Psychology Essay

Read the questions listed below and choose one question to write about. Respond to the question of your choosing, using your personal opinions to support your answers. Responses must be submitted typed and double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point font.

1. Discuss the importance of both parents bonding with the new infant. What does the text say about bonding? What if a mother is unable to bond with her newborn right away? What about adoptive parents? Is bonding ruined for the newborn if they are adopted shortly after birth? What can parents do to bond with their baby? Also, if parents find that they are having difficulties bonding with each other after the baby is born, what can they do to rekindle their romance?

second thing : Read the questions listed below and choose one question to write about. Respond to the question of your choosing, using your personal opinions to support your answers. Responses must be submitted typed and double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point .

1. Since the baby needs human milk or formula as a source of nutrients and energy, it is important that the parents decide on how the baby should be fed. What are the pros and cons of bottle feeding versus breast feeding? Which would you choose and why? What do you think of parents who decide the opposite of what you would choose for your baby?

third thing to do : Write a discussion post (between 150-300 words) that responds to the question(s) below. Use the information you learned from your text, lecturette, and lecture slides to inform and shape your posts. You may also use additional resources from outside of class. Once you have completed your discussion post, reply to at least one of your classmates posts (at least 75 words). Your initial post and your peer reply should be written with proper grammar & spellings, demonstrate thoughtful engagement with the topic, and be respectful & considerate

Prompt: What has job analysis revealed about police work? What are your opinions about this?

the note: Police psychology as a subfield of applied psychology was not officially recognized until the late 1960s or early 1970s. Since then, it has expanded rapidly and is more commonly referred to as police and public safety psychology. Police psychologists today participate in the screening and selection of law enforcement candidates, conduct promotional exams and fitness-for-duty evaluations, provide counseling services to officers and their families, offer workshops in stress management, and assist in hostage negotiation training, among many other tasks. They are also increasingly involved in consulting with administrators in areas like optimal shift schedules, training for special operations, program evaluation, or conflict management within the agency. The screening and selection of police candidates has been a fundamental task of police and public safety psychologists. Police work ranks high among stressful occupations. When stress reaches high levels, there is a danger of major dysfunction in personal relationships or police suicide. Excessive force and corruption are extremely detrimental to the relationship between police and the public as well as to the morale of the agencies themselves. Like excessive force, corruption is unlikely to be predicted before a candidate is hired. Research on police corruption indicates that it is often related to the environment of the department–it is not typically a problem of one officer.

• Review the attached lecture slides Bartol_5e_PPT_02.ppt

last thing to do: Describe how your culture (family, religion, societal, etc.) has influenced your views on love. What were you taught about love and how? Did you know about the biological factors that influence one’s experience of “love”? As always, be sure to fully explain your perspective and substantiate your points through use of information found in the course materials.