Assignment: child sexual abuse.
Assignment: child sexual abuse.
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Assignment on The social issue is child sexual abuse.
To examine the relevance and application of the critical paradigm and research methods to community psychology
Discussion #1
Describe how you would apply critical research methods to a social issue of interest to you. Provide an example from the research literature.
The social issue is child sexual abuse.
Resources:
- Nelson & Prilleltensky (2010), Chapters 13
- Evans, S. D., Duckett, P., Lawthom, R., & Kivell, N. (2017). Positioning the critical in community psychology.
Create an innovative idea for a new product, service, or business. During Phase 1, you will submit your own idea for an innovation along with a model they find useful for evaluating its merits. While there are several models in circulation for evaluating innovations, such as The Lean StartUp Plan, NOMMAR, SNIFF, and the linear and mental models of innovation, innovators should not feel constrained by any particular model. Feel free to borrow elements from multiple models to develop one that would work best to most effectively evaluate your own innovation. Just need 500 words
Discussion Description: Students will watch three TED presentation videos that address tricks, myths, and common beliefs, which often have a significant impact on the lives of willing consumers. A goal of this discussion is to teach students to become more effective critical thinkers, and to better understand how research methods can address challenging and often misrepresented issues.
Discussion Instruction:
1. Watch the following TED presentation videos:
The Magic of the Placebo (Eric Mead)
Homeopathy, Quackery, and Fraud (James Randi)
2. In the first paragraph of the discussion post, students should describe what they found the most intellectually intriguing and perhaps even surprising about the videos.
3. In the next section of the discussion post, student should try their best to test a concept addressed in one of the videos using the following steps:
a. create a research question related to one of the topics the TED speakers addressed.
b. explain what your independent and dependent variable would be.
c. explain what extraneous variables could impact the study.
4. When responding to students this week, contribute to their research design by critically analyzing it and offering your advice.
NOTE: as always for every discussion and assignment, students must properly cite resources in-text and in a “References” list.
