What might it look like for members of this group to develop a healthy, confident identity, and to overcome some of the main struggles they face given their experience in society?

Final pape.r: Identity option

Psyc 21 – Final pa.per: Identity option

Paraphrasing Erik Erikson, identity achievement is the horizon goal of all human psychological development. For the “identity” option, you will choose a cultural identity and investigate how it develops in our current social-historical context. There should be an emphasis on the child-adolescent development of this identity and the formative experiences in childhood-adolescence associated with this identity.

Possible identity groups include those of various religions, races, classes, ethnicities (e.g. second-generation Salvadoran Americans), mental health disorders (e.g. girls with autism), gender affiliations (e.g. non-binary or transgender), etc. You will explore the main struggles and formative experiences of this group, relate your research to existing identity theory, and describe what it might look like for this group to achieve a healthy identity. You can choose an identity group that you belong to, or one that you are simply interested in learning more about.

A complete pa.per will include the following elements:

Introduction

Introduces a cultural identity in a way that generates interest for the reader, and places the identity group in a historical context. How did this identity come to be (or has it always been)?

Justification

Explains why this identity is unique and important, and differentiates it from other cultural groups. What are the main struggle(s) that define the collective experience of those in this identity group? What are the formative experiences in the childhood or adolescence of those in this identity group? Gives insight into what it is like to inhabit this identity through some combination of interviews, news articles, published stories, movies/documentaries, and/or your own experience.

Identity theory

Demonstrates understanding of the foundational theories on identity (i.e. why identity is an important aspect of development), and particularly identity research that is closely related to the one you have selected (if possible). Credits these findings, but also highlights the need for more tailored research on the particular identity you are writing about.

Conclusion

What might it look like for members of this group to develop a healthy, confident identity, and to overcome some of the main struggles they face given their experience in society? (This can be partly based on other identity models that illustrate healthy identity development in other, more well-researched identities.)

Requirements for the Pap.er:
  • 2 pages of written minimum (title page and references do not count towards limit)
  • 12 pt, Times New Roman or Arial font
  • Double-spaced (BUT do not put extra spaces between paragraphs)
  • Pa.per should be organized with introduction to the topic, body paragraphs explaining the psychological disorder or psychoactive drug (see writing prompts above), and conclusion
  • 3 sources minimum
    • Sources must be scholarly (i.e., scientific journal articles, reference books)
      • You can use the textbook, but it won’t count towards the minimum number of sources
    • Every fact or claim that is not logically self-evident, or is not common knowledge, should have an in-text citation that relates to a reference on the references page
  • APA format for citations (within-text/embedded citations and references page)
explain how you would use them to make a decision with an actual problem you have faced in your professional life.

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 300 words long, and you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.

Making Decisions

Making decisions in business can be difficult. Fortunately, we have a lot of great tools to help us! Choose two decision-making tools you learned in our materials this week and explain how you would use them to make a decision with an actual problem you have faced in your professional life.

Identify who benefits from this product in both the company and the community.

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

  • Communicate professionally to diverse internal and external audiences

Scenario

Your presentation to stakeholders was wildly successful and the company has determined that it is in their best interest to move forward with the diversification strategy you recommended. Since you did so well with the presentation, you have been asked by company leadership to prepare a draft of the press release that will go out to announce this new strategy. Your press release is meant for the external audience that was not represented at the all-stakeholder meeting: a group that includes customers, vendors, suppliers, and the general community.

Directions

Complete the Project Four Worksheet in your Soomo webtext and submit it for instructor feedback.

Using the template provided in the supporting materials section below, draft a press release that reflects your company’s new venture and how it affects the general external audience. Your press release should address the following rubric criteria:

  • Address the key points appropriate for external audiences.
  • Summarize the diversification decision.
  • Explain why the decision was made.
  • Explain where in the marketplace the new products are launching.
  • Identify who benefits from this product in both the company and the community.

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit your completed press release template of 1 to 2 pages using the provided templates, or the document you downloaded from Soomo. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Supporting Materials

The following resources support your work on the project:

Detail one or two concepts that you found particularly interesting, explain why, and how it could apply to your career or your current work experiences.

This is your chance to give detailed feedback and earn course credit doing it. My “vision” is to provide the most useful and fun course possible while maintaining a standard of rigor. I’d like you to do two things, and then let the class discussion develop around this.

