Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct Among Psychologists

The field is social psychology, and the selected title is bullying. The articles selected as follows: Mundbjerg Eriksen, T. L., Hogh, A., & Hansen, A. M. (2016). Long-Term Consequences of Workplace Bullying On Sickness Absence. Labor Economics, 43: 129-150. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.06.008 This peer-reviewed article explores the effects of bullying at the place of work. The study done in the article indicates that sickness, boredom, and poor productivity are some of the results of bullying from among employees.

The article is significant in that it helps to understand the effects of bullying at the workplace and hence aids in deriving ways to reduce its occurrence. The social setting at workplace relates to the social psychology effects as seen with the occurrence of bullying (Mundbjerg Eriksen et al., 2016). Priest, N., King, T., Becares, L., & Kavanagh, A. M. (2016). Bullying Victimization and Racial Discrimination among Australian Children. American Journal of Public Health, 106(10), 1882-1884.

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303328 This article addresses a social issue on bullying which has often been attached to racial discrimination in many societies today. The article finds out that discrimination takes advantage of bullying and often leads to consequential effects among the young people. The article is significantly relevant in seeking ways to protect children from discrimination and abuse. The article applies to social psychology in that it addresses an issue in the field of social setting and cohesion (Priest et al., 2016). Huang, F. L., & Cornell, D. G. (2016).

Question Order Affects the Measurement of Bullying Victimization Among Middle School Students. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 76(5), 724-740. Doi: 10.1177/0013164415622664 The article addresses victimization in the form of bullying among middle school students. It reveals that most of the victimizations are characteristics of bullying (Huang & Cornell, 2016). From the study, it is found that bullying can be suppressed categorically if the necessary measures are installed in such schools.

The study is invaluable because it provides an understanding of the negatives of bullying and hence provides the urgency and guidelines that can be taken to curb it in schools. Fox, C. (2016). Archers Abusers. Spectator (00386952), 332(9812), 18-19. The article addresses issues on addictive domestic abuse that affects the daily growth and development of the members of the society. The article shows that most of the abuses in the societies occur because strategies of controlling bullying have not been adopted (Fox, 2016).

In the field of social psychology, the article provides an understanding of the issues at hand and hence provides a leeway into managing them and providing the society with coherent measures of dealing with discrimination. Shellenbarger, S. (2016, September 14). When a Bully Targets Your Child. Wall Street Journal - Online Edition. p. 1. This peer-reviewed article explores the possibility and effects that are felt when a child becomes a target of a bully.

The article is significant because it creates awareness, as with its findings, in the aspects of bullying detrimental to the growth of a child. The issue here is related to social psychology in that it addresses the specific details that are common when it comes to understanding how the society and its members influence each other positively and negatively (Shellenbarger, 2016). Week 1: Discussion 2 It was a challenge accessing the needed articles and integrating them together.

I had to search every article and explore it individually as a way of mastering it before moving on to the next so that coherence was made possible. Future research should be based on factual aspects of the study as I identified differently from the different sources encountered. The resources in Ashford University Library and the Ashford Writing Center were useful in accessing the specific topic and the field of study, and providing important information that answered the research questions effectively.

For future assignments, resources are multifaceted and I recommend further reading on them. WEEK 2 The school of thought chosen is behaviorism. The theorist associated with behaviorism and chosen for the study is B. F. Skinner, who proposed and focused on operant conditioning. Skinner purposed on using the operant conditioning to change behavior with reinforcements given when the desired response is achieved.

Using punishments, reinforcers, and neutral operant, Skinner developed a mechanism in which behavior can be created and monitored within an individual, beginning from the one of being an empty slate, and ending with the reaction that is desired. This theorist has had major contributions on how to develop and control behavior, something that has been a breakthrough. The school of thought is important for scientific research uses the environmental determiners of behavior, and very useful in controlling learner behavior.

The weakness of the theory is that it does not apply to everyone and that it rejects the cognitive factors. The issue selected is that of adolescent smoking. From the operant conditioning, the environment is the main contributor to this behavior. The theory can be used to gain understanding and hence control of the issue (Grenyer & Lewis, 2012) WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 1 In this case, study, the client is the organization. As the I/O psychologist, the professional is to foresee a successful completion of the study.

This means the establishment of the necessary structures, timelines, materials, personnel, and schedule for the study, together with the completion of the study and presentation of the results within a suitable consent. Stakeholders will be assembled and informed on what is expected of them. Employees will be assured of the aims of the study, urged to keep their identities as defined, and guided within their availabilities (Grenyer & Lewis, 2012) WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2 The complaints raised include failure to have an informed consent and client misunderstanding of the significance of the study.

These violations are likely to endanger the validity and reliability of the study. The misconduct from among the participants will derail the efforts made to sustain the growth of the study. Consent should be informed from among respondents. Psychology professionals provide information that guides the understanding of the self-care and maintenance of the ethical principles in place. Some self-care tips and tools include creating individual awareness and considering ethical principles all the time.

WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 Minors are protected by the state rules and regulations governing psychology as a profession and on confidentiality and consent. The regulations provide for the need to have information access to the parents for those who are under the age of eighteen years but with special omissions as in the case provided above. In Billy's case, he is entitled to some rules and regulations in that he is a minor and hence confidentiality of everything is a necessity.

His parents have to be informed, but this can be omitted with the prospect that he is seeking to have confidentiality with the matter at hand. In contrast, informed consent must be met with the parents of the minor and hence the issue that is likely to arise can be resolved by observing either of the ethical provisions in place. The consent of the.