Does this person feel he/she is better at tasks when intrinsically motivated or extrinsically motivated?

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INTERVIEW PROFILE

Final Project: Interview Profile? Resources: Ch. 5 (pp. 213-19); Ch. 6 (pp. 225-38); Ch. 9 (pp. 330-39); Ch. 11 (pp. 441-
46); Ch. 15 (pp. 571-80) in Psychology: An Introduction (12th ed.) Appendix A

? Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]
? Interview a person you feel comfortable asking about their personality and attitudes.

? Submit your Profile Report. For this project you will choose a person who is close to your
own age and interview that person to learn more about them. In addition to the interview
compare and contrast the responses from your interview with your own responses to the
same question. You will report your findings in an informative 1,400- to 1,750-word paper,
formatted according to APA guidelines, and containing the following elements:
o Does the interviewee remember information more accurately if he/she observes the
behavior being performed or does he/she prefer to read how the behavior is
performed?
o Does the interviewee prefer studying in a library, or at home where there are
background noises and some distractions?
o Has the person you are interviewing taken the Myers Briggs test? Report the results.
o Does your interviewee feel these results are accurate? Why or why not?
o Which experiences does this person feel contributed most in the development of
his/her personality?
o Does this person feel that he/she is self-monitoring in regards to his/her attitudes?
How or how not?
o What does the interviewee feel was the strongest influence on his/her attitudes?
o What role does your interviewee feel a person?s race, gender, or ethnicity play when
forming that person?s personality and attitudes?
o Does this person feel he/she is better at tasks when intrinsically motivated or
extrinsically motivated?

What are the biggest barriers that prevent you from listening effectively? Explain how you could overcome these barriers

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Briefly describe any situation in your own experience where the communication failed because the non-verbal behavior sent a negative message. Which aspect of non-verbal communication contributed to the failure? How would you correct this? (10 marks)
The following example illustrates an organizational barrier to communication. By the time the message is passed down from the Chief to the lower level Executives, it is distorted completely, so much so that the original message is interpreted differently by each level in the organization.
Memo from CEO to Manager: Today at 11 o’clock there will be a total eclipse of the sun. This is when the sun disappears behind the moon for 2 minutes. As this is something that cannot be seen every day, time will be allowed for employees to view the eclipse in the parking lot. Staff should meet in the lot at ten to eleven, when I will deliver a short speech introducing the eclipse, and giving some background information. Safety goggles will be made available at a small cost.
Memo from Manager to Department Head: Today at ten to eleven, all staff should meet in the car park. This will be followed by a total eclipse of the sun, which will appear for 2 minutes. For a moderate cost, they will be made safe with goggles. The CEO will deliver a short speech beforehand to give us all some information. This is not something that can be seen everyday.

2. What are the biggest barriers that prevent you from listening effectively? Explain how you could overcome these barriers. (10 marks)

3. List and briefly describe the five most important guidelines, in your opinion, to be followed when making oral business presentations. (10 marks).

4. You are a management trainee reporting to the Marketing Manager of an organization. You have been asked to go through business publications and summarize articles related to Branding. Explain the purpose of reading in this case and the type of reading that you will be required to do. (10 marks).

5. In your opinion, what are the five most common mistakes made during business meetings. Justify your answer. (10 marks)

6. Select any article from a business publication and prepare a summary of it in one fourth its size.. Write this in the form of a one page memo, addressed to your professor. Attach the original article with your assignment.(10 marks)

Explain the factors influencing perception

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BASICALLY, ORGANIZATIONAL COORDINATION AND CONTROL IS TAKING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO FIGURING OUT…

