PSY 250 Week 3 Assignment Individual Personality Traits

Locate and take a free online assessment that uses the Big Five personality factors.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing your personality traits based on your findings from the Big Five assessment tool. Include the following in your paper:

• Summarize your results.
• Propose solutions for working with other personality types using the information from the Big Five assessment and the underlying principles of trait theories.
• Describe how your results from the assessment compare to the 16 personality factors. Explain how your results are relative to genetics.

Include an introduction and conclusion, and cite at least two sources other than your textbook.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

PSY 105 Week 9 Assignment 1 Retrospective Analysis of Personality

PSY 105 Week 9 Assignment 1 Retrospective Analysis of Personality

In this assignment, you will take a retrospective look at your life history.  First, choose an area of the brain and explain what it does, as well as how it would impact an activity from your daily life. Then, analyze the roles of nature and nurture in shaping the person you are today.  Next, describe the influences of culture, environment, and biology on your gender-role behavior. Subsequently, discuss possible sources of inaccuracy and bias in any retrospective analysis. Finally, discuss the reasons why systematic scientific studies are considered more valuable than individual accounts

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Section 1 (1-2 paragraphs):

Choose one of the following areas of your brain and explain what it does:Thalamus
Reticular formation
Brain stem (pons and medulla)
Cerebellum
Limbic system
One of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex
Explain how the area you described contributes to a specific activity from your everyday life.  (Example: During horseback riding, the cerebellum integrates information from the motor systems and balance system.)
Section 2 (1-2 paragraphs):

All of us have been shaped by both nature (biology) and nurture (environment), making us the persons we are today.  In most cases, it is difficult to completely disentangle the separate effects of nature vs. nurture with much certainty.  However, we can make some educated guesses based on our knowledge of familial tendencies that we may have inherited, as well as knowledge of our environment and experiences.  In this section, we ask for you to make some educated guesses about the roles of nature and nurture in your life.

Describe the role of nature (biology) in shaping what kind of person you are today. Provide a specific example of the role of nature.
Describe the role of nurture (environment) in shaping what kind of person you are today.  Provide a specific example of the role of nurture.
Section 3 (1-2 paragraphs):

Describe the influences of culture, your environment, and biology on your gender role behavior. 
Use specific examples from your own life to explain your answers.
Section 4 (1-2 paragraphs):

Discuss the fallibility of memory in terms of bias and inaccuracy when you reflect on your past. 
Identify specific memory biases that could affect how you remember your past.  Include factors related to cognition. 
Use specific examples from your own life.
 

Section 5 (1 paragraph):

Describe why the science of psychology places more emphasis on results based on scientific studies than it does on personal experiences and anecdotes.
 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.  Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for your paper should be your own experience and the Webtext. For this reason, APA citations and references are not required for this assignment.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.  The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Relate psychological concepts to real-world situations.
Describe the major theories of personality development, learning, memory, cognition, consciousness, development and social psychology.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.
Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics

PSY-520 Graduate Statistics Topic 1 – Descriptive Statistics Project

PSY-520 Graduate Statistics

Topic 1 – Descriptive Statistics Project

Directions: Use the following information to complete the questions below. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

A researcher was interested in the anxiety present in students just prior to the midterm exam. The research used an anxiety self-quiz to gage the student’s anxiety. The score for 30 students are given here.

69

99

91

66

70

98

70

53

40

58

61

66

94

77

70

56

88

85

86

40

84

86

54

48

86

43

78

53

79

89

1.      Construct a frequency table with class, frequency, relative percent, and cumulative percent that has 6 classes to describe the distribution of the data in SPSS.

2.      Use the frequency table created in problem to construct a histogram in SPSS.

3.      Use SPSS to calculate the numerical descriptive statistics mean, median, standard deviation, and variance of the anxiety scores.

Science and the Detective Topics Presentation

Science and the Detective Topics Presentation

Create a 10- to 17-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with speaker notes, on the topic of science and the detective. Include the following in your presentation:

• Describe the forensic characteristics of document examination.
• Describe the collection and preservation of drugs, as well as the toxicology of drugs.
• Identify the role of the forensic pathologist, forensic entomologist, forensic toxicologist and forensic anthropologist.
• Identify the investigative procedures involving computer forensics.

Include any applicable information learned from any of the MyCrimeKit Virtual Lab activities you have completed in your presentation.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines with 4 authoritative references.

Star Wars Poem about a Dark Jedi

Contemplate the universe and write a lovely poem about whatever you can think of during your contemplation. Poem must be at least 12 lines long and can be any format as long as it meets the line length requirement

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Ethnographic Comparison

Anthropologists are interested in framing broad hypotheses about human behavior. In order to do this, it is imperative to use examples from multiple cultures to ensure that their conclusions are not grounded in a single case.

In this assignment, you will be taking on the role of an ethnologist, using multiple ethnographic accounts to study human behavior and culture.

