RESPONSE 3 (Teaera): For this weeks forum we have been assigned a discussion on prejudice. According to our reading for the week prejudice is a view that is held towards a group that is either hostile or negative (Aronson, 2012).

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RESPONSE 1 (Kenneth):

This topic for our discussion can be very thought-provoking, or it will create some animosity.  Our textbook defines prejudice as, “a hostile or negative attitude toward a distinguishable group, on the basis of generalizations derived from faulty or incomplete information” (Aronson, 2012).  To that effect, in my current environment, prejudice is not an obvious problem.  Contrary to popular belief, I have not personally witnessed bias of any kind, from any one group towards another, in my 20 years of active duty Army service.  Now, as a senior NCO, I have had to deal with Soldiers (of all races, creeds, ethnicities, and religions), that held prejudices of some kind towards another group.  For me, I was not concerned with their reasons for having these beliefs.  Given my beliefs and my position at the time, I recommended punishment of the Soldier to my Commanding Officer, and let the military justice system do its job from there.  For me, tolerance of any discriminatory actions of any kind, towards any person, for any reason, is as good as me being the individual holding that prejudice.  A person can argue that the military has not been a shining example of tolerance over its history.  To a limited extent, this would be true.  As societal norms evolved, and civil rights for all Americans have advanced, the military as a whole as lead the way in being the first to break down imposed barriers.

Case in point, recently the military opened all jobs to females (Tilghman, 2015).  For the Army specifically, this means that if a woman wants to be an infantryman, or a tanker, or an Army Ranger, she can do that.  Women serving alongside men, in all capacities, makes our Army stronger.  This brings up a question.  If women can serve in combat jobs historically held only by men, why have professional sports not allowed women to begin playing in the big leagues, such as the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB?  The nation demonized the military for not allowing women to serve in direct combat jobs.  No one has done that to any professional sports league, forcing them to integrate women into their team rosters, yet they continue to be supported and praised.

I have never viewed myself as prejudice towards anyone.  However, I will say that there are those individuals that I prefer over others.  For example, I enjoy talking to people who seem to have a healthy air of common sense.  I also prefer individuals that can carry on an intelligent conversation.  If I share similar interests with a person, I am more drawn to them and want to share in those interests together.  I don’t care about their gender, age, ethnicity, religion, our cultural differences, none of that.  It’s those differences that make us stronger as a collective nation.  Everyone gets a fair chance to prove themselves to me.  All I ask is that I get the same chance with them.

References

Aronson, E. (2012). The Social Animal (11 Ed.). New York, New York: Worth Publishers.

Tilghman, A. (2015, December 3). All Combat Jobs Open to Women in the Military. Retrieved from Militarytimes.com: https://www.militarytimes.com/2015/12/03/all-combat-jobs-open-to-women-in-the-military/

RESPONSE 2 (Xaiver): In my current environment there isn’t much if any at all any type of prejudice behavior. Being that I am a federal police officer, we are all accustomed to having different backgrounds with the individuals that I work with on a daily. It is a mix of us, age differences, sex differences, race differences, nationality differences and religious differences. What makes it easy for us to work with each other without having or showing prejudice behavior towards one another is the fact that we all served in the military. I wouldn’t say that the military breaks individuals of prejudice behavior, but being that we are all around each other day in and day out working together to get things done. One thing I realized while serving was that we learned to accept each other differences, almost because we had no choice but to. Also that fact that the amount of trouble we could get into while serving in the military or as a government employee is far more harsh than those individuals not working in the military or for the federal government. The mindset plays a factor as well. We development a different mindset serving, become more disciplined, more understanding, more team player like. This is not saying that individuals whom have served or are working in the federal government aren’t prejudice or have prejudice behaviors but it is just not as common. In my life the only time I felt that I was a little prejudice was on my first deployment. Being in Iraq as an 19 year old doing outside the wire missions, I truly believed that ever Iraqi that I saw was a terrorist. It could have even been a toddler I thought they were a terrorist too. I would also find myself being on “high alert”, feeling like I had to watch my back and front, not knowing whom was a bad guy. It wasn’t until I started spending more time with Iraqi’s in general that I realized that not everyone Iraqi was a terrorist. I would ask my self after I realized that not everyone was a terrorist was what led me to truly believe that every Iraqi was a terrorist? The answer that I came to conclude was because of all the news media I had seen, all the intel briefings that I had went to and that fact that anytime terrorist was mentioned, Iraqi was placed in front of it it seemed to me. Therefore, I made myself think that all Iraqi’s were terrorist.

RESPONSE 3 (Teaera): For this weeks forum we have been assigned a discussion on prejudice. According to our reading for the week prejudice is a view that is held towards a group that is either hostile or negative (Aronson, 2012). These views are usually derived from incomplete information that results in a generalization.

I am an active duty army Soldier. As such prejudice is considered a really big problem. We are given annual training on the subject and it is extremely frowned upon and harshly punished if discovered. I have heard story after story of prejudice in the military and in the workplace. In the case of myself I have not experienced any prejudice to myself, however, I have worked with many Soldiers who have had to face prejudice aimed towards themselves.

One example I can think of, that a fellow female Soldier imparted on me, was victim blaming. This female Soldier had been receiving sexual and threatening notes and when she was being interviewed about them her interviewer kept asking her what she had done in order to receive the notes. As described in our reading, this would be classified as victim blaming (Aronson, 2012). This was obviously not her fault but her interviewer was trying to thrust responsibility on her. With this example I do not feel that I work in a prejudice free environment it is simply that I have not been the victim of it therefor I have failed to notice the issues that are present. I do think as of lately there has been less prejudice in the military as when discovered it is dealt with quickly and severely. My husband had to deal with a Soldier who made some extremely negative and sexual remarks about women while at a school required to get promoted to a higher rank. The Soldier was kicked out of the class in less than 24 hours and proceedings were immediately started to kick him out of the Army.

