Psychology journal entry

In what ways do you feel the material presented in this course might assist you in your personal, professional, or academic life? Share a specific topic or assignment that was the most valuable to you.
Optional: Have you ever questioned if someone’s way of thinking or acting was normal? How do you know if a behavior is normal or abnormal? Without revealing anyone’s identity, share a specific example from your past.

6125 W4 Lifespan Development Discuss & React to Instructor

Tom
RE: Discussion – Week 4
COLLAPSE
Hello Dr. M and class,
Environmental and Genetic Impact on Fetal
Developmental
Poverty is the
environmental impact that I have selected. Poverty impacts many families and
may have various consequences on fetal development, such as the mother’s eating
choices or living situation. Absolute poverty is demarcated by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Ethnic Association as “the quantity
of currency required to fulfill necessities such as food, clothes, and
shelter.” Poverty has a significant environmental effect on the
development of a fetus.
Genetic variables
influence gender, hair color, eye color, and height development. These traits
are pre-programmed, but additional indicators may lead to deformations or
illnesses later in life. One of these may be a hearing, processing, or mobility
problem. In my analysis I will discuss Down syndrome. Down’s syndrome is a
disease in which a kid is born with an additional copy of the 21st chromosome,
which is why the sickness is known as trisomy 21. As a result, physical and
mental developmental delays and impairments occur.
When Down syndrome is
coupled with poverty, a host of problems may arise. The kid would need a range
of therapies, educational efforts, and basic requirements. “Children with
Down syndrome often have cataracts in their eyes, hearing problems, and heart
and intestinal issues prior to birth” (Berk, 2018). Parents of Down
syndrome children will have a tough time parenting them. Even if the kid is
still developing in the womb, it is essential to care for the baby, especially
if he or she has Down syndrome. A pregnant lady needs food, clothes, shelter,
regular doctor visits, and prenatal medications. According to epidemiological
research, excessive stress is anticipated to have a negative effect on short-
and long-term neuro developmental outcomes.” The year 2015 (Entringer,
Buss, Wadhwa). Not only will the mother have to cope with the basics, but she
will also have to deal with the stress that comes with poverty and daycare.
Environmental and
genetic factors may influence embryonic development in a variety of ways. While
seeking for oneself is essential, others may not be able to do so. Poverty is
difficult to overcome, and it may be handed down from generation to generation.
A family with disabled children may face a lot of stress and be put to the
test. Unfortunately, I’ve seen impoverished families succumb to this stress,
which may lead to death.
References
Berk, L. E. (2018).
Development through the lifespan (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Education.
Entringer, S., Buss,
C., & Wadhwa, P. D. (2015). Prenatal stress, development, health and
disease risk: A psychobiological perspective—2015 Curt Richter Award Paper
Psychoneuroendocrinology,
62, 366–375. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.019

Dr. M (Instructor) (Please answer her
question & reference)
RE: Discussion – Week 4

Hi Tom and class,.
You have brought up a
good point in your main post that Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder that
occurs when the 21 pair of chromosomes don’t separate during
meiosis, Tom. We do know that the health of the sperm and
the egg will play a role in the health of the developing fetus. Do you think that some of the modern methods of helping women
conceive, such as freezing and storing eggs for later use, can impact the
quality of the egg, and the ensuing fetus? Why or why not?

Literature Review Assignment

The purpose of your literature review is to report on what has recently been written about your action research focus and to find relevant research on a specific topic, determine the strengths and weaknesses of the studies, and compare of contrast the studies based on your research focus .You will be synthesizing the writings of 15 authors, citing andreferencing in an objective and unbiased manner. You must have a minimum of ten primary research based articles, (fifteen total) in your review. A literature review is not just a set of summaries of the available studies; it is more than just a list of materials available. You should not discuss the issues involved or take a position, being careful not to gobeyond describing the authors’ views. The paper should be in paragraph form, follow APA 6 style, be at least 8 pp.in length and include the following components: Introduction, Literature Review, Summary and Reflections

Write a guidance philosophy statement stating your beliefs about the goals of guidance and how to support those goals in a classroom setting. Support with at least one reference.

Our final discussion is a bit different than the prior ones we have had.
Part A – Write a guidance philosophy statement stating your beliefs about the goals of guidance and how to support those goals in a classroom setting. Support with at least one reference.
Part B – Identify 3 specific resources that you would recommend to a parent, caregiver or childcare provider about guiding behavior in young children. Give a brief description of the resource and tell why you chose the resource. Do not forget to include a full reference for each resource at the end of your post (a URL address is not a sufficient reference).

Discussion Thread: Group Issues and Conflict

In chapter 16, Jacobs et al. address problem situations that may cause
conflict in a group and get it off track. Choose one of these and shed further light on why this
is a common issue and why/how it may lead to conflict by drawing upon Forsyth,
chapter 13 and Corey et al.,
second program

Employee Engagement Survey

Many organizations use employee surveys to gauge the level of engagement of their workforce and how it relates to key business results. Employee engagement surveys should be tied to business goals and objectives.
For your assignment, this week, choose an organization and then devise a 12-question employee engagement survey for that organization. After you complete the survey, write a summary that explains why each question was chosen for the survey. Reflect on the overall design of your survey and how it helps support engagement initiatives in today’s competitive, global business place.
Support your assignment with at least three scholarly or professional resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

What are the most significant Discourses that shaped Will Allen? And, in what ways did these Discourses affect his identity?

you have to use two sources for this essay a book called the Good food revolution by Will Allen and the other resource is called social linguistics and literacies.

