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School is an important and common experience where socioemotional and moral development play out. For this assignment, you will compose a written analysis of a case study on Angela, who is in late childhood.
Case Study, Angela, 10:
Angela is a 10-year-old child who identifies as mixed race. Her father of Jamaican and Trinidadian descent and mother of Irish descent divorced when she was about 8 months old. Because her father moved out of state and her mother worked long hours, Angela spent a substantial amount of time with her grandmother until she was about 5 years old. Her mother, who was employed as a server, sometimes worked 10- and 12-hour shifts. Her father worked as a manager of a grocery store seafood department and was sometimes relocated to new stores.
Angela has recently moved to a new location with her mom, farther from her grandma, about 30 minutes away, and into an entirely new school district.
Imagine that you are Angela’s guidance counselor. Her teacher came to you recently and said, “Angela is really quite intelligent and super creative, but I have noticed she is having a difficult time making friends. Do you think you could help her?”
Of course, you are willing to help one of your students, and you begin by observing Angela on the playground.
You have decided to have a couple of meetings with Angela to get to know her and then hope to bring her mom into the conversation.
Part I
Using your developmental psychology background (e.g., attachment, temperament, self-esteem), determine the following items:
1. What type of attachment would you predict that Angela has with her caregivers? How would you predict that this has affected her adjustment? Explain how Angela’s cognitive and physical changes come into play.
2. In psychology, we know that labels can be dangerous. How would you have a conversation with Angela’s mother about how Angela’s temperament and peer status might be affecting her adjustment at her new school without giving Angela a negative label?
3. You have the impression after meeting with Angela and her mother that they are on board with being proactive in creating positive change for Angela.
What three steps would you suggest Angela and her mother take that would improve Angela’s self-esteem and emotional maturity? Describe the changes that take place in the adolescent’s relationship with her parents that come into play in these three steps you suggest.
Part II
Thanks to your work as her guidance counselor, Angela has made a successful transition and has friends at her new school. Furthermore, she has been asked to participate in a program as a peer mentor. Angela’s school has a great deal of socioeconomic, racial, and cultural diversity. Unfortunately, there has been a significant amount of bullying due to perceptions regarding differences. Angela’s role is to help other kids in her elementary school make prosocial decisions around the issue of bullying.
Once you have read the case study, answer the questions below in a single document. Your total response (for Parts I and II combined) must be at least two pages in length. Your textbook must be used as a source along with at least one additional source.
1. How may the role of Angela’s peers in her life change because she is in middle childhood?
2. What important factors have researchers discovered that increase the likelihood of bullying?
3. Given what you have learned about moral development in this unit, how would Lawrence Kohlberg approach Angela
and her peers given his theory of moral development? What would a plan for much younger students, such as kindergarteners, look like if it were created by
Angela?
4. If Angela was working with her female peers, would you recommend a different strategy? Would that align with Carol Gilligan’s perspective?
Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

You will complete a critical analysis and reflection. This written exercise must be in APA style and format, a minimum of 600 words in length excluding the abstract. When writing your papers, think in terms of providing a critical overview of the reading, identifying and highlighting the significant facts revealed, and closing with your own well-reasoned and informed scholarly deduced conclusion(s). Keep in mind the required 600 words without the Abstract is the minimum requirement for average performance relative to the wording volume. Refer to the Syllabus for more detailed instructions. The written exercise is due to the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment box may be linked to Turnitin.)

Solution Focused Brief Therapy or Narrative Therapy CBT

1.How are the theories similar and different?

2.What are some strengths and
limitations of each theory?

3.What are some ways that each theory is compatible and incompatible with Christian concepts?

4.Based on each theory’s concept of psychopathology, discuss any limitations as far as creating measurable outcomes for clients.

Write 10-12 pages paper in APA format style using at least 7 sources with a title page as one page, abstract as one page, introduction as 3-5 pages, method as 4-6 pages, proposed implications as 3 pages, and references page at the end.

For Week 3, you conducted an annotated bibliography on a set of topics. For this assignment, you use that information as a literature review. You will then develop a paper based on the information you collected as well as what you learned from your course and text readings. Here is the list of topic areas that was used.
The major theories associated with perception
Critical features of biology and physiology regarding sensation and perception
Articulate the connection between biology, physiology, and the environment
Processes associated with the perception of color, brightness, and contrast
Processes involved with perceiving objects, forms, depth, size, movement, and events
Critical elements involved with sound, localization, speech, and pitch perception
Cutaneous and chemical sensations in the process of perception
The influence of environmental context (e.g., geography) on perception
The paper should adhere to the following guidelines:
For the main sections it should have a:
Title page
Introduction
Literature review
Conclusion
Reference page(s)
The paper must use proper APA style for citing sources and references.
Introduction: This should be 1–2 pages in length. The introduction provides a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the paper.
Literature review: The literature review is taken in part from what you had written in Week 3.
Conclusions: The difference between a great paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the conclusion section. This is where you bring together what you learned from the literature review (as well as through the course) in your concluding remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusion section should be 1–2 pages in length.

