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No sources needed. Not an essay, the assignment will be posted on the discussion board. I went ahead and did the first portion of the assignment, the interviews. I interviewed my son and fiance. Im listing the answers to their questions below. If you have any questions please reach out. In this assignment, you will interview an adult and adolescent, then compare their answers. If your interviewees are willing to be recorded for the interview (and they understand their videos will be shared), you may include the video or audio recording, although this step is not required. STEP 1: Interview an adult, at least above age 25, about an adolescent. Ask this person to reflect on their adolescent years and to describe a typical day in detail. What did they do? I went to school and after school I would play on my street with friends. I was never allowed to leave my street. Only two boys lived near me and we all played togther until I moved to US. I stayed near my house for the most part and was very close with my grandmother. Who were they with? Was there something else they wished they could be doing? I always wished I could leave Honduras and move to the US with my mother. She left when I was a baby to work in the states to make more money. Althugh she made more money it was still hard to support herself and my entire family in Honduras. What was expected of them? I was expected to make good gardes always and obey my grandmother. I had to help her with chores all the time because she was old. What were their dreams for the future? I was always told to make good grades and when I graduated I would go to be with my mother in the US and work. I was never given an oppurtunity to dream. Thats what I was told would happen and thats exactly what happened. Prompt the person to describe what is/was going on in their culture around the time of their adolescence. • Interviewee’s first name (or pseudonym): Dennis • Sex: M • Age: 32 • Education status: High school graduate • Occupation: welder • Marital status: single • Number and ages of children, if applicable: 2 children, ages 11 and 12 Answer yes or no to the following questions: 1. Adolescents should spend more time in school. No. Additional notes, if any: I feel like our kids are so overwhelmed with school work sometimes and when dance and sports come around they are more stressed. 2. Adolescents should have to work for their extra money. Yes. Additional notes, if any: Not for essentials but for things they want and not necessarily need. Sometimes I feel like we give our kids too much and they will become to dependent. 3. Adolescents should be required to do volunteer community service. Yes. Additional notes, if any: 4. Adolescents should spend two years in the military before they go to college or begin working. No. Additional notes, if any: Not everyone is built for that type of environment and capable of things you are to do in the military. 5. Most adolescents are sexually active. Yes. Additional notes, if any: I believe this generation normalizes having sex and being provocative incredibly early. 6. Adolescents should be given birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Yes. Additional notes, if any: 7. Adolescents account for most of the crime in my community. No. Additional notes, if any: 8. Most adolescents waste a lot of time. Yes. Additional notes, if any: Our children spend more time playing games and goofing off than we should allow. 9. Most adolescents are careless drivers. Yes. Additional notes, if any: I remember be very reckless when I started driving. Where I lived we didn’t have street signs, or stop lights so you kind of just made your own rules. The village was small so you could ride around and do whatever. I only learned to drive because my godfather had a truck and he would let me haul coffee beans into the city to be sold. 10. I remember adolescence as the best time of my life. Yes. Additional notes, if any: Life was so simple. I didn’t have a lot of material things but looking back now I had a very good life. 11. Many adolescents use drugs. Yes. Additional notes, if any: Music and movies makes it popular and its easily accessible to them. They idolize things like that. 12. Adolescents just delay growing up by going to college. No. Additional notes, if any: College builds a solid foundation for their future. Ask the following questions: 1. At what age do you think adolescents should be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages? Why? 21, and that is only if its moderately done. That age also seems not to be working now because persons under 21 access alcohol at a high rate. Id like to see more done about that possibly more programs to help younger persons become educated on consumption of alcohol. 2. Do you think that adolescence is harder or easier than when you were that age? I think it’s easier now. Growing up in Honduras I didn’t have easy access to a phone or internet. I only had 1 bike my entire life and I shared a bed with my grandmother until I was 13. My family was a hard-working family and I still had to work in the coffee fields to make money for school uniforms. When I compare how our children are raised and the way they live I without a doubt think adolescence have it better than I did. 3. What advice would you give to your 16-year old self? I would tell myself to be more free. I didn’t give myself a lot of time to be a kid and had to grow up and be a man quickly. I should have given myself more time to be a child. STEP 2: Interview an adolescent or teenager between the ages of 13-19, with permission from them (and their parent or guardian if younger than 18). Interviewee’s first name (or pseudonym): Madix Sex: M Age: 12 Grade/education level: 6 Answer yes or no to the following questions: 1. Should teens have to work for the things they want? Yes. Additional notes, if any: Im ready to get a job but nobody will hire me. 2. Should teens be required to do volunteer community service? Yes. Additional notes, if any: I liked volunteering for BINGO at the nursing home even though the old people were rude sometimes. 3. Have you ever been bullied? Yes. Additional notes, if any: Someone called me dumb once but I didn’t care because my grades are better than theirs so I just ignored it. 4. What is an appropriate age to become sexually active? 