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Module 5 Discussion Forum
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Signal detection theory originally grew out of the development of radar and communications technology. It was adapted by psychologists to explain certain aspects of sensation and perception processes that previous theories did not encompass. Signal detection theory models the decision-making process you would use when you want to decide between two different categories of stimuli. For example, you have to decide whether a person seen in a café (the stimulus) is a friend or a stranger (the categories).

Throughout this course, you will access a Cognitive Psychology Online Laboratory (CogLab) demonstration to explore some of the theories and processes of sensation and perception through a hands-on approach. This assignment is your first CogLab activity.

Click here to download the CogLab program.zip file to install this program. You may also download the CogLab Instructions file. After installing the program, launch it.

Access the CogLab demonstration “Signal Detection” and follow the instructions to complete the demonstration.

Using the CogLab manual, the textbook and module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research signal detection theory.

Based on the CogLab demonstration and your research, address the following:

Define the following terms in relation to signal detection theory: hit, miss, false alarm, and correct rejection.
An individual’s hit rate is .79 and correct-rejection rate is .71. Find out his/her miss rate and false alarm rate.
Examine your individual sensitivity measures for each of the three conditions (144, 400, and 900 noise dots). Describe what these numbers indicate regarding your accuracy rates.
Signal detection theory assumes that a signal is always accompanied by a certain amount of noise. Identify the “noise” that was present when you completed the task. Explain how it affected your performance on the task. Identify at least two sources of noise for the detection of an audio signal.
Name at least three jobs that require the employee to accurately detect signals to effectively do the job. This means that signal detection methods could be used to evaluate performance.
Summarize at least two other research methods for measuring detection. Give your opinion on whether the signal detection theory is superior to these. Give reasons to support your answer.

Title your first blog “The Power of Speech.” Tell an anecdote from your own life about words that you’d wished you’d spoken or not spoken. Describe the scene, and your feelings about it. Try to use your skill as a storyteller to put your blog readers into your shoes. By the end of your story your reader should understand why you wish you could go back and have that moment again. (It should be at least three full paragraphs.)My anecdote would be about a girl I never had the guts to ask out this is scratch please use the below as reference for the final : I saw her smiling at me each week as I waited outside the lecture hall for the previous class to let out.
No, I didn’t avoid eye contact because I wasn’t interested.
I felt shy and awkward, and I didn’t know what to say. I also wasn’t sure if I was ready to actually flirt with her.
Months later, I still ask myself, “Why does it hurt to say something, especially to a cute stranger showing interest in you?
She could have been a new, great love for all I know. She may have even become a great friend.

Proposing a Preliminary Hypothesis
( the relationship between Crime and Immigration )
the purpose of this journal is to derive a testable hypothesis from the research question The Relationship between Crime and Immigration. You will receive feedback from the instructor to assist you in refining your hypothesis and your conceptual definitions.
Write a response proposing a preliminary hypothesis between your independent and dependent variables. Remember to account for the characteristics of a good hypothesis in completing this journal assignment. In addition to your independent and dependent variables, discuss the confounding variables that you believe might have an effect, and justify the inclusion of these variables. Outline a conceptual definition for each of the variables you have included in your model.
Research Process Justifies choices based on specific references to the characteristics of the research process
supports the feasibility of choices through specific references to sources

What I came up with from the reading

Mindset is our beliefs about the ability to dictate what goals we set for ourselves. According to O’keefe, Dweck and Walton the value of growth mindset is commitment and investment that can grow over time.
The difference between having a growth mindset and a fixed mindset is the ability to want change. A person that has a growth mindset learns from criticism and is willing to accept criticism despite challenges or obstacles because it embraces challenges. They work hard, put effort into whatever it is their doing and is determine. They tend to take risk and strive for greatness. A person with a fixed mindset believes that intelligence is static meaning it can’t be changed, it prevents growth. They tend to avoid challenges and give up easily. They avoid anything that seem difficult and is less open for change.
A fixed mindset and the effects it has on learning is a person is more concerned about being judge that they will avoid situations that they feel is challenging, while a person with a growth mindset see failure as a learning process a way to be better.
My knowledge of a fixed and growth mindset is you will not grow if you don’t have the mindset to want to change or grow. Mindsets can be change if you change your beliefs. Personal growth is important because it’s the process of understanding and developing oneself to achieve your goal.

