Post 1 L.S.
Hello all,
Part A:
I am Lauren and I live in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania for most my life. I was born in Arlington, Virginia and lived there my first two years of my life. My current educational/academic goals is to complete my masters degree. When I complete this class and the other that I am currently taking, I will only have one class left plus the capstone. As of now, that is my only, last academic goal for continuing my education. I suppose going for my PhD is not 100% out of the question but for now it is. Long term, I would say my professional goals is to get a job of some sort in this field. That would be ideal for starters. I wouldn’t know what my plans are right now beyond that professionally because I would have to see what jobs are available at that time in order to see, predict, or plan for my next step. My goals for this class are to learn the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative methods and since I am going into this course blindly for the most part, I am looking to be able to make it through this course with steadily gaining knowledge throughout the way. Outside of school, I am very interested in the military and psychology still. I volunteer at various military organizations as well as constantly doing research in various areas of the military.
Part B:
The construct that I choose is stereotypes. Stereotypes are not that difficult to examine and can be analyzed rather quickly throughout the course of a simple conversation. Various universities have conducted studies based on surveys, controlled conversations in therapy sessions, and analyzing members of a particular society at random, among others. This research has managed to make an impact in society with factual information and data to know what area of a specific society are more likely to reference stereotypes than others. In addition, another purpose of this is tract improvement of less stereotypes. This was a study that was conducted
Thanks,
Lauren Stauffer
Post 2 J.F.
Greetings Classmates and Professor,
Part A: Intro
My name is Jennifer Frisk, I go by Jenn, so please feel free to call me that. I am originally from Guam, and joined the Air Force when I graduated high school. Unlike most military members, I have only been stationed in 2 places, Texas and South Dakota. I have been lucky and gotten to visit many different places so that makes up for it. My current educational aspiration is to earn my MA in Psychology, I would like to use my degree and help out in the veteran community and the community in general.
Some learning goals for this course would be to be able to plan research appropriately and to understand the dynamics of a proper research plan. I have just completed the Qualitative research methods course and I am looking forward to this course to see the comparison between the two. Outside of college, I enjoy reading (historical fiction mainly, so if anyone has recommendations, send them my way) crafting, and hanging out with my husband and our boxer fur baby Koa.
Part B: Constructs
For this portion I have chosen the construct of trauma; more specifically how does trauma affect behavior or attitude in every day life. Once a trauma has surfaced the individual must now either decide to overcome and work through it to better understand how it has shaped them and how they can shape themselves afterwards, or choose to ignore it and relate their attitudes or issues to other factors. Trauma has been studied in many different forms, but the most common that comes to mind is working with a therapist or counselor. An outside voice could help individuals come to understand or even to realize what could have been the starting point for certain behaviors or beliefs. The impact of understanding trauma could have a couple different paths, firstly it can help teachers who are among the front-line individuals to recognize if something is wrong, it can help counselors to develop ways to help their clients to understand how they can now steer their own lives in spite of the trauma. Lastly it could also help individuals who look to become foster parents, understanding what the child they are caring for went through would not only help the child, but hopefully improve the adult as well.
I’m excited for this term, can’t wait to “meet” everyone!
Cheers!
Jenn
Post 3 R.A.
Hello Professor and Classmates,
Part A: Introduction to the Class
Introduce yourself to the class. Who are you? Where are you from? What are your current and/or future educational aspirations and goals? What are your learning goals for this course? What are your interests outside of college?
My name is Rodrick Anderson and I am originally from the southeast part of Dallas, Texas and currently reside in San Diego, California. My current aspirations and goals is to complete the masters of psychology program and masters of sociology program thereafter. My future aspirations and goals are undetermined at the moment although I’m looking to pursue a phd in general psychology program after completing my masters degree. For the course, I would like to gain more knowledge in Quantitative research methods as I just completed Qualitative research methods. Outside of school, I typically enjoy working out, hanging out with my wife, kids and friends, playing basketball, archery, and cooking.
Part B: Constructs
Researchers, experimenters, psychologists, and other scientists collect and analyze information to understand the world around us. In this discussion, identify 1 psychological finding or construct (e.g., social desirability) and describe at least 1 way this finding has been researched or used in experiments.
Please include the following information:
a) the name and explanation of the finding or construct- Survey Research uses questionnaires, surveys, and interviews can be self-administered, individually administered, conducted in a group setting or electronically. Individuals or participants are tasked with self-reporting their thoughts, actions, feeling, and opinions regarding the topic of the survey. b) how it was or is studied- Survey Research can be used individually in both qualitative and quantitative data collection or by using a mix method approach. The data collected from the survey can be compiled into useful data for a research paper, experiment, product testing, advertisement, or assessments. c) the impact of this research- Survey Research is inexpensive (especially in our electronic era), extensive with the population size, flexible in recruiting and engaging participants, and dependable/valid data.