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How can teachers communicate with refugees
$105.00How teachers communicate with refugees
How can teachers communicate effectively with refugees that come from a war zone
YOU SHOULD USE:
1: Rhetorical theories and methods!
2: Your observations!
Observations example:
In the book “What the best college teachers do” Ken Bain argues that the best teachers try to get their students interest and attention by starting with something ”the students care about, know, or
think they know, rather than just lay out a blueprint or an outline or tale or theory or account of our own” (Bain 2004: 110). BUT according to my observations the refugees at HKK are so diverse and have so different backgrounds, that it is hard for the teachers to find something they all have in common – something they all know and care about.Example of a book you could use: https://books.google.al/books?id=F0gSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=bill+gillham+observation+looking+and&source=bl&ots=Ok_UGrgusV&sig=F9VZJa8xYT_1_7GhKhLW26g4sfU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHl_Gjv-jSAhVHhiwKHQy_CRAQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=bill%20gillham%20observation%20looking%20and&f=false
In the assessment formal matters such as language, structure and bibliography will be important – but even more so, contents, degree of independent work, and analytical depth.
Format:
The paper is to be written as a long, formal report. The paper must have a title page and a table of contents, indicating the outline of your text. Sources should be documented with references in the text (or in endnotes or footnotes). Sources must be listed in a bibliography/list of references.
Length: Text should be minimum 35, maximum 45 A4 pages (title page and pictures, and/or graphs excluded). The text should be typed in Times or Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5.
Additionally, you must include an Abstract, approx. half a page (a brief summary of the entire paper) as well as the reason why you chose this topic.
Discuss Methods of Validity in Test Construction
$35.00Week 6 Assignment: Discuss Methods of Validity in Test Construction
Activity Description
In 2002, Boholst constructed a Life Position Scale for the purpose of finishing his dissertation. The construct life position was one of the variables he studied in his doctoral dissertation titled, The Influence of Life Scripts and Life Positions on Psychopathology and Positive Mental Health: A Structural Equation Modeling. He had to construct this scale because there was no available one at the time. In 2005, he and two other authors wrote another article that found modest correlations between Life Positions and Attachment Styles—validating the scale by establishing the relationship between life positions and a variable that was theoretically argued to have conceptual parallels or to be “similar” with it. In 2012, Isgor and two other authors translated the Life Position Scale into Turkish and established its reliability and validity.
This is often a realistic scenario where a tool slowly attains credibility by a gradual validation process across the years—often by different authors. For example, in 2004, Weisner wrote his doctoral dissertation in the University of North Texas on the relationship between Affective Traits and Life Positions. Hadzi-Pesic and others more recently (2014) validated the Life Position Scale and found correlations with alcohol addicts’ personality.
For this task, write a paper that addresses the following:
Discuss the different types of validity that have been employed—whether implicitly or explicitly to validate the life position scale. It is ideal therefore to read articles in chronological order starting with the A Life Position Scale, Life Positions and Attachment: A Canonical Correlation Analysis, and Life Positions Scale Language Equivalence, Reliability and Validity Analysis.
Length: 7 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment 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.
Learning Outcomes
5.0 Evaluate the different approaches to instrument validation.
6.0 Discriminate methods of establishing criterion or predictive validity.
Techniques and Phases of Scale Construction > Week 6
Validity
Introduction:
While an instrument may be reliable it does not necessarily follow that it is valid. A reliable instrument could be “reliably” erroneous! Validity on the other hand, however, necessitates that the instrument be first reliable because an inconsistent set of scores on a psychological scale can never claim to capture the construct it is trying to measure. Instrument validity has often been defined as the capacity of a scale to measure the construct it claims to measure. How do I know, for instance, that the depression scale I constructed really measures depression and not another variable such as loneliness? Well, I could ask a psychiatrist to provide me with a group of patients diagnosed with depression, gather another group of non-depressed individuals, administer my scale, cross my fingers, and hope that the former group would score higher than the latter. What method of validation would you call that? Or I could correlate my depression scale with an entirely unrelated variable such as monthly salary and with a slightly related variable such as loneliness. I should then hope that depression will have very low correlation with salary and a moderate correlation with loneliness. How would you call that method?
For this week, you will read material on the different methods of establishing instrument validity.
Organizations meet the special needs of different groups
$5.002. Is prejudice declining in our society? In our organizations? Why or why not?
