Career counselors often use psychological assessments to assist individuals in career planning and goal-setting. There are several steps that can be helpful in the career planning process, such as conducting a self-assessment, exploring industries/careers, and determining factors that are non-negotiable (e.g., shift, location, salary, the need for specific benefits). Prior to beginning work on this assignment, you will need to read the article by Barr (2014) and take two different types of self-discovery assessment.

To begin, research VIA Character Strengths Test, O*Net Interest Profiler, and TypeFocus listed below to determine which one is of interest to you. Once you have completed your research, take one of the assessment to complete Part I of your Journal.

A. VIA Character Strengths Test 

Character strengths are viewed as our positive personality they are our core capacities for thinking, feeling, and behaving in ways that can bring benefit to us and others.
To take the VIA Character Strengths assessment: follow the link to register.  
VIA Character Strengths Test
https://www.viacharacter.org/Survey/Account/Register (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
*Please note, the results are free and please do not pay for this assessment.

B. O*Net Interest Profiler

The assessment can help you learn about your interests as it relates to different career fields. http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

C. TypeFocus

This online assessment is designed to assess your personality type, interests, and values to assist you in making effective decisions about your career goals. TypeFocus also provides valuable information about careers that may likely be a good fit for you. Based on your results, a Career Services Specialist will guide you through the process of identifying career goals that fit your interests and personality type.

Click here to learn how to take the assessment. https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/5a31c889-448e-438b-ab88-8122cd2ec0e7/1/TypeFocus_Getting_Started.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Journal Assignment Part 1: Take one of the assessments VIA Character Strengths Test, O*Net Interest Profiler, or TypeFocus. Provide the following information about the assessment in Part 1 of your journal:

• Name of the test
• Present your basic impressions of the test in 1-2 sentences.

Journal Assignment Part 2: Locate a free, online self-discovery assessment (e.g., career, personality, values, preferences) and take the assessment to receive your results. It is recommended that you do not take assessments that require you to submit an email address or other personal information in order to receive your results. Provide the following information about the assessment in Part 2 of your journal:

• Name of the test
• URL where the test is located
• Present your basic impressions of the test in 1-2 sentences.

Journal Assignment Part 3: Compare and contrast the professional assessment in career services with the popular press assessment you found online. Address each of the basic measurement issue listed below.

• Test content
• Administration format
• Administration time
• Item-response format
• Face validity
• Homogeneity and heterogeneity
• Using the test you took in Career Services as the criterion, judge the apparent criterion-related validity of the popular press assessment you located.
• If you took one or both of the assessments more than once, comment on test-retest reliability based on your experience.
• Conclude by critiquing the utility of the instruments.

This journal does not require you to share personal information about your mental health or any information that you deem personal and sensitive. You are not required to share your actual results. Per Standard 7.04 in the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, psychology instructors cannot ask students to divulge this kind of information for grading purposes. Your journal will be graded based on whether or not you provided a substantial and thoughtful evaluation of the assessment instruments and address each of the items required in the instructions.

The Journal Assignment: 

• Must be at least 1 single-spaced page in length (not including title and reference pages).

 

Watch the assigned television show. 2. Read one of the following essays. 3. Read my notes. 4. Write a paper following the directions provided on this page.

Due Date:
Aug . 20th (12 noon)
Assignment 1

This week’s TV show

This week’s assignment is Law and Order.

Watch an episode in syndication.

Here is some background on the show:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order

DO NOT CHOOSE SUV OR CRIMINAL INTENT.

ESSAYS

TV Crime Shows

Wikipedia

MY NOTES

Genre theory began as a literary form of criticism. The theory was borrowed by film theorists and then by television critics.

Among the common television genres are:

situation comedy (How I Met Your Mother)
cop show (Law and Order)
hospital (Grey’s Anatomy)
western (Gunsmoke is the classic example)
reality (Survivor)
drama (Grey’s Anatomy)
game show (Wheel of Fortune)
news magazine (60 Minutes)
talk shows (Oprah)
night time soaps (Empire)

For this assignment, I want you to watch Law and Order. I do not care which episode and you will have to watch it in syndication. DO NOT CHOOSE SUV OR CRIMINAL INTENT.

Here is a blueprint of how a STANDARD cop show is organized.

:Section 1: 00 to FIRST AD We see the bad guys being bad. We see the presentation of the conflict of good vs. evil. Credits run. The bad guys are introduced and/or the crime is presented. An explanation is provided for how the cops are going to become involved. The officers (recurring characters) are introduced.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 2: The bad guys are winning and the cops are baffled by the crime.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 3 (after the half hour): We see the bad guys in action; we see the cops in action. The bad guys might win. This is when there is most likely to be shooting, chases, etc.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 4: the cops catch the bad guys or the bad guys die.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 5: The good guys celebrate and the details are wrapped up, especially the personal story line..

