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Instructions For the research assignment, you will be asked to show your level of competence in understanding abnormal psychology and abnormal behaviour. First, please read through the vignette titled “Disco Di” , as well as the supplemental document regarding Disco Di’s historical information (scroll down). After reading the vignette, I would like for you to research and discuss content in 3 areas – 1. Diagnostic Features/Differential Diagnosis; 2. Cultural/Gender and Social/Environmental Factors; 3 Paradigm & Treatment Methods. You will also be asked to write an introduction and conclusion for the paper. The paper must be no more than 5-6 double spaced typed pages (12-point font) excluding the title page and references. You must have at least 5 scholarly, peer reviewed, journal references in your research paper and (e.g., American Psychologist, Psychological Bulletin). They must be current (i.e., the year 2007+). The paper must be in APA style; consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2009) or www.owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. You will also be asked to cite and reference your arguments with pertinent theories and research in abnormal psychology. Research support is a good thing!! Essay Grading Key 1. Diagnostic Features/Differential Diagnosis (5 points) a. Why do you agree or disagree with the diagnosis given to Disco Di? Please indicate the diagnostic features that accompany the disorder or the features that are not present from the vignette (2 points) b. What other disorder(s) do you believe Disco Di is experiencing? Please indicate the diagnostic features and overlapping features of the disorders (3 points) Be sure to support your thoughts with research-based evidence about the disorder’s features and overlap. 2. Cultural and Gender Factors (5 points) a. How does culture shape the diagnosis and the diagnostic features/symptoms? (2 points) b. How does gender shape the diagnosis and the diagnostic features/symptoms? (2 points) c. How does our social environment shape the diagnosis diagnostic features/symptoms? (1 point) The diagnosis or diagnostic features can be from the diagnosis given to “Disco Di”or the diagnostic features of other related disorders. Be sure to support your thoughts with research-based evidence. 3.Paradigm/Treatment Methods (5 points) a.Which 20th century paradigm best examines the nature of Disco Di’s behaviour?(3 points) b.How should her disorder be treated? Which current treatment methods or potential treatment methods would help with the client’s diagnostic features/ symptoms? (2 points) Be sure to support your thoughts with research-based evidence. 4. Introduction/Conclusion & APA Formatting (5 points) a.Introduction – purpose, objectives of the essay (1 point) b.Conclusion – Summarize your overall findings (2 points) c.APA Format – title page, references, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, etc. (2 points) _________________________________________________ vignette titled “Disco Di” Diana Miller, age 25, entered a long-term treatment unit of a psychiatric hospital after a serious suicide attempt. Alone in her enormous suburban house, with her parents away on vacation, depressed and desperately lonely, she made herself a Valium and Scotch cocktail, drank it, and then called her psychiatrist. Diana had been an easy to manage child with a mediocre school record until she turned age 12. Then her disposition, which had been cheerful and outgoing, changed drastically; she became demanding, sullen, and rebellious, shifting precipitously from a giddy euphoria to tearfulness and depression. She took up with a “fast” crowd, became promiscuous, abused marijuana and hallucinogens, and ran away from home at 15 with a 17-year-old boy. Two weeks later, having eluded the private investigators her parents had hired, they both returned. She reentered school, but dropped out for good in her junior year of high school. Her relationships with men were full of passion, unbearable longing, and violent arguments. She craved excitement and would get drunk, dance wildly on table tops at discos, leave with men she’d just met, and perhaps have sex with them, sometimes in their cars. If she refused their sexual advances, she was sometimes put out onto the street. After one such incident, at 17, she made her first suicide attempt, cutting her wrist severely, which led to her fist hospitalization. After her first hospitalization, Diana was referred to a therapist for intensive, twice-weekly, psychodynamic psychotherapy, for which she had little aptitude. She filled up most of her sessions with a litany of complaints against her family, from whom she seemed to want 100% attention. Sometimes she called her therapist several times a day about one crisis or another. During her long period of unsuccessful outpatient treatment, punctuated by several brief hospitalizations, she had many symptoms. She was afraid to travel even to her doctor’s office without one of her parents. She was depressed, with suicidal preoccupations and feeling of hopelessness. She drank excessively and used up to 4 Klonopins (antianxiety meds) per day. She had eating binges, followed by crash diets to get back to her normal weight. She was obsessed with calories and with the need to have her food cut into particular shapes and arranged on her plate in a particular manner. If her mother failed to comply with these rules, she had tantrums, sometimes so extreme that she broke dishes and had to be physically restrained by her father Diana has never worked, except for a few months as a receptionist in her father’s company. She has never been really certain of what she wants to do with her life, and has started a variety of careers and training programs but rarely finished anything. Her most certain goal is to be with a “truly romantic, sensitive man.” She has had few if any female friends, and her only source of solace is her dog. She has often felt “eaten alive” with boredom. Efforts by her therapist to set limits have has little effect. She refused to join Alcoholics Anonymous or attend a day program of vocational rehabilitation center, regarding these as “beneath” her. Instead, she languished at home, grew more depressed ad agoraphobic, and escalated her Valium use to 80 mg/day. It was a serious suicide attempt this time that led her to current (seventh) psychiatric hospitalization. Some Additional History: Disco Di was born in Toronto and was raised primarily by her mother (immigrated to Toronto from Ecuador), as her father (immigrated to Toronto from Kenya) left the home when she was 3 years old. Her mother and father reunited when she was 12 years old. Disco Di currently lives with her mother and her father in downtown Toronto. She had a younger sister, Carol, who was killed by a drunk driver when Disco Di was 11 years old. During the intake interview, Disco Di reported a difficult childhood, having few friends and often relied on her sister for companionship and safety. During the interview, Disco Di reported feeling anxious (increased heart rate, sweaty palms, hands shaking). She reported feeling the same way each day when working at her father’s company. She indicated that she has extended family living in Welland, Ontario (who she visits once a year during the winter holidays) and has no other family contact. After her last impatient hospitalization, Disco Di was given a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder and a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

