Psychology

An APA-formatted title page (2 points), which includes: The title of your report If you have chosen a revised “New Variable”: Name the variable and the item number of the survey item that measures it. Specify a “New Hypothesis” that relates the concept of “social media use” to the revised “New Variable” that you have chosen. This hypothesis should be in the standard two-sentence format. An Introduction section (20 points total) includes: An opening, which introduces the topic to be studied alongside the research question. Make sure that your opening provides information regarding why it is interesting or important (or both) to be studying your research question. A literature review summarizing the Core Article along with two additional research articles that provide information regarding your “New Variable” and how it relates to social media use. When you review the Core Article, keep in mind that you will be reporting a replication effort in the Results/Discussion sections – therefore, you should introduce the relevant variables and main result Zivnuska et. al observed regarding the relationship between these variables. This is also an opportunity to improve the integration of topics within your introduction – given the relationship observed by Zivnuska et. al, how does this inform how you think about your “New Variable”, and how it may be related to social media use? How does the information provided by your other two articles expand this perspective? Remember, an ideal literature review builds upon itself, becoming more specific until the research question is all but obvious (at which point, the research question is specified in the closing). Ensure that the paragraphs of your literature review begin with topic sentences. This is another opportunity to increase the cohesion of your review – a good topic sentence addresses what was just presented in the previous paragraph, and establishes how that will be expanded upon in the coming paragraph. A closing, which includes a specific statement of the research question, your hypothesis (in two-sentence format), and a brief overview of the methods of the study (how you intend to operationalize the constructs considered by your research question/hypothesis). Review your hypothesis to ensure that it is in the two-sentence format – if you need a review on this format, please see the section recording/slides from Tuesday of Week 2. A Methods section (16 points total) which includes: A “Participants” subsection which reports on: who the participants in the study were. how they were “recruited”. how many participated. whether the participants received any incentive for participating. A “Measures” subsection which reports on the measures (that is, operational definitions of your constructs) employed the study: IF YOU CHOSE A REVISED “NEW VARIABLE”, BE SURE TO UPDATE THIS SECTION WITH THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.  Be sure to name the variables/constructs that your study considered.  Make sure to properly describe how social media use and school/work-life balance were operationalized/measured. As a reminder, there were four items that were included on the Class Project survey for each of these two variables. These items were produced by the teaching staff and were modified/abridged versions of the measures used in the original study. The scores from each set of four items were combined together to create a “composite” score for each variable. For both the social media use and school/work-life balance variables, provide as an example the text of one item that contributed to the composite score. Include the scale range and anchor labels (for close-ended) or units (for open-ended) of the scale. Be sure to address the fact that composite scores were created for the social media use and school/work-life balance variables from a set of four items each. State that the scores from each item were added together to create the composite score, and report the possible range of values for each of the composite scores.  Describe the item used in the survey to measure the “New Variable” that your hypothesis relates to the Core Variable of social media use. Provide as an example the text of the item as it appeared on the survey. For items that used a rating scale, indicate how many “points” the rating scale had (e.g., a 5-point rating scale, a 7-point rating scale) and what the “anchors” (the written words at the two endpoints) of the rating scale were. The item and the anchors should be placed in quotes, but you do not need to put a citation or page number. For open-ended items, state the units of the scale. Discuss the potential impact of at least two types of validity (reviewed in class and in the text) in a manner that demonstrates your understanding of the concept. For example, if your “New Variable” is sleep quality, you could discuss convergent validity, and how a measure of daytime alertness should be correlated to your sleep quality measure. A “Procedure” subsection, which is a step-by-step report of how the study was conducted, from the participant’s point of view. Include details such as how the survey was made available, the number of items on the survey, whether the participants were given the option to not respond, etc. A Results section (16 points total) which includes four paragraphs: First paragraph: Social media use. On average, how much “social media use” do the respondents engage in? Tell the reader about this by using the statistics we’ve provided– the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the composite score — but don’t just say “For social media use…” and report the statistics. Pretend that your reader does not know what a “mean,” “median,” and “mode” are, so use those statistics (just these measures of central tendency) to describe the social media use of students in our class (i.e., “in plain language”), while reporting the values of the statistics alongside this description. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD PROVIDE THE DEFINITION OF this STATISTICS – INSTEAD, THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU REPORT THE RESULT SHOULD REFLECT WHAT THE STATISTICS IMPLIES. SEE BELOW FOR AN EXAMPLE. You also want to ensure that you report the fact that this is a composite score. Example (note that this is not complete and that these values are arbitrary): “The average participant experienced a moderate amount of test anxiety, and most participants scored close to this value (M = 4.23, SD = 1.33). It should be noted that half of the sampled participants scored relatively low in terms of the degree of test anxiety experienced (Mdn = 3).” Second paragraph: School/work-life balance. Find and report the mean and standard deviation for the composite score of the school/work-life balance items. You do not need to report the median and mode for this variable, but you should again describe the school/work-life balance of the class along with reporting the values of the statistics. Third paragraph: Correlation between social media use and school/work-life balance. In this paragraph, you should find and report the correlation (strength, direction, level of statistical significance (see the guide below)) between the composite social media use score and the composite school/work-life balance score. Again, you should be describing the quality of the association along with reporting the value of the statistic. To determine whether that correlation value is “statistically significant” or “not statistically significant,” you will need to use the guidance provided below. Remember, you are using the statistics presented in the Excel column for the (combined) score for those variables, not for the individual items used to create each score. Fourth paragraph: Your “New Variable” and the correlation to social media use. In this paragraph, you will first report the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the item you have chosen to report (which should be the item you submitted, unless it was not included. If so, see above) in a manner similar to how you have reported social media use and school/work-life balance. Then, you will report the correlation (strength, direction, level of significance) between social media use and your “New Variable”. Make sure to describe these statistics as you have for the previous variables. A Discussion section (12 points total) which includes: A summary of the study. You should succinctly describe the findings related to social media use, school/work-life balance, and your “New Variable”. Be sure to address whether or not the findings of the original Core Article (concerning social media use and work-life balance) were replicated by our measures of social media use and school/work-life balance. What is the implication of the presence of replication, or a lack of one? Here, you should not be reporting the statistics that you have just reported in the results section. Instead, briefly describe the most relevant results in “plain language”.  A discussion of the theoretical or practical implications of the observed result between social media use and your “New Variable”. If a significant correlation between social media use and your “New Variable” was observed, what is the importance of this relationship? Here, you may speculate on causal factors, but you must be clear that you are speculating/thinking of future directions. If a significant correlation was not observed, speculate on why a relationship between the two variables might not exist (but again, be clear that this is speculation – when you do, you can easily transition into the next portion).  Limitations/future directions – What were some potential limitations of this study? How could these limitations impact how the results are interpreted? How could this research be extended, expanded, or continued in the future? A References section which includes: APA formatted references for any research articles you have cited in your Introduction and Methods sections. This will contain at least three references; the reference for the Core Article, and the references from the two additional research articles that you present in your Introduction. Your references, citations, and APA style (5 points total) will be evaluated for proper formatting and usage. Nine (9) additional points will be attributed to the organization of the paper, overall clarity,  and the presence of scientific writing. General Notes: DO NOT USE CAUSAL LANGUAGE AT ANY POINT IN YOUR PAPER. This includes terms such as “influence”, “impact”, “effect”, “affect”, “cause”, etc. This is a correlational study, and so it should be discussed in terms of relationships, associations, correlations, etc. YOUR MEASURES SECTION WILL REQUIRE AN AMOUNT OF UPDATING. When you wrote Writing Assignment 1, many of the details of the Class Project survey were not finalized. You will now need to update your Methods section with these details – see above for a specification. Ensure that your research report is formatted according to APA guidelines. The APA template that was provided (you can find the link in the Writing Assignment 1 description) has much of this formatting already implemented. A RUNNING HEADER should be included on all pages of your paper. The page numbers should start on the first page of your introduction, not the title page. Your hypothesis should be in the two-sentence format covered in sections/labs. Your procedure should be short – there were not a lot of steps necessary to fully conduct this study. There’s an example of a Procedure written by a student in the past that received full marks in the 7/7 section slides – we suggest using this as guidance (but don’t copy it word for word!). The majority of you have errors in your APA formatting, both in the References section and in your in-text citations (some of you don’t have in-text citations at all, which you need to add). Please review either the 7/2 section slides or the Purdue Owl website for guidelines. Please use third-person POV throughout (do not use “I” or “my” – “we” is fine

