The Critical Leadership Analyses

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Critical Leadership Analysis 2

 

The purpose of the Critical Leadership Analyses  is to see how leadership theory being learned in the classroom is applied by others in your communities, and both personal and professional environments. what you are learning in the classroom as well as learning from your environment. The assignment allows you to reflect on the leadership that is happening around you. In this assignment you are asked to attend an event in which leadership is demonstrated, and answer the following questions.

The CLA’s must answer 3 questions.

· What is the event?

· How did the event demonstrate leadership?

· How did the leadership demonstrated in this event influence your leadership practices?

There are two submission formats for you to choose to convey your genius:

· Written Communication –  800-1000 words in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, saved in .docx or .pdf format, and addressing the prompts provided in Class/Canvas,

Submissions will be evaluated on the following:

· Formal communication (written or verbal), which is consistently thoughtful, grammatically sound, properly cited, and well-developed

· Entries should highlight your critical and thoughtful analysis of course material discussions and experiences with the prompt provided

· Each entry should address at the prompting questions and identify concepts from the course materials, course discussions, and class activities

· Many of the submissions will be focused on events, lectures, and/or clubs on campus as well as service-learning organizations events within the vibrant South Florida communities

Psychological Characteristics of Peak

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Your initial post should read approximately 250 to 350 words in length and include at least one citation from the bibliography of your textbook chapter, with the accompanying reference in APA format. To receive the maximum points, your post should include a reference from the textbook, an article of your choosing, and one of this week’s ancillary readings.

Prompt

What added value can technology bring to sport? What are the special ethical considerations to examine as a sports psychologist?

Parameters

  • Identify one major point from the textbook that was a new learning point for you
  • Retrieve one article/citation from the chapter bibliography that was referenced to make this point
  • Apply what you learned from reading this additional article
  • Address how reading this additional article built upon this major point from the text
  • Discuss contradictory information from the article to the text’s main point
  • Follow APA guidelines

Readings

  • Williams, J. M., & Krane, V. (Eds.). (2021). Applied sports psychology: Personal growth to peak performance (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
    • Chapter 9: Psychological Characteristics of Peak Performance

Additional Readings

  • Neumann, D. L., Moffitt, R. L., Thomas, P. R., Loveday, K., Watling, D. P., Lombard, C. L., & Tremeer, M. A. (2018). A systematic review of the application of interactive virtual reality to sport. Virtual Reality, 22(3), 183-198.
  • Angosto, S., García-Fernández, J., Valantine, I., & Grimaldi-Puyana, M. (2020). The intention to use fitness and physical activity apps: A systematic review. Sustainability, 12(16), 6641.
  • Windt, J., MacDonald, K., Taylor, D., Zumbo, B. D., Sporer, B. C., & Martin, D. T. (2020). “To Tech or Not to Tech?” A Critical Decision-Making Framework for Implementing Technology in Sport. Journal of Athletic Training, 55(9), 902-910.

Transition from adolescence into adulthood

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Discussion Topic: What is Going On Here???

Here is a video on childhood obesity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3BNPZQtk8

This week, we make the transition from adolescence into adulthood. As adults, we are responsible for our own decisions. We choose many behaviors that either enhance or harm our health. This week the focus for our discussion will be on obesity – a problem that is plaguing our nation’s children, adolescents, and adults. Before participating in the discussion read the following current article about obesity in the US.

The World Is Fat By CATHERINE RAMPELL

Until 1980, fewer than one in 10 people in industrialized countries like the United States were obese.Today, these rates have doubled or tripled. In almost half of the developed countries, one out of every two people is overweight or obese. These populations are expected to get even heavier in the near future, and in some countries, two out of three people are projected to be obese within 10 years.Those are some of the disturbing statistics from a new report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a research and membership organization that focuses on the world’s richest nations.As you can see, in the rates of overweight and obese residents, the United States is second to only one industrialized country: Mexico. In America, 28 percent of the adult population is obese and 68 percent is overweight; in Mexico, the respective rates are 30 percent and 70 percent.The United States does, however, hold the dubious honor of the fattest population of children, tied with Scotland. (Note that the rates for children are not exactly comparable, though, as different countries report obesity and overweight rates for different age ranges of children).If you would like to read more you can check out the full report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at The World is Fat.
Then answer the following questions:

  • What is your perspective on the cause of obesity for the large majority of those who are facing this problem?
  • Whether you believe that the primary cause of obesity is genetics or lifestyle what has happened in our society since 1980 that has resulted in
    doubled or tripled rates of obesity in adults and children?
  • What can be done in your own community to turn the obesity trend around? What kind of program might you create in this effort to bring health back
    to our society?
  • What advice would you give to a friend coping with a weight issue to help them bring about long-term change?

