Spend the majority of your discussion examining the impacts of culture and society on pregnant women (at least 250 words).

understanding the 3 main principles of learning (reinforcement, punishment, and modeling), answer the following:

1. Which of the principles do you think is most influential in parenting? Why?
2. Do you think reinforcement or punishment is better for society? Why? Provide examples
3. Respond to two other students' responses and state whether you agree or disagree and why.

Conifer Corp. is a sawmill operation in Oregon that is owned by a major forest products company but operates independently of the parent company. It was built 30 years ago and completely updated with new machinery five years ago. Conifer receives raw logs from the area for cutting and planing into building-grade lumber, mostly 2-by-4 and 2-by-6 pieces of standard lengths. Higher-grade logs leave Conifer’s sawmill department in finished form and are sent directly to the packaging department. The remaining 40 percent of sawmill output are cuts from lower-grade logs, requiring further work by the planing department. Page 242 Conifer has 1 general manager,16 supervisors and support staff, and 180 unionized employees. The unionized employees are paid an hourly rate specified in the collective agreement, whereas management and support staff are paid a monthly salary. The mill is divided into six operating departments: boom, sawmill, planer, packaging, shipping, and maintenance. The sawmill, boom, and packaging departments operate a morning shift starting at 6:00 a.m. and an afternoon shift starting at 2:00 p.m. Employees in these departments rotate shifts every two weeks. The planer and shipping departments operate only morning shifts. Maintenance employees work the night shift (starting at 10:00 p.m.). Each department, except for packaging, has a supervisor on every work shift. The planer supervisor is responsible for the packaging department on the morning shift, and the sawmill supervisor is responsible for the packaging department on the afternoon shift. However, the packaging operation is housed in a separate building from the other departments, so supervisors seldom visit the packaging department. This is particularly true for the afternoon shift, because the sawmill supervisor is the furthest distance from the packaging building. Packaging Quality. Ninety percent of Conifer’s product is sold nationally and internationally through Westboard, Inc., a large marketing agency. Westboard represents all forest products mills owned by Conifer’s parent company as well as several other clients in the region. The market for building-grade lumber is very price competitive, because there are numerous mills selling a relatively undifferentiated product. However, some differentiation does occur in product packaging and presentation. Buyers will look closely at the packaging when deciding whether to buy from Conifer or another mill. To encourage its clients to package their products better, Westboard sponsors a monthly package quality award. The marketing agency samples and rates its clients’ packages daily, and the sawmill with the highest score at the end of the month is awarded a framed certificate of excellence. Package quality is a combination of how the lumber is piled (e.g., defects turned in), where the bands and dunnage are placed, how neatly the stencil and seal are applied, the stencil’s accuracy, and how neatly and tightly the plastic wrap is attached. Conifer won Westboard’s packaging quality award several times over the past five years, and received high ratings in the months that it didn’t win. However, the mill’s ratings have started to decline over the past year or two, and several clients have complained about the appearance of the finished product. A few large customers switched to competitors’ lumber, saying that the decision was based on the substandard appearance of Conifer’s packaging when it arrived in their lumber yard. Bottleneck in Packaging. The planing and sawmilling departments have significantly increased productivity over the past couple of years. The sawmill operation recently set a new productivity record on a single day. The planer operation has increased productivity to the point where last year it reduced operations to just one (rather than two) shifts per day. These productivity improvements are due to better operator training, fewer machine breakdowns, and better selection of raw logs. (Sawmill cuts from high-quality logs usually do not require planing work.) Productivity levels in the boom, shipping, and maintenance departments have remained constant. However, the packaging department has recorded decreasing productivity over the past couple of years, with the result that a large backlog of finished product is typically stockpiled outside the packaging building. The morning shift of the packaging department is unable to keep up with the combined production of the sawmill and planer departments, so the unpackaged output is left for the afternoon shift. Unfortunately, the afternoon shift packages even less product than the morning shift, so the backlog continues to build. The backlog adds to Conifer’s inventory costs and increases the risk of damaged stock. Conifer has added Saturday overtime shifts as well as extra hours before and after the regular shifts for the packaging department employees to process this backlog. Last month, the packaging department employed 10 percent of the workforce but accounted for 85 percent of the overtime. This is frustrating to Conifer’s management, because time and motion studies recently confirmed that the packaging department is capable of processing all of the daily sawmill and planer production without overtime. With employees earning one and a half or two times their regular pay on overtime, Conifer’s cost competitiveness suffers. Employees and supervisors at Conifer are aware that people in the packaging department tend to extend lunch by 10 minutes and coffee breaks by 5 minutes. They also typically leave work a few minutes before the end of their shift. This abuse has worsened recently, particularly on the afternoon shift. Employees who are temporarily assigned to the packaging department also seem to participate in this time loss pattern after a few days. Although they are punctual and productive in other departments, these temporary employees soon adopt the packaging crew’s informal schedule when assigned to that department. Discussion Questions 1. What symptom(s) in this case suggest(s) that something has gone wrong? 2. What are the main causes of the symptom(s)? 3. What actions should executives take to correct the problem(s)?

