Define and explain classical conditioning (being sure to avoid plagiarism).

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Psychologists generally identify three types of learning: 1) classical conditioning, 2) operant conditioning, and 3) observational learning. Follow the Written Assignment Guidelines (linked in the left-hand menu) in this and all other assignments in this course.

  1. Define and explain classical conditioning (being sure to avoid plagiarism). Then give a real life example of classical conditioning and specify what the US, CS, UR, and CR are in your example. Your example needs to be unique and not one already presented in the text.
  2. Define and explain operant conditioning (being sure to avoid plagiarism). Then give a real life example of operant conditioning and specify if your real life example of operant conditioning involves positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, or punishment. Your example needs to be unique and not one already presented in the text.
  3. Define and explain observational learning (being sure to avoid plagiarism). Then give a real life example of observational learning. Your example needs to be unique and not one already presented in the text.
  4. Post your assignment in the Chapter 7-Learning Examples Assignment forum. Be aware that you must submit a post before you can see your classmates’ posts.
  5. Read the assignments everyone else has posted, and comment if you wish. If you respond to someone else’s assignment, please make sure that your responses are respectful and contribute to a friendly and helpful learning environment. Read these General Discussion Ideas for ways to contribute to a helpful discussion.

Response To Intervention Presentation

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Details:

Create a 15-20 slide digital presentation providing an introduction to Response to Intervention to educators. Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.

Within your presentation provide:

  • An overview of RTI, to include an explanation of the RTI tiers.
  • An explanation of what factors determine appropriate student placement within the RTI tiers.
  • An explanation of how the RTI model can help meet the needs of individuals with
    exceptionalities.
  • Five research-based intervention strategies for individuals with exceptionalities
    struggling in English language arts or mathematics that are appropriate for a
    variety of RTI tiers.

Support your presentation with this week’s readings and three additional scholarly resources.

While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

analyze an article

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Go to an online newspaper website: Chicago Tribune  http://www.chicagotribune.com/,  http://www.kansascity.com/, or http://www.nytimes.com/ are a few possible sites, but feel free to use a more local newspaper website. Find an article in the Op/ED section that is argumentative in nature. Use the following questions to guide your analysis:

  1. What is the purpose of the text? In other words, what exactly is the position the article takes and/or what does the author want his or her readers to believe and/or do after reading the article?
  2. What strategies does the text use to attempt to achieve its purpose? Give examples from the article. In other words, does the article use facts, examples, experiences, logic, assumptions, data, sources, expert opinion, and so on to prove his or her position? Be sure to give examples. You could also try to determine if the position is presented as more of a Classical argument or a Rogerian argument.
  3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the approach the article used? In other words, what would you have liked to see more of in the article? Less of? What worked? What didn’t work? Do you detect bias that is unreasonable? Does the author use unreasonable assertions, stereotypes, or faulty information to make his or her points? Does the author place the opposition in an unfair light? Does the author distort the arguments of those who disagree? Does the author fail to recognize the weaknesses in his or her own position? Does the author leave out important information? Does the author back up his or her assertions with evidence, or does he or she simply make assumptions? What would most improve the argument? Explain your answers.

Remember, we are not arguing for or against the content of these articles; we are analyzing what the article attempts to do, how it does it, and if it does so fairly. We should not be concerned about how we feel about the article.

To be clear: Your readers should not know what your position is about the subject. Your readers should only know whether or not you felt the article was reasonable, well-developed, fair, etc. Do not include personal opinion or personal judgments about the subject matter. Do not include personal narrative.

This analysis should be presented in the form of a single essay, complete with a title page, an introduction, three body paragraphs (purpose, approach, and effectiveness), a conclusion, and a full References page.

Your analysis should meet the following criteria:

  • Is based on a current topic and/or event;
  • is between 300-500 words in length, not including the title page, abstract (if used), and References page;
  • includes direct quotations and paraphrased passages from the text;
  • uses attributive tags that not only work to convey the mood of the writer, but establish him or her as an authority in the field of study;
  • avoids personal opinion;
  • is written clearly, concisely, and accurately;
  • is written solely in third-person;
  • includes a References page;
  • has been closely edited so that it contains few or no mechanical errors;
  • is ordered with a title page, an introduction, three body paragraphs (purpose, approach, and effectiveness), a conclusion, and a full References page.

*Note that no one writes a polished essay in a single sitting. Start early and give yourself time for multiple revisions.

