Society will probably never be without crime. Crime affects everyone, either directly or indirectly. As professionals, you need to be aware of your own prejudices, biases, and personal values. Perhaps there were times throughout the course when you were struck by a particular crime report. Perhaps information you learned in the course changed the way […]

Society’s Response to Crime   Society’s response to crime has changed over the past century. The approach of rehabilitation in the 1960s has gradually been replaced with a “get tough on crime” approach, bringing in mandatory sentencing laws and long prison sentences. Regardless of the approach, crime continues to be a problem, and recidivism for […]

Write: As you think about the information provided on intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction provided by the interactive activity, articles, and the textbook, address the following in your response: Briefly describe your future career goals.   What extrinsic factors will you look for in your future career? What can you live without?   What intrinsic factors will […]

Two Annotated Bibliography     Overview       The final project for this course is a case study analysis of a real-world athlete who is having issues with his or her athletic performance. The case study will have a sports psychology focus—the role of emotions, the role of stress, different coping techniques, and so […]

Writing Tips: How do I come up with a good topic for Senior Seminar? Senior Seminar in Psychology is a capstone course requiring that students write a comprehensive paper. Senior Seminar differs from Senior Project in that students do not collect data from subjects. Your project in Senior Seminar is a comprehensive review of the […]

INTRO: History shows us that human beings have the unique capacity to change their environment radically in short periods of time and are on the edge of having the ability to change themselves socially, through technology development, genetically and neurologically. Great writers have often tried to imagine what we humans will be like in the […]

Assignment 2: Stress, Mental Health Functioning, and Stress Management Interventions This assignment will focus on some of the stressors encountered by law enforcement officers. You will explore how these stressors affect police officers. Learning about the incidence and prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among police officers is one of the goals of this assignment. […]

Every student will be required to write a Research paper on one of the following topics: 1) factors affecting partner selection OR 2. Factors affecting singleness OR 3. Factors affecting cohabitation OR 4. Factors affecting divorce. The minimum word count for the paper must exceed 1500 words. The term paper must possess a minimum of […]

You have learned that the conceptualization of autism spectrum disorders as diagnoses has evolved, with the current DSM conceptualizing one neurological disorder with common characteristics, which are presented on a wide continuum, rather than separate disorders such as Asperger’s disorder or autistic disorder.   Watch the video It’s a Different World. You may use the […]

Watch a few different TV shows, sitcoms, commercials, or news reports. Also look at a popular magazine and peruse the ads. Think about how these media sources 1) influence and or reinforce gender identity and 2) play a part in influencing gender bias. Focus on specific examples. • Using yourself or your child (or someone […]