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PSY 330 Week 1 Assignment Final Project Topic
Selection
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PSY 330 Week 1 Assignment Final Project Topic
Selection PSY 330 Week 1 DQ 1 Methods PSY 330
Week 1 DQ 2 Psychoanalytic Theory PSY 330 Week 2
Assignment Nature Versus Nurture PSY 330 Week 2
DQ 1 Neurobiology PSY 330 Week 2 DQ 2
Heritability PSY 330 Week 3 Assignment Final
Project Outline PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 1
Behaviorism PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 2 Psychodynamic
Theory
PSY 330 Week 1 Assignment Final Project Topic
Selection   Final Project Topic SelectionReview
your course text and select one model of
personality that you are interested in
researching further (the model can be from any
chapter in the text).  The model of personality
you select will be used as the topic of your
Final Project for this course.  
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PSY 330 Week 1 DQ 2 Psychoanalytic Theory
PSY 330 Week 1 DQ 1 Methods
PSY 330 Week 1 DQ 2   Psychoanalytic
Theory Select one of the following options for
this discussion.  Indicate in your post which
option you are responding to. Option A
Psychoanalytic theory presents explanations for
abnormal behavior as well as a variety of methods
for treatment of that behavior.  Select one of
the methods or techniques used in psychoanalysis
and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this
approach as it applies to the treatment of
psychological disorders.  Your initial post
should be a minimum of 250 words
PSY 330 Week 1 DQ 1   Methods Which of the
methods and statistics presented in Chapter 2 of
your course text do you think are the most
effective for the study of personality? Why? 
Identify and discuss at least one experimental
method and one statistical approach. Explain
their specific uses as outlined in your course
text.  
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PSY 330 Week 2 DQ 1 Neurobiology
PSY 330 Week 2 Assignment Nature Versus Nurture
PSY 330 Week 2 DQ 1   Neurobiology Select one of
the following options for this discussion. 
Indicate in your post which option you are
responding to. Option A  Review this weeks
reading, which introduced the role of
neurotransmitters in human behavior and
personality.  Use the Ashford University Online
Library to locate one peer-reviewed research
study which was published in the last five years
and that implicates a neurotransmitter as the
cause of an abnormal behavior (psychological
disorder). 
PSY 330 Week 2 Assignment Nature Versus
Nurture   Nature Versus NurtureThe nature
versus nurture debate, as it relates to human
development, has perplexed mankind for
centuries.  In the field of human behavior, the
question frequently arises as to how much of
human behavior is due to environment and how much
is due to genetic influence. 
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PSY 330 Week 2 DQ 2 Heritability
PSY 330 Week 3 Assignment Final Project Outline
PSY 330 Week 2 DQ 2   Heritability One of the
goals of behavioral genetics is to identify the
heritability of a particular behavior. 
Heritability is the amount of variance in
observed behaviors among people that can be
explained by genetics.  Review this weeks
reading and discuss the strengths and weaknesses
of some of the methods used to determine
heritability in humans.  Address the use of
adoption studies and twin studies, as well as
shared environmental factors and unique
environmental factors.  
PSY 330 Week 3 Assignment Final Project
Outline   Final Project OutlineReview the Final
Project guidelines and, using the approved topic
that was identified in Week One, construct an
outline of your Final Project.  Your outline
should be a minimum of one to two pages
(excluding title and reference pages) and include
each of the required headings/sub-headings listed
for your Final Project as well as a two-to
three-sentence description of each. 
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PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 2 Psychodynamic Theory
PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 1 Behaviorism
PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 2   Psychodynamic Theory The
psychodynamic model provides a general guideline
for the development of normal and abnormal
behavior.  Overall, the model is comprised of
numerous theories and approaches that follow a
general trend for behavior formation
PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 1   Behaviorism Imagine you
have completed the certification process and you
are now a practicing therapist who specializes in
behavior modification.  A new client calls you to
make an appointment and discloses that she has a
severe phobia of dogs.  She has been terrified of
them since childhood
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PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 2 Interpersonal Style
PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 1 Cognitive Theory
PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 2   Interpersonal Style Review
this weeks reading and describe your
interpersonal style.  What factors have affected
the interpersonal style that you exhibit?  Do you
think the source(s) of your interpersonal style
are consistent with the theories underlying the
models described in the course text?  Your
initial post should be a minimum of 250 words and
utilize at least one peer-reviewed source that
was published within the last five years, cited
according to APA guidelines as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 1   Cognitive Theory Review
the weeks reading on cognitive and
cognitive-behavioral theories of personality,
which have significant application in the
treatment of abnormal behavior.  Select one of
the options below and develop a case study that
could use one of the therapy techniques listed to
treat a patient exhibiting an abnormal behavior. 
Indicate in your post which option you selected.
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PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 1 Triadic Theory
PSY 330 Week 5 Assignment Final Project
PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 1   Triadic Theory Select a
mental illness that you are interested in
learning more about.  Provide a brief overview of
this mental illness.  Discuss how Triadic Theory
would likely describe the cause of this illness. 
What would a therapist, employing this approach
in his or her practice, suggest as a possible
treatment for this disorder?  Do you think that
this theory is more appropriate for the diagnosis
and treatment of some disorders, more than
others?
PSY 330 Week 5 Assignment Final Project   Final
ProjectSelect one of the following options for
your Final Project Option 1 Models of
Personality CritiqueFocus of the Final
ProjectUsing the model of personality you
selected in Week One, write an eight- to ten-
page, double-spaced (not including title and
reference pages) critique of the model.  Your
discussion should incorporate a minimum of six to
eight scholarly, peer-reviewed sources that were
published within the last five years. 
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PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 2 Sociobiology
PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 2   Sociobiology View the
interview with E.O. Wilson (http//www.charlierose
.com/view/interview/4989), a pioneer in the field
of sociobiology.  In the video, Dr. Wilson makes
some very strong statements regarding the
biological nature of human behavior.  Many of
these statements are in direct opposition to
other models and theories that you have been
exposed to throughout this course.  You will be
divided by last names for this discussion.  Your
initial post should formulate an argument either
to support or refute E.O. Wilsons claims from
the interview.   
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