PSY 2-2

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In this course, you will be asked to complete three journal assignments in which you reflect on “raising” a teen from birth through age 18 years. In these assignments, you will be required to reflect on your readings and personal experiences as you consider the unique challenges of three different developmental stages: ages birth to 10 years, ages 10 to 14 years, and ages 14 to 18 years. Imagine yourself as a parent of a child. You will raise your child from birth through age 18. As you read the course materials, you should imagine (and even keep notes about) scenarios that illustrate the concepts and theories in the readings and how they “connect” with the child you are raising.

For this week let us consider parenting from birth to 10 years and let us also consider culture. Put yourself in the role of the parent. Imagine many scenarios for parenting at these ages. At mealtimes, your kids are being “fussy eaters,” which is something the French typically don’t cater to, instead serving children the same meals they themselves eat. How about bedtimes? What time does your child go to bed? Do you have set bedtimes? In Argentina, parents let children stay up until 10:00 p.m. so they can participate more fully in family life (Bernstein, 2016). And do you let your first grader walk home from school by themselves? Japanese parents often let 7-year-olds ride the subway by themselves. A cultural norm of group reliance means that Japanese parents can depend on other members of the community to keep their children safe (Hoy, 2015). As you raise your child, it is clear that you have many aspects of their lives to consider. For this journal entry, consider—from your readings and from your own experiences—the challenges of raising a child from birth to 10 years and the cultural influences in their development.

Specifically, answer the following questions:

  1. How does culture have an impact on your child as he or she begins the journey into adolescence?
  2. How is this impact similar to or different from your own experiences?
  3. As a child, where were you raised and which cultural group most influenced your development?
  4. How did these influences shape your adolescence and emerging adulthood?

                                                         REFERENCES:

Bernstein, R. (2016). Parenting around the world: Child-rearing practices in different cultures. https://www.tuw.edu/health/child-rearing-practices-different-cultures/

Hoy, Selena. (2015, September 28). Why are little kids in Japan so independent? Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/in-japan-small-children-take-the-subway-and-run-errands-alone#:~:text=Parents%20in%20Japan%20regularly%20send,a%20task%20for%20their%20family

Homework Assistance DP 12

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minimum of 250-300 

Scenarios:

A researcher wants to know why individuals in Community A have a higher rate of a rare form of cancer when compared to those living in Community B. To find out the reasons for the differences in cancer rates in these two communities, the investigator surveyed residents about their lifestyle, noted the types of businesses that were present in the community and searched medical records. The researcher found that the headquarters for the Toxico Chemical Plant is located in Community A, there is a higher rate of cigarette smoking in this community and residents tended to delay or skip going to the doctor for an annual checkup. In Community B, the largest employer was a department store and on average, residents did not smoke as much as residents from Community A. However, like individuals from Community A, Community B residents tended to delay or skip their annual checkups with their doctor. 

Instructions:

  1. Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
    1. What makes this a descriptive study?
    2. What type of data collection method was used in this scenario?  What type of collection methods are usually used in descriptive studies?
    3. Why did the researcher collect information about the lifestyle of community residents? What about the type of businesses present in each community? Medical records?
    4. Can the investigator establish that the chemical plant and cigarette smoking are the cause for the higher rate of cancer among those in Community A?
    5. Can the investigator establish that lower smoking rates and the absence of a chemical factory explain the lower rate of cancer among those in Community B?

Division of Family and Children

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 Your Final Project for this course is an evaluation plan. An evaluation plan outlines what you intend to monitor or measure and how, along with a plan on how your results will improve the program itself or decision making regarding it. By this time, you have explored different types of evaluation, explored academic discourse, and researched leaders in the field, so it should be apparent how varied program evaluation applications can be. For this reason, there is no prescribed layout or specific list of required components that need to be in your plan. Rather, you are encouraged to use the Shakman and Rodriguez (2015) and CDC (2011) documents in this week’s Learning Resources, along with other resources of your choosing, to craft an appropriate plan for your assessment needs and interest area.