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Assume that the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand and has to make some long-term capital budgeting decisions. The company is currently facing increases in the costs of major ingredients. Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research government policies and regulation. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Outline a plan that managers in the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company could follow in anticipation of raising prices when selecting pricing strategies for making their products response to a change in price less elastic. Provide a rationale for your response. Examine the major effects that government policies have on production and employment. Predict the potential effects that government policies could have on your company. Determine whether or not government regulation to ensure fairness in the low-calorie, frozen microwavable food industry is needed. Cite the major reasons for government involvement in a market economy. Provide two (2) examples of government involvement in a similar market economy to support your response. Examine the major complexities that would arise under expansion via capital projects. Propose key actions that the company could take in order to prevent or address these complexities. Suggest the substantive manner in which the company could create a convergence between the interests of stockholders and managers. Indicate the most likely impact to profitability of such a convergence. Provide two (2) examples of instances that support your response. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Propose how differences in demand and elasticity lead managers to develop various pricing strategies. Analyze the economic impact of contracting, governance and organizational form within organizations. Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial economics and globalization. Write clearly and concisely about managerial economics and globalization using proper writing mechanics.

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1) A case study by 15th March 2016. Please use as many references after 2010 as possible For this, you need to pick ONE of the two “cases” below. Once you have decided on your case, you need to address the psychological issues and how you would assist in dealing with them at ONE of three stages: a. Either: What psychological features, issues or characteristics should the investigation team consider when interviewing this individual and gathering other relevant evidence? What advice would you give the team and how is this supported by relevant literature? Please note: Psychological issues/features does not just mean “disorders” it may mean things such as memory, social influence, group dynamics and attitudes. These could be of the individual or of the police officers themselves. b. Or: If the case came to trial, what might be the psychological features, issues or characteristics faced by the prosecution OR defence barristers in this case? What issues might the jury focus on? If you were asked to present a report to the jury, what advice would you give them and why? Use relevant literature to support your arguments. As before, this does not just mean disorders but may also include things such as non-verbal communication, understanding of scientific evidence and persuasion. c. Or: If the person were tried and convicted and you were the forensic psychologist assigned to assess this person, how would you proceed with the assessment? What risk assessment tools would be most appropriate and why? How would you address the treatment implications? Draw on relevant literature in support of your answer. So….in sum…pick your case and pick your stage…. Again, there will be opportunity in class to discuss your case studies and there will be a draft review session. Case 1: Usman Iqbal Usman is a 32 year old male who is married with two young sons. He is British by birth but his family are originally from Afghanistan and moved to the UK at the time of the Soviet Occupation in 1979. He has extended family who fled into Pakistan in 1980 and has visited them in Karachi on several occasions since childhood. Usman works in a call centre for a large insurance company in Birmingham. Although he gets on well with his colleagues, he keeps to himself at work and takes little part in the company social life; which seems to consist of his colleagues getting “bladdered” and “laid” on weekends. Instead he is actively involved in his local community, coaching a youth sports team and regularly acting as a “hospital driver” for older residents. His wife regularly helps older residents with their shopping and both are regarded as pillars of their local community. As Usman lives in Birmingham, he is no stranger to racist victimisation or radical/extremist views from within his own community. Although a devout Muslim himself, he is seen by those around him as having “moderate” opinions. He actively supports his local mosque’s policy of religious tolerance and has been known to challenge speakers he perceives as being too radical. For this reason, his family and friends are shocked on 17th April 2013 when he is arrested and detained by police for “offences contrary to the Terrorism Act, 2000”. He is accused of conspiring to set off an explosive device at the forthcoming “Summer of Shakespeare” festival in nearby Stratford upon Avon. On searching his home, police find tickets to several of the festival events (which Usman claims were a surprise birthday treat for his