Category: Psychology

Systemic Literature Review Characteristics and Steps

It is important to understand the characteristics of a systematic literature review (SLR) as well as how to follow specific steps to completion. For this discussion, you will describe, in your own words, the characteristics of an SLR as well as explain the steps it takes to complete one. There are two parts to this discussion. For the first part of this discussion, you will create a numbered list and describe, in your own words, six to eight main characteristics of an SLR. For the second part of your discussion, you will need to create an infographic or graphic organizer that clearly illustrates the eight steps of an SLR, as outlined by Xiao and Watson (2019) and Okoli (2015). Your infographic or graphic organizer should clearly illustrate the eight steps of an SLR and how those steps are related to each other. Either place the graphic organizer into the discussion below your numbered list, include the link to the visual, or attach it as a file.

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In your initial discussion forum post,

• Create a numbered list which describes, in your own words, the six to eight main characteristics of a systematic literature review.
• Create a graphic organizer that illustrates the eight steps of an SLR as outlined by Xiao and Watson (2019) and Okoli (2015). Include or attach your graphic organizer to your initial post.

For this week’s discussion assignment, respond to the following: Describe and contrast the nature of panic attacks when present in a diagnosis of Panic Disorder versus a diagnosis of Social Phobia. Discuss one pharmacological and one psychological treatment for symptoms of panic attacks.

Remember that all posts are graded for substance and thoughtful consideration of the discussion topic. Your post must also end with a “Question to the Class” – something related to the topic that you found thought-provoking and about which you’d like to know more and have further dialog. Before submission, please review the Discussion Guidelines and grading Rubric to ensure you have fully met the assignment’s expectations.

Substance abuse and addiction are difficult conditions to treat successfully. For example, the 12-month relapse rate among alcoholics is more than 60% and nearly 75% for smokers and heroin users. One possible reason for treatment failure is how addictive substances affect the brain. Most addictive drugs appear to tap into the brain’s reward circuit so that any behavior (taking a drug) preceding the psychological experience of reward is strongly reinforced. If addiction is a product of brain activity, it is logical that the treatment also must involve some change in brain activity. There are several forms of biologically-based drug treatments, including agonist drugs that mimic some of the addictive drugs’ effects (e.g. methadone for heroin addiction) and other substances that alter activity in the reward system (such as Baclofen).

Watch this TEDMED Talk by Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, on .

Then answer the questions below.

• Describe the neurobiology of substance abuse and addiction.
• Provide an analysis of the extent to which addiction to psychoactive drugs is biological versus psychological.
• Support or refute the practice of using drug therapies for treating addiction. Be sure you are including current supportive research in your reply.
• Include in your argument above a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of relying on drug therapy to treat addiction.

Use the APUS Online Library, Google Scholar, or any free academic or research database to research information on a drug for treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder. If you cannot find material on the drug you select in the Library, you may use other credible online sources. Any additional sources used must be websites with scientifically grounded information.

**Remember, formal citation of information in the discussions is optional. However, you are encouraged to use APA formatting as it is good practice. At a minimum, you must at least acknowledge sources you used to support your answer. Avoid using pharmaceutical sites as your only source of information; while they may look scientific, they are maintained by companies selling medications. Also avoid sources like WebMD, Wikipedia, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Verywell Mind, Psychology Today, Simply Psychology, Parent’s Day, news articles, op-eds, blogs, and encyclopedias as they are not scholarly sources. When in doubt, ask your professor if it is an acceptable source. In scholarly sources, the research and information are either reviewed by an editorial team (such as for the Harvard Business Review) or a group of scholar peers (such as in peer-reviewed journals ). The sources you use must be within five years or newer.

Based on your previous work in this course, reflections, and feedback from your Chair, use the template provided in the Course Resources to develop a research prospectus that will serve as the core of your future dissertation research.

Instructions

For your final assignment, you will apply everything you have learned in this course and develop a research prospectus. It must include the following:

• Create a new Introduction to provide background and context for the study (2-4 pages)
• Problem Statement (approximately 350 words; 10-15 required sources)
• Purpose (approximately 1 page)
• 2-3 Research Questions. Include null and alternative hypotheses for quantitative RQs
• Theoretical Framework (1-2 pages)
• Significance of the study (approx 1 page)
• Research method and research design justification to include discussion of how your proposed sampling/recruitment, data collection strategy, and analysis process will maintain rigor (1-2 pages)
• Reflect on ethical and feasibility issues associated with the proposed study (approx 1 page)
• Summary (approx 1 page)

Expectations

Length: This assignment must be 8-13 pages (excluding the title and reference page). All claims and justifications throughout should be supported by recent or seminal scholarly sources.