You can create the plan for an existing program in your professional life or you can locate a published program description and work from that premise. Note that the project is to write a plan, not to execute on the plan. This means that the project is a planning exercise that will permit you to explore the ideas around evaluation methodologies, analysis of outcomes, and best practices for writing and reporting. As your research and class discussions have demonstrated across the quarter, there are a wide variety of approaches to evaluation. You will use your judgment as to which approaches will work for you—and as a scholar you will know about the rest.

While the plan you develop may have value for your workplace, the project in this course is not intended to be used as action research or impact research during this quarter. As a student working on a course project, you would need to undergo university approval for such work; that approval process is not part of this course.

By Day 7

Submit all parts of the Final Project, which include the following:

  • A 5- to 10-page proposal for an evaluation plan, reflecting evaluation elements presented in the Shakman and Rodriguez (2015) and CDC (2011) resources, or other resources of your choosing.
  • The presentation should be professional, as if it were being prepared for an agency.
  • A reference list in APA format. Start the reference list on a new page, labeling it as an appendix.

POP-CULTURE/SELF-HELP RELATIONSHIP BOOK CRITIQUE

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Rationale:  

The main goal for writing this paper is analyze a popular culturerelationship book, using both personal and academic expertise to critique the claims made in the book.  In doing this, communication graduate students will demonstrate how to read various information sources, identify key features of each, critique and analyze these in a logical and orderly way, recognize overlaps with other materials, and then take a stand of their own.   Finally the practice of professional writing is a process, and this assignment adds to this process of practice and incremental improvement.

Basics for the Paper:

• 3-4 pages double spaced, 12 pt. font, standard margins• Professional objective writing style (“Based on evidence A, this means that…”) as opposed to subjective writing style (i.e., “I believe that…” “In my experience…”) • Title page  (title, name, school, date)• Properly cited paper and reference page in APA or MLA format (+3 academic sources)

Steps for Completion:

1. Acquire a pop-culture/self-help book that you haven’t read already.   Examples of books in recent history that fit this mold would be “Women are from Mars, men are from Venus,”  “He’s not that into you,”  “Coping with Difficult People.” Acquire professor’s approval for your selected text (DUE NEXT WEEK)2. Read the entire book, taking notes on aspects (i.e., ideas, arguments, examples) that jump out at you as significant or relevant to class, relational communication field or research, personal reasons, etc.3. Draft #1:   Organize your paper into three sections:  Overview of the book, three main points, and Conclusion/Summary.   NOTE:  Content in each section below represents ideas for what to write about, not necessarily a strict list of requirements.a. Overview:  This section should introduce the book and your critique, as well as give us a peek at the general relational ground the book covers, how it informs the reader (i.e., advice, description), and perhaps information about the writer.  It should ultimately convey the structure for the following section.b. Three Main Points:  Based on what you read, what jumps out at you as the most important aspects of the reading as they relate your experience of these ideas, the readings we do in this class, overlapping theory, or big picture society stuff?   Remember this is a communication class, so keep in mind the overall thrust should be about what your book and its points say about communication lessons/behavior/messages.c. Conclusion/Summary:  Pull it together…what do these three points (above) say in general about how the text informs not only a general “mainstream America” audience, but also relational/interpersonal/general communication scholars?  Is it garbage?  Informed garbage?  The new modern relationship handbook?  The next great American novel?  4. Draft #2:  After you have sufficiently walked away and thought about your ideas as they stand, rewrite, reject and reintroduce, or revise your previous draft.  Consider how ideas flow together, how you summarize the collection of points you make, and how you are using other academic sources or quotes within the primary book to support your points.  If a paragraph seems flimsy or on the other hand too cumbersome, consider what you want to say and if you are saying it with enough substance or too much.  Think about how paragraphs lead into each other.5. Final Draft #3:  After you have walked away again, read the paper for grammar, punctuation, quotation, or other writing issues.   Double check your use of objective vs. subjective writing (if you are confused or having trouble with this, read any of our assigned articles for ideas; they all use objective writing).  Double check your cited sources and your reference page, and ensure you’ve used proper format.  Correct tense confusion, passive vs. active voice mistakes, etc.6. Staple the paper in the upper-left hand corner of the paper.  Exhale.  Turn it in!

