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Evaluate the roles that race, class, age, and gender play in your culture

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Part of successfully exploring other cultures is having a solid foundation in the tenets of one’s culture. This assignment will have you evaluate key components of your culture. When you begin explo

Part of successfully exploring other cultures is having a solid foundation in the tenets of one’s culture. This assignment will have you evaluate key components of your culture. When you begin exploring the main foundation of other cultures, you will be able to identify similarities or dissimilarities to your own. This is also a good self-ethnographic activity.
Develop a presentation on the cultural identity with which you align yourself. Consider the following:

  • Describe the culture you identify with.
  • Explain the major components of your culture.
  • Explain the various symbols associated with your culture including their meanings.
  • Describe the other cultures you are integrated with besides your own. What are the similarities and differences between these cultures with which you are connected?
  • Evaluate the roles that race, class, age, and gender play in your culture.

Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.
You may use images and other media to present your perspective. Use the speakers’ notes to explain your statements in further detail.
Develop a 10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Describe how you would use operant conditioning, with a program of shaping, to get a messy roommate to make his/her bed neatly

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Essay 1 Questions Answer these questions in essay format, using the instructions provided in the Assignment Instructions folder. Review the Essay 1 Grading Rubric to see how your essay will be graded

Essay 1 Questions
Answer these questions in essay format, using the instructions provided in the Assignment Instructions folder. Review the Essay 1 Grading Rubric to see how your essay will be graded.
1.      In this question you will make up an experiment using classical conditioning. Please create an example using the following scenario.
Explain how you would evoke a startle response (reflex) using classical conditioning in an unsuspecting friend using an abnormal signal (produces the reflex). Describe your friend’s reflex response and a signal that will produce that reflex response; then choose another signal for the reflex and predict the outcome of using that signal. Clearly label the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS), Unconditioned Response (UCR), Conditioned Stimulus (CS), and Conditioned Response (CR). Include a description of the setting and process for this hypothetical situation.  Below is an abbreviated example.
For example, every time your roommate opens the refrigerator door you make an alarm goes off on your phone and the roommate jumps. After this happens several times, the roommate will jump when they open the refrigerator door even without the alarm going off.
Signal (NS)
Opening the refrigerator
UCS
Sound of an alarm
UCR
Jumps
CS
Opens refrigerator
CR
Jumps
2.      Describe how you would use operant conditioning, with a program of shaping, to get a messy roommate to make his/her bed neatly. Include and label the antecedent stimulus, response, and reinforcement of the changing program standards, and a method of self-regulation for the roommate.
3.      In a hypothetical psychology internship, you have encountered a child with destructive tendencies. She bites herself, her dog, and your bag of supplies. Being afraid for her safety and your own well-being, you institute a plan to change her behavior. Suggest a punishment, with her possible reactions to that punishment. Then, try substituting an alternative behavior by reinforcing an incompatible response. Label the antecedent stimulus for the biting response, Punishment I or II, escape or avoidance, and the reinforcement for the new named response. What do you consider to be the best theory or method for improving this child’s behavior?
4.      Give an example of a situation where you can model more effective behavior for someone whom you could positively influence. Describe in detail: yourself (the model), the observer, the behavior, and the reinforcement using at least 5 principles of Social Learning Theory.
In Module/Weeks 3, you will provide answers to 4 specific essay questions found in the documents above. Each essay must be at least 2 pages—roughly half a page per question. Answer the questions using the concepts from the lessons and reading assignments. You may use any books, notes, or materials, but you must do the work alone. There is no need to retype the questions in your essay, but you should continually refer back to each to ensure that you stay on topic.

What responsibilities should parents have if they know their children are obese?

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Read the article above, “Young Kids, Old Bodies” and answer the questions below. A minimum word response (65 words) on each question is usually correlated with no better grade than a “C.” Use stand

Read the article above, “Young Kids, Old Bodies” and answer the questions below.   A minimum word response (65 words) on each question is usually correlated with no better grade than a “C.”  Use standard written English in your response to each question.  There will be a Grammar/Syntax Evaluation as stated in the fourth section.
1.  Apply critical thinking skills through inquiry by reading with a purpose to identify three physiological results that correlate with the premature aging process associated with obese children’s bodies.
2.  Use communication skills to reflect the successful identification of three programs and one distinct strategy used by each program to address obesity in children.  In your opinion, based on your lifespan knowledge taken from this class, which program appears to be the most comprehensive as evidenced by its taking the biological, social, psychological, and cognitive influences into consideration in its strategy and why is it the most comprehensive.
3.  Apply critical thinking and communication skills to draw three conclusions from the visual data presented in the article and use the conclusions drawn to make inferences about future projections based on the data.
4. According to the article, obesity has reached epidemic proportions among children.  What responsibilities should parents have if they know their children are obese? What measures should parents take to protect their children from becoming obese? Does the government have an obligation to protect children from foods, chemicals, or ingredients that are known to be correlated with obesity?  Support your position coherently and reasonably. (Civic Engagement/Analysis of Knowledge)
5.  Grammar/Syntax Evaluation of Student Writing.  Grammar will be evaluated based on the following areas:  Subject/Verb agreement; appropriate verb tense; fragments (subject or verb missing from sentence); run on sentence (Two sentences joined together incorrectly without a comma and/or a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS); comma splice (two sentences joined together incorrectly with only a comma).  Syntax is defined as the creation of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

panic disorder and depression

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Click here to find four research studies in different topic areas in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) website. For example, you might look at the studies being conducted on panic disorde

Click here to find four research studies in different topic areas in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) website. For example, you might look at the studies being conducted on panic disorder and depression. Read about each study and create a table to organize the required summary information.
For each study, you must state:

  • Study title
  • Purpose of the study
  • Study type
  • Study design
  • Three primary outcome measures
  • Estimated enrollment number
  • Brief description about the study
  • Eligibility requirements
  • One inclusion criterion and one exclusion criterion
  • Study location
  • One principal investigator

After finding the required information, write a brief report on what you learned about the various types of studies being conducted at NIMH. Submit the report in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document along with the information on the four studies.