Choose one of the roles a forensic psychologist may take in the legal field. Research a specific job that falls in this role (i.e. correctional psychologist, or police psychologist), if you can, find a job description. Note what qualifications are necessary.   Write a 3-4 page article for the magazine Psychology Today highlighting this particular […]

The project is not to be a biography of a theorist. Nor is it simply an overview of some theory. Student papers are to demonstrate a thorough understanding of historical and philosophical roots of a specific theory, relevant modern extensions, and recent empirical support. For example, a student could explore the perspective of evolutionary psychology […]

How successful a company is at exploiting emerging opportunities and dealing with associated threats depends on leadership’s ability to cultivate a broad mindset among managers and their followers. From a competency point of view, failures are attributed to the fact that leaders who lack experience or training in a job may also rely too much […]

Michael Dell began building and selling computers from his dorm room at age 19. He dropped out of the University of Texas when his sales hit $60 million and has never looked back. Dell is said to be the fifteenth richest man in America, and the youngest CEO to make the Fortune 500. Intensely private […]

This assignment prepares you for the final Microsoft PowerPoint assignment inM5: Assignment 1. Throughout this course, you have learned to apply a variety of critical-thinking techniques to explore and assess contemporary issues. Often, you may get the best results using a multistep process that provides adequate time to think, write, research, and rewrite. For this […]

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper analyzing the biological and humanistic approaches to personality. Your paper should cover the following areas: Use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to discuss the extent to which growth needs influence personality formation. Describe biological factors that influence the formation of personality. Examine the relationship of biological factors to Maslow’s theory […]

Organizations are susceptible to an array of crises. There are different types of threats with no “one way” to manage them. This reality presents multiple business challenges to those in leadership positions. Each manager is responsible for managing risks within their own sphere of operations and area of responsibility. To this end, one must understand […]

Assignment 2: LASA 1—Gregory’s Treatment People that abuse substances have individual reasons for what first drove them to begin using these substances in the first place. Some clients started using them through experimentation, peer pressure, or curiosity. However, many users began using substances as a way of dealing with other issues in their lives, such […]

Assignment 2: Promoting Cognitive Development As you have learned in your readings, Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky took different approaches to child development. One’s theoretical perspective influences approaches to child development. The Jacksons are a young couple living in Centervale. They have approached Keith, the child development consultant, for advice on how to promote and […]

Researchers use single factor experimental designs to try to study causal relationships. For example, if researchers want to know if an exercise intervention reduces depression, they might randomly assign some participants to receive the exercise intervention and others to not. They could collect baseline and post-intervention data and compare the two groups. If the treatment […]