Note: Remember to cite a source in your primary post.

Concept of research findings

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Choose one concept, research finding, or question that stood out to you in your readings and content assigned for this week. Find an empirical research article* about this that was published in the scientific literature in the last 7 years and provide a summary of that article here answering the following questions. Attach the article to your post, and provide an APA style reference for it at the bottom of your post.

  1. What is the item that stood out to you and why?
  2. What did the authors of the study you selected examine in their research? What did they hypothesize and why (rationale)?
  3. What methods did they use? (*Empirical articles have a methods section. If your article does not have a methods section, it is not the correct article to use for this discussion).
  4. What were the most meaningful findings the authors reported?
  5. What is one limitation to their study?
  6. How do the findings from this study help you better understand the content from this week?

Part 2

This week we will practice setting up the gap, rq and hypothesis for the proposal.  Using the format below and discussed in Keiser Live include a draft of each component:

Gap: 

Although previous studies have found ___________(citations), no study to date has examined ____________.

RQ:

Is there a relationship between Variable A and Variable B (in name of population being studied)?

Or

Is there a difference in DV based on level of IV (in name of population being studied)?

Hypothesis:

There is a (positive/negative) relationship between Variable A and Variable B (in name of population being studied).

Or

There a difference in DV based on level of IV (in name of population being studied).

 

  • Chapter 33: Kensinger, E. A. & Schacter, D. L. (2016). Memory and emotion. In L. Feldman Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, 4th Ed. (pp. 564-578). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  • Chapter 35: Hajcak, G., Jackson, F., Ferri, J., & Weinberg, A. (2016). Emotion and attention. In L. Feldman Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, 4th Ed.  (pp. 595-612). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  • Chapter 32: Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D. & Barsalou, L. W. (2016). A fundamental role for conceptual processing in emotion. In L. Feldman Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, 4th Ed. (pp. 547-563). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

In addition, read the following articles:

  • Article:  Arnold, M. M. & Lindsay, D. S. (2002). Remembering remembering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(3), 521-529. Arnold, M. M. & Lindsay, D. S. (2002). Remembering remembering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(3), 521-529. – Alternative Formats
  • Article:  Doerksen, S. & Shimamura, A. P. (2001). Source memory enhancement for emotional words. Emotion, 1(1), 5-11. Doerksen, S. & Shimamura, A. P. (2001). Source memory enhancement for emotional words. Emotion, 1(1), 5-11. – Alternative Formats
  • Article:  Kuhbandner, C., & Pekrun, R. (2013). Joint effects of emotion and color on memory. Emotion, 3, 375-379. Kuhbandner, C., & Pekrun, R. (2013). Joint effects of emotion and color on memory. Emotion, 3, 375-379. – Alternative Formats

Difference between chronometer and autonomy

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Ethics for Dummies, by Panza & Potthast, provide written answers to the following questions.  Please give complete answers in complete sentences.

1. What is a moral principle?  How does it differ from a moral rule?

2. What is practical reason?

3. What is the difference between acting from duty and acting from inclination?

4. What is the difference between acting in accord with duty and acting from duty?  (Use the honest shopkeeper as an example.)

5. What is the difference between heteronomy and autonomy?  What is the connection between living ethically and living free?

6. What is a maxim?

7. What is an imperative?  What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and the categorical imperative?

8. What is the Formula of Universal Law?  Explain what it means.

9. What is a universalizability test?  (NOTE: Panza & Potthast misspell it!)

 

10. What is the Formula of Humanity?  Explain what it means.

11. What is a kingdom of ends?  How is the Formula of the Kingdom of Ends related to the two previous formulas?

12. What do Panza & Potthast say is the difference between perfect duties and imperfect duties?  (NOTE: In trying to simplify the distinction, they may miss what is essential.  Note later how Mill characterizes the difference.)

13. How does the Formula of Universal Law help distinguish perfect from imperfect duties?  (NOTE: Panza & Potthast do a pretty good job with this.)

