After reading Chapter 11 and 12 in your course text and the article “Considering the Definition of Addiction (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”  which covers the biological basis of emotion, addiction (substance  abuse disorder), and disordered behavior, analyze the high rate of  smoking in those diagnosed with schizophrenia compared to the general  population.  Why are smoking cessation interventions less successful in  these […]

Rough Draft of Final Paper In this course, you have looked at classical ethical theories of utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics. You have also examined different perspectives on ethical issues introduced by relativism, ethical egoism, and emotivism. For this paper, you will apply these theories and perspectives to a current issue, selected from the list of issues below. Choose one of the ethical issues from […]

 Prepare a 3-4 page Position Paper on a specific topic of interest that is related to the course content, but was not covered in this course. Provide examples where appropriate and express opinions with research to substantiate. You are encouraged to utilize California Southern University’s Online Library and/or the Internet.In completing the Extra Credit Assignment, your responses must be comprehensive in using terminology and/or concepts presented […]

Social Psychology: Bringing It All Together According to Feenstra (2013): “Social psychologists investigate how people view themselves and others, how they interact with and influence others, and how people act when part of a group. Given the amount of time spent thinking about and interacting with other  people, it follows that much of our lives are spent with the subject matter of social psychology.”(p.xix) This […]

III. Levels of Prevention: In this section, you will describe the prevention strategies used by the epidemiologists in the research study. You will identify a strategy for each level of prevention and differentiate between the strategies. A. Describe a primary prevention strategy represented in the research study, and explain how it addresses key factors impacting the health issue of the specific population.  B. Describe a […]

UDL/CAST Instructional Plan Analysis This assignment provides the opportunity for you to apply the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) in the design of instruction and assessment. Recall that UDL provides access to the curriculum for students with a wide variety of abilities and background. Therefore, UDL aligns with inclusionary practices found in today’s schools. Furthermore, assistive technology supports the UDL framework to provide […]

Scenario: Sally is a 3rd grade student with an identified specific learning disability in the academic areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning. Sally requires a resource level of support whereby she spends the majority of her school day within her general education 3rd grade classroom. Sally spends at least 20% of her school day receiving specialized instruction in the areas of reading comprehension and […]

Hi Ashley i got a new assignment can you do it?   Sara is a 25-year-old college graduate from a moderate SES family. Even though Sara was an active athlete in high school, she could never shed the extra pounds that clung to her upper body. She was an above average student in high school and college and she was always surrounded by friends, but had […]

The Moore-Thomas, Day-Vines article explores cultural competence as it relates to effective collaboration and interactions as well as an understanding of the political structures and socio-cultural realities of African American students, families, and their communities. Describe the specific models, strategies, and recommendations for educators to work effectively with students with diverse social differences (i.e. economic, ethnic, cultural, family, geographic region, ect). What steps can you […]

Your first Assignment for History of Psychology will assess your understanding of the material you have learned in the first four units. You will be required to consider how philosophy (Chapter 2) and physiology (Chapter 3) have influenced early psychological thought (Chapters 4–7) . You will pick 1 philosopher (from Chapter 2 of your text book) and one physiologist (from Chapter 3 of your text […]