Post an explanation of the psychometric properties of the assessment tool you were assigned. Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool can be used to evaluate the efficacy of psychopharmacologic medications. Support your approach with evidence-based literature. references 2015-2019
Day: November 28, 2019
Now that you have completed your Narrative Essay preparatory activities (free write and outline), reflect back on this process, how it went, and what you’ve learned from it. Write a brief reflection journal in which you address the following questions (from The Writer’s Way, p. P-6):
1. What just happened? (What did I/we do?)
2. What was the purpose of doing this activity? (Why did I/we do it?)
3. What did the reading in the textbook say about this activity? [For this question, identify one concept, idea, or instruction from the textbook that struck you as interesting or significant.]
4. What was the point of this reading?
5. How can I use this activity or information going forward?
Important: Do not write just one-sentence answers to the above questions. Write at least a paragraph for each. You might want to review the additional explanations on p. P-6 before your proceed.
You do not have to use APA Style for this assignment, but your journal must use 12-pt. Times New Roman and be double spaced.
Discussion Questions
What has impressed you in the construction of a capstone project? E.G., (a) The writing process? (b) Avoiding slang and clichés? (c) Compiling references? (d) Adhering to APA format?
Reflection Question
- Assignment Expectations:
- Address concept A and B in about 150 words each.
- You will be graded on how well you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concept, and critical thinking pertaining to the applicability of the concept to your professional practice. Points awarded will follow breakdown below.
- You will neither be required to, norgraded on responses to your peers. One posting will suffice.
- The Assignment: Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss two concepts or lessons learned that you believe will be most applicable to yourprofessional discipline.
- Concept A (points 10/20):
- Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
- Your professional discipline: ……..
- How applicable (points 6/20): ……
- Concept B (points 10/20):
- Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
- Your professional discipline: ……..
- How applicable (points 6/20): ……
All information in the postings can be shared by all for the betterment of your project.
Demand in your community for food shelf services has increased as a result of a decrease in federal funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As an administrator of a non-profit family services organization, you are given the task of finding two potential sources to request funding from for an addition to the food shelf. (Community is Beaufort, SC)
Initial Post:
Research and share information about two potential sources from which you might request funding for your organization.
Competency
This competency will allow you to demonstrate your understanding of prominent sociological theories and how they impact the digital world.
Instructions
You are working for a local department store in the Operations Department. You notice that their business practices and use of technology are not up to date. The Human Resources Department does not have adequate computer access and often requires employees to complete some business at home. They also require prospective employees to apply from home. You recognize that not all people have personal computers, and some might be accessing business and personal records from a public computer. There are two prominent sociological theories that can be used to easily examine computer usage for individuals and organizations. Those theories are Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interaction Theory.
At a staff meeting, you and your team are engaged in a discussion about the use of technology on both an individual and organizational level. You cite the digital divide as a major concern. Your store is considering an upgrade in some or all of their technological resources.
Recognizing that you are technologically savvy, your supervisor asks you to generate a visual comparison that considers the use of public computers versus a personal computer. You will rank concepts such as ease of use, time, and comfort in completing tasks, security factors, email management, and safety in conducting business that is typically completed on a computer that may lead someone to experience the digital divide (a difference between groups of people and their use of digital technology). You will also need to consider the sociological theories named above and explain how from a sociological perspective, it would benefit or hinder the store you work in to upgrade their technology.
Your comparison should consider various factors identified below and will illustrate the benefits and some potential limitations of utilizing technology. Your presentation will be presented to your supervisor and other members of the Operations Department in order to determine which, if any, components of the store’s current technological operations will be updated. The visual comparison can be in any engaging format that you select.
For this comparison chart, you are to reflect upon and address the following sets of questions/information.
- Define conflict theory.
- Define symbolic interaction theory.
- Discuss how each of these theories would explain the use of technology and the development of the digital world we now live.
- Consider multiple ways that society has changed in the past several decades and what contributed to that change.
- Provide examples of technological growth and change over the past several decades.
- Make direct correlations between the technologies that exist and the changes that have occurred at the organizational and societal levels in the past several decades.
- Define digital divide.
- Consider factors that create the digital divide, such as access to technology, socioeconomic status, age, personal interest, location of residence, etc.
- Based upon factors that cause the digital divide, suggest ways that this divide can be combated.
- How does the digital divide apply to the store that you work in for this scenario?
- Which theoretical perspective can best be applied to your store in the above scenario to help explain and counter the impacts of the digital divide?
Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky created the Theory Manufacturing Consent that refers to filters in the Media. Use your textbook and notes to describe the following aspects of the filters within Canadian context. Your answers must include the following:
1) Media Ownership
· Who owns and who governs the media in Canada? List five media giants in Canada
· Define, describe and explain media conglomeration in Canada and the relationship between the conglomeration and the five giants and media convergence
· Explain media ownership in Canada from a functionalist point of view
2) Advertisement
· Explain the relationship between media sourcing, media imperialism and advertisement in Canadian media.
· Explain media advertisement in Canada from a Conflict point of view
3) Complicity
· Explain media complicity in Canada from the Symbolic Interactionist viewpoint with reference to social construction
4) Flak
Explain the role of FLAK in Canadian media from a Post- Modern Viewpoint
5) Write a minimum of 75 words in which you explain the work of the Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan
In Part I and Part II of your business plan you developed a comprehensive analysis of your business concept, business model, target market, feasibility study, competitive analysis, differentiation strategy, risk assessment, strategic position statement, and marketing plan.