Do the following:

• Identify two to three societies to compare, such as an African society (for example, Ethiopian, Liberian, etc.), Indian, Chinese, Korean, or one of the many Native American groups (for example, the Cherokee, the Inuit, etc.).
• Choose one aspect of human culture discussed in the course:
  • Domestic life and kinship
  • Subsistence and economy
  • Religion
  • Culture change

Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, write a research paper to include the following:

• Describe the background information of each of the societies you have chosen. You need not analyze this background information, only provide details regarding these societies.
• Analyze the aspect of human culture you selected for each of the societies.
• Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the societies in relation to the topic you chose—for example, standard of living, education, or employment opportunities.
• Summarize and address human behavior in relation to your topic and based on your examples.
  • Address the realities of life for the cultures you have examined.
  • Examine some of the social problems and public policy issues that become apparent.

Your paper should have a title page as well as an introduction section. This introduction section should include the societies you selected as well as the human culture aspect you will be discussing and why it is relevant to anthropology. As an anthropologist, use relevant anthropological terms in your analysis.

Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.

Write a 4–6-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

PSY260 Module 3 Assignment 2 LASA 1 Promoting Cognitive Development

As you have learned in your readings, Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky took different approaches to child development. One’s theoretical perspective influences approaches to child development. The Jacksons are a young couple living in Centervale. They have approached Keith, the child development consultant, for advice on how to promote and nurture the cognitive development of their preschooler Jasmine.

Watch the following video to learn more about the similarities and differences of developmental theories. Study of the Child: Theories of Development I, produced by Herzog, Milan & Herzog, Shanta (Learning Seed, 1997), 29:02 mins obtained from Alexander Street Press Education in Video from AUO Library.

Compare and contrast the approaches of each of the four perspectives (Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky).

Explain how each theorist would approach the issue of cognitive development in early childhood. Describe how Keith’s advice to Jasmine’s parents might vary depending on his theoretical perspective.

What role would society and family play in Jasmine’s cognitive development at this stage of development? What cultural, psychosocial and physical influences will be seen?

Incorporate information learned in your readings and at least one peer-reviewed article from the AUO library to support your conclusions.

 Write a 6-7 page paper in Word format. Be sure to include introductory and concluding paragraphs in your paper, a title page and a reference page. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Fair-Minded Qualities

After reading about each of the qualities needed to be a fair-minded thinker, pick one quality you feel you possess and describe how you fulfill this quality.

Select two qualities that you feel you need to develop or improve upon, how you might go about improving/developing these qualities, and what obstacles you might face in improving/developing these qualities (steps one through four of the decision making process).

Next, use the following process listed below to develop your plan of action.  Construct a detailed plan for developing or improving the qualities you have chosen (step five of the decision making process).

Decision Making Process

• Step One: As clearly as possible, define the decision you are faced with.
• StepTwo: Consider each possible choice you have for resolving the issue.
• Step Three: Gather as much relevant information as time allows, and identify the pros and cons of each of the choices you have to solve your issue.
• Step Four: Based on your list of pros and cons, choose the best method for resolving the issue.
• Step Five: Construct a plan of action to implement your method (be sure to leave yourself enough flexibility to make adjustments as necessary).

Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500-750 words in length. If you use sources in your writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.

PSY260 Module 2 Assignment 2 State of America’s Children (Argosy)

In today’s global world, how do the children of the U.S. fare? Are they prepared to compete in the international arena? The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is a nonprofit child advocacy organization that provides a voice for children who cannot speak for themselves. The State of America’s Children 2010 is the CDF’s report highlighting some crucial issues affecting our children today. Visit the CDF Web site and read the report:

Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). (2010). State of America’s children 2010. Retrieved from http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-of-americas-children-2010-report.html 

Select a topic of interest to you from the report’s table of contents (after pulling up the website, you can scroll down to select a topic). Write a research paper on the topic. Be sure to include the following:

• Present the CDF findings on the topic in a table or graph that you create. Note how different populations are affected. For example, you might compare your state to national statistics or compare the top or bottom states on the topic you chose, compare racial/ethnic group data, etc.
• Research the selected topics using at least one additional resource. The data and research publication sections at the CDF Web site offer useful publications.
• Identify and analyze the main issues and discuss them in the context of relevant developmental theory, as well as societal influences. Why is this data and the information you researched important to understand in the context of child development?
• Present your conclusions and support them with research information. What recommendations would you offer to address this issue for future generations?

Write a 4-5 page research paper in Word format. Be sure to include introductory and concluding paragraphs in your paper, anda title page, an abstract, and a reference page. Apply APA standards to citation of sources

Econometrics models

1. A two commodity market model is defined by the following:

Qd1= 4-P1+1/2P2

Qd2= 10+P1-P2

Qs1= -3+4P1

Qs2= -18+4P2

Determine the equilibrium prices and quantities for the two commodities

2. Consider the following system of two linear simultaneous equations in two variables:

2×1-5×2= 7

X1+6×2= 9

Solve using cramers rule