Description PSY 102 Full Course GCU New PSY 102 Full Course Discussions GCU New PSY 102 Week 1 DQ 1 How might a psychologist study “mate selection” based on each of these four levels of psychological analysis (biological, individual, social, and cultural)? PSY 102 Week 1 DQ 2 Review the research-related subfields in psychology in […]

RES 861 Topic 3 DQ 2 Every household has a junk drawer (or some similar place) that serves as the “catch all” for items that have no designated place. Go to your junk drawer and randomly retrieve three items. Write a one-paragraph summary of each item separately. Then write a one-paragraph synthesis that compares and […]

RES 861 Topic 4 DQ 2 The Background of the Problem section in Chapter 2 identifies, based on prior research, the gap or need that informs the topic and problem statement for the research study. Discuss the research gap you have identified for your dissertation study. How does this gap inform the problem statement of […]

RES 861 Topic 4 Benchmark – Synthesis and the Research Gap The literature review of a dissertation is more than a “book report” that summarizes a set of research articles. The literature review is a synthesis of ideas. This synthesis illuminates a gap in the research literature that can be filled by additional research such […]

RES 861 Topic 4 DQ 1 To implement a “doable” dissertation study, the doctoral learner must transition from a topic of interest to identifying gap in the extant research. That is, the dissertation problem must emerge as a gap from prior research. Discuss the gap you have identified for your dissertation study and the research […]

RES 861 Topic 5 DQ 1 Part of the Background to the Problem section of Chapter 2 highlights the historic context of the problem under study. Discuss the problem for your dissertation study. What are the key elements that provide the historic context to the study? How does the research literature create or support that […]

RES 861 Topic 5 DQ 2 The Background of the Problem section identifies the gap or need based on prior research that informs the topic and problem statement for the research study. Post a draft (minimum 1 page) of your Background to the Problem section of your study. (Note: This will be used in the […]

RES 861 Topic 6 Comparing Literature Reviews The literature review in a dissertation serves to illuminate the research gap and thereby justify the necessity of the study and the proposed study methodology. Though this purpose remains consistent across all methodologies, the structure of the literature review section of a qualitative dissertation often differs slightly from […]

RES 861 Topic 7 DQ 2 State four terms related to your proposed dissertation topic that could be entered into a search engine to generate a list of potential scholarly sources. Using the terms you identified, search the GCU Library for 5 sources (including three dissertations) that could support your proposed dissertation topic. (Note: These […]

RES 861 Topic 6 DQ 2 How do the results of research studies advance or impede theories or models? Give examples using the two theories or models you identified in the previous discussion question in this Topic. How do you expect that the results of your dissertation study may advance knowledge of this theory or […]