Category: Psychology

Your first immersion paper is due this week.
Be sure to build your assignment utilizing the detailed instructions and grading rubric below.
This paper should roughly be 50% of writing analyzing your observations of the “other” and 50% of writing analyzing your self-observations.
Remember, you are APPLYING the course constructs covered thus far to your experience. You are not writing a narrative summary of your experience.
This is an application paper. It should be clear what concepts you saw come to life. This paper should be written and formatted in APA style.
Read the detailed instructions regarding immersions, and then explore your local community for diverse churches, activities, or events that will meet the requirements for the immersion experience. 
Immersion/Exposure Experience and Applied Learning Paper:
Watch this Immersion Experience Explanation Video (17:15)

Students participate in 3 cross cultural immersion/exposure experiences each lasting a minimum of 3 hours.  Three of these experiences can be participation in services at worship centers that are composed of a primary ethnic community that is distinct from own ethnic and racial identification, and is not Euro-American and is not multi-ethnic.  See the Immersion addendum at the end of the syllabus.
One of the experiences can be attendance of at least 3 hours at one of the following museums:
Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012  http://www.janm.org/Links to an external site.
California African American Museum, 600 state drive, exposition park, LA 910037; www.caamuseum.orgLinks to an external site.
Museum of Tolerance, Simon Wiesenthal Plaza, 9786 West Pico Blvd (southeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Roxbury Drive) Los Angeles, CA 90035;  www.museumoftolerance.comLinks to an external site.
IF you feel you are unable to schedule immersion experiences, schedule a zoom meeting with your faculty to discuss indirect/asynchronous options.  This option is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED, as immersions are consistently reported to be the most valuable learning experience in this class.
Following each immersion experience, you are required to write a 3-page paper (APA Style), citing a minimum of 5 distinct constructs from your readings into your thoughtful reflection on the learning that you engaged in.  These papers should not be a report of what you did, but an application of the course readings to what you LEARNED and EXPERIENCED.
Immersion 1- Should include a minimum of 5 constructs from Chapters 1-4
Immersion 2 – Should include a minimum of 5 constructs from Chapters 5-10; you are encouraged to exceed 5 constructs and utilize constructs from all completed reading.
Immersion 3 – Should include a minimum of 5 constructs from Chapters 11-15; you are encouraged to exceed 5 constructs and utilize constructs from all completed reading.
Cross-Cultural immersion and exposure experience opportunities
The faith community continues to be one of the most segregated communities in our society.  If you are blessed to attend a multicultural/multiethnic faith community, that is wonderful.  However, your faith community experience is an exception.  Finding a primarily monocultural/monoethnic faith community will not be difficult.  Examples of potential faith groups include: African American churches, Chinese Churches, Latino Churches, Coptic Churches, etc.  You are not required to attend a worship service that is of a different FAITH than your own, only a different ethnic/cultural group than your own.  With that in mind, remember that there are many denominations of the Christian faith.  If you have never attended Mass, consider a Catholic service (within one of the diverse ethnic groups discussed above).  Again, you are welcome to stay with your own denomination but encouraged to consider trying an immersion/exposure experience that you would not ordinarily be exposed to.  Regardless of the denomination attended, it MUST be of a different ethnoracial group than your own and neither a predominantly white church nor a multi-ethnic church.
To make the most of these immersion experiences, you are encouraged to engage with people in attendance at the events and build relationships.  Be respectful and polite and once rapport is established, most people are willing to teach those who wish to learn (i.e. answer genuine, respectful questions).  If you are invited to stay for a meal or socialization period, I would recommend doing so.  It will enhance your learning experience.
The focus of these immersion experiences is to begin to build your own cultural competence in terms of enhancing your own self-awareness as a cultural psychological being, to begin increasing your awareness and knowledge of other cultural groups and how the cultural context influences individual and group psychology, as well as to enhance your skills in relating with people from distinct cultural backgrounds.
Worship center immersion experiences:
Examples of potential faith groups include:  African American churches, Chinese Churches, Latino Churches, Russian Churches, Coptic Churches, etc.  You are not required to attend a worship service that is of a different FAITH than your own, only a different ethnic/cultural group than your own (and is NOT Euro-American dominant).  With that in mind, remember that there are many denominations of the Christian faith.  Consider attending a Greek, Russian or Coptic Orthodox church, if you have never attended Mass, consider a Catholic service (within one of the diverse ethnic groups discussed above).  Again, you are welcome to stay with your own denomination but encouraged to consider trying an immersion/exposure experience that you would not ordinarily be exposed to.
For example: http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/oem/Pages/Liturgies.aspxLinks to an external site.
http://www.la-archdiocese.org/Pages/Parishes/EasternCatholicParishes.aspxLinks to an external site.
The LA Archdiocese links here will give you a listing of locations for the catholic mass of many cultural and linguistic groups!
You may also choose to participate in an LGBT Christian community faith center, for example, the Metropolitan community church in LALinks to an external site..
With that said, if you are interested, you are welcome to also use this as an opportunity to attend services at worship centers of a different faith than your own.  For example, if you identify as Christian, you may consider attending a Jewish Synagogue (there are several denominations of Judaism), a Mosque, or a Temple.  Los Angeles has the second-largest Jewish community in the U.S.  Use this linkLinks to an external site. to help you find a synagogue that you may be interested in attending.

