...Genre Analysis of an Academic Paper This academic paper is following the major of psychology, with a lot of appropriate information on the “halo effect” and experimental studies behind it. There is a pretty good depth of context and background information behind this paper, which helps the credibility and validity of the information provided. Written in the Journal of Psychology, researchers conduct a study primarily on college students to determine the effectiveness of the halo effect, and if it’s still pertinent or not. Stated in the article, the organization’s purpose is “primary to determine the magnitude of the physical attractiveness halo effect” (Lucker 1). Although I found no missions statement of the authors, I believe it’s pretty clear they work through the department of psychology to conduct and update new research for the social behaviorisms of persons, in this case colleges students. The readers and writers say a lot about this article as well. Authors include William G. Lucker, William E. Beane, and Robert L. Helmreich. From doing some of my own research, I found that all three have PH.Ds in psychology, and attended credited colleges. Luker, for example, was an attendee at the University of Texas in Austin. Lucker has also written many of his own books in the field of social psychology, strengthening his awareness for the field. This makes me trust this article and the research provided. From my conclusions, I feel that this paper is primarily written for other...
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...PSYCH 500 Week 2 Individual Field Research To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/PSYCH-500/PSYCH-500-Week-2-Individual-Field-Research Consider the following: Many products, diets, and services are marketed to parents as beneficial to infant or toddler development. In order to increase sales to parents and caretakers, some companies use marketing strategies that make exaggerated, unfounded, or unrealistic claims about the effects of their product(s) on child development. Select one claim that you suspect to be exaggerated or false (your research may in fact show the claim has validity). Describe in detail what the advertised product, diet, or service is supposed to do. Some examples are: • Educational videos as related to language development • Effects of classical music on cognitive development • Benefits of soy diet or organic food diet on physical and cognitive development • Service promising to teach your 18-month-old how to read • Any other claim made by a manufacturer or service provider, aimed at enhancing infant or toddler development Write a 1,400- to 1,650-word paper addressing the following: • What area or areas of development does the product, diet, or service claim to enhance? • Use the library to investigate the claim. What does the published literature say about the issue or concern that you are investigating? What does the research reveal about how to promote healthy development in this area or areas? What does this reveal about...
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...Mitchell April 7, 2012 Jaime Kulaga Abstract In the United States today, our kids are suffering from school violence. School violence in itself is such a broad area to be researched. The area I would like to propose in this paper is that of school-bullying. In all the areas of school-violence, bullying seems to be the most prevalent. Although school-bullying may not be the most dangerous form of school-violence, it is still a problem, and I aim to seek what causes this phenomenon. Introduced, within the body of my paper, is a series of research studies and techniques, in which I have proposed to use in order to arrive at a series of logical answers. I start out first with a good perspective, one that many people would ponder when thinking of this epidemic. I then move onto reliable research questions that would satisfy any researcher if he or she were to take this project head-on, as well as anyone interested in the phenomenon of bullying. Necessary sampling is arrived at later in the project to further get data for the study. In the final stages, I then analyze all pieces of data I have collected to be able to come to a satisfactory, conclusive derivative. Table of Contents * Stage One: Perspectives * Stage Two: Research Questions * Stage Three: Sampling Data * Stage Four: Data Analyzation * Closing Remarks * References Perspectives Bullying has been around since the creation of this world, and has evolved into so many shapes...
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...Article Review Sherry Grant PSY/425 December 23, 2012 Mrs. Barbara Nosal Article Review There are a number of resources available to the families that are affected by drug abuse within the family unit. Due to the very sensitive nature of dealing with drug addiction within the family there need to be options for parents, siblings, spouses, etc to guide them as they attempt to make sense of what is happening to their families. Not only does the drug abuser suffer because of their lifestyle choices but the family must deal with emotions such as: a sense of helplessness, lack of control, guilt, pity, sadness, and fear for their loved one. This paper will discuss the information received from just three online articles regarding options available to those suffering from the affects of drug abuse within the family. Article #1: Project Know. Understanding Addiction: Support Groups for Families of Addicts This article outlines the various options available to those dealing with drug addiction within the family unit. The article presents options such as Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, Gam-Anon, Co-Dependents Anonymous, and COSA. Each of these programs helps to provide a better understanding of addiction for family members and spouses of addicts. By allowing for meetings with others dealing with similar circumstances there is an increased support which is essential to the recovery process for both the family member and the addict. Often family members feel a sense of guilt falsely believing...
