Based on your knowledge of sleep and sleep cycles, what should be the start time for schools? Why? Explain your answer. Do you feel like you physically and mentally get enough sleep to fully and actively participate in the events of your day?

Identify major empires in three of the following areas, c. 2000-250 CE, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Americas, and Europe, and those historical features that allowed them to build significant and sustainable political states. What, if any, are the principal similarities/dissimilarities among the empires you discussed Utilize and cite material from your textbook and a minimum of four primary sources from online readings (see link under Course Administration (these need to be different from those in Part One) to write this essay.

How do you find happiness during the low times of your life? Do you meditate, and peaceful moments with God?

In 300 words create a Manifesto What are you calling on the workers of the world to do? What do you hope to accomplish? Why is your cause different from the one that drove Marx and Engels? Use Marxian methods to construct your case, be a dialectic materialist and use economic determinism as a vehicle.please type

Analyze the connections and comparisons that can be made between Africa and Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century. (Ch. 26)

You have noticed in your life that you are assisted particularly in difficult times? Who is it and how they support you?

A scientist has invented a pill that can replace sleep. It is organic, cheap, and the only side effect is the elimination of dreaming. People taking it would recover approximately 25 years’ worth of time that would otherwise be spent sleeping. Do you foresee any problems resulting from releasing this pill?

What subsistence strategies are associated with female religious specialists?

How does monotheism and polytheism relate to how males and females relate to each other in ordinary life?  

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An argument is a list of statements, one of which is the conclusion and the others are the premises or assumptions of the argument. The parts that make up an argument are consistency, validity, and soundness. Consistency is ensuring that all parts of the line of reasoning contribute to the conclusion. Validity is a statement of the arguments and lastly soundness is a property of both arguments and the statements in them. When writing I can apply these principles to make the reader understand my argument. It would be extremely helpful when writing an argumentative essay using these principles to create your argument.

provide the main thesis and summarize edward freeman stakeholder theory of the modern corporation

2. What is the difference between solicitation and conspiracy? (note the different elements of each crime) What is an overt act? Give an example.

3. Do you agree with the accomplice liability theory - making everyone involved in the crime responsible for all criminal acts committed during the intended crime? Do you think it is fair that they all can receive the same punishment?

Research a news report of a serial killing from either a standard national or local newspaper or broadcast station. Read or watch the report with the myths of a serial killer in mind. Then write a short paper that briefly summarizes the chosen news account of a serial killing. Using the serial killer myths presented in the module lecture and the article regarding African American serial killers, discuss whether or not the news account perpetuates any of the myths. For example, newscasters have used the term mass murderer to refer to a serial killer, ignoring the government's definitions of mass and serial murder. These are two distinctly different crimes, yet at times the media has used them interchangeably.

Directions—read carefully! Complete the questions by inserting your answer on the page (there is no need to retype the questions). In order for me to discern your answers from my questions please type your answers using blue font color. When completed send the document to me through the assignment link. Don’t forget to put your name at the top. Your answers should be in your own words written in complete sentences with correct grammar and text--not simply copied from the book. 1. What are cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development? 2. Explain the syndrome called failure to thrive (FTT). 3. Describe the process of introducing new foods to infants. 4. Compare and contrast the different feeding methods for infants. 5. Describe the development of the nervous system in infants. 6. Describe infant brain development. 7. Compare and contrast nature and nurture in brain development. 8. Describe how motor development follows a cephalocaudal and proximodistal pattern and differentiation. 5. Watch the video on SIDS. http://youtube.com/watch?v=FGJCPvlbAaI After viewing this information what would you tell first-time parents about the risk of SIDS? 6. Explain the active/passive controversy in perceptual development during infancy. 7. Compare and contrast nature and nurture in perceptual development of infants. 8. Marianne has landed a part-time job as a nanny for Jack, a two-month old boy. What can Marianne expect to see in terms of the child's sensory and motor development as she interacts with and observes Jack over the next six months? 9. Describe the six substages: (a) simple reflexes; (b) primary circular reactions; (c) secondary circular reactions; (d) coordination of secondary schemes; (e) tertiary circular reactions; and (f) invention of new means through mental combinations of Piaget’s first, sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. 10. Describe the acquisition of object permanence. 11. Elaborate on the extent to which infants can remember. 12. Explain prelinguistic sounds in children, and discuss babbling and cooing. 13. Compare and contrast receptive vocabulary to expressive vocabulary 14. Define and identify “general nominals” and “specific nominals.” 15. Compare and contrast referential language style to expressive language style. Taking it to the Net Answer the following questions regarding Taye after reviewing the website that corresponds to that question. http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/language_development_1_to_2_years.html Taye is worried that his one year-old-cousin, Matthew, whom he often baby-sits, is not on track with his language development as compared to his niece Rita. By this age, what are some of the language-related milestones or tasks than an average child usually has achieved? 16. Discuss Mary Ainsworth (1989) and John Bowlby’s (1988) attachment theory. 17. Compare and contrast the three patterns of attachment demonstrated through the strange situation model developed by Ainsworth and colleagues. 18. Explain what “intergenerational transmission of attachment” means. 19. Describe the role temperament plays in attachment 20. Compare and contrast the differences between attachment of a child to the mother and attachment to the father. 21. Describe the conditions that contribute to an insecurely attached infant. 22. Describe the different stages of attachment. 23. Compare and contrast the cognitive view of attachment, the behavioral view of attachment, and the psychoanalytic views of attachment. 24. Analyze the role social deprivation has on secure attachment. 25. Describe autism spectrum disorder. 26. Identify causes of autism. 27. Explain the different treatment options available for children with autism. 28. Describe research findings that have been conducted on day care 29. Describe the limitations of the NICHD study. 30. Describe social referencing. 31. Identify the three components of social referencing as presented by Carver and Vaccaro: (a) looking at another, (b) associating that individual’s emotional response with the unfamiliar situation, and (c) regulating their own emotional response in accord with the response of the older individual. 32. Define emotional regulation. 33. Explain how caregivers can help infants learn to regulate their emotions. 34. Describe the process of the emergence of self-concept during infancy. 35. Distinguish gender differences from a cultural perspective. 36. Compare and contrast male and female behavior during infancy. 37. Compare and contrast adult interactions with boy infants versus adult interactions with girl infants. Taking it to the Net Answer the following questions after reviewing the website that corresponds to that question. http://www.attachmentparenting.org/WhatIsAP.php Justin read about a new concept known as "attachment parenting." What is it, and how can parents engage in it? Do you think it is a good idea? What specifically can parents do to help insure that their children develop secure attachment?