Author: chris

PART 1

Answer the following:

 

• We are bombarded with persuasive writing every day. Cite one example.
• Persuasive writing is often more difficult than other forms of writing. What are the unique challenges to persuasive writing?
• Knowing your audience is critical when writing persuasive essays. What is one technique you would use with an audience that will likely be favorable to your stand? What technique would you use with an audience that will likely be unfavorable to your stand? Explain why you would select each technique

PART 2 PLEASE PROVIDE 3 SHORT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PART 1 (ADDITIONAL INFO FROM PART 1)

During the week, go back and respond to at least three of your classmates’ posts.

The Supreme Court has created a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule where police rely on a search warrant that is later held to be invalid because the magistrate erred in finding probable cause for a search. Should the good-faith exception be extended to cases where police acting in good faith conduct warrantless searches that are later held to be unlawful?

What alternatives to the exclusionary rule might be adopted to enforce the protections of the Fourth Amendment? How effective are such alternatives likely to be?

What is the difference between probable cause and reasonable suspicion? How long can police detain a suspect based on reasonable suspicion? Provide a brief example that supports your statements.

Go to NPR’s Website and read the article titled “New Chinese Law Cracks Down on ‘Rumor Mongers’”, dated September 26, 2013, located at http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/09/25/226181016/new-chinese-law-no-rumormongering. Be prepared to discuss.

Classical conditioning is an important theory of learning within the behavioral perspective of learning that you explored in Module 1. The key to classical conditioning is that we learn through association, which is quite different from operant conditioning in which we learn through consequence.

When Ivan Pavlov was studying the process of salivation in dogs, he made an accidental, but really important discovery—classical conditioning. He discovered that after pairing the appearance of the researcher with the delivery of food a number of times, the dogs began to salivate as soon as the researcher walked into the room even when he or she was not carrying any food.

Here is a list of the steps of the classically conditioned learning process:

Stimulus / Response	Event	Outcome
Neutral stimulus (NS)	The researcher enters the room—prior to the dog learning that the researcher is associated with food.	There is no response.
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)	Food—the dog naturally responds to the food.	No learning needed.
Unconditioned response (UCR)	The dog salivates because of the food.	The dog did not need to be taught to salivate.
Conditioned stimulus (CS)	The researcher enters the room.	Now, after being paired with the food, the appearance of the researcher has become a learned stimulus.
Conditioned response (CR)	Salivation now occurs because of the researcher.	The dog has now learned to salivate in response to the mere presence of the researcher.

Here is another example of the steps of the classical conditioning process:

You have moved into a new apartment building. The first time you take a shower happens to correspond with the time when someone flushes the toilet. As a result of this flushing, the water in the shower becomes very hot. Now, because of this experience, each time you hear the toilet flush, you jump out of the shower before the temperature of the water changes.

• NS: Sound of the flushing of the toilet
• UCS: Hot water
• UCR: Jumping out of the shower because of the hot water
• CS: Sound of the flushing of the toilet
• CR: Jumping out of the shower because of the sound of the flushing toilet

Now, complete the following:

Part 1

Think of a classically conditioned response you have experienced and describe the process of learning this response (what was the process you went through in becoming classically conditioned in this response). Be sure to identify the following:

• Neutral stimulus (NS)
• Unconditional stimulus (UCS)
• Unconditional response (UCR)
• Conditioned stimulus (CS)
• Conditioned response (CR)

Part 2

Address the following questions:

• Describe a practical application that demonstrates this classically conditioned association from your own life. What function does this classically conditioned association serve?
• Explain what would happen if you no longer responded to this conditioned stimulus.
• Describe the manner in which generalization works to maintain classical conditioning.
• Identify the stimulus that has been generalized or could be generalized in your classically conditioned response.

Assignment 2: LASA 1—Operant Conditioning and Superstitions

Many people believe that superstitions are absolutely true. This often causes them to believe and act in ways that are out of the norm either to avoid a negative outcome or to bring about a positive outcome. However, the origins of all superstitions lie in operant conditioning (for example, wearing the same shirt worn during a victory game to all future games in order to ensure victory).