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...Diffey 1 Haley Diffey Psych 38 Proffesor Reynolds 24 April 2015 Second Writing Assignment Summary "Oklahoma! Where the Kids Learn Early," is about the title basicly, children in Oklahoma particularly starting off their learning early in a Pre-K program. The author, Nicholas D. Kristof, Discusses little research in the begginingf the article, giving me on research example about kids from welfare homes and kids from professional homes, and how the Professional children are introduced to 30 million more words by the age of 4. However, the title of the study or conductor was not enclose. The proposed solution, that is being used in Oklahoma research, is a free preschool program for 4-year olds and even some lessons for parents on how to read and speak to children more fregently. Oklahoma also provides additonal help to children under 4 in need. He talks a bit about Obamas propostion of a program like this and the critizsims republicans have of it, which are that it may be a fuzzy new social program, or a legacy for Obama. The article did explain the cause, early preschool, very well and I do see how it is lnked to development, because of the articles importance of nurture during the childs developement and our childrens learning developments relationship to later choices in life, such as crime, pregnancy, and dropping out. Discussions 1. The position of the article is pretty clear before I even got to the authors name. The Authors choice of words, " high-quality preschool"...
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...just a quick and easy fix, and have to be taken for the rest of the person’s life (The Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to outline what Schizophrenia and family focused therapy is, and analyze some of the research done that has proven family therapy to be a successful method in helping both the patient with Schizophrenia, and their loved ones who’s lives have been affected as well. Schizophrenia is a...
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...forever changed how current and future studies will be conducted. In the article “The Smartphone Psychology Manifesto”, Miller’s credibility and presentation of facts clearly portray a pro smartphone perspective to his audience. He argues that the smartphones are “powerful computers” (p. 223, para. 7) that will continue to develop for decades. One of Miller’s main points in this article conveys how smartphones can present real-world behavioral analysis that would “revolutionize all fields of psychology and other behavioral sciences” (p. 221, para. 1). In the article, Miller successfully uses his experience with psychology, facts pertaining to the advancement of smartphone technology, and persuasive appeals directed at his readers’ curiosity about this technology to convince them that smartphones are ultimately becoming the best research method for quickly collecting enormous amounts of precise real-world data during psychological research. Miller (2012) focuses on persuading his audience initially through his abstract, appealing to reason, or logos. He does so by stating that “although smartphones were not designed for psychological research, they can collect vast amounts of ecologically valid data, easily and quickly, from large global samples” (p. 221, abstract). The establishment of reasoning behind a psychologist view of smartphone technology initiates the pro smartphone perspective for psychological research to the audience. Miller (2012) creates additional appeals to logos...
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...Research Studies Questionnaire University of Phoenix PSYCH/610 Brandy Darling 4/20/2015 Part I What is the purpose of each of the sections in a typical research article? There are several parts to a research article including an abstract, which is used to briefly convey the information used throughout the article before reading through the whole thing. It gives a clear idea of what the article is about and what to look forward to before going any further into the research process. Next is the introduction, and that is used to point out what the focus is on and the main points of the article/paper. The introduction in “OCD and Cognitive Illusions” describes cognitive illusions thinking and how that may be contribute to understanding the origin of maintenance of obsessional thoughts. It covers the meaning of cognitive illusions and what they include, current studies pointing to cognitive biases/deficits in OCD, the nature of cognitive illusions and the relations to OCD thinking, and clinical implications/suggestions for further research. Other parts of a research article may include methods/methodology, results, discussion, conclusion and summary, and references/sources. Not all articles are the same, but generally this is how one would be set up. What are the steps to critically evaluate research articles and how does the scientific method help you do this? The first step to critically evaluating a research article is the research question. The research must be clear...
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...was to note that a large body of research documents the importance of parental engagement and social involvement. There is a large body of research that has been ignored in third world countries. There is a need for further research to examine parental engagement from a broader perspective. The Purpose of the Research The purpose of this study was to examine teacher’s perceptions and beliefs about parent engagement in children’s school activities in the primary schools in Nairobi, Kenya. The study also investigated teacher’s self-efficacy in terms of efficacy to influence decision making, efficacy to influence school resources, instruction self-efficacy, and disciplinary self-efficacy, and efficacy to enlist parental engagement, efficacy to enlist community involvement, and efficacy to create a positive school climate. Research Questions There were three research questions, 1) What are the perceptions and beliefs of Kenyan teachers about school and family partnership? 2) What are Kenyan teachers attitudes regarding their self-efficacy in the school environment? 3) Are the correlations between teacher’s perceptions and beliefs about school and family partnerships and their attitudes regarding self-efficacy? The research questions were measurable and achievable. Definitions of Terms There were five definitions of terms use in this study that were operationally defined. Review of Relevant Research based literature The review of research related literature was very adequate...
