Institute for Social Research

in the field of research psychology, I have learned the following: 1. The skills and attributes I need in order to be successful are transdisciplinary and cognitive load management. Transdisciplinary refers to the ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines (Institute for the Future, 2011). This skill is vital in the global world as many problems cannot be solved by one specialized skill and in turn brings together researchers from different disciplines (Institute for the Future,…

The concerns about allowing homosexuals to serve in the military have been an ongoing source of social discord and dynamic social discourse. Homosexual soldiers have served honorably in the U.S. military for many years and as such have participated in most of the major conflicts and wars around the world, including the American Revolutionary War (Baker, 2010). The idea that these honorable men and women have had to be less than honest about their sexual orientation so that they would be allowed…

Kindergarten social hierarchies were determined using a modification of a naturalistic behavioral observation method developed to assess individual dominance positions in preschool classrooms (Strayer & Trudel, 1984). Classroom interactions were observed during the winter months of the kindergarten year (prior to the spring assessment of externalizing symptoms) during structured, semi structured, and free play activities. Social dominance was operationally defined as a pattern of repeated…

all night cramming for exams? Or Do you imagine a student who is raising a child while trying to juggle school and work? Most of us would more likely agree with the first image of a college student. However, based on a 2014 research done by Institute for Women’s Policy Research stated that 4.8 million undergraduate students are raising children and 71 percent of that is women (Gualt, 2014). Yet, very few of us know a mom who is attending college let alone at a four-year institution. Thus, I was…

In my research on this week’s assignment, I will be commenting on several social organizations that revolve around women and their movements. I will begin with my choice of an influential women in history that has worked closely with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, next, I will write on the Center for Women’s Policy with their mission in life on women’s involvement, and I will write about the League of Women Voters of Illinois and their purposes for getting women involved in their grassroots…

An intensive study have been made forf the literature, research was in 1984 and found and used the caregiver concept of stress in the workplace of nursing (Baines, 1984).. In congruence with this finding, obtaining assistance with providing activities for recreation and diversion was needed (Baines, 1984). Similar to Baines (1984), Kelley (1993) and Schumacher, Dodd, and Paul (1993) conducted research focusing on caregiver stress using non-ADRD caregivers. Kelley conducted a descriptive study…

the article, “Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),’’ found on PsychologyToday.com, is similar, with some differences, to the academic journal, “Social anxiety disorder: Recent developments in psychological approaches to conceptualization and treatment’’ by Lisa Anne Lampe. Both articles focus on the definition and treatment of social anxiety disorder. Psychology Today’s article, “Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),” relays information on social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, and…

nxiety is a universal term which refers to different symptoms characterizing diverse anxiety disorders, for example panic disorder (e.g., suddenly feeling fearful for no reason), social phobia (e.g., fear of social or performance situations), or generalized anxiety (e.g., excessive and uncontrollable worry, irritability). Heterogeneity in anxiety symptoms and disorders is presented in the literature, the immense majority of which includes multiple measures of individual anxiety symptoms, such as…

I am particularly interested in clinical ethics consultation, medical decision-making, research ethics, and the ethical, legal and social implications of new technologies. National Institutes of Health Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Bioethics is of particular…

Linking vulnerable population, theory and Research to Population Nurses go through different challenges as they transform research program into health policy. The research process brings changes to health policy at the local, community, state, national, and international level. Research programs are used in nursing to guide practice and make changes in health and science policy. Different strategies and lessons are learned when moving research programs to health policy. Authors have identified…