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Describe some of the main hallmarks of each one of these groups, using your own life experiences and observations explain why each one of these areas is important to study.

•Childhood

•Adolescence

•Adulthood

•Old Age

Part 2:

Several theories attempt to describe human development.

•Briefly describe how Freud, Erickson, and Piaget developed their theories.

•Explain why there is much criticism about race, ethnicity, gender, and social and economic status when it comes to the development of early theories of human growth and development.

•Choose two theories, each from a different area (e.g., psychoanalytic, cognitive, and behavioral or social cognitive theories). Briefly describe their main features, explain their major similarities and differen

Assignment 3: Parenting Practices Over Generations

You learned in your readings that parenting practices and techniques used to shape child development are influenced by many factors including culture, socioeconomic status, non-normative life events, and cohort effects. To understand cohort effects, consider that the experiences of a child growing up in the 1940s are different in many ways from a child growing up today.

Read the article: Kotchick, B.A. & Forehand, R. (2002). Putting parenting in perspective: A discussion of the contextual factors that shape parenting practices. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11(3), 255-269.

http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/docview/210500919

Synthesize what you learned in your readings as well as the above article to address the following:

Using the chart/table below, list at least 4 parenting practices of 3 generations. (Note: Parenting practices are not the same as parenting styles, which will be discussed later in the course). You can describe parenting practices of 3 generations of your family members, another family you interview, or general practices of generations based on research you find. For example, how did each generation address issues such as education, extracurricular activities, breastfeeding, sleeping arrangements, religious involvement, etc.? Include brief demographic information (e.g., sex, age, region of the country) Note: 3 different generations means 3 different time periods, not 3 different people.
Now review the chart/table and discuss the following:
How were the parenting practices similar and different between generations?
Explain the concept of cohort effects. What cohort effects (e.g. historical or social events) might have influenced the parenting practices of each generation you described?
Identify and explain contextual factors (other than cohort effects) described by Kotchick and Forehand (2002) that might have influenced the parenting practices of each generation you described.
Why is it important to understand contextual factors, including cohort effects, when researching differences in parenting practices

Working within the Community- w6

Assume that you are the chief of police in a city of 25,000 inhabitants. Overall the city is peaceful. Most people are middle income but the unemployment rate is still higher than the national average. You have found, without any advance notice, that 500 “refuge status” individuals will be settled in your city by the federal government. Other than transporting these people to your city the federal government has no plans as what to do with them once they arrive.

In a 2 to 3 page APA formatted paper describe how you would put into place a plan that would protect the rights of these individuals.

How would you go about preparing your department and the community at large for the challenges that will be caused by this resettlement?

List specific actions and how you would carry them out. What are the most likely and most difficult problems that may arise

Assignment 2: Utility, Elasticity, and Demand

For this assignment, suppose that you are in charge of designing a product campaign for a new shampoo.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 1

Prepare a 2-3 page paper in Microsoft Word to address the following:

Describe the ultimate goal of the product campaign for the new shampoo.
Discuss your methods for achieving this goal.
Identify the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution for the campaign.
Include in your response a discussion and analysis of the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 2

Using Microsoft Excel:

Prepare a graph which illustrates the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.
Prepare another graph to illustrate how a change in consumer utility affects the price elasticity of demand.
Copy and paste or import these graphs into the MS Word document you prepared in Part 1 of this assignment.

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA styl

Psychology Homewok

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Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper incorporating your analysis with evidence to substantiate your conclusion.

Describe your setting by answering the following:

1. How were the people arranged in the physical environment layout of room and seating arrangement)?

A. What is the composition of the group, in terms of

number of people, ages, sex, ethnicity, etc.?

B. What is purpose, mission, or goals of the group? What is the duration of the group (short, long-term)?

C. Did the group structure its discussion around an agenda, program, rules of order, etc.? Explain items 1, A-C employing sources to support your ideas. (worth .5 point).

Who are the primary facilitators of the group? What were the group’s norms, roles, or status hierarchy? Employ Myers and sources, concepts, and theory to support your ideas. (Worth 1 points)
What communication patterns illustrated if the group was unified or fragmented? Explain using Myers and one additional source to support your idea as well as the concepts (1 pt)
Did the members share a sense of identity with one another (characteristics of the group-similarities, interests, philosophy, etc.)? Explain; how did the collective group behaviors influence individual attitudes and the group’s effectiveness or behaviors? Provide an overall analysis as it relates to Myer’s and additional sources. (Worth 1 point)
Was there any indication that members might be vulnerable to Groupthink? Why or why not? Explain how your observations relate to research studies on norm formation, group norms, conformity, and/or social influence. Integrate your findings with literature from the textbook (Myers), peer-reviewed journal articles, and additional scholarly sources. (Worth 1 point)
Provide in-text citations of 2 peers reviewed references in addition to Myers, to support your key points. (Worth 1 pt.)
Post the completed assignment as a Word document in the appropriate assignment section along with a copy of the Plagiarism Checker (turitin) report. Report can not be > than 20% match (Worth .5 point)
Submit the Certificate of Originality in addition to your assignment and turnitin report.

You have been asked to write a report for a group of new stock brokers about the NYSE-Euronext and the NASDAQ.

