First look up Group Think 5 on youtube then answer questions below:

Group think is the pressure and resulting conformity that is often created within a group setting, particularly when it appears there is an overwhelming consensus in the group. Watch the video about group think. Try to ignore the highly dramatized nature of the clip and focus on the effects of group think, whether in the example of Charles Manson and his followers, or in the Asch conformity experiment.

Discussion questions:

1. What’s a common example of group think? What types of cognitive and perceptual errors occur in this example?

2. In your opinion, why is it that group think can be so powerful?

3. What are some tactics you can use to avoid group think?

In a few days, we'll put Comp 1 behind us and move on to what's next: fall classes, current employment, plans for careers, and more. And you've got hopes and good intentions. In this thread, let us know what a couple of your goals are as you move on.

"SMART" goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. (I'll clarify these terms/descriptions in a "Note to All" post at the top of the discussion.) Try articulating your goals as SMART goals!

Find a current event in today's society use the language (i.e., assumptions, and concepts/terms) of Symbolic Interactionism Theory to explain/discuss the dynamics surrounding this event.

write an essay of 3-4 pages Comparing and contrasting the French Revolution with the Russian Revolution. Note both similarities and differences. Try to focus on two or three areas when comparing and contrasting.

Compare and contrast the typical Western European version of witchcraft with one of the following non-Western versions of witchcraft by reviewing these resource links on witchcraft:

What purpose do the beliefs serve in the contrasting society’s view of witchcraft that you selected above?

What are the major areas of adjustment required for students who are entering college?
How can these adjustments be made easier?

What advice would you have for first-year students to make their adjustment easier?

What are the most positive aspects of attending college?

Least positive?

What does it mean when college students' thinking progresses from rigidity to flexibility to freely chosen commitments? Do you have personal examples of how this has, or has not, occurred in your life?

This is all apart of one question, in paragraph form write how you feel.

Psychology of Personality!!!!!!!!! What effect does gender have on personality?

Reading Selection is Equiano's Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Must be 4-5 paragraphs)

Briefly introduce the writer and the situation that this reading is about. Identify the genre or nature of the reading.

Using specific examples or lines within the reading, suggest the author’s key views and key aims for the reading audience.

Evaluate the author’s strategy and what you see as the work’s likely effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness) for the target audience. If there is any known historical result, discuss that.

Evaluate how the reading impacted you. Identify any analogous situations today, and also key lessons you get from the reading that could be relevant to one’s professional and personal life.    

mod 8 Using examples, distinguish between abusive and circumstantial ad hominem.

Subject is Food Insecurities

From the book Vandana Shiva. Vandana Shiva Reader

Explain what Shiva means by “monocultures of the mind,”

Why is the food insecurity and hunger crisis related to ownership of “capital, land, seeds, biodiversity and water,”

What does the author mean by “food in the global casino.”

Que. Your mission for this question is to experience life as You are to attempt to WALK LIKE KAMALA(Kamala & amala case). For 30 - 40 minutes, walk as a human quadruped. Describe what it feels like. What are the problems and difficulties of such an activity? You must try a variety of surfaces (carpeted and non-carpeted, outside if you dare) as well as going up and down a flight of stairs. What did all of this teach you about the case of the feral children who used quadruped locomotion? The difficult part of this question is that since I cannot prove you did these activities --- you have to convince me you actually did these activities.

(the Answer needs to be in soft copy)

Defining the situation the same way serves as the basis for interpreting social interaction. In one sentence, please provide an example in which two people did not define the situation the same way, resulting in an unpredictable encounter. Consider the role that each one played and the end result. And create a "headline" related to your situation and use it as the subject heading.

Web Link-Video: Own Your Behaviors, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success, Louise Evans : Please see the link below.

https://youtu.be/4BZuWrdC-9Q

A. What did the exercise reveal to you about yourself? Where you surprised about what you learned or was this something you already knew about yourself?

B. Do you tend to maintain the same orientation most of the time or are there occasions in which you change from one orientation to another?

C. What were your thoughts on the video? Point out something Louise Evans said that was of interest to you.

discuss the academic applications of memory models and try to apply the principles to yourself.
Using Baddeley’s working memory model, give an example of two tasks that could successfully be performed simultaneously (For example, can you listen to music while studying at the same time?). Discuss two other tasks that probably would interfere with each other. Make sure to discuss your answers in terms of the visuospatial scratchpad, the phonological loop, and the central executive.