The common good is very much an ongoing goal more than a concrete reality, particularly as the conditions for fulfillment are constantly changing amid struggles for power. In other words, the common good is a journey more than a destination, an ongoing praxis (practice and reflection). Please give concrete examples of where society could benefit from an emphasis on the common good, and how focusing on the good of all might be better than prevailing ways of seeing the world.

The difference between sensation and perception. The difference between bottom-up and top-down processing is as important as it can get. Examples of top-down processing-related factors such as visual context, expectations effects, regularities in the environment, and the Gestalt rules of perceptual grouping. Examples of depth cues must be familiar and they could be discussed in relation to bottom-up and top-down processing. The role of top-down processing in the hollow-face illusion and the Ames room illusion is important.

(Introduction to Psychology)

Explain and discuss John Locke's concept of a tabula rasa. What are the strengths of this view? What are its weaknesses? 300 words

Experimentation

Anser the questions below based on if you had designed an experiment to test whether exercising for 30 minutes a day has an effect on people who suffer from depression. Explain this experiment in a brief paragraph. Use complete sentences in your answer.

1. What is your experimental hypothesis?

2. What is the dependent variable?

3. What is the independent variable?

4. What is the experimental condition?

5. What is the control condition?

6. Identify at least one potential confounding factor that you would want to control for.

You conducted a study on the relationship between alcohol consumption and depression among college students in which you distributed a survey to 300 college seniors. Students who completed the survey responded to a standardized questionnaire measuring depression symptoms and to a series of questions about their typical alcohol consumption patterns. The results of your study indicated that the correlation between depression and alcohol consumption was +.34.

Explain what this correlation means in terms of direction and strength.

One possible explanation for this relationship is that depression causes people to drink more. What are two other possible explanations for this correlation? What are they?

This study was a descriptive/correlational study. Explain to me why you would NOT use an experimental study to examine these two variables.

How does half-life and pattern of self administration affect withdrawal response?

What is a prophet? Come up with one of your own in a sentence or two.

In addition to your definition of a prophet,

what is it that makes the figure you chose prophetic

, and how does his/her story reflect a social justice principle or principles?

What is that moves this person to act and speak?

The Neural Representation of Goal-Directed Actions and Outcomes in the Ventral Striatum's Olfactory Tubercle..... Q. How can the main points of this topic be paraphrase for one to understand? Am suppose to do a presentation on this topic. Thank you.

Discussion 1: What is the significance of a “Small Axe” and who is wielding it, and how do this song and chapter connect to both rural and urban Jamaican life as described in Catch a Fire?

Discussion 2: What are some ways culture (i.e., values, beliefs, customs, and norms) influence behavior and the way humans see the world?

Chapters:

CH14: Asking for small favors changes self-perception, introducing ways for big favors. Researchers asked a group of homeowners to place a large “Drive Carefully” sign on their front lawn. Only 17% agreed. With the second group of homeowners, 76% of people were ok with road traffic people maintaining the sign on their beautiful lawns. What was the difference between two groups? A few weeks earlier group B was asked to display a small non-intrusive window sign asking drivers to slow down. This mental foot-in-the-door technique made homeowners from the group B view themselves as socially responsible and safety-aware, hence a request for a larger favor few weeks later didn’t startle them.

CH15: Labeling people into a social group tends to increase their participation ratio. A group of people was interviewed regarding their voting patterns. Half of them were told that based on their response criteria, they were very likely to vote, since they were deemed to be more politically active. Later on the election day that specific half did indeed turn up a participation rate that was 15% higher than participation of the control group.

CH16: Asking people to substantiate their decision will lead to higher commitment rate on that decision. Researchers called a group of people asking them how likely they were to vote in an upcoming election. Those who responded positively were either asked nothing, or asked why they felt they would vote. Any reason would suffice, but when the election day came, the turnout for the control group (who all responded “Yes” to the question of whether they were going to vote) was 61.5%. Turnout for the group that actually gave a reason (any reason)? 86.7%. A restaurant stopped telling customers “Please call to cancel your reservation” and started asking “Will you call and let us know if you need to cancel?” Net result? Number of reservation no-shows dropped from 30% to 10%.

