Total of 150-200 words

Your hypothesis and topic determines what you choose to analyze. You could be interested in reaction time and age so you analyze the three tasks’ results by age.

You may be interested in gender differences or even gender by age differences.

You may be interested in something else, like if the participant was an athlete or not. You can create a new variable in the Research Report data and put a 1 if the participant was an athlete and a 0 if not. Then you can analyze the data by that grouping.

You could make up a new variable for how many drinks the participant had prior to doing the lab. You could see if there was a correlation between the number of drinks and the time they spent on the lab.

Describe your research idea and topic and what your hypothesis is. Also tell me how you plan (or think you might plan) to analyze the data. Its ok if you are not sure about this- we will discuss it and I will give you some guidance if necessary.

For Example: my research idea is about whether or not age correlates to reaction time. I am only going to use task 1. My hypothesis is that as people get older, their reaction time increases, they get slower. I will set up the data in two columns and run a pearson correlation of time by age using SPSS. This is a very simple example- I expect your idea to be a little more interesting!

Note: There were three tasks in the lab- 1) simple reaction time task 2) a go/no go reaction task and 3) a choice reaction time task. You only need to pick one.

Also, please use at least 50 subjects in each group.

Note: The journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise.

The personal essay we have read this week, “Consider the Lobster” uses narrative and/or descriptive elements (sections 6.3 and 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing), and each has a clear purpose.

Write about one of the essays assigned in this week’s readings. In 250 to 500 words

• State the purpose of the essay.
• Describe one descriptive writing pattern being used in the essay (refer to section 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing).
• Explain why you think that descriptive writing pattern is used well by the writer. Incorporate a summary from the essay and properly cite the essay.
• Explain how you plan to use the same descriptive writing pattern in your personal essay.

As you are writing this journal entry, please pay attention to the areas that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz and “Practice Essay” assignment.

The following resource will assist you as you write this week’s journal:

• Guidelines for Summarizing Sources

Using TurnItIn Through Waypoint for guidance on using the Turnitin program.

When submitting your journal entry, make sure to

• Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.
• Format the journal according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Refer to the “APA Template” handout for guidelines on formatting a title page in APA style.
• Provide an in-text citation for the section of the essay you quote. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s Comprehensive APA Reference List Modelsfor guidelines on in-text citations in APA style.
• Provide a reference for the essay you quote. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide for guidelines on citing sources in APA style.
• Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is 250 to 500 words in length.

One of the first things we should do in examining “How should we live?” is to examine what are the things we want or think we want. Applying for things we want: jobs, colleges, loans is one of the ways we attempt to get what we want. In this assignment, you’ll use the genres of an application call, cover letter, and rejection letter to comment on our goals, pleasures, and dreams in life and the failure to achieve them.

This assignment asks you to think about exploring point of view, ethos, voice, and style. You’ll move through several of these as you take on each component of the assignment.

In the application call, you’ll post what the call is for in terms of an applicant. This should be an unconventional call–something that would not normally be requested for a job, college, or application. Maybe it’s a call for a pet, best friend, or an endangered pleasure that Holland writes about. In this call, though, you should reference ideas, themes, or arguments from one of the readings you’ve done so far. Think Doyle, Miranda, Gray, Liu, or Holland as a starting point for your call.

For the cover letter, you’ll now take on the persona of an applicant and decide who this person and their those will be and how they’re trying to convince those posting this the call that they are the correct applicant. Consider where the conflicts are between the call and the cover letter. Is this comedic or satirical? Or are you making a point with some of these conflicts?

Then, for the rejection letter, take on another persona and decide how you’re going to reject and what you’re saying with your rejection. How does this perspective on the application add complexity and nuance to the ideas you’re addressing? How do you bring new insight and points with the rejection? How do you make your reader feel about the applicant and the rejector?

The genre of this assignment is creative non-fiction, but don’t be afraid to use poetry, dialogue, or other narrative techniques when necessary. The call should be at least 250 words, the cover letter at least 500 words, and the rejection letter at least 500 words.

samples:

http://www.asofterworld.com/oqarchive.php

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/455/we-regre…

Write an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) that addresses your personal best leadership experience. Personal best is a time when you believe you had performed at the peak as a leader. Be sure to incorporate elements from our reading in regards to your leadership approach, the type of leadership application; transactional, transformational, situational, etc. Some questions to address in the essay are:

• What characterized the situation? Who was involved? Where and when did it take place? Who initiated it?
• What approach did you apply to the situation?
• What type of leadership would you classify yourself as in this situation?
• What motivated you to engage in this project? How did you challenge yourself and others?
• What did you aspire to achieve? How did you build enthusiasm and excitement?
• How did you involve others? How did you foster collaboration? How did you build trust and respect? How did you build the capacity to excel?
• What values and principles guided you and others? How did you set the example? How did you progress from one milestone to another?
• How did you recognize individuals? How did you celebrate success?
• What lessons about leadership did you learn from the experience?

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be double-spaced and 12 point font

1. Must be formatted according to APA style
2. Must include a cover page that includes:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement
4. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph
5. Must include a reference page written in APA format
6. Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Application Assignment #1

Please make sure to answer the following questions in complete sentences, paragraph form. Make sure you answers are supported when needed.

5 sentence minimum per answer

1. Before reading the article – answer this question – How can we determine if another animal has culture? Specifically, how can we tell the difference between a culturally influenced behavior versus a solely biologically determined behavior (like an instinct for example)?

Please read this article.

cultures_in_chimpanzees.pdf I have attached it

2. Please summarize the article to the best of your ability, including charts.

3. Provide an argument, using the article as support, that chimpanzees do have some form of culture.

4. Provide an argument, using the article as support, that chimpanzees do not have a form of culture.

Application Assignment #2

Please watch this video and answer the following questions. 5 sentences minimum per question:

1. Actually, before watching the video, answer this question. Imagine there was a hypothesis that stated that many modern humans have some Neanderthal DNA. What would this imply about our evolution and history with Neanderthals? What do you think it would mean for humans that do not have Neanderthal DNA?

Neanderthals 101 | National Geographic

2. Using your knowledge of natural selection, please explain how the Neanderthals evolved in the specific northern climates of Europe.

3. Summarize the ideas or hypothesis presented in the video regarding the extinction of the Neanderthals. What evidence do they provide? What are your thoughts on this?

Application Assignment #3

For full points, please answer all questions, meeting minimum sentence requirement

In this assignment, we’ll start to look at one of the things that makes our species exceptional – that is culture. You’re read and seen videos that explain that other animals/hominins have culture, but I think it is an easy argument to make that our current culture is at a different level.

Think about this – life has existed on this planet for about 3.5 billions years. Yes billions. Now out of those 3.5 billions years, it has only been in the last 100 years or so that any animal has developed technology that can destroy the planet – and that animal is of course, us. We have evolved to produce and share culture. We have evolved to be creative. However, is that ultimately going to get us into trouble?

Please read the following paper by philosopher, Nick Bostrom. You are only required to read through page 458, however I encourage you all to read the whole paper.

vulnerable.pdf I have attached it

1. Using your understanding of evolution, specifically natural selection, provide a hypothesis of how and why we evolved to produce culture and to be so creative. (minimum 6 sentence)

2. Please summarize the part you were required to read. (minimum 6 sentence)

3. What do you think of this hypothesis? Do you think it is possible that we will one day pick up a “black ball”? What about the idea that any one of our white and grey balls can one day turn into black balls? Meaning, we invent technology that appears to be beneficial but one day will ultimately destroy us? (minimum 8 sentence)