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What would you do if you found out that you have been in a coma for all of what you know to be your entire life?

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Consider the position of modern skepticism. Descartes gave birth to Matrix-type theories in his question “How do we know that we are not now dreaming?” According to Descartes, we know because God would never be so cruel as to leave us trapped in an endless dream, but let’s say that he is (or that divinity isn’t involved in this matter or doesn’t exist).
What would you do if you found out that you have been in a coma for all of what you know to be your entire life? What if everything you remember is part of an elaborate dream? Would you do anything differently? If you were offered a chance to wake up, would you? Why or why not?
Post your response in at least four sentences.
Respond to another student’s post in at least three sentences.
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If I would to find out that my whole life was just a dream, I would be probably flip out and later feel depress for thinking it was an actual reality. This actually reminds me of an episode of Rick and Morty, when they go to this galactic arcade place and morty gets on this Virtual Reality Life Simulator and plays the life of this person named Roy from childhood to death. Basically a whole life of 50 – 70 years was just 15 minutes in real life and he’s convinced it was real. Well honestly if this was just a simulation, I would really start pondering about that life and probably be heartbroken. And if I had the chance to go back and offer not to wake up, I think I would and live life at the fullest. And if I game over, I would start a new life with a new strategy.

compare the interrogation techniques used by the officers with the standard professional practices of interrogators as described in your textbook

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WEEK 3 DQ QUESTION
Assignment 1: Interrogation
Scenario:
You watch the process of interrogation conducted by a police department. All interrogations are videotaped. However, you are bothered that during some interrogations, suspects are presented with concoctive evidence as a basis for dealing with resistance and denial. But one of the district attorneys assures you that this is legal.
You watch one interrogation of a rape and murder suspect. After the initial interrogation, he is told that he is a suspect in a rape and murder case and that the police have an eyewitness who places him near the scene. (This is true.) The suspect is “Mirandized.” He waives his right to counsel by saying, “I didn’t do anything.” The officers ask him if he wants an attorney, and he says he does not. They show him many pictures of the crime scene and the victim and ask him what he was thinking about when he committed the crime. When the officers ask where he put the knife he used to commit the crime, he says, “I don’t remember.” Whenever he says he does not remember, they ask him to imagine what he must have done. After six hours of interrogation, he confesses to having committed the crime. He says, “I must have done it.” A confession is typed up, and he signs it. He is jailed with no option for bail.
Tasks:
In a minimum of 300 words, compare the interrogation techniques used by the officers with the standard professional practices of interrogators as described in your textbook.
In addition, with respect to the professional practices of interrogators, comment on the following:
Signs of submission—when the suspect is ready to admit.
The movement from submission to admission.
Acceptance of accusation or assumptive questions and the development of admission.
Steps to be performed after admission—the use of polygraph and collateral information to develop knowledge about the case being investigated.
The process of closing the interrogation in a professional manner.

Explained how you will challenge the uncooperative, untruthful, or unwilling employee.

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Assignment 2: RA 1: Assessment
Review the case scenario you worked on in M1 Assignment 3.
Tasks:
You can expect Bob to be uncooperative. Taking this into consideration, prepare a 6- to 8-page report that addresses the following questions:
How will you plan to listen and lead during the interview and confession process?
How will you challenge the uncooperative, untruthful, or unwilling employee?
How will you interpret the verbal and physical behavior of Bob?
What will you do to reduce Bob’s resistance?
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Determined how you plan to listen and lead during the interview and confession process.
56
Explained how you will challenge the uncooperative, untruthful, or unwilling employee.
48
Explained how you will interpret the verbal and physical behavior of Bob.
36
Determined the ways you would adopt to reduce resistance.
36
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
24
Total:
200

DRO Contingency Worksheet

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DRO Contingency Worksheet

Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario: differential reinforcement of other behavior, avoidance contingency, punishment by prevention of reinforcer, punishment by loss of reinforcer, or avoidance of loss.
Defend your answer 175 words each, using citations as needed.
Use peer reviewed articles and APA Guidelines. Worksheet is attached.

  1. Sally, a 13-year-old teenager, is tired of having her mom nag her about her bedroom. Her mom nags about the clothes on the floor, the bed being unmade, and the trashcan spilling over in her bathroom.  Sally comes home from school in a bad mood and the last thing she wants to hear is her mom’s nagging voice. To get around the expected response from her mom, she cleans her room, makes her bed, and empties her trashcan.
  1. Sally makes the 7th-grade track team by finishing before another girl by less than 0.05 seconds in her event—the 400 meter relay.  Sally is proud of making the team but needs to work harder in the practices that follow. The first track meet does not go well. Out of the four girls on the relay team, she has the slowest time, so her track coach removes her from the team, and makes her sit as an alternate.
  1. In the weeks that follow being pulled from the track team, Sally listens to her coach’s direction and works hard to qualify for the next meet. Running her fastest time ever, Sally is excited when she qualifies to run the relay for the third track meet. Now that she has earned her spot on the team, she continues to work hard every week to keep her place.
  1. Chad is a 45-year-old man going back to school while working full time. A self-proclaimed procrastinator, his job as a computer programmer can handle his laid back style and ever-changing deadlines.  In school, however, he is having difficulty turning his homework in on time. The teacher has told him that success is impossible if he does not turn his papers in on time, yet he fails to do so week after week.

5. Chad continues to stay in school and is a B-minus student due to the procrastination aspect of his work ethic. He has been complaining lately about school and thinking about withdrawing. His comments about the teacher, the class, the work and his grades are starting to get annoying so his mom decides to only reinforce his verbal behavior every 5 minutes he talks to her without making a negative comment about school.