Author: chris

Due Week 4 and worth 175 points

In the land of free trade, the public does not view all industries as equal. Do you believe that is ethical? Do you believe that some industries are unfairly targeted? Should it be consumers’ choice to partake in products that are not healthy for them, or do those companies have an ethical obligation to protect people? In this assignment, you will choose one (1) industry to write about. Possible industries to research could be tobacco, soda, alcohol, casinos, or candy companies, just to name a few.

Write a one and a half to two (1½ – 2) page paper in which you:

1. Become an advocate for either the consumer or the industry. Prepare an argument explaining the major reasons why you support either the consumer or the industry.
2. Explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.
3. Discuss if you believe it is possible for a company to cater to both its best interest and that of the consumer conjointly or if one always has to prevail. Justify your response.
4. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities, and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Memory and learning can be complex. Have you ever been surprised by the fact that you can remember a song you learned years ago? Or have you struggled to remember a name you learned minutes ago? Consider the different challenges or successes you have experienced remembering information you need—for example, trying to recall names and faces, dates, computer passwords, or math equations.

There are many different ways that psychologists can understand how people learn and remember. Three conceptual approaches are the focus of this assessment: neurological, behavioral, and cognitive. The neurological approach focuses on the relationship between changes in neural function and brain structures and their interaction with the experience of memory. The behavioral approach focuses on the relationship between patterns of stimuli and how they are associated with observable behavior (for example, the names we speak when interacting with individuals, the passwords we type, et cetera). The cognitive approach focuses on the relationship between the content of our thinking and our ability to recall information.

In preparation for this assessment, research the relationship between learning, cognition, and memory, as well as the three conceptual approaches (neurological, behavioral, and cognitive).

Directions

For this assessment, complete the following:

1. Describe one research question you would like to explore related to learning and memory.
2. Choose two of the three conceptual approaches listed above. Compare and contrast how these approaches address your research question.
3. Find three or four scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed research articles or textbooks, that are related to this research question. Describe what you learned from these sources regarding your research question, and explain how this knowledge contributes to your understanding.
4. Identify which conceptual approach best fits the approach of each of the authors of the scholarly sources.
5. Describe the methods and measures used in each of the three conceptual approaches. Different approaches will measure memory or learning in different ways based on the conceptual approach. For example, the neurological approach would focus on physical changes in the brain, while the behavioral approach would focus on observable changes in behavior.
6. Describe the practical impact reading these articles might have on your personal or professional life.

Strive to be as concise as possible and limit the length of your completed assessment to no more than 5–6 pages, excluding the title page and reference page. Support your statements and analyses with references and citations from at least three resources.

Additional Requirements

• Include a title page and a reference page.
• Use at least three resources.
• Follow APA format.
  • Note: You may use the APA Paper Template linked in the Resources.

. What is the “’master narrative’ about weight in the United States” according to Honeycutt? What are the master narrative’s “ideological underpinnings?”

2, Based on their responses to the master narrative, she classifies her respondents into three groups: the Fat Busters, the Equivocators, and the Fat Boosters. How does she define each group, especially in terms of how they view their weight and appearance?

3. How does Honeycutt use Table 1 in her argument? Why does she include it and what information does it convey?

4. She argues that the Fat Busters’ perspective can be viewed as “an accommodation of gender norms,” especially regarding femininity (131). How is this the case?

5. She claims the Equivocators are passive in several ways. How so?

6. She discusses an exchange between two members during dinner at the 1997 NAAFA national convention (133). What was this exchange, and how does Honeycutt use it as evidence to support her claim?

7. In the final sections, she focuses on the similarities between the three groups, similarities which she didn’t anticipate finding. How are the groups similar, especially i

NO PLAGIARISM – ORIGINAL WORK ONLY!!!

 

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

 

 

Assignment 1: Essay

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

Choose one (1) of the three (3) reading selections from the list of topic choices below. The focus is on brief but important primary source material written by major authors. Read the selections  as identified with each topic below. Write a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (250 words minimum) which analyzes the “surprise ending” of the reading selection.

