The effect of summarization method on inclusion of important information was significant F(2, 144) = 4.1032, p < .019. The mean scores (with standard deviations in parantheses) were as follows: Argument Repetition, 59.6% (17.9); Generalization, 59.8% (15.2); and Self-Reflection, 50.2% (18.0). (p.14)

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Prepare a written response to the following questions.

 

Chapter 7

 

  1. The table below shows ratings of various aspects of work and home life of 100 middle-class men in India who were fathers. Pick three rows of interest to you and explain the results to someone who is familiar with the mean, variance, and Z scores, but knows nothing else about statistics.

 

Comparison of Fathers’ Mean Psychological States in the Job and Home Spheres (N = 100)
Sphere
Scale Range Work Home Work vs. home
Important 0-9 5.98 5.06 6.86***
Attention 0-9 6.15 5.13 7.96***
Challenge 0-9 4.11 2.41 11.49***
Choice 0-9 4.28 4.74 -3.38***
Wish doing else 0-9 1.5 1.44 0.61
Hurried 0-3 1.8 1.39 3.21**
Social Anxiety 0-3 0.81 0.64 3.17**
Affect 1-7 4.84 4.98 -2.64**
Social Climate 1-7 5.64 5.95 4.17***
Note: Values for column 3 are t scores; df = 90 for all t tests.
**p < .01
***p < .001

 

 

 

Chapter 8

 

  1. Barker and colleagues (2012) compared 61 parents fo children who had a serious mental illness (SMI) to 321 parents of children withour such an illness. The researchers examined the parents’ reported levels of stress, their levels of a hormone called cortisol (levels of this hormone provide an indication of chronic stress), and their use of several types of medication. The table below shows the results of the study. Focusing on the parents’ number of stressors (the first row of the table) and the parents’ use of medications for anxiety or depression (the last row in the table), explain these results to a person who knows about the t test for a single sample but is unfamiliar with the t test for independent means.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptive Statistics and Mean-Level Comparisons
SMI Parents Comparison Parents
N = 61 N = 321
Mean SD Mean SD t p
Stress
Number of stressors 0.65 0.56 0.42 0.37 -3.08 0.00
Stress severity sum 1.89 1.63 1.16 1.1 -3.3 0.00
Cortisol (nmol/L)
Wake 17.46 10.72 16.75 7.38 -0.14 0.90
Out of bed 22.83 11.48 24.19 10.59 1.13 0.26
Bed 5.72 8.56 4.22 5.57 -1.86 0.06
Cortisol awakening response 5.62 9.7 7.48 8.34 1.55 0.12
Decline from out of bed 17.13 11.35 20.11 10.71 1.97 0.05
Medication use (proportion)
Allergy 0.26 0.44 0.16 0.37 -1.71 0.09
Steroid 0.2 0.4 0.12 0.33 -1.32 0.19
Hormone 0.13 0.34 0.14 0.35 0.25 0.80
Anxiety or depression 0.26 0.44 0.12 0.33 -2.36 0.02

 

14. For each of the following studies, say whether you would use a t test for dependent means or a t test for independent means.

a.     A researcher measures the heights of 40 university students who are the firstborn in their families and compares the 15 who come from large families to the 25 who come from smaller families.

b.    A researcher tests performance on a math skills test of each of 250 individuals before and after they complete a one-day seminar on managing test anxiety.

c.     A researcher compares the resting heart rate of 15 individuals who have been taking a particular drug to the resting heart rate of 48 other individuals who have not been taking the drug.

 

 

 

Chapter 9

 

  1. An experiment is conducted in which 60 participants each fill out a personality test, but not according to the way the participants see themselves. Instead, 15 are randomly assigned to fill it out according to the way they think theur mothers see them (that is, the way they think their mothers would fill it out to describe the participants); 15 as their fathers would fill it out for them; 15 as their best friends would fill it out for them; 15 as the professors they know best would fill it out for them. The main results appear in Table 9-17. Explain these results to a person who has never had a course in statistics.

 

 

 

Means for Main Personality Scales for Each Experimental Condition
Scale Mother Father Friend Professor F(3, 56)
Conformity 24 21 12 16 4.21**
Extroversion 14 13 15 13 2.05
Maturity 15 15 22 19 3.11*
Self-Confidence 38 42 27 32 3.58*
*p < .05, **p < .01

 

 

24.  Rosalie Friend (2001), and educational psychologist, compared three methods of teaching writing. Students were randomly assigned to three different experimental conditions involving different methods of writing a summary. At the end of the two days of instructions, participants wrote a summary. One of the ways it was scored was the percentage of specific details of information it included from the original material. Here is a selection from her article describing one of the findings:

 

The effect of summarization method on inclusion of important information was significant F(2, 144) = 4.1032, p < .019. The mean scores (with standard deviations in parantheses) were as follows: Argument Repetition, 59.6% (17.9); Generalization, 59.8% (15.2); and Self-Reflection, 50.2% (18.0). (p.14)

 

a.     Explain these results to a person who has never had a course in statistics.

b.    Using the information in the preceding description, figure the effect size for the study.

