Day: September 1, 2019

Begin by exploring topics in developmental psychology. Reference your textbook, the weekly introductions in your course, and reputable journal articles to explore topic ideas. Be sure to choose a topic that you are highly interested in. From that topic, you will pose a question for your research. 

 

For example, you may find interest in the life span of adolescence. From there, you may want to explore issues related to adolescent suicide. From this topic you could pose a number of questions to research, such as: 

 

1. Are adolescents from single-parent homes at higher risk of suicide than those from two-parent homes?

 

2. Does lack of play in childhood lead to anxiety and depression in adolescence?

 

3. Does “helicopter parenting” lead to anxiety and depression in adolescence?

 

How to Develop a Research Question

 

Your research question should enable you draw some unique conclusions so that you are not simply reporting on research that has already been concluded. You may have to do some preliminary research within your topic to determine a suitable question. Here are some examples.

 

 

This example is too broad and will likely lead to a confusing and disorganized paper. It lacks parameters.

 

Why do adolescents commit suicide?

 

This example is too narrow. It can be answered rather simply with some basic data.

 

How many adolescent suicides occurred last year?

 

A good research question specifies the parameters of the research, yet leaves room for analysis and the writer’s unique input.  

 

What are some of the unique social factors that led to an increase in suicide rates among 13- to 18-year-old females in 2015? 

 

(In your paper, you would define two to three social factors you deem significant and connect them with the appropriate physical, cognitive, and socioemotional occurrences happening during this part of life span development. Then, draw your own conclusions from the research you find.)

 

Once you have your research question, phrase it as a statement so that it can become your thesis statement. The thesis statement is what drives the direction of your paper. To learn more about thesis statements click the link below.

 

 

How to write an effective thesis.

 

The Research Paper Topic Proposal Assignment

 

Include the following in your topic proposal:

 

· Your research question

 

· Your thesis statement

 

· A narrative describing your topic and why you chose it (its significance)

 

Refer to the Writing Resource folder in the main menu and consult your West Coast University librarians for database search support as needed.

 

 

Your topic proposal should be 1–2 pages in length. Use APA format and cite and reference all sources.

 

Recommended: Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

 

How to write an effective thesis.

 

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/thesis_statement_tips.html

Sara is giving birth to her first child. She is concerned that her labor is taking longer than she thought it would. Why does giving birth usually take time for the contractions to proceed to the point when the child is born? explain to Sara in details the child birth process using what you learned about homeostasis, identify the feedback system and all the components of this particular feedback.

 

Use the Terminology that you learned in chapter 1 whenever applicable to answer the discussion.

Please respond to the following:

 

• How might an integrated social media strategy, which leverages all three (3) media types (visual, video, and text), create more consistent and stable marketing results?
• How do you think an integrated social media strategy will align to your projected target market? Why do you think a business should use an integrated social media strategy? Justify and defend your response.

Discuss the existing tension between development and the environment. Development brings economic growth as well as social and environmental changes. To a developing country, economic growth may be of a higher priority than the consequences to the long-term health of its citizens or its environment. On the other hand, poverty can also harm the environment such as how searching for land to farm contributes to deforestation.

 

Do wealthy nations using the labor of developing nations have responsibilities to the people and environment of that country? Why or why not? Be sure to use examples of existing companies to support your response.

Imagine you’ve been promoted to a management position and you are tasked with developing your new team. In this assignment you will create a writeup that depicts the different elements that need to be addressed as you assemble your team.  

 

Write a five pages paper in which you:

 

1. Explain how you could create a diverse team of employees with different strengths. Use scenarios to convey your idea.
2. Discuss methods you would adopt to improve team dynamics and employee behaviors.
3. Describe two (2) management techniques you would implement to ensure that your new team aligns to your company’s mission.

Note: This activity has multiple parts. Make sure you submit each part for credit. You can answer all the prompts in the same file.

 

Part 1: Definitions 

 

Sometimes it can be difficult to keep the various theories of creativity straight.  For this assignment, create a collage, concept map, or other type of graphic organizer to help you remember the theories and see the connections/overlaps among them.  You might make one for each set of theories or try to incorporate all of them into one complex graphic.  Instead of listing the theorists into categories, use images or phrases to help you remember them.  (Source:  Starko, Creativty in the Classroom, p. 67).    

 

Please submit the following:

 

• A picture of your graphic organizer. Or, if you did the organizer electronically to begin with, submit the file with the organizer. 
• A description of your thought process leading to how you grouped the theories together and/or chose specific images for particular theories.  