Part 1 (use at min 150 words per answer)
1. Read Did Your children Receive Tech Gifts? What to Keep in Mind As They Play (2018) by Rhian Evans Allvin published by NAEYC’s Blog.
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/tech-gifts-what-keep-mind-they-play
As tablets, smart phones, and large screen televisions connected to the internet transform households across the country, these devices become part of family gift giving. And, whether someone purchased a technology-related gift for your child or your child used a tablet that was a gift for you, it’s important to think about the quality of the context your children will interact with while using screen media as well as how much time you want your children to spend using tech toys and tools.
2. Review Media Technology on page 368 in Chapter 13 of the course textbook.
Focus your attention on the six guiding principles for use of technology and media by Copple and Bredekamp (2002).
Think about Developmentally Appropriate Practice for a moment and how these principles guide the use of technology within infant, toddler, and preschooler classrooms, either by the teacher or the children.
3. Read Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (2012) by NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.
https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/position-statements/ps_technology.pdf
Focus your attention on the Principles to Guide Appropriate Use of Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs on pages 5 – 12.
Think about Developmentally Appropriate Practice for a moment and how these principles inform the use of technology within infant, toddler, and preschooler classrooms, either by the teacher or the children.
4. Download & Type into the Reflection Guide
Type into this document: Reflection Guide
Part 2 Use remaining count on part 2
Title/Name of resource Supporting Your Child’s Literacy Development at Home
Direct link to resource https://improvingliteracy.org/brief/supporting-your-childs-literacy-development-home
What topic from this week does it relate to?
What specific information does it provide?
Who will benefit from this information?
How will they benefit from this information?
As a teacher, how will you use this information?

There are many myths and much misunderstanding about psychology. The
purpose of this assignment is to think critically about a commonly held psychological belief that may in fact be false. 50 such myths were identified by
Lilienfeld, Lynn, Ruscio, & Beyerstein and are listed below.
1. First, select one myth that you want to investigate from the list below.
2. Then research the claim. Find three reputable sources of information.
At least one source MUST BE a peer reviewed article from a psychology
journal. You can access NWACC’s research databases from the NWACC
Library’s website.
3. Finally, write a 3-page minimum double-spaced paper, following the
directions given below. All sources must be cited appropriately.
Address the following in your paper:
Introduction
What is the myth you are looking into and why is this topic of interest?
Article Descriiptions
What does your research say about the topic related to the myth you
chose? Include a summary of each of the three sources you chose.
For the article from a psychology journal, describe the purpose of the
research described in the article. What are the authors trying to find out
(include their research hypothesis or research question(s))? How do the
authors arrive at their findings (describe research methods)? What do the
authors conclude about their study?
Critical Thinking
What did you discover about the myth from your literature research? Did
you confirm or debunk the myth? Why? Support your conclusion using
evidence from the sources you used for this essay.
Conclusion
Has your belief changed? Could you say there was not enough evidence to
debunk the myth or it appears as if there is some validity to the myth? If so,
support your this statement using evidence suggesting why the myth may
be valid.
Note on grading:
Papers will be graded on the content, including the depth of research, and
on evidence of critical thinking as well as on the delivery. Delivery will
include organization, an introduction and conclusion, flow, grammar,
spelling, and correct citations of sources.
Papers should be at least three
full pages of text in length.
Your paper should be written in your OWN WORDS–do not cut and paste
sections from the articles. Doing so is plagiarism and will result in a failing
grade. Information should be cited appropriately.
Psychology Myths