Basically, organizational coordination and control is taking a systematic approach to figuring out if you’re doing what you wanted to be doing or not. It’s the part of planning after you’ve decided what you wanted to be doing. Below are some of the major approaches to organizational control and coordination.
Many People Are Averse to Management “Control”
New, more “organic” forms or organizations (self-organizing organizations, self-managed teams, network organizations, etc.) allow organizations to be more responsive and adaptable in today’s rapidly changing world. These forms also cultivate empowerment among employees, much more than the hierarchical, rigidly structured organizations of the past.
Many people assert that as the nature of organizations has changed, so must the nature of management control. Some people go so far as to claim that management shouldn’t exercise any form of control whatsoever. They claim that management should exist to support employee’s efforts to be fully productive members of organizations and communities — therefore, any form of control is completely counterproductive to management and employees.
Some people even react strongly against the phrase “management control”. The word itself can have a negative connotation, e.g., it can sound dominating, coercive and heavy-handed. It seems that writers of management literature now prefer use of the term “coordinating” rather than “controlling”.
“Coordination” Must Exist or There’s No Organization — Only an “Experience”
Q.2 Veer Prabhakar is the Vice President of web bazaar, online portal for [10]
shopping of various products. He has team of 100 people at different
levels and departments. He is facing certain challenges.
Challenge 1
To maintain motivation levels of sales associated who are doing good sales
Challenge 2
How to deal with the supply chain associates who are not following up
properly for order delivery. (Currently, they are getting Cell Phone
allowance for consistence follow-up after office hours)
Challenge 3
To deal with the people who keep taking leaves without prior information.
Suggest suitable methods to shape employee behavior. [10]
Q.3 Write a detailed note on Myers-Briggs type indicator [10]
Q.4 Explain the factors influencing perception [10]
Q.5 Describe the leadership Grid with the help of the diagram [10]
Q.6 Given below are certain observations done by an OD consultant for an organization dealing with manufacturing of tyres. She makes the following observations about two key people in the organization.

Define psychotherapy as a psychological approach to treating mental disorders.

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PSY RESEARCH PAPER

Assignment: Research Paper Mental Disorders — Due Week # 9This assignment supports the following lesson objectives:

§ Define psychotherapy as a psychological approach to treating mental disorders.

§ Discuss the different psychotherapeutic methods for mental disorders.

Assignment Overview
This writing assignment allows students to explore the types of treatment available for one mental disorder or issue.

Deliverables
2-page paper (12-point font. This does not include the Title Page and Reference Page. Review APA Guidelines. This includes 12-point font Times New Roman. Submit your assignment to the Drop Box.

· Note: Currently, students can submit their papers only in the following format: MS Word (Word Document).

Activity Details
Perform the following tasks:

Step 1: Choose a mental disorder or problem that you want to study further.
Perhaps you are interested in the problem of depression, anxiety (such as test anxiety or social anxiety), substance abuse, or another issue.

Step 2: Explore the treatment options for the disorder you have chosen. You might find the information you need at the below listed websites:

§ the Companion Website for another introductory textbook (a different one than our text), Psychology:
http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_ciccarelli_psychology_1/0,7827,2749158-,00.html

§ Types of Psychological Treatment
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm

§ What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?

develop an understanding of how your two concentrations can fit together to provide a unique point of view on understanding human beings and the social world

