Final Project Rough Draft (Optional)

Final Project

For the Final Project, you will synthesize the knowledge you have gained about diversity throughout this course and use it to make recommendations to professionals who work with children and adolescents. You have chosen one diversity topic on which to focus for your paper. Consider what factors related to diversity professionals should consider when communicating, instructing, and supporting the development of children and adolescents.

To prepare:

• Consider the role of diversity in childhood and adolescence and how individual characteristics of diversity could positively or negatively impact development and learning.
• Revisit your approved topic from Week 2, along with the resources developed throughout the course, as the focus of your paper.
• Consider the constituencies to which social change can be applied.

Submit an 8- to 10-page paper on the topic approved in Week 2 using the resources developed in the course. Develop recommendations for professionals (e.g., teachers, counselors, social workers, or other professionals) who will be working with children or adolescents in a variety of capacities. Be sure to include the impact of the environment in which these professionals will be working (e.g., classroom setting, neighborhood, community mental health). Be sure to remember that any one characteristic does not operate in a vacuum. Therefore, include and discuss how other characteristics of diversity impact your main topic for this population.

Three projects have been uploaded that can assist with assignment. Please view previous assignments that have been uploaded.

rubric for project

Week 7

Final Project Submission Rubric

 

CATEGORY

EXCELLENT    

GOOD    

FAIR    

POOR    

SCORE

 

Content

(175 points possible)

Paper   demonstrates an excellent understanding   of all of the concepts and key   points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper provides significant detail,   including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other   sources, and discerning ideas.

(158-175)

Paper   demonstrates a good understanding   of most of the concepts and key   points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper includes   moderate detail, evidence from the readings, and discerning ideas.

(140-157)

Paper   demonstrates a fair understanding of the concepts and key points as   presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper may be lacking in detail and specificity   and/or may not include sufficient pertinent examples or provide sufficient   evidence from the readings.

(123-139)

Paper   demonstrates poor understanding of   the concepts and key points of the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper is   missing detail and specificity and/or does not include any pertinent examples   or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.

(0-122)

/175

 

Writing

(75 possible points)

Paper is well organized, uses scholarly tone,   follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains   very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper   contains multiple, appropriate and   exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.

(68-75)

Paper is mostly consistent with graduate-level   writing style. Paper may have some small or infrequent organization,   scholarly tone, or APA style issues, and/or may contain a few writing and   spelling errors, and/or somewhat fewer than the expected number of or type of   sources.

(60-67)

Paper is somewhat below graduate-level writing   style, with multiple smaller or a few major problems. Paper may be lacking in   organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and/or contain many writing and/or   spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting vs. original writing   and paraphrasing. Paper may contain inferior resources (number or quality).

(53-59)

Paper is well below graduate-level writing   style expectations for organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and writing,   or relies excessively on quoting. Paper may contain few or no quality   resources.

(0-52)

/75

 

Instructor comments: 

 

Total Score (250 possible points):

This is a short essay assignment with a mixture of multiple-choice/short answer and essay questions that cite evidence or research to explain/support your answer.

Your essay answers must be in your own words with paraphrasing properly source credited.  Quotes in lieu of answering in your own words will not receive points.

Please submit your responses as a Word document (.docx file).  Make sure to number your responses so your instructor will know where one response ends and the next starts.  It is not necessary to rewrite each question in your document.  For multiple choice questions, CLEARLY indicate your response (a, b, c, or d) so that your instructor does not have to search and try to determine your response in your short answer explanation.

Your responses should be approximately one-half page each (double-spaced) for a total of three pages (not including Title and References Pages if you choose to include them).

1.  Jane is trying to decide whether she should marry Jim.  She sits down with a piece of paper and makes a list of all the positive aspects about marrying Jim, and then a list of all the negative aspects.  After looking at both lists, she can see that the good things outweigh the bad.  So, she calls Jim up and says, “OK, let’s set a date for the wedding!”  Jane’s way of making up her mind is an example of:

a.         felicific calculus

b.         distinctiveness decision making

c.          decisional framing

d.         the contrast effect

Why is this the best answer?

2.  In an experiment by Kenrick and Gutierres, male college students were asked to evaluate a potential blind date before or after watching the television show “Charlie’s Angels” (which features three glamorous actresses).  How did those who gave their ratings of the blind date after the viewing the show compare to subjects who rated the blind date before watching the show.  To what factor was this difference attributed?

3.  From Article #13 in Readings About the Social Animal, in demonstrating the “region-ß paradox,” what do Gilbert and his colleagues suggest about people’s willingness to endure painful medical procedures?

4.  It’s New Year’s Eve, and you’ve been invited to a large party where there will be lots of people you’ve never met before.  When you arrive, the person hosting the party hands you a blue party hat to wear and you put it on.  As you mingle through the crowd, you notice that some people are wearing blue hats like yours, and other people are wearing green party hats.  By the end of the evening, you realize you have spent most of your time with people wearing blue hats.  Somehow, they just seemed to be nicer people-they even dance better than those other people wearing green hats.  Moreover, a guy with a green hat bumped into you at one point during the evening and spilled your drink!  Given your knowledge of social cognition (and despite the somewhat far-fetched nature of this scenario), how could you explain your perceptions and judgments?

5.  How do cognitive biases involving the self contribute to the goal of maintaining and enhancing our view of ourselves?  Of what value are such biases, and what are the potential consequences of not having them?  Describe two self-biases, providing research evidence that demonstrates their effects.