the Ten most important things you will take away from Early Childhood Education Class

How will this information help you a) in your professional life b) in you personal life?

"Imagine a historical figure is brought back to life. Who is it? What's their favorite mobile app?" (250 words or less)

Explain the researcher's dilemma in deciding whether to use forced-choice rating scales or unforced-choice rating scales? What types of tactics can researchers use to minimize participant tendencies to avoid extreme judgments or choose extreme positions on a scale?

What are the steps in drafting and refining a survey instrument, especially the phase of organizing the pieces? Explain the meaning of pretesting and why instrument designers should pretest questionnaires prior to using them in a study.

However, when love is in the situation, it grays the black and white areas. Have you ever found yourself in a situation that was very black and white when looking into another person's dilemma, but when personally with a similar dilemma it seemed to be a gray area? If so, please share your example with the class and explain how you feel psychology would address the reactions you have made due to emotions rather than ethics or logic.

Discuss each step in the six-step procedure for testing for statistical significance.   Why is it important for research to adhere to this sequence?

Discuss the purpose of calculating measures of association. Pick any 5 measures of association and discuss the purpose of the analysis, the type of data used, and how the results are interpreted.

how intrusions applies to interpersonal communication

Compare and contrast a natural disaster with warnings and a terrorist-caused disaster with warnings in 300 words.

What does it mean to say that human development is integrated, interactive, and dynamic?

A. How reliable do you think the science behind forensics?

B. What do you think about mark mayfield fingerprint error? or Levon Brooks, how he was wrongfully put in prison due to foresnsic error.

C. What's your opinion on anyone getting certified to become a forensics experts? Just by going online and paying even though your degree has nothing to with that field yet they can be used to testify in court since they have their "certification"?

Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning

For a trait to evolve (change) over time, what is the prerequisite that must be met?

The "Journal of American pediatrics" reports a correlational link between watching TV watching and obesity. Does this link mean there is a casual relation between TV watching and obesity? What alternative explanations can you think of?

Ethical Listening ( answers does not need to be too long)

If you felt that a classmate’s speech was boring, do you have an ethical obligation to lat this classmate know that the speech was boring? Why or why not? If yes, what ethical standards might apply when telling this person about your unfavorable impression of the speech?

If you knew that a student in this class “borrowed” a speech from another student, do you have an ethical obligation to let the student know that what or she has done is unethical? Do you have an ethical obligation to let your instructor know? Why or why not?

If a speaker in this class used information from a biased source, would you have an ethical obligation to criticize the speaker for using information from that source? Why or why not?

If you feel strongly that a speaker did an outstanding job of presenting a speech in this class, do you have an ethical obligation to share your opinion after the speech is over? Why or why not?

Back in 1996, Steve Case’s AOL was urgently seeking a top notch internet browser to market their products. Both Bill Gates’ Microsoft and Netscape Navigator were vying with AOL to take them on as a client. In terms of their Best Alternative (BA/BATNA), Netscape held a huge advantage because of its strong technical superiority, presence and dominance in the overall browser market. Microsoft was just in the process of entering the market and held a fledgling percentage of the overall browser market, but had a long way to go relative to Netscape’s much superior overall market hold. Additionally, Microsoft’s browser was also considered technically inferior to Netscape’s. Despite this unequal valuation of their positions, Bill Gates had deemed that gaining a greater presence and market share of the browser market was a priority. Netscape adopted the position that since they were so powerfully based, they would only negotiate with AOL by holding out for a high per copy fee. In essence, the deal would have been based on a “browser for dollars” agreement. Steve Case, the CEO of AOL viewed the position of Netscape as: “They [Netscape] were very aggressive about selling the browser, but they wanted a very high per-copy fee. The attitude was, ‘We’re so hot, we’ll license to everyone, so you better take it'.” Being new to the market and possessing what was considered an inferior product, meant Microsoft had very limited prospects at the negotiation table. As Netscape engaged in waiting for AOL to respond to their proposal, Microsoft readjusted their focus by shifting their own proposal to concentrate on their business marketing strength, rather than the technology issue. In essence, Microsoft used a creative strategy to change the nature of a weak position or BATNA to enhance their position while weakening Netscape’s in the process. Microsoft concentrated its pitch on the marketing features it could offer to AOL which it knew Netscape could not match. They did so by offering to bundle AOL into the Windows operating system, and more importantly, they offered to do this for free! They also promised AOL that they would provide additional technical adaptations if AOL were to sign a multi year contract. As David Colburn, AOL’s chief negotiator and Business Development head, would later state; “ The willingness of Microsoft to bundle… with the Windows operating system was a critically important competitive factor that was impossible for Netscape to match.” Despite the fact Microsoft and AOL were active competitors the match was perfect for both parties simply because Microsoft had the foresight to change the nature of the negotiation to their advantage and made AOL an offer it could not refuse. The end result was that AOL would now be able to position the AOL icon directly next to the Microsoft Network icon in what AOL described as “the most valuable desktop real estate in the world”. Simply put, they could reach out to a market that equated to an additional fifty million people per year and could do so at zero cost. AOL would no longer have to bombard the market by sending out its discs at a cost of forty to eighty dollars per acquired customer and still actively compete with Microsoft in the process. Although Microsoft surrendered some of its market share to AOL in the short term, the company achieved its loftier goal of making a huge stride forward in gaining a significant share of the browser market.

1. Describe the strength of the BATNA for each side? Who had the advantage based upon BATNA? What mistake did they make?

2. Your text talks about value and creating value. When the negotiation began, what value or service was being negotiated? Which side created new value and what was it? How did this move them from a position of weakness to a position of strength?

3. We have also talked about bundling in class. How did one of the competitors use bundling to win this negation? Describe the offer and why it was creative.

4. Explain how this negotiation was a win for both parties, AOL and Microsoft.