5. How can organizations meet the special needs of different groups (e.g., work and family issues) without appearing to show favoritism to those particular sets of employees?
1.What do you want from your leader?
6.Do you think men and women differ in their leadership styles? If so, how? Do men and/or women prefer styles different from those exhibited by their bosses? What evidence do you have for your answers?
Microsoft Strategic Initiative Paper
$10.00FIN 370 WEEK 3 TEAM ASSIGNMENT – STRATEGIC INITIATIVE PAPER
Strategic Initiative Paper:s
Using the selected organization from your Learning Team Week Two assignment, prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you describe the relationship between strategic planning and financial planning. In your paper, be sure toaddress the following:
• Describe the strategic planning process for your selected organization and identify a strategic initiative discussed inthe organization’s annual report.
• Describe how this initiative will impact the organization’s financial planning.
• How will the organization’s initiative impact costs?• How will the organization’s initiative impact sales?
• Describe the risks associated with the initiative and the financial impact that these risks may have
Brochure Activity on Schizophrenia
$20.00Brochure Activity on Schizophrenia
Week 11 Assignment: Create a Brochure
Activity Description
Your task this week is to create a double-sided, tri-fold brochure that describes the symptoms, their impact on emotional processing, their effects on cognitive processing, and specific treatment options for the psychological disorder you selected last week.
The intended audience for this pamphlet is college-educated adults.
Support your assignment with at least three academic scholarly sources and these sources should be cited throughout the text in your brochure. The references for these sources should be provided on the back page of the brochure.
You are allowed to use appropriate clip art to enhance your brochure. Remember to incorporate the research you located in Week 10 to support your assignment. Other resources also may be used.
Length: 1 double-sided tri-fold pamphlet
Your brochure 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.
Learning Outcomes
1.0 Assess the concepts and theoretical framework of emotion, motivation, and cognition.
2.0 Interpret the critical research findings related to emotion, motivation and cognition.
4.0 Evaluate the development of emotional, motivational and cognitive skills throughout the lifespan.
6.0 Synthesize concepts of emotions, motivation and cognition using a variety of communication tools.
Emotions, and Cognition > Week 11
Psychological Disorders, Emotion, and Cognition
Introduction:
Earlier in this course, you reviewed the physiological and neurological aspects of emotion. Last week, you read about some of the psychological disorders, their effects on emotional and cognitive processing, and treatment options. This week, you will consider how physiological changes may affect an individual’s emotional and cognitive states. Specifically, you will examine how neurological disorders, including those on the dementia spectrum affect not only how the individual may express emotions, but also how he or she may interpret others’ emotions.
Not only do these disorders have evident physical symptoms resulting from the damage to the brain and nervous system, but they also have emotional consequences as the individual can have difficulty accepting or adjusting to the diagnosis. In addition, it is not uncommon for medications prescribed to these individuals to result in some emotional changes. Finally, there is also the aspect of how the disorder’s progression may affect the individual’s interactions with others.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Warm-up Activity 11.1: Creating a Brochure
You will create a brochure for the Week 11 assignment. To learn how to make a brochure quickly and easily please review the tutorial “How to Make Brochures on Microsoft Word” located under your weekly resources. This resource applies to Word 2007 and Word 2010. This resource describes how to use the existing templates in Word to create a brochure.
If you have problems finding the templates, click “File”, then “New”. In the “Search Office.com for templates” area, you can type “tri-fold brochure” in the search field, and then click the arrow to the right or hit the “enter” key on your keyboard.
Develop a Proposal for an Organization Overhaul
$50.00Week 12 – Assignment: Signature Assignment: Develop a Proposal for an Organization Overhaul
Read the brief article, How Can You Create a Positive Organization?, found in the Books and Resources for this Week.
Assignment
In this signature assignment you are going to be writing a proposal to the leader of an organization. This leader has asked for proposals to suggest how to move their organization forward in a productive manner. You believe that this organization would flourish by overhauling their current mindset and adapting a positive psychology framework.
You may select an educational institution, a business, a volunteer organization, etc.
Make sure that the proposal contains the following sections:
-Introduction
-Positive psychology overview (e.g. history, key concepts, etc.).
-Application (show how positive psychology has been applied in other institutions, share
research on the impact of positive education, positive psychology in the workplace, etc ).
-Outline your plan for the organization (discuss what changes need to be made, be specific in
regards to what needs to be implemented to bring the organization in line with a positive
psychology framework).