References: Include a minimum of 15 scholarly resources.

Part 1: Based on your work and feedback received from your Lesson 5 assignment, please identify one theory (or potentially a combination of theories) which will serve as the foundation of your study.

• Identify the guiding framework. Present the key concepts, briefly explain how they are related, and present the propositions relevant to this study.
• Explain how the framework guided the research decisions, including the development of the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions.
• If more than one framework is guiding the study, integrate them, rather than describing them independently. Do not select a separate framework for each variable/construct under examination.

Part 2: Write a significance of the study section based on your most recent Problem Statement revision, addressing each instruction in approximately 1 page:

• Describe why the study is important and how it can contribute to the field of study.
• Explain how the results advance the guiding theoretical framework and contribute to the literature.
• Describe the benefits of addressing the study problem, achieving the study purpose, and answering the research questions. Whereas the problem statement should articulate the negative consequences of not conducting the study, this section should highlight the positive consequences of completing the study.

Expectations

Length: Part 1 of this assignment must be 2-3 pages (excluding the title and reference page); Part 2 must be 1-2 pages.

References: Include 5 scholarly resources.

Part 1: Revise Problem/Purpose/RQs based on feedback and reflections.

Part 2: Reflection on appropriateness/justification for method and design (cite scholarly sources). Discuss how your proposed data collection plan supports reliability and validity (quantitative studies) or trustworthiness (qualitative studies).

• Provide a brief discussion of the methodology and design to include a description of the data collection procedure and analysis. Do not include specific details regarding why the methodology and design were selected over others. More detailed information will be included in Chapter 3.
• Cite the seminal works related to the selected methodology and design.
• Indicate why the selected research methodology and design are the best choices for the study by explaining how they align with the problem and purpose statements as well as the research questions. Do not simply list and describe various research methodologies and designs.
• Devote approximately one to two pages to this section.

Expectations

Length: Part 1 of this assignment must be 2-3 pages (excluding the title and reference page); Part 2 must be 2-3 page reflection.

References: Include 13 scholarly resources.

Culture influences the way we think, feel, and behave. Understanding our own cultural identity and how it has influenced us helps us to better understand differences in others. To do this, we can look at our primary and secondary cultural diversity characteristics. Primary characteristics are usually the most visible to others, while secondary characteristics are usually defined by life experiences. Secondary characteristics may contribute to our implicit biases. In this assessment, you examine the characteristics that contribute to your cultural identity and reflect on how they have impacted your life experiences.

Reflect on the primary and secondary characteristics that make up your own cultural identity. Possible diversity characteristics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Primary:
Race
Age
Gender
Sexual orientation
Ethnic heritage
Mental and physical abilities
Secondary:
Religion
Education
Family
Language
Work experience
Economic class/income
Geographic location
Political beliefs

Select 8 diversity characteristics (primary or secondary) that have influenced your cultural identity.

Create a 1- to 2-page graphic organizer (e.g., circle map, chart, diagram) that lists and differentiates the 8 characteristics you selected that have influenced your cultural identity. Address the following in your graphic organizer:

Describe any good or bad rules, norms, beliefs, or values that you have learned as a result of each characteristic.
Describe multicultural challenges or opportunities you have faced or encountered in an educational, employment, or business environment.
Explain how cultural globalization and your life experiences have influenced those challenges and opportunities.

1. Graphic Organizer: List and differentiate 8 characteristics (primary or secondary) that have influenced your cultural identity.
20% of total grade

2. Graphic Organizer: Describe any good or bad rules, norms, beliefs, or values that you have learned as a result of each characteristic.
25% of total grade

3. Graphic Organizer: Describe multicultural challenges or opportunities you have faced or encountered in an educational, employment, or business environment.
25% of total grade

4. Graphic Organizer: Explain how cultural globalization and your life experiences have influenced those challenges and opportunities.
25% of total grade

5. Grammar and Writing Mechanics
5% of total grade

The last several weeks youve helped me with my templates leading up to this paper. you can now combine everything to be able to complete this research paper. I will provide the initial assignment requirements along with the completed templates.

