Discussion: Attention And Consciousness

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Attention is a cognitive function that plays a central role in almost everything we do throughout the day. Based on this week’s readings, discuss the area/aspect of attention that you think is most important for or most influential on cognition. For example, when is vigilance or divided attention important for cognitive processing? Or how can unconscious processing influence our perception of an item? Be sure to support your opinions with specific terms and theories from the readings. How could you apply the ideas you have discussed to different settings, for example, in driving or advertising?

please follow and support the questions in detail.

No Grammar issue , No Plag APA format.

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Student Answer

 

Attention is choosing and processing a specific amount of information from all of the information that is being absorbed by our senses, stored memories and other cognitive processes (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017, p. 119). The four main areas of attention are signal detection and vigilance, search, selective attention and divided attention. Although they are each very important depending on the circumstances, selective attentions stands out to be the most important for cognition. For cognitive processes to happen, a person has to be able to pay attention to and focus on something for a certain amount of time.

There are several “filter and bottleneck” theories to help explain selective attention. A filter blocks some of the information going through, selecting only a part of it while the bottleneck slows down the information that is passing through (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017, p. 128). This can be explained more with the Early Filter Model by Donald Broadbent which says that all information comes through and is stored in sensory memory for a very short period of time. It is then moved forward to a filter that will only allow one message to move forward again and be processed in more detail. From our short-term memory, we can pick and choose which information we want to keep and use later.

This is important for cognitive processing because if we were not able to selectively focus on certain information while other conversations around us are happening, it would be too hard to process the information and store it for later use. A weakness of this is that sometimes the information that is picked up on is due to the loudness, pitch, accent (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017) or sometimes whatever information sounds more exciting versus what is more important. This is known as the cocktail party problem. For those who are not very good with divided attention, selective attention is very important when driving past an accident. At the same time, divided attention is more important for drivers than selective because there is always a lot to look out for while driving.

References

Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2016). Cognitive Psychology (7th ed.) Boston: MA. Cengage Learning. P. 117-154.

Attachment, Parent Employment, And Child Care

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Paul and Ava are parents to 3-month-old Kevin. After giving birth, Ava decided to spend several months at home caring for the baby. Although Ava enjoys being a stay-at-home mother, she plans to return to her full-time job in the near future. Friends and family members have expressed concerns about Ava returning to work so soon, and Paul’s parents are worried that Kevin may experience learning and behavioral problems if he attends child care at such a young age. Using research in the text as a guide, what advice would you give Paul and Ava? Do their friends and family have valid concerns? Why or why not? What types of support can Paul provide once Ava returns to work? What qualities should Paul and Ava look for when choosing a child-care center? Prepare a 5 -7 slide Power point presentation that addresses all of the questions above and explains the different types of attachment (secure, insecure – avoidant/resistant, disorganized). You will be creating a product that would help to make the transition smoother for Paul, Ava and their very concerned extended family

Human Development Paper

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Prepare a 900- to 1,150-word paper in which you discuss the life span perspective of human development. Be sure to include the following items in your description:

  • Summarize three theories related to human growth and development and identify at least one influential theorist for each.
  • Identify aspects of the life span perspective.
  • Explain how heredity and the environment influence human development.

Use a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

ETHICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY

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Topic: Benchmark – Christianity and Research

The rise of secular humanism to prominence in the scientific community has led to the mantra that there is no place for Christianity in scientific study. This assignment will explore the potential conflict of Christianity, science, and ethics, and will guide the learner to make conclusions regarding the appropriate influence of the Christian worldview on psychology research ethics.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

· Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments.

· You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

· Support all statements with appropriate, contemporary research. Cite and reference at least two scholarly sources other than those in the module and assignment readings.

