What type of parenting did you notice? Who DOES the parenting?

Watch the documentary “Master of the killer ants” and then answer the questions below
1) Based on Gardner’s eight multiple intelligences, what do you believe is the Grandfather’s (the main character in the documentary) type of intelligence? Give me two examples from the clips
2) What do you believe to be the “worldview” of this mofu tribe? How do they see their life and environment
3) What type of parenting did you notice? Who DOES the parenting? How did he react when the children disobeyed him and tried to pick up the ants? How would YOU have reacted in the same situation
4)How may it be perceived in many other cultures when they have a ceremony with rocks etc. to call for rain?5)What was their education like, and what was one thing that is very important to their village, that was being taught to the children?
6)What is YOUR perception of this video and what did you learn?

Examine the goals of performance evaluation and discuss how performance rating errors could be managed

a. Chose a topic for presentation from the list provided below.
b. Research case studies that have successfully applied your area of presentation and support your presentation with practical situations.
c. Research and analyze journal papers or studies that have been conducted in the same area and use that information to support your presentation.
d. Case studies and research studies will be assessed as application of knowledge.
Discuss the importance of Intelligence tests in employee recruitment and selection.
Examine the goals of performance evaluation and discuss how performance rating errors could be managed.
Explore how the functions of personnel psychology support the purpose of industrial psychology.
Assess the advantages and disadvantages ofstructured and unstructured job interviews.
Discuss difficulties of predicting employee performance using references and letters.
Explore the purpose of job description and job specification in recruitment.
Discuss how internal pay equity is determined and highlight the problems of pay inequities.
Discuss the factors that contribute to the ineffectiveness of interviews.

How Is the APA Ethics Code Related to Law?

1. Discriminate between the use of aspirational principles and enforceable standards. CH

2. Why Does the Ethics Code Separate General Principles From Enforceable Standards?

3. The Lessons of the Development of the First APA Ethics Code: Blending Science, Practice, and Politics

4. What Is the Relevance of Specific Language Used in the Ethics Code? (ch2)

5. Explain the Stanley Milgrams Study of Obedience and some of its ethical issues.

6. Can Virtues Be Taught?

7. How Is the APA Ethics Code Related to Law?

8. Briefly summarize the changes of the First APA Ethics Code and why changes were made.

How do transgender identities disrupt fixed notions of sex and gender?

Directions: Answer the questions in all 3 Sections. Please make sure to answer each question completely.

SECTION I: QUESTIONS ON DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS

Answer ONLY 3 questions in this section. Use examples from discussion forums, reading journals, readings and viewings. (5 points each)

1a. Why do you think Women’s Studies have ‘women” as the subject of study?

1b. What is the meaning of Heteronormativity?

1c. Where is Malala Yousafzai from and what is she famous for?

1d. How do transgender identities disrupt fixed notions of sex and gender?

1e. What did women of color say was wrong with the first wave feminism that they wanted  addressed during the second wave?

SECTION 2: Using the main texts (Full Frontal Feminism and Two or three things I know for sure), the required exemplars, and discussion/reading journal learning, answer ONLY TWO of the following questions. (10 points each)

2a. “…you cannot afford to think of being here to RECEIVE an education; you will do much better to think of yourself as being here to CLAIM one” (Adrienne Rich, 1979:23). Why was it necessary for women to “claim” an education?
2b. “The danger of a single story” (Chimamanda Adichie). Explain what Chimamanda highlighted in terms of difference and diversity. Include aspects of transnational feminism.

2c. “Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I’d rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me” (Dorothy Allison) What do you think Dorothy Allison meant by this quote? How can you relate it to what we discussed, read, and written about this semester?

2d. “…people experience race, gender, class, and sexual identity differently depending on their social location in various structures of inequality and privilege” (Patricia Hill Collins, Towards a New Vision, 1993:60/1). Explain what you understand from this quotation within the context of intersectionality.
SECTION III: SHORT ESSAY (500-600 words): Answer ONLY ONE question (15 points)

(3a) How are power relations reflected and reinforced in beauty norms? Be sure to include issues of race, class, gender, etc.

(3b).Can violence against gendered bodies be classified as hate crimes? What role do hate crimes play in maintaining systems of inequality? Include at least two examples.

(3c). What is intersectionality and how is this concept helpful as a tool of feminist analysis?

What specific legal issues can arise in documenting assessment, testing, and diagnosis?

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper in which you examine the legal aspects of recordkeeping and providing expert testimony. As part of your examination, address the following items:
Analyze the ethical issues related to documenting informed consent and ethical release of treatment and assessment records.

Which enforceable standards are relevant to the release of treatment-related materials and disclosure of information arising out of treatment?

Provide specific examples of what each enforceable standard requires or prohibits.

Provide a rationale for your proposed actions in your example and why they are consistent with ethical guidelines.

Evaluate the legal issues associated with assessment, testing, and diagnosis documentation in professional psychology.

What specific legal issues can arise in documenting assessment, testing, and diagnosis?

Provide specific examples that support your evaluation.

Provide a rationale for your proposed actions in your example and why they are consistent with legal requirements.

Describe how your own personal ideas might impact the research that you may conduct.

