Explain the two influences on happiness you selected and explain why they vary according to culture. 

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Discussion 1: What is Happiness?

How happiness and well-being are defined varies around the globe. For instance, in some cultures, happiness is closely linked to economic well-being and in other cultures, happiness is linked to being closer to home. As an additional example, in some societies, happiness is connected to individual advancement, whereas in other societies one’s personal happiness is linked to the well-being of the group.

For this Discussion, you will explore the influences of happiness and how they vary according to culture.

Explain the two influences on happiness you selected and explain why they vary according to culture.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and identify current relevant literature to support your work.

 

Discussion 2: What Brings Happiness Varies by Culture

 

Components of happiness and well-being are dependent on each individual culture. For instance, in one culture, feeling connected to nature may bring happiness while in another culture experiencing happiness may be linked to receiving an award or praise from others.

For this Discussion, you will read several resources describing how happiness may vary by cultural context and even how words and terms for happiness may not be universal and thus may not appear in every culture. As you consider these Learning Resources, think about the influence or term for happiness and whether it appears in every culture.

 

Post an explain the influence or term for happiness you selected and explain why you think it does not appear in every culture.

Note: Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and identify current relevant literature to support your work.

 Evaluate how the seven APSAC evidence-based practice guidelines may address the safety and needs of victims, their family members, and perpetrators of child maltreatment.

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In this Assignment, you will review a comprehensive service delivery plan developed by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). You will summarize the key details of this plan to illustrate how the plan reduces child maltreatment, provides treatment for those affected by child maltreatment, and could be implemented in the community.

To prepare for this Assignment:

·  Read the Learning Resources, particularly the Report of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Task Force on Evidence-Based Service Planning Guidelines for Child Welfare and the case illustration included as part of the report.

·  Consider the needs of both victims and perpetrators of child maltreatment, as well as the family members of the children who have been abused.

The Assignment: 2- to 4-page paper

Imagine that you are a forensic psychology professional in a community where the court has asked for your input on how to intervene with child maltreatment. Draft a report with recommendations you would make to the court for a service delivery plan based on the APSAC Report. You can incorporate examples or illustrations from other Learning Resources into your report. Include the following bolded components as headings in your report:

·  Explain the goals of service delivery planning to intervene with child maltreatment (e.g., safety, permanence, and well-being).

·  Explain the role of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for victims and perpetrators of child maltreatment.

·  Provide examples or illustrations of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for the victim, family members, and the perpetrator(s).

·  Evaluate how the seven APSAC evidence-based practice guidelines may address the safety and needs of victims, their family members, and perpetrators of child maltreatment.

https://journals-sagepub-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/doi/10.1177/1077559514562066

https://journals-sagepub-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/doi/10.1177/1077559514566299

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submit a brief description of the construct of interest for your Final Project to your Instructor for approval, including cited evidence from the empirical literature that helped you create an operational definition of this construct.

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Constructing a useful psychological test is a meticulous process. First, you must to formulate a clear, empirically-based definition of what is to be measured and carefully consider the items and response formats that would best measure this construct. The test items are created based on a theory or by sampling a domain of knowledge. Subject-matter experts are often called upon to generate and evaluate the initial test items. The test is then given to a large sample of people and, after careful analysis, the statistical properties of each item are scrutinized and decisions are made about item retention, elimination, and revision.

As part of this class, you complete many of the steps necessary to construct a test. Test construction can be broken into two main phases. In phase one, you create test items. In phase two, you gather and analyze data from those items in order to choose the best items (i.e., those that best measure the construct you have identified and defined). Ideally, your assignment would be to create items, gather data, and then analyze the data that you gathered. Unfortunately, test construction generally requires data from hundreds of participants, which is impractical to do over the course of one quarter. Therefore, your assignment will be broken down into two parts:

  1. First, you design a test. You decide on a construct, write your test specifications, create test items, and have your classmates review your items.
  2. Then, instead of gathering data on your own test, you are provided with a set of test data to analyze.

This week, consider what you would like your proposed test to measure. You should select a construct that is applicable to organizations (e.g., intelligence, personality, integrity). You describe this construct and submit it to your Instructor for approval this week.

The Assignment (1 paragraph)

By Day 7 of this week, submit a brief description of the construct of interest for your Final Project to your Instructor for approval, including cited evidence from the empirical literature that helped you create an operational definition of this construct.

Explain whether you chose to use an independent-samples t test or a matched-samples t test. Provide a rationale for your choice.

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You must know about that “””how to use the SPSS Format”””…!((( NEED LESS THAN 4 HOURS)))

i want at tleast 2 pages for the word document. But I need to submit something for the SPSS Data file and the SPSS Output file…

 

Imagine you are a researcher who believes that a relaxation technique involving visualization will help people with mild insomnia fall asleep faster. You randomly select a sample of 20 participants from a population of mild insomnia patients and randomly assign 10 to receive visualization therapy. The other 10 participants receive no treatment.

You then measure how long (in minutes) it takes participants to fall asleep. Your data are below. The numbers represent the number of minutes each participant took to fall asleep.

No Treatment (X1)
Treatment (X2)
22
19
18
17
27
24
20
21
23
27
26
21
27
23
22
18
24
19
22
22

Assignment:

To complete this Assignment, submit by Day 7 a response to each of the following:

  • Explain whether you chose to use an independent-samples t test or a matched-samples t test. Provide a rationale for your choice.
  • Identify the independent and dependent variables.
  • Knowing you believe the treatment will reduce the amount of time to fall asleep, state the null and alternate hypotheses in words (not formulas).
  • Explain whether you would use a one-tailed or two-tailed test and why.
  • Explain whether you have homogeneity of variance, and explain how you know. Explain why it is important to know if you have homogeneity of variance.
  • Identify the obtained t value for this data set using SPSS.
  • Identify the degrees of freedom and explain how you determined it.
  • Identify the p value.
  • Explain whether you should retain or reject the null hypothesis and why.
  • Explain what you can conclude about the effectiveness of visualization therapy.
  • Submit three documents for grading: your text (Word) document with your answers and explanations to the application questions, your SPSS Data file, and your SPSS Output file.
  • Provide an APA reference list.