Directions

This will be the assignment where you bring in the sociological perspective to event/issue of Domestic Violence Against Men. This paper should be 2-3 pages providing a sociological analysis of the social problem. Please include at least 3 peer-reviewed sources. The supplemental text is a great place to start as well as the journals Annual Review of Sociology, Contexts, Social Forces, and Social Problems all available through the JSTOR database. There are also journals on more specific topics that may be useful for the problem you have selected.

 What theories and concepts within sociology are relevant to this issue?

 How does a sociologist understanding the problem?

 What systems of power are central to understanding this problem?

 How might ones social location impact your experience of this issue? 

Create a 9 to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in each slide discussing the following:

• Define motivation, and provide a brief analysis of ways in which employees express motivation.
• Describe how this theory could be applied to two workplace situations you have experienced or witnessed.
• Describe how theoretical models of motivation can affect personal satisfaction and productivity.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.   NO WORD COUNT

  

Annotated Bibliography

Use a research database, such as PsycINFO, to find an empirical article from a peer-reviewed journal. Carefully read the articles I submitted bellow , take notes, and answer the following questions. Please provide your answers in a Word doc or PDF to the assignment link in Cougar Courses by the date indicated on the syllabus. You must make sure that you are using your own words, even when summarizing someone elses research. Each question should be answered in full sentences, and short paragraphs where necessary. 

1. What is the hypothesis (or research question)?

2. What predictions do the researchers make? 

3. Identify the IV.

4. Identify the DV. 

5. What/who are their subjects/participants?

6. What do they do? (brief description of the methodology) 

7. What statistical tests do they use? Which tests are statistically significant, and which are not?

8. What do they find or conclude? 

9. Provide the reference information for the article in APA format.

 

In this discussion, you will describe your sampling and measurement plan for answering key evaluation questions for your program evaluation proposal. This is an extended discussion and should be 300400 words. The insights you gain from this discussion will help you complete your Unit 8 assignment.

At the beginning of your post, again briefly provide the following information about your proposed program evaluation for your peers’ review:

• Population.
• Clinical area of concern.
• Clinical intervention to be evaluated.

After completing the multimedia piece in this unit that describes reliability and validity issues in selecting samples and measures, provide the following information about your program evaluation plan:

• The proposed sampling procedure (with rationale for your choice).
• The proposed recruitment procedure (with rationale for your choice).
• The proposed data collection strategy for the quantitative components of your study (for example, a test, measure, or some other way of measuring responses, symptoms, or attitudes).
• The proposed data collection strategy for the qualitative components of your study (for example, a recording of interviews, journaling entries, or narrative written responses).
• Reliability, validity, and credibility information, including a justification for how your sampling and measurement plan will provide reliable, valid, and credible information.

For this discussion, include current APA style citations for at least four scholarly resources that support your evaluation plan. This may be a combination of book sources and at least two peer-reviewed journal articles.

 

Consider the article you selected from the provided readings addressing the application of therapeutic perspectives in counseling groups.

• Describe how the specific counseling theory is applied in a group setting to guide interventions.
• What evidence is provided in the article to support the effectiveness of the approach for the selected population and focus of the group?

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two of your peers for this discussion. Respond to peers who chose a different article than yours and add any further suggestions regarding effectiveness of the approach. Responses should be substantive and contribute to the conversation by asking questions, respectfully debating positions, and presenting supporting information relevant to the topic.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

• Identify theories appropriate to the group structure and development processes.
• Communicate in written documents using current APA guidelines for grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, in the accepted form and style of the counseling profession.

 

Assignment Instructions

In your previous assignment, you examined professional literature to plan the structure and management of the group. With support from scholarly literature, present the following:

• Group goal and objectives: Provide a general statement of the desired outcomes for group members. List three to five measurable group objectives aligned with the primary group goal.
• Group format: Based on your selected group topic and population, discuss appropriate steps to recruit, screen, and select group members. Describe considerations in the group formation stage, including composition and size, frequency and duration, and open or closed membership. Will the group be led by a single leader or co-leaders?
• Leadership and theoretical perspective: Identify your therapeutic and leadership style. A specific counseling theory is needed to guide how you will approach the group. Present specific considerations of group leadership style explored in Unit 2 that will be relevant to the topic and population for the proposed group.

Utilize the Unit 7 Assignment Paper Template for this assignment and review the scoring guide.

Submission Requirements

Your paper needs to meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication must be grammatically correct and free of errors that detract from the overall message. Writing should be consistent with graduate-level scholarship.
• APA formatting: Title page, main body, and references need to be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Number of resources: Minimum of four scholarly resources. Distinguished submissions typically exceed this minimum.
• Length of paper: 57 typed, double-spaced pages. Abstract and Table of Contents are not necessary.
• Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.

 

How does workplace stress affect employees and the productivity of the workplace?

What types of conflict contribute to stress in the workplace?

Be sure to include a minimum of 2 academic references in your answer.

 you will use the five (5) sources below to address the chosen topic.  you are, in essence, building your literature review (introduction section) for your final paper. A literature review is both a summary as well as an explanation of knowledge. 

