Informative Speech Instructions

teach the audience something we probably did not already know

Topic Ideas

Students at this college have given successful speeches on topics ranging from the ordinary to the exotic: . . . the anatomy of a vulture . . . the history and symbols of the dollar bill . . . Who is Davy Crockett . . . the life cycle of a butterfly . . . Newton's principles of gravity . . . the Battle of Franklin . . . How tornadoes form . . . How the game of hockey is played . . . These are suggestions; you will come up with your own original topic.

If you are unsure of how to select a topic, you may use one of the exercises in your text such as Journalistic Writing, Webbing, or Personal Interest Inventory.

Considerations

As you decide what topic to pick and what aspects of it to discuss, consider your audience.

What particular dimensions of your broader topic are most appropriate for them?

Also think about how to generate audience interest. Although your idea might not initially seem to have universal appeal, look for ways to make it relevant to listeners.

If you are enthusiastic about this subject, you can always find ways to make your audience share your enthusiasm.

Select a current example of a policy issue that has arisen under the umbrella of civil rights. Think broadly about all areas of policy when picking your topic (defense and international security, criminal justice, social justice, health, education, etc). Then present the following:

(1) Describe the issue briefly, including identifying specific constitutional protections and summarizing key policy changes over its history.

(2) What role have interest groups and the mass media played in keeping this issue on the policy agenda?

(3) Have individual rights eroded or been strengthened related to this specific policy?

Select two of the following questions to answer for your discussion posting & use references to validate your position

1. Consider this patient care issue: the effects of family presence in the critical care unit on the process of patient monitoring. Make an argument that qualitative methods are the best way to answer this question.

2. Contrast descriptive and interpretive qualitative research in terms of intent, analysis, and outcome. Give an example of a nursing problem that would be addressed adequately with each type of qualitative research. Why would qualitative traditions be the best approach?

3. Consider the research question, “What is the lived experience of women who have breast cancer and are diagnosed as infertile?” Devise a sampling strategy for this question, including inclusion and exclusion criteria and specific sampling method. Why is this the best approach?

4. Do you believe that a qualitative researcher can reduce bias through bracketing? How might bracketing control bias? How could bias still be exhibited?

5. Select one of the methods for enhancing the trustworthiness of a qualitative study. Argue the strengths and weaknesses of the method relative to the validity of the findings. What is the effort intended to demonstrate? Do you think it accomplishes that purpose?

6. Qualitative analysis presents challenges that are much different from those of quantitative analysis. What are some of these challenges? How do you think each may ultimately affect the outcome of the analysis? Which do you believe is the hardest to overcome?

7. The constant-comparison analytic method is common in qualitative analysis. What do you believe is the rationale for a constant-comparison approach? What are its strengths? What are its drawbacks?

8. What is involved in developing a codebook? Why it is important? Describe how a codebook is used in the qualitative analysis process. Why is a codebook essential for content analysis and the development of themes?

9. Should qualitative research be scrutinized for reliability and validity? What is the advantage of doing so? What are potential drawbacks of judging qualitative research with standard evaluation tools?

1. Describe how emotions are a distributed, emergent property of interacting brain regions as opposed to arising from compartmentalized and specific brain regions. 2. Also, provide an example.

"Is Child Malnourishment a result of Child Maltreatment" for this topic of research proposal, kindly provide the methodology which is appropriate to the research aims and demonstrates an understanding of all relevant aspects including sampling, data collection and data analysis methods in 1000 words answering these aspects :

Design

What is your design? Briefly outline how this will work. Explain why this design is most appropriate for your research question.

Sample

What is your sampling strategy? Briefly explain how this will work. Explain why this sample is most appropriate given your unit of analysis, target population, and design.

Data collection

What is your data collection approach? Briefly explain how this will work. For quantitative data, explain how you will measure each of your variables (IV, DV, any other variables) and the levels of measurement for each. Consider measurement validity and reliability. For qualitative data, explain how you will obtain sufficiently rich data about your phenomenon of interest. Explain why this data collection is most appropriate for the variables/phenomena identified in your research question.