17. Additional notes, if any: 5. Should teens have free access to birth control? Yes. Additional notes, if any: You always stress the importance of birth control and being protected to us. 6. Do you think that teens account for most of the crime in your community? I don’t know about crime in our community, nothing happens here. Additional notes, if any: 7. Do you think most teens are careless drivers? No, I feel like when you start driving you are very cautious because its new. Additional notes, if any: 8. Do you feel this is the best time of your life? No, I feel like I will have more fun in college away from you and Dennis. Additional notes, if any: 9. Have you ever skipped class? No, its hard to skip class when they call roll. Additional notes, if any: 10. Have you ever used drugs? No. Additional notes, if any: After everything you told me about our family and drugs Im scared to try them. 11. Have you ever snuck out of the house? No. Additional notes, if any: I don’t need to sneak out because you let me go places I want to. Ask the following questions: 1. Whom do you turn to for advice? My mom 2. What law is your peer group most likely to break? Fighting, they do that a lot at school and then the cops come and they take away our free time. Its dumb. 3. What goals do you have for your education? I want to attend college and possibly be an engineer. When I went to the STEM Program in Houston I really liked building the robots and bridges there. 4. At what age do you think people should be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages? Why? 21 because that’s the law and I’m sure its there for a good reason. 5. Do you think that adolescence is harder or easier than when your parents were your age? Why? I feel like its easier for me because I listen to you tell stories about how you grew up and I wouldn’t have wanted to live like that. You help me and Allison (his sister) and always come watch me play sports. Dennis didn’t have internet growing up so we definitely have it better. He couldn’t even watch Netflix. STEP 3: Post these two interviews to the Discussion for Assignment: Adolescence Interview Discussion. STEP 4: After looking at your two interviews and the others posted, write a post between 250 and 500 words discussing what you’ve learned from these interviews. Were there any answers that surprised you? Do you notice any trends? Do you think there are major generational differences in the adolescent experience? How do the experiences from those interviewed compare with your own experiences? How do these tie in with or confirm the things you learned about in this module? Answers that surprised me were when Madix,12, answered 17 was a good age to become sexually active. He is my first born son and I was a teen mom at 16. That caught me off guard because I always stress the importance of waiting and being emotionally and financially prepared. Experiences from interview that compare to my own was Dennis mentioning he wish he had more time to be a child. I wish all the time I had been able to be a child more and not had to bare adult behaviors and situations at an early age such as taking care of myself and eventually caring for a child at an early age by myself. Lots of generational and cultural differences to pick from. Those are just two things Id like you to note in the discussion to make it more personal since it was a personal subject and I did interview my own family. All that should be in the writing is basically answering questions in step #4

Define personality. Explain how early trait theorists approached the study of personality. Describe the Big Five personality traits. Summarize the major contributions and criticisms of trait theory. Instructions: STEP 1: Assess. Take at least two of the personality tests mentioned in this module: Big Five personality test: http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ (Links to an external site.) Kiersey Temperament Sorter: https://www.keirsey.com/ (Links to an external site.) (This test is very similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.) Another Myers-Briggs type test: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Cattell’s 16PF questionnaire: http://personality-testing.info/tests/16PF.php (Links to an external site.) A basic version of the color personality test: http://www.colorcode.com/choose_personality_test/ (Links to an external site.) Step 2: Analyze Your Results. Compare and contrast the two assessments you completed. Discuss the results with at least one other person who knows you (preferably someone who knows you well) and decide if you believe the results accurately describe who you are. Step 3. Write and Reflect. Write a 3-5 page summary of the results of the personality test and discuss whether or not you agree with them. Be sure to address the following in your paper: The two assessments you selected and why The results from each of the assessments Your analysis of the results and whether you believe the two tests (or personality assessments in general) to be accurate The connection between the two assessments and personality theories as discussed in the text The pros and cons of personality assessment and whether they are overall advantageous

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a life review interview with an older person (65 or older) to gain a subjective understanding of aging. In the paper, you are asked to document your findings from the interview and apply scholarly theory, concepts, and research on families and aging. You are also asked to detail personal reflections to the interview. Please see below for details. Papers should be double-spaced with 12-point font and should be 10-15 pages in length. Instructions for Life Review Interview of Older Adult and Paper Interview: Use the questions below to interview a person 65 or older. Past When and where were you born? Where did you grow up? Tell me about your family? (parents/stepparents, brothers, sisters) What kind of schooling did you have? How would you describe yourself during your childhood and teenage years? Did you marry? At what age? If not, why not? Tell me about your marriage, about your first job, about