Final Checklist (before Turn-in):

o Page limit met (do not count title page and reference list toward page count)o Correct text size, color, spacing and formatting used o Writing structure reflects the three sections (Overview, Main Points, Conclusion)o Three academic sources have been used “in-text” to support claims in a substantive way, and also are not on our class reading list (you have found them independently)o Paragraphs are mostly between 3 and 6 sentences long.  o Evidence, in the form of citations and quotations, is accurately and completely cited according to APA or MLA style.o Reference page reflects APA or MLA style, and features everything you cite in the paper.o Staple in the upper right hand corner;  Pages are in the correct order.o Double check the entire document before you hand it in.  Everything should reflect your final and complete effort on the paper.

Dr. Beck’s Suggestions & Helpful Tips:

• Take clear (not excessive) notes as you read, with the goal of helping yourself to organize the paper later on.  When you are immersed in a text/source sometimes a connection to a theory, example, or another source is most clear at that particularmoment.  Don’t lose the moment!• Each of us knows how long it takes to write papers, but I’m asking you to write something “three drafts” worthy.  If you turn in a “one draft” worthy paper it will most likely show.  Put in the time and you will have a higher quality product (which is the bar for graduate level work).

ESSAY

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Essay needed for WS2010 Introduction to Women’s Studies

Purpose: The purpose of a cultural analysis essay (based on historical artifacts) is to demonstrate in writing your ability to think critically about specific historical evidence (primary sources), usually written artifacts such as literature, letters and other first person accounts, and legal/political documents or visual artifacts such as art, advertisements and other media.

Your writing should demonstrate your ability to understand and appreciate the selected historical artifacts in context and to apply major concepts and interpretive approaches from Women’s Studies to those artifacts.  The best essays will address the social and cultural dynamics that influenced or shaped the creation of the specific artifact(s).

A cultural analysis essay is not a book report; your writing should aim to provide analytical and interpretive thought that is not immediately evident in the historical artifacts themselves.

Instructions: Select one to four specific historical artifacts from our course textbook* and develop a focused cultural analysis based on one of the following five topics:

1. How does the intersection of gender and economic or social class inform the construction or creation of visual or written artifacts from a specific historical period?

2. How does the intersection of gender and ethnicity, “race,” or national origin inform the construction or creation of visual or written artifacts from a specific historical period?

3. How are attitudes and approaches to gender expressed differently across the generations? (Please select artifacts that are at least 50 years apart.)

4. How are attitudes and approaches to gender represented differently in diverse geographic regions within the United States (e.g. North-South; East Coast-Western territories)?

5. How have specific male historical figures contributed to and/or productively informed women’s rights movements in the United States and what does this reveal about the construction of gender in our culture?

*The blue framed pages at the end of each chapter offer the best starting point for identifying specific historical artifacts, although students may also select material from within the chapters so long as that material is a specific artifact and not general textbook passages. Specific artifacts most likely are: paintings, photographs, advertisements, letters, first person accounts, newspaper columns, poems, legal briefs, or political documents.

Expectations: Cultural Analysis Essays should be composed to college-level standards of grammar and organization; your essay should be well developed with supporting evidence from both the artifact(s) at the focus of your analysis and relevant scholarly sources.

Strong written analysis includes the following:

· A specific introduction that provides relevant, contextual background of the focus artifact or artifacts,

· A clear statement of the overall interpretation to be offered in the essay, such as through a purpose statement or thesis,

· A consistent interpretive focus on the features of the primary sources, the artifacts themselves: What do they express? What does this expression mean? How, specifically, is this expression conveyed? Why might the original author/creator have chosen to produce this specific artifact in this way (and for whom)?

· An awareness of both the intentional, obvious features of the artifacts and the unconscious, unintentional or culturally influenced aspects of the artifacts, such a biases or other historically-informed values and beliefs,

· A concluding analysis that suggests the larger significance of the artifact(s) for its originating context as well as our own time, and

· Precisely documented quotations or evidence from the primary sources (the artifacts) as well as secondary sources (research) via MLA format; at least two (but no more than five in an essay of this length) relevant secondary sources should be referenced.

