There are several efforts directed at teenagers that try to prevent them from using drugs. These efforts seem to have been met with mixed results. In this assignment, you will research the issues of drug use and prevention among adolescents.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in a Word document that is 1,500-2,000 words in length:
  • What does the literature say are the most important risk factors associated with adolescent drug use?
  • From your own perspective, what have been the trends in adolescent drug use over the past decade? Are there published statistics that can support your observations?
    • Which drugs do you feel are most commonly used?
    • Do you think drug use has been increasing or decreasing?
  • o What are 3 ways in which have been used to prevent adolescents from using drugs? Explain.
    • Have these approaches been successful? Explain and provide evidence.
  • What do you feel are the best methods for treating adolescents with drug problems? Why?
• All sources must be referenced using APA style.

Applying Learning Theory to Life

Preparation is key to any good research paper and presentation. Next
week, you will be creating your Final Paper and Presentation. It is
important to begin gathering your information and sources to fulfill
this project successfully. For your Final Paper, you will be designing a
training module proposal (not a full training module).
The title of this training module is “The Importance of Understanding
Your Learners’ Needs”. Essentially, you will be proposing the
information you would include for assisting managers gain knowledge in
how to meet the learning needs of their departmental employees.

In this week’s paper, you will be setting the stage to demonstrate your
understanding of the psychology of learning and how it can be applied to
a real-life scenario by creating a list of learning principles you may
want to incorporate into your training module. The group you are
hypothetically assigned to train has already been designed for you.  See
the “PSY331 Final Assessment Scenario“.

Although the Final Paper requires you to apply five principles to your
training, that you feel will best meet your diverse learners’ needs, you
will include a minimum of seven principles
in this assignment that will provide you with options for your final
design. The principles you choose may be from the following areas of
learning psychology: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, or
humanism. Be sure to review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five
for further guidance. You will also include five content areas that you
would want to include in a training such as this.

For this assignment, you will be evaluating the different types of
learning, which are indicated in the scenario for the final assignment,
and then list what content you intend to include in your training, based
on their needs.
 
Your paper must include the following:

• an explanation of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, and Humanism (one to two paragraphs each.)
• a description of seven areas of content (principles of learning)
  that you feel are the most important when teaching others about the
  importance of meeting leaner needs
  • Will you include information about multiple Intelligences or Emotional Intelligences?
  • Will you include how scaffolding differs from person to person?
  • What do you think is the most important?
  • Demonstrate your understanding of these principles by describing how they are important in creating effective learning.
• a description of seven strategies, based on theory, that you
  will include in your own training module to ensure learning success by
  the group of individuals you are wanting to train (will you use
  repetition based on Behaviorism? Will you use motivational rewards based
  on humanism?).
  • Analyze how learning and learning theory may affect this
    situation by listing seven possible strategies you might use in this
    training scenario and supporting their application through theoretical
    explanations.
  • an explanation about why you would use each strategy based
    on theory and each content matter based on importance (in your opinion).

To complete this successfully, also apply your research skills to
this content by synthesizing supporting evidence from at least three
scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library that defend these
strategies as the best options for your training.

Be sure to review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five for further guidance.

Writing the “Applying Learning Theory to Life” PaperThe Paper:

Overview: Your major mid-term assignment will be a three-part exploration of your own creative strengths and desires, in the form of a mid-length paper. Outside research is recommended (as detailed below), but not required. You will have the opportunity to shape the form of your response to a certain degree, but should address all three parts of the prompt with deep, serious engagement.

Format: Unless we discuss another format on an individual basis, your response should be a paper in three parts, with at least two well-developed paragraphs (about 250 words) per part. Be sure to address all aspects of the question, and that your own distinct voice is incorporated in the response. This is primarily a self-reflection, and so you are welcome to support your analysis with examples from your life.

Part I (Creative Self-Assessment): This section will require you to think deeply about your own creative strengths, and how you have put them into practice. Your response should be grounded in a major theory of creativity/intelligence (e.g. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence model), speaking directly to the conceptual framework it provides.

You are also welcome to utilize quiz-style assessments of creativity to help you think more deeply about your answer. You should utilize quality assessment tools from known scholars, and may be grounded in the insights of fields such as humanities, business management, neuroscience, or other academic fields. BuzzFeed and similar quizzes, which are not grounded in a particular theory of intelligence, should not be used.

You are welcome to draw from our previous reflection assignments in completing this section, but this version of your “skills inventory” should be considerably more in-depth.

Part II (Creativity-Expanding Exercise): This part of your midterm will be a sort of “live experiment” in utilizing your creativity in a new way. You should choose some creative pursuit that you haven’t engaged in extensively- in other words, not one of your usual hobbies. Then, get involved in that activity (either by yourself or in a group). Finally, write up an explanation of what your “experiment,” why you chose it, how you did at the chosen task, and what you learned.

You are welcome to choose an activity usually thought of as creative (such as writing poetry) or one which is not often thought of as a creative pursuit (such as playing pool), so long as you can explain how you see the activity as creative.

Part III (Creative Goals Statement): This part will require you to think about what aspects of your own creativity you would like to either utilize to a greater degree or strengthen. You should choose at least two creative strengths to discuss in a paragraph (or more) each. You may be specific (I want to understand algebra at a higher level) or general (I want to be able to express myself more), as long as your response is supported with details and examples.

Find an article on the internet outline a security breach or cyberattack. Provide a link to the article and suggest a control that would mitigate against that attack. Clearly explain why that control would be an effective mitigation strategy.

Comment on someone else’s post. Either agree or disagree with their suggest and provide a reason why you agree or disagree.

In your main post, throughly describe the attack and how it occurred. Also, if the article identifies a way to prevent the attack, also describe it in your main post. Your main post should be a minimum of 300 words and replies should be no less than 150 words.

The document need references and APA format

Respond to posting.

During this week, select one hour of the day when you are with other people and try not to communicate. During this hour, try your best not to communicate verbally and to keep nonverbal communication to a minimum. Take note of the opportunities for communication you passed up, how it felt when you couldn’t communicate, and how others reacted toward you. Once you get an initial reaction, if your behavior seems to be upsetting those around you, give a brief explanation that you are conducting an exercise for a communications class, and then go back to being non-communicative. Share your experience and to discuss what you noticed about your behavior and the behavior of others while you conducted this exercise