Australian Social psychology – Describe and explain the role of empathy and the group-based

Emotion of collective guilt in the prediction of negative attitudes towards Indigenous Australians.Essay should include with references to the relevant psychological literature on this topic:-
1. descriptions (including definitions) of empathy, collective guilt, and negative attitudes towards indigenous Australians, along with the role of empathy and collective guilt in the prediction of negative attitudes towards Indigenous Australians; and
2. A description of the relevant social psychological theories of inter group behaviour which offer explanations for the role of empathy and collective guilt in the prediction of negative attitudes. Relevant theories include social identity theory, self-categorisation theory, inter group emotions theory, and social dominance theory. It is acceptable in your answer to focus on only one or two of these theories.

Fictional Devices

Would you please Create an original thread based on all three stories (ARABY, EVELINE, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates); and use AT least two of the terms from the “Fictional Device” and two “Elements of Fiction” lists in your original thread.
Fictional Devices
Symbolism: the art of investing meaning in a thing which, in the context of the story, comes to represent some other thing (e.g. colors, animals, geography/place, numbers, metaphors, inanimate objects)
Irony: the use of words being used in direct opposition to the literal meaning (Think of Chris Farley’s use of finger quotes) or a stark contrast between what is expected to occur and what actually transpires
Satire: the use of sarcasm, irony, or parody to poke fun at and critique vice or folly (e.g. The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, political cartoons)
Theme: the subject or unifying idea, which contains the thesis of the story (It’s what the story is about!)
Subtext: what lies under the superficial theme/context of the story; it’s implied rather than explicitly stated (It’s what the story is REALLY about!)
Subtext: what lies under the superficial theme/context of the story; it’s implied rather than explicitly stated (It’s what the story is REALLY about!)
Elements of Fiction .
Plot: is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story
In media res: beginning in the middle of things
Flashback: a device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of a work
Narrator: the person (voice) who relates the story
Protagonist/Hero: the central character who engages our interest and empathy
Antagonist: the force that opposes the protagonist
Exposition: the background information the reader needs to make sense of the situation in which the characters are placed
Setting/Context: the geographical place or the historical/social/political/economic environment
Rising Action: a complication that intensifies the situation
Conflict: the character’s central problem
Foreshadowing: a suggestion of what is yet to come
Suspense: when the reader is made anxious about what is going to happen next
Climax: the moment of greatest emotional tension
Resolution/Denouement: the conflict is resolved

The use of Bayesian Inference to Identify Problem-solving Strategies Employed in Selected Geometry and Algebra Problems

Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are at the centre of a new awareness for an education system adapted to 21st century job demands. While the term HOTS is widely used, it remains rather vague and disconnected from the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Education content itself. Even in good curricula, such as Singapore’s MProSE, there is little explicit mention of HOTS. A coherent framework is needed to bind the psychology of HOTS problems, STEM knowledge and mathematical problem-solving frameworks (e.g., Polya, Schoenfeld), before students can actually benefit from those separate knowledge areas. I propose to study stable patterns in problems posed across various math subjects (algebra, geometry, analysis, etc) and investigate how much and deep have they so far, if any, implemented Bayesian inference. Broad problem classes will first be identified and indexed, and prototypes within these classes will then be identified. Secondly, relevant problem-solving heuristics will be enumerated for each prototype. Finally, the stability of the patterns across the math subject will be analysed for their usefulness in exploiting HOTS .
Basically, the dissertation work will be interested in looking at what’s been done in the area of Bayesian inference for maths problem-solving strategies deployed in self-study products.

The strategies to do statistics on would read something like:

Given a prototype problem P (e.g. prove the two given triangles are congruent), exploit the …
​- axioms of the relevant theory,
– definitions (e.g. congruent triangles),
– premises of the problem,
– useful relationships from a given list, and
– useful theorems from a given list.

This exploitation mechanism is meant to see which combinations and orderings are typically used for solving a prototype problem, say for middle school (IGCSE), late high school (A Levels) or undergraduate level.

Since this dissertation intends to explore what’s out there first then exploit an optimal structure of an AL based learning, the title can also read like “Statistics on Problem-Solving Strategies in Geometry and Algebra for Bayesian Supported Decisions and Inference Networks”.

This work is not intending to touch on the pupils’ psychology because, doubtfully enough, the scope of the dissertation would allow that. Mainly, the work is into the extent to which the problems themselves can achieve the prescribed learning outcomes and how it can be improved via textual analysis and other research means.

