Discipline Based Literature Review (No Plagiarism) 

In this assignment you will choose three general topics of interest to you related to psychological assessment from the list below.

• Infants and preschool-aged children
• Children ages 5 through 12 years
• Children with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Neuropsychological assessment of adolescents
• Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders
• Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Intellectual assessment of adults
• Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
• Individuals with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
• Individuals with intellectual disabilities
• Individuals with autism spectrum disorders
• Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Individuals with depressive disorders
• Individuals with neurocognitive disorders
• Individuals with hearing impairments
• Individuals with visual impairments
• Gifted individuals
• Individuals who have served in the military

Research five peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library that were published within the last 15 years, including a minimum of one article for each of your three chosen topics. In your paper, begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment. Using your researched articles, compare at least two psychological or educational tests and/or assessment procedures for each of the topics chosen. Analyze and describe the psychometric methodologies employed in the development and/or validation of the tests and/or assessment procedures associated with each of the three topics. Debate any relevant approaches to assessment of the constructs being evaluated by any tests and assessments you described. Include an analysis of any challenges related to assessing individuals from diverse social and cultural backgrounds for each of the three topics. Conclude by evaluating the ethical and professional issues that influence the interpretation of testing and assessment data. You may cite from your textbook to assist you in the development of your introduction and the conclusion of your paper; however, the textbook cannot count as one of the five required peer-reviewed articles.

Writing the Literature Review

The Literature Review:

• Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length (not including title or references pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that summarizes your evaluation addressing the current use of psychological tests and the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.
• Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources published within the last 15 years, all of which come from the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford 

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Discipline Based Literature Review

In this assignment you will choose three general topics of interest to you related to psychological assessment from the list below.

• Infants and preschool-aged children
• Children ages 5 through 12 years
• Children with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Neuropsychological assessment of adolescents
• Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders
• Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Intellectual assessment of adults
• Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
• Individuals with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
• Individuals with intellectual disabilities
• Individuals with autism spectrum disorders
• Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Individuals with depressive disorders
• Individuals with neurocognitive disorders
• Individuals with hearing impairments
• Individuals with visual impairments
• Gifted individuals
• Individuals who have served in the military

Research five peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library that were published within the last 15 years, including a minimum of one article for each of your three chosen topics. In your paper, begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment. Using your researched articles, compare at least two psychological or educational tests and/or assessment procedures for each of the topics chosen. Analyze and describe the psychometric methodologies employed in the development and/or validation of the tests and/or assessment procedures associated with each of the three topics. Debate any relevant approaches to assessment of the constructs being evaluated by any tests and assessments you described. Include an analysis of any challenges related to assessing individuals from diverse social and cultural backgrounds for each of the three topics. Conclude by evaluating the ethical and professional issues that influence the interpretation of testing and assessment data. You may cite from your textbook to assist you in the development of your introduction and the conclusion of your paper; however, the textbook cannot count as one of the five required peer-reviewed articles.

Writing the Literature Review
The Literature Review:

• Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length (not including title or references pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that summarizes your evaluation addressing the current use of psychological tests and the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.
• Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources published within the last 15 years, all of which come from the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Need a 7 page paper

Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources (a minimum of one source per construct) from the Ashford University Library

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch the embedded video and review the PSY620: Analyzing and Citing Scholarly Articles guide.

Learning and cognition is a broad discipline. For this discipline-based literature review, you will research peer-reviewed articles published within the last ten years on the following constructs within this domain:

• The Neurosciences: A Look at Our Brains
• Socio-Cognition: Social Interactions in Learning
• Learning and Literacy: Reading, Writing and Language Development
• Diversity and Culture: The Effects to Learning
• Connectionism and Learning: A Web of Development

In your paper, use your research to provide an explanation of each of the above listed discipline-based constructs. Apply ethical principles to the explanations of each construct and consider the issues that arise in research within these different areas. Additionally, analyze each construct using a minimum of one peer-reviewed article per construct and provide support for your statements. Within this analysis, explain the theoretical perspectives and empirical findings for each construct that are pertinent to the field of learning and cognition.

Need a 7 page paper

Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources (a minimum of one source per construct) from the Ashford University Library

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch the embedded video and review the PSY620: Analyzing and Citing Scholarly Articles guide.

Learning and cognition is a broad discipline. For this discipline-based literature review, you will research peer-reviewed articles published within the last ten years on the following constructs within this domain:

• The Neurosciences: A Look at Our Brains
• Socio-Cognition: Social Interactions in Learning
• Learning and Literacy: Reading, Writing and Language Development
• Diversity and Culture: The Effects to Learning
• Connectionism and Learning: A Web of Development

In your paper, use your research to provide an explanation of each of the above listed discipline-based constructs. Apply ethical principles to the explanations of each construct and consider the issues that arise in research within these different areas. Additionally, analyze each construct using a minimum of one peer-reviewed article per construct and provide support for your statements. Within this analysis, explain the theoretical perspectives and empirical findings for each construct that are pertinent to the field of learning and cognition.