Required Reading

Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

• Chapter 11, “Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle Adulthood” (pp. 499-548)

Social scientists who study human behavior have developed theories that attempt to explain what drives an individual’s choices as well as what environmental factors influence individual human behavior and how they influence it. One theory on human behavior you may be aware of is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow (as cited in Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 505-507) stated that individuals first strive to fulfill their basic physical needs. Then, the individuals, as long as they are successful at each stage, continue through a hierarchy of needs, obtaining each until they reach the self-actualization stage of self-fulfillment. For this week’s assignment, you focus on another theory of human behavior—Glasser’s choice theory.

To prepare for this Assignment, consider what you learned about choice theory in this week’s resources as well as what you learned about the person and environment as it relates to young and middle adulthood.

Submit a 3 to 4-page paper that answers the following questions:

• How does choice theory explain the human behavior of individuals in the young and middle adulthood phases of the life span?
• How might you, as a social worker, incorporate components of the choice theory into your work with individuals in the young and middle adulthood phase of the life span?
• Do the human needs that Glasser identifies in his choice theory reflect the experience of individuals across cultures? Why or why not?

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to use the required reading in your paper and provide full APA citations for your references.

Screening devices are brief, easy-to-administer assessments that evaluate a vast array of cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral, motor, language, and other behaviors and skills” (Howard, V. F., & Aiken, E. , 2015, p.149).In this discussion forum we will take a look at some specific screeners in order to better understand how we can use them to help children meet and exceed their developmental milestones. There are three parts to this discussion.

Step 1: To help you decide which screening assessments you want to further explore, make sure to read section 5.4 of your course text. Then, choose one commonly used screening assessment from three different developmental domains located in the chart below. You do not need to purchase any screeners to complete this discussion, but instead just need to read the information on the website to understand the purpose of the screener.

Step 2: Create a three circle venn diagram using the Three Circle Venn Diagram template that compares and contrasts the three screeners you chose. Please view the Sample Screener Venn Diagram for an example of what you are doing. If you need additional help with how to create a three circle venn diagram, please watch THIS VIDEO. In your venn diagram, you will need to address the following about each of the three screeners you chose:

• Age of children the screener is used with.
• The skills the screener measures.
• Who typically administers the screener.
• What you might see during an observation that would lead you to using this screener.
• What information you can learn about a child from administering the screener.

Step 3: Upload a PDF copy of your three circle venn diagram as an attachment to the discussion forum and address the following:

• Discuss how you can use the three screeners you examined together to ensure the children you working with are meeting their developmental milestones. Use your course text to support your response.
• Explain what your next steps would be after administering the three screeners to a child whose development you were concerned about.
• Discuss the importance of involving families in the screening process. Make sure to include specific examples that are connected to the three screeners you chose.

Assume that you are interested in the relationship between Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores (the total of all subtests) and graduate school grade point averages (GPAs) at the end of their graduate programs. Conveniently, you have access to the GRE scores and GPAs of a large number of graduate students who have graduated from the electrical engineering master’s program in an Ivy League university between 2000 and 2013. The Pearson correlation coefficient did not reach significance. What can you conclude from the data analysis? Can the result be generalized to all graduate students in electrical engineering master’s programs across the United States? Why or why not? 200 words

Carmelo is writing a thesis for a media analysis essay.

The Recycling Commission says in its posters that viewers will make a better world by correctly recycling items in their homes.

Which is the most accurate and precise way to rewrite this sentence?

The
Recycling Commission suggests in its posters that viewers can help
create a safer, more sustainable world by properly sorting their cans,
bottles, and paper goods for pickup.

The

Recycling Commission shows in its posters that recycling will make the

world a better, healthier place, and asks that viewers take the same

point of view.

The

Recycling Commission expresses through its posters that it is possible

to live in a safer, better world through proper recycling, because

recycling is a key part of helping the environment.

The

Recycling Commission shows photographs of people sorting through their

cans, bottles, and paper goods to emphasize how easy it is to sort them

for pickup.

During a global career succession assessment of leadership talent pipeline, a candidate was asked to complete a personality/behavioral tendency profile. The candidate asked to speak to the program administrator about the validity of the assessment. The assessment is based on first responses to several sets of word values. The instructions were to respond with first instinct to the set of words listed in several different categories. The candidate stated that some of the words could have different interpretations based on values, beliefs, and cultural origin. Therefore, the validity of the assessment could be biased in terms of results/outcomes. The program administrator removed the weighting of the assessment (not part of the overall assessment scoring) to be used for informational and team building purposes only.

Use the above information to answer the following in 700 to 1,050 words:

• Analyze whether the candidate has a valid discrimination concern about the assessment. Do you think there is bias in the assessment?
• Determine what EEOC regulations could potentially be at risk of violation. Be specific and name the EEO regulation.
• Evaluate how the assessment could be altered so that it could still be used for the program.

Cite all sources according to APA formatting guidelines.