Exercise 5.4 Interest Inventory

In this exercise, you will get to take a shortened version of the AamodtVocational Interest Survey (AVIS).

The AVIS is used for adult employees who are thinking about changing careers.

Directions

For each of the activities on the next two pages, rate the extent to which you might enjoy performing the

activity often or for long periods of time. On the AVIS answer sheet, rate each statement using the following scale:

1 I would absolutely hate doing this activity

2 I would dislike doing this activity

3 I would neither dislike nor like doing this activity (I’m neutral)

4 I would enjoy doing this activity

5 I would very much enjoy doing this activity

Questions

1. Filing patients’ charts in alphabetical order

2. Calming an angry customer

3. Testing blood samples for the presence of disease

4. Appraising the value of real estate

5. Calling people to determine their interest in a product

6. Raising livestock

7. Driving a bus

8. Overhauling an engine

9. Arresting a drug dealer

10. Caring for patients in a hospital

11. Evaluating the performance of an employee

12. Baking bread at a deli

13. Creating an advertising campaign

14. Entering information into a computer

15. Helping customers make travel arrangements

16. Taking x-rays of an injured foot

17. Predicting the success of stocks and bonds

18. Selling automobiles at a car lot

19. Planting vegetables

20. Picking up passengers in a cab

21. Repairing a broken VCR

22. Giving first aid and CPR in an emergency situation

23. Teaching young people a topic in your favorite area

24. Making tough decisions

25. Sewing clothing

26. Writing a computer program

27. Typing letters and reports

28. Answering questions about products or services

29. Cleaning teeth

30. Appraising the value of a damaged car

31. Asking people to donate money to charity

32. Baling hay

33. Delivering packages to stores

34. Fixing leaks in household plumbing

35. Driving an ambulance through the streets at a high speed

36. Helping people with marital problems

37. Setting production goals

38. Cleaning hotel rooms

39. Designing a floral arrangement

40. Sorting mail

41. Ringing up merchandise on a cash register

42. Testing urine samples for the presence of drugs

43. Determining ways to reduce a client’s taxes

44. Calling people to determine their interest in selling their home

45. Plowing a field

46. Driving through heavy traffic

47. Building a house

48. Explaining crime prevention techniques to citizens

49. Working with a physically disabled person

50. Organizing daily work activities

51. Cooking meals at a nice restaurant

52. Playing a musical instrument

53. Scheduling appointments for a business executive

54. Solving customers’ problems

55. Filling prescriptions at a pharmacy

56. Forecasting the economy

57. Selling products at a department store

58. Spreading fertilizer over a field

59. Parking cars in a parking garage

60. Assembling electronic components

61. Writing a ticket for a speeding motorist

62. Taking care of young children

63. Setting up employee work schedules

64. Shortening the length of a skirt

65. Coming up with ideas for a new product

AVIS Answer Sheet

(1) absolutely hate (2) dislike (3) neutral (4) enjoy (5) very much enjoy

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Row Total

1. _____ 14. _____ 27. _____ 40. _____ 53. __________

C

2. _____ 15. _____ 28. _____ 41. _____ 54. _____ _____

CS

3. _____ 16. _____ 29. _____ 42. _____ 55. _____ _____

Sc

4. _____ 17. _____ 30. _____ 43. _____ 56. _____ _____

A

5. _____ 18. _____ 31. _____ 44. _____ 57. _____ _____

Sa

6. _____ 19. _____ 32. _____ 45. _____ 58. _____ _____

Ag

7. _____ 20. _____ 33. _____ 46. _____ 59. _____ _____

Tran

8. _____ 21. _____ 34. _____ 47. _____ 60. _____ _____

Trd

9. _____ 22. _____ 35. _____ 48. _____ 61. _____ _____

P

10. _____ 23. _____ 36. _____ 49. _____ 62. _____ _____

HC

11. _____ 24. _____ 37. _____ 50. _____ 63. _____ _____

LM

12. _____ 25. _____ 38. _____ 51. _____ 64. _____ _____

CE

13. _____ 26. _____ 39. _____ 52. _____ 65. _____ _____

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AVIS Profile Sheet

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Interest Area Low Interest High Interest