Topic Choices

• Reading selection from Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV). Descartes begins with a  proof of one basic conclusion and ends with a proof of something much grander. Remember to focus on the surprise and point of realization, not the details of the philosophical argument. Read Part IV of the Discourse on the Method located at http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/descartes1637.pdf (then scroll down to Part 4, pp. 14-18). This is only four or five (4 or 5) pages of the larger work.
• Reading selection of Swift’s A Modest Proposal. It is essential to recognize the genre of this work, as discussed in our class text, which you should consult and cite. Swift promotes a radical solution, but subtle options are mentioned. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. Read and focus on A Modest Proposal located at http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/modest.html.
• Two (2) reading selections from Voltaire’s Candide. Consider how these readings start and end in terms of the action and the beliefs. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. These selections can be found on pp. 840-841 in the textbook. In addition, consult the class text at pp. 824-825.

For the reading selection you choose:

1. Clearly state in your own words the “surprise ending” in the reading you selected. Clearly identify the point in the reading when you realized that there were elements in the reading that surprised you. Not all of the surprises come at the end.
2. Evaluate how successful the author was in convincing you to accept the validity of the “surprise ending” that was different from what you expected.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Use the source(s) identified above for the topic you choose, focusing on the main primary source of that author. You may use additional sources also if they are of good academic quality for college papers (Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify). Use proper APA style in-text citing and also a matching APA style References list at the end.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
• Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
• Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

 

NO PLAGIARISM – ORIGINAL WORK ONLY!!!

 

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

 

 

Assignment 1: Essay

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

Choose one (1) of the three (3) reading selections from the list of topic choices below. The focus is on brief but important primary source material written by major authors. Read the selections  as identified with each topic below. Write a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (250 words minimum) which analyzes the “surprise ending” of the reading selection.

Topic Choices

• Reading selection from Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV). Descartes begins with a  proof of one basic conclusion and ends with a proof of something much grander. Remember to focus on the surprise and point of realization, not the details of the philosophical argument. Read Part IV of the Discourse on the Method located at http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/descartes1637.pdf (then scroll down to Part 4, pp. 14-18). This is only four or five (4 or 5) pages of the larger work.
• Reading selection of Swift’s A Modest Proposal. It is essential to recognize the genre of this work, as discussed in our class text, which you should consult and cite. Swift promotes a radical solution, but subtle options are mentioned. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. Read and focus on A Modest Proposal located at http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/modest.html.
• Two (2) reading selections from Voltaire’s Candide. Consider how these readings start and end in terms of the action and the beliefs. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. These selections can be found on pp. 840-841 in the textbook. In addition, consult the class text at pp. 824-825.

For the reading selection you choose:

1. Clearly state in your own words the “surprise ending” in the reading you selected. Clearly identify the point in the reading when you realized that there were elements in the reading that surprised you. Not all of the surprises come at the end.
2. Evaluate how successful the author was in convincing you to accept the validity of the “surprise ending” that was different from what you expected.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Use the source(s) identified above for the topic you choose, focusing on the main primary source of that author. You may use additional sources also if they are of good academic quality for college papers (Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify). Use proper APA style in-text citing and also a matching APA style References list at the end.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
• Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
• Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

 

Compose two short critical essays explaining and evaluating arguments by other authors. This assignment allows you to analyze an issue from a variety of perspectives and assess arguments for or against the issue. By focusing your attention on how the original authors use evidence and reasoning to construct and support their positions, you can recognize the value of critical thinking in public discourse.

Read the two articles “Shooting in the Dark“, and “Focusing on the How of Violence” and write two separate analytical summaries. (Attached)

This assignment has two parts.

Part 1—First Article

Write an analytical summary of the article focusing on the article’s main claims. Include the following:

• Provide a brief summary of the argument presented in the article.
• Identify and discuss three ways the author uses evidence to support assertions.
• Analyze how the author signals this usage through elements such as word choices, transitions, or logical connections.

Part 2—Second Article

Write an analytical summary of the article focusing on the article’s main claims. Include the following:

• Provide a brief summary of the argument presented in the article.
• Identify any value-based assertions in the article and how the author supports these value-based conclusions with evidence.
• Discuss how this evidence does or does not demonstrate relevance, consistency, transparency, and speculation.
• Analyze how the author signals the use of these elements through language. For example, word choices, transitions, or logical connections.

Write a 1,000–1,200 word paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Need assistance on preparing a 400 word brief.

