Controversial Topic Position PaperWrite a 3-5-page paper in which you build arguments, counterarguments, and rebuttals, which will serve as practice for applying critical thinking skills.IntroductionNot surprisingly, there are multiple perspectives to consider when studying issues related to culture, ethnicity, and diversity. These perspectives are shaped by upbringing, values, belief systems, and many other variables. This assessment is an opportunity to explore both sides of a current controversial issue and apply psychological theory and research to endorse a position. While opinions are always informed by one's background and experiences, understanding and analyzing different viewpoints is essential for enhancing cultural competency. One way to accomplish this is by considering psychological frameworks and reviewing empirical evidence to better understand complex areas of diversity and inclusion.Competencies MeasuredBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Describe the effects of culture, ethnicity, and diversity on the human experience.Describe a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Competency 2: Apply psychological theories to issues affecting culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Identify counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Competency 3: Analyze psychological research findings related to culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Identify rebuttals to counterarguments using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Assess the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Competency 4: Apply psychological theory and research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to inform personal and professional behavior.Describe own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.Cite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.Write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.PreparationFor this assessment, you will choose one of the four following controversial topics from your Taking Sides text and write a position paper of 3-5 content pages (plus title and references pages) that answers the question posed by the title.D'Angelo, R., & Douglas, H. (2017). Taking sides: Clashing views in race and ethnicity (11th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.Do we need a common identity? (pages 19-37).Is racial profiling defensible public policy? (pages 117-126).Is the mass incarceration of Blacks and Latinos the new Jim Crow? (pages 222-235).Is gentrification another form of segregation? (pages 236-246).To further prepare you can choose to:Review Issues Summary [DOCX] to help you select your topic.Review Riverbend City: Arguments, Counterarguments, and Rebuttals. Your answers in the media piece will help you with this assessment.Review the media piece about how to define what constitutes Reliable Evidence.InstructionsUsing the Capella library and other appropriate sources, explore scholarly research on both sides of your selected issue.Develop your position on the question using the corresponding Taking Sides essay as a foundation.Organize your paper as follows:Title page.Introduction.Your position and arguments.Evidence to support your arguments (i.e., data and research), including how the evidence supports the arguments.Counterarguments to your position.Rebuttals to those counterarguments.Evidence to support your rebuttals (i.e., data and research), including how the evidence supports the rebuttals.Summary and Conclusion.References.This APA Style Paper Template [DOCX] is provided for your convenience.Additional RequirementsRemember that the content of your paper must be 3-5 pages in length.In addition to the essay, use a minimum of 5 resources, at least 2 of which are peer-reviewed academic articles.Follow APA style and formatting guidelines throughout.Set your paper in Times New Roman, 12 point.Review the scoring guide before submitting your assessment to ensure that you meet all criteria. Refer to the helpful links in Resources as you complete your assessment.Consider saving this assessment to your ePortfolio.Competencies MeasuredBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Describe the effects of culture, ethnicity, and diversity on the human experience.Describe a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Competency 2: Apply psychological theories to issues affecting culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Identify counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Competency 3: Analyze psychological research findings related to culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Identify rebuttals to counterarguments using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Assess the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Competency 4: Apply psychological theory and research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to inform personal and professional behavior.Describe own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.Cite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.Write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.Controversial Topic Position Paper Scoring GuideCRITERIANON-PERFORMANCEBASICPROFICIENTDISTINGUISHEDDescribe a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Does not describe a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Describes a controversial topic, but does not capture key current issues related to the topic.Describes a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Analyzes a controversial topic and key current issues related to the topic.Describe own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Does not describe own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Describes own personal or professional position on a topic without support of psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Describes own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Describes own personal or professional position on a topic supported by psychological theories as well as research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity.Identify counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Does not identify counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Identifies counterarguments to own position, but does not use psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Identifies counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Identifies counterarguments to own position, using psychological theories as well as research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the counterarguments.Identify rebuttals to counterarguments using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Does not identify rebuttals to counterarguments using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Identifies rebuttals to counterarguments but does not use psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Identifies rebuttals to counterarguments using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Identifies rebuttals to counterarguments using both psychological theories and research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support the rebuttals.Assess the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Does not assess the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Reasserts but does not assess the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Assesses the strength of the original position using psychological theories or research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own views.Assesses the strength of the original position using psychological theories and research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to support own viewsCite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.Does not cite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.Cites scholarly evidence with some errors in APA style and format.Cites scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.Cites scholarly evidence in APA style and format, without error.Write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.Does not write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.Writes in a manner that is inconsistently scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.Writes in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.Writes in an exemplary manner that is exceptionally scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.

There is an obesity epidemic in the United States, with increased incidence of Type II diabetes. There is evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in these rates. Use the conceptual model Axis of Nested Hierarchies outlined in Glass et al (2006) as a guide to develop dynamic hypotheses that could explain racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes rates. Address multiple levels in mapping individual, social, and institutional factors. Not all levels need be incorporated, but multiple levels from genomic [underwater] to global [uphill] must be considered. Include facilitators and barriers.Construct a rich picture (eco map) to map issues and concerns among the stakeholders. This should include identifying motivations and perceptions of stakeholders (individuals, health care workers, society, and institutions); identifying formal and informal structures, hierarchies, and networks; process of how things flow; and outcomes including intended and unintended.Construct a causal loop diagram (CLD), using the information from the rich picture and IRD, that demonstrates the dynamic hypothesis or hypotheses. The CLD should contain minimally one balancing or reinforcing loop that may include positive and negative attributes.In conjunction with the CLD, present a paragraph that summarizes the CLD in wordsOptional: Construct an interrelationship digraph (IRD) that builds on the rich picture in order to explore myriad interactions of the key variables that can have an impact on outcomes (Submit under Optional Assignment in the Assignments section.Notes:Attached is the Axes of Nested Hierarchies. Glass2006.pdfThe readings provide information on factors to be considered. The online module and Diez Roux paper provides information on the tools themselves.

Assignment Week 4aFiskars Case StudyReview the Fiskars Case study and answer the following questions following the assignment guidelines below.How did enlisting Fiskateers help the brand?How can a company like Fiskars gain the most out of a WOM program? What obstacles may have to be overcome internally?How do you measure WOM success?Why do people, in particular young women, want to be part of an online interest group such as Fiskars’ fanpage?Assignment Requirements:Write between 200-300 words per question using Microsoft WordBe sure when answering each question, you incorporate concepts from the chapter and/or lecture to show your understanding of the topic.Use font size 12, 1” margins and double spaced.Include cover page & reference page (if needed)At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writingNo more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Textbook, lectures and other materials in the course may be used but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.References must come from sources such as scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc are not acceptable for academic writing.