Category: Psychology

Analyzing your learning is a crucial component of being active. Short reaction papers that use the material you are reading and discussions in class are a great way to accomplish that. You can integrate the readings with (a) class discussions, (b) something you read in the news, (c) something you are learning in another course, or (d) something that actually happened to you in the reaction papers. Each paper should have at least 3 journal sources. An empirical study can be created to test a hypothesis. You may look up Alabama laws and report on what you find. You can present two arguments on different sides of an issue. Critical thinking must be clearly through your presentation of the dilemma and your argument. Each reaction paper should be between 750-1000 words, double-spaced, and typed in a 12-point Times New Roman font using APA formatting. Choose one of the topics below: A. Ethical Considerations in Psychological Research: Discuss the importance of ethical guidelines in conducting psychological research, highlighting cases where unethical practices have led to negative consequences. Explore the balance between the benefits of research and the potential harm to participants. B. Professional Competence and Continuous Learning: Explore the ethical obligation of psychologists to maintain and enhance their professional competence through ongoing education and training. Discuss the potential consequences of inadequate training on client well-being. Grading Guide Content: Topic Background (10 points): __________ Topic background and connection to course content (lecture notes, text) are covered thoroughly, clearly, and accurately 3 peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to reaction paper used Content: Opinions & points of view (10 points): __________ At least three key points addressed thoroughly, clearly, and accurately Content: New info learned (10 points): __________ At least three new pieces of information were described Personal opinion/reactions to journal articles or the question, along with reasons for your opinion Writing (10 points): __________ Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are correct Logical progression of sentence structure and paragraph structure Format (10 points): __________ APA Formatting & Style (Paper is typed, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, etc.) Paper is at least 2 pages (excluding title, name, etc.) Total (50 points): __________