I have realized that I was feeling prejudice towards a group of people. I am ashamed to say that I was raised to have negative views for a specific minority group. When I moved away from my home town and went to college I was able to identify that my views were wrong and disgusting and had to work at rerouting my own belief system. I was surprised to discover my own prejudice. In my home town it was just considered a normal view point, so when I left and discovered how messed up it was it I felt really ashamed of myself and the fact that I had ever accepted such beliefs.

Provide some background on the couple or family, including hypothetical information related to race, socioeconomic status, culture, sexuality, and psychological issues.

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Imagine that you are a professor teaching a psychology ethics course and you have to decide on a hypothetical case that you will use to educate your students for a couples and family therapy learning module.

In the case analysis, please include the following information:

  • Describe a hypothetical couple or family (choose one) and the issues and concerns one or the other brings to you.
  • Provide some background on the couple or family, including hypothetical information related to race, socioeconomic status, culture, sexuality, and psychological issues.
  • Identify 3 ethical challenges you might face in working with your hypothetical clients.
  • Describe the APA guidelines corresponding with each and how you would safeguard against ethics violations.

The paper should be 5 to 6 pages, and include a minimum of 3-5 scholarly resources

In this unit’s Discussion Boards, you will explore how development affects the young adult’s ability to expand their social skills to create relationships that promote their sense of self.

During early adulthood, adults face many new challenges related to leaving their families (physically and cognitively) to develop their own families. These families can include friends, intimate partners, and/or peer groups (such as coworkers) that serve as new “families.” Those who are unable to form these bonds suffer from increased feelings of isolation. In these years, adults develop their social skills to build relationships and continue to develop their sense of self in the comfort of these relationships.

  1. Using Erikson’s psychosocial theory, explain the importance of developing different types of relationships in early adulthood.
  2. Select one of the following topics from the list below and use the Library to search peer-reviewed journals to find an article on your chosen topic. Then, post the link to the article in the Discussion Thread and write a short summary of the research question, method of experimentation, and results. How can you use this information to help clients?
  3. After reviewing your classmates’ article and summary, how might the findings of the study be used to develop interventions to help clients? Remember that psychologists often work on teams, so use this opportunity to build interventions as a class (team).

Topics:

  • Divorce
  • Lifestyle choice (live alone, cohabitate, marry)
  • Loneliness
  • Social relationship (any issue)

Explain the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, and why it is important professionally to understand this difference.

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Assignment: Intersection of Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Most societies explicitly tie gender to sexuality. Think about the acceptance of boys “sowing their wild oats,” while girls engaging in the same behavior are “slut-shamed.” Gender may influence sexuality or sexual experience due to a culture’s socialization or enforcement of gender roles and expectations. Within the modern Western world, same-sex sexual orientation was perceived as deviant because it deviated from prescribed gender behavior of what it means to be a “man” (e.g., men have sex with women).

The experience of gender and sexuality becomes more complex when working with transgender and gender nonconforming clients. Individuals who are transgender or gender non-conforming may identify as heterosexual or as a sexual minority. Whether one is cis-gender (identifying with the sex assigned at birth) or transgender/gender nonconforming, gender will affect your sexual experience as you navigate gender performance with your sexual partners based society’s assumptions of your sexuality.

In the Assignment this week, you analyze the intersection of sexuality, gender, and culture.

The Assignment (2- to 3-page paper):

Use the five family life-cycle stages listed in the Sexuality in Adulthood Across the Family Life Cycle chart to organize your thoughts for this assignment. For this paper:

  • Explain the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, and why it is important professionally to understand this difference.
  • Explain cultural influences on gender and sexuality. Consider both cisgender and transgender experiences.
  • Explain specific challenges an individual who is transgender or gender non-binary may experience related to their sexuality.
  • Explain how you would advocate within your professional role for gender variant clients.

Explain how one of the theories of Lewin, Kotter, or McKinsey are applicable to managing change in an organization.  (Separate paragraphs for each theory)

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Assignment Content

Resource: “Development and Validation of the Organizational Readiness for Evaluation Survey” (see attachment)

Consider what you learned in the IOP/480 Assessment Tools for Organizations course. Based on the workplace needs assessment you completed in Week 1, identify a change initiative to mitigate the performance gap.

Create an organizational readiness survey with 10 questions to measure employee perceptions and support for the change.

Create a pulse survey with 3 to 5 questions to measure employee satisfaction midway through a change effort.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word change strategy paper addressing the following:

  • Introduction
  • Strengths and challenges for the change adoption
  • Issues relevant to leadership managing change
  • Change leadership development
  • Your understanding of the DISC assessment and how this tool can be integrated into change leadership
  • Conclusion

You must support opinions and any facts by citing credible sources in the body of the assignment and listing the references including at least three scholarly references in APA style.

Submit the paper, the organizational readiness survey questions, and the pulse survey questions in a single file. The organizational readiness survey and pulse survey should be Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to the paper

Discuss the following:

  • Explain how one of the theories of Lewin, Kotter, or McKinsey are applicable to managing change in an organization.  (Separate paragraphs for each theory)
  • Is there a theory that is more relevant to your current workspace?

Write a 700-word (+- 50 words) summary of the theories discussed and their application to your organizational environment.

Must include introduction and conclusion

Cite 3 references

You must support opinions and any facts by citing credible sources in the body of the assignment and listing the references including at least two scholarly references in APA style. See Tips for Success article for Class Announcements for guidance on selecting scholarly references.