Suggested length: 4-6 pages

Course text book Through Women’s Eyes, Combined Volume: An American History with Documents, 3Rd Edition.

No plagiarism and budget of $30 needed by 10 Aug 18

MGT560:module12-Authentic Leadership

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Directions:

  • Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Use  APA style guidelines.
  • Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least (FOUR)current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published in the last five years.

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Authentic leadership focuses on leadership that is genuine and real. Whether something is genuine and real may likely be in the mind of the individual evaluating it or experiencing it.

  • Examine the usefulness of authentic leadership in organizations by identifying research that supports or refutes authentic leadership as a determinant of organizational or individual success.
  • Identify elements of authentic leadership. Describe the behavioral elements that one might objectively see in an authentic leader.
  • Include the role of emotional intelligence in authentic leadership.
  • Identify a nationally or internationally recognizable, currently living business figure who might be described as an authentic leader and justify your selection of that individual.
  • Next, critically evaluate your authentic leadership skills in relation to the behavioral elements and emotional intelligence you identified as important. Identify any areas for personal growth as a result of this examination.

    NOTE: the chapter has been attached to know the context or more information.

Week 4 Final Paper

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 THE PAPER IS DUE: WEDNESDAY of WEEK 4 by 11:59 PM ET. Your paper should be submitted via the Final Paper Submission link above as an APA 7th ed. format Microsoft Word Document.
YOU MAY SUBMIT YOUR PAPER ONLY ONE TIME, SINCE IT GOES THROUGH A PLAGIARISM DETECTION PROGRAM.You will be required to turn in a 5 page research paper including one title page and one reference page about a high profile manager (one of the ten CEOs listed below). Please include the following:

  • Information about this person’s personal and professional background related to their current role as a CEO (This information should be minimal)
  • The CEO’s specific management style and skills (This is the focus of your paper. Use the concepts you learned in this course, the professional articles from the Online Keiser Library, and other professional websites.)
  • Research regarding why this person is (or is not) such an effective manager/leader. Please address their display of social responsibilities, ethical practices, and any supported regulations. (This is also the focus of your paper. Use the concepts you learned in this course, the course textbook, the journal articles and professional articles from the Online Keiser Library and other professional websites.) 

It is required you use at least three articles found in the Online Keiser Library dated from 2012 to present as references.You may pick one of the following high profile CEOs as the topic of your paper (pictures on the left):

  • Meg Whitman (Hewlett Packard/eBay)
  • Eric Schmidt (Google)
  • Antonio Reid (Epic Records)
  • Brenda C. Barnes (Sara Lee)
  • John T. Chambers (Cisco Systems)
  • Andrea Jung (Avon)
  • Gary Kelly (Southwest)
  • Kenneth C. Frazier (Merck & Co, Inc)
  • Elon Musk (Tesla Motors, and SpaceX)
  • Bob Iger (Disney)

Your APA 7th ed. paper is required to include the following:

  • Title page
  • An Abstract is not required.
  • An Introduction
  • Five (5) pages of content including the Title and Reference pages in the body of your paper (double-spaced) in Times New Roman 12 pt. font of cited research in APA 7th ed. format.
  • You should access the Online Keiser Library and use articles you find there. Your articles should be peer-reviewed journal articles and/or professional sources. You should also use your course textbook and other online professional websites in addition to the three required online library articles. All sources are required to be published from 2012 to 2021. Please read the list of sources that are not accepted below. 
  • A Conclusion at the end of your paper
  • The Introduction and Conclusion are considered part of the main body of your paper and should not be placed on separate pages
  • Reference page in correct APA 7th ed. format 
  • You should have a minimum of 5 pages in total
  • Please use this APA 7th ed. format paper template provided. You can type directly in the template. Just click on on this link below. Be sure to click ‘Save’ when it opens.

ITSD322U4DB

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One of the central concepts of Object-Oriented Programming is class inheritance. This allows a new custom class to inherit and extend the properties and methods of a base class to suit the specific needs of the application.

