Summarize each of the following components, created earlier in the course and revised using the feedback received.  Be sure to explain the purpose of each.

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Practice and Reflection

As an educator, a large portion of learning and growth comes from reflection and refinement.

For this week’s journal, use this self-reflection rubric to evaluate the effectiveness of your lesson plan from Week Four.  Elaborate on the areas of strength in your lesson plan, as well as those areas in need of improvement.

In addition, provide an evaluation of at least three of your classmates’ lesson plans that were uploaded to the Doc Sharing Tab last week.  Using the rubric, provide justification and an explanation of how you scored their areas of strength and areas in need of improvement.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.

FINAL PROJECT

 

Language Acquisition ePortfolio

As you advance in your studies, you will continue to build your knowledge base in hopes of reaching your professional goals.  This assignment is a culmination of the learning gained throughout this course, with hopes for you to build upon this as you grow in your academic journey.  As a professional, you will want to showcase the knowledge you have gained, as well as demonstrate who you are as a unique, reflective practitioner entering the professional world.  This project will allow you to develop a language-focused component that you would be able to add to your personal ePortfolio for future professional use.  An ePortfolio is an organized collection of your work that is able to be accessed electronically.  An ePortfolio may contain examples of some of your best work that you are able to share with others electronically, including potential employers.  As you complete more courses, you are able to add more to your ePortfolio resulting in a reflective collection of who you are as an educator.  The goal is for you to be able to use this as you enter the professional world. You can learn more about the creation of an ePortfolio at Virtual Educators.

For the Final Project, you will organize a language acquisition section that could later be added to your professional ePortfolio.

Choose one of the following ePortfolio methods to showcase your language acquisition learning.

    • Power Point Presentation
    • Google ePortfolio: This is an actual working website that you can enable for others to view.

Summarize each of the following components, created earlier in the course and revised using the feedback received.  Be sure to explain the purpose of each.  For example, you can summarize why you included your design of a language-rich environment for children as it relates to the support of language acquisition. For each bullet, you must include your summary and the actual assignment.

  1. Guided Introduction (Week One)
  2. A summary of your beliefs regarding language acquisition
  3. Language-Rich Environment (Week Two)
  4. Stages of Language Development Analysis (Week Three)
  5. Literacy Lesson Plan (Week Four)
  6. Language Reflection (You will choose another project complete within this course that you feel is a valuable reflection of your learning.)
  7. A summary of how you will support children’s language acquisition in your professional role
  8. Language Resource File in APA format (Week Five)

Your ePortfolio should be creative, but also professional and demonstrate the knowledge you have obtained.  It is helpful to be thoughtful with your content and creative with your delivery.

Your Final Project should be submitted as one project.  The ePortfolio should address the material using college-level writing and critical thought.  In addition, it should include graphics, visuals, and media, as appropriate.  Contents should be designed to clearly and concisely address the material with research justification.  Your ePortfolio must be formatted according to APA style, including a title page and a reference page.  You must use a minimum of five resources in addition to the course text.  There is no length requirement for the ePortfolio so long as all of the required components have been included.

Describe how three different perspectives (of the eight perspectives discussed in the text) explain relations between personality and culture. Which theory accounts for cultural influences on personality best? Worst?

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Part I: Construct Development and Scale Creation

 

Choose a construct you would like to measure.

 

Create an operational definition of your construct using at least three peer-reviewed journal articles as references.

 

Select and list five items used to sample the domain.

 

Select the method of scaling appropriate for the domain.

 

Justify why you selected the scaling method you did.

 

Format the items into an instrument with which you would query respondents.

 

Justify whether this is an interview or self-report instrument.

 

Part II: Analysis and Justification

 

Write a 1,500- to 1,750-word analysis of how you developed your instrument.

 

  • Describe how you would norm this instrument and which reliability measures you would use.
  • Discuss how many people you would give it to.
  • Describe the characteristics that your respondents would have.
  • Explain to whom the instrument would be generalized.
  • Describe how you would establish validity.
  • Describe the methods you used for item selection.
  • Discuss whether or not cut-off scores would be established.
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    What are two broad areas of research that lead us to believe that some behavioral/personality characteristics may be biologically (genetically/hormonally) determined? Give one specific example of research that points to this conclusion.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Describe how three different perspectives (of the eight perspectives discussed in the text) explain relations between personality and culture. Which theory accounts for cultural influences on personality best? Worst?

