Explain at least one      way in which the rise of conservatism had a positive or negative impact      for a specific group of Americans.

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Prepare: Explore The Political Compass (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website and take the quiz. Take the time to notice where your responses landed you on the Political Compass grid and where that point is in relation to world leaders. Then, read Chapters 13 and 14 in your textbook and the article, “The Rise of Conservatism Since World War II

Reflect: Consider the information on The Political Compass (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website. How well did the information on the website conform to your own views of what “liberal” and “conservative” mean? How well did the information conform to the media’s portrayals of “liberal” and “conservative”? Think about the information that you read in the textbook and in the article “The Rise of Conservatism Since World War II.” Reflect on the reasons that conservatism gained more popular support in the last part of the 20th century and what effect conservative policies have had on different groups. Think about the many developments that we have explored over the past five weeks and how they have contributed to the political, social, and economic issues that the United States faces today. Think about how history can help us understand the issues of today.

Consult The Anatomy of a Discussion Board (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as well as Critical Thinking: A Guide to Skillful Reasoning (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as you formulate your response.

Write: Based on your textbook and the required article, address the following items:

  • Explain at least three      reasons for the rise of conservatism in the last part of the 20th century.
  • Explain at least one      way in which the rise of conservatism had a positive or negative impact      for a specific group of Americans.
  • Then, select an issue      that you feel is important today. How does a knowledge of history help us      gain a better understanding of this issue?

This post should be at least 250 words in length.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/

https://sites.google.com/site/anatomyofadiscussionboard/home

https://sites.google.com/site/criticalthinkingguide/critical-thinking-guide

Provide a review of the role this child plays in his or her family, how that correlates with the expressed behavior, and specific interventions recommended to change problematic behaviors.

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Training and Intervention Program

The value of a good assessment comes from the ability to conceptualize a situation and provide some language and a vehicle to promote change. Too many times in treatment, an assessment is completed as a task of the first few sessions and then left in the chart never to be reviewed again. This is a mistake, and good practice includes a constant review and update to the assessment as well as a plan of action.

Using the assessment that you completed for the LASA 1 in M3: Assignment 2, you will be able topractice making a difference in a child’s life by creating a training and intervention program for the adults in that child’s life.

  • Write a summary assessment of the case study to be handed out in the school meeting with the family and professionals. This summary should include the following:
    • Background information about the child, explaining his or her behavior and the current situation
    • Possible determinates of the stated behaviors focusing on the family
    • Possible determinates of the stated behaviors focusing on the school
  • Create a presentation, with detailed speaker notes, to train the parents and school personnel to better understand the socialization of this particular child and to create a training and intervention program for both parents and school personnel. The presentation should provide research support from at least two peer-reviewed articles and include the following:
    • Separate title and reference slides.
    • Provide a review of the role this child plays in his or her family, how that correlates with the expressed behavior, and specific interventions recommended to change problematic behaviors.
    • Provide a review of the role this child plays in his or her school and peer group, how that correlates with the expressed behavior, and interventions recommended to change problematic behaviors.
    • Create a guide for parents to find the resources needed in the community or methods to gain the services needed for their child. Be sure to also identify four or five resources in your own community, and provide a description of the services they provide that would be useful.
    • Provide information on resiliency and the research literature that best applies to this particular case study. Present the strength areas of the child, family, and school integrated with this resiliency literature to provide positive intervention strategies.

Click here to download a PowerPoint presentation guide to assist in formatting your presentation.

Write a 2-page summary assessment in Word format and develop a 15–20-slide presentation (with detailed speaker notes) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, including use of in-text citations and full references. Academic sources could include your textbook, required readings for this module, or academic journal articles found in the Argosy University online library.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc and LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.ppt. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M5_A1.ppt.

By Monday, February 16, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M5: LASA 2 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment Components
Max Points
Presented a 2-page review of the previous assessment of the child (mostly a summary from LASA 1), which included background information about the child, explaining his or her behavior, and the current situation and possible determinates of the stated behaviors focusing on the family, as well as on the school.
28
Reviewed the role this child plays in his or her family, and how that correlates with the expressed behavior (in both the slide/s and speaker notes).
28
Recommended specific interventions in the family environment to change problematic behaviors (in both the slide/s and speaker notes).
40
Reviewed the role this child plays in his or her school and peer group, and how that correlates with the expressed behavior (in both the slide/s and speaker notes).
28
Recommended specific interventions in the school environment to change problematic behaviors (in both the slide/s and speaker notes).
32
Developed a resource-guide strategy for parents to find the resources needed in the community or methods to gain the services needed for their child (in both the slide/s and speaker notes); and provide actual local resources (4–5).
44
Integrated information from resiliency research with the case study to present strength areas of the child, family, and school and recommend positive intervention strategies (in both the slide/s and speaker notes).
36
Presentation Components
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)
64
Total:
300

 

Identify the case study you chose and describe the ethical issue(s) present in it.  •Explain how you would address each of these issues. 