Learning Objectives: * illustrate a thorough understanding of the information about and experiences of a non-dominant or minority group in Canada; * determine which culturally competent counselling practices to bring into counselling work with clients; and * analyze how their own personal factors may influence their counselling work with these clients. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to assist students in exploring and understanding information about a non-dominant or minority group in Canada and how they may bring this knowledge to their counselling work clients who may be in this group. * Instructions 1. Write a paper about counselling a specific cultural group that is clearly identified in the literature as a cultural group and that is in Canada. Your paper needs to be eight (8) double-spaced pages long (or 2000 words, +/- 100 words), excluding the cover page and the reference list. Do not exceed the upper word limit for the paper. The minimum requirement for recent (last 7 years, 20182025), peer-reviewed sources is eight (8), in addition to any peer-reviewed required course readings that you may cite. There is no upper limit for the number of recent, peer-reviewed sources although about 16 is recommended. Remember that the course textbooks, other textbooks, and books, are not peer-reviewed sources. If you cite from course texts, edited books, or books, make sure that you correctly cite the original source and not the editor(s) of the book. Avoid citing original sources from secondary sources unless the source is not in the YU library or is unavailable online and the information is either foundational or critical to a particular point in your paper. Remember that you must include a live hyperlink for all DOIs and URLs for each reference entry that must go to the correct source. 2. Title the report “Counselling X,” where X is the specific cultural group being reported on and focus on cultural groups in Canada. You must include Canada or Canadian in the title. Examples of appropriate titles are * Counselling Turkish-Canadian Clients, * Counselling Greek-Canadian Clients, * Counselling Eastern-European Canadian Clients * Counselling Indigenous Youth in Canada 3. Papers on counselling a specific Indigenous group of bands (such as the Inuit, prairie dwellers, youth, women, urban dwellers, adolescents living on reserves, etc.) are encouraged, as are reports on an Indo-Canadian or Chinese-Canadian subculture, such as children, adolescents, or women. Make sure to clearly define the group and delineate the age range for groups such as youth, children, or adolescents. 4. Reports on other specific groups or subcultures are also welcome. Examples include * Counselling Muslim Immigrant Clients in Canada, * Counselling Syrian Refugees in Canada, * Counselling Bicultural Adolescents in Canada, * Counselling Interethnic Couples in Canada, and * Counselling Deaf Clients in Canada. 5. Do not write on a topic that is too general such as Counselling Asian, Latino, African, European, Indigenous, Refugee, or Immigrant Clients in Canada. 6. Include a brief introduction (support your thesis statement) as well as a brief conclusion with a maximum of about 100 words for each. Do not include an abstract. Complete these four sections. A. Socio-cultural and demographic background (20%) In this section, include descriptive information about the specific cultural group that you have researched, such as demographics, history, social and cultural customs, traditions, belief systems and values, as well as epidemiological data on the prevalence of certain conditions, if such data exist. Make sure to be as specific as possible in your description. For example, if you write about youth in a particular group, make sure to define what age range you mean and what researchers have noted. The minimum requirement for this section is two (2) recent (last seven (7) years, 20182025), peer-reviewed sources. Exceeding the minimum will help illustrate wider reading and ability to integrate multiple sources and increase the strength of themes and main points. Remember that the course texts are not peer-reviewed although you may find many of the original peer-reviewed sources cited in the course texts in the library. Write about 450 words for this section. B. Counselling strategies (30%) In this section, include information about how you would conceptualize a presenting concern or concerns brought into counselling by someone in the cultural group. For illustrative purposes, you may develop a hypothetical client. The focus in this section is on considerations of therapeutic alliance and experiences that a client in this group may have had such as intergenerational trauma, personal trauma such as adverse childhood experiences, or experiences that may have contributed to them becoming migrants who are now refugees or immigrants in Canada, experiences of oppression and/or marginalization or anything that you believe may have contributed to them seeking counselling. You may make references to the theoretical material covered in the course, such as influences of individualism and collectivism, models of cultural identity formation, acculturation, or any other topic area that you think is relevant to the cultural group. The minimum requirement for this section is three (3) recent (last seven (7) years, 20182025), peer-reviewed sources. Exceeding the minimum will help illustrate wider reading and ability to integrate multiple sources and increase the strength of themes and main points. Remember that the course texts are not peer-reviewed although you may find many of the original peer-reviewed sources cited in the course texts in the library. Look for sources that are about the particular cultural group in Canada. If you cite sources that are about the cultural group in other countries than Canada, explain how you think the information fits the cultural group in Canada. Remember to include your voice in what you are writing and note what you think about the research that you have read about the cultural group. Write about 700 words for this section. C. Counselling interventions (20%) In this section, address specific practical techniques that you believe would be appropriate and effective in working with clients in the cultural group. The minimum requirement for this section is two (2) recent (last seven (7) years, 20182025), peer-reviewed sources. Exceeding the minimum will help illustrate wider reading and ability to integrate multiple sources and increase the strength of themes and main points. Remember that the course texts are not peer-reviewed although you may find many of the original peer-reviewed sources cited in the course texts in the library. Describe which interventions you may already utilize or would most likely utilize when you work with clients in the cultural group and why you think that they would be effective. Write about 450 words for this section D. Directions for future research (10%) In this section, identify existing gaps in the current research on and knowledge of diversity and cross-cultural counselling theory and practice related to the cultural group and/or areas of research that need to be expanded or improved and provide an agenda for future research. Make sure to describe what area or areas that you think are most important for researchers to focus on and how this may be useful to counselling work with clients from the cultural group. The minimum requirement for this section is one (1) recent (last seven (7) years, 20182025), peer-reviewed source. Exceeding the minimum will help illustrate wider reading and ability to integrate multiple sources and increase the strength of themes and main points. Remember that the course texts are not peer-reviewed although you may find many of the original peer-reviewed sources cited in the course texts in the library. Write about 200 words for this section. The minimum requirement for recent (last 7 years, 20182025), peer-reviewed sources is eight (8), in addition to any peer-reviewed required course readings that you may cite. Although there is no upper limit for the number of recent, peer-reviewed sources, the recommended maximum is about 16. Students who plan to counsel/practice in a country other than Canada after graduation are welcome to contact the instructor for help to identify a relevant topic. If you are unsure that the cultural group in Canada that you want to discuss meets the criteria, discuss it with your instructor so that they can approve your choice. Structure * Required components: Title page and reference page(s) * Length of Assignment: The text body of paper (i.e., not including references and title page; do NOT include an abstract) should consist of approximately 2000 (+/- 100) words, (Times New Roman font size: 12) * Format: Please, format your assignment in Word (files with extension .doc or .docx) * References: A minimum total of eight (8) recent (last 7 years, currently 2018-2025), peer-reviewed sources and no maximum with a recommended upper limit of 16 recent, peer-reviewed sources. Resources Any sources used to support your Written Narrative should, of course, be cited using the correct APA format. Although it can be a useful starting place to gather very general information, to later verify it with more substantial sources, no Wikipedia references will be accepted as scholarly citations. Here’s just one reason why:

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Niles, S. G., Goodman, J., & Pope, M. (2001). The career counseling casebook: A resource for students, practitioners, and counselor educators (pp. 231235). Broken Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association.

