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Describe psychometric methodologies employed in development

Describe psychometric methodologies employed in development

Discipline Based Literature Review

In this assignment you will choose three general topics of interest to you related to psychological assessment from the list below.
Infants and preschool-aged children

Children ages 5 through 12 years

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Neuropsychological assessment of adolescents

Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders

Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Intellectual assessment of adults

Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Individuals with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Individuals with intellectual disabilities

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders

Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder

Individuals with depressive disorders

Individuals with neurocognitive disorders

Individuals with hearing impairments

Individuals with visual impairments

Gifted individuals

Individuals who have served in the military

Research five peer-reviewed articles in the Library that were published within the last 15 years, including a minimum of one article for each of your three chosen topics. In your paper, begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment. Using your researched articles, compare at least two psychological or educational tests and/or assessment procedures for each of the topics chosen.

Analyze and describe the psychometric methodologies employed in the development and/or validation of the tests and/or assessment procedures associated with each of the three topics. Debate any relevant approaches to assessment of the constructs being evaluated by any tests and assessments you described.

Include an analysis of any challenges related to assessing individuals from diverse social and cultural backgrounds for each of the three topics. Conclude by evaluating the ethical and professional issues that influence the interpretation of testing and assessment data. You may cite from your textbook to assist you in the development of your introduction and the conclusion of your paper; however, the textbook cannot count as one of the five required peer-reviewed articles.

Writing the Literature Review

The Literature Review:

Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length (not including title or references pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must begin with an introduction that describes the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must end with a conclusion that summarizes your evaluation addressing the current use of psychological tests and the role of assessment in diagnosis and treatment.

Explain how and why one feature of the U.S. government is the most important for America’s democracy.

Explain how and why one feature of the U.S. government is the most important for America’s democracy.

Explain how and why one feature of the U.S. government is the most important for America’s democracy. Choose one feature below to discuss in detail:

Written, detailed, flexible Constitution.

Robust checks and balances.

Explicit separation of powers.

Expansive interaction by different political actors and processes with the federal government.

Create-discuss arguments for and against living wage laws

Create-discuss arguments for and against living wage laws

Please respond to the following: By 2007, 145 cities and counties across the nation had enacted “living-wage bills,” generally requiring those businesses that receive government contracts to pay wages higher than the legal minimum wage. Maryland’s living wage law requires employers with state contracts to pay workers at least $8.50/hour—higher in some parts of the state, and higher than the state minimum wage ($6.15 an hour, one dollar higher than the federal floor). Nonprofit groups and small businesses (i.e., those with 10 or fewer workers) with state contracts worth less than $50,000 are exempt.

• Identify and explain who will benefit the most from such laws.
• Identify and explain who might be harmed by them.
• Create and discuss arguments for and against living wage laws

Evolution of social psychology

Evolution of social psychology

Question: Select three key points in the evolution of social psychology that are paramount to the field. Include one element of Lewins’ influence on situationism. Consider how situationism influenced the other key points selected and how situationism might influence a current or future work setting. Information must contain where it was cited from (APA).

Describe the distinct brand positioning strategies

Describe the distinct brand positioning strategies

1. Describe the distinct brand positioning strategies of the top three brands listed on the Interbrand Web site (Apple; Google; Coca Cola) in terms of how they attempt to meet the functional and representational needs of customers.

2. Critically analyse the brand positioning strategy of the brand you chose for your assignment (Sony).

Include the following in your analysis: What functional or emotional needs is the brand attempting to meet? How successful is your brand in comparison with the three top brands in its positioning strategy?

3. Propose three digital positioning strategies that would enable this brand promise for your proposed product to reach its target audience. Explain how digital marketing might influence this target audience using specific examples.

Ethics and the family

Ethics and the family

Answer fully five of the following six questions:

 

1, (a) Explain the concept of family ethics/morals

 

(b)How has family values changed from traditional to present day.

 

2, (a)How are love, friendship and marriage linked to ethical and moral issues?

 

 


(b)Explain the concept of reciprocity in the development of morals in the family,

 

30 Explain the rights of children and the responsibilities of parents and how they relate to family ethics.

 

4. “Social and economic events as well as changes in cultural attitudes shape marital behavior which then affect family life and other interactions.” Explain fully,

 

5, (a) “Women and men benefit from marriage.” Discuss fully.

 

(b) Explain how the media affects the modern family.

 

6. Explain the causes of domestic violence and the evolving societal responses to it.

criminal justice management

criminal justice management

Question #1

Do you think studies in emotional intelligence are valid? Defend your answer.

 

Question #2

You are the chief of police. Your agency and federal law enforcement disrupted a bombing of a school by a radical fringe group. It comes to light that your officers violated the wiretap law in your state. The information from the wiretap identified the location, date, and time the bomb was to detonate. Print, radio, and television media descends on your city and demands that you defend the actions of your investigators. Realizing that your investigators saved lives would you discipline them? Defend your position.

 

Question #3

Collaboration is an important aspect of management. You are a chief of police and your city

manager is interested in flattening city government. He asks you to prepare a presentation to city

council on merging police and fire supervisory and managerial responsibilities. Present two pro

and con arguments for the concept.