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Select one of the two case studies below to use for this assignment.

Case Study #1

Nitin and Priya are first-generation Indian-American immigrants, while their 16-year-old son was born and raised in the United States. They were reluctant to engage in treatment, but are doing so at the request of their son, Sujay. In Sujay’s view, his parents are being overly controlling regarding his upcoming choice of college, which is causing increasingly frequent clashes between him and his parents. Sujay wants to attend art school, while his parents want him to attend engineering school. They state that a career in science, religion, law, or medicine is the appropriate path for a person of his caste. Sujay claims that while he wants to please his parents, he feels they are stifling his passion and imposing cultural norms that, to him, are a part of their “world” and not his. You have little knowledge of Indian culture or the caste system and are unsure whether the issue at hand is a matter of controlling parents dealing with a life transition issue or a serious conflict involving social and cultural influences.

Case Study #2

Nicole and Julia explain to you that their relationship has felt strained lately and that they fear they are heading for a breakup. The couple explain to you that they have been in a long-term, non-monogamous relationship, but that lately, Nicole has expressed desire to change this practice. Julia feels that Nicole is “changing the rules halfway through the game” and that her sexual relationships with others are of no consequence to how she feels about Nicole. Their current relationship practice conflicts with your own personal opinion about the role of monogamy in relationships, and thus you feel conflicted about how to handle the situation.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

•Identify the case study you chose and describe the ethical issue(s) present in it.

•Explain how you would address each of these issues.

•Justify your response using the appropriate professional Code of Ethics.

Snyder, D. K., & Halford, W. (2012). Evidence‐based couple therapy: Current status and future directions. Journal of Family Therapy, 34(3), 229–249.

Harway, M., Kadin, S., Gottlieb, M. C., Nutt, R. L., & Celano, M. (2012). Family psychology and systemic approaches: Working effectively in a variety of contexts. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(4), 315–327.

 A minimum of 250 words response per each. MUST list references used. Response 1 (Cameron): I found this week’s focus on intelligence testing quite interesting, as this was the first time I had ever taken an IQ test online.

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A minimum of 250 words response per each. MUST list references used.

Response 1 (Cameron): I found this week’s focus on intelligence testing quite interesting, as this was the first time I had ever taken an IQ test online.  I took very different tests, and as such, there was quite a contrast in my experiences.  For example, the first test I took had a number of questions and took me just over 30 minutes to complete.  While the test was easy to use, I felt that there was not a lot of variety in the types of questions asked, as many of them were somewhat similar and numerically oriented, which required more math skills.  I hate math and it is a major area of weakness for me, so I did not care for this test much.  However, this test was not timed, which reduced my stress level a bit, and I felt more at ease in taking this test, even though some of the questions were difficult.  The second test I took was timed, which definitely increased my stress level and made it very hard to concentrate.  I felt nervous and rushed, which totally affected my performance.

Moreover, while I felt this test included a better variety of items and was more organized, in that it was broken down into sections that focused on different abilities, it was somewhat more challenging than the first one, in my opinion.  Despite the fact that it was timed, I feel that the second test did a better job testing a broader range of cognitive skills, compared to the first one, and being that it was timed, it wasn’t excessively long.  However, I don’t think that either test is representative of what an intelligence test should be, because they each tested only some specific skills.  For example, I am a strong performer in the area of spelling, language, and grammar, but I felt that neither test addressed those areas at all.  Therefore, I do not feel that these tests appropriately represent my full range of abilities.

When considering various theories of intelligence, I would say that Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence probably best represents these tests, because his theory emphasized multiple areas of individual intelligence (Pal, Pal, & Tourani, 2004).  The test items measured various ability areas, ranged in difficulty, and required a number of tasks to be done at each level or in each section.  Overall however, I feel that online tests are very limited and are designed more for fun than anything else, and in order to measure IQ more effectively, a test should be reliable, valid, and administered by a professional in an appropriate setting.

Cammy

http://www.funeducation.com/Tests/IQTest/TakeTest.aspx

http://www.myiqtested.com/

Pal, H.R., Pal, A. & Tourani, P. (2004). Theories of intelligence. Everyman’s Science, 39 (3), 181-186.

Response 2 (Kraig): Carter (2010) stated IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient. IQ tests are given all over the world for a variety of reasons. These IQ tests access peoples performance of their intelligence through the aspects of a person’s makeup, personality, attitude, and intelligence (Carter, 2010). The two intelligence tests that I took were the thirty-minute test at https://psychologytoday.com and the thirty-minute test at http://www.funeducation.com. I honestly randomly selected the two tests which I chose to take. Both tests took approximately twenty minutes with a thirty-minute time limit. The tests were quite different from each other in many ways.

