Explain and give examples of microaggressions.  Compare and give examples of conformity in collectivist and individualist cultures.

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Assignment 13
Essays III

Your responses must be supported and substantiated by the information discussed by the text authors. All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and must be written at graduate level English. Please use the reading assignments to substantiate your responses, citing in APA format.

Your response to each question should be 1/2 – 1 page. Your entire assignment should be 2-4 pages plus a title and reference page.
Explain and give examples of microaggressions.
Compare and give examples of conformity in collectivist and individualist cultures.
Research shows, with some exceptions, that individuals from Western countries are more likely to display a strong internal locus of control than individuals from non-Western countries.  Explain these findings.
What is the highest form of religious bonding? Describe it.
Assignment Outcomes:

Analyze your own cultural background

Compare and contrast issues and practices relevant to helping people from culturally diverse backgrounds

Assess processes and issues related to clients of various ethnic, cultural & diverse origins  Identify patterns of social injustice, racial and ethnic adaptation

Analyze the global expansion of racism

Your active participation in Discussion Boards is critical to the development of your understanding of the main concepts studied in this unit. Further, posting detailed responses allows your professor to guide your thinking and your classmates to respond to your ideas. Please participate as early in the week as possible, and be sure to share your thoughts and ideas as often as you can throughout the unit.

Respond to the Discussion topic below. Your original response should be at least 350 words and should reflect the fact that you have completed the assigned Readings for the week. Remember, this is your chance to illustrate not only your understanding, but also your mastery of the materials for the unit. Carefully select your words so that your responses contain a balance between theory, experience, and your thoughts. Limit the use of direct quotes and describe the ideas in your own words instead. Include specific citations when necessary and attempt to make each post additive in nature (add new and relevant information to your discussion).

Discussion Topic

Developmental psychologists study specific types of growth in people of a target age or age range. For example, a psychologist might study language development in pre-verbal toddlers or peer-group formation in pre-adolescents. Using the theories and research methods described in your assigned Reading, propose a study of a topic of interest to you. Developmental studies are based in a developmental theory, so be sure to select one that is likely to support your ideas.

Be sure to include:

  1. Target age or age group.
  2. Specific name of the theory (add the name of the theorist, too).
  3. Research question (be specific).
  4. Research design (you may name the model and then try to explain how the model would be used to create a study).

Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resources on your own before you bid. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment.

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Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resources on your own before you bid. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. APA format also requires headings. Use the prompt each week to guide your heading titles and organize the content of your initial post under the appropriate headings. Remember to use scholarly research from peer-reviewed articles that is current. Please follow the instructions to get full credit for the discussion. Each classmate’s document is attached.

Read your classmates’ postings. Respond to your classmates’ postings.

Respond in one or more of the following ways:

  • Share a new insight or      perspective you learned or thought of in terms of advocacy in reading your      colleague’s portfolio
  • Share with your colleague how      you think power, or privilege, or oppression may impact or influence the      target problem at institutional, community, or public policy levels.
  • Share a suggestion or new      insight with your colleague about collaboration to influence public      policy.

1. Classmate (J. Cosme)

2. Classmate (S. Danziger)

3. Classmate (J. Herring)

Required Resources

Pirog, M. A., & Good, E. M. (2013). Public policy and mental health: Avenues for prevention. In R. K. Conyne & A. M. Horne (Eds.). Prevention practice kit: Action guides for mental health professionals (pp. 1-79). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies. (2015). Retrieved October 27, 2015, from http://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/competencies/multicultural-and-social-justice-counseling-competencies.pdf?sfvrsn=20

Document: Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Christie Jenkins (Word document)

Optional Resources

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/prevention

Explain any cultural considerations that you need to take into account when working with this population or the particular presenting problem.

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To prepare:

  • Choose a population of interest to you.
    • Children
    • Adolescents
    • Adults
    • Elderly/Aging
  • Choose a presenting problem (depression, family conflict, homelessness, etc.) related to the population of interest.
  • Conduct a literature review focused on the presenting problem within the population of interest.

By Day 7

Submit an 8- to 10-page scholarly paper supported with a minimum of six peer-reviewed articles as references. In the paper, you should:

  • Briefly describe the population and presenting problem you are focusing on for this assignment.
  • Provide a review of the articles you reviewed from this project and explain what you learned from conducting this research.
  • Briefly describe at least 2 evidence-based interventions currently used for your chosen population when addressing this particular problem. Provide supporting references when explaining the evidence behind the interventions.
  • Explain which of these interventions you might choose to use and why.
    • Consider client values and your clinical expertise and how those might affect your decision of which intervention to use.
  • Describe how you might apply the specific skills and techniques of the chosen intervention.
  • Briefly explain how you could measure the outcomes of this intervention.
  • Explain any cultural considerations that you need to take into account when working with this population or the particular presenting problem.
  • Discuss how the Code of Ethics applies when working with this particular presenting problem and population.
  • Explain how you would apply a trauma-informed lens when working with this population.

Support your Final Project with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to the Final Project Rubric, located below and in the Course Information area.

Your paper should have a cover page, text body section, and a references. An abstract is not necessary – do not put an abstract into your paper.

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Introduction

This assignment examines and applies concepts in the Survey Methods chapter and gives you the opportunity to evaluate surveys.

Instructions

  1. Using the principles in Chapter 7 of surveys, locate 2 surveys (can be related to your area of interest). One of these should be a survey/ questionnaire that you will justify as high quality. The second survey should be one that you will justify as poor or deficient.
  2. In an APA Style paper, present your responses to the following prompts:
    1. Describe each survey applying key concepts from the textbook [be sure to describe the:
    2. Purpose or goal of the surveys
    3. IV’s and DV’s
    4. Critique of the surveys along with a justification of whether you judged it as high quality or poor quality.
    5. A statement about improving upon the surveys.
  3. Be sure to include internal citations and references for both surveys.

Your paper must be presented in proper APA 7e format.

Your paper should have a cover page, text body section, and a references. An abstract is not necessary – do not put an abstract into your paper.

Book: Making Sense of the Social World Methods of Investigation Sixth Edition Daniel F. Chambliss

Check out the following surveys, with an eye on how they are constructed, the items (IVs) that are presented, and the ways participants can respond (DVs), AND the number of items that are used to measure a construct.

  • The General Social Survey (GSS)Preview the document– There are 364 pages associated with this questionnaire – regarded as the premier questionnaire for social measurements.
  • 12-item GRIT scalePreview the document– this is a scale that uses 12 items to determine if a person self-reports whether they have what it takes to persistent through adversity.
  • Social Desirability scalePreview the document– This is a scale that measures a person’s self-report inclination to alter behavior to look good to others in 33 items.
  • Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance QuestionnairePreview the document– This questionnaire measures a person’s self-report inclination for 6 different types of avoidance in 62 items.
  • DissertationPreview the document (Nathan Hudson’s 2016 – The impact of attachment anxiety on susceptibility to false memories)– This dissertation example will give you experience with a constructed questionnaire for Nathan’s doctoral degree. You may find the questionnaire at the end of the manuscript in the appendices.