In this assignment, you will examine the process by which operant conditioning can lead to the formation of a superstition.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the development of operant conditioning and its basic principles. Then, address the following:

Describe the historical antecedents of operant conditioning. What factors led to the rise of operant conditioning?
Describe the principles/concepts which can be applied to explain the process by which operant conditioning can lead to the development and maintenance of superstitions.
Brainstorm to come up with a number of superstitions you may have heard or read about. Using your knowledge and vocabulary of operant conditioning, choose one of these superstitions. Then, describe in detail, the thinking processes involved that resulted in the acquisition and perpetuation of this irrational belief.
Describe a specific aspect of the operant conditioning process that leads to these beliefs becoming so deeply ingrained and long standing in nature.
Explain whether a person can ever be rid of superstitions. What methods can be used to help such a person?
Interview a family member or friend to discover a superstition that he or she believes in. Explain the nature of the event that led to the formation of this superstition. Does this information fit with your understanding of how the operant conditioning process results in the development of superstitions? Why or why not?

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

The United States Constitution has several functions. One of its primary functions is as the blueprint or framework for the United States’ system of government. Discuss the role that the Constitution plays in framing the U.S. government, and discuss the concept of public policy. In doing so, make certain to answer the following questions:

• What are the main components of the United States Constitution that serve as the framework for how society governs and is governed? Explain. In your explanation, please make certain to describe the components of the Constitution that outline the primary branches of our system of government: the executive, judicial and legislative functions.
• In your own words, how does each component of the Constitution function to support our system of government? Explain.
• What is public policy? Explain.
• What purpose does public policy serve?

Complete this week’s assignment based on your option of Non-Field or Field Experience:

Non-Field Experience

Field Experience Option

Research and identify three key agencies involved with transition services in a local school system.

To get started on this assignment, you could respond to the components below in terms of general practice or identify a specific student and review the present transition services being provided.

A. Assess how common goals for a student are determined.

B. Explain how community services agencies are connected andworking for a common goal.

C. Identify the transition services that can be provided.

D. Explain how strategies are identified.

E. Explain how the continuum of transition passages is addressed.

G. Identify the method of service monitoring and follow-up to be utilized.

H. Analysis/recommendations for change initiatives

Demonstrate an understanding of the complex connections and relationships that exist among the identified agencies and the coordination planning needed for successful student services.

Interview school personnel, in person or via electronic means to:

Identify three key agencies involved with transition services in a local school system.

Think about the following in your analysis and be sure to obtain the needed permissions for this assignment, if review of student records will be involved.

A. Assess how common goals for a student are determined.

B. Explain how community services agencies are connected and working for a common goal.

C. Identify the transition services that can be provided.

D. Explain how strategies are identified.

E. Explain how the continuum of transition passages is addressed.

G. Identify the method of service monitoring and follow-up to be utilized.

H. Analysis/recommendations for change initiatives

Demonstrate an understanding of the complex connections and relationships that exist among the identified agencies and the coordination planning needed for successful student services.

Be sure to include the following in your transition services analysis paper:

An APA-format cover page.
The paper will be 5-7 double-spaced pages in length, using 12-point Times New Roman font. The cover page and reference list are not included in this page count.
Address all eight components above.
Include a minimum of 7 reference citations (you may use your text).

Your transition services exploration paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Review APA Form and Style.

Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy. View the Northcentral Academic Integrity Tutorial to refresh your knowledge of how to achieve academic integrity.

While reading Chapter 1, become familiar with the three major sociological perspectives because you will be asked to use them repeatedly throughout the course. Try to think of these theoretical perspectives, not as true or false, but as useful or less useful for a particular circumstance. You can think of them like lenses. You would not use a microscope to look at stars, nor would you use a telescope to look at tissue samples. Each of these perspectives offers unique insights.

Use all three perspectives (functionalism, conflict, and interactionism) to analyze one of the following issues: Fraternities and sororities, social networking sites, or employer/employee relations.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay in which you complete the following:

• Give a brief introduction that identifies the issue you have chosen and why.
• Describe in three separate paragraphs how each perspective would view or explain the issue.
• Include in your analysis elements of culture and how humans learn, develop, and become integrated into society.
• Provide a conclusion that discusses which perspective you think is most applicable to the issue or how the three perspectives complement one another in understanding the issue.

How have new health care technologies and pressures to control health care costs affected nurses and nursing practice?  Has it affected the characteristics of nurses and nursing?