1. Detail one or two concepts that you found particularly interesting, explain why, and how it could apply to your career or your current work experiences. Be specific about an issue or issues you might face, have faced, or are currently facing.

2. Tell me which elements you think worked well (i.e., “the good stuff”) and which elements you would recommend changes to (i.e., “the stuff that needs adapting”) for future semesters of this course.

 

(NOTE: This is separate from the Course Evaluations, since there is very little space there to provide specific

recommendations. Please complete the Course Evaluations, however, because it is critical to our

department’s standards and my own personal feedback for this course and as an instructor.)

 

Remember,

the discussion deadline is for your INITIAL POST. You should also COMMENT on 2+ peers’ posts before the discussion closes to have a chance at earning the maximum score. Most people earn about 80-90% on discussion posts. Discussion grading is inherently subjective. If you score in the 80+% range, you’re doing great.

How do we reduce the impacts of it?

1. Pick an air pollutant. Where does it come from? Where does it go? Why is it harmful? How do we reduce the impacts of it?

 

 

 

 

2.Pick a wetland environment.

What makes it wet? Why is it valuable? What threatens this value? How can we reduce this treat?

 

 

3.Estimate your individual household water use. Compare with other members of your group. Estimate the average amount of water your group uses per week (per person).

Some steps to consider:

What are the different uses of water in your house?

How often do you use this water per week?

How fast is the water supplied?

How many people use this water?

Show calculations.

 

 

 

4.Household Solid Waste. Dig through your weekly trash.  Estimate the percentage of plastic, paper, food, metal, glass, other.  Estimate the total weight of your weekly trash generated by your household.  Estimate how much of the total is recycled.  How can you reduce the total amount o f your household solid waste. Compare with other members of your group.

 

 

5.1.) Find your household Electricity and Heating bills(oil, natural gas, or propane).  Determine your annual energy usage per household.  Note: If you rent and do not pay your own utilities, try to find this from your landlord.  If not available, find this number for the average American.

2.) Convert the total energy usage (for electrical and for heat) to gallons of gasoline (US) using the following website:

http://www.onlineconversion.com/energy.htm

3.) Estimate how much energy your household could realistically conserve.

4) Compare with your group （You can write freely）

 

Important qustion！

6.Make-Up Weekly Assignment Questions (2 pts each; expect 200-300 words):

1) Ecological Footprint Calculation. Calculate your individual ecological footprint. Describe the major contributors of your lifestyle to your ecological footprint.  What can you do to reduce your footprint?

2) Pick an ecosystem (e.g. hydrothermal vent, temperate forest, Arctic tundra, semi-arid desert, etc.). Describe the abiotic and biotic components that make it unique from other ecosystems. What could you measure that would indicate the “health” of this ecosystem as the climate changes.

3) Describe an “environmental success story”, a case study of an area/resource/system that has recovered. Describe the increased ecosystem goods and services that are once again provided to society that were not existent in its degraded state. 

Which narrative techniques did you use to bring your story to life?

A. Instructions

Choose a topic that enables you to tell a short, interesting personal story. Your story can be funny, suspenseful, meaningful, or exciting, but it must focus on one event. For example, if you decide to write about traveling to Denmark, you should not write about the entire trip. Choose one event (e.g., an afternoon you spent bicycling on an island, or your first taste of smoked herring, or your visit to the childhood home of Hans Christian Anderson) and tell a detailed story that focuses on that event.

The following are some ideas that can help you to select a topic for your story:

· Firsts: Think of a “first” in your life and describe that moment in detail.

· Proud Moment: Choose a moment when you felt proud about an accomplishment.

· Adversity: Describe a time when you had to think or act quickly to overcome a challenge.

· Travel: Recall a memorable experience you had while visiting an interesting place.

B. Think About Your Writing

Below your completed narrative, include answers to all of the following reflection questions:

1. Which narrative techniques did you use to bring your story to life? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Did you use vivid description, sensory details, and/or dialogue to engage readers? Provide two examples from your essay in which you “show” readers rather than “tell” them. EXAMPLE: A sentence such as “I glanced at the clock, grabbed my briefcase, and sprinted for the elevator” uses more descriptive language than simply saying, “I was running late for the meeting.”

2. How did your purpose and audience shape the way in which you wrote your narrative? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Your hypothetical audience extends beyond the people who will evaluate your narrative. Which individuals or groups were you addressing when you wrote your narrative, and how did consideration of your audience and your purpose influence the way in which you wrote it?

