Imagina a country where religious factions inside a nation want to have their own separate homeland. The government refuses, claiming that the territory in question, which commands the nation’s only source of clean water, is vital to security. Is violence inevitable?
History
Choose 7 out of 10 and answer each question fully. All answers must be in full sentences and at least one paragraph long.
1- Compare and Contrast Surrealism and Cubism, giving examples of the each type of art form.
2- Describe at least two new technological developments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ( 1875-1945).
3- Explain the correlation between a country´s economy and its level of new technologies. ( map technologies)
4- Compare and Contrast traditional propaganda, such as the type from World War 1 with modern- day propaganda.
5- Describe how nationalism and the relationship between different European countries led to World War 1.
6- Discuss the role of imperialism in at least three different conflicts covered in class. ( war, imperialism, bottle, land).
7- Explain ethnocentrism and the role it played in colonization( in my words, how i see).
8- Discuss the reasons wh the United Stated chose to drop ” Little boy” and “Fat man”. In your answer, you must include the other options that could have been employed.
9- Compare and Contrast nuclear power with at least two other types of sustainable enerny.
10- Explain at least three issues related to moving away from fossil-fuel based energy.
Part 2: Either choise A or choise B. Choose 1 only: You must write a 4-6 paragraph essay on either of the following topics. A complete essay must include examples and detailed information.
A: Describe some of the popular consumer items and new technologies introduced to Western Europeans and U.S.- American after the start of the 20th century? How did these items influence changes in culture, artistic expressions, and new social understandings of different cultural groups(i.e. genger, socio-economic, ethnic)? How has production and consumers demands of certain everyday items influenced colonialist policies throughout the 20th and 21st centuries ? For what purposes do foreign governments and foreign companies feel compelled to maintain control and influence over certain industries in foreign region? What are some consequences of these actions? ( talk about imperialism too).
B: What is the difference between cultural intelligence(CQ) and cultural knowledge? From the filme, Empire of the Sun, describe how Jim gains cultural intelligence. Include many specific examples and explain in detail what influenced his cultural education before and after the Japanese invasion into Shanghai, China. Describe the levels of CQ shown by some of the Japanese characters from the film. In relation to CQ, briefly explain the xenophobic effects on Chinese and Japanese people as a result of Western colonialist and corporate influences in East Asia before World War 2. How did such influences contribute to the expasion of Japan´s empire and the outbreak of war during the 1930s?
Critically evaluate the role of social media in the development and maintenance of relationships
PROVISIONAL ESSAY PLAN (PEAP)
NAME:
GROUP:
STUDENT NUMBER:
Below is a template for your essay plan.
• If you require further space in a section or if you need more sections, please add lines or sections.
• Remember this is a plan so you do not need to write in great detail.
• You are not expected to include your introduction or conclusion in this plan.
• This plan will be assessed. Please consult the assessment information booklet to see the assessment criteria.
Your argument (thesis)
What will be your main argument in the essay?
social media as an alternative mode of communication, strengthens the interpersonal ‘many to many’ relationships in a workplace sitting.
Main Body
Section 1
Write a short statement of the main point to be made in this section:
Accessibility of Social Media between individuals
Show how you will develop/supportthis main point (include references to specific texts, page/paragraph numbers, etc.)
Social media is widely accessible to most individuals with access to the internet (TEXT 2. Par 4&5)
Connectivity rate is currently at rapid increase (Text 2) Par. 5
Accessible to people of all ages (DeJong, 2014) (Text 2) Par. 5
Section2
Write a short statement of the main point to be made in this section:
Social media as a form of communication TEXT2. Par. 4
Show how you will develop/support thismainpoint (include references to specific texts, page/paragraph numbers, etc.)
Social media enables communication between members of the workplace (Text 2) Par.4,12,13,14,15
Social media allows ‘one-to-many’ and ‘many-to-many’ communication (Poore, 2014) (Text 2) Par. 21
Sharing of information through the web (Text 2) Par. 15 (TEXT1) Par10
Alternative form of communication which does not compromise offline relationships (Text 3) Par 26
Section 3
Write a short statement of the main point to be made in this section:
Importance of social media in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationship in the workplace Par 10
Show how you will develop/support thismainpoint (include references to specific texts, page/paragraph numbers, etc.)
