Introduction As the text points out, causal reasoning is used in clinical studies. As a professional in the health field, you will undoubtedly be referring to cause/effect studies for the rest of your professional life. In this discussion, you are asked to expand and deepen your understanding of clinical studies. In 1999, a study…

  Week 11: Being Mindful of Ethics in Research for Positive Social Change Throughout this course, you have reviewed numerous studies that contributed to the development of key theories in psychology. Some of the research might have seemed questionable to you, such as Zimbardo’s prison study, Milgram’s obedience experiment, or Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment. As…

  divided into two parts. The first part is a self-reflection of the case you will review, and the second part allows you to consider how to apply theory to this case. For this assignment, revisit the Structural Family Therapy Role Play video located in the resources area for this week. As you watch it,…

  Choose a position based on the readings.    “Adolescents Lack Sufficient Maturity to Consent to Medical Research”   What are the ethical issues of your position?  What is the ethical support for your position?   What guidelines from the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct apply? 

Antidepressants are prescribed by medical doctors to treat the symptoms of depression, as well as other conditions such as high anxiety, posttraumatic stress syndrome, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The variety of drugs that fall under the category of antidepressants alter how long specific neurotransmitters are available in the synaptic cleft. For example, monoamine oxidase inhibitors…

Discussion: Creativity Sternberg defines creativity as a drive resulting in the production of something “both original and worthwhile” (Walden University, LLC, 2007). He suggests that creative people demonstrate non-conforming attitudes toward commonly held societal conventions that hamper their creative pursuits, as well as demonstrating a consistent drive to attend to their creative interests. Creative individuals…

For this task, you will research and identify one well-known serial killer or rapist that is not discussed in detail in your text. Create a chart that outlines the characteristics of the serial killer and include the following information: personal characteristics, crimes committed, personality traits, relationship to victim, and post-offense behavior. After completing the chart…

  “Integrating Care for People With Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug, Medical, and Mental Health Conditions” by Sterling, Chi, and Hinman. This week, you studied various theories and models of addiction and learned about the human body’s reaction to substances. With all the scientific knowledge we now have about addiction, why is there more than…

 What is strategic workforce planning, and what are the four reasons that businesses make strategic workforce plans? What are the similarities and differences between the SWOT method and the PESTLE method? Using an organization, you are familiar with, describe which method would be best for this organization and why. 

 One of the biggest sources of error in employee evaluation is rater evaluations. Supervisors do not always receive adequate training or compensation to perform evaluations. If you were asked to train raters to evaluate performance, what aspects would you include in their training? Why?