Along with the story line about crime, there will usually be a personal story line so viewers have a chance to know the cops as characters. If there is a big guest star, then the guest star may be developed as a character.

The cop show genre is marked by its presentation of good vs. evil. The bad guys have to violate the law, which is supposed to make the audience members angry at the brutally of the crime and the violation of society’s values and ethics. The cops ultimately have to represent the dominant values of society. There is usually one officer in charge who represents the dominant values. The working cops struggle with their own evil tendencies brought out by the nature of the crime or the actions of the criminals. There are innocent victims, people who are too weak to defend themselves against the cruelty of the bad guys. The cops have to defeat the bad guys in order to save the innocent and society against the bad guys.

Law and Order

Law and Order is not the standard cop show. The first half of the show shows the detectives investigating the crime. Speed up what usually happens in a cop show and the format fits: crime, bad guys are winning, bad guys are arrested.

The second half of the show is about the prosecutors and the trial. Basically, the pattern still fits: (1) the attorneys for the bad guys are ahead, (2) the prosecutors figure out how to beat the bad guys, (3) trial begins and the prosecutors damn the actions of the bad guys, (4) the verdict, (5) the storylines are tied up.

Law and Order does not always convict the bad guys. So, the verdict section is unpredictable. However, usually the bad guys have to pay for their crimes in some way.

KEY POINT: Often the audience is the real jury that determines what should be law and order.

Questions

Examples of questions that could be answered with genre theory:

How bad were the bad guys? How did the creators of Law and Order expect the audience to react to the bad guys and their actions?

How good were the good guys? How did the creators of Law and Order expect the audience to react to the good guys and their actions?

Was the end result a natural consequence of the actions of the good guys and the bad guys?

Who was being protected against the bad guys? Were the protected ones people the audience could identify with?

Did this show fit the blueprint? Was the storyline forced or manipulated in order to fit within the time constraints of television?

Was this a good episode or a bad episode in terms of fitting the genre?

WHAT `TO DO 

Paper 1: 
Applying genre theory to Law and Order

Section 1: Summarize the plot in one paragraph, i.e., no more than half of a page. We all watched the show. 10 points

Section 2: Explain the theory. Tell me which parts of genre theory (the reading and my notes) you are going to use and how you are going to apply the theory to this episode. 10 points

Section 3: Critique this episode of law and Order from the perspective of genre theory. 20 points

Section 4: Your conclusion should be a logical result of what you have said in the first three sections of the paper. Specifically, what conclusions can you draw from your critique? Pull your logic together and tell me if this was a good episode, a bad episode, or something in between. 10 points

Your conclusion should not be a personal opinion, but a logically developed conclusion based on genre theory. 

Watch the assigned television show. 2. Read one of the following essays. 3. Read my notes. 4. Write a paper following the directions provided on this page.

Due Date:
Aug . 20th (12 noon)
Assignment 1

This week’s TV show

This week’s assignment is Law and Order.

Watch an episode in syndication.

Here is some background on the show:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order

DO NOT CHOOSE SUV OR CRIMINAL INTENT.

ESSAYS

TV Crime Shows

Wikipedia

MY NOTES

Genre theory began as a literary form of criticism. The theory was borrowed by film theorists and then by television critics.

Among the common television genres are:

situation comedy (How I Met Your Mother)
cop show (Law and Order)
hospital (Grey’s Anatomy)
western (Gunsmoke is the classic example)
reality (Survivor)
drama (Grey’s Anatomy)
game show (Wheel of Fortune)
news magazine (60 Minutes)
talk shows (Oprah)
night time soaps (Empire)

For this assignment, I want you to watch Law and Order. I do not care which episode and you will have to watch it in syndication. DO NOT CHOOSE SUV OR CRIMINAL INTENT.

Here is a blueprint of how a STANDARD cop show is organized.

:Section 1: 00 to FIRST AD We see the bad guys being bad. We see the presentation of the conflict of good vs. evil. Credits run. The bad guys are introduced and/or the crime is presented. An explanation is provided for how the cops are going to become involved. The officers (recurring characters) are introduced.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 2: The bad guys are winning and the cops are baffled by the crime.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 3 (after the half hour): We see the bad guys in action; we see the cops in action. The bad guys might win. This is when there is most likely to be shooting, chases, etc.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 4: the cops catch the bad guys or the bad guys die.

3-4 minutes of advertisements

Section 5: The good guys celebrate and the details are wrapped up, especially the personal story line..