It is about participation, collaboration, interactivity, community building, sharing, networking, creativity, distribution, flexibility, and
customisation (Poore, 2014) (Text 1) Par 21
Communication between workmates builds rapport (Text 2) Par. 7,23,24
Social media is a highly interactive form of communication to be used by workmates even after their working hours. (Text 5) Par.2,3
Allows non-formal or non-professional relationship (Fox, j. &Moreland, J.J (2015)) (Text 5) Par. 2,3
Section 4
Write a short statement of the main point to be made in this section:
Social media allows learning in the workplace Par. 15
Show how you will develop/support thismainpoint (include references to specific texts, page/paragraph numbers, etc.)
Social media is highly motivating (Poore, 2014); it has positive correlation on productivity (text 1) Par. 9,18
Social media is open to all ages, it shatters the generational barriers. (text 2) Par. 20,21
If your essay will have further sections carry on with these below (i.e. Section 3, Section 4, etc.)
Presentation 7.1 Social Media: The New “Face” of Law Enforcement outlines the various strategies that departments and agencies can use to effectively leverage the online environment, including websites and various social media platforms. Similarly, Presentation 7.2 How cops can maintain professionalism on social media provides advice and resources for individual law enforcement and public safety professionals regarding their use of social media.
With these two presentations in mind, choose a situation or scenario from the real world of law enforcement and public safety to serve as a Law Enforcement & the Online Environment case study for this assignment.
Your case study should either:
You have two options for the case study:
This assignment will be 3 pages maximum, double-spaced, using standard fonts and margins. With so many types of agencies and professions represented in this program, there is no one structural model for the assignment format. Rather, choose the format (traditional academic essay, formal report, memo etc.) that is the best fit for your current profession. Your work will be graded on organization, content, evidence and argumentation regardless of format.
1. What are your thoughts on food/ aversions/patterns of eating?
2. Look at the menu on page 261 is this realistic for young children?
3. Why/ why not?
4. what would you change?
5. How would you deal with a “picky” eater? Give examples
Friendships
Friendship
Here is a list of common idioms (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and expressions used in the United States to describe friends and friendship. Can you explain what each means? (from rpi.edu – see link)
• Fair-weathered friend
• Lady friend
• Girlfriend/boyfriend
• Blood brothers
• Birds of a feather flock together
• One rotten apple spoils the whole bunch
• A friend in need is a friend indeed
• Familiarity breeds contempt
Friendship – is a voluntary interpersonal relationship characterized by intimacy and liking, and provides social support.
• Friendship is voluntary
• Friendship is driven by shared interests
• Friendship is driven by Self-Disclosure
• Friendship is rooted in Liking (affection and respect)
• Friendship is volatile (high chance for change and easy to break off)
Friendship is an important source of emotional security and self-esteem, and provides a sense of belonging.
Rawlin’s 6 Stage Model of Friendship
Focuses on the creation, maintenance and termination of friendships. Limits to the model are that stabilized friendship stage doesn’t fully explain relational maintenance and the same is true of waning friendship for termination.
1.Role-limited interaction
2.Friendly relations
3.Moving towards friendship
4.Nascent friendship
5.Stabilized friendship
6.Waning friendship
What about this clips demonstrates concepts of making friendships and what also about this method would fail in making a friend?Sheldon Makes a Friend (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Maintain Friendships
Friendship Rules (Similar list in Communication in Successful Friendships list in the text)
1. Show support
2. Seek support
3. Respect privacy
4. Keep confidences
5. Defend your friends
6. Avoid pubic criticism
7. Make your friends happy
8. Manage Jealousy
9. Share Humor
10. Maintain equity
Maintenance Strategies
• Sharing Activities
• Self-Disclosure
Characteristics of Best Friends – what makes them different
1. Typically same sex rather than cross-sex
2. Include greater intimacy, more disclosure and deeper commitment
3. Listen to their problems with out judging and provide unconditional support
4. The degree to which shared activities commit the friends to each other in substantial ways.
5. Identity support: behaving in ways that convey understanding, acceptance and support for a friend’s valued social identities. Valued social identities are the aspects of your public self that you deem the most important in defining who you are.
Additional Resources
Building Friendships (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Building Friendships (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. – by David Masello
Open source – Friendship (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Stories of Friendship (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Lessons learned from making a new friend every day for a year: Maria Scileppi (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Intimate Relationships
Defining Romantic Relationships
In English there is only one word for “love” but how do we exactly define “romantic love”
Is isthis?The Bachelor (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Or nerdy guy gets the girl?
Big Bang – Penny Finally said “I love you” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Or the most romantic story ever told?
Over and over again.
Or the other most romantic story ever told?
