This is always a fun debate: Nature Versus Nurture… Which do you feel has a GREATER role in human development? DO NOT PUSH BOTH!!! I am aware that they both aid in development. You could almost always say both in psychological debates; however, I want you all thinking critically. Weigh the options and defend whichever one tips the scales ever so slightly more in your opinions. Back up why you feel that way either with the textbook or a RELIABLE source 

The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze how personality impacts real-life behaviors in a criminal case study. Case studies are an in-depth evaluation of a single individual. This assignment will challenge you to explore personality from various psychological and cultural aspects.

Using any of the resources you have available, read, listen to, or watch a short documentary on a specific criminal of your choice. Ensure the media is factual. When making a choice consider the wide variety of crimes a person may engage in; violent crime, property crime, white-collar crime, organized crime, and “victimless” crime. Ensure the chosen case has been solved and you have adequate information on the criminal’s background.

In 600-750 words, use the "Criminal Behavior Case Study" document to complete this assignment. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 Thank you for your post this week. Although this new way of teaching has gained some popularity, what are your thoughts about whether the benefits of online learning and teaching have created another issue connected to social skills and how this may be negatively contributing to mental health? Relative to online learning and the new learning tools, what are your thoughts about how teachers can teach students how to effectively use these online tools and tech to become more effective and meet their educational goals? I have observed and experienced that learning how to navigate various school sites, libraries, and online tools such as Zoom, Google Docs, Google Scholar, etc., can be very overwhelming for some. What are your thoughts if the teachers are also struggling with learning how to utilize these tools and, therefore, cannot effectively teach students?  

Respond by Day 5 to at least one colleague in one of the following ways:

• Further substantiate your colleague’s post based on past interactions or observations in this course.
• Share an insight from having read your colleagues post.
• Ask a probing question regarding your colleague’s post.
• Offer a strategy for how your colleague might further develop teaching skills for other settings.

Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the Learning Resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full, APA-formatted citations for your references.

PROJECT: FINAL PROJECT: FINAL PAPER

Your review of the literature on cognitive psychology should be 12–15 pages long, exclusive of references.

The Final Paper should be a review of current literature and research on an area of cognitive psychology that is of interest to you. The Final Paper should include at least 10 sources, in addition to any course material used in its preparation. A minimum of five sources should be peer-reviewed articles published within the last five years.

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

• Becker, M. W., & Leinenger, M. (2011). Attentional selection is biased toward mood-congruent stimuli. EmotionLinks to an external site., 11(5), 1248–1254.
• Eysenck, M. W., Derakshan, N., Santos, R., & Calvo, M. G. (2007). Anxiety and cognitive performance: Attentional control theory. EmotionLinks to an external site., 7(2), 336–353.
• Gamo, N. J., & Arnsten, A. F. T. (2011). Molecular modulation of prefrontal cortex: Rational development of treatments for psychiatric disorders. Behavioral NeuroscienceLinks to an external site., 125(3), 282–296.
• Joormann, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2008). Updating the contents of working memory in depression: Interference from irrelevant negative material. Journal of Abnormal PsychologyLinks to an external site., 117(1), 182–192.
• Lupien, S. J., McEwen, B. S., Gunnar, M. R., & Heim, C. (2009). Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour, and cognition. Nature Reviews NeuroscienceLinks to an external site., 10(6), 434–445.
• Phelps, E. A., & LeDoux, J. E. (2005). Contributions of the amygdala to emotion processing: From animal models to human behavior. NeuronLinks to an external site., 48(2), 175–187.
• Preston, S. D., Buchanan, T. W., Stansfield, R. B., & Bechara, A. (2007). Effects of anticipatory stress on decision making in a gambling task. Behavioral NeuroscienceLinks to an external site., 121(2), 257–263.