American Psychological Association

an extract from the APA Ethical Principles, containing all of the sections that may have relevance to authorship and to publication, including confidentiality, deception, and plagiarism. References American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author. ----------------------- Title Page: • Centered (horizontally) • Double space, only • Return twice, then start title • Title describes the paper and is not

Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is any treatment that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. A heterosexual is a person who is sexually attracted only to people of the opposite sex, and a homosexual is an individual who is sexually attracted to others of the same sex. There are different ways to go through conversion therapy. Conversion therapists use a range of approaches that can include general therapy, prayer, hypnosis, or aversion

Stress 44% of Americans feel more stress today than they have felt in the past 5 years. (American Psychology Association, 2015). Stress, a silent killer, has become a typical occurrence ranging amongst all generations. The American Psychology Association rates the top three causes of stress as money, work, and family responsibilities.Though stress has become more common amongst the population, knowing how to cope seems to be less known. Through education and applying coping skills, we can lead a

American Psychology Association Website Evaluation The America Psychology Association website is geared to both medical professionals and individual users like myself. The website is APA.org which means that the website is ran by an organization, usually non-profit, not a commercialized company. At first glance, what I notice is a clear lay out and tabs, at the top of the page, offering information such as: Topics, News & Events, Education, Careers and Membership. The content is easy to see and the

rollercoaster of trials and tribulations. Before 1939 some of the circumstances for being a member of the Southern School for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP) were. For Non-American Psychological (APA) members even with endorsements and payments of dues, had to be voted in by the membership. Sumner, a young black man who was the first African American to have earned a PhD in psychology was held back and delayed numerous times. Could this be due to the color of his skin? He was about to see for himself. Before

in regards to legal proceedings and ethical constraints that I might have to encounter as a psychologist. Psychologists follow a set of standardized codes derived from the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association (APA). Relying on these codes allows psychologists to make reasonable efforts to resolve an issue without violating ethical standards. If the ethics code establishes a greater standard of conduct than what is required by law, psychologists

Mary Whiton Calkins Mary Whiton Calkins, is best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of The American Psychological Association and being denied her doctorate from Harvard. However, these two aspects only make up a small portion of what she accomplished in her life. Her entire life was dedicated to her work, especially the development of her Psychology of selves. She founded an early psychology laboratory and invented the paired-associate technique. She passionately dove

(Benjamin, 2014, p.49). He wanted to study associations but in a different way than previous research, he wanted to study them as they were being formed. He did not used words that had a meaning, He tried and worked really hard to eliminate all the biases in his research, he created nonsense for him not to have any associations with the word, Example: AXD. The creation of the nonsense syllable was advancement in research, especially in studying memory and associations (Benjamin, 2014, p.50). With all the

sexuality and gender nonconforming individuals in the United States have played an increasingly large role in modern politics since the mid-20th century. These issues, commonly referred to LGBT rights, directly affect the lives of a vast number of American citizens and, as such, any legislation addressing these issues is public policy. The growing demand for equality among the LGBT community has resulted in a number of Supreme Court cases and legislation addressing commonly debated issues such as

and is the widespread practice of trying to change the sexuality of gay men and women all over the world. It is an inhumane process that only hurts patients. Gay conversion therapy is a horrifying term used to rationalize physical torture, psychological damage and systematic oppression towards the LGBT community that needs to be banned. “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside” (Lin Manuel-Miranda). Torturing people