*P.S. I hate both stories 🙂
Research found that the words associated with romantic love are:
• trust
• honesty
• happiness
• bondedness
• companionship
• communication
• caring
• intimacy
• shared laughter
• sexual desire
Are there words you would say are missing?
Definition – is a chosen interpersonal involvement forge through communication in which the participants perceive the bond as romantic.
Key Elements
1. Perception
2. Diversity
3. Choice
4. Commitment
5. Tensions (Dialectics)
6. Communication
Liking and Loving
Liking – is a feeling of affection and respect that we typically have for our friends
• Affection – is a sense of warmth and fondness toward another person
• Respect – is admiration for another person apart from how they treat you or communicate with you
Loving – is a vastly deeper and more intense emotional experience and consists of three components: intimacy, caring, and attachment.
• Intimacy – is a feeling of closeness and “union” (bonding) between you and your partner
o Emotional
o Physical
o Intellectual
o Shared Experiences/Activities
• Caring – is the concern you have for your partners welfare and the desire to keep him or her happy
• Attachment – is the longing to be in your partner’s presence as much as possible
Long term success = both liking and loving
Types of Love
Pragma – practical love (shared goals)
Philia – brotherly love
Agape – unearned or unconditional love
Storge – stable love (also family love)
Mania – extremes/obsessive
Ludus – playful love
Eros – passionate love
Relational Maintenance Strategies
Active Maintenance – relationships take work and are not effortless, so maintenance must be purposeful and active rather than passive. Think the small, every day acts you do for the other person.
Relational Maintenance – refers to communication and supportive behaviors to sustain a desired relationship status and level of satisfaction.
• Positivity
• Assurances
• Sharing Tasks
• Acceptance
• Self-Disclosure
• Relationship Talks/Openness
• Social Networks
5 Love Languages
1. Words of Affirmation
2. Quality Time
3. Receiving Gifts
4. Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch
To take the quiz to find out your love language go here (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You can do a pdf version if you don’t want to give them your information.
Long-Distance Maintenance Strategies
1. Use technology to regularly communicate
2. Still follow the above maintenance strategies – primarily focusing on positivity and assurances
3. When you reunite be prepared for an adjustment period that may be filled with tension, disappointment, and conflict. Do not expect everything to be perfect and use strategies for conflict (upcoming) as they arise.
Additional Resources:
Types of Intimacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Gottman Method (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. – Gottman Institute (We will cover this a lot more next week for conflict)
Skills for Healthy Relationships – Joanne Davila (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Relationship Dynamics
Relationships
Relationships of Circumstance – based on life’s circumstances
Relationships of Choice – you have chosen to initiate, maintain or terminate
• All relationships go through ups and downs
Attraction – Why we form relationships
• Appearance – for romantic relationship, research shows that people don’t want to be paired with someone they view as substantially below or above themselves in looks.
• Similarity –
• Complementary
• Rewards
• Competency
• Proximity
• Disclosure
• Reciprocal Liking – we are attracted to people who are attracted to us
Social Exchange Theory (Rewards Theory) – the benefits of a relationship must outweigh the costs of the relationship
Relationship Models
• All these models have a lot of similarities. Each also have limits to explaining relationships
Knapp’s Model
Has limits to explaining friendship relationships and some of the ebb and flow of relationships. Often you can be in one of the stages but some of the other stages may also be present. Some stages you may move through pretty quickly but they will be present.
The top four (4-7) are where the relational maintenance would happen.
Dialectical Model
Conflicts arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously. (Think tug-of-war) These tensions are constantly changing where the point of tension may be at in the relationship and each relationship you have is different for where the tension might be.
*Often dialectical tensions are only referred to by the internal manifestations: Connection vs Autonomy, Predictability vs Novelty and Openness vs Privacy (closedness)
Integration vs Separation
Connection vs Autonomy – The needs of having a separate identity (independence and autonomy) and connections with others.
Inclusion vs Seclusion – desire for involvement with the outside world with the desire to live their own lives
Stability vs Change
Predictability vs Novelty – The needs of having a stable, known relationship vs not being bored in the relationship and having the unpredictable and new.
Conventionality vs Uniqueness – the needs of other peoples expectations (that tend to be conventional and sometimes stifling) with the needs of being an unique individual in a unique relationship.
Expression vs Privacy
Openness vs Privacy (Closedness)
Revelation vs Concealment
Management of Dialectical Tensions
• Denial
• Disorientation
• Alternation
• Segmentation
• Balance
• Integration
• Recalibration
• Reaffirmation
Devito’s 6-stage Model of Relationships (not in text)
Read about it here (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. This model emphasizes the making and breaking of relationships – a little better about allowing for romantic and friendship relationships.
