IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA.

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IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA.

Psychology of adjustment assignment

Go to NPR’s StoryCorps Website, located at http://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps. Read two (2) articles that were published within the last two (2) months that focus on individuals with major adjustment issues.
Next, use the textbook and the Strayer Library to research evidence-based strategies to help with adjustment. Consider strategies that relate to stress and coping, gender, stages of life, cultural and social issues, and health.
When referencing the selected stories, please use this format:

  • Standard Reference Format:
    • Title of the story [Audio file]. (Year, Month Day). Retrieved from website url.
      • Example:

A homeless teen finds solace in a teacher and a recording [Audio file]. (2014, March 7). Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/2014/03/07/286921391/a-homeless-teen-finds-solace-in-a-teacher-and-a-recording.

  • In-Text Citation Format:
    • The in-text citation for a selected story is an abbreviated version of the title and the year of publication. The abbreviation contains the first three words of the title.
      • Example:

(“A homeless teen,” 2014).
When referencing the textbook, please use this format:

  • Standard Textbook Reference Format:
    • Author’s Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Publisher information.
      • Example:

Santrock, J. (2006). Human adjustment: 2007 custom edition. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

  • In-Text Citation Format:
    • The in-text citation for the textbook is the author’s last name and year of publication.
      • Example:

(Santrock, 2006).
 
Write a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Summarize two (2) articles you selected from the NPR Website. The two (2) article must be from within the last two (2) months.
  2. Describe the major adjustment issues discussed in each story.
  3. Examine at least three (3) evidence-based strategies from each of the selected articles that could help the individuals in each article enhance their adjustment skills.
  4. For each article, recommend the evidence-based strategy that is best suited for the people in the selected articles. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources. Each of your selected articles (2) is a source and your textbook should be used as a source. One additional academic source is required for a total of four (4) sources.

 
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.
  • 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 is not included in the required assignment page length.
  • Include a reference page containing APA-formatted references for all sources used in your paper. The reference page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify contextual variables (e.g., culture) that impact psychological adjustment.
  • Define stress, stressors, and coping strategies, and contemplate their relationship to health and wellness.
  • Identify and describe social psychological phenomena.
  • Describe adult relationships, lifestyles, and issues of parenting and longevity.
  • Identify gender differences and explore gender role stereotypes.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.

Symbolic interactionism is actually a theory posed in sociological psychology. Do you believe this theory can be aligned with the framework of constructivism, which originates from learning psychology?

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HOW WE LEARN BY EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM AND CONSTRUCTIVISM.

Psychology Discussion 250words

Demonstrate your understanding of the complexities of how we learn by evaluating the potential correlations between symbolic interactionism and constructivism. Apply basic research methods in psychology to your post by synthesizing the principles from the articles in your own words with appropriate citations. Do not quote the articles directly. Based on your course resources, scholarly articles, and the knowledge you have developed throughout the past four weeks, critically consider how/if these correlations might affect a person’s ability and/or willingness to learn new material. Consider the following in your analysis:
 

  • Symbolic interactionism is actually a theory posed in sociological psychology. Do you believe this theory can be aligned with the framework of constructivism, which originates from learning psychology? Why, or why not? Support your statements with scholarly research and personal examples.
  • In your opinion, what prevents (or substantiates) their correlation?
  • Based on these theories, what possible needs should be considered when teaching skills to a group of diverse learners?

Part I: Introducing Psychology’s Major Questions and Debates

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CONSCIOUS VS. UNCONSCIOUS PROCESSING

Part I: Introducing Psychology’s Major Questions and Debates

  1. Choose one of the major questions of psychology discussed in the first chapter of your textbook:

 

  • Nature vs. nurture
  • Free will vs. determinism
  • Accuracy vs. inaccuracy
  • Conscious vs. unconscious processing
  • Differences vs. similarities

 

  1. Briefly summarize in 6-9 sentences the major question that you selected ANDprovide evidence from your own experiences that support one side or the other.

 
* Adapted from Introduction to Psychology textbook
 
Part II: Research Methods-Application
 

  1. Think about a human behavior that you find interesting. Briefly describe it in 2-3 sentences.
  2. List potential explanations or causes of the behavior that you described in Part A?
  3. Imagine you are a psychologist. How should this behavior be studied? In other words describe is it best to use a Descriptive, Correlational or Experimental methodology? Why?
  4. What is one possible hypothesis that you would test?
  5. What steps would you take to make sure the study is ethical?

 
*Adapted from Introduction to Psychology Chapter 2 Instructor’s Resources
This Discussion Activity is worth 10 total points and should take you between 1-2 hours to complete.

Develop a blog discussing the importance of tailoring recruitment strategies to the target candidate pool.

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DEVELOP A BLOG DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF TAILORING RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES TO THE TARGET CANDIDATE POOL.

You are to complete the following five assignments utilizing the principles of industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and the assignments should be supported by a minimum of eight scholarly resources:
 

  1. You checked your voice mail and learned that one of your best salespeople has to have a major surgery next week. He has shared that he is having the surgery on his right knee. He has a week of vacation time left but will be out for about ten weeks during recovery. The first two weeks his doctor has told him that he will probably be taking significant doses of pain medication and will not be able to do much. For the following eight weeks, he will have physical therapy at minimum three times per week and has been told he should not drive. He has been working for the company for about eight months now. The company has a short-term disability policy, but that covers only 60% of weekly income and starts to pay seven days after the injury/event. He wants to know whether he will have a job when he comes back and what, if anything, he can do from home. His job is outside sales. You are concerned that the sales department cannot reach the current goals with a vacancy on the team, but you also have to consider that whatever precedent you set in this decision may impact a similar decision in the future, which may concern a less productive employee. Before you call him back, you have decided that you are going to e-mail the owners of the company to run your thoughts by them.
    1. Compose an e-mail to the owners explaining the situation and your recommendation for action.
    2. Communicate the importance of the decision from a policy-setting perspective and long-term implications of any decision.
  • Include a mention of potential legal issues, including the Family Medical Leave Act.
  • Explain any additional concerns about equitable treatment and include your recommendation for how to handle the situation and the response to the employee.

You are asked to contribute to the company website by producing a blog each month. This month, your topic is employee recruitment.

  1. Develop a blog discussing the importance of tailoring recruitment strategies to the target candidate pool.
  2. Provide clear, specific examples to support your points.

 
Search the Argosy University Online library resources for titles on how to write a blog. (Academic Resources > Library > Launch Library > Click on Find Books and more > Select ebrary > In the search bar, type in the word “blog” and clickSearch)
 

  1. You have been asked to participate in a roundtable presentation at the local university. You will be in front of an audience of undergraduate students considering industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology as a career field. Each member of the roundtable has five to seven minutes to present. For this portion of the assignment, you are to develop an annotated outline of the presentation. You will present the differences between a career in human resources (HR) and one in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and provide examples of the practical applications of industrial/organizational (I/O). For your information:
    1. An annotated outline is an outline of your main points.
    2. Under each main point, one should have two to three supporting statements related to the content of the discussion and parenthetical citations that support those points.

 
Search in the Argosy University Online Library to learn how to write a resource in APA format.