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Discuss, in general, why children are socialized to obey authority figures

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In our culture it is fairly normal to see a parent socialize their children to obey authority figures without question.We teach them that because they are a child if they question the authority figure

In our culture it is fairly normal to see a parent socialize their children to obey authority figures without question.We teach them that because they are a child if they question the authority figures in their life that they are being disrespectful and often punish them for this kind of questioning.
Now consider the outcome of Milgram’s research into obedience in which many participants followed the request of a perceived authority figure and administering shocks up to 450 volts to a person who simply got the answers wrong.Read the following article by Thomas Blass about Milgram and his research:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200203/the-man-who-shocked-the-world
Additionally read the article at http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=1297922about the prank call at McDonalds that lead to the false imprisonment and sexual assault of a young employee all because the assistant manager blindly followed the instructions of a man on the phone.

  • Discuss, in general, why children are socialized to obey authority figures.
  • Does the way we socialize our children set them on a possible path toward this kind of obedience?
  • What benefits come from our children blindly following the authority figures in their life?
  • What negative consequences can come from this kind of socialization?
  • Is there a better option in the way we socialize our children? If so, what would be a better strategy?
  • Should this strategy change as the child ages? If so, how would it be different for older children versus younger children?

Which Instruments are Most Commonly Used to Assess Traumatic Event Exposure and Posttraumatic Effects?

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You can google the articles To prepare for this assignment:Review the articles, “Assessment of Children and Adolescents in Crisis” and “Creating More Trauma-Informed Services for Children Using

You can google the articles
To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review the articles, “Assessment of Children and Adolescents in Crisis” and “Creating More Trauma-Informed Services for Children Using Assessment-Focused Tools.” Focus on how assessment tools are used in response counseling.
  • Review the article, “Which Instruments are Most Commonly Used to Assess Traumatic Event Exposure and Posttraumatic Effects?: A Survey of Traumatic Stress Professionals.” Reflect on the different types of assessments available for use and how they could be integrated into your personal counseling style (i.e. behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, etc).
  • Read the case study, “Jessie,” provided in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Select a method or particular instrument you would use to assess the client in the case study.

The assignment: (2–3 pages)

  • Provide a brief description of a specific instrument or crisis assessment you would use to assess the client presented in the case study and explain why you chose that instrument or assessment.
  • Using the instrument or assessment as a guide, conceptualize the client’s symptoms in terms of how they fit with the crisis instrument or assessment you chose.
  • Explain how you would integrate the assessment information into your selection of counseling interventions based on your chosen counseling theory for the future.

How were the principles of persuasion studied?

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An environmental organization would like to film a pro-recycling public service announcement and have brought you on as a consultant to help them better understand the principles of persuasion..PSAAn

An environmental organization would like to film a pro-recycling public service announcement and have brought you on as a consultant to help them better understand the principles of persuasion..PSA
An environmental organization would like to film a pro-recycling public service announcement and have brought you on as a consultant to help them better understand the principles of persuasion and how they should be applied in this PSA. As part of your presentation to the organization you will need to educate them on the principles of persuasion (using what has been learned through previous research) that will need to be applied to their PSA.
By the due date assigned, you should create a PowerPoint presentation.
In the first 4 to 6 slides of your presentation you will need to:

  • Summarize at least two previous research studies on persuasion.
  • How were the principles of persuasion studied?
  • Was the research valid? Why or why not?
  • What was learned through these studies that can be applied to the creation of the above PSA?

In your next 6 to 10 slides you will incorporate all you have learned about the art of persuasion to create your own PSA PowerPoint presentation to present to this organization that they will use to guide the filming of their video.
In this presentation you will need to:

  • Present a creative argument that will persuade the viewers of the need to recycle, which the video will be based on.
  • Use at least two primary principles of persuasion within this presentation.
  • In the final slide outline which two or more principles were used and why they were a good fit for this PSA.