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...Honors and Awards………………………………………………………………. 4 8 9 10 12 Elements of Graduation with Distinction The Written Honors Thesis………………………………………………………. 14 The Research Poster……………………………………………………………... 16 The Oral Defense…………………………………………………………………. 18 Helpful Hints for Graduation with Distinction Designing a Plan for Writing: Creating a Timeline and Sticking to It………… How to be a Good Mentee……………………………………………………….. Tips for Navigating the Mentoring Relationship……………………………….. Words of Wisdom from Former GwD students………………………………… Appendix A: Forms Independent Study Form…………………………………………………………. Graduation with Distinction Application Form………………………………….. Evaluation of the Written Thesis………………………………………………… Evaluation of the Oral Thesis Presentation…………………………………….. 20 23 26 29 31 35 37 38 2 Graduation with Distinction Basics 3 General Information What is Graduation with Distinction (GwD)? The Graduation with Distinction Program (GwD) in Psychology & Neuroscience is intended for students interested in completing a significant research project during their undergraduate career. This project is more than an independent study. In fact, it’s like a mini-dissertation. You will complete a research project, write a thesis, and defend it in front of a committee in order to graduate with distinction. Why Pursue GwD? Pursuit of independent academic research under the guidance of a faculty mentor is an opportunity to forge a close working relationship with one or more professors in your field of intellectual...
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...in Psychological Research Paper Lillie Johnson Psych/540 March 3, 2013 Cindy Fouhy Use of Animals 2. Introduction Through the study of animals in different forms of research, psychologists have introduced to us a understanding that is better of human issues in which solving a problem have been easily found. Issues in human like aging, drug addition, side effects, and anxiety have been built through the use of animals. In psychological research, the rules of ethics is a important idea. The rules supply an outline in which researchers are obligated to supply information concerning the motive of the research, deception in research, the use of animals in studies of research, and human care. My paper will focus on the use of animals as an issue of classical ethics in a psychological research. It will explain the benefit ratio as well as the concept of risk in using animal for experiments and determine what influence does the use of animal in research has on a psychological...
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...Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper Gregory Finch PSY/360 Axia College/University of Phoenix Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper Because of a prominent contrast, behaviorism and cognitive psychology are often compared. Cognitive psychology focuses on determining understandable explanations of the human mental processes, whereas behaviorism does not address the concerns of mental processes. The main objective of cognitive psychology is to explain the human transformation of thoughts into manifistations by a cognitive process. As behaviorism was being questioned and at the end of popular opinion, cognitive psychology, with the assistance of the application of abstract concepts, neuroscience, and new technology sprung into existence. With a scientific approach of the psyche, cognitive psychology has allowed new applications in the treatment of human dysfunction and disease. It is the intension of this paper to discuss the importance of behavioral observation in cognitive psychology while identifying a minimum of four prominent milestones in the development of the discipline of cognitive psychology. Cognitive Psychology Defined According to Merriam-Webster, by definition, cognitive psychology is “a branch of psychology concerned with mental processes (as...
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...A Research on the Effectiveness of the Type of Handout in the Test Scores of Freshmen Students of Silliman University: Plain Handouts VS Fill-in-the-Blank Handouts Submitted to: Professor Lourdes Angela Piñero Submitted by: Caballero, Frances Nicole T. Dela Peña, Cheska May A. Pineda, Kristy Zaren E. Table of Contents Chapter I Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Review of Related Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theoretical Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Statement of Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Significance of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Scope and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Chapter II: Research Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Social Sciences | | |PSYCH/570 Version 2 | | |Organizational Psychology | | |Dr. Kathleen Hughes De Sousa | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is an in-depth look at organizational psychology and therefore covers the organizational side of the field, including the impact of the organizations on the individual and on groups of individuals. The dynamics and cultural characteristics of organizations are identified and described in-depth, and organizational development and change are given particular emphasis as well. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document...
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...Field Research – Baby Einstein and Mozart Effect Week Two Assignment PSYCH/600 – Developmental Psychology December 1, 2014 Introduction Learning through the use of music has been a crucial part of development in every society as far back as the Stone Age. Music, in all its forms, has been a staple in every culture, bringing communities together and connecting generation to generation. According to McBride, “The oral tradition of simple children's songs, folk songs, and lullabies is quickly being lost, replaced by commercially produced popular and rock music as more and more people rely on recorded music rather than singing or playing music for themselves and others” (2002). Baby Einstein videos claim to enhance infant’s knowledge, making them smarter, happier babies. This paper will delve into Baby Einstein’s claims, research rebuttals, and ethical impact as laid out by the American Psychological Association. Area of Development Baby Einstein videos are marketed by Disney Corporation with the slogan “Great minds start little” (babyeinstein.com, 2014). Marketing makes claims that Baby Einstein videos are made to enhance multiple areas such as music, art, language, nature and shapes/numbers. The videos develop the infant’s music skills by enhancing the infant’s rhythm, pitch, and harmony, icon; art through bright, real life picture that have true association. Language is developed through “words, written or spoken, are presented in three languages...
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