Clerical

5

6

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21

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Customer Service

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

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17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Science

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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13

14

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18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Analysis

5

6

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9

10

11

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13

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21

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25

Sales

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

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17

18

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20

21

22

23

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25

Agriculture

5

6

7

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9

10

11

12

13

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21

22

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25

Transportation

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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18

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20

21

22

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25

Trades

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Protective

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

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17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Helping/Caring

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Leadership/Mgmt

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

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17

18

19

20

21

22

23

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25

Consumer Economics

5

6

7

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18

19

20

21

22

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25

Creative

5

6

7

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10

11

12

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25

Career Areas

Clerical

Health Care medical insurance clerk, medical records clerk, medical secretary, medical

transcriptionist, admissions clerk

Banking credit clerk, mortgage clerk, loan interviewer, teller

Hospitality hotel clerk, ticket agent, reservation clerk

Legal court reporter, legal secretary, paralegal

Office administrative assistant, clerk, mail clerk, payroll clerk, secretary

Manufacturing stock clerk, shipping and receiving clerk

Transportation toll collector, dispatcher

Customer Service

Health Care dental assistant, collections, hospital insurance representative

Banking teller, loan officer, collections, customer service representative

Hospitality server, caterer, bartender, dietician, dietician’s assistant

Office operator, switchboard, receptionist, personnel assistant

Cosmetology hair stylist, manicurist, barber

Retail cashier, sales representative, customer service representative

Travel travel agent, flight attendant

Science

Dental dental technician, dental hygienist

Medical medical technologist, radiographer, sonographer

Optical optician, optical lab technician, lens grinder

Pharmacy pharmacist, pharmacy assistant

Science lab technician

Veterinary veterinarian, veterinary assistant

Analysis

Accounting accountant, bookkeeper, financial analyst, economist

Insurance insurance appraiser, claims adjuster, underwriter

Investments financial planner, stock broker

Law lawyer, paralegal

Real estate real estate appraiser

Sales

Aggressive insurance, fundraiser, manufacturer’s representative

Real Estate real estate agent, real estate broker

Retail sales representative, demonstrator

Telemarketing telemarketer

Agriculture

Farming

Ranching

Transportation

Public bus driver, cab driver, chauffeur, car lot attendant

Delivery delivery truck driver

Long Haul truck driver, escort driver

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Trades

Construction painter, mason, asphalt paver, heavy equipment operator, carpet layer

Electrical electrician, electronic repairer, appliance repairer, cable installer, office machine repairer,

vending machine repairer

Mechanical automotive mechanic, truck mechanic, maintenance mechanic, aircraft mechanic, boat

mechanic

Metal welder, sheet metal worker

Physical Labor logger, miner, jackhammer operator

Plumbing plumber

Production assembler, solderer, machinist, foundry worker

Wood cabinetmaker, carpenter, woodworker, furniture assembler

Other locksmith

Protective

Dispatch police dispatcher, 911operator

Emergency EMT, paramedic

Fire Science firefighter

Outdoor lifeguard, park ranger, fish and game warden

Police Science police officer, security guard

Helping/Caring

Day Care babysitter, child care, home companion

Health Care nurse, nurse’s aide, physician’s assistant

Banking/Finance loan counselor, financial counselor

Education teacher, teacher’s aide, special education teacher

Law parole officer

Outdoor camp counselor

Social Services social worker, psychologist, counselor

Management

Education principal

Hospitality hotel manager, restaurant manager

Office office manager, personnel director

Production supervisor

Retail store manager, assistant manager

Consumer Economics

Cooking baker, caterer, cook, chef, dietitian, nutritionist

Housekeeping janitor, maid

Textiles tailor, sewing machine operator, weaver, dry cleaner

Creative

Art painter, sculptor

Business advertising, marketing

Computers computer programmer, graphic artist

Fashion fashion design, fashion buyer

Floral floral design

Oral actor/actress, trainer, teacher, disc jockey, broadcaster

Outdoor landscaper

Photography photographer

Retail jeweler

Writing writer, poet, technical writer, reporter

What do you think of your results? Were they what you expected? Does this change anything for you?

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When do you think an I/O Psychologist would use an inventory like this?

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