Invervention Proposal (all assignments mentioned below are attached) In Week Three, you created a literature review around the scenario that you selected in Week One (scenario is below). For the Week Six assignment, you will create an intervention proposal that contains a professional recommendation for the chosen case study. The Intervention Proposal should incorporate the Week Three Literature Review and Week One Annotated Bibliography assignments. In a 10- to 12-page paper (not including the title page or references page) the student will:  Briefly restate the problem from the chosen case study. Compose a thesis statement that contains the student’s professional recommendation. The thesis statement should be located near the end of the second paragraph of the report. Explain the relevant theories and empirical studies that have led to the student’s professional recommendation. The explanation must include evaluations of seven to eight, peer-reviewed articles from the Annotated Bibliography that was created in Week Two. At least one of these articles must be about a specific empirical study. In addition, the explanation must: Evaluate each article (comparing and contrasting them with the other articles) and answer the following questions: What was the researchers’ research question? What was their hypothesis? How many participants did they have? Was the research design method appropriate for that particular hypothesis? Was it valid? Did their findings support the hypothesis? What are the implications? What are the limitations? Discuss the opposing sides to the student’s recommendation and explain: Why it is relevant. Why it should be considered. Why it should be discounted for this recommendation. Discuss any limitations or gaps in existing research. Restate the professional recommendation in one to two concluding paragraphs. The paper must include a title page and references page, and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Organization tip: It is best to start with the least related and most broad article and move toward the most relevant. It can be helpful to think of the organization for this report as a funnel: The articles evaluated should get more and more specific and narrow in breadth throughout the report. Language Note: This report is being written for an audience that is not familiar with the theories and material that are discussed. This means that the paper needs to be accessible to all individuals. All technical terms, acronyms, and theories should be explained and jargon should be avoided. Scenario Three: The Psychology of Disaster Preparedness In September 2003 a Category Two hurricane made landfall in a town that was ill prepared for such a natural disaster. The hurricane claimed over 100 lives and caused approximately $1.4 billion in damages. This large American city had not experienced a natural disaster of this proportion for more than 100 years.

1. Invervention Proposal (all assignments mentioned below are
attached)
In Week Three, you created a literature review around the
scenario that you selected in Week One (scenario is below). For
the Week Six assignment, you will create an intervention
proposal that contains a professional recommendation for the
chosen case study. The Intervention Proposal should incorporate
the Week Three Literature Review and Week One Annotated
Bibliography assignments.
In a 10- to 12-page paper (not including the title page or
references page) the student will:
Briefly restate the problem from the chosen case study.
Compose a thesis statement that contains the student’s
professional recommendation. The thesis statement should be
located near the end of the second paragraph of the report.
Explain the relevant theories and empirical studies that have led
to the student’s professional recommendation. The explanation
must include evaluations of seven to eight, peer-reviewed
articles from the Annotated Bibliography that was created in
Week Two. At least one of these articles must be about a
specific empirical study. In addition, the explanation must:
Evaluate each article (comparing and contrasting them with the
other articles) and answer the following questions:
What was the researchers’ research question?
What was their hypothesis?

2. How many participants did they have?
Was the research design method appropriate for that particular
hypothesis? Was it valid?
Did their findings support the hypothesis?
What are the implications?
What are the limitations?
Discuss the opposing sides to the student’s recommendation and
explain:
Why it is relevant.
Why it should be considered.
Why it should be discounted for this recommendation.
Discuss any limitations or gaps in existing research.
Restate the professional recommendation in one to two
concluding paragraphs.
The paper must include a title page and references page, and it
must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in
the Ashford Writing Center.
Organization tip: It is best to start with the least related and
most broad article and move toward the most relevant. It can be
helpful to think of the organization for this report as a funnel:
The articles evaluated should get more and more specific and
narrow in breadth throughout the report.
Language Note: This report is being written for an audience that

3. is not familiar with the theories and material that are discussed.
This means that the paper needs to be accessible to all
individuals. All technical terms, acronyms, and theories should
be explained and jargon should be avoided.
Scenario Three: The Psychology of Disaster Preparedness
In September 2003 a Category Two hurricane made landfall in a
town that was ill prepared for such a natural disaster. The
hurricane claimed over 100 lives and caused approximately $1.4
billion in damages. This large American city had not
experienced a natural disaster of this proportion for more than
100 years. Therefore, none of the current citizens had any
personal knowledge of exactly what preparations might be in
order to survive such an event. In the wake of the storm
prosocial (helping) behaviors to aid hurricane victims were at
an all-time high. Unfortunately, many lives were lost as a direct
result of the lack of pre-disaster preparedness on the part of the
citizens residing in the affected city.
Local and federal emergency management agencies have
researched extensively what went wrong with their disaster
response plans. Findings show that they were adequately
prepared to respond to a disaster once it happened but that they
were seriously lacking in preparing citizens to take seriously the
possibility that disaster could strike at any time. In fact, in the
days leading up to the approaching storm, many warnings were
issued to the public to take precautions up to and including
evacuation. However, public perception appeared to be that the
media and local leaders were exaggerating the level of imminent
danger. A recent national survey shows that even in light of this
disaster and the widespread publicity it received, Americans are
no more prepared for this type of catastrophe than they were in

4. 2003 (FEMA, 2006).
These results are worrisome to federal and local authorities, and
to disaster preparedness teams who attempt to warn the public
of impending danger. The frustration lies in the fact that tactical
plans for responding are well implemented, practiced, and
executed successfully when disaster strikes. However,
persuading the public to take seriously their personal
responsibility has been a
massive failure. Officials now realize that they need the advice
of an applied social psychology expert to help them implement
social marketing to raise public awareness of the need for
disaster preparedness.
FEMA has retained you, an applied social psychology expert, to
provide a scholarly analysis of the scientific, peer-reviewed
literature on the factors related to attitude and behavior change
such as risk perception, persuasion theories, persuasion
techniques, motivation, and self-efficacy. You
PSY610: Applied Social Psychology Scenarios for Intervention
Proposal must also render a professional opinion regarding your
conclusion as to what FEMA officials can do to elicit greater
public trust and participation in pre-disaster preparation
particularly in towns where natural disasters are not likely to
occur. Your opinion should be based on the scientific, peer-
reviewed social psychology research that you reviewed. The
following peer-reviewed journal articles are a good place to
start to familiarize yourself with the social psychology of
disaster preparedness.