Submit a one to two-paged proposal letter. In this letter you are using persuasion to affect the thinking and/or behavior of the recipient. Single space this assignment and submit it in Microsoft Word. Also, provide a relevant title for this assignment. Read Chapter 19 for guidance with this assignment.

why is serial monogamy the dominant marriage pattern in the United States? Are there any indications that this pattern might be changing?

outline the portrait of the American as described by Crevecoeur by using quotes and making comments

1. What type of research design is used in this study (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal,

experimental, correlational, or naturalistic observation)? Is this

design appropriate?

2. What explanation do the researchers offer for their findings? Does this explanation

make sense based on the evidence?

3. Given the results of this study, why can’t the researchers draw a causal connection

between behavior disorders and temperament?

4. Can you think of an alternative explanation for the results of this study?

Critical Thinking Activity: Early Temperament Style and Later Adjustment Problems

Now that you have read and reviewed Chapter 7, take your learning a step further

by testing your critical thinking skills on this scientific reasoning exercise.

A study by Caspi and others (1995)* revealed that temperamental style in early

childhood might be linked to adjustment problems during adolescence. The study

involved a cohort of 1,037 children born between April 1, 1972, and March 31,

1973, in Dunedin, New Zealand.

At ages 3, 5, 7, and 9, the behavior of each child was rated in terms of 22

aspects of temperament, including emotional stability, restlessness, self-reliance,

persistence, negativism, passivity, shyness, self-confidence, emotional flatness,

and 13 other dimensions. To assess behavior problems in the sample, the

researchers relied on outcome data from teachers and parents who rated the children

at ages 9, 11, 13, and 15 on two widely used behavior problem checklists.

These checklists included subscales measuring anxiety/withdrawal, which represents

feelings of inferiority and failure; attention problems, which reflect difficulty

in concentration skills; conduct disorder, which reflects aggressiveness and

alienation; and socialized delinquency, which reflects norm-violating tendencies.

For both boys and girls, lack of control at ages 3 and 5 showed a significant

positive correlation wth teacher and parent reports of antisocial behavior and

conduct disorder at ages 9 and 11. In addition, boys and girls characterized as

lacking in control in early childhood were less likely to be rated in adolescence as

mature and confident.

The authors suggest several possible explanations for these intriguing results.

One is that certain temperamental characteristics in young children are actually

early, “subclinical” manifestations of more extreme behavior disorders. Whatever

the correct explanation, the results of this extensive study suggest that early temperament

may have remarkably specific predictive validity for the development of

behavior problems during adolescence.

Topic 1:

What is the difference between social and economic stratification? Give examples.

OR

Topic 2

How would you explain the causes social or economic stratification? Give examples you have experienced personally of social or economic stratification.

What is Voluntary Active Euthanasia? What is Voluntary Passive Euthanasia? Is there a legal difference between these two types of euthanasia? Is there a moral difference between these two types of euthanasia? Why or why not? In discussing the morality of the two, compare the natural law, Kantian, and utilitarian positions on this subject

Brian Johnson is a 21-year-old college senior who comes to the university counseling center for an evaluation. Brian was referred by his resident advisor, who saw him intoxicated seven times in the past month. Brian has missed multiple classes because he was hungover from drinking the night before and he recently got a ticket for public drunkenness.

In your initial post, answer two of the following questions from your perspective as Brian’s psychiatric nurse practitioner:

1. Identify one screening tool you could use to determine if Brian has a problem with drinking. Why is this tool appropriate to use in this situation?
2. How would motivational interviewing be helpful for Brian? Provide evidence to support your decision.
3. Identify one resource in your community where a patient could get treatment for substance abuse. Include a link to this resource.
4. What function is served by asking Brian, “How important is it to change your behavior on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being very important?”
5. Give an example of a simple and a complex reflection you would use with Brian.

React to the #me to movement

How would you sum up the pros and cons of an organization overselling their jobs to candidates they are interested in? What would you consider to be examples of overselling a job?

In your journal for this week, write two or three well-developed paragraphs regarding the differences between judgment and condemnation.

Identify a time in your life when you were unfairly judged and even unjustly condemned. How did you react? How did you grow from the experience? What would you do differently now?

REVIEW: Select two of the following features of preoperational thought: egocentrism, a focus on perceptual appearances, difficulty reasoning about transformations, lack of hierarchical classification. Present evidence indicating that preschoolers are more capable thinkers than Piaget assumed.

REVIEW: Describe features of social interaction that support children’s cognitive development. How does such interaction create a zone of proximal development?

to what extent do we continue to change and develop during adulthood? Which capacities appear to remain static during adulthood and which seem to be fluid? Classify them in reference to psychoanalytical theory.

Use this log to enter incidents of aggression you experience personally or see as you go about one day. In the first column, describe an incident that you observe or experience. Then identity the type of aggression: Indirect Direct Emotional Instrumental Finally, indicate which theory explains the behavior and your reason for choosing it: Frustration-aggression hypothesis Excitation-transfer theory Relative deprivation Cognitive-neoassociation theory Social learning theory

What is the significance of a right to trial by a "jury of one's peers ?"