Chapter 11: Find a URL that illustrates practical, real-world uses for Skinner's operant conditioning.  And discuss this question:  If you could change the behavior of your significant other without them knowing you were changing it, would you?  What behavior? This should be fun. Chapter 13: Tough chapter.  "To sleep, perchance to dream."  Psychoanalysis is very […]

For this journal assignment, reflect on the substance and theoretical foundation of what you have learned this week about psychosexual, moral, emotional, and personality development. Then write a reflective essay that addresses the following: · Comment on how this week’s learning and materials compliment, oppose, and/or affect change in your positions and attitudes on the […]

After reading the required resources, answer the following questions: 1. Compare the six (6) major theories of motivation. 2. Distinguish between the psychological and the biopsychosocial theories of motivation. 3. Differentiate between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. 4. Contrast the three theories of emotion. 5. What is your point of view about the theories of […]

Week 1 Application Assignment: Using the DSM Overview Learning to use the DSM can seem a bit like learning a foreign language. This week, you have learned about the DSM and comprehensive diagnostic assessment. This assignment will allow you to apply that knowledge by developing some initial diagnoses and justifications. Assignment 1 will help you […]

This semester we’ve analyzed the rhetorical efficacy of two authors, defined skepticism, and addressed pseudoscience in our culture. Now it’s time to put your rhetorical powers to the test. For this essay, identify a television program that you feel encourages pseudoscientific thinking in some way. Feel free to choose any television program you wish. Watch […]

Write a paper based on the research done in modules 1 and 2. Include the following components: · Title Page · Abstract · Introduction · 3 main ideas with associated research · Conclusion PEER REVIEW PAPER After the Sunday due date, you will be assigned one paper to peer review. Your review will be anonymous to […]

Final Exam Class Discussion Assignment Correlational Research is different from historical and descriptive research. It provides some indication as to how two or more things are related to one another or, in effect, what they share or have in common, or how well a specific outcome might be predicted by one or more pieces of […]

Your summary of Dr. Umeh's TED Talk insightfully captures the powerful message that childhood trauma, often overlooked, can have devastating long-term effects. Highlighting that children’s choices around suicide often stem from “mental anguish, not mental illness,” reinforces the need to differentiate their experiences from adults. Your explanation connects well with Dr. Umeh's idea of betrayal […]

Select 1-3 sentences, directly quoted from the applicable learning resources that reference an issue, idea, or concept that was key to that lesson, and cite appropriately.  The quote is "The International Listening Association defines listening as "the attending, receiving, interpreting, and responding to messages presented aurally" (Bodie, Janusik, & Valikoski, 2008, [. 7). from the […]

Instructions Imagine you are a psychopathology instructor tasked with creating content for a new online course. You know that it is one thing to talk and read about mental health symptomology, but that it is an altogether different thing to see it live and in action. You’ve decided that to bring these conditions to life […]