USA History:

What was the root cause of the Civil War, was it a lack of compromise between the Southerners and the Northerners or was slavery?

All of you have been on teams in recent years. It might have been a sports team or a work group.

It might have been a student panel or a fraternity or sorority team. It might have been a committee of some sorts -- anything where you had to work with other people to accomplish a goal.

Reflect what being on the team was like.Was it a good experience or a bad experience? Did the team work well together? If so, why (specifically)? Did you make conscious decisions to work together or did you simply “gel”? Did the team work poorly together? What do you think was the problem (specifically)? What could you have done to make it better?

Give us enough specific information about the team so that we know what you are talking about. Think about one unique lesson you learned -- as opposed to one generic lesson that could be applied to any team.

Name and describe two individual, sociocultural, and family characteristics that are associated with high-risk behavior in adolescents.

Your response should be 4-5 paragraphs in length. Be mindful of using proper grammar and spelling. Please be specific in your example.

Present an argument that it is easier for employers to comply with diversity legislation in Canada than it is in the United States

What are some of the costs and benefits to living in cities, the countryside, and suburbs? How do each impact each other? Be specific by using Sociological concepts and your own experience in the places you have lived.

Choose at least two of the ten theorists we have discussed this semester. Compare and contrast them by: (1) explaining their theories, while focusing on their similarities and differences, and - (2) choose a particular idea, theme, or question, such as: individual’s relationship to society, inequality, deviance, psychoanalysis, romantic love, individual freedom , etc. Consider how it is discussed by these two theorists. i am choosing Freud and Skinner

Thompson Walker entitled "What Fear Can Teach Us."

Please answer the following questions about the TED Talk.

1. What is the speaker's main argument? Or what is her thesis?
2. Name at least 3 specific examples/pieces of evidence she uses to support her argument?
3. What was the biggest takeaway that you had from this video? What interested you the most?

Name and describe at least two sociocultural factors that shape the transition from childhood to adulthood. Be sure to include issues surrounding autonomy and identity development.

Your response should be 4-5 paragraphs in length. Be mindful of using proper grammar and spelling. Please be specific in your example.

I like the author’s use of “thinking nursingly or biologically” to describe how one thinks within a field. (spell check does not share my enthusiasm).

How does the need for a professional vocabulary work into thinking critically?

Discuss the research dealing with the genetics of schizophrenia.

Describe Piaget's formal operational stage of cognitive development. What are some of the limitations/short comings of this stage? How has this stage of cognitive development been expanded in contemporary psychology?

Your response should be 4-5 paragraphs in length. Be mindful of using proper grammar and spelling. Please be specific in your example.

Explain creative curriculum in one paragraphy using your own words ?

What is the purpose of classifying people into races? From a historical perspective, what functions did this have in US society? Which aspects of social ideas of race are static? Which are dynamic? Why should we expect ideas and practices associated with racial classification to change over time? 200 OWN WORDS