Directions:

Write a paper (2,000-2,250 words) that addresses the role of the Christian worldview in the application of research ethics in the field of psychology. Address the following in your paper:

1. Is Christianity specifically incompatible with Ph.D. research in the field of psychology? Why or why not?

2. Is the Christian worldview compatible with research ethics in the field of psychology? Why or why not?

3. To what extent should the Christian worldview influence the type of psychology research conducted and the ethics of that research? Why?

4. To what extent do you perceive that the Christian worldview will influence the topic and ethics of your intended dissertation research? Why? Is this different than you expected? Why or why not? (Benchmarks Relationships, Spirit, and Self-Discovery C8.1: Appraise the evolution of one’s personal self and worldview.)

Study Materials

1. Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists. Chapters 3 and 4.

2. The Dark Side of Professional Ethics:

a. Knapp, S., Handelsman, M. M., Gottlieb, M. C., & VandeCreek, L. D. (2013). The dark side of professional ethics. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 44(6), 371-377.

b. URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2013-45032-001&site=eds-live&scope=site

3. What Are some Christian Worldview Essentials?

a. Slick, M. (n.d.). What are some Christian worldview essentials?

URL: https://carm.org/what-are-some-christian-worldview-essentials

4. What’s a Christian Worldview?

a. Tackett, D. (n.d.). What’s a Christian worldview? [Web log post].

b. URL: http://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/christian-worldview/whats-a- christian-worldview/whats-a-worldview-anyway

5. Bishop Barron on Christianity and Ethics

a. Barron, R. (Director). (2015, February 12). Bishop Barron on Christianity and  ethics. [Video].

b. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGxaEqlYhE

6. Worldview: Christian Ethics

a. AllAboutWorldview.org. (2016). Worldview: Christian ethics.

b. URL: http://www.allaboutworldview.org/christian-ethics.htm

SOLUTION

Biopsychology Memory Paper

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Please write a 6-page paper on memory using ONLY the articles provided below. The 6 pages will not include the cover page and the reference section. So 8 total.

Please make sure that you use all the 5 peer-reviewed sources and that you will be provided. APA style MUST be used to format the paper. The deadline for the paper will be July 10th.  Please make sure that there is no plagiarism because that would invalidate the paper, and you WILL fail the course. Thank you.

Topic: Memory

Sources:

Appropriate Technologies, Society, And Culture/ Rhetoric As A Basis For Power

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Answer each question with properly citation and NOT plagiarisms and good grammar.  minim 350 words 

 

1-Appropriate Technologies, Society, and Culture.

The hypothesis, (as stated in the title) of E.F. Schumacher’s seminal book Small is Beautiful belongs to the industrial age and has no relevance to our contemporary Web 2.0 world. Is this statement true? Why or why not?

2- Rhetoric as a Basis for Power 

As a child we were taught: “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”.  Is this, in its generalized abstract sense, true?  Explain.

Psych 7706 Unit 9 Caregiver Quick Reference Guide

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Caregiver Quick Reference Guide

This assignment requires you to pull together the work you did for the Units 2, 4, 6, and 8 assignments. The objective is to fully synthesize the material in layman’s terms so a caregiver or significant other could grasp it readily and use it as a quick reference guide. Your successful completion of the assignment will reflect your ability to condense all of the material that you have compiled for the course project to one or two pages.

Using the literature you have gathered and formative feedback received from your instructor, create your final assignment, in which you:

1. Define the target behavior to be prioritized for intervention.

2. Identify the social significance of the target behavior.

3. Apply measurement, data display (graphing), and data-based decision-making skills to make changes in human behavior.

4. Describe assessment results and interventions in language appropriate for caregivers and significant others.

5. Evaluate key ABA concepts, principles, and methods to analyze and change target behaviors from research.

6. Design function-based interventions that address response effort, practitioner skills, contextual fit, practicality, treatment acceptability, and administrative support.

Use the following subheadings to organize your paper and format them in APA style:

1. Target Behavior.

2. Measurement & Visual Display.

3. Research.

4. Intervention.

Additional Requirements

· Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.

· APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style guidelines.

