Assignment: Conducting Time-Series Research

Traditional experimental research dictates that there must be one or more experimental groups (groups receiving a treatment or intervention) and a control group (which does not receive the intervention). Participants are assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups. Although experimental designs may be preferable to other designs, even in action research, they are not always feasible for practitioners for many reasons. There may be ethical issues regarding withholding an intervention from a client group; or time, financial, or logistical constraints may make it impossible to include random assignment into groups.

In such cases, the use of time-series research can provide a meaningful alternative to true experimental research. Time-series designs are quasi-experimental, meaning that they still seek to evaluate the impact of a treatment or intervention on a target group (or individual) but do not include random assi

Please answer the following questions:

Do you believe the term criminal justice system is an oxymoron? Why or why not?

Identify a mala prohibita law(s) that exists in Florida which you believe should be decriminalized? Why?

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Planning and Organizing

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.

This week you have learned about the planning and organizing management functions and the importance they have in decision making. To demonstrate how planning, organizing, and decision making are applied in the workplace, this weeks discussion will involve researching an article using one of the following sources:

1. Choose 1 topic/idea that you would like to study/research in Psychology.

2. Conduct a literature review or search related to that 1 topic/idea you've chosen. Be sure to cite your journal articles or other resources you've chosen in the References section of your paper.

3. Identify 1 theory you have about your topic/idea, and develop the research hypothesis for your idea/study.

4. Identify all of the ethical standards you will uphold in your research study.

5. Describe the measures you would potentially utilize to attempt to achieve reliability and validity in your study.

Your paper should contain the following 6 total pages: 1 title page, 1 abstract page, 1 references page, and 3 pages for the body of the paper (which should include the 5 points/instructions mentioned above). The entire paper should be written in APA style or formatting.

 The reading this week covers prenatal development, pregnancy, and birth.  Discuss the differences between genetic counseling and fetal programming research.  What are the fundamental similarities between these two things? 

Each initial discussion response must be 250 words, not including restatements of questions, and each must contain two (2) formalized APA references with citations.  

Respond to 2 different students with one or more of the following:

1. A link that brings in new information or helps the student youre responding to
2. A substantial question (not, what do you think?)
3. A  politely worded critique that shows either a flaw in your classmates logic, misunderstanding of the data, or a failure to fully answer the questions
4. A politely worded reply to any of the above. 

The vast majority of men are not perpetrators of violence. Think about what it means to be male in your culture, and discuss which arguments by Kaufman or Sanday from this weeks readings and the assigned video may help us better understand roots of violence.

1. What activities did you participate in this week in your practicum site? Describe them. Did you enjoy them? What did you like the best? Worst? What will you change next week? Share your experience with your classmates.

2. Good documentation skills make life easier for clinicians. What challenges have you faced in writing progress notes, treatment plans, and conducting intake assessments?

3. What do you see as the value of a good clinical intake assessment? Do you read assessments, conducted by others, prior to meeting with a new client? Why or why not?

Each question must be answer with 150-200 words. Should have questions than answer and than the next one should be questions and answer on each one. 

• Identify how a Nativist, an Empiricist, and an Interactionist describe the development of cognition 
• (minimum 1-2 paragraphs)
• Describe the main differences between Piagets Theory of Development and Kohlbergs Theory of Development (minimum 1-2 paragraphs)

Please feel free to refer to the material found in your textbook, as well as refer to any journals or scholarly articles that will be of assistance in answering the questions. Please be sure to cite the material you have gathered from your textbook or other sources and to use APA Style formatting

The journal writing is based on the readings of the chapter every week (chapter 3 and 4 book is attached  ). You can pick a topic you like and expand your thoughts based on question asked in the journal. On your papers include the typed questions before your response.  Answers must be typed and double-spaced with 1 margins on all four sides and 12 pt font. Make sure to use in text citation.  Answer all the questions below. 

1. Identify one important concept, research finding, theory, or idea in the current module and briefly describe it.
2. Describe why you think this is an important concept.
3. What possible research could be added to your concept?
4. Describe how this relates to your life.