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Analyze modern trends of the media in the development of societal standards and perceptions.

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Research Paper

IYou conducted a literature review in a specific area of mass media using the course competencies as a guide in choosing the articles. For this week you will take that information and incorporate it into a final paper. The paper is not just the literature review it is a culmination of what you have learned over the course using the particular type of media you chose as the focus of your paper.

  1. Understand the major theories associated with the examination of psychological influences of the media.
  2. Understand the historical context of the media in the development of societal standards and perceptions.
  3. Analyze modern trends of the media in the development of societal standards and perceptions.
  4. Critically evaluate the relation between the historical and contemporary background of media influences to allow for a global and detailed view of the critical components responsible for impacting society.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the independent and dependent nature of media sources and the apparent consequences of such systems.
  6. Understand the evolving nature of media sources in a technologically advanced society.
  7. Evaluate the ability of individuals to mitigate the psychological impact of media influences on their daily lives and over time.
  8. Critically evaluate research studies focused on psychology and the media.

Your paper should adhere to the following guidelines:
For the main sections, it should have:

  • A title page formatted per APA rules and this does not count toward page length.
  • An abstract: This should be 150- to 250-words in length and on separate page.
  • An introduction: This should be 2- to 3-pages in length. The introduction provides a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the position paper.
  • A literature review: The literature review is taken in part from what you wrote in Week 3. The literature review is not a copy of that material. Rather, it is a synthesis of the material you found into a cohesive review of the literature on your chosen topic. This should be 4-5 pages.
  • Discussion and conclusions: The difference between a great position paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusions 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 conclusions section should be one to two pages in length.
  • Reference page: Remember to follow APA rules and this does not count toward your page length.

Introduction: This should be one to two pages in length. The introduction provides a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the research paper.
Literature review: The literature review is taken in part from what you wrote in Week 3. The literature review is not a copy of that material. Rather, it is a synthesis of the material you found into a cohesive review of the literature on your chosen topic.
Discussion and conclusions: The difference between a great research paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusions 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 conclusions section should be one to two pages in length.
Reference page: Remember to follow the APA format and style.

Time out is normally considered a treatment option to decrease behaviour – why isn’t it working?

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Examine the behaviour in bold and answer the 3 questions below

1. You take a group of teens to a zip-line facility. Because you think it’s important for them to be out in nature and to have a bonding experience, all cell phones, and other sources of media are left in the van. There is some grumbling about this, but the students are soon jumping around in the trees and engaged in the experience…except for Jack. Jack refuses to participate, so he’s asked to watch from a close enough distance that he can interact with his peers. Soon, however, he begins throwing pine cones at the zip-liners, which is creating a dangerous situation because his peers are distracted and angry. This isn’t what you had in mind, so you decide on time-out…you tell Jack that if that’s the way he’s going to act, he needs to wait in the van. However, you notice that in future field trips, Jack is even more likely to act out. What is happening here? Time out is normally considered a treatment option to decrease behaviour – why isn’t it working? What would you suggest instead?
2. You are working with a child with Autism. He is engaging in head-banging behaviour. You have, in the past, said
“Ouch, you are hurting your head!” and led him away to another activity. But now you’re considering a procedure to reduce head-banging all together. You decide to employ extinction, by ignoring the behaviour when it happens.
a. Comment on this choice. List two reasons why extinction may not be your best choice.
3. I want you to think about a time in your life when you had an experience that would be representative of:
a. physical punishment
b. verbal reprimand
c. response cost
d. time out
For each scenario, I would like you to write a brief summary of that event, making sure to identify the behaviour being punished, what the stimulus was that was added or subtracted and whether that makes it positive punishment (physical or verbal) or negative punishment (response cost or time out)

Explain how media literacy can be improved and what the impact of such improvements would be on television viewing, especially viewership of news-oriented programming.

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Discussion Assignment

Part 1:Violence, like aggression, is a subjective term that requires an operational definition in order to be studied. Viewing violent acts, like those on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, or playing first-person shooter video games on a regular basis may affect an individual’s perspective toward violence. Violence in the media permeates through all forms. Animated programs like Looney Tunes (e.g. Bugs Bunny) are significantly violent but in a cartoonish (unrealistic) way. Japanese style animation called anime is more eclectic providing animation geared for children and adults. Some anime have adult themed plots and graphic violence.

  • If you were to study violence in the media, how would you operationally define the term? Use specific examples from the media to explain your operational definition. What are some of the challenges of studying the violence in the media, especially violence regarding specific groups such as children and adolescents?
  • Explain the difference between classic cartoons like Looney Tunes and the now-popular Japanese anime features, both of which contain violence? Does the American mind-set regarding cartoon animations as children programming have something to do with it?

Justify your answers with appropriate reasoning and research.
Part 2:In some ways, it seems that the general public participates passively when it comes to the media. Some individuals accept news-oriented opinion programs in the same way as the nightly news of the past decades. Many have become more civically involved in politics and social and economic issues, probably as a result of their viewing preferences. There are ways the public can influence the print media, radio, television, and Internet programming, for example, through purchasing. Social activism—or the intent to bring about social change—has also become part of consumer response to media actions.

  • Explain the relationship between the consumer’s level of media literacy and his or her ability to critically analyze the news and other television programming.
  • Explain how media literacy can be improved and what the impact of such improvements would be on television viewing, especially viewership of news-oriented programming.
  • Explain the ramifications of social activism for media programming.

Cite any sources in APA format, and attach a Turnitin.com Report. 

Review the differing views of hate in the eight aspects of personality

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PSYC 221 Personality Theory Essay Quiz 4 questions 150 words each.

This quiz covers Chapters 14 and 15 of the course textbook:
Friedman, H. S. & Schustack, M. W. (2016).  Personality: Classic theories and modern research, 6th  Ed.  Pearson: Boston.
Essay answers must be more than 3 or 4 brief sentences, but kept within the bounds of a short-answer essay exam (i.e., 2-3 paragraphs). All your writing must be in your own words. Paraphrase (restate what you read) rather than copying material from the course textbook or the Internet.  No copying is permitted in this course and doing so will result in zero points on the exam. Answers must be written in narrative, paragraph form.  Lists and/or sentence fragments also will not receive points.
1 Review the differing views of hate in the eight aspects of personality. Do any of them overlap? Do any contradict each other? Which ones ring true to you and why?
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2.  May and Fromm identified different types of love. Can you think of others they missed or some you might eliminate? Is it possible that there is only one type of love and that it is a purer feeling than hate?
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3.  Take some time to develop an opinion about the question posed in Chapter 15 – Can the eight perspectives be merged? Should they be? Or is there a place for them all?
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4. Discuss the possibility and possible outcomes of controlling individual behavior through social engineering.
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