 Next, based on your understanding of each article, answer the following questions that pertain to essential literature review elements:  

 

1. Summarize the claims made by the authors of the existing research in the field regarding the topic you have chosen. (Make sure you explain the claims the authors made about their researched topic as well as the conclusions they reached).
2. Describe the specific research designs used in the presented research and explain how these designs were used to address the research topic. For example, what were the specific methods used to address their research questions? What types of research design(s) were used (be specific)? (make sure you briefly include the number of participants, their demographics (gender, age, and so forth if the article provides them), and briefly explain where and how the research was conducted (the procedure).
3. How did the research designs used by researchers help in conducting their research?
4. Do you think the research in each of the articles was conducted in an ethical manner? Why or why not?
5. What overall conclusions can be reached by you, based on your own review and presentation of these studies and references?

 Two samples of how you should structure the information in your literature review are attached along with the rubric. Although the samples do not contain all of the information required for this milestone, it should give you an idea. Please follow the examples I have provided. 

 

Your submission for this milestone must follow the  APA paper guidelines. Your submission should not exceed 5-6 pages (excluding the cover and reference pages). It should include a cover page and reference page, be written with 12-point Times New Roman font and double spacing, and you will follow proper APA citation and reference format.

Any thoughts that are not your own MUST be cited in proper APA format. Direct quotes (short and long) MUST be cited and formatted following APA guidelines. Even if you paraphrase information, it MUST be cited.

Attached is all the supporting details 

articles in pdf file – also my question and the articles is full citation 

examples on how it’s written 

Week 3: You Cant Get There From Here: Reasoning and Pathways

A traveler comes upon a farmer and asks him for directions to his destination. The farmer scratches his head and begins to give directions, but then stops, shakes his head, and begins again. After a few attempts the farmer says, You cant get there from here.

Note: To begin this week, review the following media piece. For a citation of this media piece, refer to this weeks Learning Resources.

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Are there problems that cannot be solved? The homeless problem in Miami would seem to be a hopeless and insurmountable social problem. In Raymond Kayals Walden Social Change video, he states: City streets paved in despair can be a pathway to hope. Kayal is a board member of a community ministry that positively impacts Miami by providing a continuum of care to the homeless population. How does an individual begin to approach such a momentous issue?

Throughout the problem-solving process, the solution depends on the approach you take and the pathways you decide to follow. The type of reasoning you employ and the resources to which you have access will guide your problem-solving process, as well as assist you in forming a solution.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Evaluate problem-solving approaches to resource-related problems
• Analyze impact of resources on problem solving
• Analyze how reasoning relates to problem-solving processes
• Apply reasoning to problem-solving processes
• Analyze insights related to problem solving
• Identify social change issues

Discussion: Reasoning and Resources

Note: Please read the Introduction to all Discussions. Then proceed to participate in the required Discussion A, and your choice of Discussion B or C. There is also an Optional Open Forum you may participate in at any time.

Discussion Introduction (Applies to Discussions A, B, and C)

The mind has an amazing ability to notice and remember certain things and ignore or to forget others. This is known as cognitive inattention. It is similar to what happens when a magician focuses your attention in one area, so that you will miss, by inattention, what is slyly happening somewhere else. What influences which details we notice and remember and those that are ignored or forgotten?

What individuals choose to see and the type of reasoning they use can taint their observation and interpretations of the details and resources necessary for solving a problem. For instance, a child traumatized by someone wearing a red shirt might reason that all people wearing red shirts are violent and do bad things. In problem solving, this becomes a critical issue. A problem solvers reasoning works in accord with the resources available. As you read and view this weeks Learning Resources, consider how an individuals reasoning and the available resources can impact the problem-solving process.

Credit for graphic: Microsoft Corporation (Producer). MP900321217 [Photo of magician silhouette]. Retrieved October 2nd, 2013, from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=magician&ex=1#ai:MP900321217|

Discussion A (Required for all students)

The study of organizations suggests that many problems arise when resources are scarce or access to those resources is limited. In other cases, the resources may be available, but may be too costly, for example, in time or money, to make solving the problem a wise choice. Finally, in some cases, a problem originally identified as a resource issue may actually be caused by something quite different.

Consider your personal, academic, and professional experience. Identify a situation in which a problem was identified as resulting from limited resources or a limited access to resources.

Then consider how the affected parties approached the resource-related problem and whether they were successful.

Explain a situation in which a personal, academic, or workplace problem was identified as resulting from limited resources or a limited access to resources. Then explain how the affected parties approached the resource-related problem and why you think they approached the problem in this manner. Finally, explain whether or not the approach was effective.

By Day 3

Post a minimum of 100 words to Discussion Question A.

Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this units Learning Resources. Additionally, you may opt to include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

By Day 5

Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleagues post about the question you did not select. Respond in one of the following ways:

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues posting.
• Expand on your colleagues posting.

Discussion B (Select B or C)

Scenario:

Police officers arrive at a crime scene to investigate a robbery and shooting. The following four descriptions of the suspect are given by eyewitnesses (EW). These eyewitness descriptions are resources.

