Psychology

Victimology and theories of victimization: what are your thoughts on victim precipitation theory?

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Victimology and theories of victimization One of the more contentious issues that has emerged from the field of Victimology ,has been victim precipitation theory, or the concept that crime victims are an active participant in their victimization by somehow provoking the criminal acts of the offender. Answer 3 questions below. Can use textbook plus out … Read more

Identify and describe at least one specific application of OBM that is applicable to organizations.

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The application of applied behavior analysis (ABA) in organizations. You are working as a behavior consulting intern for Acme, Inc. Your company is taking on a new client, Shoreside Community-Based Residential Facility. You will prepare a presentation consisting of a narrated Power Point addressing the following scenario. Scenario: Shoreside Community-Based Residential Facility Shoreside would like … Read more

Critically evaluate the efficacy of online therapeutic approaches in comparison to offline ones.

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Critically evaluate the efficacy of online therapeutic approaches in comparison to offline ones. Anything from VR for phobia treatment, online counselling, CBT, computer-mediated therapy etc. Therefore, although your current title is potentially quite broad, if you decide to narrow the focus after doing some reading that would be absolutely fine but you would spell that … Read more

Identify something in the video that surprised you (i.e., something that you didn’t know before and/or didn’t expect). Why did it surprise you?

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Response to Explained Episode Please be sure to respond to ALL aspects of the prompt clearly, completely, and concisely Now that you’ve watched this Explained episode… 1) Identify something in the video that surprised you (i.e., something that you didn’t know before and/or didn’t expect). Why did it surprise you?Please aim to write 3-5 sentences … Read more

Compare and contrast behaviorism, cognitive, constructionist, and humanism as applied to learning.

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Compare and contrast behaviorism, cognitive, constructionist, and humanism as applied to learning. Summarize at least two sub-theories or ideologies within each theory or learning framework. Example from behaviorism: associative learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, conditioning, extinction, and ratio or interval schedules Example from cognitive: schema theory, memory development, elaboration theory (i.e., Bloom’s taxonomy), cognitive load … Read more

Explain the advantage of reporting effect sizes in addition to significance levels.

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INSTRUCTIONS ON ASSESSMENT: 1. A researcher is interested in the relationships between the following four variables: On-line game addiction, narcissistic personality traits, self-control, and aggression. Data are collected from a sample of 226 individuals. The data can be found in the assessment SPSS spreadsheet ‘assessment.sav’. ( For each variable, higher values indicate greater levels of … Read more

Explain why knowledge of other cultures is important in diagnosis and treatment and identify one thing a therapist can do to minimize cultural bias in mental health practice.

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Explain why knowledge of other cultures is important in diagnosis and treatment and identify one thing a therapist can do to minimize cultural bias in mental health practice. Identify one (and only one) specific symptom that could be associated with a particular type of somatic disorder and how and why you think that symptom meets … Read more

Describe how equity occurs between acquaintances, and how it occurs between family members, close friends, or long-term romantic relationships.

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Equity theory suggests that partners in a relationship tend to desire equality in terms of what they are giving to and taking from a relationship.Explain Describe how equity occurs between acquaintances, and how it occurs between family members, close friends, or long-term romantic relationships.