Visit both the NYSE Homepage, and the NASDAQ Homepage, and write a paper of 2–3 pages on how the two exchanges operate. Make sure to address the following three questions:

How are NYSE and NASDAQ similar, if at all?
How are the two exchanges different from one another, if at all?
What is The Public Company Accounting and Investor Protection Act of 2002? Describe the law in your own words. Assignment Guidelines:
You may first want to create an outline to determine the information you want to include before you actually start writing the report.
Using the links in the assignment description, research the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).
Answer the 3 questions listed in the assignment description.
Compile your answers into a Word document of 2–3 pages.
Provide a list in APA format of all sources used and insert any necessary in-text quotations.
Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the following:
A double-spaced Word document of 2–3 pages that contains your answers to the questions listed in the assignment description.
An additional reference page in APA format. Grading:You will be graded on the accuracy of your exchange examinations as well as your adherence to the assignment guideline

You will apply important microeconomics concepts toward the competitive strategies of an organization that operates in an industry of your choice. You will evaluate the differences between market structures and identify a group of competitive strategies consistent with the market structure that best aligns with the market in which the organization competes. You will assess how the market structure positively and negatively affects the organization’s ability to earn an economic profit over time and evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s competitive strategies.

Select an industry. Identify an organization in that industry. Your selected organization must be submitted for instructor approval.

Identify the market structure in which this organization competes. Clearly indicate why the market structure was decided upon and how this market structure differentiates from the other alternatives.

Describe the level of competition the organization will face if under each of the following market structures:

Oligopoly
Perfect competition
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition

Identify three or more competitive strategies of your choice that may be used by the organization to maximize its profits over the long run. Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies in the market structure you identified. Consider the following:

Expected changes in supply and demand
Price elasticity of demand
Market structure
Government regulations

Make recommendations related to the strategies the organization might consider to maximize its profits and consider the following:

What are the ethical implications of these strategies?
Does this strategy align with the organization’s current values?
Does this strategy align with your own values?

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:

Do you agree with the results of your assessment?
Based on the results of your assessment, what do you see as your strengths and weaknesses?
How might your personality type influence your job performance?

HOMEWORK

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Chapter 1

QUESTION 5

During the past five years, you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return:

YEAR STOCK T STOCK B

1 0.19 0.08

2 0.08 0.03

3 -0.12 -0.09

4 -0.03 0.02

5 0.15 0.04

a. Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Which stock is most desirable by this measure?

b. Compute the standard deviation of the annual rate of return for each stock. (Use Chapter 1 Appendix if necessary.) By this measure, which is the preferable stock?

c. Compute the coefficient of variation for each stock. (Use the Chapter 1 Appendix if necessary.) By this relative measure of risk, which stock is preferable?

d. Compute the geometric mean rate of return for each stock. Discuss the difference between the arithmetic mean return and the geometric mean return for each stock. Discuss the differences in the mean returns relative to the standard deviation of the return for each stock.

QUESTION 7

A stockbroker calls you and suggests that you invest in the Lauren Computer Company. After analyzing the firm’s annual report and other material, you believe that the distribution of expected rates of return is as follows:

LAUREN COMPUTER CO.

Possible Rate of Returns Probability

-0.60 0.05

-0.30 0.20

-0.10 0.10

0.20 0.30

0.40 0.20

0.80 0.15

Compute the expected return [E(Ri)] on Lauren Computer stock.

QUESTION 9

During the past year, you had a portfolio that contained U.S. government T-bills, long-term government bonds, and common stocks. The rates of return on each of them were as follows:

U.S. government T-bills 5.50%

U.S. government long-term bonds 7.50

U.S. common stocks 11.60

During the year, the consumer price index, which measures the rate of inflation, went from 160 to 172 (1982 – 1984 = 100). Compute the rate of inflation during this year. Compute the real rates of return on each of the investments in your portfolio based on the inflation rate.

QUESTION 12

Assume that the consensus required rate of return on common stocks is 14 percent. In addition, you read in Fortune that the expected rate of inflation is 5 percent and the estimated long-term real growth rate of the economy is 3 percent. What interest rate would you expect on U.S. government T-bills? What is the approximate risk premium for common stocks implied by these data?

Chapter 2

QUESTION 4

a. Someone in the 36 percent tax bracket can earn 9 percent annually on her investments in a tax-exempt IRA account. What will be the value of a one-time $10,000 investment in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

b. Suppose the preceding 9 percent return is taxable rather than tax-deferred and the taxes are paid annually. What will be the after-tax value of her $10,000 investment after 5, 10, and 20 years?

QUESTION 5

a. Someone in the 15 percent tax bracket can earn 10 percent on his investments in a tax-exempt IRA account. What will be the value of a $10,000 investment in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

b. Suppose the preceding 10 percent return is taxable rather than tax-deferred. What will be the after-tax value of his $10,000 investment after 5, 10, and 20 years?

QUESTION 6

Assume that the rate of inflation during all these periods was 3 percent a year. Compute the real value of the two tax-deferred portfolios in problems 4a and 5a

Governmental Acct

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Please remember to add references
Describe and explain at least 3 differences in for-profit entities and governmental agencies that cause them to have different required accounting procedures; include an example of each.
explain which regulating authority oversees the accounting rules for governmental vs. for-profit entities. Include an example and brief explanation, in your own words, of the most recent new guideline established by the agency overseeing government accounting. Access the following Web site: www.gasb.org/
explain at least 2 differences between governmental entities and nonprofit, nongovernmental agencies, including an example of each difference