COLLAPSE Hello Barbara, Another fantastic post from you! Your section on conflicting values within program evaluation, between clients and evaluators, made me think critically. According to Fink (2015), program evaluators who take the participant/community evaluation methodological approach will be immersed in the cultural/social values of...
Choose a goal you want to achieve or a behavior you want to change. For example, it could be a specific behavior, such as an eating habit, managing anger, minimizing procrastination, improving a skill, or how you discipline your children. My goal is to minimize...
Barbara and class, You make some very valid and insightful points about ethical considerations regarding cultural issues and differences. Valatka (2019) considers cultural understanding as a philosophical issue based on economics, cognitive, social, political, religious, geographic, linguistic, and educational differences. All of those...
1. What are some of those negative perceptions and misperceptions? 2. Why in 2021 do they even still exist? 3. Do you believe that they will always exist? And what do you think is responsible or causing them in the first place? 4. In your...
Overview As you can see, each theory makes certain assumptions about the origins of personality. Depending on the theory, the focus can be on unconscious motivators, unmet needs, social forces, acceptance by your parents, biology, or your predominant tendencies or traits. If you find...
Overview In this module, we will learn about the psychoanalytic tradition. In the previous module, we addressed methods theorists use to measure personality and completed a mock Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Now, let’s revisit your Module One Journal responses using a psychoanalytic lens and see...
Overview In this module, you will read about trait theory and take the Big Five Personality Test. When taking this test, consider using your emotional intelligence skills both as you complete it and when you are interpreting your results. This test is about providing...
Overview In your journal activity this module, you took the Big Five Personality Test. Your results speak to where on the continuum of extroversion you fall. Scoring high on extroversion would indicate that you exhibit traits of being an extrovert, while scoring low on...
Work #1: Consider a company you have worked for or one that you know well. What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment? What strategic moves are rivals likely to make and why? What factors are driving changes...
Overview As Abraham Maslow said in The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance, “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail” (1966). In previous modules, we have learned about psychoanalysis,...