Keep in mind that the main objective of this assignment is to argue a point. You have to take a stance on a controversial issue and make a claim. Is there something debatable that you can say about depression? once you pinpoint your issue, try putting thus into a strong claim at the end of your introduction. In this paper, you will make an arguable claim that is supported by credible evidence. A sound argument is different from an opinion. An opinion is a belief that lacks a basis in logic or factual evidence. Instead, for this paper, you will use the writing process to form a position on your chosen topic, an argument that is based on logic and factual evidence found through research. So, instead of starting with an opinion and finding sources, you start with sources and use them to form a position. An argumentative essay asks you to take a stand on an issue, support it with persuasion, reasons, and evidence, and to address the opposition’s position. To accomplish this goal, you will research and investigate your topic by building a source list that represents credible, scholarly, authoritative voices. You must responsibly integrate and discuss these perspectives into your writing, demonstrating how they either support or go against your own argument. It should not include first-person or second-person pronouns. Instead, any claims should be backed up by sources, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. Information about that can be found on the Incorporating Sources page. Organization Tips: Begin with an introduction that builds readers’ interest in the topic and ends with a concise thesis statement that makes an arguable claim about a problem. This is the foundation on which you will build your argument. The subsequent paragraphs should give evidence from scholarly sources that prove the claim. Those body paragraphs should include a topic sentence that encompasses a single aspect of your argument that you will write about in that paragraph only. Remember, paragraphs are like containers, and each container can only hold one subtopic. That claim needs to be backed up with evidence and be tied back to the thesis. You must also acknowledge oppositional points by incorporating and refuting counterarguments. Don’t forget the conclusion that summarizes the argument. No new information or citations should be introduced in the conclusion. The approach to this can be in a style you find makes sense for your subjects, such as an Introduction > Problem > Cause > Solution > Conclusion approach, or any other pattern that logically outlines your argument. There are handouts to guide your set-up here and here. An introduction that overviews the topic and engages the reader’s interest A claim/thesis statement that provides the writer’s clear position (this should be the last sentence of your introduction) Argumentative body paragraphs that support the claim/thesis with research that is integrated into the essay with APA style Acknowledgment of the opposition with the response to it (refutation, conceding, etc.) Conclusion (You may not feel ready to write a full conclusion yet. That’s okay; just give it a try.)

