In this unit, you are examining how you are affected by your sensations, perceptions, and different states of consciousness. Though appearing as separate processes, these three concepts are experienced in a fluid, continuous experience. By breaking them down and examining them further you can gain more understanding of human thinking and behavior. Consider your career goals and what sensations and perceptions will be most important for you to be productive and successful in your work. Discuss what states of consciousness could impact your work and those around you that impact your work. Describe what Gestalt psychology is about and explain why it does or does not relate to your career goals.

2. In this unit, you are examining how you are affected by your sensations, perceptions, and different states of consciousness. Though appearing as separate processes, these three concepts are experienced in a fluid, continuous experience. By breaking them down and examining them further you can gain more understanding of human thinking and behavior. Consider your career goals and what sensations and perceptions will be most important for you to be productive and successful in your work. Discuss what states of consciousness could impact your work and those around you that impact your work. Describe what Gestalt psychology is about and explain why it does or does not relate to your career goals.

3. In this unit, you are looking at different theories that attempt to explain human personality, as well as how people are influenced by those around them. All of these theories have strongly impacted the field of psychology, but usually one stands out above the rest for each individual student. . In this Discussion Board, you will further examine a theory of your choosing and use it to help explain why you have chosen to go into your career field. You will also choose a peer-reviewed research article from the library that relates to your career field in some important way. This will help you practice choosing a peer-reviewed research article for later discussions and your Unit 8 Assignment. After reading about the different personality theories (psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, social-cognitive, biological, trait), choose one that most interests you. Describe the theory and why you think it helps explain your career choice. Use the abstract and introduction section of your chosen peer-reviewed research article to explain how it relates to your career choice. Use the Cite link next to your article to include an APA reference to it.

4. In your reading this week, you learned about the definition of psychological disorders and how to diagnose and classify them. You also took a closer look at symptoms to some of the more common psychological disorders that we see these days. Explain what is necessary to determine if a person may have a psychological disorder. Discuss what the library research article indicated about depression in our society. Choose one psychological disorder to examine more closely. Describe the symptoms that would be necessary to determine that a person may have this disorder.

5. In this unit, as you further your knowledge about psychological treatment and therapy, consider a possible psychological problem that a person might have in your career field. Locate a peer-reviewed research article from the Purdue Global Library that somehow relates to this psychological problem. Describe what psychotherapy technique would be most helpful in addressing a psychological problem that a person may have in your career field. Discuss what treatment modality would be most helpful in addressing the psychological problem (i.e., biomedical, individual, group, family, couples counseling). Explain which research article you chose and what can be learned from it by focusing on information in the abstract and introductory section. Be sure to use the cite link next to the article to help reference the article APA style.

6In this unit, you are examining how people learn information and how they develop. Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology that attempts to explain learning through different types of associations and conditioning. Think about how this type of learning occurs in your own life, as well as developmental theories. Describe things that you have learned through the process of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. How did you learn them? Choose one of the developmental debates and explain your view on it with relevant examples (continuous/discontinuous, one course/many, nature/nurture). Identify one theorist of development (Piaget, Erikson, Freud, or Kohlberg) and explain why this person’s theory makes the most sense to you.

In this unit, you are further examining thinking, intelligence, and memory. Think about typical problems that college students face and ways in which they go about solving them. Consider ways that you stimulate intelligence, use emotional intelligence, and study effectively. Describe a common type of problem that a college student has to solve. What types of bias can influence people’s decisions? Discuss what helps stimulate intelligence in your environment and how emotional intelligence impacts your life. Explain a study technique that you have found to be particularly effective. How is it similar to or different from the strategies discussed in the text

When you walk into a human services organization, do you think about your safety? What about when you prepare to make a home visit or attend a meeting in the community? As a social worker, you may find yourself in situations in which your personal safety is at risk. Although you, as an administrator, cannot prepare for every situation, you should be proactive and put a plan into place to address issues related to workplace violence in the event that it occurs.

For this Assignment, focus on the Zelnick et al. article on workplace violence and consider what plan you might want to have in place if you were an administrator having to address a similar workplace violence situation.

Assignment (2–3 pages in APA format):

Draft a plan for a human services organization explaining how to address traumatic emergency situations. Include both how to respond to the emergency and how to address any long-term effects. Finally, based on this week�s resources and your personal experiences, explain your greatest concern about the safety of mental health professionals working in a human services organization.