Promp:
There are many influences that affected Allen in his journey to become the extraordinary man he is today. In a 4-5-page essay, analyze Allen’s experiences and identify what you believe are the most important Discourses that shaped his identity by answering the writing question below:

What are the most significant Discourses that shaped Will Allen? And, in what ways did these Discourses affect his identity?

Tip: Your answer to the writing question is your thesis!

Explaining industrialization : organization, technology and class conflict

Reading and fully understanding is required to answer the 3 questions:
NO OUTSIDE OR SECONDARY SOURCE READING IS ALLOWED, ALL THE ANSWERS AND COMMENTS HAS TO STRICTLY BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING 2 ASSIGNED READINGS.
IF THE TEACHER HAS A QUESTION OR A CONCERN ABOUT YOUR ANSWER/COMMENT, HE WILL SENT BACK A REPLY AND YOU HAVE TO REPLY BACK TO HIS COMMENT.
13. M June 28 [panel 4] Explaining industrialization III: organization, technology and class conflict
S. Marglin (1974) “What do bosses do?: The origin and function of hierarchy in capitalist production” Review of Radical Political Economics 6: 60
Andreas Malm (2013) “The Origins of Fossil Capital: From Water to Steam in the British Cotton Industry.” Historical Materialism 21(1):15–68. (http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~moyer/GEOS24705/Readings/From_water_to_steam.pdf )
Please answer or have some unformal comments/paragraphs (you can say I understood that.. I think that.. I did not understand this specific thing in the reading etc. ) regarding each of the 3 following questions.

question #1: This is a thread for comments and questions arising from discussion questions 4 and 5 regarding comparisons of Marglin, Malm, Allen, and other authors we have read in the past few weeks.
Your answer #1:
question #2: This is a thread for comments and questions arising from discussion questions 1 and 2 regarding Marglin’s article, and questions and comments specific points in Marglin you found difficult, unclear or confusing.
Your answer #2:

question #3: This is a thread for comments and questions arising from discussion question 3 regarding Malm’s article, and questions and comments specific points in Marglin you found difficult, unclear or confusing.
Your answer #3:
Now each question is asking about providing comments and questions arising from discussion questions. So you have to look for answers in the readings for those 5 discussion questions in order for you to answer the above 3 questions or have comments on each.
Discussion questions 1-5:
1) How does Marglin’s thesis (e.g., as set out in the first paragraph of p.62, and argued throughout) differ from the conventional neoclassical explanation for the adoption of administrative hierarchy and the factory system? How does his theory apply to capitalism? How does it also apply to non-capitalist (e.g. ancient slave, feudal, and state socialist) systems?
2) Compare Marglin’s his explanation of the division of labour with that of Smith (chapter 1) and Marx’s critique of Smith (Marx Ch. 14 sec. 4). Why did early industrialists think that lower wages would be good for both business and workers? Discuss in light of “push” versus “pull” accounts of industrialization and the “industrious revolution” thesis (see the Notes on Growth handout).
3) What, according to Malm, is the conventional (Ricardian /Malthusian) explanation for why British industry turned from water to coal power in the early 1800s? What is Malm’s alternative explanation, and with what evidence does he support it? How does Malm think proponents of those views might respond to his critique, and how does he reply?
4) Compare the logic of Malm’s thesis regarding the initial adoption of fossil fuels with Marglin’s regarding the organization of production. Assuming that the shift to factory production and to fossil fuels eventually generated vast increases in productivity, what do their theses imply about the adoption of productivity enhancing technologies?
5) Compare and contrast Allen’s explanations for key technical innovations in the industrial revolution to those of Marglin and Malm. [Recall that Allen focuses on whether it did or did not pay for business to invest in labour productivity enhancing technology, while (per question 4) Marglin and Malm think that productivity was not the key motivation. Think about how that relates to the different theoretical perspectives of Allen versus Marglin and Malm.]
if you need more words to answer the 3 questions, please let me know.
thank you

What was the goal of the rioters? What, if any, was the then-President Donald J. Trump’s role in this attack on Congress? Were his words to his supporters prior to the riot protected free speech?

On January 6, 2021, a deadly riot took place on the grounds of the United States Capitol building located in Washington, D.C. The individuals who were involved in event were supporters of the then-President Donald J. Trump. In a short (two to three pages doubled-spaced) essay, I want you to write a brief report on this incident. What happened during the during the riot? Why did this incident take place? How did it get started? Why did it take place on January 6, 2021? Why did the rioters target the United States Congress? What Constitutional function was Congress performing when it was attacked by the rioters. Was the attack an insurrection against the United States Government? What was the goal of the rioters? What, if any, was the then-President Donald J. Trump’s role in this attack on Congress? Were his words to his supporters prior to the riot protected free speech? There is no right or wrong position in this paper.