EW 1: He flashed about the store with the movement of a wolf, growling at people to get down on the floor.

EW 2: He was 62 tall with a scar over his eye, kind of like one that my uncle got in the first Gulf war from shrapnel.

EW 3: He drove away in a metallic gold 2004 Monte Carlo with double spinners on the wheels and no door handlesthey had been filled in and painted over. The car was loud like there was no muffler on it. There was an emblem on the right-rear fender. He probably is a member of a gang.

EW 4: Given how many people are out of work in this section of town, he was probably laid off from one of the local garages since he wore a grease-stained, red-hooded sweatshirt.

Select two of the descriptions above to address in the Discussion.

Write a brief analysis of the impact these two descriptions have on the police officers problem-solving process.

By Day 3

Post a minimum of 100 words to your choice of Discussion Question B.

Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this units Learning Resources. Additionally, you may optto include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

By Day 5

Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleagues post about the question you did not select. Respond in the one of the following ways:

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues posting.
• Expand on your colleagues posting.

Discussion C (Select B or C)

When a problem occurs, it is unlikely that you will always have complete information, adequate time, or sufficient resources to fully analyze the situation. It is also unlikely that you will always be able to consider all the possible solutions and evaluate their potential impact on a situation before you need to attempt a solution.

View one of the following movies and identify a decision a character(s) had to make before all the facts were in.

The Kings Speech (R rating)

Zero Dark Thirty (R rating)

I, Robot (PG-13 rating)

In the movie that you selected to watch for this Discussion question, identify a decision that had to be made before all the facts were in. Write a brief analysis of the impact these insufficient resources had on the problem-solving process in the movie scenario.

By Day 3

Post a minimum of 100 words to your choice of Discussion Question C.

Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this units Learning Resources.

Additionally, you may optto include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

By Day 5

Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleagues post about the question you did not select. Respond in the one of the following ways:

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues posting.
• Expand on your colleagues posting.

Optional Open Forum

Add anything that is interesting or notable based on your study of problem solving in this weeks resources, other resources, or your problem-solving experiences.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Week 3 Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 and Respond by Day 5

To participate in this Discussion:
Week 3 Discussion A

To participate in this Discussion:
Week 3 Discussion B

To participate in this Discussion:
Week 3 Discussion C

Optional Open Forum

To participate in this Discussion:
Open Forum

Assignment 1: Anatomy of a Problem

After examining a problem, creating a hypothesis is the next step. As you gather information relevant to the problem, you may consider the causation and correlation of particular facts. You begin to interpret the problem and plan a course of action; thus, a practical solution is formed. In addition to the information that you gather, your intuition may play a role in your interpretation of the problem and your plan of action.

Read the 9/11 Commission Report in this weeks Learning Resources. Revisit the Causation vs. Correlation webpage, and download the Week 2 Assignment Handout: Problem Scenarios.

For this Assignment, you take the role of a problem-solving consultant giving feedback to a client. The client has provided you with information and stated his or her view of the problem.

The Week 2 Assignment Handout: Problem Scenarios contains three client scenarios; select one to address for this Assignment.

Assuming that the information provided in the scenario you selected is accurate, identify what information is relevant to the problem described in the scenario and what further information is needed to analyze the problem fully.

Based on your analysis of the information presented in the scenario, determine whether any information shows causation (cause and effect) and whether any information shows correlation (co-relation).

You may want to rearrange the information using a visual tool to help you analyze the information more effectively. You may refer to your course text, Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledgefor visual tool ideas.

Note to Students: Keep in mind your major or field of interest when selecting one of the three scenarios in the handout. For some of you, your selection could connect to the Final Project where you are asked to identify a social change issue or a social problem related to your major or field of interest.

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:

• Create a problem statement that explains your clients problem.
• Evaluate the information by identifying any information in the scenario that correlates to the problem. Then, state based on your analysis if this supporting information shows causation [cause and effect] or correlation [co-relation]. Justify your rationale.
• Include two different perspectives of the problem that would influence the information needed and the approach taken in solving the problem. One approach should be your approach as the consultant. The other perspective could be another individual or party identified in the scenario or another party that would likely have a perspective on the problem.
• Create a hypothesis that might assist you in solving the problem.
• Analyze how intuition may play a role for someone involved in solving this problem.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention WK2Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension) as the name.
• Click the Week 2 Assignment 1 Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
• Click the Week 2 Assignment 1 link. You will also be able to View Rubric for grading criteria from this area.
• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as WK2Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension) and click Open.
• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Week 2 Assignment 1 Rubric

Check Your Assignment Draft for Authenticity

To check your Assignment draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 2 Assignment 1 draft and review the originality report.

Submit Your Assignment by Day 7

To submit your Assignment:
Week 2 Assignment 1

Assignment 2: Required Summary Blog Post

To prepare for this blog post:

In one paragraph, summarize how the resources in Week 2 extend your understanding of problem solving.

By Day 5

Post this paragraph in your blog.

By Day 7

Read your colleagues blogs and consider what resonates with you. Contribute to at least one colleagues blog.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria