Ask three acquaintances (friends, family, co-workers) what they think of when they hear the word “psychologist”? What do they think psychologists do? What is(are) their answer source(s)? Ask them if they can name a famous psychologist. What opinions do they think the general public holds about people with mental illness? How do they see psychologists represented in the media? Make a mental note about whether […]

This is a major capstone project which takes time to complete.  You should select the battle you are going to use for it by the end of Week 4 of the course term and pace composing your slides across Weeks 5 through 8. In 20 PowerPoint slides, use images and narrative writing to present psychological impacts of a battle selected from the World War I […]

Children learn as they play and, while playing, they learn how to learn.  Take a moment to read the article “The Importance of Play – Activities for Children.”  Then, think about the childhood games that you played.  Share your favorite playtime activity with your classmates and explain why it was your favorite.  Describe what you learned from your play and how it enhanced your development […]

The growing body of research on the information processing theory continues to show its application across cognitive, social, and emotional domains. Shaffer and Kipp (2014) suggest that “information-processing approaches probably have more to say about reasons why children succeed and fail in school (and ways to remediate poor academic performance) than any other perspective. And information-processing perspectives are not limited to cognition in the classroom, […]

The history of any subject is of great importance in the process of analysis. Although psychology is a relatively ‘new’ science, it is rooted in ancient history. Discuss the connection between historical and modern psychology. Do you see a strong relationship? Support your response and use specific examples. You need to draw on scholarly online resources. They must be academic in nature and not from commercial websites, blogs, opinion publications, etc. […]

Criminology is inundated with a host of theories, each of which has the same goal: to identify and explain the reasons why some people develop into criminals. Although the goal of these theories is the same, the ways in which theories attempt to address this goal are quite different. Most criminological theories, for example, attempt to explain crime by attributing it to different factors. Some […]

This week, you will research and create an annotated bibliography of five peer-reviewed articles that were published within the last 10 years and relate to the article you selected in Week Two for your Article Review. The peer-reviewed articles you select should be researched in the Ashford University Library and represent a variety of viewpoints on the subject matter. They may support or refute the […]

Submit a draft of the legal and ethical considerations (Section II) for your final project, including all critical elements as listed in the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document. In this section, you will compare and contrast ethical concerns related to the treatment of each of the target populations. You will utilize information that you have researched and read for Milestone One. For this milestone, […]

The Other Mindful Practice: Centering Prayer & PsychotherapyP. Gregg BlantonPublished online: 6 July 2010 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010Abstract A review of the literature reveals that one particular form of mindful practice, mindfulness, has received the most research attention during the past decade. While all of this attention has been focused on mindfulness, the clinical usefulness of other mindful practices has been ignored. Built […]

This short paper assignment requires that you locate an individual not associated with this course to interview. The interview will take approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. The interview will be most effective in person, but if this is not possible the interview can take place over the phone, through email, or through any other appropriate means of technology. During the interview, you will present the […]