Consumer Influences Analysis Paper

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Week 3 ALTERNATIVE Individual Assignment

 

Consumer Influences Analysis Paper

 

Select a product or service with which you are familiar.

 

Prepare a 1,250- to 1,500-word paper in which you analyze factors that affect consumer purchasing decisions related to your product or service.

 

Identify the demographic, psychological, and social factors that influence consumer behavior toward your product or service.

 

Examine how each external factor listed below affects consumer behavior, and how they influence the consumer’s decision-making process and the consumer behavior toward your product or service.

 

  • Political-Legal
  • Economic
  • Social- Cultural
  • Ecological
  • Technological
  • Business ethics

 

You must properly cite at least four (4) peer-reviewed academic sources.

 

Hint: You may want to preview the materials in Week Four before you begin.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA (6th edition) guidelines.

 

Review the Assignment Feedback form (rubric) for additional grading details.

 

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Case study: Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Case study: Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations

This assignment is designed to help you synthesize the course material and apply the material in creating an assessment, and generating a diagnosis, as well as treatment recommendations.

Read the case study provided and write a clinical report which includes:

  1. A summary of the major issues facing the client needing to be addressed.
  2. A working diagnosis for the client (with diagnostic summary and rationale) utilizing the following information from the CAGE screening tool and case history information.
  3. A Mental Status Exam which applies the information from the case history.
  4. Detailed treatment recommendations determining which modality (family, individual, group, or couples) is most appropriate for this client.  Be sure to provide the rational for your choice by integrating information from the case summary.
  5. Recommendations on whether individual is a good candidate for treatment placement (inpatient, residential, or outpatient) and an analysis of the pros and cons for your selection based on a summary of the issues.

Your paper should be at least 4 pages long. Remember to include a cover page and reference page, and to support your arguments with information drawn from the online content, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources to substantiate the points you are making.  Apply APA standards for writing and citations to your work.

Submit your response to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Monday, July 6, 2015. Name your assignment as follows: LastName_FirstInitial_PSY494_M5A1.doc

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Provides a summary of the major issues facing the client that need to be addressed.
28
Provides working diagnosis for the client (with diagnostic summary and rationale) utilizing the CAGE assessment and case history provided.
52
Applies information from the case history to complete a Mental Status Exam.
52
Provides thorough treatment recommendations with rationale determining which modality (family, individual, group, or couples) is most appropriate for this client.
52
Provides recommendations on whether individual is a good candidate for treatment placement (inpatient, residential, or outpatient.) Includes a summary of issues and pros and cons of the selection.
52
Organization (16 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, and Conclusion
Usage and Mechanics (16 points): Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence structure
APA Elements (16 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations
Style (16 points): Audience, and Word Choice
64
Total:
300

Communication Disorders

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(Part 1) Two Brain Theory

For this discussion:

–Locate and read a recent, full-text article from the Capella Library on one neuroanatomical structure involved in verbal behavior (for example, Broca’s area or temporal lobe) and the verbal behavioral correlates of this structure.

–The functional lateralization of the human brain has led to the notion that humans possess “two brains,” the left brain and the right brain. The left brain is described as verbal and analytic, while the right brain is described as visuo-spatial, rhythmic, and creative. Discuss how the article you selected relates to the two brain theory.

 

(Part 2) Communication Disorders

For this discussion:

–Locate a recent, full-text article from the Capella Library on one communication disorder (such as anomia or agraphia) and its neurophysiological correlates.

–Read and briefly summarize the article.

–Answer:

What was the central finding of the article?

Why is it important?

How does the article supplement and extend the material in the text?

Be specific in your examples.

Cite your reference using APA guidelines.

 

(Part 3)  Application of t Tests

For this discussion:

–Identify a research question from your professional life or career specialization that can be addressed by an independent samples t test.

–Indicate why a t test would be the appropriate analysis for this research question.

–Describe the variables and their scale of measurement.

