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Define coercive treatment in your own words. Analyze whether coercive treatment in a correctional setting as an effective means of altering criminal behavior. Assess other options to alter criminal behavior in the correctional community setting.

Details:
In 500-750 words, do the following:
Define coercive treatment in your own words.
Analyze whether coercive treatment in a correctional setting as an effective means of altering criminal behavior.
Assess other options to alter criminal behavior in the correctional community setting.
Provide three to five peer reviewed resources to support your explanations.

In which ways does the presence of the mass media influence our perception of social problems in society today?

In which ways does the presence of the mass media influence our perception of social problems in society today? How is this different than it was in the past?

What is the nature and scope of the alcohol and drug abuse problem in the United States today?

What is the nature and scope of the alcohol and drug abuse problem in the United States today? For example, is this problem more significant today than it was in the past?
Course Objectives:
The Week Six forum will help develop your ability to do the following:

Course Objective One

Identify specific social problems and their cause-effect patterns.

Course Objective Four

Apply class concepts to support opinions about social problems.

Course Objective Five

Illustrate how the sociological process enables us to identify various social concerns.

Course Objective Seven

Apply sociological theories to explain the occurrence and scope of these problems.

Welfare Programs

In the United States, there are many policies and programs in place to provide financial assistance to individuals in various ways. Some of these policies and programs include tax deductions for children, child care, mortgage interest, marital status, and/or student loans. These examples represent financial considerations the U.S. government provides to specific groups of people in society.

While many individuals appreciate the benefits of the policies and programs indicated earlier, there are many stereotypes associated with people who utilize certain public assistance programs like food stamps, subsidized housing, etc. It is important for social workers to understand the impact these stereotypes have on recipients of and service providers for such programs. Also, it is essential that you have the facts about social welfare policies in order to dispel the myths about recipients of assistance programs.

For this Discussion, review this week?s resources. Consider whether you think means-tested programs, such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), create dependency among its recipients. Then, think about how the potential perception of dependency might contribute to the stigma surrounding welfare programs. Finally, reflect on the perceptions you might have regarding individuals who receive means-tested welfare and how that perception might affect your work with clients.

Explain situational forces, sociocultural pressures, and individual differences that promote aggressive behavior.

Explain situational forces, sociocultural pressures, and individual differences that promote aggressive behavior. In addition, discuss theories of aggression as they apply to the article selected.

How can an understanding of beliefs and customs that reflect cultural expressions help you in the workplace?

How can an understanding of beliefs and customs that reflect cultural expressions help you in the workplace? Consider a career you are pursuing or a position that you have held in the past. What is a specific task required of that job? Explain how an understanding of culture could help you to manage the challenges and opportunities of that task.

Next, discuss how an understanding of culture can make you a stronger critical thinker. When might this be useful for managing a task you have in your daily life?

how one of the five core topics is demonstrated in the movie and 2) the role that at least one type of relationship plays in the movie.

1) how one of the five core topics is demonstrated in the movie and 2) the role that at least one type of relationship plays in the movie. This could include father/son, mother/son, friends, or romantic relationships.

Replication, Generalization, and External Validity

In the Discussion for this week, you addressed one of the threats to the internal validity of a study, that is, confounding variables. This Application Assignment will challenge you to consider possible threats to external validity. Generalization is the extent to which relations among variables in research studies can be demonstrated among a wide variety of people and across different settings. When the results of a research study are generalizable to additional populations and settings, the study demonstrates external validity. However, if a research study is only valid for the particular sample used in the study, then it is not very helpful to the study of psychology.
In the example provided in the Discussion introduction, two online student groups used different study strategies. Now imagine a human resource (HR) manager at a corporation, struggling with the concept of reading comprehension among employees in the workplace setting, wanted to try the new study strategy that the online course instructor had researched. Assume that the online college course instructor had resolved possible issues relating to internal validity and found that the new study strategy was effective at improving reading comprehension. The HR manager presumes that the results of the study with online college students will generalize to her training course at work. However, the replication of the study revealed that, although the new strategy was found to work well for online students, the results did not generalize to the training course in the work setting. Therefore, the original study lacks external validity.
Replications of studies, such as the one in this example, are essential to demonstrate generalization and external validity. This week, you will learn about four types of replication procedures, and you will develop original examples of each procedure with the goal of demonstrating generalization and external validity.
To prepare:
Review Chapter 13 from the course text.
The Assignment (1?2 pages):
Explain the four different types of replications and the purpose of each. Include for each type of replication a brief original psychological study example (i.e., make up your own) that is different for each type of replication (i.e., do not build on the same example). Plan to devote a short paragraph for each.
Briefly explain how replications relate to the concepts of generalization and external validity.
Note: Support the responses within your assignment with evidence from the assigned Learning Resources. Provide a reference list for resources you used for this Assignment.

Describe the impact of child-rearing styles on child development, note cultural variations in child-reading beliefs and practices.

Describe the impact of child-rearing styles on child development, note cultural variations in child-reading beliefs and practices.

Describe educational principals derived from Piaget?s and Vygotsky?s theories.

Describe educational principals derived from Piaget?s and Vygotsky?s theories. In your opinion, which would be more applicable in an educational setting and why?