Final Case Study Topic and Outline For your Final Case Study, due in Week Five, you will explore, in depth, one well-known criminal case. You may select your own case, or select from one of the following: Jeffery McDonald, Andrea Yates, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Aileen Wournos, John Wayne Gacy, Philip Markoff (the Craigslist killer), Scott Peterson, Anthony Sowell, or Dennis Rader (BTK strangler). For this assignment, […]

  Joe, a thirty-five-year-old, male mental health counselor, received a client referral, thirty-five-year-old Jill, from a community counseling clinic. He began providing counseling services to her. Jill’s complaint was that she was unsatisfied with her current job as a bank teller and was experiencing mild anxiety and depression. Joe had been providing services to Jill for three weeks when she disclosed that she was confused about […]

Judy is a 16-year-old Asian female. Until 9 months ago, she was reported to be friendly and sociable. Her mother even used the term “life of the party” to describe her daughter. Her parents are unable to identify any specific event in her life that may have happened, but they report that she has suddenly become sullen and withdrawn. Most days she is reported to […]

Application: Intergroup Cognition and Emotions Theories Two main theories detailing the complicated relationship between group identification and intergroup relations include the intergroup threat theory and the intergroup emotions theory. Each theory provides varying explanations as to when and why prejudiced behavior may occur. As you read about these theories, pay special attention to the role of emotion in each theory. For this Application Assignment, select […]

dentify and explain the four standards for the exercise of police powers that were created by Jacobson v. Massachusetts. Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least one scholarly source other than and including your textbook (minimum of two references) to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced in your answer and all […]

Methods Participants Participants will be Southern New Hampshire graduate students from PSY 510 and PSY 520. Participants will be both male and females and have varying ages potentially 22 years of age to 45 years of age. It is expected that there will be 7-10 participants. Participants will need to use a computer or smartphone in order to take the survey and the data will […]

Two topic of choice essay papers, each three- to four-pages in length not including cover and Reference paper will be completed during the course 8 weeks. You may select a topic focus from any of the 8 topics, listed below for reference, covered across the course 8 weeks for each of the two topic of choice papers.  Submitting work already completed for assignments (papers or forums) […]

This week’s study notes and your textbook emphasized the importance of understanding multiculturalism in effective interviewing.  We often take for granted our own assumptions, values, and ways of perceiving the world until we encounter people from another culture. Recall a time when you experienced “culture shock” by traveling to another part of the world or by interacting with someone from another culture and were surprised […]

The final project for this course is the creation of an evaluative, comprehensive literature review. You will select a psychological measure or test. Ideally, the test should be one you see yourself using in the future, that has been used to assess a diagnosis of interest, or that has been used in a population on which you plan to focus. You will evaluate the test […]

Group Two: This group will focus on memory and similar to group one, each member of the group should pick one type of memory impairment to discuss. Each student should pick a unique type. Describe the symptoms, the mechanisms in the brain that are involved, and most common etiologies. Your discussion should also include at least one original peer-reviewed research study involving the memory impairment […]