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About this Assignment
In this course you learned the various concepts of the history and systems of psychology and how to apply the principles of this discipline. This course has provided a solid foundation for understanding modern psychology. You will now apply what you have learned in an essay assignment.
Project Prompts
For this assignment, you must select one of the prompts below and write about a 2,000 word essay with a defensible thesis. Make sure to use textual evidence to support your thesis.
Investigate and analyze research findings on culture and discrimination in psychology. What are the hidden inequities and implicit biases that have skewed research findings? Consider intelligence testing as an example. Propose some action steps psychologists and researchers can take to remove bias and discrimination from their practice. Provide evidence for your argument and explain how and why your recommendations will help remove this bias and discrimination.
Thorndike proposed the Law of Effect to explain the future behaviors of individuals. Many institutions employ a system of punishment and rewards to curb, eradicate, or enhance behaviors. Select and research a system of punishment and rewards (i.e. school, penal system, home disciplinary system, etc.). Describe how the Law of Effect applies to and predicts future behaviors for individuals within this system. Additionally, provide an alternative perspective of how the Law of Effect may not predict future behavior in this system. Finally, make a recommendation as to how to apply the Law of Effect – is it a helpful framework to use, or does it harm individuals to predict behavior in the system you’ve chosen? Provide evidence for your argument and explain how and why your recommendations will help reduce bad behaviors.
Describe a system of punishment and reward that implemented to change behaviors of a population (i.e. tax breaks for charitable giving, suspension for fighting in school, or speeding tickets). Identify how the new rules, policies, or laws changed the behaviors of those it affected, and connect the experience to psychological theories and research that explain or contradict this policy. Using your research, propose an improved system you would use to enhance or extinguish the same behaviors.
As part of your research, you may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least three credible, outside sources and cite them using APA format. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and instructor’s name).
Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press releases published by the company in question.
Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Management. You may use sources like JSTOR, Google Scholar, and Social Science Research Network to find articles from these journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)