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Term Paper Instructions: Use what you learned from the class material to explain how you became the person you are today. Explain how past events in your life have shaped you into the person you are today through the lens of the textbook. Pick three events in your life and three theories and demonstrate your understanding of the material to say how these have affected you. Only include what you see as important in your life or events that have had a profound effect on you. This is NOT an autobiography. The structure of the paper is flexible, but the format should include some version of this: Event => Theory => Current Effect of Life When I was 12 I moved to a new school and didn’t make very many friends. This negatively affected my self concept and self esteem, as Jacobson and Rosenthal researched (page 36) this became a self-fulfilling prophecy. It has taken me a long time to have a positive self concept as a social person and make new friends. My parents fought a lot in front of me when I was a child. I never saw any assertive styles of conflict resolution so when I get upset I respond aggressive as Green described on page 399. I still have a temper and it takes me a while to cool off when I’m upset. This paper is completely private. Your classmates won’t read it and no information will be shared. If there is anything concerning, I will contact you directly for follow up. Papers need to be a minimum of five pages, double-spaced, size 12 Times New Roman. Spelling and grammar will count, as will organization and content. The grading will be based equally on background information, how this has affected who you are now and on editing and grammar. Please note the content of this paper must be entirely unique to this class. This means you cannot use a paper you wrote for another class. Self-plagiarism is a thing. There are examples of A papers in this folder. I dont believe there is any references since it will be right from my online textbook, and personal experience The textbook will be provided Please contact me for more details