leaving home. Tell me about your work life or career. Did you have children? Get details about names, gender, and ages of kids. What was your relationship with your children like over their childhood and teenage years? Present Who are the most important people in your life now? How often do you see them? What is your relationship with your children? Do you keep in touch with any of your old friends? How large is your friend circle? Are you still working or have you retired? How do/did you feel about retirement? Describe your health and your feelings about it. If you need help (such as financial help, housekeeping, transportation, and emotional support) who do you reach out to? What is your philosophy of life? If a person came to you asking you what the most important thing in living a good life is, what would you say? What sorts of things make you happy or give you the most pleasure now? How do you feel about growing older? Hardest and best thing about getting old? What would you still like to accomplish in your life? Do are your plans for the future? What are your concerns for the future? Looking back Who have been the most influential people at various stages in your life? Why? When? How have your friendships changed through the years? What do you feel have been the important successes in your life? What do you feel have been the disappointments? What about your life, if anything, would you change? Could you describe any turning points/ most influential experiences in your life? What do you think has stayed the same about you during your life? What do you think has changed? Did you have any expectations at various points in your life about what growing older would be like for you? What about when your parents grew older? Questions adapted with minor editing and reorganization of interview questions from Clark University (undated). Life Review Interview Manual. Worcester, MA. Life review paper To maximize the number of points you earn for this assignment, please follow this outline. Use bold-faced type for the headings that are bolded below (this will help us give you credit for the points you earn). Be sure to read the rubric for the paper before you write it as the rubric shows how it will be graded. Life review interview Description of person you interviewed and circumstances of interview Past Present Looking back Identify three themes in your interviewee’s life story and analyze them. Analysis should include description of and evidence for the theme and application of ideas from lectures/readings Theme 1 Description of and evidence for theme Application of ideas from lectures/readings Theme 2 Description of and evidence for theme Application of ideas from lectures/readings Theme 3 Description of and evidence for theme Application of ideas from lectures/readings Application of 2 scholarly journal article not presented in the lectures, readings or other course materials with proper APA reference. 9. Reflections on personal reaction to interview 10. References (page not included in page count) Use American Psychological Association (APA)-style references for citations. For information about APA-style bibliographic references go to: http://www.write.armstrong.edu/handouts/APAstyle.pdf (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) What are peer reviewed sources? view the links below. You can also google this. http://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326724&p=2193942 (Links to an external site.) http://lib.guides.umd.edu/FIRESemesterI (Links to an external site.) HOW TO CITE LECTURE NOTES: For citing lecture material, use the following format: (but adjust for the correct date and topic accordingly) Schull, C. (2013). Lecture notes on child care settings, FMSC 332, February 29, 2013. Papers should be double-spaced with 12-point font and should be 10-15 pages in length.

In this assignment students are expected to collect and analyze data about rural individuals, families, and groups in order to better understand rural culture related to these groups as well as rural stereotypes. Students will need to collect information about the way in which rural individuals, families, and or groups approach or cope with daily living. For example, issues related to social relationships, economics, employment, education, birth or death, illness, faith, culture, heritage, and traditions would be appropriate. This information may be collected in various ways from either primary or secondary sources. Information may be collected by direct interview with rural residents, interviews with social workers who work with a rural population, by analyzing rural music, analyzing literature about rural people, analyzing movies or TV shows about rural people. In order to get sufficient data for this assignment, choose at least 2 of the following options: At least 3 interviews with rural people or social workers. Analysis of rural music should include at least 4 songs from at least 4 artists. (Country, western, blues, bluegrass, folk, or traditional music are all ok.) Analysis of literature should include at least 2 poems, 2 short stories, or 1 novel. Analysis of film or TV should include at least 3 different sources. (Three episodes of the same TV show are not acceptable.) Other (if you have another idea, contact me for approval) When the information has been collected, 3 distinct themes related to rural life should be identified. These themes may relate to behaviors, values, or beliefs. One these themes have been identified, they should be linked to references in the literature that support these themes (minimum of 4 scholarly references). References may be from social work or the social, behavioral or biological sciences. There must be a minimum of two references that support each theme. Once this data is collected and analyzed, the student should write a 5-7 page paper, appropriate for presentation to an audience of professional social workers, to explain what they have found. References should be cited appropriately using APA style. The paper should include an introduction that briefly outlines the paper and its purpose. A conclusion should also be present and summarize the key message of the paper. The rubric below should be reviewed prior to writing and submitting your assignment.