Myth #1 Most People Use Only 10% of Their Brain Power
Myth #2 Some People Are Left-Brained, Others Are Right-Brained
Myth #3 Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Is a Well-Established Scientific Phenomenon
Myth #4 Visual Perceptions Are Accompanied by Tiny Emissions from the Eyes
Myth #5 Subliminal Messages Can Persuade People to Purchase Products
Myth #6 Playing Mozart’s Music to Infants Boosts Their Intelligence
Myth #7 Adolescence Is Inevitably a Time of Psychological Turmoil
Myth #8 Most People Experience a Midlife Crisis in | 8 Their 40s or Early 50s
Myth #9 Old Age Is Typically Associated with Increased Dissatisfaction and Senility
Myth #10 When Dying, People Pass through a Universal Series of Psychological Stages
Myth #11 Human Memory Works like a Tape Recorder or Video Camera, and Accurate Events We’ve Experienced
Myth #12 Hypnosis Is Useful for Retrieving Memories of Forgotten Events
Myth #13 Individuals Commonly Repress the Memories of Traumatic Experiences
Myth #14 Most People with Amnesia Forget All Details of Their Earlier Lives
Myth #15 Intelligence (IQ) Tests Are Biased against Certain Groups of People
Myth #16 If You’re Unsure of Your Answer When Taking a Test, It’s Best to Stick with Your Initial Hunch
Myth #17 The Defining Feature of Dyslexia Is Reversing Letters
Myth #18 Students Learn Best When Teaching Styles Are Matched to Their Learning
Myth #19 Hypnosis Is a Unique “Trance” State that Differs in Kind from Wakefulness
Myth #20 Researchers Have Demonstrated that Dreams Possess Symbolic Meaning
Myth #21 People Can Learn Information, like New Languages, while Asleep
Myth #22 During “Out-of-Body” Experiences, People’s Consciousness Leaves Their Bodies
Myth #23 The Polygraph (“Lie Detector”) Test Is an Accurate Means of Detecting Dishonesty
Myth #24 Happiness Is Determined Mostly by Our External Circumstances
Myth #25 Ulcers Are Caused Primarily or Entirely by Stress
Myth #26 A Positive Attitude Can Stave off Cancer
Myth #27 Opposites Attract: We Are Most Romantically Attracted to People Who Differ from Us

Myth #28 There’s Safety in Numbers: The More People Present at an Emergency, the Greater the Chance that Someone Will Intervene
Myth #29 Men and Women Communicate in Completely Different Ways
Myth #30 It’s Better to Express Anger to Others than to Hold It in
Myth #31 Raising Children Similarly Leads to Similarities in Their Adult Personalities
Myth #32 The Fact that a Trait Is Heritable Means We can’t change it
Myth #33 Low Self-Esteem Is a Major Cause of Psychological Problems
Myth #34 Most People Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood Develop Severy personality Disturbances in Adulthood
Myth #35 People’s Responses to Inkblots Tell Us a Great Deal about Their Personalities
Myth #36 Our Handwriting Re veals Our Personality Traits 9
Myth #37 Psychiatric Labels Cause Harm by Stigmatizing People
Myth #38 Only Deeply Depressed People Commit Suicide
Myth #39 People with Schizophrenia Have Multiple Personalities
Myth #40 Adult Children of Alcoholics Display a Distinctive Profile of Symptoms
Myth #41 There’s Recently Been a Massive Epidemic of Infantile Autism
Myth #42 Psychiatric Hospital Admissions and Crimes Increase during Full Moons
Myth #43 Most Mentally Ill People Are Violent
Myth #44 Criminal Profiling Is Helpful in Solving Cases
Myth #45 A Large Proportion of Criminals Successfully Use the Insanity Defense
Myth #46 Virtually All People Who Confess to a Crime Are Guilty of It 11
Myth #47 Expert Judgment and Intuition Are the Best Means of Making ClinicalDecisions
Myth #48 Abstinence Is the Only Realistic Treatment Goal for Alcoholics Alcoholics
Myth #49 All Effective Psychotherapies Force People to Confront the “Root” Causes of Their Problems in Childhood

Myth #50 Electroconvulsive (“Shock”) Therapy Is a Physically Dangerous and Brutal Treatment
Reference:
Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Ruscio, J., & Beyerstain, B. L. (2009). 50 great myths about
popular psychology: Shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior.
Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley & Sons, ltd., Publications. Retrieved May 26, 2016 and
downloadable from www.academia.edu/7866112/50_GREAT_MYTHS_OF_POPULAR_PSYCHOLOGY

Effects of biological, environmental, emotional, social, and cultural factors on a child’s development and family relationships.

Select a child development theory (your choice) and provide an analysis of the interaction between biological, environmental, emotional, social, and cultural factors that influence a child’s development and family relationships.