14. What is one of the four examples of specific duties Kant uses, and how does violating it also violate the categorical imperative?

15. Why might it be a problem that duties in Kantian ethics are unconditional?

16. Why might it be a problem that Kantian ethics focuses on rationality (and rational beings)?

Study of Internet Game Addiction

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In this milestone, you will be reading the Case Study below; you will want to focus on the assessment used as well as the addiction.

A case study of Internet Game Addiction

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-02106-008

Consider the following in this paper:

· Case study client information and presenting problem

· Identify the client (gender, age, race, profession).

· Identify the addiction that this client presents with.

· Does he have a substance addiction, like alcohol, prescription drugs, or illicit drugs?

· Does he have a process addiction, like gambling, video gaming, or shopping?

· Assessment

· Identify the physiological procedure the client uses for the administration of his addiction (oral, injection, watching videos, phone calls).

· Describe the type of environment in which the client spends his time.

· Is there support within the family?

· Does the client hang around with friends who are using addictive substances?

· Is the client working for a company where his addiction is encouraged?

· What is the client’s philosophical stand about his addiction?

3. What is his motivation level for getting help?

3. Is there a sense of hope or hopelessness?

Addiction information

· Provide the history of the addiction. (Is it a substance or process addiction?)

· What is the history of the addiction? Remember, there are many types of addiction, and not all were defined around that time. For example, video game addiction was not officially defined until 1995, while alcohol addiction was defined in 1941.

· Differentiate between the physiological and psychological effects of the addiction.

· Does the addiction physiologically affect the subject’s behaviors and mental processes? If so, how?

· Does the addiction psychologically affect the subject’s behaviors and mental processes? If so, how?

Results

· Discuss the resuIn this milestone, you will be reading the Case Study below; you will want to focus on the assessment used as well as the addiction.

A case study of Internet Game Addiction

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-02106-008

Consider the following in this paper:

· Case study client information and presenting problem

· Identify the client (gender, age, race, profession).

· Identify the addiction that this client presents with.

· Does he have a substance addiction, like alcohol, prescription drugs, or illicit drugs?

· Does he have a process addiction, like gambling, video gaming, or shopping?

· Assessment

· Identify the physiological procedure the client uses for the administration of his addiction (oral, injection, watching videos, phone calls).

· Describe the type of environment in which the client spends his time.

· Is there support within the family?

· Does the client hang around with friends who are using addictive substances?

· Is the client working for a company where his addiction is encouraged?

· What is the client’s philosophical stand about his addiction?

3. What is his motivation level for getting help?

3. Is there a sense of hope or hopelessness?

Addiction information

· Provide the history of the addiction. (Is it a substance or process addiction?)

· What is the history of the addiction? Remember, there are many types of addiction, and not all were defined around that time. For example, video game addiction was not officially defined until 1995, while alcohol addiction was defined in 1941.

· Differentiate between the physiological and psychological effects of the addiction.

· Does the addiction physiologically affect the subject’s behaviors and mental processes? If so, how?

· Does the addiction psychologically affect the subject’s behaviors and mental processes? If so, how?

Results

· Discuss the results of this case.

1. Did the client respond positively to the treatment?

2. Did the client relapse?

Your paper should:

· Be composed in MS Word and formatted in APA style

· Be at least 3 pages in length, not including the title page and references page

· Employ a minimum of two scholarly sourceslts of this case.

1. Did the client respond positively to the treatment?

2. Did the client relapse?

Your paper should:

· Be composed in MS Word and formatted in APA style

· Be at least 3 pages in length, not including the title page and references page

· Employ a minimum of two scholarly sources

Kornberg Stages of Moral Development

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Required (C05.1): Read the Heinz dilemma (Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development), and consider what you would do if you were in his place. Write down your answer and the reasons behind it. How would your answer fit in Kohlberg’s stages? Are there other responses that Kohlberg would consider “more moral”? If so, how do you feel about this? Do you think Kohlberg’s “Heinz dilemma” is a good measure of one’s morality? Explain.Additionally, Select ONE of the questions below to discuss.

  1. Are people fairly accurate when making attributions about why they have experienced difficulties? What about when good things happen?
  2. Describe and illustrate internal and external attributions. What difficulties can occur if individuals are excessively internal in their attributions? What about someone who is excessively external?
  3. Recall a time when you or someone you know made an attributional error. What were the circumstances that led to the error and what was the impact of the error?
  4. How does our individualistic culture tend to support correspondence bias? Explain.
  5. Using an example to support your ideas, explain what has been called the “victim mentality” in terms of attribution.

