Self-Analysis Of Professional Dispositions – Assignment

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Professional dispositions have been defined as the “values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behavior toward candidates, families, colleagues and communities and affect candidate learning, motivation and development as well as the educator’s own professional growth” (NCATE, 2000).

Dispositions can also be described as attitudes and beliefs about counseling, as well as professional conduct and behavior. Not all dispositions can be directly assessed, but aspects of professional behavior are assessed during classes and field experiences in counseling settings.

To prepare for professional dispositions assessments in this program, write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you:

  • Reflect on your personal strengths in connection to the dispositions. Support your ideas with examples.
  • Identify areas for personal growth in connection to the dispositions. Support your ideas with examples.
  • Outline an action plan for developing the identified areas for personal growth.
  • Describe why it is important to adhere to the dispositions. How do they support professionalism in counseling? How do they make a counselor effective?

Compare And Contrast Cognitive Models Of Aggression

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Instructions

For this task, create a scenario in which an aggressive act has occurred. Use the concepts of cognitive dissonance, cognition and arousal, and heuristics to view the reasons for the aggressive act from each perspective. The goal of this assignment is to illustrate the theory in action. Describe the case on 1 page. Then, complete the tables below for pages 2 and 3.

three headers

Length: 1-page case description, and 2 to 3-page chart

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

How adaptable is our ability to perceive the world around us?

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Assignment Instructions

Assignment Instructions

For your Final essay exam, you will complete 10 short answer essay questions which focus on the course readings and videos. Final essay answers must be attached as Word documents to the appropriate assignment page, not typed into the assignment student comments boxes. In addition to APA formatted citations and references with each answer, an APA title page and reference page are required. Each question should be answered clearly and numbered. Students will answer each question thoroughly and completely (approximately 300 words for each question, more if needed), providing examples where required.

Answer the questions below in your Final exam.

  1. How do we experience taste? Be sure to discuss the composite of the five basic taste sensations. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  2. How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  3. How do our senses  monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our vestibular senses. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  4. What did the Gestalt psychologists contribute to our understanding of how the brain organizes sensation into perceptions? After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  5. How do the principles of figure-ground and apparent movement contribute to our perception of form? Discuss how the roles of proximity, similarity, continuity, connectedness, and enclosure impact the order and form of stimuli during the organizational process.
  6. How do we see the world in three dimensions? Be sure to discuss the research on visual cliffs, binocular cues, retinal disparity, and monocular cues.
  7. How does perceptual constancy help us to organize our sensations into meaningful perceptions? Include a discussion of how perceptual constancy helps explain several well known visual illusions, such as the Moon and the Ames Room illusions.
  8. What does research on sensory restriction and restored vision reveal about the effects of experience on perception? After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  9. How adaptable is our ability to perceive the world around us? Discuss the biological components involved in vision and the brain’s ability to adapt to body movement. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
  10. Describe the following, which are related physiological mechanisms that are involved in determining cognitive and experiential aspects of pain perception: gate-control model; opiates and pain: the physiology of the placebo effect.

Supporting Materials

  •  PSYC304 Final Exam Paper rubric.docx (16 KB)

Submission

How did your attention change or focus differently in each situation?

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Do you take vision for granted? Many of us do. Select an activity you can do safely with your eyes closed (e.g. play catch with something soft, fold laundry, put away dishes, water plants, walk the dog). You will likely need a person to help you. First, perform the activity with both eyes open. Cover one eye gently with a patch of some sort or close one (if you can do it!) and do the activity again. Then try it with both eyes closed. (PLEASE pick something you can be safe doing!  Check for sharp objects, don’t go in the street, etc.)  Then, answer the following questions:

  1. What differences did you note in your ability to judge the shape, distance, speed, and direction of the objects with which you were working?
  2. How did your attention change or focus differently in each situation?
  3. Which situation was the most difficult for you? Now, practice doing the activity several times under these most difficult circumstances. Did you adapt? How long did it take?
  4. Do you think there are some activities that are easier to perform completely blindfolded than with one eye patched? If so, what might be an example? If not, why not?

Citing Guidelines:

You shouldn’t need to cite this week, but if you use an outside source beyond your experience for some reason, use APA style.

Writing Guidelines: 

Delete the questions themselves as it makes it look nicer (and we all know what the questions were), but refer to the questions in your answers.  Also, number them!  For example:

1. I decided to try ____ as an activity.  I noted several differences in my judgments.  First, I noticed that ___.  Second, I noticed _____.  I also noticed that ___ was not different.

Construct proper paragraphs and use complete sentences.  It may be appropriate (and necessary) to use several paragraphs for each numbered response.  Also, edit your work.