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SYNTHESIZING ESSAY

Concentrations. Five Pages
The aim is to develop an understanding of how your two concentrations can fit together to provide a unique point of view on understanding human beings and the social world. In this process you will need to do the following
First, name and chart each concentration in terms of their courses, names and numbers (levels: 1XX, 2XX, 3XX, etc). You will have five courses in each concentration. If you are not sure of the specific courses in each of your concentrations, you should meet with your Liberal Studies department advisor.
Second, look at the concentrations in turn and describe briefly the courses that constituted it. What unites and/or divides them? What are the similarities and differences between the courses within your concentrations? Detail which course provided the most interesting perspective on human endeavors, both individual and social, for you and tell us why.
Third, provide a general conception or idea for each of your concentrations in terms of their disciplinary or theoretical perspective on the activities and interests of human beings. What assumptions does it possess, how are people conceptualized by it? What are the primary ways in which the discipline represented by each of your concentrations would approach an issue to be studied?
Fourth, select one paper written for one of the classes in that concentration that you feel is particularly representative or illustrative of the perspective of the concentration, and describe the process by which you selected it and elements in the paper that represent the perspective of the concentrations
Then do the same for the second concentration.
In the final copy of your Synthesizing Essay you please include copies of the two papers that you have analyzed in Step 2
In the last stage you bring the concentrations together in a synthesis. Begin by putting your two selected papers together. What unites and/or divides them? Then compare and contrast the disciplinary or theoretical perspective. When put together what light do they shine on the activities and interests of us humans? Are the perspectives sympathetic or contradictory? When combined, describe how the synthesis provides a unique way of looking at us.
Part 1 (2 concentrations):
1. Education: EDUC 210 (Instructional technologies for Teaching and Learning), EDUC 220 (Foundations of Education), EDUC 226 (Health, Nutrition, and Safety), EDUC 257 (Psychology and Development, EDUC 358 (Nature of Learners with Special Needs)
2. Communications: COMM 210 (Communications for Teachers), COMM 240 (Popular Cultural Forms and Society), COMM 253 (Gender Relations), COMM 350 (Organizational Communication), COMM 370 (Intercultural Communications)
Part 4 (paper to reflect on) COMM370 (Intercultural Communications)
The use of high and low context cultures are a big part of communication. Both are very different from one another but effective if used with the correct person. Understanding communication is not an easy task, but when the recipient of the message understands the context then you are successful in the process you used. By understanding the person’s culture who you are trying to communicate with, knowing what way would be more effective and understanding the communication process you will be an effective communicator.
In class and reading thru the text I learned that every culture is completely different when it comes to communication. We as Americans are considered to be a relatively lower context culture. In other words, we take what the meaning in the words to understand. Asian’s on the other hand, take the meaning of the context or situation to understand. By knowing this bit of information it will help me to communicate with someone of an Asian culture more effectively.
By knowing what culture we are trying to communicate with will ultimately help us get the message across. Wording a phrase properly to the correct culture can ultimately help you communicate more effectively. For instance, in a high context culture I could say “Slow Children at Play” and people would know they need to slow down because there are children that are playing. In a low context culture people would take that same phrase and think that there are retarded (slow) children at play. By knowing what we are trying to communicate and to whom it can help us know what word phrases may or may not work with a specific culture.
Understanding the dynamics of the communication process is key to effetely get a message across to someone. By understanding the cultures background and how they operate it will help us communicate effectively. In conclusion, by understanding the person’s culture who you are trying to communicate with, knowing what way would be more effective and understanding the communication process you will be an effective communicator.

Can cognitive (or brain) function be improved after birth, and after environmental damage has been done?

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10. a) What makes reductionist (and “human nature”) theories/explanations so hard to resist?  How does our cultural/historical emphasis on machines play into this fatal attraction? b) What does this essay suggest is wrong with (or suspect about) “expertise,” and with reliance on our beloved technical (or technological) solutions to current pressing human problems?

11. a) How might the recent dramatic rise in the incidence of ADHD, as well as other childhood personality or developmental disorders be explained?  (Remember, slow to change factors like DNA or psychological properties can’t explain more rapid changes in behavior or diagnoses.)  Would your explanation be in some degree holistic?  How so?  What contexts, or social units would you include to explain the rise?

12. In the Neville “Neuroscience exposes..” article, it is theorized that poverty affects things like memory, language skills, and I.Q. scores.  a) By what processes do you think this might happen?  Be specific.  b) Can cognitive (or brain) function be improved after birth, and after environmental damage has been done?  How?

How would you explain to someone else, another college student say, what reductionism means?

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 In what contexts (where and from whom) have you heard the term before now?  How about outside of class?  What was it used to mean there?  How is/was it often misused?  What’s wrong with saying, “Oh, that’s just a theory”?  What does Strange say it means?  What does he say is important about theory in the first two paragraphs?

2.  Have you heard of ADHD (or ADD) before now?  Where and in what context?  How were its causes explained to you, or how did you imagine it could be explained? (If you have never heard of it before, say so, and move on to the next Q.)

3.  Answer the question at the end of section I about your first critical reaction to the chemical- genetic explanation of ADHD given so far.  How does it (the theory/explanation) of ADHD sound to you at this point?  Be frank.  What other human actions (complex behaviors or traits) have you heard described as having genetic, or hormonal, or biological causes (make a list)?

