How does a sense of personal identity impact forming intimate relationships?

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Finding the right person for adult intimacy requires finding oneself first. In adulthood, people continue to forge their sexual identities and to establish sexual meanings within cultural and personal contexts.

What life experiences are most influential in forming our personal perspective of sexuality?
How do sexual meanings affect intimate relationships?
How does a sense of personal identity impact forming intimate relationships?
How does lacking in personal identity or sense of self impact forming intimate relationships?
Can we change our sexual meanings and identity? Why or Why not?

Differentiate between psychological measures with evidence of high validity and reliability versus low validity and reliability.

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Psychologists often use psychological tests and other measures when conducting research. These measures come in a variety of forms, such as self-report questionnaires, interviews, and observational checklists. When carefully selected, measures enable researchers to make valid, reliable observations about behaviors and other variables of interest. However, when researchers use inappropriate measures, this can lead to inaccurate assessments of behavior and inappropriate decision-making. This puts the validity of the research study at risk. The problem is that there are so many options available when it comes to psychological measures. Researchers must carefully evaluate the qualitative and quantitative evidence available about the measure to ensure it is the best fit for the research context.

For this Assignment, you will write a 4-6 page paper about choosing measures for psychological research. You will also identify and summarize a psychological measure that researchers in your specialization use when conducting research.

Be sure to address the following:

Part 1. Discuss the validity and reliability factors researchers should consider when choosing a measure.

Differentiate between psychological measures with evidence of high validity and reliability versus low validity and reliability.
Examine test-retest reliability, parallel-forms reliability, and split-half reliability.
Analyze what it means for scores on a psychological measure to be accurate.
Examine each of the following forms of validity: face, content, criterion-related, and construct validity.
Discuss three or more ethical considerations that relate to choosing a psychological measure.
Part 2. Identify and Describe a Psychological Measure

Describe a psychological measure that researchers use in your specialization area.
Describe the construct it measures.
Describe the format of the measure.
Examine strengths and limitations of the measure, given the qualitative and quantitative evidence available.
Explore one way you could use this measure in a research setting.
The Assignment should:

Utilize a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources outside of your textbook to support your paper.
Follow Assignment directions (review grading rubric for best results).
Use correct APA formatting per the current APA Publication Manual.
Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Be written in Standard English and be clear, specific, and error-free.
Your paper should include:

Title Page
Main Body of the paper
Reference Page
4-6 Pages in length not including title page and references

How does Frankls description and experiences at the camp in part 1 describe or exemplify the principles of logotherapy?

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Man's search for meaning by Victor Frankl. Write a book review interpreting the following :
1. What are principles and aims of Logotherapy?
2. How does Frankls description and experiences at the camp in part 1 describe or exemplify the principles of logotherapy?
3. What relevance does logotherapy have in understanding the human personality(why do we do the things we do ?
4. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of this theory ?

List three to five actions that are reasonable and feasible for you to do that will increase your cultural competence.

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Students will write a 3-4 page paper examining the types of clientele they might find particularly challenging, stimulating and beneficial to work with due to their own background, values, and relationship style discussing concepts and information from your reading for the course which you found thought provoking and enlightening.

Self assessment of beginning cultural competence
Describe the level of competence you had when you started the course. What experiences had particularly shaped you views of your own culture and the culture of others? Cite literature and use relevant theoretical concepts in your analysis.

What have you learned in the course?
Highlight succinctly things you learned while participating in this course that were most meaningful for you. What aspects did you already know? What challenged your preconceptions? What piqued your curiosity and made you want to learn more? What questions were aroused in your mind that would merit further investigation and exploration?

What does this mean for your practice?
Types of clients you could help. Discuss how what you learned about cultures and families relate to your previous and current work experience. What groups and culture do you want to learn more about so that you might more effectively provide social work services? Describe any population with which it may be difficult for you to work/analyze the reason for this. State whether this is something that you feel that you should overcome, and whether you should do something to make it easier for you to work with this population.

What more do you need to know?
Describe what more you want to learn about other cultures and diverse families. Discuss some of the ways that knowledge could be effectively acquired. You may want to document your statement with information you have acquired about certain populations, societal need, and resources for developing cultural competence.

Action Steps
List three to five actions that are reasonable and feasible for you to do that will increase your cultural competence.

APA mechanics must be followed; References are required

What are some ways in which you might have been unintentionally insensitive to people with disabilities?

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After reading the required readings for this week, answer the following questions by referencing specific information from the article(s) and/ or NASW Code of Ethics. Be sure to respond to two of your peers.

How important is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
What are appropriate ways to communicate sensitively with people with disabilities?
What are some ways to support and encourage others to sensitively communicate?
What new information did you learn from the readings?
What are some ways in which you might have been unintentionally insensitive to people with disabilities?
What are some ways to be more sensitive to others in the future?

What could’ve been done to help her? How was her husband to blame? Is she to blame or guilty?

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Complete the Mini-Mental Status exam and then answer the following questions below on Andrea Yates.

One page on how the system failed her and her children (What the Social Worker, Doctors, and Nurses did wrong to cause the death of the children). What could’ve been done to help her? How was her husband to blame? Is she to blame or guilty?

APA Format

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Identify three competencies and explain why they are the most important in the field of social work.

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Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-Informed Practice
Engage in Policy Practice
Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and  Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Identify three competencies and explain why they are the most important in the field of social work.

This needs to be a professional explanation and not personal.

APA Format

– Three References

Concerning your diagnosis of choice, how effective are the current treatment strategies?

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It is also crucial that you DO NOT have diagnosis as the main focus of your answer. Although you might refer to diagnosis when discussing treatment, the bulk of your essay should be concerned with treatment.
You must demonstrate an awareness of the main issues and show critical thinking throughout your essay.

Why do emotions help us to remember certain events more than others? How are hormones involved?

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Watch the posted videos “The Mystery of Memory Part 1” and “The Mystery of Memory Part 2” and write a 1–2-page reflection paper on the following two (2) topics.:
1. Consider the case of the woman with exceptional autobiographical memory (this is also discussed in your book). How would you view this “impressive memory” if you had it yourself? What is one positive aspect of exceptional autobiographical memory? What is one negative aspect?

2. Why do emotions help us to remember certain events more than others? How are hormones involved? Consider Kerry Ressler’s studies on the reduction of fear memories. How is this a potentially beneficial clinical discovery?

Critically discuss the role of language and the role of the zone of proximal development in Vygotsky’s theory and its application to education.

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Critical Essay 1500 words
Critically discuss the role of language and the role of the zone of proximal development in Vygotsky’s theory and its application to education.
Research Proposal 700 words
Write a research proposal in relation to the subject area covered in the essay.