This is a team assignment My slides are the Intro and 2 slides for  Describe the functions of statistics. Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes examining the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics used in the journal article you were assigned. Address the following items as they apply to the article: Describe the functions […]

Imagine you were conducting research on the relationship between academic performance (e.g., better grades) and different levels of loudness of music (interval scale) while studying.   How would you design the study using a correlational design? How would you design the study using a quasi-experimental design? How would you design the study using an experimental […]

Your supervisor is impressed with the medical knowledge you have as to the health effects/risks of alcohol/substance abuse and asks that you prepare a PowerPoint presentation to present to the probation department staff. He tells you that the presentation should have some color and some graphics associated with the topics. He wants you to use […]

Think about adolescents you know. Do they want to perform well in school, or do they not care? Why do they put more effort into some classes and not others? As an adolescent, do you remember feeling like you were under a microscope, with everyone seeing all your imperfections? Do you remember thinking that you […]

Case Study #2 Dr. Eisenhower is a licensed clinical psychologist employed by a community mental health agency in western Massachusetts. While she is visiting relatives in Oklahoma, a tornado strikes the small town where she is staying, killing five and leaving dozens homeless. Many in the town are traumatized, overwhelming the town’s two physicians. Although […]

On January 17, 1989, a gunman opened fire on the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 30. Many of the students were children of Cambodian immigrants, and crisis workers soon discovered that established crisis intervention strategies did not fit well with the patriarchal structure of the Southeast Asian families. […]

Assignment 1: Discussion—Gender Stereotypes The perspective with which you view gender can influence both your experience of it and its respective psychology. When you extend your understanding of the psychology of your gender beyond your own experiences, you will begin to fully comprehend the concept of gender and its impact. Gender stereotypes are often expressed […]

Assignment 1: Discussion Question: Transference and Countertransference By Saturday, March 5, 2016, respond to the discussion question. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion untilWednesday, March 9, 2016. At an inpatient residential treatment facility, a depressed client unrelentingly begs the attending consultant for […]

Annie is a 47-year-old Chinese-American woman who has come to therapy because of difficulties she is having with her husband. Since her last child left home for college, Annie has felt increasingly lonely and has been asking her husband to spend more and more time with her. His response has been to become angry and […]

In my own words, I would define a growth mindset as being open to opportunities that are presented to you. I would define a fixed mindset as you accept things as they are and don’t see any way of changing them. A situation where I have had a fixed mindset was in high school. I […]