For this assignment, you will pick a topic from the course and create an interactive, or a short learning activity, about it—similar to others you’ve encountered throughout the course. The purpose of the interactive is to provide yourself and others the opportunity to better understand concepts from the content in order to make it more approachable and interesting. The best interactives may be eligible to be incorporated into the course for future students! Here’s one example: You will make these interactives using H5P (Links to an external site.), using the course presentation tool. The presentation should have a minimum of 4 slides and a maximum of 10. The course presentation feature in H5P works like this: H5P Course presentation (Links to an external site.) The other types of H5P tools you’ll likely to include within the H5P presentation are: H5P Image Sequencing (Links to an external site.) H5P Drag the words (Links to an external site.) (this is best for matching) H5P Fill in the blanks (Links to an external site.) H5P Multiple choice (Links to an external site.) The goal is not to simply duplicate the multiple choice practice questions that you already see in course, but to create an activity that provides a deeper review or an opportunity to elaborate upon important concepts. You could also pull in current research or other engaging articles to expound upon a topic. STEP 1: Pick a topic from the course that you found to be interesting, difficult, or in need of further explanation. Maybe it’s something related to research, one of the developmental theories, genetics, pregnancy, sleep, language development, attachment, Piaget’s stages, Erikson’s stages, parenting styles, moral reasoning, school, cognitive development, puberty, identify formation, etc. You can also select topics that will be covered in later modules, such as marriage, divorce, aging, attitudes towards death. Try to hone in on something that is a focused topic, such as the example above on reliability and validity. STEP 2: Research the topic. Read more about it in general terms, but also review current research and journal articles related to the topic. You are required to include at least one reference to an outside source in the interactive. Any and all content you use inside of the interactive needs to be written in your own words and appropriately cited OR it needs to be openly licensed, and appropriately attributed. Similarly, any images used should be openly licensed or in the public domain (CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). You can search for openly licensed images within Flickr or other platforms, but google also offers search tools to help you find images that allow for reuse. You can click “tools”, then the dropdown menu will come down and allow you to select “labeled for reuse,” as shown below.Google searchbar showing Images selected then “Labeled for reuse” and “labeled for reuse.” STEP 3: Write our your plan for the interactive. It works well to storyboard it first on a document so you know what you’ll want to include on each slide. For example: Slide 1: Introductory paragraph on topic. Introduce example. Slide 2: Multiple choice question about the example, with feedback. Slide 3: Introductory text. Picture. Slide 4: Matching activity. Slide 5: Conclusion. STEP 4: Go to H5P.org (Links to an external site.) and create a free account. Click “Create New Content.” Read through the tutorial on creating a course presentation (Links to an external site.). Select the type of content you want to create, and get started. STEP 5: Create your interactive! Read through this brief tutorial on adding attributions (Links to an external site.) or use the guides within H5P to help you create the type of content you need. STEP 6: Copy and paste the URL of your interactive into the discussion forum, along with a short description of why you made it and where you think it best fits into the course content. Criteria: Build an Interactive This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeInteractive is an informative and engaging h5p presentation 10.0 pts Full Marks The interactive is an interesting h5p presentation between 4 and 10 slides. It covers a relevant topic within lifespan development. It is easy to follow, and informative. Critical analysis and application are demonstrated. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIncludes at least one outside source with proper citations and attributions 5.0 pts Full Marks Content is original work unless where specifically indicated. The presentation includes at least one outside reference, with proper citations, and attributions if using OER. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting Mechanics & Grammar 5.0 pts Full Marks Well-organized and clearly written slides provide enhancement on the topic. Clearly written; excellent writing style.