Requirements: Three-page research paper with a minimum of five scholarly sources. Your paper should begin with a thesis statement, presented in your introduction/opening paragraph. It should then present research-based information to support and develop your thesis statement. Lastly, it should conclude with a discussion section that demonstrates your understanding of the developmental theory, in influencing a child’s development and family relationships. The paper must be formatted utilizing APA Publication Manual (6th ed.) and submitted as a Microsoft Word document – Google Docs or Notes are not permitted. Please remember this is a research paper, so please refrain from using “I” language.
Here is the rubric:
APA Style (Correct Headers, Cover Page, Times New Roman Font, 12 pt Font, Reference Page): (Note: No Abstract is required)
Meets Full Three Pages (Not including cover page):
Introduction/Thesis and Explanation of Developmental Theory: 3 Points
Discussion/Explanation of All Five Factors:
Conclusion/Discussion Regarding Influence on Child Development and Family Relationships:
Includes Five Scholarly Sources:

Upload or include a cognitive regulation evidence-based intervention/website
Write a few sentences about:
• What you found to be useful about this intervention/website.
• Who it is geared for (age/grade).
• How you see yourself using it in your school social work practice.

1. ABSTRACT
Goes on separate page. Length 120-150 words. Short paragraph (120 to 150 or fewer words) describing the four major sections of your article (Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion).

2. INTRODUCTION
General: The introduction is the first page of full text following the abstract. The function of the introduction is obvious, so it is not labeled “Introduction”. Instead, the full title of your paper is the title of this section.

First Paragraphs: The introduction is to inform the reader of the specific research question. In writing the introduction, consider: What is the question being studied? What psychological theory supports the study? The beginning of the introduction should let the reader know your general topic, and why it is important. You may want to start with a real-life example that illustrates the issue. It should be easy to understand. This will get the reader involved and interested. Keep in mind that scientific writing avoids speaking directly to the reader (e.g., “Have you ever been in a situation…..”). This is too informal. At the end of the opening paragraphs, make sure to include a clear goal statement (e.g., “The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation ….”).

Previous Literature: After the initial paragraphs, discuss previous literature. You do not need to include an exhaustive historical review. Only cite studies that are in some way pertinent to your research question. If you cite a study, you have to list it in the References section! In summarizing earlier studies, avoid nonessential details. Emphasize major conclusions and findings. Try to give the reader a general understanding of the study, but your main goal is to convey the significance of the study. Keep in mind what we went over in class. [Use Scholar Google and/or Psychinfo with keywords such as ’visual search’ to find articles]

Proposed Study & Hypothesis: Next, you will move from talking about what others have done to what we have done in our experiment. The general introduction and review of previous work should motivate your proposal. The reader should be at a place where they can understand the proposal. Describe what you expect to find. This is where you state your hypothesis. After you stated your hypothesis, include a clear prediction about how your results should pan out. You already know the results, so it should be easy to formulate a prediction.

Additional Suggestions: Note that in order to state your hypothesis, you must have determined the variables (IV and DV) that you were using. If necessary, include operational definitions of your variables. So, it is a good idea to answer the following questions before you begin writing the introduction: What variable was manipulated by the experimenter? What results do I expect to find? Why do I expect them? Is there anything in the previous literature that helps me answer these questions? How can I use the previous literature to help motivate my question? Is my project an experiment or a quasi-experiment?

• find at least 7 references (no books or book chapters allowed, all references have to be peer-reviewed articles)

4. METHOD
•The method section is where you tell the reader what you did to test your hypothesis. Your description should have enough detail so that other researchers could replicate your study.

•Participants: You need to describe who your participants were and why they participated. For experiments completed in this class, it will suffice to say that “12 psychology students participated as part of a class demonstration.”

•Materials: Here you describe unique materials or equipment

•Design: Here you explain what variables were included in the experiment and how they were used (Typically you don’t just name them).
Remember – the Independent Variable is manipulated by the experimenter and we hope that it has an effect on the Dependent Variable that we measured. Mention if your IV was within-subjects or between-subjects.

•Procedure: Here you tell the reader what (exactly) you did. You need to describe the task of the participant, and how different conditions differed from one another. However, DO NOT include information that is irrelevant to the study. (For example, you do not need to mention turning on the computer or entering passwords, etc.) My classmates and I for a total of 19 were asked to partake in an experiment where we were instructed to see how quickly we could identify the upright orange colored T, among blue colored T’s and upside down orange colored T’s. There was 50 trials, but not all of them contained an upright T. Independent variable:
number of distractors (5, 10, 15, 20)

Dependent variable:
reaction time
Graph submitted in the materials upload

5. REFERENCES (start on separate page)