wife), evidence of a recent trip to Pakistan as well as items that they describe as “incriminating” but which they will not disclose before questioning. Usman is taken into custody and is about to be formally interviewed. Case 2: Lucy Arnett Lucy is 42 and is a senior manager in CoverItAll Insurance in Rainycity. She has been working for the company for 16 years and has worked her way up from junior insurance adviser through to senior management and now has responsibility for managing a total of 8 staff. About a year ago, her husband of 20 years (Clive) told her that their marriage was over and moved out of the family home. According to friends and family, Lucy was absolutely devastated by this news and went “off the rails a bit” according to her mother. She started drinking heavily and had several short-term relationships and one-night stands. Six months ago, a new junior clerk (Jason, aged 19) joined Lucy’s team. Lucy and Jason got on really well and went out for drinks on several occasions. On one of these nights, they both got a bit drunk and ended up kissing. The next morning at work, Jason told Lucy that he just wanted to forget about it as he was planning to get engaged and did not want to jeopardise his relationship. Lucy got very upset about this but agreed to leave things as they were. However, since then, Lucy has been making excuses to telephone Jason outside of work hours, asking him to stay late at work to help with projects and has been turning up in locations where Jason regularly visits. She has also been sending intimate letters and gifts to Jason’s home address and has been observed sitting in her car outside Jason’s house for several hours. This went on for about five weeks before Jason raised this with the Human Resources Department at CoverItAll and Lucy received a formal oral warning from her manager. Following the warning, Lucy’s behaviour became more aggressive and she started making obscene and threatening telephone calls to the house, screaming at Jason in the street and threatening to commit suicide unless he apologised for ruining her life. Jason felt that he had no alternative but to contact the police and Lucy was detained for questioning on suspicion of stalking. 1) Case study: All of the general points above can be translated into the case study too. However here you do need to make recommendations and justify them so you may want to lay it out differently. You CAN use a standard essay format if you want. You CAN use a professional report format if you want (e.g. with headings such as Executive Summary, Background, Recommendations, Support for Recommendations) but make sure you refer to the case details and the published literature for evidence. You could also have a series of separate documents/sections. a. For example, if you were doing the investigation one, you might want to have one of the following formats: i. A “summary” section, a “pre-interview preparation” section, a “behaviour during interview” section and a “follow-up/second interview” section – all of which would contain tailored advice and supporting evidence. ii. A list of 3-4 recommendations (e.g. ensure that an appropriately qualified interpreter is present) and then evidence to back up that your recommendation is sensible b. For the court one, you might have a summary of the issues, then a series of recommendations which your “side” should consider. Alternatively you might want to look at strengths which apply to your side and how the team could maximise them as well as identifying the things which the “other side” would highlight and how you could minimise their impact. c. If you were tackling the court one and wanted to provide advice to the jury, remember the goal there is to help them make the most effective decision possible. This would perhaps include deciding what pieces of evidence/information are likely to influence them the most and highlighting how they could make a more objective decision. Or it could involve identifying what is most likely to prove confusing for them and how you could help to minimise confusion. d. Finally, if you were doing the treatment and assessment one, you might have sections for “tools selected” “procedure for assessment” “issues identified” “treatment recommendations” “proposed evaluation of treatment” – again, all tailored to the topic and all involving evidence. You will probably want to flesh it out a bit (e.g. you might want to talk about the psychological robustness/vulnerability of Carl, give Lucas’s victim more of a profile or consider what the other incriminating evidence is against Usman). However, you MUST make any fleshing out relate to your argument, the evidence you present and the recommendations you make. In short, you must make this piece of work as internally consistent as you can. Remember that your role is not to determine “whodunit” but to consider how the individual might behave during interview, come across in court or respond to treatment. So please don’t get too tied up in challenging the evidence itself – but consider how those making the decisions might perceive the evidence. If you want to flesh it out, then you can have a separate section called something like “case history,” “profile” “detailed case description” and you can write this without having to include it in your word count. Also, you MUST pick your perspective (i.e. you must decide whether you are going to focus your case study on the investigation, court or treatment and stick to that perspective). And don’t forget that, for both assignments you need to include references in APA format.