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Respond to at least two of your colleagues posts and continue the Discussion through Day 7 by providing an example or personal experience that illustrates one of the points made by your colleague. Refer back to the Purpose, Audience, and Evidence media program to review the personal experience illustration to guide you. Further explain to your colleague this example from a personal experience perspective. first colleague post For this discussion, I choose to review the article Valsiner, J. (2019). Culture & psychology: 25 constructive yearsLinks to an external site.. Culture & Psychology, 25(4), 429469. Links to an external site. All writing serves a purpose, most commonly to inform, persuade, or entertain. Within scholarly articles, the purpose most often is to inform, and at times, persuade the reader that the author’s conclusion is correct. The purpose of the article I chose was to inform the reader of topics covered by the journal Culture & Psychology. The audience informs the style of writing and how you present your information. Scholarly articles are written for other scholars and individuals in the field with similar backgrounds. In this situation, the audience is readers and writers of the journal. The presence of bias is important in informing the reader of the lense the article is written. Most scholarly articles will state if there is any bias for the reader to be aware of. “The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.” (Valsiner 2019) was the declared bias for my target article. Readers assume that the quality of evidence of scholarly writing is present and documented. The quality of evidence lends to the credibly of your claim, and without it your writing is meaningless. Most of the evidence in the article was from the journal itself, with very few outside sources. These concepts are important to writing and communication in the field of psychology. Having a clear sense of purpose and audience guides your writing style. Writings without these can lose focus and can be hard to read as they attempt to cater to different audiences. In today’s news climate, the ability to read an article for evidence and bias is crucial in using critical thinking and making informed decisions. While more informal writing can have lower quality and may have more bias, it is an expectation in the world of academia to write without bias, to a scholarly audience, with high-quality evidence. 2 discussion post Good Evening! The articles I selected collected research on the effectiveness of two models of applied behavior analysis (ABA) used with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the article is clearly defined as comparing two outcomes between two ABA service delivery models in a real world setting such as a community based setting. Establishing a clear purpose is important in scholarly writing because it helps to guide the reader’s with understanding of what research aims to accomplish and why the findings matter to the field of psychology. The intended audience for this article includes behavior analysts, student analyst, researchers, and other professional working with children on the spectrum. The authors use professional terminology and assume the reader has foundational knowledge of ABA principles. Understanding the audience is important because it influences how information is presented including the level of details, the tone, and language. In Psychology, writing for the right audience ensures the research is communicated effectively and care be useful as those may apply the results to their current practices. The authors address bias by using objective measurements tools and data based comparisons rather than personal opinions. Although no research can be completely free from any bias, the use of standardized assessments and clear variables help strengthen the objectivity of the findings. The quality of evidence in the article is strong because it is based on empirical data collected in real world settings. Measurable outcomes like skill aquisition and behavior reduction allow for consistent comparisons between the two ABA models, enabling readers to evaluate effectiveness based on data rather than assumptions. Together, purpose, audience, bias, and evidence support ethical communication and evidence based practices.

Write according to the requirements and earn a high score.

Write according to the requirements and earn a high score.

Once you have implemented your organizational and leadership development plans, you need to apply strategies for improving employee relations as well as performance. This means your leadership team should be ready to address any type of issue that arises with employees, including the relationship between productive and counterproductive behaviors. The development of a final piece to your organizational culture puzzle is the development and implementation of an employee relations plan to address such issues before they become a problem within an organizations culture.

Imagine ACME Industries has a final assignment for you after the success of your previous projects. With an organizational and leadership development plan now both in place, the CEO asks you to analyze the relationship between productive and counterproductive behaviors in the company and assess the benefits of implementing an employee relations plan.

Research employee relations plans.

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word employee relations analysis, assessment, and plan.

Include the following in your analysis, assessment, and plan:

• From your point of view, identify the top 5 productive and top 5 counterproductive behaviors in an organization.
• Analyze the relationship between your identified behaviors.
• Identify potential issues that might arise from these behaviors.
• Explain what an employee relations plan for ACME will look like, addressing all elements such a plan might include.
• Assess the impact that implementing an employee relations plan would have on ACMEs overall culture.
• Recommend strategies to implement an employee relations plan at ACME Industries.
• How will these strategies eliminate a toxic work environment?
• How will these strategies ensure a fair and equitable place to work for all employees at ACME?

Developmental theory is one of the most dominate theories of criminality to date. Critical Criminology is made of newer and evolving theories. For this reason, it is important for future forensic psychologists to understand these concepts. For this assignment, find one criminal case (from a scholarly article, not a news source) that fits with developmental theory and one case that fits with critical criminology to compare and contrast. Using three to five scholarly sources to support your ideas, write a 500-750-word essay that addresses the following prompts: 1.Explain why the case you selected is an example of either developmental theory and critical criminology. Differentiate between the principles of developmental theory and critical criminology. 2.Explain how principal theorists from the two theories would view the cases you chose. Explain how significant studies from those theorists relate to the cases chosen.