Analysis Checklist

As you work on your analysis, it is a good idea to keep the following questions in mind:

  1. How does this analysis meet the assignment criteria?
  2. How close do you feel your analysis reflected the presentation of the original argument?
  3. Does this analysis use effective transitions as it progresses from paragraph to paragraph?
  4. Does this analysis avoid personal opinion, casual language, or first or second person language?
  5. Is there anything in this analysis that could have been left out without losing its effect?
  6. Is there anything else that could have been added to this analysis to make it feel more complete?
  7. Is this analysis based on a current topic?

Week 5 | Discussion

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Please
respond to ONE of the following two bulleted items in a primary posting
of at least 200 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment
to at LEAST one classmate. Remember to cite your sources.

  • Identify
    at least two causes of the Great Depression. Discuss whether or not
    you believe that the federal response to the Depression encouraged
    economic growth and confidence. Justify your response.
  • Compare
    and contrast the key similarities and difference in President
    Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression with President Hoover’s
    response. Examine whether Hoover or Roosevelt had the better economic
    plan to pull the country out of the Depression. Infer the fundamental
    reasons why the better plan succeeded while the other approach failed.

OB Teaching Experience

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1. Purpose: To document and evaluate teaching skills necessary to provide teaching to an individual client with a demonstrated need. With the completion of this assignment the student will be able to achieve the following objectives.

  1. Demonstrate ability to thoroughly assess the learning styles of an individual or family using given developmental or cultural models.
  2. Demonstrate ability to anticipate learning needs based on developmental or cultural assessments.
  3. Identify and utilize teaching/learning principles to facilitate achievement of learning goals and outcomes.
  4. Select and prioritize learning strategies based on the developmental or cultural assessment to achieve learning goals and outcomes.
  5. Support rationales for teaching plan using teaching and learning theories from required readings with references

2. Nursing Competencies:

  1. Assessing and identifying developmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors affecting a client.
  2. Providing evidence-based health information and teaching based on developmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors affecting a client or family
  3. Integrating teaching/learning activities into client interactions based on developmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors affecting a client or family.
  4. Incorporating health promotion and teaching into the plan of care based on developmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors affecting a family or client.

3. Plan: submitted to the clinical instructor during the teaching experience. Your clinical instructor must approve the topic.

  1. Develop nursing diagnosis (NANDA)
  2. Develop two (2) learning objectives
  3. State methodology (teaching methods)
  4. Provide and utilize teaching aids
  5. State needed resources

4. This write-up should be 2-3 pages to follow the Teaching Experience Rubric.

5. Suggested topics for Teaching Plan:

  1. Mother’s with infants who have hyperbilirubinemia
  2. Maternal and neonatal infection
  3. Care of the Mother and Infant with Substance Abuse Problems
  4. Immunization schedule for the newborn
  5. Newborn care
  6. Post op cesarean section care
  7. Post vaginal delivery care
  8. Breastfeeding
  9. Postpartum depression

Formative and Summative Evaluations

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Develop a formative and summative evaluation for training that was just completed on “how to create a resume.” This was a fictitious training that was completed, so use your imagination when creating the formative and summative evaluations. I have included an article about how to create a resume and a sample of a formative evaluation.

Your Formative Evaluation is going to assess the training and overall process as a whole. What was done well and what can be done better?
Your Summative Evaluation is going to evaluate your trainees on the material they have just received in your training session. This is typically done in a pre/post test manner

Collaboration and Fraud Audit and Presentation

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COLLABORATION USER’S GUIDE

You were tasked to begin working on this individual assignment in Week 4. It is due at the end of the class.

During this course, you worked as a team on a large project. It is important to reflect on projects and teamwork to learn what went right, and what went wrong.

Evaluate your team/project experience during this class so far.

  • How could you have improved teamwork and collaboration?
  • Are there ways you would have approached a project of this magnitude differently if you did it again?

Create a “User’s Guide” of 3 to 5 pages where you advise future teams on how to maximize their success on an audit. Be creative!

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FRAUD AUDITING

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper on fraud auditing and IT auditing.

  • Describe the different kinds of fraud andthe Fraud Triangle, an auditor’s responsibility to identify and assess fraud.
  • Describe the specific risks, benefits, and internal controls associated with IT functions.

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PRESENTATION

Create a 5 slides based the team scenario assignments from Weeks 3 and 4 (Analytical Procedures, Audit Tests, Work Programs, Report on Internal Controls).

State the company selected for the team assignments.

Explains the reason the company was selected.

Describe insights gained by performing some planning for this company.