The questions to answer
1. Summarize what they learned through their research studies on fixed and growth mindset in college students. What, according to O’Keefe, Dweck, and Walton, is the value of a growth mindset?
2. Next, what connections can you make between the ideas put forth in “Nice Try is Not Enough!” by KJ Dell’Antonia, which focuses on how to encourage growth mindset in children, and those presented in “Having a Growth Mindset Makes it Easier to Develop New Interests”?
3. Finally, to conclude, explain how your own knowledge and experiences of teaching and learning connect to the ideas put forth in one or both of the essays

Identify and select a “great” leader whom you admire, who has influenced you, etc. The person does not have to be a national or global figure. He or she can be local or personal to you. The person can be currently alive or historical. Write a 1-3-page paper with references from which you drew any material about this person. Answer the following questions in your paper:

Identify the person. If s/he is a local person (meaning a mayor, school teacher, coach, supervisor, etc.) or personal to you (e.g., a close friend, relative, etc.) please provide some description about them.
What, in your mind, makes them a leader?
What lessons, and insights, about being an effective leader have you learned from this person. How did s/he influence you?
How do the Kouzes and Posner Five Leadership Practices apply to this person?
What is the one “big takeaway” (what did s/he teach you about leadership/being a leader). This should be highlighted in the paper and in your presentation, so I and your classmates “get it.”

Please provide an overview, five-year trend and comparative analysis of a public company (American Airline Group) and its peer group. Analysis will include:
• A critical assessment of firm performance using the DuPont ROE model and market performance metrics;
• Assessment of working capital management and financing using the cash conversion cycle;
• Credit analysis;
• Assessment of the firm’s capital structure.

Please note that there are 3 stages in this project and all 3 stages have different due dates.
Stage 1 – 26th of Jan
Stage 2 – 11th of Feb
Stage 3 – Same as Stage 2

Grading will be based on the quality of analysis and commentary, not just ability to perform quantitative analysis. Originality and judgement in application of methods will also be a major consideration. Analysis will be submitted in three installments:
Stage 1: Performance measurement;
Stage 2: Working capital;
Stage 3: Credit analysis and capital structure, conclusions, recommendations.

Assignment 1: The Scavenger Hunt
Due Week 3 and worth 100 points
Let’s put your investigative skills to work! In this assignment, visit the Strayer online library located in research.strayer.com or the Resource Center tab in Blackboard and find four (4) peer-reviewed quantitative articles related to your topic. Read each article.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Summarize each article [approximately one to two (1-2) paragraphs per article] and identify the:
Purpose of the research.
Problem statement.
Gaps in literature that studied the problem.
Research question and/or hypotheses.
Theory or conceptual framework.
Findings of the research.
Describe one to two (1-2) aspects of each article that are relevant to the research topic you have chosen.
Provide a preliminary reference page in APA format of the articles you summarized.
Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed quantitative or qualitative articles related to your topic.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Conduct a literature review for a given research topic.

Compose a 250-500 word essay describing your reasons for undertaking study in nursing at The George Washington University, your academic objectives, career goals, and related qualifications (including relevant collegiate, professional, and/or community activities). Include any substantial accomplishments not already mentioned on the application form. Your essay should also speak to the role (FNP.) that you are applying for and how your qualifications will help you succeed in this role both professionally and as a student.

the part thats highlighted in yellow please follow the comments
-the parts thats highlighted in red doesn’t need to edit, can ignore the red part
-expand on recommendation; need to be more critical with the findings
-the part that described is that employees should be allowed to show how they feel and you write that employees would be more productive in that case. Am wondering how an employer would react to that. I am not sure that they would agree. Would it be possible to find a couple of sources that describe an opposing point of view of emotional labour? And, I am not quite sure that you really supported your statement that employees would be more productive … why would that be?
– I also added the marking criteria, please have a look at it and see if there’s other places need to improve more and comment are only a small part of it