Cover a term you chose from a theoretical perspective : Social Anxiety in general as well as in group therapy meetings Needs to be 3-4 pages long (printed, double spacing, with margins) Refers to 5-6 sources from professional literature Clarify terms you use (i.e. explain the meaning of the terms, elaborate, illustrate with examples) Maintaining academic writing rules when referring to your sources (in the paper itself and in the bibliography at the end of the paper) Refrain from writing in the first person,& informal language, essay-like writing

For this assignment, you are going to think about what you learned in this chapter and put it into practice. Think of a specific aspect of your memory that you would like to improve. Choose from the following: Remembering birthdays and anniversaries of friends and family members Remembering people’s names after meeting them Reducing absentmindedness, such as losing keys or your wallet/purse Then think of a strategy to apply to improve the memory you chose. Strategies could be: Using mnemonics Eliminating distracters and paying closer attention Using multiple methods to encode deeply Making better use of retrieval cues Engaging in active, elaborative rehearsal while reading Applying SQ3R Or any other strategy that you learned in the chapter or in another source Write a short paper (1 page) describing the aspect of memory targeted, the strategy used to help, and any results experienced after application (both positive and negative results). Rubric

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Conduct a critical analysis of that theory and writing an APA-format research paper. In your introduction, briefly summarize the theory and explain how it applies to human development. You may need to look at various articles and sources to fully answer this question. Based on your research, explain what the strengths of this theory are – in other words, how is this theory supported and useful today. Based on your research, explain the limitations of this theory – how is this theory criticized? What does the current research say about the validity and applicability of this theory? Discuss the implications of the findings – why was this theory important when it was or how is it important today. Conduct research to explore how the theory has been applicable to development in one other country other than the United States. Explain how the theory has been applied/used or maybe completely rejected in that culture/country and explain why. Conclude your thoughts: what was your discovery, why was this personally meaningful to you, and how you could possibly use this knowledge. Make sure you include the necessary citations and references in the correct APA format (use the library resources if you are unfamiliar with this format). You must use a minimum of four references in addition to your textbook. Your paper must include the following components all of which must be in the correct APA format: 1. Title Page with your name, title of your paper, institution, running head, and page number (please note the header on the title page is different from the header on all other pages). 2. Abstract: a 300-400-word summary of your entire paper. (Hint: include this as the second page of your paper but write it last once you have already completed your paper – it will be much easier because you are simply summarizing what is in your paper) 3. Body: use appropriate headings for your paper and include the responses to the above 6 questions/requirements. This section should be approximately 3-4 double-space, 12-point, Times New Roman, pages. 4. References – must be in the appropriate APA format. You must use a minimum of four references in addition to your textbook. Make sure you include proper in-text citations throughout your paper. Get help from the writing center or watch the online tutorials on YouTube if you need more help. You may ask me as well if you are stuck. Please note: use the Clark Library database to locate the Journal Articles. Visit the library’s website to locate such an article. Following these steps would help you locate such an article. Go to: Library Databases Then find Psychology Databases under subject Choose either ‘Proquest’ or ‘Academic Search Premier’ Under this database, you will be able to find an article of your interest: search by keywords but make sure it is an empirical article. An article published on the internet, in a magazine, or a blog, is not an empirical article even if it claims to be based on research.

Students will interview 2 parents ** from different families (that is, one parent from each family) to children/ adolescents between the ages of birth to 19 years of age (each parent should refer in the interview to one of their children, even if there are more children in the household, in order to focus the discussion). In the interview, ask the parents about their children’s exposure to media during the Coronavirus crisis. For example, ask the parents if there were differences between the Coronavirus days and their child’s previous routine in terms of exposure to and use of media as well as in terms of their own treatment of these behaviors. Also, for example, ask what were the challenges they faced in this context during this time? Do they feel that there were also new (positive) opportunities that began during the Coronavirus crisis in terms of their children’s exposure to and use of media? Were the challenges and opportunities related to the media themselves? The content? The time of exposure? The duration of exposure? The composition of participants in the exposure (e.g., siblings)? Did they face social challenges? Cognitive challenges? Emotional challenges? Did family conflicts arise in this context during the crisis? It is important to ask the interviewees how they coped with the challenges and whether they feel that they were successful. If not, why not? What did they learn from this period? Are there any lessons that they would be happy to apply in the future, even after the crisis? Etc. Etc. In the paper, students should analyze the content of the interviews according to themes that will emerge from them and present a comprehensive picture about the challenges, opportunities, and coping of parents with their children’s media exposure and use during the Coronavirus crisis. Present complete and clear arguments based on the interviews and support your conclusions with quotes and examples from the interviews. You can also compare the interviews and address similarities in and differences between the different parents based on relevant dimensions. *** The analysis should be clearly linked to the course materials (lectures and reading materials) and reflect an understanding of child/adolescent development and their relationship with media and their content, uses, and effects. In addition, students need to locate one article that is related to the topic of parental media mediation or the parent-child relationship in the context of media, and integrate it into the paper. The article must be academic, empirical or theoretical, credible, contemporary, and relevant. The article’s integration into the paper can be minimal but it must be logical and clear as it relates to the paper and should be done following the rules of using external sources in academia according to the APA (including noting the source in the text and writing it in a reference list).