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Prejudice has traditionally been assumed to be the product of some form of malice, brought about by social or emotional forces. In recent years, there has been increasing research on how prejudice can result from cognitive processes, without malicious intent. Discuss how and why cognitive processes can produce prejudice. What is the impact of culture on prejudice? Once stereotypes and prejudices are formed, how do they come to be self-perpetuating?

Choose one of the scenarios below where you are asked to conduct a psychological assessment or testing of an individual:

1. a) Job candidate who plans to take the role of a bank manager

2. b) Person being considered as a member of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation

3. c) Child being tested for cognitive and learning delays in a

school setting

4. d) 21 year old being examined for depression and anxiety

disorders

For your Signature assignment, should include the following components:

1. a) Identify at least 3 standardized psychological tests (from the list of psychological tests http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/testlist.htm) that would be appropriate for the situation you had chosen ()

2. b) Provide 3-4 of semi-structured interview questions you plan to ask to supplement your standardized psychological tests. 

3. c) Describe the validity and reliability of the semi-structured interviews questions you plan to ask as part of your

 psychological assessment 

4. d) Describe the ethical and social concerns of your planned

psychological assessment 

EVALUATING PURPOSE STATEMENTS

“There is a link between understanding the purpose of one’s research and selecting the appropriate methods to investigate the questions that are derived from that purpose. “

–(Newman, Ridenour, Newman, & DeMarco, G. M. P., Jr., 2003, p. 169)

For this Discussion, you will evaluate the purpose statements in assigned journal articles in your discipline and consider the alignment of theory, problem, and purpose. You will also explain your position on the relationship between research and social change.

Alignment means that a research study possesses clear and logical connections among all of its various components. To achieve these connections, researchers must carefully craft the components of their study such that when they are viewed together, there is a coherent interrelationship.

As you read the authors’ purpose statements, consider how well the intent of the study, and its connection to the problem and theoretical framework, is presented. Also consider if the purpose statement reveals the study’s potential for engendering positive social change.

As you know, social change is a distinguishing feature of Walden University’s mission. Positive social change implies a transformation that results in positive outcomes. This can happen at many levels (e.g., individual, family systems, neighborhoods, organizations, nationally and globally); and positive social change can occur at different rates: slow and gradual or fast and radical.

With these thoughts in mind, refer to the Journal Articles document for your assigned articles for this Discussion. You will switch your journal article assignment from Week 3. If your last name starts with A through L, use Article B. If your last name starts with M through Z, use Article A. Follow the prompt below for your program.

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCE

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE (EDD) STUDENTS

BY DAY 4

Post a critique of the research study in which you:

• Evaluate the purpose statement.

  The Purpose Statement Checklist serves as a guide for your evaluation. Please do not respond to the checklist in a Yes/No format in writing your Discussion post.

• Analyze alignment among the theory, research problem, and purpose.
• Explain your position on the relationship between research and social change.

Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

RESOURCES

• Babbie, E. (2017). Basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
  • Chapter 4, “Research Design”
• Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., Crawford, L. M., & Hitchcock, J. H.  (Eds.). (2020). Research designs and methods: An applied guide for the scholar-practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Chapter 20, “Writing the Research Proposal”
• Document: Journal Articles (Word Document)Download Journal Articles (Word Document)

  For the Discussion, download this document, refer to the assigned journal articles for your program, and find these articles in the Walden Library.

• Document: Purpose Statement Checklist (PDF)Download Purpose Statement Checklist (PDF)

  This checklist serves as a guide for your evaluation. Please do not respond to the checklist in a Yes/No format in writing your Discussion post.

For this assignment use Jakob Nielson’s examples of Heuristics to review either the Maryland MVA website (mva.maryland.gov) or the White House website (whitehouse.gov)

In this assignment, you will imagine that you are one of the experts being called to do an evaluation of one of the websites.

Nielson speaks about Heuristics in this (video) and more on the subject for your use in this assignment can be found here and here. More resources on the subject can be found here.

What should be in your report:

On this Bb Discussion Board section, post a PDF report that includes the following:

1. Provide a defense as to why the website does or does not meet the heuristics covered. You may provide a table of the list of the heuristics with a yes or no next to the heuristic title to denote whether the heuristic is achieved in your opinion. But you must provide commentary and defend your stance. Your assignment should be 2-3 pages in length.

2. Provide screenshots that help illustrate your points (if screenshots are not possible, provide

sketches)

3. Also provide recommendations on what you would propose to help the website meet the heuristics based on your knowledge gained through the class and beyond.

The primary goal of the assignment is that you thoughtfully defend a rationale for why the system meets the heuristic requirements. Keep the following in mind:

• Your document should be well-organized, easy to read, and free of typos and formatting errors.
• In your analysis, focus on a few of the feature(s) or aspect(s) of the user interface. You should only journey down through 3 levels maximum of the website, that way you are not overloaded with examples. For instance, homepage>about us>Staff>Bios would be three levels down from the homepage.
• Try to avoid using words like “intuitive” and “user-friendly” and be as precise as possible in your explanation of why the website does or does not meet the heuristics. Use your knowledge of the Laws of UX and the modules that we have covered in the close thus far and make explicit reference to them.
• For example, avoid saying that it simply “looks nice” Use your critical thinking, knowledge, and skillful eye to explain what makes it look that way. Don’t just say the interface “doesn’t make sense.” Explain what specifically makes it so.
• You may also use the following as a rubric to assist you:

Overall severity rating on a scale of 0–4
0 = I don’t agree that this is a usability problem at all
1 = Cosmetic problem only: need not be fixed unless extra time is available on project 2 = Minor usability problem: fixing this should be given low priority
3 = Major usability problem: important to fix, so should be given high priority
4 = Usability catastrophe: imperative to fix this before the product can be released (Nielsen)

For 3.8

1. Read the quotes requirement and find two quotes write 3-4 sentences anaylysis for both two of your quote, you can choose any of those topics

   first quote needs to be from chapter VI Household to VII Night

   second quote needs to be from chapter VIII Birthday to IX Night

I have attached the screenshot for both quotes chapters need for the quotes

2. use the existing quote in the pdf file 3.8 quote section for journal

I have also attached the quote screenshot from peers