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ABS 497 Week 1 Assignment Community Change (Ash Course) <br>FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT<br>www.abs497tutor.com<br><br>Community Change. Write a two- to- three- page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that identifies a problem faced by your community. Discuss how a model of community change could be implemented to improve the problem.<br>1. Describe six features of your community (e.g., cultural make up, size, and locality).<br>2. Define the problem (e.g., obesity, environmental pollution, teenage pregnancy, graffiti, truancy, gangs, drugs, child labor, or insufficient educational programs) and explain why the problem is detrimental to the community.<br>
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ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Community Change. Write a two- to- three- page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that identifies a problem faced by your community. Discuss how a model of community change could be implemented to improve the problem. • 1. Describe six features of your community (e.g., cultural make up, size, and locality). • 2. Define the problem • Fabian’s Story. Read Fabian’s story in the “Human Behavior and Community Macro Systems: Sociopsychological Perspective” section of your textbook. Briefly describe the sociopsychological perspective and compare it to at least one other perspective the book discusses. How can the sociopsychological perspective be used to understand, and perhaps solve, Fabian’s issue? Is there another perspective that would offer a better solution? Explain your answers. ABS 497 Week 1 Assignment Community Change (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 1 DQ 1 Fabian's Story (Ash Course)
ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Doug’s Story. Read Doug’s story in the Human Ecology Perspective section of your textbook. Respond to the ethical questions that follow. To what extent is economic inequality fair? Did Doug have the right to vent his anger in such a violent manner? What, if anything, could be done to improve Doug’s economic and ecological status • Parenting Styles. Briefly describe the different parenting styles discussed in this week’s readings. How could they impact cognitive and social development? Identify the style that your parents applied to you, or the style you apply to your children. What do the readings say about the effects of this parenting style on cognitive and social development? Is this evidence supported by your own ABS 497 Week 1 DQ 2 Doug's Story (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 2 DQ 1 Parenting Styles (Ash Course)
ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Ethnicity and Learning Theory. Select an ethnic group from your textbook, or outside readings, and discuss how the application of learning theory may vary according to the cultural beliefs and values of this group. Based on the research, justify why you think specific learning techniques could be used by your chosen ethnic group. • Communication PowerPoint Presentation. Develop a 10- to12-- slide PowerPoint Presentation designed for training the staff at a local high school. The PowerPoint Presentation should focus on strategies that promote communication skills among adolescents.Students are encouraged to approach the assignment creatively ABS 497 Week 2 DQ 2 Ethnicity and Learning Theory (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 3 Assignment communication PowerPoint Presentation (Ash Course)
ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Suicide. Chapter 7 of the textbook discusses adolescent suicide. Select a group that could be considered a minority (e.g., Hispanics, homosexuals, or students with learning disabilities) and discuss the potential suicide risk for this group. What factors may make them more or less likely to attempt suicide than other groups? What support can be given to individuals and/or groups to decrease suicide attempts? Rely on research findings to answer these questions. • Development Theories. Select either Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, Gilligan’s theory of moral development, or Fowler’s theory of faith development. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your selected theory. Which stage of your selected theory, do you think that you are currently experiencing? Provide examples to reinforce your answer. ABS 497 Week 3 DQ 1 Suicide (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 3 DQ 2 Development Theories (Ash Course)
ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Leadership Theories. Briefly compare and contrast the leadership theories presented in Chapter 8 of your textbook. Select a historical figure (living or dead) who has been a leader. Use one of the theories to explain the successes and failures of the leader you selected. What type of leader does your historical figure exemplify? • Problems of Adolescence. Describe a major problem often experienced by adolescents (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or delinquency). What are its likely causes? How is the problem typically treated? Identify alternative treatments that could be more effective. Rely on research evidence to support your views. ABS 497 Week 4 DQ 1 Leadership Theories (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 4 DQ 2 Problems of Adolescence (Ash Course)
ABS 497 TUTOR peer educator • Macro Social Systems. Outline the three macro systems theories discussed in Chapter 12 of your textbook (functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism). Describe how each of these perspectives would explain the macro system problem of crime and delinquency. Which approach do you support the most? Explain your reasoning. • Final Paper • To complete the following final paper, go to this week's Final Paper link in the left navigation. • Final Paper • Focus of the Final Paper ABS 497 Week 5 DQ Macro Social Systems (Ash Course) ABS 497 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash Course)