-Challenges – Both to the overall field and to the specific organization (acknowledge the
challenges that have been faced by the field of positive psychology, discuss research that
refutes these challenges, and consider any unique challenges that might be faced by the
organization as they transition over to this new framework.)
-Future Directions (discuss both where the positive psychology field is heading and also make
predictions about changes that would occur specifically in that organization were they to
implement your proposal).
Conclusion.
The proposal should be 10-12 pages and incorporate at least 10 scholarly sources.
Your proposal should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.
Signature Assignment: Future Directions
In the positive psychology movement we have seen a shift away from the disease model to a model that focuses on strengths and human flourishing. Positive psychologists have contributed to our knowledge on a whole range of important issues such as the relationship between positive emotions and physical health, the importance of social support, and our capacity to be resilient. However, the field has also faced challenges and questions remain as to the future direction of the field. This week you will read a diverse range of scholarly opinions on this topic that consider both the merits of positive psychology and the limitations that may prove challenging as we transition into the next era of modern psychology. Some psychologists believed that positive psychology would always have a short shelf life because the purpose was to redress the balance in traditional psychology and not to provide a new and competing field. These psychologists believed that once this had been achieved positive psychology would fade away. However, at this time positive psychology remains a considerable force.
In the signature assignment you will develop a business proposal for an organization to encourage them to adopt a positive framework. You will draw from your knowledge of the historical underpinnings of the field, key concepts of positive psychology, and potential future directions as you create this proposal. Research from the three pillars (positive emotions, positive traits, and positive institutions) will guide you as you formulate a plan to overhaul the current organizational model.
Interviews on Positive Aging
$7.50Week 9 – Assignment: Conduct Interviews on Positive Aging
Recruit two participants that you can interview for this assignment. Both participants must be at least 50 years of age. Ideally the participants would be in different decades (e.g. perhaps one of your participants might be 55 and the other 75).
Using the research that you have conducted on positive aging create 5-10 questions designed to assess whether your participants are aging in a positive manner (e.g. mental health, physical health, cognitively, socially, economically, etc.). Include the following in your overview:
- Transcripts of the interviews
- Based on your research discuss what constitutes positive aging.
- Based on your research assess whether your participants seem to be aging in a positive fashion.
- Make suggestions and recommendations for your participants to increase their positive aging.
Use at least 3 scholarly sources.
Your transcripts and overview should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards.
Aging is met with feelings of trepidation for some as they are concerned about potential deterioration in physical, cognitive, social, and psychological functioning. However, others are able to stay engaged in life as they age, view aging in a positive fashion, and take steps to maintain mental and physical health. This type of positive attitude towards aging is called positive aging. Research suggests that people who think positively about aging are more likely to live longer.
There are several strategies that people can employ to encourage positive aging, such as maintaining good nutrition, managing stress, keeping the brain active, etc. Positive aging has societal benefits in addition to improving quality of life for individuals on a physical and psychological scale.
Create a Stress Management and Resilience Brochure
$15.00Week 5 – Assignment: Create a Stress Management and Resilience Brochure
Before you begin your assignment watch the video, Enhancing Resilience, found in the Books and Resources for this Week.
Assignment
Imagine that you have been asked to develop a pamphlet about stress management and resilience for individuals with serious medical issues and their families. Your pamphlet should address the following:
- What is the impact of stress (physically and psychologically)?
- What are the benefits of resilience?
- What strategies can you suggest to cope with stress and to be more resilient
Make sure that your pamphlet incorporates at least 3 scholarly sources.
Your pamphlet should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards.
Length: 3 pages
Stress has been viewed as resulting from negative emotions and poor coping strategies. Positive psychologists have focused on how we cope with stress and our ability to recover. Resilience refers to our capacity to withstand adversity. People are often impressed when they see examples of resilience, but we are all capable of being resilient. Positive psychology research has found that individuals who have more moments of positive emotions are able to increase their resilience. Individuals often experience post-traumatic growth after traumatic incidents meaning that rather than just surviving adversity we can actually achieve growth. Conquering challenges leads to a sense of satisfaction that enhances our wellbeing.
There are certain factors that seem to help people be resilient. Specifically, individuals who are able to view failures as learning opportunities are more likely to display resilience. Furthermore, having an optimistic attitude is also related to increased resilience. This week we will examine how we can use the tenets of positive psychology to handle stress and become more resilient.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You will be expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Positive psychology is a new area of psychology
$10.00Whether positive psychology is a new area of psychology or a reimagining of humanistic psychology
Assignment
Your task this week is to join the debate on whether positive psychology is a new area of psychology or a reimagining of humanistic psychology?
