Assignment: Strategies For Change And Macro-Level Interventions

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

2. 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.

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

The Assignment (3-4 pages):

1. Describe the global issue you selected.

2. 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.

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

• Bottom-up

• Middle-out

• Top-down

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