Leadership Power and Influence Lord Acton, a British historian of the late 19th century, said that “power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely,” suggesting that a person’s sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. Do you agree? Considering this idea, is it ethical for leaders to try to increase their power?  In your discussion, include two examples form real life, personal […]

The Trait Model of Personality Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 8 in your text as well as the article by Allemand, Steiger, and Hill (2013), and view the The Big Personality Test video. In addition to the required resources, go to the Ashford University Library and research a minimum of one scholarly source on the trait model of personality and one […]

Critical Analysis Paper (*University Assessment Artifact) (30 points): Students will select a topic within the field of psychology that relates to an aspect of his/her life, job, social context, etc. and write a 5-7 page paper describing and critically analyzing the topic and related features to demonstrate thinking from multiple perspectives. The paper should include information related to ethical and social responsibility within the field […]

APA writing STYLE & Formatting REQUIRED explanation of how gender might affect two of the following: friendship, attraction, entering a relationship, or relationship satisfaction. Then explain whether you agree or disagree with the research you selected regarding gender and relationships and why. Be specific and use the current literature to support your response. references Course Text: Fiske, S. T. (2014). Social beings: Core motives in […]

Cindy is a 34 year old single woman seeking counsel from you for her frustration and unhappiness in life. As you assess her story, you find out the following information: • She is a CPA and works at a local accounting firm. • She reports feeling very anxious most of the time and has felt that way for the past year. • She really doesn’t […]

In your post, consider how a potential media stronghold over children and adolescents could lead to depressive symptoms.  For example, think about the media and its obsession with thinness, and particularly how this impacts female adolescents and the young-adult population. What do you think the relation is between over-viewing of idealized and unrealistic media portrayals and depressive symptoms?  Explain how rapidly depressive symptoms can lead […]

Athena and Marcus have been dating for several months, and it is clear to both that they will soon be lovers. They are both excited and secretly a little worried about getting sexually involved. Marcus has only had one other serious girlfriend with whom he had intercourse, and she broke his heart. He is constantly worried about what Athena thinks and if she will cheat […]

Social psychology has yielded many controversial experiments. For your assignment this week, you are to research one of the following works: Asch (Line Experiment), Milgram (Teacher/Learner Experiment), or Zimbardo (Prison Experiment).In at least 500 words (submitted in APA format) Describe the experiment Describe the social construct that was being studied Describe the issues related to the research Describe the contributions this research had to the […]

Earlier this week in the discussion forum, you reviewed several  scenarios and discussed one or two studies that you would be interested in using for the Week Six Intervention Proposal. You should now make your final decision regarding which case study you would like use to create your Intervention Proposal and begin doing your research. As part of that research, this week you will be creating an […]

Respond in 1000 words with some scholarly references. Use citations, site your work and add references. Research reported by the American Psychological Association showed that 20 % of Americans are worried that stress will affect their health, yet 36 % say that they deal with stress by eating food or drinking alcohol.  While these behaviors may reduce stress in the short term, they contribute to […]