Support your side with at least two references from scholarly resources.
Length: 1-2 pages
Week 1 – Assignment: Debate Positive Psychology as an updated version of Humanistic Psychology Instructions Warm-Up Activity 1.1 Read Martin Seligman’s presidential address (pages 559-562 only): Presidential Address
Warm-Up Activity 1.2
Psychologist Martin Seligman discusses the history of psychology and the role of positive psychology as we move into the future:Week 1 Assignment
Your task this week is to join the debate on whether positive psychology is a new area of psychology or a reimagining of humanistic psychology?
Support your side with at least two references from scholarly resources.
Length: 1-2 page
Presentation on a Scale Construction
$30.00Week 7 Assignment: Develop a PowerPoint Presentation on a Scale Construction
Activity Description
For this task, imagine that you were asked to give a scale construction proposal to a group of hypothetical PhD students. The PowerPoint presentation should include the definition of the construct that you intend to make a scale on, the existing tools measuring it, and other related studies. Also include your justification and rationale for your construction. More importantly, discuss how you will construct the items and the item response scales, how you will analyze the items’ reliabilities, and establish the scale’s validity.
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length: 12 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 200-350 words for each slideBe sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information.
Learning Outcomes
1.0 Critique the meaning and implications of measuring psychological constructs.
2.0 Analyze the literature on a particular construct and the current tools that have been designed to measure it.
3.0 Select methods used in the creation of items that measure psychological constructs.
4.0 Appraise different approaches to establishing item and instrument reliability.
5.0 Evaluate the different approaches to instrument validation.
6.0 Discriminate methods of establishing criterion or predictive validity.
This week, you will prepare an outline for the Signature Assignment that is due on Week 8. You will create the bullet-point outline for this proposal and it should include the construct of interest the topics that will serve as the titles and subtitles of your Signature Assignment. However, provide a very brief description of what the content under each section will be like. For example, under Introduction, you can write “Here I will provide a conceptual definition of the construct;” or, under Method, you can write “I will discuss that the item-total reliability will be performed in this section.”
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Complete the following Spotlight on Skills if you need assistance with the tools used to complete your assignments.
Reliability Chart Activity
$15.00Week 5 Assignment: Prepare a Reliability Chart
Activity Description
For this task, you will create a chart describing the different methods of establishing the reliability of a psychological instrument. In one column write the method (e.g., test-retest method) and on another column, write a brief description for each of the methods.
Length: 2 page
Learning Outcomes
4.0 Appraise different approaches to establishing item and instrument reliability.
Week: 5 Reliability
Introduction:
Measuring instruments have to yield consistent results. It would be a distressing experience if your bathroom scale tells you that you are 65 kilograms one moment and 70 kilograms a minute later. That would be unreliable or inconsistent results because we do not usually expect a weight increase of that magnitude to happen in 60 seconds. Consistency or repeatability is an indispensable characteristic of measuring tools within the physical or psychological sciences. Psychological scales have to ensure that the scores individuals are measured on yield more or less the same figures for the same individuals at different times. Some test-makers re-administer the same scales after a period, and then analyze whether the results are stable. Other test-makers construct two sets of scales measuring the same construct or split the items into two halves, with the first half measuring the same construct as the second half. These two sets or halves are then compared and analyzed for reliability.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Final Paper Expansionary Fiscal Policy
$30.00ECO 203 WEEK 5 FINAL PAPER EXPANSIONARY ECONOMIC POLICY
Prior to beginning the final assignment, review the following chapters:Chapter 7: Classical Macroeconomics and the Keynesian Challenge
Chapter 9: Taxes, Government Spending, and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 12: Banking and The Federal Reserve System
Chapter 14: Monetary Policy In Theory And Practice
Focus of the Final Paper
In an effort to move the economy out of a recession, the federal government would engage in expansionary economic policies. Respond to the following points in your paper on the actions the government would take to address expansionary fiscal and monetary policies:Expansionary Fiscal Policy:
Explain the actions the federal government would take while engaging in expansionary fiscal policy in terms of the following:
- The necessary change in taxes and government spending,
- The effect on aggregate demand, GDP, and employment.