Proposal for a Treatment Plan at a Correctional Facility

The local correctional facility is planning to implement a new treatment program for substance abuse treatment. You are hired to create a proposal providing a recommendation for the types of treatment modalities to be utilized in the facility. Use at least two peer reviewed articles from publications from a government website on substance abuse treatment to develop the proposal. Your paper should address the following:
• A discussion of the variety of substance addictions needing to be addressed in the treatment program in a correctional system, and your analysis for whether you would propose separating the inmates in treatment based upon the type of substance they use.
• A thorough comparison of individual treatment and group treatment, and your analysis for whether you would recommend individual treatment or group treatment, or both.
• A description of the10 step program, and your analysis for whether you would propose this be a part of the treatment program.
• A discussion of the role of the family and incorporating the family within the treatment process, and your analysis of whether you would recommend family therapy to be a part of the treatment program.

Topic: answer questions in the paper requirements section

1) What did Durkheim mean when her referred to the ‘Collective conscience’? Why did he think this was important for understanding Crime and deviance.

2) Describe Merton’s theory of ‘Strain’ as an explanation of crime and deviance in society.

3) Why did Shaw and Mckay think that delinquency was concentrated in particular geographical areas?

4) In relation to Albert Cohen’s theory of ‘subculture’, how does the experience of ‘Status frustration’ relate to deviance?

5) In terms of labelling theory, why is what happens after a deviant act, just as important as what happens before, when we are trying to understand deviance?

(around 300 words for each including 2/3 references for each)

 

Psychology paper evaluation

Each evaluation should be at least one typewritten/printed page long (double-spaced) and no more than three pages. Remember, it is not how much you write, but what you write that counts.

1. Include a copy of a newspaper or magazine article published within the last year. This article should concern a topic of interest to psychologists (and to you!). It is acceptable to get the article from the internet, but please print directly from the site, so that the publication information is included in the printout (please don’t “cut and paste”).

2. On the copy, highlight the statement you intend to evaluate on the basis of research evidence.

3. In your paper, introduce the topic by discussing the highlighted statement in terms of the context of the article and in terms of the interest to psychologists.

4. Describe at least one specific research study from your text or one that was discussed in lecture which directly relates to the statement you are evaluating. Make specific reference to the text page number or lecture date and identify the study.

5. Discuss the implications of the study results, including your evaluation of:

a. Existence and/or appropriateness of controls

b. Generalizability from the subjects in the study

c. Relationship between the variables studied and the variables in the statement you are evaluating.

6. Specify the independent and dependent variables (where applicable) and indicate what specific inference can be made from the evidence (e.g., can you infer that one variable causes another to change?).

7. Evaluate the original statement on the basis of the research you have discussed

 

Practical Application Assignments

Practical Application Assignments
Read the assigned chapter of the Psychological Science in Action text, and choose 1 of the 3 Practical Application Assignment prompts from the end of the chapter to complete. You must label your paper with the prompt number to identify which PAA you are completing. Your paper should be about one page of double-spaced texted (preferably, no longer than two pages), and it must address all aspects of the prompt. While no in-text citations are required, you must cite your source(s) of information at the end of your paper (each chapter in the Psychological Science in Action book contains the reference for the article at the end of the editor’s note). Acceptable outside sources (if utilized) include only peer-reviewed journals and educational websites (no Wikipedia). You can use any formatting style (APA, MLA, etc.)

Empathy will change how children view bullying

Empathy will change how children view bullying
working on a research assignment. The hypothesis is that Empathy will change how children view bullying. In this research you used a questionnaire to ask children their beliefs on bullying, then did empathy training and after the training gave them the same questionnaire.
My assignment is to write a literature review and discuss the following.
* research-able problem identification
*development of theoretical framework
*identification of dependent and independent variable.
*conceptualization and operationalization of variables.
*formulation of research hypothesis or questions.

Prism Adaptation Experiment

Use these three references as well as three more. Write an introduction, methods, discussion to Prism Adaptation Experiment

1. Fernandez-Ruiz, J., & Diaz, R. (1999). Prism adaptation and aftereffects:specifying the properties of a procedural memory system. Learning & Memory, 6, 47-53.

2. Danckert, J., & Goodale, M.A. (2001). Superior performance for visually guided pointing in the lower visual field. Experimental Brain Research, 137,303-308.

3. Chapman, H.L., Eramudugolla, R., Gavrilescu, M., Strudwick, M.W., Loftus,A., Cunnington, R., & Mattingley, J.B. (2010). Neural mechanisms underlying spatial realignment during adaptation to optical wedge prisms.

Neuropsychologia, 48, 2595-2601.