: Summarizing your learning: In approximately 200-300 words based on the course content, as well as on your experience as a learner and as a teacher: a) Explain the key points in this lesson that link relationships, trauma, and learning. b) Do you agree that institutional and personal bias affect relationships and affect the potentially healing or exacerbating effects of relationships for trauma survivors? Provide support for your answer with at least one reflection about your own learning experience, teaching experience, and/or observation that supports your response. Implementation: In 200-300 words, describe one practice discussed in this session and/or one point in this course that you could present/teach to your students or incorporate in a lesson in an age-appropriate way, to improve their learning and their sense of being welcome and affirmed in your classroom (or school, for out-of-classroom educators). As part of your response, include answers to the following questions: 1) How would you teach this point (this does not need to be a formal lesson plan, but a description of how you would approach and teach this topic – the context, key points, and strategies for helping students learn this point to improve their feelings of bravery, community, safety, etc. in the learning environment, their approach to learning, etc.? 2) Teach the point and/or implement the practice. Reflect on any observable impact this application of course learning has on one or more of your students. Such impact may be academic, socio-emotional, behavioral, or other. How could this positive impact be further improved? 3) How does this practice dismantle inequity? How is this practice more equitable for all students, in particular those who have been historically underserved and marginalized (including but not limited to students of color, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners)? 4) Explain how you would ensure that this practice affirms students’ racial and cultural identities and contributes to their engagement and learning through the cultivation of critical inquiry. —– _______or If you are an out-of-classroom educator, describe and implement at least one way you could support in-classroom teachers (or students directly) by applying at least one point from this session in such a way that would positively impact students in your school/district, in such a way that dismantles inequity, being equitable for ALL students, in particular those who have been historically underserved and marginalized (including but not limited to students of color, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners)? Practice your supportive application (sharing your learning with an in-classroom teacher or applying course learning in an interaction with a student) and reflect on the impact you observe or will be looking to observe in the future. How could this positive impact be further improved? Video reflections: In 200-300 words, Reflecting on 2 of the videos in the context of the written components of this session, provide at least one striking point from each of the two videos that you consider as important to informing your instruction of students with adverse childhood experiences. Describe how you could apply those points to your work as an educator.

Find two cases from scholarly sources, one that fits with developmental theory and one that fits with critical criminology; in 500-750 words, explain the following: Explain how each of the cases you chose fit with the associated theories. Explain how principle theorists from the two theories would view the cases you chose. Explain how significant studies from those theorists relate to the cases chosen. Use three to five scholarly resources to support your explanations.

Compare/contrast Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis. Include Neo-Behaviorists and Neo-Freudians. For more information on Psychoanalysis reading this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis

Discuss the “sandwich generation”.  What are the implications on an adult’s development of being a caregiver and a parent at the same time   What are the different ways adults can be caregivers and how is this phase of life impacted by culture?

Apply research evidence to critique an issue in organizational psychology  Please follow the instructions down below and cite research that is recent (2018-now). Identify a news item that is I/O related and has been in the news in leading newspapers or online sources (Australian e.g., https://www.abc.net.au/news/ or International e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/) during 2020 (April 2020-August 2020). * You will need to attach a short copy of the news article indicating the date of publication of the news Come up with a research question and construct an argument providing support for how the news item is related to a topic/s covered in class. Please write the research question in the running heads.  Find empirical research papers published in highly reputed journals covering organizational psychology (e.g., The Leadership Quarterly, Basic Applied Social Psychology, The Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Relations, The Journal of Vocational Behaviour). Use these to provide some scientific perspective on the topic you have chosen. This search will be more productive if you do a search using library databases on the topic of interest, rather than just going through issues of the journals. Your report should cover how the topic is related to I/O and specific empirical research. You may wish to organize the assignment using the following headings or subheadings: Introduction to the issue A. Introduction of the topic – (Reader is introduced to the topic, use of supporting literature is apt, the purpose of writing is clear) Relevant I/O psychology literature Rationale well stated (how and why is the issue important?); Relevance to Organisational Psychology literature should be evident through writing and literature review. There should be a critical overview of the importance of the issue with reference to current theory or journal items. • (appropriate relevant to the issue subheadings) • Conclusion It should be clear what your own contribution is as opposed to quotations or references from others. However, your opinions should be backed up and carefully argued. -Provides exceptional and thought-provoking analysis that directly addresses details and/or examples of the main topic. Your news item should be attached to your submitted assignment as an appendix.

Assessment criteria in detail: (BOROUGH OF HARINGEY) Introduction – outline your borough of choice and state its condition. [you can use current and relevant statistical data/information with a source/s of reference]. approx. 300words Main body – theoretical and critical analysis of how to undertake a community profile and audit. You will link this to your understanding of professional social and community work practice and ethical conduct, and the importance of why a community profile and audit is important within your line of work prior to working in a community. approx. 1000words (in other words, how does a community profile /audit help prepare you for practice) Conclusion- Identify how your role and a social and community worker will contribute to community, practice, cohesion, or other. approx.200words