptive research because no variables are manipulated (as you would find in an experimental research design). Rather, the goal of descriptive research is to provide a snapshot of thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors of groups of people at a given time. One common type of descriptive research is survey research. A survey is a type of self-report measure that can be administered either through an interview or written questionnaire. Interviews are surveys in which researchers read questions to participants either in person or by telephone. The questions are either structured or unstructured. When using a structured interview technique, the researcher predetermines the questions to ask participants and records their responses. An example of a structured interview technique is a phone call during the evening at home requesting a “few minutes of your time” to ask your opinions about candidates in an upcoming political election. In an unstructured interview, the researcher asks the respondents to talk freely about a particular topic and records their answers. An example of an unstructured interview technique is a focus group setting, wherein a number of people meet at the same time to share their thoughts and opinions about a particular topic, such as their emotional reactions to viewing advertising campaigns. Questionnaires are different from interviews because participants complete these assessments on their own, and usually without supervision. The other difference is that participants complete questionnaires in a fixed-format. This means participants answer questions in the exact same order and select their answers from various response choices provided (e.g., multiple-choice or true/false) rather than freely reporting what comes to mind. An example of a questionnaire is a poll located in a magazine questioning you about your present satisfaction in your romantic relationship. Consider the last time you were asked to complete a survey either by interview or questionnaire. Did you participate? Why, or why not? Though survey methods are a good way to collect a lot of data quickly, participants are not always eager to take the time and effort required to complete them. For this Assignment, you select a particular survey method to collect data on a study idea. You analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the method and consider strategies for increasing participant response rates. To prepare. Review again the assigned pages from Chapter 6 and Chapter 8 of your course text. Think about the study idea that you developed for the Discussion this week. Think about what types of data you would collect utilizing various survey methods (e.g., interviews and questionnaires, focus groups). Consider strategies researchers use to attempt to increase the participant response rates of surveys. Also, consider surveys and questionnaires that you have received in the past and your reasons for responding or not responding. The Assignment: (1–2 pages). For context, briefly provide the topic and study idea you developed for the Discussion this week (fewer than 50 words). Propose a survey method for collecting data (e.g., a structured or nonstructured interview, a focus group, questionnaires) and your rationale for selecting this method as it relates to your specific study idea. Explain one advantage and one potential disadvantage of the survey method you proposed as it relates to your specific study idea. Explain at least one strategy that you could use to attempt to get individuals to respond to your proposed survey method.

Lab Report includes only introduction, method and result of experiment 1 Phenomenon: Own Race Effect Two-stage Experiment 1: work on the own-race effect and sees what could we observe as a class Experiment 2: a follow-up question on experiment 1 Introduction Overview of the area Review literature related to the topic Introduce your aim; explain its importance (What is your research is about; Why you did it) State your hypothesis and justify them (What is your expected result and why) The hypothesis of both experiment 1 and 2 Experiment 1 Method (Should contain enough information for someone to replicate the study) (28%) How did you conduct the research Participants Who participated (PSYC 2007 Students) How many participated (130) How they are selected/sampled/ recruited (eg. opportunity sampling) Identify important characteristics (eg. gender, age, year of study, ethnicity) Measures Describe the experimental design Procedures How the data collection process took place How was the experiment run What did we ask the participants to do Any written/ verbal instructions etc Result State the results but don’t interpret them here Include descriptive statistics when reporting results APA-formatted table. For more information on Own Race Effect and Extension check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect

Topic: Does the use of Social Media tend to improve or harm relations?”Attached is the rubric, the example copy of the essay due and the essay I used in my previous assignment. If you have any questions, please let me know.