NOTE: Make sure you answer all parts of the discussion question.
SUBMISSION – be timely in order to allow your classmates to respond.

Components of biological psychology

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For this assignment you will get an opportunity to learn about the various components of biological psychology while gaining insight into a self-selected disease or disorder. Select a topic of interest from the following choose one on your own.

Alzheimer disease

Multi-infarct dementia

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis

Autism

Parkinson’s disease

Closed head injury/Traumatic Brain Injury

Schizophrenia

Lewy Bodies Dementia

Seizure disorders: epilepsy

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Tourette syndrome

Huntington’s disease

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Middle cerebral artery stroke

After you have selected your disorder of interest, determine at least one neurotransmitter that is altered (increased or decreased) by the injury or disorder. For some of the disorders, you will find that neurotransmitters are altered at different times or stages. For example, when a person has an epileptic seizure, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) deficiency may be associated with the onset of seizures; however, the levels may be normal during other times.

Your goal will be to identify at least one neurotransmitter that is altered early at some point after the injury or onset of the disorder. State what role the neurotransmitter plays in central nervous system (CNS) functions and then provide an example of what happens when the neurotransmitter is either decreased or increased. If the neurotransmitter changes at a specific time, specify when it is altered. In a Word document, respond to the following:

Identify the disorder or injury you selected and give a brief description.
Identify and describe at least one neurotransmitter that is altered by the disorder or injury.
State the role of the neurotransmitter in the CNS functions and provide an example of what happens when the neurotransmitter is decreased or increased.
Utilize APA format.

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

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Barlow & Durand’s
Abnormal Psychology:

FUTURE TRENDS ACTIVITY

Chapter 10:

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Internet Pornography – A Disorder in the Making?

At suburban Riverdale Public School in New Jersey, a visitor recently posed a question to an eighth-grade class: “Have you seen internet pornography?” All 42 students raised their hands. According to a study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 70 percent of the nation’s 15-to 17-year-olds have looked at internet pornography, much of it graphically hardcore. Most college students will likely have similarly viewed internet pornography, some quite deliberately and regularly. Some of your students may even feel that they cannot stop doing so. The terms “cyber-compulsive” and “cybersex compulsivity” have been used to describe this tendency and refer to a person who cannot control their use of online pornography. The availability of internet pornography raises a host of issues related to sexuality and mental health. Some individuals, for instance, appear to obsessively and compulsively seek out cybersex, thus raising issues as to whether such behavior constitutes a disorder (e.g., Internet Addiction Disorder – Pornography Type). How viewing pornography affects development of healthy sexuality remains unclear. Some see it as potentially harmful. The range of possible topics for discussion here is large.

You will likely have a range of opinions about whether viewing pornography on the internet can be viewed as a psychological disorder. The links below are some good starting points.

Understanding Racism and White Privilege

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What is white privilege and how does our society support “whiteness” as the norm (what is seen as “normal”)? Provide some examples from society to illustrate your responses. How can we, as a society, confront white privilege even when individuals may not know that they are benefiting from white privilege?

You must support your response with scholarly sources in APA format.  Simply stating your opinion is not enough, back up your opinion with citations.  Refer to the DB Grading Rubric for more details.

This chapter will investigate racism, prejudice, and white privilege.

  • Chapter 4: Understanding Racism, Prejudice, and White Privilege

This chapter will explore bias in service delivery.

  • Chapter 8: Bias in Service Delivery

Articles, Websites, and Videos:This article defines what is a stereotype and why it can be harmful. It further suggests ways to combat stereotypes and bias.

  • Why Stereotypes Are Bad and What You Can Do about Them. (2014, Aug 13). AAUW. 

This article defines stereotypes as mental shortcuts are brain uses to make sense of the world and ways these stereotypes then turn into biases.

  • Paul, A. M. (1998). Where bias begins: The truth about stereotypes. Psychology Today, 31(3), 52.

This is Harvard’s Implicit Bias test where you will be able to test your own unconscious biases of various groups.

  • Project Implicit. (2011). Harvard.

Due to the rising tensions between police officers and communities of color, the NYPD has employed new trainings that address implicit bias. This video explores these new trainings.