3. Provide a concrete example from your narrative that shows how you have written specifically for this audience and purpose. (3-5 sentences) Sophia says: Consider including a quotation from your essay and explaining how it was written to appeal to your audience, and to accomplish your purpose. Alternatively, you might describe a theme, tone, or narrative technique that you used and explain how it was intended to appeal to your audience and achieve your purpose.

C. Narrative Guidelines

DIRECTIONS: Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until your essay meets all of the guidelines.

Narrative Focus and Flow

❒ Are all of the details in your story relevant to your purpose? ❒ Are the events presented in a logical order that is easy to follow? ❒ Is your story 500-800 words in length? If not, which details do you need to add or subtract?

Narrative Structure

❒ Is there an opening paragraph that introduces the setting, characters, and situation? ❒ Are there middle paragraphs that describe the progression of events? ❒ Is there a closing paragraph that provides a thorough resolution to the story?

Narrative Language and Techniques

❒ Have you incorporated narrative language and techniques (e.g., figurative language, concrete and sensory details, dialogue, and vivid description)? ❒ Can examples of narrative language and techniques be found throughout your story, or are they only evident in some places?

Conventions

❒ Have you double-checked for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, and capitalization? ❒ Have you proofread to find and correct typos?

Identify the financial records that indicate commitment to TBL.

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

· Assess current performance of an organization through analysis of financial statements.

Scenario

In Project One: Applying Strategic and Operational Thinking, you prepared Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the marketing and sales departments of your product line.

Now, the CEO has provided you with a revised set of KPIs. You need to apply these KPIs toward the analysis of a proposed marketing and sales initiative to increase loyalty card memberships in neighborhoods with predominantly low-income populations, whether the populations are in rural, suburban, or city locations.

The CEO wants this analysis so that she can chart the sustainability and growth of the initiative while assuring it meets standards for Corporate Social Responsibility.

The CEO has provided you with several documents, available in the Supporting Materials section of this project. She wants you to use the provided Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard to assess the strategic plan’s compliance with the KPIs and summarize your findings in a memo.

Directions

Complete the following to provide the analysis required by the CEO:

1. Identify the financial records that indicate commitment to TBL.

a. Outline which financial and other records marketing and sales maintains where TBL can provide data.

2. Using the TBL scorecard, evaluate the alignment of the strategic plan with KPIs. Remember, there may be multiple outcomes of this exercise. Your focus should be to apply your understanding of the scenario and evaluate the plan accordingly.

a. Which ideas in the plan support the KPI criteria? Cite specific ideas that meet the criteria.

b. Explain how they meet the criteria.

3. In your memo:

a. Describe how the TBL data relates to the KPIs.

b. Identify which additional TBL financial line items are needed to measure the cost for each criterion. For example, should there be a line entry for hiring temporary workers?

c. Referring back to the SWOT analyses from Project One, explain how functional considerations of individual departments contribute to financial performance.

Post a brief explanation of three important components of the psychiatric interview and why you consider these elements important.

Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide regarding psychiatric assessment and diagnosis.

· Consider the elements of the psychiatric interview, history, and examination.

· Consider the assessment tool assigned to you by the Course Instructor

Post a brief explanation of three important components of the psychiatric interview and why you consider these elements important. Explain the psychometric properties of the rating scale you were assigned.( MOOD DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE ) was assigned to me

Explain when it is appropriate to use this rating scale with clients during the psychiatric interview and how the scale is helpful to a nurse practitioner’s psychiatric assessment. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

 

Mood Disorder Questionnaire was assigned to me for the discussion

Through what steps, elected leaders in democracies can pursue democratic backsliding?

Each question more100words

 

1. How do dictators use elections to stabilize their rule in electoral authoritarianism?

2. Through what steps, elected leaders in democracies can pursue democratic backsliding?

 

 

1. What do “separation of origin” and “separation of survival” mean? (2 points)

2. How are the three systems different from each other in terms of “separation of origin” and “separation of survival”? (1 point)

 

 

 

 

 

1. How are the Plurality system and the Proportional Representation system different? (2 points)

2. Why some countries have more political parties than others? (1 point)

 

 

 

1. How are the Liberalism and Communism different in terms of the role of market? (2 points)

2. How are the Social Democracy and Mercantilism different in terms of state intervention? (1 point)