Must be 500 words to 1000 words in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Make the profession along the lines of child psychologist!
Personal Mission Statement
Writing a personal mission statement offers the opportunity to establish what’s important in your professional life. A personal mission statement is often an integral part of a job or graduate-level application as it provides reviewers with insights into an applicant’s strengths in, and philosophies regarding, the discipline.
The personal mission statement includes a description of your focus and goals, which can serve to provide direction for the next one to five years of your career. It can be used not only as a guide, but also as a tool of conscious reflection encouraging you to accomplish your professional objectives.  In the course of this assignment, you will evaluate potential career direction and satisfaction by reflecting on the following questions:

• What do you hope to accomplish in the profession?
• What positive and unique qualities do you bring to the profession?
• How do you see your role in the profession evolving through time?
• Why is the work you hope to do important?

Your Personal Mission Statement should be a minimum of 500 words, but it should not exceed 1000 words. Therefore, it is important that your writing be clear and concise and that your thoughts and philosophies are effectively communicated to your reader.
The Personal Mission Statement

• Must be 500 words to 1000 words in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a header on each page with the following:
  • Personal Mission Statement
  • Student’s name
  • Student’s contact email
  • Date submitted
• Must address the topic of the mission statement with critical thought.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Question 1
For each of the research topics listed below, indicate the type of nonexperimental approach that would be most useful and explain why.
1. Pushing ahead in line
2. Daydreaming
3. Locating the most popular painting in an art gallery
4. Studiousness in college students
5. Determining whether a particular patient has improved with psychotherapy.
Question 2
List the main sections (and subsections) of a research report.
Question 3
Compare and contrast the following terms: (a) test-retest reliability with inter-rater reliability, (b) content validity with both predictive validity and construct validity, and (c) internal validity with external validity. ·
Question 4
Define and describe the six steps of the scientific method. Give an example of each step.
Question 5
When designing survey questions, how would you control for each of the following response styles:
(a) willingness to answer,
(b) position preference, and
(c) yea- or nay-saying?
Question 6
Use Stevens’ model of measurement scales to answer these questions:
1. What type of scale is used when the variable is social class? Explain.
2. What type of scale is used when the variable studied is a Top 40 list of popular songs? Explain.
3. What type of scale is used when the variable studied is intelligence scores (for example, on the Stanford-Binet-R)? Explain.
4. What type of scale is used when the variables studied are low and normal birth weights of newborns? Explain.
Question 7
Contrast experimental with quasi-experimental methods; generally speaking, which methods are most useful?
Question 8
When is it appropriate for a researcher to use deception in a study? When is it not appropriate? How can the negative effects of deception be minimized?
Question 9
Researcher Sandy Beach found a correlation coefficient of +2.3 between variables X and Y. She is thrilled because that correlation is “like, way high.” She also feels that this answer “proves that X is like, causing Y.” What are three problems with Sandy’s conclusions?
Question 10
Contrast probability and nonprobability sampling methods; generally speaking, which methods are most useful?