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PSY 330 Entire Course
PSY 330 Week 1 Assignment Final Project Topic
Selection
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
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
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. 
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
The 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.  Review the Nature
and Nurture Predispose to Violent Behavior
article
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. 
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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.
Review 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 1 Behaviorism
PSY 330 Week 3 DQ 2 Psychodynamic Theory
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. 
Her fiancé has a dog and will not part with it,
which requires her to get treatment before they
are married.
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.  Evaluate each of the theories
contained in the psychodynamic approach as they
are presented in your course text. 
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PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 1 Cognitive Theory
PSY 330 Week 4 DQ 2 Interpersonal Style
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.
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.
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PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 1 Triadic Theory
PSY 330 Week 5 Assignment Final Project
Final Project Select 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
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? 
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PSY 330 Week 5 DQ 2 Sociobiology
Last names beginning with letters A-M  Provide a
reasoned argument that supports the statements
that E.O. Wilson makes regarding the biological
nature of human behavior in the interview video
clip.  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.

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