Self-Representations in Childhood and Adolescence

Task: Below are several statements that describe the self from children and adolescents of various ages.

A. You are to match which statement goes with which child.

B. Once you have figured out the developmental sequence, reflect on what concepts and ideas are changing in children's self-descriptions as they get older. What exactly is developing? How is it changing?

Child A: a 3-year-old
Child B: a 5-year-old
Child C: a 9-year-old
Child D: a 12-year-old
Child E: a 16-year-old

1. How would a conflict theorist examine the institution of religion? What would Marx say? Compare with functional perspective.  

Developmental Psychology

Reflect on the following case:

1. What do you see as the major problems Raul is exhibiting? (If you had to take a guess at a possible diagnosis, what would it be? Anything?)

2. Identify all the risk factors and identify all the protective factors affecting Raul's development.

3. What strengths or resources in Raul and his famlly would you emphasize as a way to improve his chances of a good developmental outcome?

Case Study: Raul Salazar -- 10-year-old boy

Raul Salazar, a 10-year-old boy, has just started the fourth grade. He was referred to the school's multidisciplinary team because of reports of difficulties in school and concerns about his home situation. Teachers are questioning whether he has a learning disability. They are also asking the team to determine whether he is an appropriate candidate for medications. He often does not follow instructions well. However, his current teacher is "surprised by his vocabulary." It is "much better than many of the other Puerto Rican kids in his class." However, his performance in school has steadily deteriorated. He especially has problems with reading and mathematics and on occasion comes to school with dirty clothing and falls asleep in class.

His performance in the third grade was average, but his records indicate that the teachers at the other school considered him to be a very anxious child. These teachers reported that Raul constantly moved in his seat and had problems with writing but did well in other fine-motor tasks.

Another fact that stands out in his school history is that his performance was better when he was attending a smaller parochial school for Grades 1 and 2.

Raul has two other siblings. He has an older brother who is 13, and a younger sister who is 9 years old. Raul's father works for the city of New York as a painter, and is mother is a teaching assistant. She completed two years of college but had to leave her education because she got pregnant with their oldest son.

Raul's mother's family moved to the mainland when she was eight years of age. Her father was a teacher and they were not very pleased when she "had to marry" Raul's father. Raul's father's family came from a poor rural area on the island. His own father had a history of alcoholism and left the family when Mr. Salazar was very young.

Mrs. Salazar reported to the social worker that she had serious problems with her nerves throughout her life and that they become worse whenever she is pregnant. Otherwise she felt her pregnancy with Raul had been normal. However, school staff learned that there had been some fear that she might lose Raul during the pregnancy, and this is why she was prescribed bed rest during the last trimester.

Mrs. Salazar's third child, her daughter Maria, was born prematurely, but Mrs. Salazar did not have any problems with her first pregnancy. She told the social worker that her daughter's premature status really hit the family hard because Maria required so much care when she finally came home.

Unfortunately, Mr. Salazar was released from his job shortly after Maria's birth, and he was out of work for 9 months. The mother reports this was possibly the most stressful period in her life. When Maria was about four months old, Mrs. Salazar had a seizure. Mrs. Salazar's doctor considered placing Mrs. Salazar on medication after she had that seizure; however, testing did not reveal any evidence of the presence of a seizure disorder. She reports a history of fainting and other seizure-like experiences when she was a teenager.

Mrs. Salazar says that she has always had problems with her nerves and has been very sickly throughout her life. She also told the social worker that "she was always the weakest one in her family." When Raul was about eighteen months old, Mrs. Salazar's closest brother was killed in a car accident. She reports not being able to get out of bed for weeks following the news of his death. Raul's medical records indicate that it was approximately around this time that he started banging his head in order to fall asleep.

This habit continued until he was about six years of age. He also developed some other habits that persist to this date. He still bites his fingernails very often. Raul's history also reveals that he was extremely frightened of the dark as a child and has an extreme startled response for which he is often teased by his brother and father.