CH17: Writing things down improves commitment. Group A was asked to volunteer on AIDS awareness program at local schools, and was asked to commit verbally. Group B was asked for the same kind of volunteer project, but was given a simple form to fill in. 17% of volunteers from Group A actually showed up to their assigned local school. From Group B 49% of volunteers showed up.

CH19: Sometimes asking people for help makes them more open. Group A was given some bogus research that included a sum of prize money. After the experiment, the researcher approached them and asked whether it wouldn’t be inconvenient if they had to give the money back, since the researcher was using his own money. Group B was not approached with such request after their portion of bogus experiment was done, and was allowed to keep the money. After this both groups were asked to rate their impression of the researcher. Even though it was the first group who didn’t get to keep any money, all of them consistently rated the researcher higher on likability scale.

CH20: Asking for little goes a long way. Researchers went door-to-door asking for American Cancer Society donations. Group A just asked for a donation, group B ended their spiel with “even a penny would help”. Results? 28.6% response rate for Group A vs. 50% response for Group B.

Assignment:

As powerful as social proof it, the next persuasion tool is even more common and widely used. It taps into a person's own action. In other words, a person can persuaded by her own action.

Read the Yes! book's Chapter 14~17, and 19~20, all those chapters related to the "Consistency" principle.

After reading all the chapters, write an email message that satisfies the requirements below:

(1) Email target audience: Business students at Salem State

(2) Message objectives: To persuade students to complete a specific community service project (you can choose any type of projects, or use your own service project) before graduation.

(3) Persuasion methods: Use one of the Consistency tools you learned from the reading, and use a social proof as an additional push.

(4) Format requirements:

a. Your email's subject line is required.

b. Use [ ] to Indicate sentences that use one or some of the following sentence style:

Participial Phrase

Appositive

Compound sentence with FANBOYS

Complex sentence.

Your writing should include all the four styles, and make sure to use a pair of [ ] at the end of each of those sentences to indicate what style it qualifies. please help me with this assignment.

04 Quiz: Culture & CommunicationStarted: Feb 18 at 2:45pmQuiz Instructions

For this quiz, choose the best response.  In some cases, there may be true/false, multiple choice, and/or matching.  

Question 53 pts

For this question, refer to the work of Geert Hofstede and Edward T. Hall as you attempt to match the cultural dimension with the most appropriate descriptor or example.  

Group of answer choices

Individualism 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

Collectivism 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

High context 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

Low context 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

Masculine 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

Feminine 

           [ Choose ]             When you walk into the cafeteria, you watch to see what others are doing, and attempt to follow them.  That's how you know what to do.             When you walk into the cafeteria, you look for physical signs that clearly identify which line you should get into. If there is no sign, you will ask the first person you see for directions.             The Japanese culture places such a strong emphasis on work, achievement, and success, that "Karōshi" ("overwork death", usually heart attack or stroke due to a starvation diet, stress, and lack of sleep) claimed many Japanese lives during the post WWII rebuild phase and on into current times.             Slogans:  "Have it your way", "Be all that you can be", "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself".             For many years, Sweden was named "the most refugee-friendly country in Europe" due to the strong social support services available to refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike.             To fail means I will dishonor my family.  I may earn a degree that is not my preference, just because it will help me to support my aging parents.         

Does scientific jury selection allow for a true representation of one’s peers? Do you see any problems with scientific jury selection?

What is psychology? What are the different subfields of psychology all about? What distinguishes psychology from everyday approaches to understanding behavior? What is meant with the scientific approach of psychology?

Why does meditation promote feelings of well-being and satisfaction? Why is it difficult to keep distracting thoughts from entering consciousness while meditating? Does meditation lead to heightened states of consciousness, alertness, or creativity?

Write an analysis of an experience you have had with stereotyping, prejudice or discrimination. You could have witnessed the discriminatory behavior, been the target, or inadvertently stereotyped or discriminated against someone else.