Required Readings

Northouse, P. G. (2021). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.
Review Chapter 10, “Listening to Out-Group Members” (pp. 252-275)
Chapter 11, “Managing Conflict” (pp. 277-306)
Chapter 13, “Overcoming Obstacles” (pp. 337-357)

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014b). Social work case studies: Concentration year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing [Vital Source e-reader].
“Social Work Supervision: Trauma Within Agencies” (pp. 7–9)

Zelnick, J. R., Slayter, E., Flanzbaum, B., Butler, N., Domingo, B., Perlstein, J., & Trust, C. (2013). Part of the job? Workplace violence in Massachusetts Social Service Agencies. Health & Social Work, 38(2), 75–85.

RESPOND TO VICTORIA AND SHAQUITA POST WITH A 100 WORDS

Victoria post

Participatory planning is an urban planning paradigm that emphasizes involving the entire community in the strategic and management processes of urban planning; or, community-level planning processes, urban or rural. It is often considered as part of community development. Participatory planning aims to harmonize views among all of its participants as well as prevent conflict between opposing parties. In addition, marginalized groups have an opportunity to participate in the planning process.

I wasn’t sure if I was apart of Participatory planning, but the first thing that came to mind was volunteering, community service. So I looked up Community Participatory planning on this site wfp264473.pdf

In the past, I did do some volunteer work but feeding my community. I’m not sure how or who start the program, but I do know that I did my part and that was cooking and feeding people who were in need. My role as a cook was probably the easy part of the planning because all I had to do is get everything ready and just having someone supervise to make sure nothing gets overcooked. Then fix everyone’s plate who showed up.

Shaquita post

A participatory planning measure constructs trust, both between your association and the network and among the people in question. This trust can fill in as an establishment for future network improvement and network activity. An example of a time when I was involved in participatory planning included a meeting at work with Human Resources. Myself, along with my immediate supervisor, union representatives and Human resource had to come up with a plan that benefited staff when it came to staff taking time and working from home due to Covid-19. Although, the concern was high due to some employees having health issues or caring for a family member with health issues, upper management felt it was important for staff to continue to serve the public. Some benefits of participatory planning includes the usage of inexpensive resources, helps build self-confidence, help with self development, and they are interesting and fun helping to involve people in the subject.

In response to your Tammie and Jaimee post below, state how the uses of statistics they mentioned are helpful in the contexts described. For example, you could discuss why alternative ways of communicating information would not work as well.

Tammie post

Honestly, statics is a class I have put off as long as possible, so it’s now or never. Statics in psychology is used to collect and analyze large quantities of data. Psychology relies upon statistics to assess the meaning of things studied and the importance of bias, representation, measurement, significance, and correlations. Therefore, learning to analyze and record data.

One way I can think of that statistic’s is used in auto insurance. When I was living in Arizona my auto insurance was cheaper than when I moved back to Texas. Looking at stats for things such as flooding, tornados, hailstorms increased my rates here in Texas, unlike Arizona where it is just hot as heck and dry most of the time. Therefore, looking at a higher possibility to file a damage claim, which let me tell you is a nightmare after a hurricane.

Jaimee post

Statistics is a vital requirement for psychology because it proves that our data is accurate or false to certain issues. In my opinion, a psychologist is the scientist when it comes down to research, gathering data, and using analysis to complete an authorized case study. In order to seek diagnoses you must follow statistics in order to pick the right treatment for that patient. There are a lot case studies that uses statistics as a way of answering complex theories and complex data.

I previously had a class about business statistics and analysis last year. I learned more about probability distribution, standard deviation, how to calculate statistics and understanding charts and graphs to help me calculate data from a case study. The case study can be about the causes of cardiac arrest, causes of bipolar disorder, and other unknown health issues. I learned that it can be easy to miscalculate a chart or graph, you must follow a precise calculation in order for you to prove accuracy in your data. Statistics can help support your case study and it can help other researchers to follow your method and treatments for better quality of care.

One of the central premises of social psychology is the power of the situation. The very definition of social psychology reflects this, pointing out the influence of others on thoughts, feelings, and actions.  In this discussion, we will consider contextualization by evaluating the fundamental and far-reaching role of culture.

To inform your thinking on this topic, begin by reading “Toward a Psychological Science for a Cultural Species” (Heine & Norenzayan, 2006), “Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Applied Social Psychological Research” (Ross, 2004), and “Reflections on the Stanford Prison Experiment: Genesis, Rransformations, Consequences” (Zimbardo, Maslach, & Haney, 2000).

Then, locate a peer-reviewed empirical article (see Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)) describing a research study that examines a psychological phenomenon from a cultural perspective.  Discuss the research, considering the various elements of a critical review (see Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review (Links to an external site.)) with reference to/explanation of the more broad social-pychological domain (social thinking, social relations, social influence).  Appraise the role of culture in our psychological understanding of this phenomenon.  Assess the relevance of one “lesson” of applied psychology (Ross, 2004) to your selected study.