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Assignment: Strategies for Change and Macro-Level Interventions

Child soldiers, HIV/AIDS, and education in war-torn countries are just some examples of macro-issues of global significance that are in need of macro interventions. Global psychologists intervene by implementing strategies called change strategies. The three change strategies detailed in your text are top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out. Top-down strategies are those that top-level leaders implement by directing action to those who report to them. Bottom-up strategies work from the grassroots. In bottom-up strategies, laypeople work together to create change. Middle-out strategies are implemented by mid-level leaders to influence top-level leaders as well as their public constituencies. In this Application, you review macro-issues and their macro-level interventions, identify a global issue that might benefit from the presence of a psychologist, and consider strategies that might be used to intervene in such situations.

To prepare for this Assignment:

· Review Chapter 9 in your course text, paying particular attention to the section that addresses change strategies.

· Identify one global issue currently in the news that might benefit from a macro-level intervention that includes a psychologist.

· Think about one bottom-up change strategy a psychologist might use to intervene and address the issue, one middle-out strategy, and one top-down strategy.

· For each strategy, consider which specific change strategy might be the most effective in addressing the issue you selected.

The Assignment (3–4 pages):

· Describe the global issue you selected.

· Determine the macro-level intervention (that includes a psychologist) that you assert will work best in this situation. Explain why you believe this intervention will work best.

· Provide examples of how a psychologist may use each of the following change strategies to address the situation:

· Bottom-up

· Middle-out

· Top-down

· Explain which change strategy or which combination of strategies you believe would be the most effective in addressing the situation and why.

Note: Support the responses within your Assignment with evidence from the assigned Learning Resources. Provide a reference list for resources you used for this Assignment.

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Please read and view (where applicable) the following Learning Resources before you complete this week's assignments.

Course Text: Stevens, M. J., & Gielen, U. P. (2007). Toward a glob al psychology: Theory, research, intervention, and pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

· Chapter 9, "Macro-Level Interventions: Psychology, Social Policy, and Societal Influence Processes"

Website

Unite for Children (UNICEF). (n.d.). Photo essays. Retrieved January 31, 2017, from http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/index-pe.html

 

This UNICEF site houses a collection of photo essays which powerfully depict global issues and crises.