Please see attached..
Anova and Linear Homework. Complete 
the  six steps for hypothesis testing for each questions  and 
submit your SPSS output.

Answer the following questions, drawing upon the assigned readings and     resources and using specific examples from those readings and resources  to illustrate and explain your thoughts. In answering these questions, please follow this format:
write out the question and then provide your response.
when you reference (name) a theory, cite your source using the APA in—text citation style.
you must cite sources and provide bibliographic reference at the end of the assignment. The Shaw & Barry (2013) text is your primary resource in this course.
Assigned questions:
Using at least two (2) of the foundational ethical theories studied in Module 2 for each question, you should answer the following questions. With each   answer, you should discuss the issues and set forth and defend a clear         position on whether or not any constraint ought to be placed on the               freedom of a business to:
export capital (factories, jobs, resources) for production abroad               (remember, you will want to concentrate on the ethics of this proposed action, rather than the political or legal implications) on
export commodities which have been banned from sale in the United    States due to health or safety concerns
downsize in the face of economic difficulty
break union contracts in the face of economic difficulty
Remember, you must use at least two of the theories and facts from the      readings to support your position in each of the questions above.
Make sure that you have adequately dealt with all the subtleties of the        particular theory.  The answers to these questions can be found in the text but merely quoting from the text or paraphrasing the text will earn                minimal credit—the answers should be in your own words  and should          involve some explanation and discussion of what these concepts mean.  
While the schedule allows you to work on this at the same time as the group discussion, I suggest you hold off finalizing and submitting your written assignment until you see some of the group discussion—often the discussion raises issues or thoughts you can use in your paper. Also, you will receive my comments on your original answer before the written assignment is due and that should also provide you with some thoughts on structure or format.
Also, you will receive my comments on your original answer before the written assignment is due and that should also provide you with some thoughts on structure or format.
General Instruction for Written Assignments
Your written assignment is intended to test your understanding of important concepts and discover how to sharpen your intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application. The intent of the written assignment is to provide an opportunity to more fully describe, explain, and analyze the books and other sources. When you submit your written assignment, you may want to submit it as an .RTF file attachment, as these usually retain your formatting.

Group Introduction: Introduce your group proposal by providing a summary of each of the key points of your proposal, including:
Introduce your group and discuss the purpose of your group, the target population/topic you are addressing, and your rationale for the group.
Discuss the type of group you are facilitating, your objectives and measurable objective outcomes, and setting (in-person or virtual).
Discuss your theoretical framework.
Analyze the legal and ethical considerations by discussing potential legal and ethical challenges. Then, explain how you will engage in best, practices, including legal and ethical practices and culturally responsive practices, to foster respect in your group.
Summarize the skills application and session plan. Discuss the outline for your first group session, specifically the skills, timeline, and activities for your first session. You are welcome to screen-share your outline.
Recruitment: Finally,  share a sample script that your colleagues could use to recruit members. Provide a script for what your colleagues may say to a potential client. Review the sample script in the discussion introduction for ideas.

Using the interpretation of results of the Self-Assessment: What Motivates You in MindTap you will receive an interpretation of your results. You will then write your response to the following prompts:
Write a summary of your results (do not copy and paste the interpretation; use your own words to convey what your results mean). Discuss what you believe the results mean about your ability to function in the workplace.
Find an article that explains and/or develops the scale used in your Self-Assessment assignment, or one similar to it. Write a summary that gives a brief overview of the article and then discusses 5 specific issues regarding the scale/assessment used: how many questions, how many sub-factors, what its reliability/validity is, how it is scored, etc.
Write a response to the following applied question(s):
Think of a coworker, family member, classmate, or friend whom you perceive to be both a Type A individual and successful in his or her professional aspirations. Interview that person via phone or email, or face-to-face. Start by asking the individual why he/she believes he/she has been successful in his/her career. The answers will probably include both traits and behaviors. Then ask about his or her greatest strengths and weaknesses. Write an essay starting with a very brief description of the individual and his/her position, followed by how, or if, the person’s answers are relevant to Type A competencies. Provide specific examples. Were the answers consistent with your original opinion of the person’s Type A personality—did your perception match his/her responses to you? Why or why not?
From a Christian worldview perspective what are the areas of strength from your Self-Assessment results and why is this important scripturally. Also from the Christian worldview perspective what are the areas of weakness revealed by your Self-Assessment results and why is this important scripturally.
100 words per section
students must support their assertions with at least 4 different scholarly citations in current APA format