Select one of the eight perspectives/approaches to personality development that you find to be in alignment with your own thoughts and opinions.
a. Explain the basics of this perspective/approach. b. Explain why you selected this perspective/approach.
Personal Application
a. Explain how personality theories are relevant your own personal and professional goals.

b. Describe how your own personal ideas might impact the research that you may conduct.

c. Identify challenges you may face when doing research regarding Personality Development. Explain how you would address these challenges to minimize bias

How well does your owl-ness or lark-ness match the wake/sleep schedule you are currently experiencing, which can vary widely between individuals and be governed by a number of daily life demands, from non-optional work shifts, to being a new parent with an infant not concerned with your desire to sleep through the night, to your choice of leisure activities?

1. How were you affected the last time you experienced multiple instances of having to get up unusually early, stay up much later than you are accustomed to or experienced some other change in sleeping patterns?

2. Are you an “owl” or a “lark”? Have you always been owl-ish or lark-ish or were you different in prior periods of your life?

3. How well does your owl-ness or lark-ness match the wake/sleep schedule you are currently experiencing, which can vary widely between individuals and be governed by a number of daily life demands, from non-optional work shifts, to being a new parent with an infant not concerned with your desire to sleep through the night, to your choice of leisure activities? What do this week’s readings tell you about the potential positive or negative impacts of your particular matching or non-matching wake/sleep schedule? How well do the impacts, for better or worse, suggested in the readings align with your actual experience (e.g. if you are a lark whose schedule requires you to work a late evening shift or an owl who has to rise very early to get children to school, do you find yourself running low on energy during times of the day or night when you normally don’t or having trouble concentrating)?

Evaluate at least two theories of leadership and the role that leaders utilizing these theories play in facilitating this program.

Based on the CRM work you have done throughout this course, you are now called on to act as a consultant to apply your knowledge to other industries that have an existing CRM program that would be beneficial to employees and organizations to reduce human error and improve employee efficiency.

Select one agency that employs a CRM program.

Research how this agency employed a CRM program in a similar or different way than was identified in the aviation article from Week 2.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you provide evidence of how this CRM program was implemented. Include the following in your response:

• Distinguish between various team concepts as they relate to performance during and after this training program.

• Explain the difference between leaders and managers, as well as the influence and power they may have on the success of this program.

• Evaluate at least two theories of leadership and the role that leaders utilizing these theories play in facilitating this program.

• Analyze the general effects on the organization that may result from this program, referencing the concepts of organizational development and various organizational theories.

How can we Apply ethical standards for maintaining, disseminating, and disposing confidential records.

Answer the 9 questions below that all pertain to psychology. Each question should have at least 250 words. Each question should pertain to the question and answered as a psychologist. References should also be provided.

Assume you have been called as an expert witness in a court proceeding. What considerations or limitations does the APA Ethics Code place upon you in terms of what you may disclose as part of your testimony? What potential challenges might this present to your professional relationship with your client?

 

2.Why do you believe the security of confidential therapy and health records is important to the ethical practice of psychology? What is the role of HIPAA in regards to the confidentiality of records?

Ch 9

3.What expectations does the APA Ethics Code require of researchers? What types of activities does the code specifically prohibit? Do you agree with the prohibitions? Why or why not?

4.What would the reaction of an individual be if their mental health records were disclosed?  I know what reaction I have seen from people who perceive their information has been released (even if not) but this personal account by this journalist is telling.  http://www.bustle.com/articles/105954-your-mental-health-record-isnt-as-private-as-you-think-so-choose-your-health-provider   in her link she does not tell her particular diagnosis, but does speak to the destructive stigma of mental illness Notes below to help with question.

5.If a psychologist works in facilitating appropriate care for an individual with a mental illness it may involve a number of other people besides this individual (e.g., family members, law enforcement agents, government workers, hospital staff, other mental health professionals, etc.).  What are some of the issues in the video and the standards that they need to consider?

  1. How can we Apply ethical standards for maintaining, disseminating, and disposing confidential records.

7.Evaluate the ethical considerations of expert testimony as they relate to preserving the rights of the client.

What are some Challenges presented by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regulations; Criticism of the Ethical Standard 9.04; Substantial harm to clients, the community and the profession of psychology

  1. Is A Death of One’s Own Ethical? See the transcript below to help with this question.

 

  • Decoding the Ethics Code, Ch. 8
  • Assume you have been called as an expert witness in a court proceeding. What considerations or limitations does the APA Ethics Code place upon you in terms of what you may disclose as part of your testimony? What potential challenges might this present to your professional relationship with your client?
  • Why do you believe the security of confidential therapy and health records is important to the ethical practice of psychology? What is the role of HIPAA in regards to the confidentiality of records?

Ch 9

  • What expectations does the APA Ethics Code require of researchers? What types of activities does the code specifically prohibit? Do you agree with the prohibitions? Why or why not?

How do you think teams can be motivated to collaborate and work more efficiently?

Question 1

How do the differences between leaders and managers affect power and influence within an organization? What are some of the consequences of this?

Question 2

Slacking off on team assignments is an all-too-common complaint in many organizations. What are some factors affect team performance? How do you think teams can be motivated to collaborate and work more efficiently?