Along with the story line about crime, there will usually be a personal story line so viewers have a chance to know the cops as characters. If there is a big guest star, then the guest star may be developed as a character.

The cop show genre is marked by its presentation of good vs. evil. The bad guys have to violate the law, which is supposed to make the audience members angry at the brutally of the crime and the violation of society’s values and ethics. The cops ultimately have to represent the dominant values of society. There is usually one officer in charge who represents the dominant values. The working cops struggle with their own evil tendencies brought out by the nature of the crime or the actions of the criminals. There are innocent victims, people who are too weak to defend themselves against the cruelty of the bad guys. The cops have to defeat the bad guys in order to save the innocent and society against the bad guys.

Law and Order

Law and Order is not the standard cop show. The first half of the show shows the detectives investigating the crime. Speed up what usually happens in a cop show and the format fits: crime, bad guys are winning, bad guys are arrested.

The second half of the show is about the prosecutors and the trial. Basically, the pattern still fits: (1) the attorneys for the bad guys are ahead, (2) the prosecutors figure out how to beat the bad guys, (3) trial begins and the prosecutors damn the actions of the bad guys, (4) the verdict, (5) the storylines are tied up.

Law and Order does not always convict the bad guys. So, the verdict section is unpredictable. However, usually the bad guys have to pay for their crimes in some way.

KEY POINT: Often the audience is the real jury that determines what should be law and order.

Questions

Examples of questions that could be answered with genre theory:

How bad were the bad guys? How did the creators of Law and Order expect the audience to react to the bad guys and their actions?

How good were the good guys? How did the creators of Law and Order expect the audience to react to the good guys and their actions?

Was the end result a natural consequence of the actions of the good guys and the bad guys?

Who was being protected against the bad guys? Were the protected ones people the audience could identify with?

Did this show fit the blueprint? Was the storyline forced or manipulated in order to fit within the time constraints of television?

Was this a good episode or a bad episode in terms of fitting the genre?

WHAT `TO DO 

Paper 1: 
Applying genre theory to Law and Order

Section 1: Summarize the plot in one paragraph, i.e., no more than half of a page. We all watched the show. 10 points

Section 2: Explain the theory. Tell me which parts of genre theory (the reading and my notes) you are going to use and how you are going to apply the theory to this episode. 10 points

Section 3: Critique this episode of law and Order from the perspective of genre theory. 20 points

Section 4: Your conclusion should be a logical result of what you have said in the first three sections of the paper. Specifically, what conclusions can you draw from your critique? Pull your logic together and tell me if this was a good episode, a bad episode, or something in between. 10 points

Your conclusion should not be a personal opinion, but a logically developed conclusion based on genre theory.

In a Word document, provide short answers to the statements below. Refer to the “Cultural Considerations Resource” for help in completing this assignment.

Explain cultural considerations that the counselor must account for when working with a client from each of the following groups (100-150 words each):

1. Immigrants (Documented and Undocumented)
2. Refugees

Discuss the cultural issues and trends that specifically apply to each of the following regional population groups of the United States (100-150 words each):

1. The Hmong in California
2. Cuban Americans in Florida
3. Hispanic Americans in the Southwest
4. Your choice of a white ethnic group (e.g., German, Irish, Italian)

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,

The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).

 

Review the PICOT article “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-Based Practice” along with the “Chapter 18: Using Research in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice” PowerPoint resource.

 

http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00000446-201003000-00028&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

 

The first step of the EBP process is to develop a question from the practice problem you drafted in Topic 1. Start with the patient and identify the clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. Consider the research and writing you completed in Topics 1-4.

 

Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT statement in an area of interest to you, which is applicable to your proposed capstone project.

 

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

 

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

 

Assignment Instructions

Annotated Bibliography and Reflection

During the last seven weeks of class, you have been asked to read several journal articles. You have also been asked to reflect on your cultural identity as you consider the many levels that constitute your identity. You also considered attribution, dialectics and how all of this is applied to interpersonal communication. For our final assignment, you will choose four articles from the articles you have been asked to read in class and/or from the article list provided for the Week 6 assignment and you will complete three items for each.

1.     Complete an APA reference for the article

2.     Complete an annotation of the article.

• The annotation is not a summary or paraphrase. In this paragraph, you will interpret and evaluate the contents of the article itself. It is a narrative paragraph of about 100 words providing information and assessment about the article.

3.     Write a reflection of your own intercultural communication connecting the information from the article as it applies to you personally (This section only can be written in first person).

• In this paragraph of about 100 words, relate the information that you have evaluated in the article to your own cultural identity and intercultural communication. This is a reflective piece where you are able to connect the information in theory to an understanding of your own identity.

DISCLAIMER:Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.