What kind of data was presented in the results section?  Were there averages (means), correlations, or statistical tests?  (You can just write down the letters that symbolize the tests and statistics – the statistical tests will be explained to you in class.)

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Click on the link below and read the article titled “Comfortably Numb: Desensitizing Effects of Violent Media on Helping Others (citation below) and complete the following questions:http://public.psych.iastate.edu/caa/abstracts/2005-2009/09BA.pdf

Bushman, B. J., & Anderson, C. A. (2009). Comfortably numb: Desensitizing effects of violent media on helping others. Psychological Science, 20, 273-277.If you have trouble opening the article, Google the title and read the article online.answer each question, beginning by indicating the item (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, through 20) you are addressing.

  1. Source information: Who did the research and wrote this research report?  In what year was this research published?  In what journal was the research report published?
  2. What reasons do the authors give for conducting this research study?
  3. Briefly summarize previous research that has been conducted on this topic.
  4. The Introduction ends with a hypothesis, or a prediction, about what the authors will find in the study.   Using your own words, what is the hypothesis?
  5. Describe the participants in the study – what were the participants’ demographic characteristics?   Based on upon the information provided about the sample, who is the population the authors are focusing upon?
  6. What variables are being studied?
  7. What materials did the authors use in this study?
  8. What procedure did the authors use in this study to collect data?
  9. What do you think about how the participants in this study were treated?  Were they treated ethically?  Why or why not?  Did the benefit of participating outweigh any risks they may have encountered as a result of participating?  Why or why not?
  10. What kind of data was presented in the results section?  Were there averages (means), correlations, or statistical tests?  (You can just write down the letters that symbolize the tests and statistics – the statistical tests will be explained to you in class.)
  11. What did the author find – what was concluded from the data analyses?  Was the hypothesis supported?
  12. What are some of the limitations to the study that the authors noted?
  13. What are some of the authors’ suggestions for future research studies that can follow up this study?
  14. Why are the results of this study important, according to the authors?
  15. What kind of research method was used?
  16. Did the researchers state that there was a cause-and-effect relationship among the variables?  Was this appropriate (yes or no)?
  17. What is one weakness of using this research method to answer the research question?
  18. What terms are difficult to understand?
  19. What questions do you have about this article?
  20. What do you think about this research – would you apply the results to yourself?

Evaluate the policy’s strengths and weaknesses. What is working? What is not working?

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As an astute social worker and professional policy advocate, once you have selected and identified a social problem, you begin the process of creating and implementing a policy that addresses that social problem. One of the first things you do in the implementation process is an analysis of the social policy you identified.

In Part 3 of your ongoing Social Change Project assignment, you analyze the selected social policy.

Complete(2 to 3pages) Part 3 of your Social Change Project.

Address the following items within a 2-3 page paper:

  • Evaluate the policy’s strengths and weaknesses. What is working? What is not working?
  • How will changing this policy affect clinical social workers or the clients of clinical social workers?
  • Provide an update on the advocacy activities your proposed in the Week 6 Assignment.

 

Required Readings

SOCW 6361 Webliography
These websites will be required throughout the semester. Become familiar with these websites, especially when doing research for your assignments.

Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice  (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.
Chapter 10, “Developing and Using Power in the Policy-Enacting Task” (pp. 372-419)

Rocha, C., Poe, B., & Thomas, V. (2010). Political activities of social workers: Addressing perceived barriers to political participation. Social Work, 55(4), 317–325.

Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice theories, and explain how it might relate to diversity or cultural competence covered this week.

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Required Readings

Ganzer, C. (2007). The use of self from a relational perspective. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(2), 117–123

Osteen, P. J. (2011). Motivations, values, and conflict resolution: Students’ integration of personal and professional identities. Journal of Social Work Education, 47(3), 423–444.

Please note that this is a master level course so master level work. Please check grammar and you have to use the reading that I have provided to you. You must answer all the questions that I post.  I have uploaded the process recording template that you have to use a must. Thank you.

A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.

For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.

The Assignment (2–4 pages):

  • Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
  • Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice theories, and explain how it might relate to diversity or cultural competence covered this week.
  • Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.
  • Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.

Describe one of your childhood learning experiences that involved operant conditioning, such as having to do something to get a reward or avoid punishment.

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In a 1-2 page paper written in APA, using proper spelling/grammar, address the following three points:

  1. Classical Conditioning – Describe a fear or phobia that you possess, and that was learned through classical conditioning. If you are among the “fearless,” have a friend share a fear with you. Show how the principles of classical conditioning (unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response) apply to the development of your fear or phobia.
  2. Operant Conditioning – Describe one of your childhood learning experiences that involved operant conditioning, such as having to do something to get a reward or avoid punishment. Discuss how the principles of operant conditioning (behavior consequences, reinforcement, or punishment) applied to your learning experience.
  3. Behavior Modification – Describe a small behavior that you would like to change in someone you live with: a roommate, sibling, parent, child, or partner. Examples include leaving their things in the living room or not emptying the trash. Show how the principles of operant conditioning (behavior consequences, reinforcement, or punishment) could be used to keep this behavior in place. Describe how you could use behavior modification to change this behavior.

Rasmussen’s Library and Learning Services team has developed a variety of Guides to help support students’ academic endeavors. For this project, the Writing Guide and APA Guide may both be helpful. You will find links to these Guides on the Resources tab.