Expansionary Monetary Policy:
The three tools the Federal Reserve Bank (The Fed) uses when conducting monetary policy are the required reserve ratio, the discount rate, and open market operations.
Explain the actions of the Fed in regard to the three tools.- When the required reserve ratio is increased or decreased
- When the discount rate is increased or decreased
- Buying or selling government securities when conducting expansionary monetary policy
Explain how these actions would affect the money supply, interest rates, spending, aggregate demand, GDP, and employment.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:- Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in your approved styled guide.
- Must include a title page that includes:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
- Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
- Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
- Must use at least four scholarly resources, including the textbook. Two sources must come from the Ashford Library.
- Must use APA style as outlined in your approved style guide to document all sources.
- Must include, on the final page, a reference List that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.
Research on Emotional Intelligence Evaluation
$10.00Research on Emotional Intelligence Evaluation
Social and Developmental Aspects of Emotion, Cognition, and Motivation
Evaluate the Research on Emotional Intelligence
Your task this week is to provide a critical evaluation of the concept of emotional intelligence.
After completing your readings for the week, prepare a paper that addresses the following questions:
- Can emotional intelligence be taught or is this an innate ability?
- Conclude with your assessment if evidence exists for separate, but related, constructs such as social intelligence and ecological intelligence? Explain your answer.
Support your analysis with at least two references from scholarly sources.
Length: 2 pages
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.
Learning Outcomes
1.0 Assess the concepts and theoretical framework of emotion, motivation, and cognition.
2.0 Interpret the critical research findings related to emotion, motivation and cognition.
3.0 Assess cultural and social influences on emotions, motivation, and cognition.
6.0 Synthesize concepts of emotions, motivation and cognition using a variety of communication tools.
This week, you will read about several theories of emotional intelligence (EI) and some of the research on this topic. Although definitions and theories of EI vary, Mayer and Salovey (1997) described EI as consisting of four “branches” consisting of perceiving emotions, facilitating thoughts about emotions, understanding emotions, and managing emotions. Similar abilities were described by Danial Goleman in 1995. Other theories of EI are described in Cherniss (2010). Tests developed by Mayer and colleagues along with other researchers can be used to assess levels of EI in people.
Some research suggests that individuals with higher levels of EI have better social relationships and better psychological health whereas those people with lower levels of EI are associated with greater stress and other negative outcomes such as drug and alcohol abuse.
Austin, Farrelly, Black, and Moore (2007) suggest that there is also a “dark” side to high levels of EI. Their research suggests that being skilled in the perception and understanding of the emotions of others can serve as a mechanism to manipulate people and situations.
Goleman, Barlow, and Bennett (2010) discuss how the early ideas about EI have been expanded into a new area called “Ecological Intelligence.” Ecological intelligence involves an awareness and understanding of how human actions impact the environment.
You should also consider as you are reading these articles whether EI is an innate ability or something that can be improved with training.
This week, you will provide a critical evaluation of the construct of EI by answering the questions in the description of the assignment.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Table to Group Items Representing a Common Concept
$10.00Table to Group Items Representing a Common Concept
Below are statements coming from different psychological scales constructed by different authors; what the scales are measuring nor the number of scales that are represented by these items are identified. Since the psychological variables measured by the items are fairly easily identifiable, create a table in which you will group those items that represent a common concept. Then, invent a construct or variable name for these items. This is an exercise that tests your intuitive abilities to spot the supposedly hidden constructs represented by these items. Consider this assignment as an “armchair” factor analysis.
Items:
- I feel irritable, easily agitated, and am impatient a few days before my period.
- I feel anxious watching a teacher work on an algebraic equation on the whiteboard.
- This is the dreariest time of my life.
- I am just as happy as when I was younger.
- My life could be happier than it is now.
- I have cramps that begin on the first day of my period.
- I don’t feel good being required to enroll in statistics.
- I expect some interesting and pleasant things to happen to me in the future.
- My breasts feel tender and sore a few days before my period.
- I feel old and somewhat tired.
- As I look back on my life, I am fairly well satisfied.
- I hate buying a math textbook.
- I feel depressed for several days before my period.
- I have backaches which begin the same day as my period.
- I don’t like reading and interpreting graphs or charts.
- I take prescription drug for the pain during my period.
- I’ve gotten pretty much what I expected out of life.
- Compared to other people, I get more the share of bad luck.
- I don’t like being told how to interpret probability statements.
- For several days before my period I feel exhausted, lethargic or tired.