(The remaining questions, but especially 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, demand a little more detail, as well as more soul-searching.)

4. a) What are the possible shortcomings stated here (but translate into you own words) with the chemical-genetic explanation of Isabelle’s ADHD?  b)  What can be said to be missing from the chemical-genetic explanation/theory?  c) What is meant by “blaming the victim”?  Do you feel the chemical/genetic theory does this to Isabelle?  How so, or how not? What is your reaction to the other examples mentioned here of blaming the victim?  Do they?

5.  a) What is Gabor Mate’s alternative explanation for the problems of children like Isabelle?

 b) Show how Mate’s theory/explanation can be applied to Isabelle’s specific case (in other words, translate his general theory into what we know about Isabelle’s social context (meaning her relation to other people and groups, and the history of those relations.)  c)  Give some features, or processes at work in the social world (social context) in which Isabelle’s parents and relatives operate which might create pressures and stresses on them, pressures that are easily communicated to children.  So should we put all blame on the parents?

6. What is your own list of the most pressing problems of our time (my list is on page 18)?

Why do these (sometimes ponderous sounding) issues matter?

7.  Throughout this essay (especially section V and VI), a number of other issues or problems are referred to (like the housing bubble, schizophrenia, etc. etc.) which could be explained either reductionistically, or more holistically (by social context.)  a) Pick  any one of these issues, or one of your own. Explain what the issue or problem is.  Show what an explanation that reduces the answer to a biological factor, or to some form of biological determinism, would look like.

b) Where would you look for a more holistic explanation?

8. a) Pick one other issue or problem that is often explained not by something biological this time, but by putting all the weight of explanation on the individual, or to individual or group mental characteristics (or to some other partof a larger social whole, like those shown in the circles just before page 9.  What issue have you chosen?  b) What would, or does, a more reductionistic explanation look like?  What part of what whole is being used to explain something?  What is missing from such an explanation?  What would a more holistic explanation look like and include?  c) What is wrong with explaining our huge wealth gaps in the US by “greed,” or with explaining Iran’s governmental actions by religion (see especially pages 12, 13, and 14)?

9.  a) How would you explain to someone else, another college student say, what reductionism means? b) What makes some forms of reductionist explanation moreextreme (more heavily reductionistic) than others? c) Looking at the two-sided, one page handout by Neville, “Neuroscience exposes..” and “Race Gap..”, how would you argue that “genes are not destiny.”  Why aren’t they?  e) What accounts for gaps in test scores between blacks and whites?  What would have to happen in order to erase (or reverse) these gaps?

Does your final paper reflect your use of the feedback provided thus far?

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Module 5 – SLP

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: GROUP IDENTITY AND GROUP DYNAMICS

In accordance with the SLP overview and timeframe for your SLP work presented in Module 1, the final draft of your paper must now be submitted in its entirety.

IN CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT…

1. MODULE ONE: Overview of Issue and Research Question

2. MODULE TWO: Reference List Page (5-10 references)

3. MODULE THREE: Detailed Outline of Paper

4. MODULE FOUR: Solid Draft of Entire Paper

5. MODULE FIVE: Final Paper in its Entirety

SLP Assignment Expectations

Before submitting your work for my review, be sure to review and refine your work in accordance with the following expectations:

  1. Does your final paper address the identified issue – as presented and confirmed in the earlier modules?  Does it answer the research question(s) posed in the Introduction in Module 1?
  2. Does your final paper reflect your use of the feedback provided thus far?
  3. Is the paper formatted according to APA requirements.  Have you appropriately cited and referenced all the resources you used to write the paper?

Does this draft of your work address the issue and related research question(s) – as presented and confirmed in the earlier modules?

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Module 4 – SLP

PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

In accordance with the overview and timeframe for your SLP work presented in Module 1, you are now to submit a solid draft of your paper up through the end of this 4th module. This enables you the opportunity to receive feedback and input for possible revisions that may strengthen your final submission in Module 5.