· Resources: At least 3 scholarly resources.

· Length: 1–2 double-spaced pages, excluding title page and list of references.

06670 -5- Pages Within 24 Hrs

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06670 Topic: Research Topic Selection CRST 290 Patrick Villanueva Gap Theory Thomas Chalmers, Arthur Custance, C.I. Scofield The gap theory is an early and significant attempt by Christian theologians to explain the apparent short scale of world history found in Gene

Number of Pages: 5 (Double Spaced)

Written by 10 writers: Yes

Number of sources: 5

Writing Style: Turabian

Type of document: Research Paper

Academic Level:Undergraduate

Category: Religion and Theology

Language Style: English (U.S.)

Order Instructions: Attached

Week 6 Discussion: Policy Proposals

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 Discussion: Policy Proposals

  http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/SOCW/MSWP/CH/mm/homepage/index.html

In your reading for this week, you meet Jose and Iris, two individuals who are in situations that require assistance and guidance from a professional social worker and policy advocate.

In this Discussion, create a policy proposal that will impact the situations faced by either Jose or Iris. Describe the trade-offs you used to develop your proposal.

To prepare: In your text, review “Trade-Offs: Systematically Comparing Policy Options in Step 3” in Chapter 8.

Plummer, S.-B, Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Concentration year.Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].

  • “Working with Clients with Addictions: The Case of Jose” (pp. 65–68)
  • “Working with the Aging: The Case of Iris” (pp. 68–69)

 

Post by Day 3 a brief summary of the policy proposal and its purpose that you created based on either Jose’s or Iris’s situation and the trade-offs you used to develop your proposal.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

Respond by Day 5 to a colleague who selected a different case from yours with another approach to address the identified problem. What is the responsibility of the social workers working with Jose and/or Iris to advocate for a change in the social policy?

ALL PROMPTS NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED

Is the study primarily an observational study

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Answer the following questions for each study described below. (1) Is the study primarily an observational study, a correlation study, or an experiment? Why do you give the answer you did? (2) What are the variables involved in the study? For experiments, specify the independent and dependent variables. (3) What might be the hypothesis that the researchers are trying to test?

 

1.       A researcher is interested in the relationship between caffeine consumption and level of stress. She has participants keep a diary for one week during which they count the number of cups of coffee, tea, and cola-based soft drinks they consume, as well as recording consumption of chocolate and medications that have caffeine as an ingredient. In addition, participants complete a measure of “daily hassles” experienced during the week.

 

2.       A pair of psychologists are interested in the effects of mood on helping (based on Isen & Levin, 1972). They go to shopping malls and set up observation near telephone booths. Their participants are individuals who use the phone booths when the vicinity is otherwise unoccupied. For half of the participants, the researchers leave a dime to be found in the coin slot of the pay-phone. For all of the participants, when the phone call is completed and the person leaves the telephone booth, a confederate walks by the booth, and drops a file folder full of papers. The researchers watch to see if the participants help pick up the dropped papers.

 

3.       Researchers (Reifman, Larrick, and Fein, 1988) were interested in the factors causing aggression. They looked at an entire baseball season’s worth of news reports. For each game, they recorded the temperature of the locale, and the number of batters who were hit by pitched balls.

 

4.       Researchers are interested in influences on self-esteem. Half of the participants used in this study are male, and half are female. Participants are given a set of anagram problems to solve in a five minute time limit. Half are randomly assigned to receive very easy anagrams, and half are given difficult ones. After completing as many of the anagrams as they can, participants are given a questionnaire labeled “Thoughts and Feelings Questionnaire” that is really a measure of self-esteem.

 

5.       Researchers are interested in what determines how easily people are persuaded. Half of the participants used in this study are male, and half are female. During the session, participants rate their attitude towards an increase in fees that has been proposed at their school. Following this, they listen to a persuasive message providing strong arguments in favor of the fee increase. Finally, they re-rate their attitude towards the proposed fee.