1. Contact
2. Involvement
3. Intimacy
4. Deterioration
5. Repair
6. Dissolution
Content and Relational Messages
Content messages are about the information being exchanged but all messages have a relational dynamic, which are messages that make statements about the speakers feel towards one another.
• Nonverbal – but this can be ambiguous and not intentional
• Metacommunication – messages that refer to other messages
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Contrast and compare tragic and comic male and female characters in Antigone and Lysistrata.
General Comments:
– The word count is 2500 words
– Harvard referencingstyle to be used
– 20 references minimum(20+)
Assignment’s question and how to frame the answer:
The question:How do firms set prices?
– This is economics module. Focus only on the economic aspect of the question, not marketing.
– Provide some critical thinking. Criticize the theories and models, not just explaining them (discuss the assumptions, can they be applied in real world).
– Include diagrams to demonstrate answers is possible whenever necessary.
How to frame the answer:
The question:How do firms set prices?
– There are four basic economic perspectives that must be covered:
1) Pricing in perfectly competitive markets- i.e. no market power (all this is based on supply and demand)
2) Pricing where market power exists
3) Price discrimination and differential pricing with heterogeneous consumers
4) Profit maximizing price-setting and pricing in practice
Note: You need to explain all the four points with examples.
Some additional things to think about:
– Include some of the following in your answer as well as appropriate:
• Market share
• Market positioning and segmentation (is price discrimination possible in these circumstances?)
• Differentiation and brand loyalty reduce the price elasticity of demand and what about horizontal demand curve?
• How do aggressive tactics affect pricing?
• The existence of complements, substitutes, barriers to entry, contestable market
• Consider gain theory, collusions versus competition, can Kinked demand curve lead to stable prices, structure conduct performance paradigm, Prisoner’s Dilemma
• You may also consider whether firms are motivated to maximize profit on the short or long term?
• How things are different from merit and demerit goods?
• The shareholders’ relation in revenue versus profit maximization (principal agent problem)
• How does product life affect pricing?
• Pricing including excluding tax liabilities?
• The influences of related products?
• Dynamic versus sticky prices?
• The difference between goods and services in b2b and b2c?
Note: Consider from the aforementioned points whatever you want. You don’t have to include them all.
Guidance for splitting the report:
– Introduction (150 words)
– Pricing in perfectly competitive markets- i.e. no market power (all this is based on supply and demand) (500 words)
– Pricing where market power exists, including the subsections (700 words)
– Price discrimination and differential pricing with heterogeneous consumers (500 words)
– Profit maximizing price-setting and pricing in practice (500 words)
– Conclusion (150 words)
Note: Long winded introduction and conclusion is pointless for the tutor
Inappropriate list of sources:
– Wikipedia
– Businessballs
– QuickMBA
– Pestleanalysis.com
– Tutor2u, economicshelp.org, economicsonline.co.uk
– Study.com
– Smallbusiness, Chron, boundless.com, cliffsnotes.com
– UKessays
– Mindtools
– Linkedin
– Investopedia
– Online dictionaries
– Businesscasestudies.co.uk
– Any blogs, tabloids, newspapers or social media sites
The European Union
#1: The European Union reading in the Europe Module explains what the EU is and what it takes to join or leave it. In the Additional Readings:
European History, the article, “Brexit: All you need to know about theUK leaving the EU” details facts pertaining the UK’s plans for leaving. Use
those two articles to answer the question:
Question to Answer:
IN YOUR OPINION, HOW WILL LEAVING THE EU AFFECT THE UK, THE REST OF EUROPE, AND THE UNITED STATES?
Remember that your response should be your opinion using facts from the articles to support your response.
#2:
Cultural forces continually apply pressure on a country. Some of these cultural forces pull the nation together (centripetal forces) and others pull it
apart (centrifugal forces).
Question to Answer:
USING THE POWER POINTS LOCATED IN “LEARNING ABOUT EUROPE” EXPLAINAT LEAST 4 CENTRIPETAL FORCES AND 4 CENTRIFUGAL FORCES THAT AFFECT THE CONTINENT OF
EUROPE. FOCUS ON EUROPE AS A WHOLE, AND NOT ON ANY ONE COUNTRY.
Reading: European Union
What is the European Union?
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of certain countries in Europe. Since July 2013, there are 28 member states in the European
Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The EU has grown out of 3 communities founded after World War II to establish peace and prosperity in Europe. The European Coal and Steel Community was
set up in 1951, the European Atomic Energy Commission was founded in 1957 and the European Economic Community was also founded in 1957.