Analysis

How will you use your data to answer your research question? If you have quantitative data, make sure you describe the statistical tests you will use and that these match the levels of measurement for your variables.If you have qualitative data, make sure that you use an inductive approach if you are using grounded theory, and use a deductive approach if your question is informed by theory.

I need assistance. Please help. Kindly explain all these aspects of methodology so that i get a better idea how these are interconncected. You may explain these using lesser words if it is sufficient.

Thanks In Advance.

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One of the theories of emotion is: the biological theory.

What are its characteristics, strengths and weaknesses?

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Explain how community perceptions play into law enforcement Describe the value of community partnerships Provide examples of creative community partnerships

or this essay question compare and contrast the role of language as seen by the theorist’s: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Be sure to: 1-explain how they both viewed language in similar ways, 2-how they differed in their views of language and lastly, being that one theorist felt stronger about the role of language leading to higher levels of abstract thinking, what would Piaget/Vygotsky say to one another if they were given the opportunity to critique each other on their differing views.

Explain the role of magic in the daily lives of the Nacirema.

Why do some early childhood students have difficulty with transitions in the classroom? Identify and describe two strategies specific to students effectively transitioning.

Scenario:            Based upon the work of Elizabeth Loftus, a researcher was interested in testing the most effective way to implant false memories in people. First, she had all subjects watch a 60 minute movie. Then she randomly assigned these subjects to one of four conditions, each of which used different assessment techniques to influence subjects to think they saw something that didn't actually occur. Condition A utilized falsified photos, condition B utilized falsified video, condition C utilized misleading narrative, and condition D was a control group with no intervention at all. The data below shows how many false memories subjects in each condition 'remembered'.

Condition A: {x_A} = (4,8,6,6,5,9)

Condition B: {x_B} = (9,10,7,9,11,7)

Condition C: {x_C} = (2,1,2,2,4,3)

Condition D: {x_D} = (0,2,1,1,0,3)

Questions:

1. Express in your own words the null and alternate hypotheses of this ANOVA analysis. [1 mark]

2. What is the critical value of F at α = 0.05? Based on your findings from Question 4, can we reject the null hypothesis? Explain why, and report on these findings. [2 marks]

3. Create and insert a bar chart displaying the means of each of the four groups. Make sure that both your chart and axes are properly labelled. [2 marks]

4. Assume that we made a priori hypothesis regarding the relationship between each of the three experimental conditions and the control group (i.e. A to D, B to D, and C to D). Is there any point in assessing the differences between the means of these groups? If no, explain why. If yes, describe what you would do to assess these differences. [1 mark]

5. Are there any potential differences between the means of the three experimental conditions (i.e. A to B, A to C, and B to C)? If no, explain how you know this. If yes, describe what you would do to assess these differences. [1 mark]

Here is a list of examples of nonphysical aggression:

Gossiping · Spreading rumors · Criticizing other people behind their backs · Bullying · Leaving others out of a group or otherwise ostracizing them · Turning people against each other · Dismissing the opinions of others · ―Stealing a boyfriend or girlfriend · Threatening to break up with partner if the partner does not comply · Flirting with another person to make a partner jealous

Select and describe one of these that you have experienced as a victim, and one that you yourself have perpetrated. Describe your feelings at the time of occurrence and also how you feel about them now.

Discussion # 1- Nature vs. Nurture

The biggest debate in psychology, seemingly, is the one about the origin of what makes us who we are. This debate is simply referred to as the 'Nature vs. Nurture' debate. The side of nature is what we are studying in this course, the biological influences and genetics that we come into this world with (what mom and dad gave us). The nuture side of things is simply the experiences we have in life, the friends and family, and how we were raised. It's obvious that it is a combination of these 2 elements, but what do you think that split might be and why?

For example, as a "neuro nerd", I believe the split is 80% biology/genes, and 20% environment. Not everybody feels that way, nor should they. What I would like you to do this week is to make an initial post stating what percent you think is biological and what percent is environment (50/50 maybe?) and why you think it is that way.