Positive psychology has experienced significant transformations despite its foundation in humanist psychology. Martin Seligman championed positive psychology because he was dissatisfied with the state of psychology at the time. Seligman was worried that existing areas of psychology concentrated excessively on negativity and life-depleting factors, rather than those that promote growth. At the close of the … Read more
Assignment: Invisible Disabilities Case Analysis Consider how others react toward a person with a visible disability. Do they stare? Do they move away? Do they invade the person’s space and ask inappropriate questions? Now consider someone with hidden, or invisible, disabilities, those that are not immediately apparent. In the public’s consciousness, disabilities are largely defined … Read more
This week’s topic is on Leadership and Influence Processes. A major area of focus within the leadership research is bias, particularly with regard to gender. You may review the lecture slides to get some background on the major theories in this area and also check out this Ted talk (Links to an external site.) for some … Read more
Various Psychological Tests In this week’s assignment, you will create an a nnotated b ibliography that contains a review of eight research articles that have utilized various psychological tests that you have learned about this term. To accomplish this task, you will need to find one peer reviewed journal article for each of the tests … Read more
The following table lists some of the criticisms of projective personality tests along with rebuttals of those criticisms: to view the table “look at attachment” Referring to the above table, answer the following questions: Explain which side seems to be more convincing and why? Would you use projective tests? Why or why not? One problem … Read more
Selecting Personnel Imagine that you are a personnel psychologist, charged with the responsibility of selecting personnel for a mission to Pluto. Your employer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has asked you to use your knowledge of psychological tests to identify natural born astronauts who will be compatible with each other for this very long … Read more
Research scientists postulate that we imagine ourselves acting out or mirroring movements that we see. This ability seems to be genetic or hardwired since infants can imitate the movements of others. It is possible that mirroring actions is adaptive and may play a role in learning how to do things, and it may facilitate social … Read more
This week, you will complete a a nnotated b ibliography Choosing what area of biological psychology begins with examining the following areas related to the course competencies. Choose 3 areas from the list below. One thing to remember this is a course on psychology so the r esearch should relate to biological psychology and less … Read more
Instructions Inventory T ests Using resources such as the Internet rcesearch various interest inventory t ests and select one free t est to attempt. After attempting the test, write a r eport that includes the following: questions are on attachment
Instructions Disorders and Treatment Each disorder or injury on the topic list in Week 1 Assignment 3 involves some process of brain damage or chemical alteration. When a person is diagnosed with such a disorder, the focus is to find an effective treatment. The ideal treatment for a disorder or injury would involve a medicine … Read more