Explain the concepts of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. Provide for the required mental states of murder as defined by the legal system.

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Prepare an 18-20-slide (not including the title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation on the topic of murder.

  1. Explanation of the different forms of murder, including: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, abandoned heart, intent to cause grievous bodily harm resulting in death, felony murder rule.
  2. Explain the concepts of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.
  3. Provide for the required mental states of murder as defined by the legal system.
  4. Differentiate psychopathological theories that might explain murder.

Speaker notes of 150-200 words for each slide must be included.
Use scholarly resources to support your explanations on each slide.

  1. Please ensure there are 18-20 slides in your presentation (the title and reference slides are not included in this number).
  2. You must have speaker notes for each slide. Each speaker note must contain 150-200 words.
  3. Please ensure that you provide scholarly resources in the speaker notes section to support your statements. Failure to include scholarly resources in the notes section will result in a high LopesWrite score.
  4. Each slide should contain bullet points of what you will be presenting in the speaker note. Try to refrain from using large blocks of texts or long sentences in your slides. If you use sentences within a slide, you must offer scholarly resources within the slide to support your statements.
  5. To be clear, scholarly resources to endorse your statements must be provided in the slides and speaker notes.
  6. You may use images in your slides to reinforce and complement your work. However, the use of images is not mandatory.
  7. You must respond to all the questions in the assignment.
  8. Your last slide should be your reference slide listing all the scholarly resources you used in the slides and notes.

Which of the following statements regarding abuse is correct?

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Part 1 of 1 – 100.0 Points

Question 1 of 25 4.0 Points

Which is least likely to be considered an indication of problem behavior in youth?

A.A behavior is excessively intense.

B.A behavior is qualitatively atypical.

C.A behavior is unusual but of no harm to anyone.

D.A behavior is exhibited in inappropriate settings.

Question 2 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following is true regarding preschooler mental health?

A. Preschoolers have fewer problems than older children.

B. Preschoolers have more problems, but tend to outgrow them.

C. The problems of preschoolers occur at the same rate as older children.

D. Secular trends indicate that the risks for young children and mental illness are decreasing.

Question 3 of 25 4.0 Points

When the term syndrome is used in reference to a behavioral disturbance, it suggests that the disorder

A. has a biological cause.

B. has a psychological cause.

C. occurs mostly in early childhood.

D. is characterized by a group of symptoms.

Question 4 of 25 4.0 Points

With regard to childhood behavioral problems and age of youth,

A. little relationship exists between age and the occurrence of problems.

B. sometimes what seems to be a relationship between age and the occurrence of a specific disorder may actually reflect the time at which the disorder is first identified.

C. almost all behavior problems of young people appear in some form by age 6.

D. children cannot be diagnosed with a specific disorder until they are at least 8 years old.

Question 5 of 25 4.0 Points

Human development is best viewed as

A. always occurring in stages.

B. changes in individuals due to environmental influences.

C. change in persons over time due to the interactions of many variables.

D. quantitative rather than qualitative growth.

Question 6 of 25 4.0 Points

If a disorder occurs only in the presence of Factor X but only when Factor Y or Factor Z are present, we might suspect that Factor X is a _____ cause of the disorder.

A. necessary but not sufficient

B. sufficient but not necessary

C. necessary and sufficient

D. neither necessary nor sufficient

Question 7 of 25 4.0 Points

Peter got along quite well as a child, but in adolescence he associated with a “bad” crowd, took drugs, and suffered academically. At 21 years of age, he appears to have put aside these behaviors and has successfully returned to college. Peter’s development is following which of the five adolescent developmental pathways described in the text?

