Tag: Socio-cultural

Discuss the implied message from this article and the need to identify underlying testing items that have subtle stereotypical wording or context that are culturally discriminatory in nature.Discuss effective measures that can address these issues based on your readings for this unit and personal professional behavior.

Appropriate measures for psychological diagnosis, evaluation, and selection

For this Assignment, you will write a (5) paper about choosing appropriate measures for psychological diagnosis, evaluation, and selection.

Be sure to address the following:

Part 1. The Minority Testing Bias Persists  article calls attention to the fact that some tests may be culture-specific without even knowing it. (A COPY OF THE ARTICLE IS ATTACHED).

1). Discuss the implied message from this article and the need to identify underlying testing items that have subtle stereotypical wording or context that are culturally discriminatory in nature.

2). Discuss effective measures that can address these issues based on your readings for this unit and personal professional behavior.

3). What impact does culture have on the process of psychological assessment and influence diagnosis on verbal communication, and on nonverbal communications?

Part 2. Issues with ethics, legal, socio-cultural, and personal biases affecting diagnostic, treatment and selection process.

1). Discuss with examples, the role of ethics, legal, socio-cultural, and examiner biases and how each influences the diagnosis, treatment, and applicant selection processes.

2). Explain each of the following forms of testing issues:

Discrimination

Culture and language barriers

American Disability Act (ADA)

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Your assignment should be a 5-page expository essay, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

1). Title page: Provide your name, title of assignment, course and section number, and date.

2). Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.

3). Your responses should reflect professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate, and reflect knowledge of skills and practice in the human service profession.

3). Reference page: Sources listed in APA format (7th ed.)

Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources outside of your textbook and the Minority Testing Bias Persists  article to support your paper.

4). Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.

5). Use standard 1″ margins on all sides.

6). Use APA formatting and citation style.

Analyse the Stage 6 Syllabus for your teaching area and discuss how the unit of work aligns with your own professional beliefs about the curriculum and addresses the learning needs of adolescent senior students.

Unit planning

Unit of Work – 1. Use the Stage 6 Syllabus for your teaching area and create an engaging unit of work for Year 11 (4-6 weeks in duration).

2. In the unit of work, ensure you meet the learning needs of senior students, target relevant knowledge and skills outcomes, apply assessment for learning principles, differentiate the learning for diverse students and address important general capabilities such as literacy, numeracy and ICT.

3. Create three original professional resources you would use in the program (e.g. scaffolds, sources, teaching models, expositions, inquiry strategies).

PART B: Critical Discussion – Analyse the Stage 6 Syllabus for your teaching area and discuss how the unit of work aligns with your own professional beliefs about the curriculum and addresses the learning needs of adolescent senior students.

In this critical discussion, consider the curriculum intent of the syllabus and how you as a teacher enact this.

You may include discussion on how you address motivation and engagement issues for senior students; socio-cultural learning theory about adolescent learning and pedagogic theories that relate to your teaching area, and the intent of the syllabus/curriculum area.

Note: The unit of work and resources should be equivalent to 1000 words and the critical discussion should be 1000 words.

Assignments will be assessed on how these documents address the criteria: – Constructs a unit of work that is professional, engaging and

creative showing knowledge of the relevant Stage 6 Syllabus and appropriate pedagogy for the curriculum area.

Presents a range of strategies, resources and approaches that show understanding of socio-cultural and cognitive aspects of Stage 6 learners.

Caters for ICT, numeracy, literacy, diverse linguistic and cultural identity and where relevant incorporates relevant perspectives.

Presents a critical discussion about the intent of the syllabus and the pedagogic choices made to engage, cater for and support Stage 6 learners using a broad range of literature and discipline based scholarship.

Presents work professionally, with clear academic writing and within the word limit.

Resources: Stage 6 NSW Syllabus in your Teaching Area.

What personal and socio-cultural influences may contribute to your beliefs, values, and decision-making? How do you suggest new employees evaluate how their personal and socio-cultural influences may contribute to their beliefs, values, and decision-making? What resources could the new employees consult when facing an ethical dilemma?

Unit 9

In a 8 page scholarly research paper, evaluate Section 10:Therapy from the APA Ethics Code as it applies to being a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. Review and cite a minimum of five scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals.
For this assignment, you should write your paper with a psychologist in mind. Your goal is to inform them about the ethical standards that relate to this role and how their personal values and socio-cultural influences may affect their ethical decision-making in this role. Section 10: Therapy has 10 subsections within called ethical standards.

In the paper, consider how each standard of the Section would affect ethical decision-making in that job. apply to that job.

Provide the new employees with examples of work related activities, common dilemmas, and interactions in the workplace to which the standards relate. You will also synthesize the information from the articles and the course readings to support your main ideas in this paper.

Finally, in a one-page section, analyze the relationship between your personal values (beliefs, possible biases, morals, etc.) and ethical decision-making in this job role. Make suggestions for how the new employees can analyze their personal values and socio-cultural influences in relation to ethical decision-making in this role.

Be sure to address the following in your paper:

1. What is the chosen job role that will serve as the context for your paper? What are some key job tasks, work related activities, and interactions associated with this job? Explain these as if you were presenting a summary of them to the new employees.

2. Summarize your chosen Section of the Ethics Code. Be sure to address each of the standards of that section. Remember to write this with your audience in mind.

3. How does each standard of the Section relate to typical work related activities, common dilemmas, and interactions of this job? Provide concrete examples to illustrate these for the new employees.

4. Are there any ethical issues within your chosen job that are not explicitly covered in the APA Ethics Code?

5. How do your personal values (beliefs, possible biases, morals, etc.) relate to the ethical codes associated with ethical decision-making in your chosen career role? How do you suggest new employees evaluate their personal values and how these relate to the Ethics Code?

6. What personal and socio-cultural influences may contribute to your beliefs, values, and decision-making? How do you suggest new employees evaluate how their personal and socio-cultural influences may contribute to their beliefs, values, and decision-making? What resources could the new employees consult when facing an ethical dilemma?

Your Assignment should be a 8 page essay, not including the Title and Reference pages, and should include the following elements:

Body: Answer the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs

The assignment must be written in Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, including a highly developed viewpoint and purpose.

The communication of your thoughts must be highly ordered, logical, and unified, displaying exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics (including the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure).
Reference Page: Sources in APA format

Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced

Use 7th Edition APA Formatting and Citation style

If needed, be sure to use the Writing Center for help.