What messages did you learn about the comparative value of working with your hands (farming, trucking, carpentry, house cleaning), service work (practicing cosmetology, cashiering, waiting tables), or business or professional work (working as a programmer, teacher, nurse, business owner)? What are your thoughts now about these various kinds of work?

What did you learn as a child or teenager about what success meant and why some people are successful and some are not? Where did you learn those ideas?

If you or your family ever received public assistance, what was that like for you? If not, what messages did you receive from your family and teachers about people who did receive public assistance?

What did you learn in your childhood about people asking for help? Was this seen as a defeat or shameful act? Was this seen as an appropriate strategy to manage? Did it make any difference from whom one asked for help?

What are the tips in building trust toward others?

Is death, in any sense of death is something bad for us?

Choose four of the Critical Thinking Steps and give examples for each one that you can use in critical thinking situations with your students. Remember that the only way to change a behavior or increase a learning skill is to encourage analysis of thought so that new thoughts will create new behaviors. The critical thinking steps listed in this section are: Ask Questions Rely on facts and not assumptions Be honest and ethical Let your mind wander Interpret information accurately to prevent conflicts Discuss issues with others

What would you suggest these organizations do when they lose a portion or even all of the funding for the outreach program?

Explain how the psychodynamic perspective differs from other perspectives in explaining the causes of psychological problems.

Which Enlightenment thinker most appealed to the interests of merchants?

In your day to day travels, select two individuals with whom you have a casual acquaintance. This might be a clerk at your bank or someone who works on your campus. Do not use students for this journal assignment. Offer genuine praise to these two individuals. Notice their reactions; their posture; their eye contact, etc. How do you think these reactions would differ if you had offered insincere or false praise to these two individuals? What might you say in offering insincere praise? Describe your experience in detail. Do you think students can tell when teachers offer insincere or false praise? What are some examples of insincere praise that you have heard spoken to students?

How do you or how does your career contribute to our nation’s homeland security posture? Do you work with other Homeland Security entities either private or governmental?

Explain the Path-Goal Theory of Leadership with pragmatic example.

Elaborate the concept of Nature vs. Nurture by keeping in mind the major contributors of personality development theories, whose work we have discussed in lecture. Incorporate examples along with your stance

List and demonstrate some of the qualities of an excellent leader you do follow.