Create a report that captures (approximately 4 to 6 pages) your reflection on the topic and the way you perceive your role as a professional counselor. Please begin the steps early in Week 5 so that your report reflects all components and objectives for the report. Please see rubric for presentation and paper. 
Use first person writing and provide references sparingly as the point is to convey a personal story that reflects your career and personal journey of learning and understanding the topic for professional growth.Organize your report using headings that delineate your main ideas associated with your experience pertaining to the (A) The Learning Process (B) Professional Identity and Practice (C) Social Justice and Mission . Include a summary/reflection in which you reflect and summarize on the advocacy project process and how your group worked together. 
Reflect on your overall experience for the Group Advocacy Project based on the following areas and guiding questions:
The Learning Process:
To what extent did work on your selected topic impact you personally? How might it influence what you are currently doing in your community?
What resources/new learning impacted you the most? How did your work on the topic challenge your opinions, ideas, or questions about the topic or the populations you serve?
What did you learn from any of your group members that personally impacted you? Was this good or bad? What did you learn about yourself from that experience?
Professional Identity and Practice:
What did you learn about the role and functions of a counselor as a result of this project?
What did you learn about yourself in the process of exploring the topic and also in the process of working in the team?
Who are some key people in your community/setting who you can identify that are critical to your success for translating your ideas relating to this project into practice?
Social Justice and Personal Mission:
What do you plan to do as a result of the project and when do you plan to do it? What are some steps associated with your goals?
What are some barriers, personally or professionally, that you might face in implementing work associated with the project?
What are some societal or cultural challenges from a systemic point of view for creating sustainable change and it what ways might you dedicate efforts toward meeting these?
Revisit some of the information you learned about your profession in the first course. Some of resources might include ethics, professional organizations, or advocacy groups. Reflect again on the guiding questions presented above. In what ways, if any, does your work align or highlight professional image/identity and any specific areas important in our field?

Write a 1-2 paragraph post that answers the following prompt:
Briefly explain your research question, variables, and hypotheses. Incorporate any revisions you’ve made based on feedback throughout this course.
Describe your research design (e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, or correlational) and explain the suitability of that choice for your research question.
Briefly explain how you plan to measure your variable that can be measured (as opposed to merely observed): For instance, what is your instrument? (Note, for the purposes of this Discussion, if you have two such variables– that is, both your IV and DV OR both your co-variables– you need only do this for one such variable.)
Explain which statistical analysis (i.e., correlation, independent-samples t-test, paired samples t-test, ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, or simple logistic regression) you plan to use and provide justification for why this analysis is appropriate for your research and will test your hypothesis.
Summarize what types of results you would expect to find from this study, if you were to conduct it (remember, you will NOT actually be conducting the study).
Support your ideas with at least one in-text and corresponding reference citation. You may use the textbook or another scholarly source.

The paper should be 5-7 pages (excluding title and reference page). The paper will discuss the information you found during a family member(s) interview along with your ability to apply at least two concepts and/or theories you have learned in class to the information proved to you in the interview. The paper will be double-spaced pages, size 12 Times New Roman font, and will follow 6th edition APA format. The paper must be prepared in a Word processing program (i.e. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works).

This week, we will be analyzing our home church organizations as it relates to organizational status and developmental needs. If you do not attend church, you can conduct this analysis with your place of work or other organization with which you are closely affiliated.
Using the content from Chapter 15:
Analyze the current diversity dynamics and strengths/challenges that are present.
Then, using the strategies described in Chapter 15, identify the appropriate strategies that would need to be implemented in your church/work/organization to become more culturally diverse/inclusive/just in organizational composition and practice.

The purpose of this activity is to provide you with a chance to explore Baumrind’s four original parenting styles:
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Neglectful
indulgent
See pages 288-291 for detailed descriptions of each parenting style.
For this assignment you will need to identify three different parents each with a different parenting style. These can be people whom you know or they can be fictitious parents from a TV show or movie. If you are using parents from a TV show or movie you should watch an episode of the show or the movie.
For all three of your parents you need to: Provide specific examples to justify their parenting style classification.
Discuss the positive and/or negatives associated with each observed style.
Discuss the typical child outcome for each observed style.
Identify the behaviors exhibited by children of these parents.
Discuss whether or not they match the parenting-style/child outcome connections described in the text.