     

    1. Read: Chapters 11 & 13 in Friedman & Schustack’s Personality: Classical theories and modern research;
    Read Chapters 33-36 in Friedman & Schustack’s Readings in personality: Classical theories and modern research.

Evaluate your personal or vicarious experiences and/or weekly sources, utilizing citations, to support your beliefs about why, what you included, is of such importance.

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In this journal,

  • Reflect on the factors (cognitive development, language development, and intelligence), that you have learned about this week.
  • Identify what you believe to be the most important variables that are associated with each of the following areas:
    • memory development
    • language development
    • infant intelligence development
    • cognitive development in adolescence
  • Evaluate your personal or vicarious experiences and/or weekly sources, utilizing citations, to support your beliefs about why, what you included, is of such importance.

Your journal this week should be 400 to 500 words and have an introduction and a conclusion as described in the Ashford University Writing Center’s resource, Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.). You should exhibit obvious attention to critical thought and understanding of the content, as demonstrated in Samantha Agoos’s TED-Ed Animation, 5 Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking (Links to an external site.). You should include citations as needed to support your ideas. As this is your personal reflection about the material this week, your journal should limit the use of quoted material. Proper grammar should be applied, for which you should consider using the Writing Center’s Grammarly (Links to an external site.) resource. At minimum, cite your text to support your assertions within your explanation, but you may also use additional scholarly sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. References should be listed following the reflection. You will have until 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 (Monday) to deliver this journal reflection.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

Describe the options for resolving the ethical conflict including the interpersonal perceptions and other considerations that influence the options. (Benchmarks: Relationships, Spirit and Self-Discovery C8.2: Evaluate changes in one’s ability to be perceptive of others.)

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Topic: Benchmark – Dual Relationships Case Study

Research Psychologist A has been conducting a study with human subjects for nearly a year. As a result, A has come to know Participant M quite well. The study is taking longer than expected, and some of the participants are leaving the study. Because of the nature of the working relationship with the participants, Research Psychologist A and Participant M have become interested in an intimate relationship. Since neither one wants to jeopardize the progress of the study, they agree to retain only a professional relationship for the duration of the study, and then to pursue an intimate relationship once the study is completed and the results have been published.

In this assignment, you will address the ethical issues of this case and will present options for resolving the ethical conflict. You will be required to consider individual perceptions as well as the needs, potential, and motivation of the involved parties when positing your resolution.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

· Review the 2010 APA Ethics Code.

· Refer to Pope, K. S. (n.d.). Dual relationships, multiple relationships, & boundary decisions in the course materials for this topic.

· In addition to those listed in the assignment directions, this assignment benchmarks the following writing competencies: C7.1: Produce scholarly academic writing and C7.2: Demonstrate written logic, argument, and persuasiveness.

· Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments.

· You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Directions:

Write a paper (1,750-2,000 words) in which you do the following:

1. Describe the ethical conflict in the scenario above.

2. Describe the options for resolving the ethical conflict including the interpersonal perceptions and other considerations that influence the options. (Benchmarks: Relationships, Spirit and Self-Discovery C8.2: Evaluate changes in one’s ability to be perceptive of others.)

3. Identify the preferred option for resolving the conflict, and explain why it is the best option. How does this option address the needs, potential, and motivations of the involved parties? (Benchmarks: Relationships, Spirit and Self-Discovery C8.3: Synthesize the potential and motivations of self and others.)

4. Propose steps Research Psychologist A should take to avoid a similar situation in the future.

Study Materials

1. Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists: Chapters 6, 8, and 13.

a. URL:

b. http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2016/decoding-the-ethics-code_a-practical-guide-for-psychologists_ebook_4e.php

2. The Dual Relationship – The Neophyte Dilemma

a. Howells, K. (2014). The dual relationship – The Neophyte dilemma. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 10(3), 87-90.

b. URL:

c. https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=97467364&site=eds-live&scope=site

3. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments

a. Standard 1,” “Standard 3,” “Standard 5,” “Standard 8,” and “Standard 10.”

b. American Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct: Including 2010 amendments. Washington, DC: Author.

c. URL: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx#

4. Dual Relationships, Multiple Relationships, & Boundary Decisions

a. Pope, K. S. (n.d.). Dual relationships, multiple relationships, & boundary decisions.

b. URL: https://kspope.com/dual/index.php