Example:

“Cars” (base class) (level 1)

  • bodyStyle (property)
  • color (property)

Gasoline (inherits from “Cars”) (level 2)

  • displacement (property)
  • emissions (property)

Electric (inherits from “Cars”) (level 2)

  • batterySize (property)
  • regenerativeBraking (property)

Ford (inherits from “Gasoline”) (level 3)

  • model (property)
  • (additional properties – features, options and accessories)

Tesla (inherits from “Electric”) (level 3)

  • model (property)
  • (additional properties – features, options and accessories)

Using your knowledge, experience and ideas, and considering what you’ve learned from the unit learning activities and other resources, create a set of custom classes in three inheritance levels for an application for a business or organization (like the example above). You will not program this application, just think about it and discuss it. The first level, consisting of a single custom class, should represent the highest conceptual level, with each subsequent level being more specific and more likely to apply to a real product or service. The second and third levels should have 2-3 classes each, with the classes on the third level inheriting from classes in the second level.

In your replies to fellow students, consider the custom classes they’ve devised and the program they envision. Suggest additional classes, and/or additional properties and/or methods that would enhance these classes and the overall functionality of the application.

Discussion: Affirmations

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Affirmations are statements that emphasize service users’ strengths and reflect a sincere appreciation for who they currently are. Contrary to popular belief, affirmations are not the same as compliments. Compliments typically begin with “I” while affirmations begin with “you.” For example, a compliment is, “I think you are demonstrating great determination to overcome your addiction because you showed up to the appointment today and you refuse to give up.” An affirmation is, “You are demonstrating great determination to overcome your addiction because you showed up to the appointment today and you refuse to give up.”

While affirmations can help build a service user’s self-confidence to change, they can also have the opposite effect if a service user believes that the affirmations are not genuine. Therefore, it is important to get to know the service user and use affirmations that accurately capture their strengths.

In this Discussion, you will use affirmations with the service user from the case study you were assigned in Week 2. 

To Prepare

  • Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
  • Review the Learning Resources on affirmations.
  • Go to the Hart City virtual community using the link that is provided in the Learning Resources. Once you are in the community, review the case study you were assigned.
  • Create three affirmations you would use with the service user from the case study to help them identify their critical needs. 

Identify the Hart City case study you were assigned in the subject line of your post.

Now that you have identified your Hart City service user’s most critical needs, post an explanation of how you will help them identify those needs using affirmations. In your explanation, provide three affirmations you would use with the service user, and explain why you chose them.

Apply: Getting Familiar With SAS®

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Assignment Content

  1. This assignment walks you through the steps necessary to import data, run analyses on that data, and interpret the results. After you complete this assignment, you will be familiar with why and how companies use SAS®. Completing this assignment will help you successfully complete all of the remaining assignments in this course. 

    Good For You! Bakery, a commercial bakery with national distribution that specializes in shelf-stable bars characterized by a high protein, fiber, and mineral profile, has gathered sales data over the four years it’s been in business. Competition has increased over the last couple of years, and thanks to a steadily contracting economy, profit margins have become tight. 

    Eileen Dover, CEO of Good For You! Bakery, wants to try to streamline operations to reduce overhead costs. She has asked you to identify the states in which the company has historically sold the most product, and the states in which it has sold the least. This information will help Ms. Dover decide where to focus the company’s marketing and distribution efforts. 

    For this assignment, you will run SAS® analytics to answer the following questions:

    • In which states has the Good For You! Bakery sold the most product from 2013 – 2017?
    • In which states has the company sold the least product from 2013 – 2017?
    • What recommendation regarding marketing and distribution, if any, would you make to the CEO based on this analysis? 
    • Follow the instructions in the Week 1 Assignment Instructions document to complete this assignment. The data you will be using for this assignment is located in the Week 1 Assignment Data file.

      Submit your SAS® program and your Microsoft® Word document answering the assignment questions.

      Resources

    • Center for Writing Excellence
    • Reference and Citation Generator
    • Grammar Assistance
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