A. Unstable adaptation

B. Unstable maladaptation

C. Decline of adaptation

D. Temporal maladaptation

Question 8 of 25 4.0 Points

Resilience is best defined as

A. a person’s characteristics that protect him or her from negative outcomes.

B. characteristics of the environment that protect a person from negative outcomes.

C. one or more factors that work with risk factors to produce a disorder.

D. one or more factors that protect a person in the presence of risk factors for a disorder.

Question 9 of 25 4.0 Points

Billy and Kyle are both evaluated at a child assessment clinic at age 6. Billy comes from an affluent, loving and intact family. He is meeting all developmental tasks and is well adjusted. Kyle is living in poverty with his maternal grandmother after being abandoned by his parents. He is scoring in the clinically significant range on measures that test for behavioral problems. Years later, both boys are re-evaluated and both are found to be well adjusted and developing normally. Kyle reports that he became active in sports and was mentored by caring adults over the years. This is an example of

A. ordinary magic of resilience.

B. multifinality.

C. unstable, maladaptive development.

D. nonnormative development.

Question 10 of 25 4.0 Points

Heterotypic continuity refers to the continuance

A. of risk factors across the lifespan.

B. of resilience factors across the lifespan.

C. of a problem in the same form over time.

D. of a problem, with the problem changing in form over time.

Question 11 of 25 4.0 Points

In the Strange Situation Kevin does not use his mother as a resource. He does not seem distressed when she leaves and ignores her when she returns. Which attachment style is Kevin exhibiting?

A. Secure

B. Insecure resistant

C. Insecure avoidant

D. Disorganized

Question 12 of 25 4.0 Points

Sandy cries easily, has tantrums when facing novel situations, and is highly reactive to stress. Which temperament type best describes Sandy?

A. Easy

B. Slow–to-warm-up

C. Difficult

D. Disorganized

Question 13 of 25 4.0 Points

According to models of social cognitive processing, which is central in mediating children’s experiences and their behavior?

A. Their interaction with their parents

B. Their interpretation of their experiences

C. Their earlier attachment to their parents

D. Their temperamental tendencies

Question 14 of 25 4.0 Points

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have recently adopted Jimmy, age 9. They do not know much about his birth history. They are concerned because Jimmy exhibits slow growth and poor motor skills. He also has small eyes and a thin upper lip. Finally, Jimmy seems to have difficulty learning and is quite hyperactive. His pediatrician suspects that

A. Jimmy was exposed to lead early in life.

B. Jimmy’s mother had Rubella while pregnant with Jimmy.*

C. Jimmy’s mother drank while pregnant with Jimmy.

D. Jimmy was born breech.

Question 15 of 25 4.0 Points

Many complex human characteristics, such as intelligence and behaviors implicated in behavior disorders, are believed to be associated with

A. a single gene.

B. a single gene in combination with environmental influences.

C. multiple genes.

D. multiple genes in combination with environmental influences.

Question 16 of 25 4.0 Points

Michael inherits a genetic propensity for high-activity level from his parents and the parents have created a family environment that is highly active. This is an example of a _______ gene-environment correlation.

A. active

B. passive

C. reactive

D. redundant

Question 17 of 25 4.0 Points

Attention, memory, concept formation, strategies to mentally manipulate information, and problem solving are examples of

A. instrumental processes.

B. observational processes.

C. cognitive processes

D. unconscious processes

Question 18 of 25 4.0 Points

In an ecological model of development, _______ contexts would be expected to have relatively more direct impact.

A. cultural

B. distal

C. proximal

D. pathologica.

Question 19 of 25 4.0 Points

According to the book, the definition of _________ is probably the most difficult and controversial.

A. emotional maltreatment

B. neglect

C. physical abuse

D. sexual abuse

Question 20 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following children is at the highest risk for abuse?

A.A one year-old with physical disabilities

B.A 12 year-old from a large family

C.A 17 year-old with failing grades

D.A 13 year-old Black male living in an impoverished neighborhood

Question 21 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following variables is thought to contribute to a youngster’s adjustment to divorce?

A. The youngster’s prior level of adjustment

B. Individual characteristics of parents

C. The youngster’s prior level of adjustment and individual characteristics of parents

D. The youngster’s prior level of adjustment, individual characteristics of parents, and ethnic differences

Question 22 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following statements regarding the impact of poverty on youth is accurate?