 

Part 2:  Self-Actualization 

 

Take the self-actualization test on p. 17 of your book and score it.  What do you make of the results of your self-actualization test?   What are your strengths?   How might you improve on some of Maslow’s traits listed on page three? 

 

Note:  You do not need to turn in the answers to your Self-actualization test–just your answers to the reflection questions.

 

Part 3: Flow

 

Csikszentmihalyi (for those who are interested, this is actually pronounced Chick-sent-me-high) defines the concept of flow as involving oneself so intently in an activity that one notices nothing else–not time, hunger, fatigue, anxiety–but the activity itself.  Have you ever had that experience where you are so engrossed in an activity that when you finally look up at the clock you notice that hours have gone by, it’s way past your bedtime, and you have forgotten to eat dinner?  This may sound nerdy to some of you, but for me, logic puzzles do it.  I could sit and do these puzzles for hours without any conscious awareness of my surrounding environment or physical needs such as eating or sleeping.   Davis likens the flow experience to self-actualization and creativity because it is in these peak experiences everything comes together:  pure enjoyment, dedication, motivation, and heightened use of abilities.  

 

For your reflection, please answer the following: If this is as good as it gets, why don’t we engage in these peak experiences more often? What do you think prevents some of us from experiencing flow regularly?

Purpose of Assignment 

 

The Case Study focuses on CVP (Cost-Volume-Profit), break-even, and margin of safety analyses which allows students to experience working through a business scenario and applying these tools in managerial decision making. 

 

Resources

 

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 

 

Scenario: Mary Willis is the advertising manager for Bargain Shoe Store. She is currently working on a major promotional campaign. Her ideas include the installation of a new lighting system and increased display space that will add $24,000 in fixed costs to the $270,000 in fixed costs currently spent. In addition, Mary is proposing a 5% price decrease ($40 to $38) will produce a 20% increase in sales volume (20,000 to 24,000). Variable costs will remain at $24 per pair of shoes. Management is impressed with Mary’s ideas but concerned about the effects these changes will have on the break-even point and the margin of safety.

 

Assignment Steps

 

Complete the following: 

 

• Compute the current break-even point in units, and compare it to the break-even point in units if Mary’s ideas are used.
• Compute the margin of safety ratio for current operations and after Mary’s changes are introduced (Round to nearest full percent).
• Prepare a CVP (Cost-Volume-Profit) income statement for current operations and after Mary’s changes are introduced.

 

Prepare a maximum 500-word informal memo to management addressing Mary’s suggested changes. 

 

• Explain whether Mary’s changes should be adopted. Why or why not? Analyze the above information (three bullet points above) and use this information to support your suggestion.

 

USE the memo template provided in week 1.

 

Show your work in Excel. 

 

Complete calculations/computations using Excel. 

There are two parts to this activity; Please complete both, and you can submit your responses in the same file.

 

Part 1:  Blocks and Barriers Scavenger Hunt 

 

I would like you to go on a scavenger hunt looking for 12 blocks and barriers to creativity that you notice in your environment.  Make a chart of each of the categories of blocks we have discussed (Habit and Learning, Rules and Traditions, Perceptual, Cultural, Emotional, and Resources) and describe examples you have noted from your environment that illustrate each one.  Maybe you catch yourself thinking “I can’t do that–I’ll probably get it wrong.”  List it under emotional blocks.  You might watch a television show and hear the main character in reaction to his son wanting to take a dance class say, “That’s not for boys to do.  He needs to be playing football.”  Label that as a cultural block.  Find yourself in need of a specific ingredient for a recipe that you are out of?  Do you rush to the supermarket to get it rather than improvise with something else?  Label that as a perceptual block.  Do you hand out an assignment to your students with the guidelines so clearly established that there isn’t any room for them to add their own personal touch?  Label that as a Rules and Traditions.  Etc. Etc.

 

Ideally, I would like you to find two examples from each of the categories we discussed.  However, if you cannot find examples from each, feel free to add more examples to other categories, so you will still end up with 12 total examples.
*You need to turn this activity in with your reflection.  Please make sure they are saved on the same document.

 

Part 2: Environment

 

Describe an environment you know well (your classroom, workplace, home, etc.) in terms of how you think it influences creativity based on what we’ve read about blocks and barriers and the environment (press).  In your description, discuss the following:

 

• Physical space:  What about the physical space either inhibits or encourages creativity?
• Psychological space:   How does the environment influence psychological well being (for example, influence on stress, anxiety, acceptance of making mistakes, and risk taking)?
• What could you change about the environment to make it more conducive to creative thinking?