Do you think there is a qualitative difference between believing some races are inferior and the belief that marriage should only be between one man and one woman?

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Week 8 Discussion: When the People You Love Don’t Think Like You

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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 16
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Introduction
Facione & Gittens (2016) state, “Strong critical thinking about complex and difficult social policies demands that we respect those with whom we disagree” (p. 344). The authors of your text ask us to take seriously the points of view of those with whom we disagree.

  • Should I respect the point of view of a misogynist – a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women?
  • Should I respect the point of view of a racist?
  • How about someone who believes marriage is only between one man and one woman?
  • How about someone who does not believe that humans are contributing to the conditions that cause climate change?
  • How about someone who denies that the Holocaust occurred?

Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick one point of view from the five questions above that you find particularly repugnant – one that you think is completely unjustifiable. If you were in conversation with such a person, how could you ethically respond to the statement of such a point of view? Keep in mind that you are expressing a value opinion, which requires ideological reasoning, so you may want to review Chapter 13.

As you form your response, keep in mind the following; these are things you need to think about but not necessarily to write about in your initial post:

  • Reflect if you are using System-1 or System-2 thinking? Are your responses tinged with cognitive bias?
  • Do you think there is a qualitative difference between believing some races are inferior and the belief that marriage should only be between one man and one woman?
  • Do you think there is a qualitative difference between not believing in human contribution to climate change and not believing in the Holocaust?

Reference

Facione, P. & Gittens, C. A. (2016). Critical Thinking (3rd ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.

Discuss two challenges of selecting a quality childcare setting that aligns to one’s parenting style while taking cost, location, and availability into consideration

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Philosophy and Arts Worksheet

 

Take no more than three sentences to answer the following questions (15 pts):

 

·         What is the primary Freudian influence in reading Figure 33.2?

 

 

·         Describe the difference between expressionism and abstract expressionism.

 

 

·         Explain how Dada might be reflective of the change in society as a result of science opposed to psychology.

 

 

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Vocabulary Round-Up

Ashford University Discussion

As you have discovered throughout this course, there are many terms that are important to understand when working with families. The more deeply you understand these terms, the more you will be able to use the information you have gained in this course. To begin this discussion, you will need to complete Vocabulary Iinteraction that is located at the end of Chapter Six of your course text.  After completing the activity, respond to the following:

  • Explain how completing this activity helped to increase your knowledge of vocabulary related to families.
  • Discuss which family term(s) you are still confused about and share one step you can take to strengthen your understanding of this term(s). If you are not confused about any terms, share what steps you took to have a solid understanding of these terms.
  • Describe how completing this activity helped you to feel more confident about working with children and their families.
  • discussion 2

  • Finding quality childcare is oftentimes difficult for families because of factors such as cost, location, and availability. Selecting a childcare setting that is consistent with the families parenting style in the home is optimal.

    To prepare for this discussion, read the article, “Finding Quality Child Care and Preschool Isn’t Always Easy,” and review the Children in the States Factsheets link on the Children’s Defense Fund website.

    For this discussion, you will

    • Define quality childcare and provide a rationale for its importance. Be sure to use the information from the Great Start to Quality website and your text as support.
    • Discuss indicators of quality childcare.
    • Examine the cost of center-based childcare in your state and share the cost listed by the Children’s Defense Fund.
    • Evaluate the affordability of quality childcare in your area and determine if the cost is consistent with the service provided. For additional support, read the How Much You Have to Earn to Be Considered Middle Class in Every US State” article.
    • Discuss two challenges of selecting a quality childcare setting that aligns to one’s parenting style while taking cost, location, and availability into consideration. Support your discussion with one additional scholarly source. Ashford University Discussion

explain what challenges a helping professional whose views conflict with those espoused by the military might face when interacting with the service member in the scenario you selected.

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Discussion: Values and Perspectives

Required Readings

Army Reserve. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.goarmy.com/reserve.html

Air Force Reserve. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://afreserve.com/

Air National Guard. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.ang.af.mil/

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.marforres.marines.mil/

U.S. Navy Reserve. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.navyreserve.com

U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.uscg.mil/reserve/

Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2016). Serving military families (2nd ed.). New York: NY: Routledge.

· Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Military Culture and Military Families”

o (Review pp. 7-9)

· Chapter 2, “An Overview of Military Personnel and Their Families”

o (Review pp.29-33)

National Association of Social Workers (2017). Code of Ethics. Retrieved from: https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Military culture and values [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu ADDED to Upload

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 4 minutes.

Desmond Flanigan provides a brief overview of his experiences serving 27 years in the U.S. Army. He then describes how military training can help develop particular values and impart a particular culture to both military personnel and their families.

ASSIGNMENT: 

Post one important fact each about two different military branches—explaining why this information is important for helping professionals to know

Then, explain what challenges a helping professional whose views conflict with those espoused by the military might face when interacting with the service member in the scenario you selected.

Finally, explain one strategy you, as a helping professional, might use to address these challenges.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to the resources in Required Reading ABOVE. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references and credited sources besides your reading above.

Reflect on the following social media scenario: You are reading posts in your favorite social media site, when you come across a post by a 19-year-old male.

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In Week 2, you were introduced to the bystander effect (Darley & Latané, 1968). The perceived diffusion of responsibility makes bystanders less likely to intervene in an emergency situation. It might be tempting to assume that aggressors and the bystanders who do nothing to intervene are just “bad” people; however, the reasons for how and why these behaviors occur are much more complex. In this assignment, you will consider how factors such as obedience to authority, perceived power, and diffused responsibility in the presence of others may explain varied responses to potential or actual harm to others.

  • Reflect on the following social media scenario: You are reading posts in your favorite social media site, when you come across a post by a 19-year-old male. He writes that he was raped at a party last night and he’s afraid they will post pictures of it online. He is contemplating suicide. You notice three types of behaviors in the comments to him:
  1. A small group of individuals are using profanity and belittling him. They are encouraging him to commit suicide.
  2.  A larger group of individuals are making supportive comments and providing the number for a crisis help line.
  3. Many of his online followers have not responded to his post.
  • Think about how social psychology theories or principles could be applied to explain the types of comments made to the 19-year-old in the scenario.

By Day 7

Submit a 2 page paper that addresses the following:

  • Describe the impact of social context on conformity, obedience, and helping behaviors.
  • Explain how social psychology theories or principles could be applied to account for each of the responses in the scenario (e.g., which principles/theories could explain response type A; which principles/theories could explain response type B, and so on). Be sure to support your assertions with scholarly content.
  • Provide at least one recommendation to help reduce the derogatory comments or increase the number of supportive comments in the scenario, based on what you have learned about social psychology.