A. Rates of poverty are equal across racial groups.

B. Single female-headed households are at higher risk for poverty than married households.

C. Childrearing practices do not vary by social class.

D. Poverty is most damaging to middleschoolers.

Question 23 of 25 4.0 Points

The term acculturation refers to

A. the elimination of cultural influences so as to understand the effect of individual variables.

B. changes in culture resulting from different cultures coming in contact with each other.

C. the attempt to provide cultural experiences, such as music and art to at-risk children.

D. interventions to overcome the negative impact of a youngster’s cultural background.

Question 24 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following is an example of molecular family stability?

A. Living in a family with no divorce history

B. Living in the same home and never moving

C. Consistency in who lives in the home

D. Having a regular bed time

Question 25 of 25 4.0 Points

Which of the following statements regarding abuse is correct?

A. Physical abuse is harder to detect than other forms of maltreatment.

B. Sexual abuse of boys is more common than that of girls.

C. Refusing special education when needed can be considered neglect.

D. According to the book, in 2009 there were less than 200,000 cases of maltreatment reported in the U.S.

Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the Literature Review section of your dissertation.

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This assignment requires that you prepare both Annotated Bibliographies and Literature Review Resources

Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources in your dissertation field of interest. Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the Literature Review section of your dissertation.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

•You will be adding to this document to begin building a running literature review.

•  It is strongly recommended that you engage in this activity throughout the duration of your program.

• Instructors will be scoring your submission based on the number of unique sources identified in the list submitted.

•  Download the resource entitled “Literature Review Resources Tool” and use it to complete the assignment.

•  Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

•  Refer to the resource, “Preparing Annotated Bibliographies,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

Directions:

Read at least 10 peer-reviewed articles in your general dissertation field that you have not read previously.

In the “Literature Review Resources” document that you submitted in RES-830, provide the following for each source you are adding to the document:

• The APA-formatted citation.

• A brief annotation of the key points of the source.

• An indication of whether the source has been added to (Y) or excluded from (N) your RefWorks list.

PLEASE NOTE DISSERTATION TOPIC:

Broad Topic Area: Factors Affecting Utilization of Mental Health in Southern Texas

Final Topic: Factors Affecting Utilization of Mental Health in Fort-Bend County, Texas

Locate 2 items in the media (e.g., news source, journal or magazine article, working paper, video, television show, or blog) that link to the concept/theme. Summarize the connection or the significance of each source to the concept/theme from the textbook. 

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this assignment is due today in 8 hours…… must have done in 8 hours…… no late work

Sociology homework…..

Read/Browse Chapter 1  ( book is attached)

Instructions for assignment:

weekly journal will be 1-2 pages and will include 2 sources in the media that relate to the reading that week. The purpose of this assignment, which will continue throughout the semester, is to encourage you to think in a sociological manner and learn to apply sociology and social problems theory to events in everyday life. You should learn to integrate the ideas we discuss in class and start to regard aspects of society critically.

Each journal entry should be dated, typed, single-spaced and include citations.For each journal entry you should include the following:

Choose 1 or more concepts or themes from the chapter. Define the concept or theme in your own words.

Locate 2 items in the media (e.g., news source, journal or magazine article, working paper, video, television show, or blog) that link to the concept/theme. Summarize the connection or the significance of each source to the concept/theme from the textbook.

Critical analysis (you may consider the following questions: how is the social problem is being framed [person vs. structure blame]; are there any solutions proposed and by whom; is there anything not considered in the source that should be; does the information in the source contradict the text; etc.).

Bibliographic information about the source (e.g., title, author, publication).Your entries should be critical and academically enlightening. They also should reflect a sociological perspective. You should provide evidence from the material you are analyzing to support your ideas and have some connection to the text. These journals are not formal essays, but they should still follow an organizational structure. Therefore, they should contain an introductory paragraph, a body consisting of two to three paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.  Since you will be using course content and outside sources, you will need to cite the source of your information.  Please use the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting.  This is the format most frequently used by all of the social sciences.  You may cite sources at the bottom of your journal response, instead of on a separate page.