Read the assigned chapter this week and write a brief summary of the reading as well as your reflection in no less than 2 pages to be uploaded to the instructor for personalized feedback. 

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Part 1

Discussion Week 1

What Stood Out To You?

After you have read the assigned chapter from your text this week, please post your thoughts about what stood out to you the most and why. We all come from a diverse background of expertise and life experiences that shape our opinions on the material you just read.

 

Keep in mind that in this and all other discussion boards throughout the term you must respond to classmates’ posts to be eligible for full credit. When responding to classmates’ posts, please make sure your responses are substantive and move the conversation forward in a meaningful way.

Finally, when I grade this and all other discussion boards, I am looking for the following things:

  • Ideas are readily understood; sentences are well-constructed.
  • Virtually no errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
  • Responses show an understanding of the concepts; relevant, thought-provoking ideas, questions, and comments are contributed.
  • Posts initial required a response in a timely manner; active participation in the discussion of others’ ideas.

Part 2

Reflection & Summary 1

These assignments have two parts: First, summarize the content of the chapter by highlighting the key elements, organize by background/historical content and clinical content categories, if there are models being discussed, note what the main ones are and how they could contribute to crisis response and disaster mental health work. Keep the summary no longer than a page, concise, but thorough.

Read the assigned chapter this week and write a brief summary of the reading as well as your reflection in no less than 2 pages to be uploaded to the instructor for personalized feedback.

 

James, R. K. (2013). Crisis intervention strategies (7th ed.) Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/ Cole Publishing.

Additional Readings

Lopez Levers, L. (2012). Trauma counseling: theories and interventions. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

 

Attached are the chapters and the additional readings to complete this homework.

Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.

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Submit: Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article

This week, you will submit the annotation of a quantitative research article on a topic of your interest. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research.

An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source. This week’s annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due in Week 10.

An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.

Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.

Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance.

It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.

By Day 7

  • Use the Walden library databases to search for one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
  • Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate the methodology section in the article to be sure that the article describes a quantitative study. Confirm that one of the types of quantitative designs, such as quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental, was used in the study.
  • Annotate one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
  • Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
    • A summary
    • An analysis
    • An application as illustrated in this example
  • Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.
  • Submit your annotation.

Discuss and provide original examples from your own life, of each of the following three sources of high need for achievement:  its socialization influences, its cognitive influences, or its developmental influences. 

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All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and must be written at graduate level English. The content, conciseness, and clarity of your answers will be considered in the evaluation of your work.  You must integrate the material presented in the text and cite your work according to APA format.
Your response to each question should be approx. 1 page per question.
Total assignment should be 6-7 pages plus a title and reference page

1. Motivation arises from both internal motives (i.e. needs, cognitions, emotions) and external events (i.e. incentives, consequences, social contexts).  Is one of these sources of motivation more potent or more effective in motivating people than is the other?  Are people primarily motivated by internal motives or by external events, or are people motivated about equally by internal motives and external events? Justify your response by giving examples from your own life.

2. Selecting one physiological need (e.g. hunger, thirst, etc.) as an example, explain, how the biological beginnings of this need eventually manifest themselves as a psychological drive in a person’s subjective awareness.  In other words, explain how a biological event becomes a psychological motive. Give an original example to support your explanation.

3. How does self-determination theory explain how external events (e.g. rewards, praise) sometimes produce positive effects on motivation but other times produce negative effects? Give an original example to support your explanation.

4.  Learned helplessness theory relies on the components of contingency, cognition, and behavior to explain the motivational dynamics underlying helplessness.  Explain what these three components mean and provide an original illustrative example of each.

5.  Consider the origins of the need for achievement. Discuss and provide original examples from your own life, of each of the following three sources of high need for achievement:  its socialization influences, its cognitive influences, or its developmental influences.

6.  Differentiate the motivational and performance-based advantages versus disadvantages for performers who adopt a short-term goal (e.g., eat less than 2000 calories today) versus performers who adopt a long-term goal (e.g. lose 20 pounds this year) and offer a recommendation as to whether performers should adopt a short-term or a long-term goal. Explain/justify your recommendation.

   What are the types of validity? Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.

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Sampling and Data Collection in Research Paper

 

Refer to Ch. 5 and 7 of Applied Social Research

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing observation and measurement as they relate to human services research.

 

Address each of the following points in your paper:

 

1.     Sampling

·         What is the purpose of sampling?

o    What are the fundaments of sampling?

o    Give an example (identifying the characteristics) of one type of probability and nonprobability sampling presented in Ch. 6 of Applied Social Research.

·         How can you avoid bias when selecting samples for human services research?

2.     Data Collection

·         Describe the scales of measurement used in research.

·         What are the types of reliability? Provide examples of the types of reliability as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.

·         What are the types of validity? Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.

·         Why is it important to ensure that data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?

·         What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following:

o    Telephone surveys

o    Online surveys

o    Focus groups

o    Surveys via websites

·         Which of the above examples of survey research you would like to use if you were collecting data, and why?

 

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include at least two references.