Week 3

The knowledge I gained from the book I looked at this week was pretty interesting because it was from a fitness and nutritional perspective on the psychological behaviors of binge eating. It presents very good information on the types of behaviors that occur with binge eating and how it causes individuals to become obese. It also provides great physical and nutritional information pertaining to these types of individuals. It also it nice work because it talks about how to assess the individuals based upon their individual needs and outcomes when it comes to their health. I am familiar with the organization which is American Council on Exercise from working in a gym for 3 years and some of the other trainers having their personal trainer certificate.I really did not notice any new search strategies, but what I have never thought of using were the ebooks that the library provided. Whenever I conduct research papers I tend to always use scholarly journals because I thought the books had to be downloaded or rented. I hope to find more information on binge eating disorder and the variety of treatments out there to battle the disorder as well as more of awareness of the disorder itself.

Week 2

The two research sources I stumbled upon this week were very fascinating and had really solid information within them. Especially the Womenshealth.gov site because of how simple the layout of the page is. I was able to just scroll through the site and all the information I need on binge eating disorder in women was right there. I thought the information it provided such as the causes were very well understood and gave a great explanation on them(depression, dieting, coping skills, biology).

I think that with this weeks assignment it gave me a very good understanding on what information was valid and useful from the ones that were not. It allowed me to decided on websites that would have correct and reliable information from the ones that were not. I know with the CRAAP test it allows you to critically think and pick apart the information as well as the source it is from. It is a great tool to use for researching the research articles or websites you are using within a paper.

My name is Josh I am currently a Psychology major at Brandman University. I have been attending Brandman since the end of 2010 and this current term will be my last. I will be done with my B.A. at the end of October and after that I plan on attending University of Louisville to pursue a Masters in Social Work. In 2012 I enlisted in the United States Army as a 68W(medic) and currently stationed in Kentucky. I have a strong urge to help people that is why I am majoring in the social sciences as well as being a medic. I hope to complete my Graduates degree by the time my enlistment is up. I have two career path choices to go towards after I graduate which are either become a civilian social worker or go direct commission in the Army to become a social worker.

I think as for my career the certain aspects I would like to work on or find more information on are different theorists or even how to treat certain disorders with therapy such as eating disorders. I really enjoy learning about my career field and how different theorists think. I too though have a huge liking towards nutrition and fitness so I am highly interested in eating disorders as well. Within the research on these topics I plan on using a variety of sources from books and scholarly journal articles that way I know all the information I provide in my research is valid.