The fundamental laws of the EU are set out in the various treaties agreed and ratified by the member states. A treaty is ratified when it is formally
accepted by the member state.
The most important treaty is the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community in 1957. Since the Treaty of Rome, the following
treaties have been agreed and ratified by all the Member States: the Merger Treaty in 1967, the Single European Act in 1986, the Treaty on European
Union (the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992, the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, the Treaty of Nice in 2002 and the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009.
The European Union has 4 main aims:
• To establish European citizenship. This means protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms.
• To ensure freedom, security and justice. This means co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs.
• To promote economic and social progress. This involves the single market, the euro, environmental protection and social and regional
development.
• To assert Europe’s role in the world.
The European Union is run by 5 main institutions:
a) The European Parliament
b) The Council of the European Union
c) The European Commission
d) The Court of Justice
e) The Court of Auditors
There is also the European Council which defines the EU’s overall political direction and priorities.
Under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU and is
committed to promoting them. A country wishing to join the EU submits a membership application to the Council of the European Union which asks the
European Commission to assess the applicant’s ability to meet the conditions for membership. If the Commission’s opinion is positive, the Council of
the European Union must then agree upon a negotiating mandate. Negotiations are then formally opened.
Joining the EU
Under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU and is
committed to promoting them. A country wishing to join the EU submits a membership application to the Council of the European Union which asks the
European Commission to assess the applicant’s ability to meet the conditions for membership (Copenhagen criteria) (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.. If the Commission’s opinion is positive, the Council of the European Union must then agree upon a negotiating mandate. Negotiations
are then formally opened.
Leaving the EU
Under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union any member state may decide to withdraw from the EU. The member state must notify the European Council
of its intention. The EU must negotiate an agreement with the member state, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal, taking account of the
framework for its future relationship with the EU. The agreement is negotiated in accordance with Article 218(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union .
The agreement is concluded on behalf of the EU by the Council of the European Union, if it has the approval of a qualified majority of the member
states, not including the member state that is leaving. The qualified majority must be at least 72% of the members of the Council of the European Union
and representing at least 65% of the population of the member states.
The EU treaties cease to apply to the member state from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, if there is no agreement, 2 years
after the original notification unless the European Council unanimously decides to extend this period.
On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the EU. The UK leaving the EU is known as ‘Brexit’ (short for ‘Britain’ and ‘exit’).
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/european_government/european_union.html
Critical Appraisal
Guidelines for Paper
1. Please use as a guide the appropriate Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklists found in Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2015) textbook on pages 539 to
550.
2. The critiques are to be informal, although correct grammar, spelling, etc. still are expected.
3. The critique should include a brief description of the study that was reviewed and should address elements of the study relevant to critique.
4. Provide a written critique on a critical appraisal of the elements relevant to the nature of the research study (Type of study, design,
quality of the study, rationale, etc.) as well as implications for practice and further research and/or evaluation.
5. The minimum length for this assignment is four pages, APA formatted, double-spaced with 1-inch margins and Times Roman font of 12 pts and a
maximum of five pages. This assignment should include title page and critique. There is no need for an abstract or reference list.
The following could also be used as a guide
Critical Appraisal Template
Prognosis Article
Clinical Question:
Reference: 1st 2 authors et al, title, journal, date (including date of month), volume, page range.
Methods
Design – RCT / controlled not randomized / cohort / case series / case report / prospective vs. retrospective
Setting – type of hospital / location
Patient Population – number / inclusion criteria / exclusion criteria,
screening/enrollment methods, number screened vs number enrolled
Description of prognostic factors considered
Analysis – statistical models
Outcomes – primary and secondary
Follow-up – duration / completeness, accounting of patients
Validity
Was the patient sample clearly defined, representative of clinical practice, and captured at a similar point in disease progression?
Was duration of follow-up sufficient? Were all patients accounted for?
Were outcome criteria objective and unbiased relative to the prognostic factors?
Was their adjustment for linked prognostic factors?
Were patients in the study treated similarly?
Do the study population characteristics describe your patient?
Results
How likely are the outcomes during a specified period of follow-up?
How precise are the likelihood estimates?
Hazard or Odds Ratios, Kaplan-Meier curves if available.
Comments
Strengths and Weaknesses of Study (internal and external validity)
Study in context of other available literature and/or current standard-of’care
Can the study results change management or counseling of the patient?
Next steps for further study of this problem
Pathophysiologic considerations
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