In Part III you will complete the final elements of your business plan by describing the organizational structure and management philosophy you will incorporate to hire great people and develop team unity. You will identify key elements of your corporate culture and outline your key motivational strategies for developing a proper work environment. Finally, you will present your operational strategy that identifies core aspects of how your business processes and procedures will be designed to run an effective and efficient organization. As part of your operations plan, you are to include a technology strategy that indicates how you plan to have a competitive advantage over your competition.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the organizational structure and management philosophy you will incorporate to hire great people and develop team unity.
2.Identify the key elements of your corporate culture and outline your key motivational strategies for developing a proper work environment.
3. Present your operational strategy that identifies the core aspects of how your business processes and procedures will be designed to run an effective and efficient organization.
4.Create a technology strategy that explains how you plan to maintain a competitive advantage over your competition.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Analyze the strategies for managing growth, the implications for growth, and sources for business growth.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Write clearly and concisely about entrepreneurship and innovation using proper writing mechanics.
Description: Writing about your service-learning experiences derives meaning from your service. Reflecting back on your experiences with a critical eye will help connect your coursework and real-life and give you time to evaluate the service efforts within the community where you live.
Guidelines:
- Submit as a Word document in Blackboard
- Cover page including:
- Your Name
- Volunteer Site(s) & Addresses
- Number of hours completed
- Site supervisor name(s)
- Typed, double-spaced. 12 point font; minimum 2 pages of reflection text (not including the cover page) covering the outlined questions below.
- Include at least two (2) references from the CSR 28200 textbook, citing your source properly within the paper. Lucas. (2015) CUSTOMER SERVICE: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS, 6TH or Lucas. (2018) CUSTOMER SERVICE: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS, 7th EDITION
1). Think about what you learned about yourself through this experience. What do you consider your personal values? Consider how the service learning project helped you learn more about your personal values and attitudes. Did anything change over time for you?
2). What did you learn about the world beyond the classroom, the world in which you had the service experience? What surprised you?
3). Address at least 2 of the following:
- How did your service connect with what you are learning in class? (this class or any Purdue course)
- What is the impact of your service? For you? For the community?
- How do you feel about volunteering and corporate philanthropy? Is it important? Why or why not?
- What needs did your project address? What are the causes of those needs?
- How do people contribute to the problem? How can we, as a community, help to solve it?
- What did you learn about your own value to your agency? (This is especially important for those students who’ve not had a paying job up to this point).
- How does your understanding of the community change as a result of your experience?
- What were your expectations of this project prior to completing your hours versus what you feel were the ultimate outcomes? Were your expectations met? Why or why not?
- How can you continue your involvement in these or other issues? How can you, personally, raise others’ awareness?
It is reasonable to admit that in four weeks you have been exposed to a great deal of information about the human mind! This assignment will give you the opportunity to examine how the knowledge that you have acquired during the past weeks may tie together. You will explore a phenomenon that interests you, highlight the methodologies used to study it, uncover the results obtained, and assess the validity of the knowledge acquired. These activities will make you aware of the intrinsic relationship between knowledge of specific mental and behavioral phenomena, as well as the limitations of the techniques used to study them. Knowledge in cognitive psychology is largely gathered by means of experiments. Thus, it is important that you become intimately familiar with this data-gathering method. The goal of the assignment is to ensure that you have a good understanding of specific cognitive psychological phenomena as well as experiments that are often used to investigate such phenomena. Abide by the instructions listed below:
- Watch the video, Experimental Research Methods in Psychology (Links to an external site.), on the experimental method.
- Go to the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar and select a peer-reviewed article on a topic of interest among those discussed in our class. If you prefer, you may select an article from the recommended resources.
- Describe the main research questions that the study attempts to answer. Keep in mind that a description of the main question of the study entails an explanation of the importance of the question (i.e., illustrates the gap in the existing literature).
- State the main hypothesis (prediction) made by the researchers.
- Identify the key variables.
- Describe the critical characteristics of both the participants and the procedures used.
- Summarize the main findings. How do these findings answer the question that the researchers formulated in the introductory section of the article?
- Explain the extent to which the findings answer the research question. Do the findings support their research question (or prediction)?
- Illustrate the weaknesses and strengths of the selected study. For instance, ask yourself questions such as the following:
- Is the technique used to understand the selected phenomenon able to gather adequate information about it?
- How does this technique compare to other techniques used in cognitive psychology?
- Do the findings of the selected study generalize to individuals who may be different from those who participated (young versus older adults)?
- Please note that research articles often contain more than one study. Thus, in this assignment, you are given the opportunity to describe each experiment separately or focus on what you believe to be the most significant experiment.
Your paper must begin with an introduction to the selected topic in which you define the research question and all concepts that will be discussed in the paper. For instance, let us assume you select the article by Strayer and Johnston “Driven to Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone” as the topic of your paper. Then your task is to state the question the researchers want to answer and define the terms attention, divided attention, and distraction.
Your paper requires a brief summary of the content of the selected article according to the guidelines described above. It also requires a conclusion expressing your thoughts about the strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence. If possible, suggest the course that future research should take if the answer to the selected question is less than conclusive.
The Memory Errors in Real Life Paper
- Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- Must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must use at least one peer-reviewed source (the article you chose) in addition to the course text.
- The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
- The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
- Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
ASSIGNMENT 07
EN130 English Composition II
Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be a minimum of two (2) double-spaced pages to a maximum of three (3) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.
Using what you’ve learned throughout this course, but especially in Lesson 7, write a well-developed argument essay on one of the following topics:
Do corporations have a social responsibility beyond just obeying the law? Privatization of government services Minimum wage National Healthcare Workplace electronic surveillance and privacy issues Distance education or traditional education Internet privacy PC or Mac Should there be an Internet sales tax?
You may use outside sources if you document them using APA format, or you may write this essay based entirely on your knowledge/experience.
