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Unit Assignments
Unit I Article Critique
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Write My Essay For Me- Use apa.org and asanet.org to research and select two articles or documents that address how psychology and sociology influence human behavior. You may select one article for psychology and another for sociology, or you may select two articles and address both psychology and sociology. Regardless, you will submit only one assignment to address both articles you selected.
- In the first paragraph, provide an overview of the articles.
- In the second paragraph, discuss how sociology and psychology influence human behavior.
- In the third paragraph, provide more specific details of the articles.
- In the fourth paragraph, provide at least two examples of how you have experienced or been exposed to these two concepts influencing behavior.
- In the fifth paragraph, include a summary or conclusion.
Your completed assignment must be at least one to two pages and include a cover page.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit II Essay
Examine three fires that have occurred in your home town over the past year that you believe could be attributed to socioeconomic factors. In a 500 word essay, describe the fires, and discuss two socioeconomic factors that you believe most contributed to these fires, and why. (You may have the same two for each fire, or two different factors for each fire.) Discuss what you would do as a fire-service personnel to reduce similar fires in the future.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit V Article Critique
Research and select an article related to one of the following:
- a live fire training evolution that resulted in fire fighter injuries,
- a live fire training evolution that resulted in a fire fighter fatality,
- a commercial structure fire that resulted in fire fighter injuries,
- a commercial structure fire that resulted in a fire fighter fatality, a high-rise fire that resulted in fire fighter injuries, and
- a high-rise fire that resulted in a fire fighter fatality.
Complete a critique of the article. Your completed article critique must include a separate paragraph for each of the following:
- a brief introduction and overview of the article,
- a description of the fire situation/environment the fire fighters are working in,
- a description of how the article relates to the other course information,
- a description of how psychology and/or sociology factors may influence fire fighter behavior while working at a fire emergency, and
- a discussion of your personal thoughts on how the fire behavior could have affected the human behavior of fire fighters.
The completed assignment should be no more than two pages in length, and should include the article link or reference. CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers; therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources must be followed.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation
Human Behavior Fire Research Project
Develop a PowerPoint presentation on one of the following topics:
- Human behavior/factors for public fire safety educators in your departments. Target Audience: Fire Safety Educators in your department.
- Model behavior for fires at a nursing home. Target Audience: Employees of a nursing home in your jurisdiction.
- Considerations of designing a fire drill for college dormitory residents. Target Audience: Dormitory Resident Assistants for a local college/university in your jurisdiction.
Once you have chosen your topic, your presentation should also incorporate:
- how psychology and sociology factors influence the human behavior within your topic;
- how socioeconomic factors may influence your topic;
- how human behavior affects evacuation and rescue procedures for you topic; and what aspects of panic does your topic audience need to be aware of?
Use the list of research documents located in Suggested Reading, as well as research documents you find on your own as sources for your presentation.
Your PowerPoint presentation:
- Should have at least 10 slides not including a title slide and a reference slide.
- Be creative. Use photos, graphs, etc.
- Must be specific to your department or your jurisdiction.
Click here for a PowerPoint tutorial if you need guidance in creating effective PowerPoint presentations.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII Research Paper
Research a historic fire where there was a large loss of life. Your research should include the specific behavior of the occupants once they were alerted to the fire. Were there issues with the number or locations of exits? Did the majority of occupants exit through one exit? Your paper should be four pages and follow APA format.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