 

Q: Characteristics of US workforce.  Visit the website listed below.  It is the home page for the US Bureau of Labor Statics – a good source of basic demographics and economics data.  Click on the “subject”.  Use the relevant sections listed to prepare a brief profile of the US workforce (Gender, age, occupation and so forth).  How is this profile expected to change over the next 10 years?

 

Website: www.bls.gov

 

 

 

Web Assignment

 

Students must complete the Web Assignment indicated after reading each chapter.  This assignment must be between 250-400 words in length and conform to APA format. Must be submitted no later than 1/27 @ 6 p.m.

 

Web Assignment Rubric

 

Assessment Criteria	Exceeds Expectations 5	Meets Expectations 4                  3	Does Not Meet Expectations 2          1	Does Not Address   0
Content	Answers to questions are factually accurate, complete, and have additional detail and references to support all assertions.	Answers to questions are factually accurate, complete and have enough detail to support assertions.	Answers to questions are too brief to answer the questions sufficiently.  There are some deficiencies in supporting assertions as well as some factual errors.	Answers to questions are incomplete.  There are significant factual errors.  Assertions are not backed up.
	Analyzes the material in a manner that demonstrates a solid understanding of the importance and impact of the issues in this case and applicability to other industries.	Analyzes the material in a manner that demonstrates a good understanding of the importance and impact of the issues in this case.	Does not analyze the material in a manner that demonstrates a solid understanding of the importance and impact of the issues in this case.	Provides no analysis of the material.
	Assignment meets required length and includes more than two appropriate references, at least one of which is peer-reviewed	Assignment meets required length and includes one or two appropriate references.	Assignment does not meet the required length or does not include any appropriate references.	Assignment does not meet the required length and no references are included.
Quality of Writing	Writing and organization is consistently of outstanding quality. Flawless presentation. No spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. Assignment is completely in APA format.	Good writing and organization of paper. Minimal spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors. Good use of APA format.	Writing and/or organization of paper needs improvement. The frequency of spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors is distracting to the reader. Infrequent use of APA format and style.	The frequency of spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors makes the paper incomprehensible. No use of APA format.
Overall Effort	Written work clearly demonstrates exemplary effort and shows significant initiative, creativity, and original thought.	Written work demonstrates adequate effort and is complete, thorough, and reflects original thought.	Written work demonstrates little effort or is consistently incomplete or shallow.	Written work demonstrates no effo

Discuss one (1) project where you used a problem-solving approach  address the common-cause variation, or where you used a process improvement approach to deal with a special cause.

If you do not have a personal experience that echoes either of these situations, you may use Internet to search for a case that reflects either of these situations.

Examples:

• one’s personal investment strategy since 2008
• reducing waiting times at the local hospital or emergency room
• reducing difficulties trying to connect to a Wi-Fi Internet provider

Answer the following questions in the space provided below:

1. Describe the experience in the project.
2. What were the solutions used to address the problem?
   
3. Was the case you described a special-cause or common-cause?
4. Do you feel the solution or approach used appropriate for the cause?
5. What would you do if you could do it again?
6. What conclusions can you draw from the problem-solving or process-improvement techniques

.) Defend which reform movement you feel was most successful in this antebellum America; identify significant writings, leaders, methods, and obstacles faced when working towards this goal.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

 

2.) Identify the innovator from 1815-1860 you feel had the most significant impact on American culture and expansion, including which innovation(s) and why.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

 

3.)Take the perspective of an American citizen in 1837, and identify yourself: location, age, and occupation. Assuming this role with no future knowledge, describe your view of Andrew Jackson. Provide an opinion on at least three distinct issues that took place during his administrations (1829-1837).  *I am female btw*

Your response must be at least 500 words in length

 

Everything must be cited in APA format and please use the textbooks as the main references:

 

Johnson, M. P. (2012). Reading the American past: Selected historical documents: Volume 1: To 1877 (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

 

Roark, J. L., Johnson, M. P., Cohen, P. C., Stage, S., & Hartmann, S. M. (2014). The American promise: A

As you read and begin to formulate your answers to the required questions, you need to make sure to do the following:

1) Identify the key problem(s) and issue(s).

2) Identify possible alternative points of view. There is no one right answer for a case study.

3) Provide your specific solutions. Explain your reasoning. Support your answers with appropriate evidence.

 

Needs to be 1-2 pages single spaced. APA format