Overview

The Meaning portion of the paper will run between 4-5 pages double-spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font type. You will re-write the Context section as needed, taking into consideration any feedback provided by the professor in your paper or on the grading rubric.

Instructions

In the Meaning portion of the paper, you are analyzing and exegeting the text verse-by-verse utilizing the commentaries and journal articles listed in your Bibliography. I should see a significant number of footnotes in this section as you interact with and engage with comments and observations of commentators and journal article authors. Pay attention to the text! Your interpretation of the text should be based in the text not imposed upon the text from some external source. The sources you use to assist you in your study of the text must be current (1950 to the present) and scholarly (written by academics with credentials that qualify them to write not popular treatments written for laity) using those found in the ATLA database as a guide. For example, J. Vernon McGee, although an outstanding popular Bible teacher in his day, is not a scholarly source.

Be sure to rely on the required hermeneutics text by Kaiser and Silva for guidance about how to do basic exegesis and interpretation of a biblical text and to utilize Ecologies of Faith in a Digital Age in analyzing your text from a spiritual formation perspective.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

This assignment is particularly designed to put course content into practice and for your own
personal experience & awareness. We must walk in the shoes of an addict to grasp a partial
concept of the challenges addicts face while using, being dependent on drugs, and trying to quit
the addiction. This experiment must capture your real struggles, temptations, withdrawals,
relapses, justifications, lies, etc., that comes with trying to quit an addiction of any kind. This
exercise will not make any sense unless you are fully committed to try it and be your most
honest self. Treat this experiment as serious as possible and pick something you have a deep
desire to quit/try/explore/learn to make it much more relevant and challenging enough.

1. This experiment must be: A two-week exercise in which you attempt to give up one of your
   addictions. Examples may include but are not limited to the following:
   Smoking
   Coffee
   Energy drinks (Redbull, Monster, etc)
   Sodas (soft drinks)
   Fast food/Junk food
   Hording on items
   Alcohol
   Marijuana
   Opioids/Pain killers
   Internet use
   Porno addiction
   Cellphone use
   Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and/or other social networks
   Sugar Addiction, eating sweets (candy, ice cream, cookies, cakes, etc.)
   Playing video games (play station)
   Computer games
   Napping/sleeping more than the average 8 hours needed.
   Netflix or other movie channels
   Other addiction not listed here.
2. You will be required to create a log in which you document brief details such as
   positive/negative feelings, thoughts, reactions, temptations, relapses, withdrawals symptoms,
   excuses, and any other details or struggle relevant to your unique case. The log must be clear
   with dates, times, what, when, where, why, etc. Enter brief explanations meant to guide you in
   the process of putting your abstinence paper together. The log must be typed and must not
   exceed more than two pages, preferable one page. Your log doesn’t follow a particular format,
   you can be creative by using a table or anything that works for you and for as long as is clear to
   follow and understand.
   Sample: Day One: On Monday, November 4, at 8:30am, I started my abstinence exercise and
   decided to be fully committed to try quitting my addiction to black coffee. I am so used to
   drinking coffee early in the morning that my usual routine is to gravitate to the kitchen and
   make my first cup of coffee for the day. I usually drink 3 cups of coffee per day… Once I
   remembered that I needed to stay committed to abstaining from it, I started having second
   thoughts & questioning myself if I can really do it. The thought of it alone made me crave coffee
   even more. I saw my mother holding a cup of coffee in her hands and the smell of it was hard to
   ignore. The smell of coffee is so satisfying to me. But I didn’t give in even with the triggers. Later
   in the afternoon, around 1:30pm, I was having an awful, pounding headache, I was wondering if
   my headache had anything to do with me not having my cup of coffee in the morning.
3. Abstinence Exercise Paper: This part of the assignment is the body of your paper. It is meant
   to capture your overall experience in trying to give up your addiction for two full weeks. It is
   typed in essay format. Here you introduce your addiction, you tell me about the impact it has
   had on you so far, the short and long-term health risks involved and if continued, the financial
   cost it has on you, how it affect you emotionally, physically, & mentally, if your addiction affects
   you in your interpersonal relationships with others like family, close friends, at work or school.
   Tell me about the impact your addiction has on your health. Here you also talked about the
   struggles you faced in the process, e.g., withdrawal symptoms, negative/positive emotions,
   relapses if any, justifications, lies, etc. What benefits did you find during the time you quit the
   addiction? Would you consider quitting your addiction in the long-term? What holds you back
   or what are your motivations to stay abstinent from your addiction?
    Four to five pages narrative, plus a title page, plus the log page.
    A reference page will be required only if you use any information from your textbook,
   research articles, websites, etc. References must be cited in APA format.
    The paper is typed in essay format as a narrative of your experience, typed in first-person
   since this is about you.
    Times New Roman, 12-size font, double space, and one-inch margins all around.
   This assignment is 30% of your final grade and it is due on Thursday, May 5, by 6:00pm. Your
   final must be uploaded under the assignments tab as a word document or PDF file. This
   assignment will not be shared in any forums for privacy and confidentiality rights of each
   student.
   Please email me at Cook_Y@heritage.edu or call me at my office: 509-865-8544, cellphone: 760-
   208-8825, if you have any further questions or concerns.