COMPANY IS NETFLIX

Best Source Reflection Paper. 3 pages

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Choose a source that has been the most helpful or informative in leading you to answer your research question. Most commonly this will be scholarly source you’re actively using (quoting from, paraphrasing, analyzing) in your research paper. This reflection asks you to carefully analyze multiple aspects of the source beyond its content. Reflecting in this way should help you when you choose sources in the future.

For ideas about what or how to evaluate, refer back to attached file.

Details:

  • Three double-spaced pages.
  • 12-point font and 1” margins.
  • *****Written as a narrative in paragraph form, not as bullet-pointed sections***************
  • Include a citation in proper MLA format at the end of the paper and use parenthetical citations throughout.

Evaluate the Details

Use the criteria below to discuss your best source. Fully explain in your evaluation how and why this source is the best one for your research according to each criteria. For some criteria you will only write 1 or 2 sentences, other criteria you will write multiple sentences.

  1. Type of source and why it matters to your research
  2. Audience for the source
  3. Date that the source was published
  4. Author of your source
  5. Author’s research question – Like you, the author of this article began their work on this source with a question and this article/book is their answer or explanation. This will be stated in the form of a question. This won’t be explicitly stated; you need to determine what it is by examining the article
  6. Source’s main argument and/or any sub-arguments
  7. Evidence used within the source and how it contributes to the argument and/or your own understanding

Evaluate the Research Conversation

Describe how this source fits in to the larger conversation about your topic. On what points do your other sources agree with the arguments or conclusions in this source (include the source and a short paraphrase or summary to illustrate). On what points do your other sources disagree (include a short paraphrase or summary to illustrate). On what points do you agree or disagree with this source or another source? Feel free to use the example sentences below to frame your own writing.

Example sentence structures

Written as a narrative in paragraph form, not as bullet-pointed sections

  1. My sources tend to agree/disagree about________. I agree/disagree with this position because______.
  2. On the one hand, some argue that _______. On the other hand, however, others argue that _______.
  3. X claims that ____, and I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I agree that _____. On the other hand, I still insist that _____________________.
  4. Author X contradicts herself. At the same time that she argues _______, she also implies ________.
  5. I agree that __________.
  6. She argues __________, and I agree/disagree because __________.
  7. In discussions of __________, a controversial issue has been whether __________.

The Research Paper Rough Draft

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The purpose of this assignment is
to draft and submit a comprehensive and complete rough draft of an APA
research paper. Your rough draft should include all of the research
paper elements of a final draft.

Recommended: Before you begin, review chapter 10 in A Pocket Style Manual (APA) and chapters 13 and 14 in Research Techniques for Health Sciences.

Include the following in your 12-15 page rough draft:

  • Headings
  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Literature review: a review of relevant studies focusing on the theory and its importance and implication for the study
  • Research methods used and data collected
  • Results and analysis of research findings
  • Discussion of hypothesis/conclusion
  • Reference page with a minimum of 10 references and appropriately used in-text citations for each
  • Visuals: tables, figures, graphs, charts, images, or any other non-text content as applicable. You are required to include at least 1 visual aid in your final paper.
  • Footnotes (if applicable)
  • Appendices (if applicable)

Be sure to plan enough time for proofreading and editing.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Common or Not So Common Sense

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  • Wk5 A: Common or Not So Common Sense

    Almost everyone in the world have heard the term “common sense. I personally believe that it is the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way, and to make good decisions (this is just an opinion).Common sense in the safety world is something we should not take for granted (but yes we do). Common sense is something that everyone has but not everyone uses. There are thousands of accidents in the workplace that could have been prevented if the person had used even a little common “safety” sense.Now my question is:

    • 1. Can common sense be taught or are we born with it?
    • 2. Why is common sense not common especially in the safety world? (give a specific example from your explanation)
    • 3. Based on your answers to question 1 and question 2, give an impromptu prep-talk or tool-box training to make commons-sense common-knowledge.
    • 4. Then back your prep-talk with one OSHA standard that is reasonable

    Wake us up if safety is truly your passion (Professionalism)

  • Wk5 B: Where is the Common (Safety) Sense

    Let us watch the below video and discuss all safety issues and senses that did not apply. A lot of people love want they do for a living but is it worth the money or fun risking one’s life.

    • Are common sense common any longer? Do we have to go to the extreme to be recognized or applauded? Is this the type of risk one has to take to be fierce and completive?
    • Identify 5 risks associated with this skyscraper video

    Watch and share your opinion, particularly from the safety point of view

    • You must respond to at least one other student in this forum for your discussion post to be graded (it will not show on my end until you respond to someone’s post)
    • Also include the name of the person to whom you are responding to in the subject line. For example: “Peter’s response to Luly’s post”