 

How would you work within each of these situations with your employees to increase employee motivation? How would your decisions be affected by each person-situation dyad?

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Assignment 3: Person-Situation Interaction

There are six ways in which a person and the situation interact to shape a person’s goals, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

These are:

 

1. Different persons respond differently to the same situation.

2. Situations choose the person.

3. Persons choose the situation.

4. Different situations can prime different parts of the person.

5. Persons change the situation.

6. Situations change the person.

As part of your answer:

  • Discuss what is meant by each of these dyads.
  • Provide an example of how each one works.
  • Assume you are a supervisor. How would you work within each of these situations with your employees to increase employee motivation? How would your decisions be affected by each person-situation dyad?
  • Assume that you are an industrial/organizational consultant brought into the same office as asked to study these person-situation interactions in order to advise management how to best put them to use to increase employee motivation which research design would you use? Why is this design the best fit for this office situation?

Submit your response to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Your combined response should be at least two pages (500 words) long.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Explained each of the six person-situation dyads.
20
Gave an example of how each person-situation dyad works.
20
Described the decisional process that a supervisor would use with their employees within the context of each person-situation dyad.
30
Discussed which research design would be the best fit to study the person-situation interaction within an office environment and why it is the best fit.
10
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
100

 Read and review Chapter 11 in your text. Read “Social Work Policy: Children and Adolescents” and “Social Policy and Advocacy: Violence Prevention”. View the Bradley Episode 7 in the media for this week.

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In this week’s resources, you explore the stories of Susana and the Bradley family. They are all in situations that need social work intervention and advocacy. What political strategies would you use to enact policies developed to assist these individuals?

In this Discussion, you develop political strategies to address one aspect of the situation(s) and problem(s) facing Susana and members of the Bradley family.

To Prepare: Read and review Chapter 11 in your text. Read “Social Work Policy: Children and Adolescents” and “Social Policy and Advocacy: Violence Prevention”. View the Bradley Episode 7 in the media for this week.

Post (2 to 3 pages) an explanation of the political strategies you would use to address one aspect of the situations/problems facing Susana and members of the Bradley family. Explain why you selected that strategy.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

 

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 11, “Developing Political Strategy and Putting It into Action in the Policy-Enacting Task” (pp. 372-419)

Plummer, S.-B, Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Concentration year.Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
“Social Work Policy: Children and Adolescents. The Case of Susanna” (pp. 57–60)
“Social Policy and Advocacy: Violence Prevention” (pp. 53–55)

McNutt, J. (2011). Is social work advocacy worth the cost? Issues and barriers to an economic analysis of social work political practice. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(4), 397–403.

Sherraden, M. S., Slosar, B., & Sherraden, M. (2002). Innovation in social policy: Collaborative policy advocacy. Social Work, 47(3), 209–221.

How can Nikky, based on what she knows about the psychology of learning, encourage the employees to be more open to learning the new procedures?

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 3: The Psychology of Learning in the course textbook.

Address two of the three scenarios (your choice) listed below. (Clearly use headings in your post to designate which options you are addressing.)

Option A: A recent psychology graduate named Kaylynn is currently seeking a career position with the local community college as a marketing director.

  • How can her understanding of learning psychology support this position?
  • How can she express these acquired skills most clearly in her interview?
  • If you were Kaylynn, what knowledge or skills would you be sure to include? Please provide a rationalization.

Option B: The retail department store that Nikky, a psychology graduate, works for, is changing how they address customer service, and over the next several weeks the store will be requiring all sales personnel to attend training sessions. As a sales manager, Nikky has heard her employees make comments reflecting their frustration with this requirement; they believe they do an adequate job, so why change what they are currently doing?

  • How can Nikky, based on what she knows about the psychology of learning, encourage the employees to be more open to learning the new procedures?
  • What rationales does learning psychology offer us to explain why we may believe we do not need to learn new things?
  • Again, based on this area of psychology, how might the attitude of the employees affect their ability to effectively learn, even if they were to attend?

Option C: Larry is the senior vice president of a lucrative manufacturing company. He recently hired a young man, Jackson, to work in the warehouse. After observing his work, Larry feels that, with some additional training, Jackson has a lot of potential to advance. But Jackson seems disinterested in advancing any of his skills and knowledge to achieve higher pay or stature in the company.

  • Based on learning and motivation theories, if Jackson is required to attend training geared to advancement, without the desire himself, how effective might he be at accommodating the new information?
    • Identify and summarize a theory that supports your response.

Discussion posts should equate to approximately 350 to 400 words.