Your total presentation should be a minimum of 10 to 16 slides (not including your title and reference slides). For your project you will need to be creative in the use of your graphics and fonts in addition to discussing and applying the principles of persuasion.
For this assignment, please use your text book along with additional resources from the Argosy Library.
Suggested additional resources:

  • Wood, W. (2000). Attitude change: Persuasion and social influence. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 539-570.
  • Cialdini, R.B. & Goldstein, N.J. (2004). Social influence: Compliance and conformity. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 591-621.
  • Schwarz, N. (1998). Warmer and more social: Recent developments in cognitive social psychology. Annual Review of Sociology, 24, 239-264.
  • Cialdini, R.B. (2003). Crafting normative messages to protect the environment. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 105-109.

Can you suggest how the analysis of a person-centered questionnaire might identify the discrimination value of each question?

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This page automatically marks posts as read as you scroll.Adjust automatic marking as reading settingThe concept of levels of measurement is not as difficult to understand as may seem. There are times

Part I:
The concept of levels of measurement is not as difficult to understand as may seem. There are times when you want to measure what the relationship between two variables is when one is a category. Political affiliation can be a category of interest with Republican, Democrat, and Independent as possible classifications. The researcher might be interested in how political affiliation relates to views on taxes. Another level is used for when we want to rank order characteristics or responses. A standard comparison is the rank order of a group of employees based on a paper-and-pencil test compared to the rank order of the same employees based on a supervisor’s ratings. The third level involves a continuous measure where there is no zero point. The measure of intelligence is a good example. By definition, there is no such thing as zero intelligence. However, at times, my brother has come close.
Although survey items with a choice on a scale (such as from 1 to 7) for a response are used as continuous measures, they can be used for any of the four levels of measurement scale. Which do you think is the most appropriate and why?

  1. Cite any sources in APA format.
  2. Support reasoning with research and examples.

Part II:
Measurements Scales
Nominal Scale: It is a type of measurement where numbers are used as labels but with no quantitative value (Garger, 2010). Data is normally grouped into categories then assigned certain numbers as name tags.  For example, individuals may be classified as male and female where 1 may be used to signify male while 2 signifies female. The numbers 1 and 2, in this case, have no inherent value with respect to magnitude but are used merely as names. Parametric data analyses group means while nonparametric data analyses group median. Therefore, after data is subjected to nominal scale measurement, it becomes easy to compute its mean and median.
Ordinal Scale: This is a measurement scale where data is first grouped into categories, then assigned different numbers which have different meanings but have characteristics of either greater or lesser than (Garger, 2010). Variables are measured in terms of magnitude or ranks. For example, a researcher might ask doctors to rate five types of malaria drugs in order of preference using a scale of one to five. Where one is the lowest score while five is the highest scale. In this example, 2 will be less than three but greater than one.  Therefore since parametric and nonparametric methods rely on a ranking of observations, an ordinal scale is of great benefit to the two (parametric and nonparametric methods).
Interval Scale is a type of measurement where the difference between two values is meaningful. For example, the difference between 60 and 70 is the same as that between 40 and 50 centimeters respectively (Garger, 2010). The groups have the same variability, therefore; parametric and nonparametric analyses can provide reliable results.
A ratio scale is a type of measurement where measurements are stated rationally at zero. For example, in Kelvin temperature, zero means that there is no heat existence at that level (Garger, 2010).  Both parametric and nonparametric operations are possible since they facilitate mathematical operations.
Item Analysis
Item analysis is the process of analyzing respondent’s responses towards a particular test item to assess the quality of the test and its details. During test construction, item analysis is used to examine whether the test items are measuring what they are supposed to regulate. This is achieved through reviewing the respondent’s responses towards each test item (Rivera, 2007). Items analysis for personality tests is time-saving while that for knowledge-based tests is time-consuming. For example in a case where one is researching why most motor accidents happen during festive seasons, it will be easier to test if a scale of 1 to 5 is valid. Moreover, when examining the level understanding of a mathematical concept, it will be difficult to verify the test items since difference individuals perceive ideas differently.
References
Garger, J. (2010). 4 Levels of Measurement in Social Science Research. John Garger.
Rivera, J. E. (2007). Test Item Construction And Validation. Developing Statewide Assessment For Agricultural Science Education, 30-31.
Can you suggest how the analysis of a person-centered questionnaire might identify the discrimination value of each question?

  1. Cite any sources in APA format.
  2. Support reasoning with research and examples.