Goal Statement

Please for the steps below: Personal/Professional Goals: o Why are you interested in graduate school and what are your plans after receiving your degree? o Why are you interested in the program and specialization to which you are applying? Please note that your personal/professional goals must be in line with the specialization to which you are applying. · Academic Experience o Describe your previous undergraduate and graduate academic experience; if you did not have psychology background, you may want to explain how you plan to apply your prior academic skills to your chosen specialization. o You may include any experiences (e.g., stu... click for more

Walter Mischel's critique of personality

What was Walter Mischel's critique of personality? Provide at least two arguments from his critique.

Depression

Give an outline for grad paper on mental health problems -special topic depression.

Brain Scanning Devices

Discuss how the current rate of progress in the development of new and better brain scanning devices may eventually render behavioral tests of brain damage obsolete. Are there specific behavioral skills that the brain scans would not be able to describe in as much detail as old fashioned assessment? What other applications for brain imaging technology could be applied to treating mental illness? i.e. selecting the best antidepressant for an individual.

Selective Attention

What is selective attention? Your description should include the two key aspects of selective attention, a consideration of top-down versus bottom-up levels of control and an example of the effects of selective attention on behavior. How relevant is selective attention to forms of mental illness and it’s treatment?