Instruction
Disruptive Behaviors
Part 1—minimum of 250 words, references included
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments
The Health and Psychosocial Instruments database includes information on nearly 15,000 measurement instruments (for example, questionnaires, index measures, rating scales, projective techniques, and tests) in the field of psychosocial sciences, health, education, and organization behavior. The purpose of this exercise is to access the resource and locate information on an instrument.
Do not evaluate the instrument, itself. To complete this discussion:
• Choose an instrument used in "Health and Psychosocial Instruments."
• Run a search in your area of interest.
• Click on the title of the measurement instrument from the results list to see more information about it..
• Respond to the following:
o What is the name of the instrument?
o Who are the authors who first used the instrument?
o What is the purpose of the instrument?
o Is there a population or age group that the instrument is aimed toward?
Part 2, minimum 250 words, references included
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Mental Measurements Yearbook is a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 testing instruments in the areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership. Entries include publisher, test purpose, price, edited reviews, and available purchase information. The guide simultaneously searches Tests in Print. The purpose of this exercise is to access the resource and locate information on an instrument. Do not evaluate the instrument, itself. To complete this discussion:
• Select an instrument from "Mental Measurements Yearbook."
• Run a search in your area of interest.
• Click on the title of the measurement instrument from the results list to see more information about it.
• For additional help, review the first two pages of the "Database Guide," linked in the Resources.
• Respond to the following:
o What is the name of the instrument?
o Who is the publisher of the instrument?
o What is the purpose of the instrument?
o How do you purchase the instrument?
o Is there a population or age group that the instrument is aimed toward?
Part 3, 1200 words, four references.
• Complete the following:
• Select a problem or issue within the field of human behavior. Explain why you have selected the topic and explain the relevance to human behavior field.
• Examine different perspectives on the issue. Rather than simply providing a summary of each article, make sure you are synthesizing the information and organizing the content in relevant themes (trends).
• Include past and current research in your literature review.
o Identify any gaps you have noticed with the published research.
o Provide details on the proposed solution to the problem or issue represented by the articles you reviewed, along with an evaluation of any potential ethical concerns in conducting the research that was addressed or not addressed.
o In your presentation of literature and examination of the topic, you must provide a clear and concise discussion of how research either has been or ought to be used to examine the multicultural perspective of those typically underrepresented in our society, such as those whose racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, or other demographically-associated factor is outside the mainstream of white, male, or middle-class America.
Requirements:
• Introduction (including a clear statement of the problem [research question]).
• Main body.
• Conclusion.
• Reference list--number of resources: Four peer-reviewed journal articles and one dissertation. Other references are fine, but must have four peer-reviewed journal articles and one dissertation.