The family moved to New York City one year ago, in order for Raul's father to take a job as a city-employed painter. The move is why Raul had to switch schools.

Raul's father is a strict disciplinarian. He told workers that he often loses his temper and yells at the children, but he says that he has never physically abused them. He reported to the social worker that he cannot tolerate the kids being noisy. When he comes home from his new job, his wife is often in bed, and things are a mess. Mr. Salazar is under lots of pressure at work. His supervisor does not like Puerto Ricans and gives him all the worst job assignments. The family no longer lives near other family members because they moved for Mr. Salazar to get his city job. Mr. Salazar told the social worker that the family is willing to pay for any services that will help his son do well in school.

Who was the 18th century art historian and archaeologist whose ideas shaped and defined the neoclassicism movement by championing Greek art as the ultimate aesthetic ideal for emulation and imitation, and calling for images showing "noble simplicity and quiet grandeur"?

There has been extensive debate on how to measure “real” intelligence. How do you measure intelligence in the elderly and why?

You are conducting a workshop on reliability for high school teachers and principals. One of the topics you are covering is reliability as it pertains to commercial published tests. You describe reliability evidence that test publishers typically present for their tests. You emphasize that, as consumers of tests, high school teachers and principals need to pay attention to that evidence and evaluate it. A principal, Mrs. Constantine, raises her hand to ask you a question: "You have made a really strong case for why we need to look carefully at the evidence for reliability that a test publisher includes in a technical manual. But what I don't understand is how high reliability needs to be for me to feel comfortable using scores from a commercial published test to make decisions about students."

How would you respond to Mrs. Constantine?

Write your one- or two-paragraph response to this question as if you were talking directly to Mrs. Constantine. Make certain that you are using teacher- and principal-friendly language as you respond to her (i.e., no measurement terminology unless you define terms).

In your response, identify two factors that high school teachers and principals need to consider when examining the degree of reliability presented in a technical manual for a commercial published test. Include at least two examples to illustrate the points you are making.

Movie analysis - Una Noche

Plot:

What was the movie about? - Write a summary of the movie

Was it believable? Interesting? Thought-provoking? Explain

How did the setting affect the story?

Themes and Tone:

What was the central goal of the movie?

Was it made to entertain, educate, or bring awareness to an issue? Explain

Acting and Characters:

Did the acting support the characters, and help them come to life? Explain

Did the characters display complex personalities or were they stereotypes? Explain and give examples

Were there characters that embodied certain archetypes to enhance or diminish the film? Explain and give examples

Dialogue:

Were the conversations believable or necessary? Explain

Did the dialogue bring context to plot developments? Explain

Did the words match the tone of the movie and personality of the characters? Explain

Part 2:

Complete the following information and chart based on the movie you watched:

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Part 3:

Complete the following information and chart based on the movies analyzed on the text this week:

Name of the movie:

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Complete the following information and chart based on the movies analyzed on the text this week:

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What advantages may come from being able to shift dialects?

Do we shift dialects depending on where we are and the people we're talking to?

What are some settings where you might shift your dialect?

Describe the characteristics of sex crimes with unique investigational characteristics.

Compare the health effects of illegal drug use with those of alcohol and tobacco. Which generates more health problems? Why?

How were Native Americans racially classfied by United states colonists? How do they fit into the larger racial hierachy?

Some people accuse college students of taking the attitude that “ignorance is bliss” when it comes to participation in public life. Analyze this claim using research findings as well as examples to support your answer.

What are some similarities of American and German business cultures?

Should a person be able to choose to end his or her own life? If so, under what circumstances?

1 pages paper please

Christian worldview answers to: What is the Nature of Ultimate Reality? What is the nature of material reality? What is a human being? What happens to a person at death? Why is it possible to know anything at all How do we know what is right and wrong? What is the meaning of human history?