Assignment 1.2: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part II
Synthesizing and Writing

When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.
For Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in prewriting to examine your thoughts.
* Remember that in the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.

In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.
Part II – Writing
Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1.
2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position    and explain why you selected these specific reasons.
3. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website.
4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.
5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.
6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
• Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

You must follow these submission guidelines:

• Submit the essay to Turnitin.com and then submit the originality report and final essay with any needed revisions to Blackboard.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
• Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.

Population-Based Family Treatments
Answer the questions below by using chapter 15 of your textbook.

1. Schools can influence how a child develops and increases a child’s ability to socialize.

☐ True
☐ False

2. Family therapy can be very beneficial in treating family members who have depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and other types of mental health disorders.

☐ True
☐ False

3. While substance abuse affects an individual, it is often good to build family supports to help a family member remain sober from drugs or alcohol.

☐ True
☐ False

4. Family illness never has a negative impact on or disrupts family systems and the family member who gets ill can always fulfill their role.

☐ True
☐ False

5. Men and women always have the same gender role expectations within a family, and they never differ.

☐ True
☐ False

6. Caregivers of chronically ill family members can get stressed and overburdened in their caretaker role.

☐ True
☐ False

7.  Families can experience financial hardship if one family member who is a breadwinner becomes chronically ill.

☐ True
☐ False

8. Mental illness can be very devastating for families and can disrupt family systems.

☐ True
☐ False

9. When elderly family members have a stroke or develop certain diseases like Alzheimer’s it can cause the roles of other family members to change.

☐ True
☐ False

10. Sometimes families experience different types of losses when a family member becomes ill, such as loss of functioning, loss of intimacy or even loss by death of a family member.

☐ True
☐ False

 

 

Reflection
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below.

11. It is very important for parents to be actively involved in a child’s education and attend school functions as an extra layer of support for the child who has a mental health illness. There are also many other ways that parents can support children with mental illness.

a. Why is it important tor parents to be actively involved a child’s education and attend school functions for a child with mental illness?

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b. What is another way parents can support children with mental illness?

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12. Unscheduled life events can have different effects on different members of the family. For instance, with death of a child, a mother might constantly cry and express her grief openly, while a father might still grieve, but keep his feelings to himself. Describe an example of an unscheduled life event and explain how it can affect family members differently.
a. Example of unscheduled life event:

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b. Explain how it could affect family members differently:

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13. Describe an unexpected life event in your family and explain how you coped with it.

a. Description of unexpected life event:

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b. Explanation of how you coped:

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14. In 1969, psychiatrist and death-and-dying expert Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book called On Death and Dying which introduced the 5 Stages of Grief; which are 1) Denial, 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance. Read more about the founder of the 5 Stages of Grief by clicking here (press click/control at the same time to open the link).

Current research suggests that not everyone who experiences a loss falls into the 5 Stages of Grief. When Kubler Ross developed them to describe the process patients go through as they come to terms with their terminal illnesses not what family members experience due to loss. Click here to learn more. Click here to learn about the real stages of grief. Explain how you would deal with a client who is experiencing grief.

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