- Most of the things I do are boring or monotonous.
- I’m feel my chest pound when I walk into a math class.
- I have abdominal pain or discomfort which begins one day before my period.
- I would not change my life even if I could.
- I’m anxious when I am waiting to get a math test returned even when I expect to have done well.
- The pain I have with my period is not intense but a continuous dull aching.
- I feel weak and dizzy during my period.
- I feel restless listening to somebody explaining a math formula.
- As I grow older, things seem better than I thought they would be.
- I have gotten more of the breaks in life than most of the people I know.
Psychological Constructs, Concepts, and the Nature of Measurement > Week 2
The Construct Under Investigation and Conceptualizing a Tool to Measure it
One of the indispensable parts in scale construction is to first get a good grasp of the ‘concept’ under investigation. Then, review the information written on the concept of interest. Only then can you decide whether there are subcomponents or dimensions under that concept. Be sure to provide a working definition of this concept, which may be based on a theory. Providing a definition for the concept and setting certain parameters based on a theory transforms the concept into a construct. Once this is clear in your mind, then you can start composing items that represent the construct.
Although many authors use the terms concept and construct interchangeably, a concept refers to observed instances in the empirical world that are argued to be related enough and are imported at an abstract level. Once this concept is narrowed for the purposes of setting parameters within a research context, it becomes a construct. Pushing the envelope further, once the definitions are concretized and rules are set (for instance in an experiment) on how to measure or produce the constructs—they become variables.
But first, it is important to have a very clear understanding of the concept or construct of choice.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Psychological Constructs and Tests Solutions
$25.00Psychological Constructs and Tests Solutions
Psychological Constructs, Concepts, and the Nature of Measurement > Week 1
Describe Psychological Constructs and Tests
Psychological Tests
Activity Description
For this task, write a paper in which you answer the following questions and complete the following:
- What is a psychological construct? How are concepts and constructs typically measured in the field of psychology? Use the readings and outside sources (if you like) to defend your answer.
- What is a psychological test? What is the unique value of a test as compared to some other means of getting information about people? Use the readings and outside sources (if you like) to defend your answer.
- Answer Kline (Chapter 1, questions 1, 2, 5, and 6)
- Choose one construct of interest that you intend to make a scale on. Provide a conceptual definition of such construct based on existing literature. Provide a brief description of individuals who “possess” the construct or those who may score high on a scale measuring the construct and a person who might score low on the same construct.
Length: 5 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Your assignment 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.
Learning Outcomes
1.0 Critique the meaning and implications of measuring psychological constructs.
2.0 Analyze the literature on a particular construct and the current tools that have been designed to measure it.
Introduction:
Psychological tests are used to measure psychological constructs. The development of a scale, then, must start with gaining clarity on the meaning of the general concept as it narrows down and becomes a specific construct the tool will measure. This week you will explore what a construct is and the relationships of constructs to scales
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. These include an introduction and a refresher on descriptive statistics and standard scores that are typically used in psychometrics. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.
Emotions and Motivation Interview
$20.00Week 6 Assignment: Prepare an Interview on Emotions and Motivation
Activity Description
For this task, imagine that you are a psychologist that is being interviewed for a 10-minute radio broadcast. You are being interviewed about how motivation and emotion influence academic achievement, and how negative motions (such as shame and guilt) motivate behavior change. Write 10-15 questions that the interviewer would ask you, and then write your response. Develop your paper as a transcript for a question and answer format.
Length: 3 pages
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.
Why do we do what we do? Theories of motivation attempt to explain this with some theories that focus on biological needs such as hunger or thirst, whereas other theories focus on “higher-order” needs such as the need for achievement, love, and affiliation with others. Cognitive-dissonance theories can also explain an aspect of the motivational process.
You may remember learning about theories of cognitive dissonance in your other psychology classes. Researchers explain that cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable cognitive state produced when people hold conflicting views. People are motivated to reduce this uncomfortable dissonance state by changing the conflicting cognition. For example, consider the case of someone who smokes cigarettes but also knows that this behavior is unhealthy. The dissonance could be reduced by quitting smoking but most likely, the person will change the cognition; for instance, the individual may downplay the health risks because he or she exercises and eats healthy foods. The research you will read this week focuses on the role of emotions in motivating behavior.
This week, you will prepare a paper that discusses how motivation and emotions influence academic behavior and how negative emotions can motivate behavior change.
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.