Compare or contrast your views versus your participants. If you both had the same views, you would just compare your answers.

As we get older, do you think our personality changes? Or are our personalities stable across the life span? Another alternative could be that some components of our personalities change, while others remain the same. For this activity, you are to interview one adult, who is older than the age of 40.

Focus your interview with your participant on the following topics:

– Ask about his or her view of his or her personality from when he or she was a kid, an adolescent, young adult, and now. If the individual is older than middle-aged, ask about his or her personality in middle-age as well. Have your participant describe his or her personality in these age groups. (2 points)

– Ask him or her about whether he or she believes that his or her personality has changed or stayed the same throughout the years from childhood to his or her current age. Make sure he or she provides specific examples. For example, if he or she believes that his or her personality has changed from being a kid through young adulthood, ask him or her how he or she can be certain. On the other hand, if he or she does not believe that his or her personality has changed, also ask him or her how he or she can be certain.

In a 2 to 3 page (double-spaced) essay, include answers to these topics, while also reflecting on:

– Whether you believe that your personality has changed from when you were a kid and/or an adolescent. Provide specific examples to support your view.

– Compare or contrast your views versus your participants. If you both had the same views, you would just compare your answers. Any differences in your views should also be discussed.

– Incorporate a theory of personality or theories that you believe best fits your description and your participant’s description of personality.

What social/cultural factors are important to consider when discussing these topics? Why is this important?

Reflection papers are an integration of personal reflection (like a journal) and synthesis/application of the content learned. Some helpful prompts are provided below to guide responses in these reflection papers. They should adhere to APA formatting, include 2-3 empirical references with proper citations throughout for each entry, and should be no less than 3-4 pages (excluding separate cover and reference page).

Feel free to utilize some or all these prompts to begin your reflection of the content discussed:

What did you learn from the topics discussed these last few weeks? Provide a brief summary (include citations here if discussing scholarly literature)
What sticks out for you?
What biases/preconceived notions did you bring into those weekly lessons/topics?
From where did those biases originate?
What social/cultural factors are important to consider when discussing these topics? Why is this important?
What is 1 way you intend to grow yourself and your knowledge, acceptance, and understanding of this/these topic(s)?

What effect does this organization (or similar ones w/ similar interests) or government entity have on the citizens and the community?

Part 1
Write an at least 500 word paper that compares 2 similar non-profits that answers the same 3 questions above in Option 1

What did I learn about the organization on government entity and its role within the community?
What effect does this organization (or similar ones w/ similar interests) or government entity have on the citizens and the community? What policy positions would this organization promote?
Based upon your experience, how do you define the role of the citizen within a community?

Part 2
The first option is to create brochures for an agency or non-profit organization within your desired area. The brochures should include information like: mission statement, organizational focus, community events, volunteer opportunities, hours, location etc.

Describe positive and negative reinforcement contingencies that occur as a result of engaging in the behavior. (Hint: think about what is maintaining your identified behavior and what you will be withholding when you implement the extinction procedure.)

Define the behavior operationally.
• Describe the antecedent to the behavior.
• Describe the consequences of the behavior.
• Describe positive and negative reinforcement contingencies that occur as a result of engaging in the behavior. (Hint: think about what is maintaining your identified behavior and what you will be withholding when you implement the extinction procedure.)
• Identify procedures that can end up reinforcing the unwanted target behavior, and explain the potential results of improperly implementing these procedures that were meant to help extinguish the unwanted target behavior.
• Identify the extinction techniques that you feel will most effectively reduce the target behavior and explain why you feel these will be most effective. (Hint: think back to your identified positive and negative reinforcements to help you identify what you should be withholding to change the behavior through an extinction procedure.)

Discuss Du Bois’ thoughts on women particularly in the context of prevailing attitudes at the time on gender.

Based on your understanding of the required and supplemental readings on Du Bois and the Atlanta Laboratory, write a 500-word (minimum) essay on race and Du Bois’ ideas for overcoming racial inequality. In addition to your major focus, include responses to the following questions in your work.

1. Discuss the Atlanta School and its major works.
2. Discuss Du Bois’ thoughts on women particularly in the context of prevailing attitudes at the time on gender. Identify specific women with whom Du Bois worked and how their contributions influenced social change.
3. Comment on race within a Du Boisian context borrowing from your own experiences. Include a clear discussion of how you see your experiences shaped by your race/ethnicity. What do you think Du Bois would say about this today?

Additionally, your short essay should follow the requirements below:
1. Explicitly state what you are attempting to do in the beginning of your essay. Include a clear purpose/aim.
2. Ensure that what you include in your essay relates to your purpose. Do not include a random discussion of what is not directly related to your aim.
3. Cite your work appropriately. You may use APA FORMAT
4. Double-space your paper.
5. Make sure that your paper is properly proofed.

Additional instructions: You may use any articles by Earl Wright and/or Aldon Morris (assuming you are unable to access their books that some of you started before spring break). The Du Bois section in Chapter 12 of the text is also important in addressing certain criteria. Other relevant scholarly sources are ok as well. PLEASE USE CHAPTER 12 of the REQUIRED COURSE TEXTBOOK.
Required course textbook:

Required Text:
Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century. Michele Dillon. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Research, outline, and discuss all of the steps of the collective bargaining process.

You are the president of the Local Union 312 Chapter. As the president of the union, you are the chief spokesperson and representative of the Local Union 312 to management. Next month, you will start the collective bargaining process with management to get your union members greater wages and benefits and better and safer working conditions. Write a 3–5-page research paper using APA style outlining the collective bargaining process, including the following:

Define and discuss what collective bargaining is.
Research, outline, and discuss all of the steps of the collective bargaining process.
Research, outline, discuss, and evaluate the best practices for collective bargaining strategies.
Research, outline, discuss, and evaluate the arguments against and for collective bargaining.

Describe in detail the microsystems and mesosystems of two individual cases.

Competency 1: Analyze issues relevant to children and adolescents from a developmental theory perspective, emphasizing Bronfenbrenner’s systems theory.
Describe in detail the microsystems and mesosystems of two individual cases.
Analyze how microsystemic and mesosystemic factors shape and are shaped by social, emotional, and academic development in two cases.
Compare the social, emotional, and academic development of two individuals, highlighting the impact of microsystemic and mesosystemic factors.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
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