–Discuss the expected outcome (e.g., “The group 1 mean score will be significantly greater than the group 2 mean score because…”)

 

(Parts 1 & 2) Studies

Readings

Complete the following:

In your Physiology of Behavior text, read Chapter 14, “Human Communication,” pages 479–515.

Review Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System, pages 8–11.

Media

Language Processing

Launch Presentation | Transcript

Click Launch Presentation to view a media piece on language processing.

Optional Internet Resources

If you choose, you may explore the following:

Aphasia.

(Parts 1 & 2) OBJECTIVES

To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to: Discuss aphasia and the functional deficits it causes.

Analyze the role of brain damage on language functioning.

Analyze the brain mechanisms that are involved in our ability to understand language and use words to express ourselves.

 

(Part 3) Readings

Use your George and Mallery text to complete the following:

Read Chapter 11 “The t Test Procedure.” This reading addresses the following topics:

Independent Sample t Tests.

Paired Sample t Tests.

One Sample t Tests.

Significant Testing.

SPSS Commands.

Reporting and Interpreting SPSS Output.

Explain three ethically significant issues pertaining to this question that would need to be considered when addressing it.

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Thesis Construction

Please read these assignment instructions before writing your paper, and re-read them often during and after the writing process to make sure that you are fulfilling all of the instructions.

Overview
The following assignment is an exercise designed to help you write your Final Paper. In this exercise, you will do the following:

  • Identify a topic of interest from the list, and narrow it down to a particular, concrete ethical problem or question.
  • Provide an introduction in which you briefly explain the topic and the particular question on which you will focus your paper.
  • Explain three ethically significant issues pertaining to this question that would need to be considered when addressing it.
  • Use the Thesis Generator in the Ashford Writing Center to construct a thesis statement that articulates your position on the topic as you have defined it. (https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-thesis-generator.html)

Instructions
The exercise must be at least 400 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Be sure to including a title page and reference page as necessary. Your exercise must be organized to address each of the five parts below. Number each part accordingly.

  1. Part One: Thesis Statement
    Use the Thesis Generator in the Ashford Writing Center to construct a thesis statement that articulates your position on the question as you have defined it. This will likely be the last thing you do in this exercise, but your thesis should be placed at the top of the first page after the title page.

    Your thesis should clearly state your position and provide a concise statement of the primary reason(s) drawn from the three issues you raise in Part Two. For example, having identified three important issues that need to be considered, you may find that two of them support your view, and while one may present a challenge to it, that challenge can be overcome.

  2. Part Two: Provide a Brief Introduction to the Topic
    Your introduction must make clear to the reader exactly what ethical problem or question you are addressing within this topic, and what you consider to be the boundaries of the question.

    For example, a paper on criminal punishment might consider whether capital punishment should be used as punishment for certain types of crime, or it might consider the broader question of whether the criminal justice system should favor retribution over rehabilitation. If you were writing on this topic, you would need to specify which of these (or some other) specific question you intend to discuss. (Note: You may not write on criminal punishment, this is just an example. More examples are given in the “Notes and Advice” section.) You should aim to focus your question as narrowly as possible.

    The final sentence of this paragraph should provide a brief summary of the three ethically significant issues pertaining to this question that you intend to address.

  3. Parts Three, Four, and Five: Explain Three Ethically Significant Issues Pertaining to This Question
    An “ethically significant issue” is a feature of the topic and circumstances that must be taken into account when reasoning about the question. For example, if you were writing on criminal punishment and focusing on the question of whether drug users should be imprisoned, ethically significant issues might include the monetary costs, the social costs, the impact on the person, the effect on the drug trade, and so on. And each of these, in turn, would have sub-issues, negative and positive sides, etc. Your task is to be as specific as you can in explaining the ethically significant issue. See the Instructor Guidance for further information.

    The first sentence of each paragraph must be a topic sentence that clearly states what issue you will be considering. The remainder of the paragraph should address the relevance and import of the ethically significant feature of the situation. Each paragraph should be focused on a distinct issue.