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For the participation side of the discussion question forum, you must respond to two of your classmates’ posts. These responses should also be developed and should be at least 150 words in length. Not meeting requirements, simply posting short agreements, or only evaluating the quality of a peer’s post will lead to point deductions; instead, focusing on building on to their points and pushing the discussion further by answering questions raised, asking more thought provoking questions, offering more examples, etc.

Part 1
Using the virtual model of the economy, produce an assignment, including a printout of your results, that reveals your management of the model in order to achieve, in your view, the optimal level of growth and unemployment possible. You should include the rationale for your decisions. The Chancellor has given you an inflation target of 2%.
Part 2
Given your experience of operating the model, and recent economic conditions, discuss the usefulness of macro-economic computer modelling for decision makers.

Postman, N. (1993). Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology New York. Vintage Books

Critiique Essay -The critique essay asks you to look at a source with a critical eye and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. It will incorporate source material summary into its discussion but will also evaluate that source material.  The critique essay asks you to look at a source with a critical eye and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. It will incorporate source material summary into its discussion but will also evaluate that source material.

How does Shakespeare develop his metaphor between his lover and the summer in his sonnet how shall I compare thee to  a summer day. My response must be how Shakespeare makes the impossible now possible eternalizing his lover.

Imagine that Beccaria, Lombroso, and Durkheim are sitting together having a conversation about the problem of crime. Construct a dialogue between these three (3) theorists that critically assesses each of their approaches to crime and punishment in terms of key ideas and level of analysis.

The theorists discuss their views on crime and punishment reflecting on escalating rates of imprisonment at the end of the 20th/beginning of the 21st centuries.

A dialogue suggests a relatively equal exchange of ideas between participants. It should not be a monologue in which one participant dominates the conversation. Your mark will reflect, in part, your willingness and capacity to construct an exchange between three participants who all make roughly equal contributions. It should highlight the similarities or differences between their ideas, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of their claims.

Each of the thinkers would be expected to refer to their own work and the work of the two other authors during the unit of the conversation. These comments should be referenced as in any other essay/report.

Notes on preparing for Assessment item 1:
1.    Students must use the primary texts of each theorist, as supplied in the Book of Readings, in their essay to demonstrate their understanding of each theorist’s ideas. It is appropriate for students to use secondary texts, such as the textbook by Vold, Bernard and Snipes, to gain an initial understanding of each theorist. It is not appropriate to use secondary texts as a substitute for the work of each theorist and marks will be deducted from essays that do not utilise the primary texts in describing the theories of crime and punishment.
2.    While you can complete this assessment task using only unit readings, you are encouraged to pursue independent research using academically respected sources, journal articles or books to supplement the materials provided.
3.    Students are requested to state the word length of their assignment (excluding the bibliography) on the title page of their essay.
4.    Marks will be deducted for lateness and over-length essays.
5.    Further information will be made available in the early part of the semester on the expectations for this assignment.

a)    Define compliance, obedience, and conformity.  Which article goes with which term (note the title of the articles may not be the best description)?

b)    How does the Asch article apply to previous readings of self-justification?  That is, can you see a group process occurring when most people agree? (Because I have done an article of self-justification the week before, I have attached a reference titled discussion week 2 as my paper described self-justification from previous readings).

c)    Apply what you learned in the Milgram and Haney and colleagues article to more current events.

References:

Asch, S. E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193, 31-35

Haney, C., Banks, C., & Zimbardo, P. (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison. International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 1, 69-97.

Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371.

United States and Death Penalty Debate

Global Civil Society is transforming politics and creating a fairer, more democratic world’. Discuss this statement, using both academic research and analysis, and practical examples.

Psychology – Discuss the therapeutic use of self in the context of integrative approaches in counselling & psychotherapy

Describe what you think is wrong with the world