Subject: Organization Behavior

1- Select the characteristics that nearly all stratification systems share. (Select all characteristics that apply. You may choose more than one.)

2- One's class is not affected by race, gender or religion.

True

False

3- When the United States experienced a labor shortage during World War II, the government encouraged Mexicans to immigrate to the United States.    True or False

4- Play among young girls who stay with all-girl groups tends to reflect norms of encouragement and support, while young boys in same-gender groups develop a tendency toward more aggressive and competitive play.

           True

           False

Personally, getting a promotion gave me anxiety. Don't get me wrong, I was grateful for the new position. With my promotion came not only a raise, but more responsibilities and new tasks that I never thought I'd be capable of doing. Becoming an administrative manager from being a server was a big change for me. I was comfortable with being able to clock in and out only having to deal with customers. Now, I don't only deal with customers, I deal with all of the employees. I struggled with doing the inventory and being responsible with the food order. How many cases of ranch should I order? How many shredded lettuce bags do we run through a day? Maybe I can be faster in placing the order? Thankfully, I have a really good general manager who kept me motivated and positive when I let the stress get to me. She taught me her tricks and her ways of remembering certain food units and how I can properly read the labels in case I did forget. I focused in giving myself short term goals. For example, if I made a mistake on the inventory and counted ranch by the case instead of individual bags, I'd make sure the next time I did inventory I'd count by the bags. I made sure I stayed persistent in order to ensure I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Once I got the inventory and food order down, I was excited to learn to do the invoices. My next step is to get promoted to being the assistant general manager.

comment on their post. Can you relate to them? Have you experienced something similar? Are you impressed? Do you have advice that may have helped them at the time?

What are some of the positive actions an international coalition can perform in sustaining community risk reduction programs within underdeveloped nations/countries?

1. Watch the “Brown eyes vs. Blue yes” clip and summarize:

What were the findings of this experiment? How is prejudice demonstrated? How is discrimination demonstrated?

What can we learn from this experiment?

2. Watch the “Social Conformity” clip in your Canvas site and answer:

What did you think about the clip? Does it demonstrate the “power” of social conformity?

Please answer the following questions

Have you ever been a subject for stereotyping?

Can you indicate which stereotypes do you hold? Do any of them pertain to yourself?

3. https://www.ted.com/talks/uldus_bakhtiozina_wry_photos_that_turn_stereotypes_upside_down and answer the following questions:

               How does Uldus Bakhtiozina target social norms?

               What is your opinion/reflection in regard to the subject/idea of this talk?

When considering the different phases in group development (forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning), what are some typical situations that may occur in each phase?

Chapter 7 discusses research on skilled actions like somersaulting. Another example from sports is how baseball players catch fly balls. Think of another sport that uses a skilled actions and then explain.

Working in the healthcare field I am always forced to face with a variety of challenges. One in particular that has always stuck with me was when I first started my job as a medical assistant. In the first couple months as I was getting the hang of things, I had some trouble adjusting and getting comfortable with all the tasks and responsibilities I was given. I am thankful that I had an amazing group of co workers that were willing to help me through it as I got comfortable with the job. I was told that I had to draw blood from a patient, and although we were taught these things in school, it is different than doing it on your first patient in real life. It can get very intimidating when its your first time but sometimes we need to get out of our comfort zone to learn more. My co worker was there to guide me through the steps which made me feel very confident at the end. Something that caught my attention in the learning pit video was"We become more comfortable with the uncomfortable learning" which meant for me to get out of my comfort zone and be confident to continue to learn new things and be more knowledgeable in what I do at work as medical assistant . Some things that I tell myself when things start to get difficult is that every struggle leads to learning and accomplishing things in the end which makes me more motivated and eager to learn more. I find myself focusing more on long term goals rather than short term and remind my self that everything that I am doing are steps toward bettering myself and my career.

Can you relate to them? Have you experienced something similar? Are you impressed? Do you have advice that may have helped them at the time?

"Interview with Robot Named Sophia” Imagine the most valuable new use of computer technology. This topic gets you to ponder what the world might be like for your children. Please also discuss and pros and cons of technology in addition to challenges ahead.

1. Facial expressions can show emotion, but they also are used for conversation management. Give examples of each, and state which function you consider the most important.

What is "intersectionality", and why is this a relevant concept in anthropology? Use examples in your answer.