How does critical thinking relate to peer assessment? What strategies can you apply when you assess Written Assignments?

Explain the concepts of internal validity and external validity and give examples. Thanks

Write a 2-3 page paper in which you summarize the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of development. Describe how cognitive and sociocultural development support language development. In your paper you should address: The strengths and weaknesses of Piaget’s theories. The strengths and weaknesses of Vygotsky’s theories. Identify the elements of each theory that you think are the strongest and/or the most problematic, and explain why you think so. How do cognitive and sociocultural development support language development? What should caregivers look for to confirm that a child is progressing in their language acquisition (ages 1-3)?

List and describe the five stages of group development and provide examples.

Identify the seven components of the communication process model, and briefly describe each by providing an example.

Provide definitions and examples of the following concepts related to Piaget’s concrete operational stage: a) identity, b) transitive inference, and c) hierarchical classification.

Each explanation should be realted to what children emphasize

Explain how children reason in Kohlberg’s three levels of moral thought: preconventional moral thought, conventional moral thought, and postconventional moral thought. For each level, report a) what children emphasize as important as their basis for their moral beliefs and b) provide an example from the Heinz dilemma that reflects that type of moral reasoning.

Apply some of the major approaches to motivation to enhance performance and productivity to a given situation in a company. (low motivation and job satisfaction, increased absenteeism and tardiness, poor work performance and service, elevated stress, conflict among employees can be addressed in your answer)

In addition, cite the text, e.g. (p. 3), in at least one of your posts, proofread your post carefully, and read all student posts.

Brain

1. Imagine that you at your favorite coffee shop relaxing, when in walks the person you have a serious crush on. Describe what happens to your body as you move from the parasympathetic to sympathetic nervous system.
2. Which brain area did you find to be most fascinating? Provide a brief description of the functions of any 4 brain areas that are most active while driving a car.
3. People who are intoxicated have difficulty walking, they tend to make poor decisions, and sometimes, are unable to remember what happened the night before. Given this information, which brain areas are likely to be affected by alcohol. Explain.

Compare the Freudian notion of “delay of gratification” with that developed by Mischel. What role does delay of gratification play in these two theoretical approaches to personality?

1) Using the five conflict-handling strategies and examples from a typical workplace, describe a situation when each strategy would be a good choice for managing a conflict. (Forcing, Problem solving, Avoiding, Yielding, Compromising)

Explain at what point a person is considered "under arrest." Explain the difference between a stop and an arrest. Why might states authorize probable cause arrests for certain unwitnessed misdemeanors? How much force can be used by an officer when executing an arrest? How is it determined? Can you think of any times when you heard about "excessive use of force" and if so, how do you think the actions of a few influenced the perceptions of many regarding the police??

Are patients with anterograde amnesia able to perform visual recognition tasks without difficulty? We assume general visual recognition tasks, no need for a specific task or activity.

A patient has difficulty performing the mental rotation task. What are 2 possible disorders that the patient could have? And where would the lesions be for the 2 possible disorders?

The task would be to mentally rotate an upside down image of a person holding 2 balls (one red one white). The patient would need to rotate it so the person holding the ball is upright, so when asked which hand the red ball is in, they would be able to identify correctly. The activity is done twice, first time with the red ball in the left hand, and second time with the red ball in the right hand. The patient has difficulty in both cases.

What is the significance of the Navaho third gender category? And, what does berdache mean?

2-3 sentences at least more is appreciated.

1. What is the difference between a homosexual orientation and a heterosexual orientation? Define Bisexuality.

2. Explain how sexual orientation was viewed in the past and compare to how it is viewed now. Consider cultural and religious factors in your answers. You can choose one or two cultural views to explain your answers .

3. Describe the relationship between heredity, genetics make-up and predisposition and sexual orientation, specifically among twins. Do you think there is a relationship between your sexual orientation and your genes ??

4. Compare and contrast the baby blues and postpartum depression in terms of symptoms, duration, impact , effects on the person and family members and consequences .

5. Describe environmental influences on prenatal development. Choose one of the teratogens discussed in the chapter and the notes and talk about the psychological, behavioral, cognitive and physical impact it has on the developing child.