Please write short answers to the following questions to demonstrate your commitment to providing excellence in service to humanity. State your professional goals:    Identify community service projects/fundraising and/or volunteer work (includes community-based course work):List current memberships (organizations, campus clubs, and other affiliations):

Write a brief statement that demonstrates your commitment to the field of human services and your values/beliefs about becoming a helping professional (whether in the nonprofit arena or case management):  

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read or watch the following resources:

• Chapters 3 and 4 in your textbook,
• None of the Above – Why Standardized Testing Fails: Bob Sternberg at TEDxOStateU (Links to an external site.)
• Teleassessment With Children and Adolescents During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and Beyond: Practice and Policy Implications (Links to an external site.)
• Intelligence Tests for Different Age Groups and Intellectual Disability: A Brief Overview (Links to an external site.)

For this discussion, you are to explore a variety of intelligence tests or tests of achievement. Select at least three standardized, individually administered intelligence tests or tests of achievement from the lists below.

Note: It is common for there to be a delay between the time a test publisher updates a test and the time a textbook and other authors can update their information about the new version of the test. Be sure to do online research to make sure you are recommending the most current version of the test. If there is a newer version than the version discussed in the textbook, other readings, or listed below, discuss the newest version available.

List A (Select two tests from this list.)

• Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Fourth Edition (Bayley-4)
• Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, Normative Update (KABC-II-NU)
• Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Third Edition (KTEA-3)
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Fourth Edition (WIAT- IV)
• Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) Tests of Achievement
• Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) Tests of Cognitive Abilities

List B (Select one test from this list.)

• Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Fourth Edition (WPPSI – IV)
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition (WISC-V)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS–V)

Research up-to-date information about the tests you selected by visiting the test publishers’ websites, your required video and readings, and at least one additional peer-reviewed journal article published within the last 15 years. Review the resource from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library resource, Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.), for guidance on identifying a peer-reviewed journal article.

To successfully complete this discussion, your post must be at least 600 words and include the following:

• Identify the name of each test, author or authors, test publisher, and the publication year of the most recent version of the test.
• Explain what the test is purported to measure.
• Critique the test by including an evaluation of the test’s strengths and weaknesses based on scholarly research.
• Identify if the test has an alternate form for remote administration and discuss pros and cons of remotely administering the test.
• Create a brief scenario illustrating how the test(s) might be utilized in professional practice.
  • You may create one scenario incorporating all three tests or three individual scenarios.
  • Include relevant demographic information about the individuals to whom the test will be administered in your scenario (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, language, psychological or medical diagnoses, and relevant cultural or geographic information). Address any ethical, reliability, or validity concerns relevant to the scenario.
• Support ideas you share in your post by referencing the required resources for this week and at least one additional peer-reviewed journal article published within the last 15 years.

[WLO: 2] [CLO: 1]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the following resources:

• Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 in your text
• Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, And Intersectionality (Links to an external site.)
• Teleassessment With Children and Adolescents During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and Beyond: Practice and Policy Implications (Links to an external site.)
• Review the free tests available through the Authentic Happiness: Questionnaire Center (Links to an external site.).
  • To access the tests, you will be required to register for a free account. Select at least three tests to take or review the test items. You are not required to share the actual results of any test you choose to take.

Psychological tests are utilized in applied research for a variety of reasons. Tests can be used to select subjects to participate in experiments, to measure confounding variables, to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and interventions, or to determine psychometric properties such as validity of other tests.

In this assignment, you will consider the topic of measuring happiness in applied research. There is an extensive body of research on happiness and many measures of happiness and related constructs have been developed for research use. You will then write a paper that should model critical thought.

To successfully complete this assignment, organize your paper in the following manner using each of the headings provided below in boldface.

Introduction

Compose a one-paragraph introduction as described in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s resource, Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.).

Applied Research Project Summary

In your summary,

• Create a one-paragraph overview describing an applied research project related to measuring happiness. Include a research question and a hypothesis.
• Identify who your subjects will be (e.g., children in Grades 4 to 6, incarcerated adults, clients in PTSD group therapy program, corporate CEOs, middle managers, first responders). This list is not exhaustive.
  • Feel free to identify and discuss other subject populations for your project. Although not required, if you have studied research methods and are employing an experimental design, you are encouraged to identify your independent and dependent variables. You are also encouraged to propose your research project on a topic that is relevant to a field you would consider pursuing for your personal career.

Assessing Happiness and Related Constructs

In this section,

• List at least three questionnaires selected from the Authentic Happiness: Questionnaire Center (Links to an external site.) to include in your project.
• Summarize in one sentence what each test purports to measure.
• Explain how you will utilize the test in your study (e.g., subject selection, evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention, determining the validity of another instrument utilized elsewhere in your study or program, symptom monitoring).

Validity Concerns

In this section,

• Define each of the following terms using only the textbook, the instructor guidance, and scholarly sources in the order listed here: content validity, criterion-related validity, concurrent validity, construct validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and face validity.
  • Do not use Wikipedia, encyclopedias, dictionaries, or blogs for your definitions.
• Discuss how each type of validity might apply to your research project or to the questionnaires you selected. You may present the validity information as a bulleted list, a table, chart, or figure.
• Justify why you believe the tests you selected are appropriate and valid for the subjects on which you will base your research. If you are unable to justify the test as being appropriate and valid for a specific group, clearly state what the validity concerns are.
  • Apply information from the article Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, And Intersectionality (Links to an external site.).

Conclusions

Compose a one-paragraph conclusion as described in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s resource Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.).

In your conclusion, include any ethical concerns related to conducting your proposed research project and how knowledge obtained from your study could be utilized in an applied context.