Prepare a 3–5 page white paper discussing one aspect of applied psychology (applied behavioral analysis, counseling psychology, sports psychology, I/O psychology, legal psychology, or human factors psychology). To prepare for this paper, choose from the articles below or research your own. You may use these as sources for the assessment:
Applied Behavioral Analysis
Furman, T. M., & Lepper, T. L. (2018). Applied behavior analysis: Definitional difficulties. The Psychological Record, 68(1), 103–105.
Greer, B. D., & Kodak, T. (2018). Introduction to the special issue on applied behavior analysis. Learning and Motivation, 62, 1–3.
Schmitt, N. (2017). Reflections on the Journal of Applied Psychology for 1989 to 1994: Changes in major research themes and practices over 25 years. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), 564–568.
Counseling Psychology
Lester, J. N., Wong, Y. J., O’Reilly, M., & Kiyimba, N. (2018). Discursive psychology: Implications for counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 46(5), 576–607.
Oh, J., Stewart, A. E., & Phelps, R. E. (2017). Topics in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1963–2015. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64(6), 604–615.
Human Factors Psychology
Naikar, N. (2017). Cognitive work analysis: An influential legacy extending beyond human factors and engineering. Applied Ergonomics, 59, 528–540.
Ghislieri, C., Molino, M., & Cortese C. G. (2018). Work and organizational psychology looks at the fourth industrial revolution: How to support workers and organizations? Frontiers in Psychology.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02365/full
Sports Psychology
Cooke, A., & Ring, C. (2019). Psychophysiology of sport, exercise, and performance: Past, present, and future. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8(1), 1–6.
Schinke, R. J., Blodgett, A. T., Ryba, T. V., Kao, S. F., & Middleton, T. R. F. (2019). Cultural sport psychology as a pathway to advances in identity and settlement research to practice. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 42, 58–65.
Assessment In your paper, do the following:
Describe this area of applied psychology.
What does it focus on?
What does it do?
What are the key ideas, figures, or psychological theories?
Analyze the societal or cultural needs that led to the development of this area of psychology.
Analyze how the history of this area of psychology informs professional behaviors.
Length: 3–5 page paper.
Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Resources and citations: A minimum of two scholarly sources is required. A maximum of one nonscholarly but credible source may be used in addition to the two scholarly sources. Format according to current APA guidelines.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