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The task is to prepare a professional style report, referenced appropriately, relating to the contractual remedies and practical solutions which may be available to the project team in the event of a substantial delay caused by an unexpected issue on site.

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Choose a school of philosophy (I chose Pragmatism) ? You will need to translate your chosen school of philosophy into a teaching philosophy. ? You will need to research the teaching philosophy that aligns with your chosen school of philosophy, using peer-reviewed resources. (This means no websites but you can use online peer-reviewed journals in addition to articles and books). The annotated bibliography provides examples of peer-reviewed resources. This bibliography is located in the Philosophy of Teaching folder under Assignments & Lessons. Compose an essay based on your philosophy of teaching. Provide philosophical and researched-based (academic) support from peer-reviewed journals and books. Include the following: cover page, abstract, 5 -7 page body, and a reference page with at least 5 references.

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Harvard with footnotes Suggested References: Ancient source – I will attach this material J. Goldstein, “Jewish Acceptance and Rejection of Hellenism”, in Jewish and Christian Self-Definition , ed. E.P. Sanders et. al., vol. 2, London , 1981, pp. 64-87. Anatomy of a Biblical Revolution , Delaware, 1988. F. Millar, “The Background to the Maccabean Revolution: reflections on Martin Hengel’s Judaism and Hellenism “, Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 29, 1978, pp. 1-2. E.S. Gruen, “Hellenism and Persecution”, in Hellenistic History and Culture , ed. P. Green, Berkeley, 1993, pp. 238ff. T. H, Gaster, “The True Glory of the Maccabean Revolt”, Periodicals Archive Online, 1952, pp. 529-536. D. S, Williams, “Recent Research in 2 Maccabees”, University of Georgia, 2003, pp. 69-83.

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Provide and assess an example from a scholarly publication, a news story, and/or your own experience where a complex systems approach has (or needs to) inform performance improvement in a health industry organization or multi-organization system.

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Your essay should include a short overview of the plot, the important characters, and a discussion of the historical themes that they embody. Then, evaluate the historic merits of the film, referencing at least 2 secondary source readings. Analyze the readings in the context of the film, and the film in the context of the readings. You may choose which historical themes to emphasize, but you must be able to connect the themes to specifics in the primary or secondary readings at your disposal. Possible themes will be discussed and explored in our discussion of the film. Required Sources: La otra conquista 2 secondary sources (excluding Latin America in Colonial Times) 1 primary source (optional) 1 academic film review (optional) 1 industry film review (optional) Note, please skip the movie plot overview and go direct towards other required section.

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History and Present Politics. Throughout Mombauer, she shows how present political concerns in the 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s often shaped the debates over the origins of the First World War. In an essay, tackle at least three of these decades in order to tell me how the politics of the present shapes the historical interpretation of the past. Rules: You have to have a thesis You have to have strong topic sentences You cannot use the word “you” Avoid contractions (don’t, won’t) Stay in the past tense. In this essay you are going to work with and evaluate the historiography of the origins of the First World War, one of the most controversial topics in world history. The paper must be 3-4 pages double spaced with twelve point font. You must turn in a Microsoft Word Document. i am not English speaker place try to not be good at academic word or grammat. thanks!!

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Instructions when the book is set? – what american history is the book in. – explain the authors argument – the author’s thesis their main point or conclusion what evidence is used.how does he use this evidence. how does the authors evidence support his argument Conclusion – what era of history is coming next It is also about how convincing the author is/are in making their conclusion (thesis) seem true ?When reviewing works of non-fiction, you should concentrate on the argument presented rather than merely summarizing each of the events, issues, and subjects that they bring up in their writing ?Locate the author’s thesis—their main point or conclusion Historical sources are they using to tell their story and to make their argument ? Evaluate each chapter of the book and think about why the author/filmmakers included the information that they did in each chapter/section. How does each chapter/section form a major portion of the author’s or filmmakers’ overall argument? ?Ask yourself if the authors succeeded in making their thesis seem true—that is if the author/ filmmakers is/are convincing or not ? What kind of portrayal of the past in the author’s study is evident in your interpretation of the non-fiction work that you have read? Is the story one with a happy ending or not? Do the characters attain justice or not? What kind of society is the author essentially describing in their writing and their argument? ? Who has agency – that is, who MAKES CHANGE OCCUR in the author’s or filmmakers’ telling of events? ?How applicable is the author’s’ argument and conclusion (thesis) to present-day issues?

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