 

IN CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT…

1. MODULE ONE: Overview of Issue and Research Question

2. MODULE TWO: Reference List Page (5-10 references)

3. MODULE THREE: Detailed Outline of Paper

4. MODULE FOUR: Solid Draft of Entire Paper

5. MODULE FIVE: Final Paper in its Entirety

SLP Assignment Expectations

Before submitting your work, be sure to do a thorough review yourself and where possible get someone else to read it with “new eyes” that may spot problems you cannot see because you are too close to the paper and tend to see “what should be there” instead of what is actually on the page. Ask these questions:

  1. Does this draft of your work address the issue and related research question(s) – as presented and confirmed in the earlier modules?
  2. Does this draft of your work reflect your consideration of the feedback provided thus far?
  3. Proper use of APA formatting rules? Supporting research and professional resources properly acknowledged and cited?

Does your outline give a sufficiently detailed overview of the extent and manner in which your paper will be addressing the issue you chose and the related research question(s)?

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ENSATION, PERCEPTION, AND EMOTION

In accordance with the overview and timeframe for your SLP work presented in Module 1, use this module to peruse the related literature addressing the issue that interests you.  You don’t have to read all the sources in detail – some of them may be fairly long documents detailing specific research studies that were conducted, while others may be lengthy literature reviews summarizing the work that’s been done in this area.

The goal here is to familiarize yourself with approximately 5 to 10 good resources that you know you can use to write your paper.  For Module 2, prepare your reference list page – listing a minimum offive references that will be drawn from throughout your work.  More references are even better but five strong ones is the minimum.

Toward this end, be sure to access ProQuest & / or EBSCO via the background readings page. If you would like to look at papers and research studies written by academics you can use select “peer-reviewed / scholarly journals only” – as well as “full text / articles only” options. However, there are many professional papers and other types of documents that may also be quite valuable to you even if they are not peer reviewed or based on empirical research.  Regardless of the type of papers and documents you use, you will want to use them critically.  Do they make sense?  Are they biased in one way or another?  Do you have doubts about their findings or conclusions?

Finally, remember, for the research to be considered “current” it must have been published within the past 1-5 years. You may find some “classic” papers and documents that are very helpful, and you are welcome to use some of those, but if you plan on using only five or six references in your paper, they should all be relatively new.  In the field of psychology things change so quickly that a paper on a topic like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that was written ten years ago may be woefully outdated.

IN CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT…

1. MODULE ONE: Overview of Issue and Research Question

2. MODULE TWO: Reference List Page (5-10 references)

3. MODULE THREE: Detailed Outline of Paper

4. MODULE FOUR: Solid Draft of Entire Paper

5. MODULE FIVE: Final Paper in its Entirety

SLP Assignment Expectations

Before submitting your work for my review, be sure to review and refine your work in accordance with the following expectations:

  1. Does your reference list include a minimum of five references – most published within the past five years.  Do you have a mix of peer-reviewed, research, professional, and other types of resources?  And, are they what you need to do an excellent job on your paper? Most importantly, will the identified references help you to answer your stated research question(s)?
  2. Does your reference list present your references in accordance with APA style guide?

 

Module 3 – SLP

STRESS AND COPING

Provide a detailed outline for your research paper. Include section headings and subheadings, as well as brief descriptions of the topics you intend to address in each section.

As you complete your outline for Module 3, keep in mind that there are a number of writing resources listed on the background information pages.

IN CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT…

1. MODULE ONE: Overview of Issue and Research Question

2. MODULE TWO: Reference List Page (5-10 references)

3. MODULE THREE: Detailed Outline of Paper

4. MODULE FOUR: Solid Draft of Entire Paper

5. MODULE FIVE: Final Paper in its Entirety

SLP Assignment Expectations

Before submitting your work for my review, be sure to review and refine your work in accordance with the following expectations:

  1. Does your outline give a sufficiently detailed overview of the extent and manner in which your paper will be addressing the issue you chose and the related research question(s)?
  2. Does your outline reflect college level writing skills / abilities?