The psychology today test was composed of fifty-seven questions and I was given thirty minutes to complete the test. The psychology today test was very easy to use because I basically clicked the answer and then the “next” button to go on to the next question. There was a great deal of brain teaser type questions that asked about patterns with shapes and numbers. The psychology today test states that is measures logical thinking, math skills, language abilities, spatial relations skills, knowledge retained, and the ability to solve novel problems (Psychology Today, 2018).  I believe the intelligence theory this test would portray would be Information Processing Theory due to its goal of measuring various subsets of intelligence.

The Fun Education test was forty-three questions and I was given thirty minutes to complete the test. This test required less questions to be answered in the same amount of time as the psychology today test.  The test stated it would measure cognitive performance, which would evaluate word analysis and spatial reasoning (Fun Education, 2018). I expected the Fun Education test would be easier than the psychology today test, however, I was surprised to find the test was harder. I felt the test would have been easier mainly because of the word “fun” in the title.  The format of the test was similar to the Psychology today test, but after clicking an answer it went immediately to the next question without clicking the next button. This caused some problem because I clicked the wrong answer a few times and was not given time to contemplate the answer before I went to the next question. There were multiple questions that I was unsure of so I had to click any answer or I don’t know. I believe the Fun Education test was based on the Information was also based on the Information Processing Theory because of its similarity to the psychology today test.

There are many benefits and limitations to online testing. Even though on-line testing can be easier and more widely administered, I think it is much less accurate that testing where there is a proctor present in the classroom.  When taking a test on-line, it is easy for the test taker to cheat by using online sources to answer the questions.  Throughout the test, I got to the mental stage of not wanting to finish the test because the questions were difficult and formatted differently than any other test. When taking a traditional test, I know how many more questions I have until I would be done, but the Fun Education test I was not completely sure on how much longer I had. On the Fun Education test, I was unable to go back once I clicked the answer. When taking a traditional test, I would have the ability to correct an answer if I wrote it down wrong initially. Honestly, both IQ tests made my brain hurt and made me question every answer I completed. The tests are quite challenging, but they are supposed to be. I look forward to seeing what each student thought about this weeks IQ testing.

Respectfully Submitted,

Kraig

Reference

Carter, P. (2010). IQ and psychometric tests assess your personality, aptitude and intelligence (2nd ed.). London ; Kogan Page.

Fun Education (2018). Free IQ Test. Retrieved from https://www.funeducation.com/Tests/IQTest/TakeTest.aspx.

Psychology Today (2018). IQ Test. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/iq/classical-iq-test.

 

Response 3 (Remington): After taking the two given IQ tests, I became more aware of other variables that can affect test scores and thus the measurement of my cognitive power. First, I took the myidtested.com IQ test and received my score. During this test I was somewhat distracted. My brother was texting me about plans for the evening. My mother-in-law walked in the door with Chic-Fila and I was also monitoring my sleeping toddler on the baby monitor.

The second test was taken after a break and eating lunch. After eating my chicken sandwich and deciding on social plans with my sibling, I took the second IQ test. My performance on the second IQ test slightly improved compared to the first one.

There are an innumerable amount of variables that can be at play when performing such cognitive tasks including: fatigue, sleep, hunger, motivation, rewards, punishment, academic grades, genes, environment, experience, focus capacity, maturity, purpose etc.

Some variables that should be taken into consideration are the fact that I have two children under the age of two years old. I know my brain has not been performing at full capacity over the course of the week. Sleep has been drastically reduced and energy has been expended on entertaining my toddler. Taking both of these IQ tests have to be prioritized within my current life schedule. My motivation to take both of the lengthy tests was not high. I believe I would be more motivated to take the tests if I knew my academic grades were going to be dictated by these two tests. Reward and punishment concerning taking both of these IQ tests could also be variables. My overall state during the tests I would describe as distracted.

Other variables to consider are genetics. I would say both of my parents are of average intelligence. Both of my parents are involved in professions in which they have passion for. I believe that purpose and passion for conducting a task can increase or decrease performance. In addition to genetics, environmental factors also play a critical role. The current environment that I am occupying is a busy one. This will undoubtedly affect test performance.

Still, others have argued that socioeconomics within US history have also played a role in IQ test scores (Castles, 2012). The economic classes that have access to quality educational systems may be at an advantage compared to lower economic classes. Specifically, within US history, minorities may be further discriminated against while seeking employment or admission to schools if these IQ tests are racially or socioeconomically insensitive.

http://www.myiqtested.com/IQ-Test

https://www.funeducation.com/Tests/IQTest/TakeTest.aspx

Castles, E. (2012). Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ . Santa Barbara, California ;: Praeger.