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Discuss how some authors have critically established that objectivity, certainty (or “absolute truth”) and individualistic knowledge are simplified and problematic conceptions regarding the production of scientific and casual knowledge.  Take into consideration why this discussion is important in the realm of Psychology and how it opens up new and complex ways of understanding human actions.

When elaborating your essay take into account the following:

1)There’s three (3) conceptions that need to be critically examined (objectivity, certainty and individualistic knowledge), BUT you can decide to focus on one more than the others (since, as you will notice, the three are inter-related).

2)When discussing the case of Psychology, which is mostly discussed in Glasersfeld’s and Gergen’s text, try to elaborate at least one example (either inspired by the texts or one of the many that appear in said texts) that show the importance of constructivism (or knowledge as a construction), subjectivity, language-games or, among other things, a psychology that takes into consideration the diversity of human experience.

3)You have to make use of at least three (3) of the assigned texts.

Using your own practical experience and required readings and research, develop a presentation for the organization’s senior management team assessing the future of unions, collective bargaining, and the impact on your company.

Address the following in your presentation:

1. Critique the trends and issues in union membership that have led to the decrease of a represented workforce.
2. Recommend the beginnings of a strategic plan that reduces the desire of workers to unionize.
3. Outline the potential impact to workers who may feel that the lack of protection of a bargaining unit can negatively impact their wages and benefits.
4. Examine future trends among unions to organize workers and best practices by companies that are successful in defeating unionization.
5. Estimate what future workers want from their employers and working environments.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)

You learned that group behavior can influence human behavior and society as a whole. You will now have an opportunity to apply your understanding of the dimensions and theoretical perspectives that influence human behavior and identify services that promote healthy functioning. In this assignment, you will generate a case study on group behavior that resulted in a negative outcome. You will then create a report applying two behavioral theories and provide recommendations for effective behavioral strategies or other services.

Tasks:

In an 8- to 10-page paper:

• Describe a case example of group behavior that resulted in a negative outcome (for example, hazing or bullying) in a community or social service setting. Explain the rationale for selecting this group and setting.
• Identify a minimum of two behavior models and theories that apply to the example and highlight the manner in which the setting influences the behavioral outcomes. Justify your chosen models and theories.
• Recommend specific effective behavioral strategies and services that can improve healthy functioning of the group.

Discuss how some authors have critically established that objectivity, certainty (or “absolute truth”) and individualistic knowledge are simplified and problematic conceptions regarding the production of scientific and casual knowledge.  Take into consideration why this discussion is important in the realm of Psychology and how it opens up new and complex ways of understanding human actions.

When elaborating your essay take into account the following:

1)There’s three (3) conceptions that need to be critically examined (objectivity, certainty and individualistic knowledge), BUT you can decide to focus on one more than the others (since, as you will notice, the three are inter-related).

2)When discussing the case of Psychology, which is mostly discussed in Glasersfeld’s and Gergen’s text, try to elaborate at least one example (either inspired by the texts or one of

the many that appear in said texts) that show the importance of constructivism (or knowledge as a construction), subjectivity, language-games or, among other things, a psychology that takes into consideration the diversity of human experience.

3)You have to make use of at least three (3) of the assigned texts.

so the assignment basically is talking about the” buyer power” which is one of the forces of porter’s 5 forces model. I want you to write a page and a half or two pages on the “buyer power” in the industry of a company called “Big Lots” . so your analysing the industry exaplaining the role of the “buyer power” in the industry. If your not familiar with porter’s 5 forces model then tell me. and please no overview or long introduction.

YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THESE WHEN WRITING

Buyer power Can be stronger if…

Buyers threaten to integrate backward

FOR THE FIRST PAPER, YOU SHOULD USE ONLY THE CLASS MATERIALS PROVIDED. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE ALLOWED EXCEPT FOR THE CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSED IN YOUR CONCLUSION.

MAKE SURE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE MATERIAL and CLEARLY STATE YOUR THESIS IN THE INTRODUCTION AND THE CONCLUSION.   PLEASE WRITE: “MY THESIS IS” SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ONE.

YOUR ESSAY SHOULD BE AT LEAST 6-7 PAGES DOUBLE-SPACED OR SINGLE SPACED (3-4 PAGES) WITH 1” MARGINS. YOU DON’T NEED A COVERSHEET.

Please Use Chicago Citation Style:  http://www.lib.subr.edu/Chicago.pdf.  Or go to Purdue Owl

MAKE SURE TO CITE YOUR SOURCES CORRECTLY—ANY QUOTES MORE THAN THREE LINES LONG SHOULD BE SINGLE-SPACED (BLOCK QUOTES, NO QUOTATION MARKS). QUOTES 3 LINES OR LESS SHOULD HAVE QUOTATION MARKS.  YOU SHOULD CITE THE SOURCES (HELLMAN AND VANDEN/ PREVOST/Hamilton) EVEN IF YOU ARE PARAPHRASING. YOU CAN USE FOOTNOTES OR IN-TEXT PARANTHETICAL CITATIONS IN YOUR PAPER (YOUR CHOICE).

Late papers graded down ½ letter grade for each day it is late

Check for grammar, spelling and structural errors in your paper—you will be graded down for such errors

MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN WORK—KEEP IN MIND, TURN IT IN HAS ACCESS TO ALL PAPERS

According to Collier (Basta! Land and the Zapatista Rebellion, 1994),

When in 1992 President Salinas de Gortari brought land reform—the issue on which his party had originally risen to power—to a halt, he signaled an abrupt end to a traditional government covenant with the peasantry and deprived many peasants not just of the possibility of improving their livelihoods, but of their power as a constituency.  The Zapatistas are trying to reclaim that constituency  (Collier, 1994:8).

The above quote says a great deal about the relationship between the peasant sector and the Mexican state that emerged after the Mexican Revolution.  It also suggests a relationship between the economic restructuring of Mexico’s economy and the rise of the Zapatista rebellion.  Indeed, the transition to free market economic principles and the adoption of neoliberal reform

permanently transformed the lives of Mexicans in the urban and rural sectors of Mexico’s economy. Such changes were social, political and economic in nature.

With this in mind, discuss the significance of the Mexican Revolution to the transition of the New Economic Model (Neoliberalism) in Mexico.  How did the Revolution address the problem of “two Mexicos” that emerged under Diaz? What were the goals of the Revolution?

In what ways did meaning of the Revolution change with the Presidency of Salinas de Gortari?

How do the testimonials provided by Hellman demonstrate and provide insight into understanding how free market mechanisms (NAFTA) would influence the lives of individuals?   Were all sectors impacted the same way? (Hellman discusses this in her book) Has Mexico returned to an era where there are “two Mexicos”?  Where would you place Mexico today in the context of its political and economic development? Why? (Make sure to cite a current event to support your position, discuss it in the conclusion of your paper).

Make sure to put the discussion in proper historical context by clearly explaining the significance of the Mexican Revolution, the factors that led to the rise of the PRI and ISI (state-led development model and what it entailed) and the factors that led to the adoption of Neoliberalism and its policy prescriptions.   Make sure to refer to at least (5) testimonials in Hellman’s work.  DO NOT OVERQUOTE.  You are welcome to include the documentary LA TORMENTA QUE AZOTO MEXICO (The Storm that Swept Mexico) or any other class materials in your discussion.

You will be required to complete a 15-20 page, double-spaced paper (not including references), on a mental health policy issue of your choice.  The paper should briefly trace the history of the issue, describe current state and federal policies addressing the issue and discuss recommendations for future action.  You must refer to readings that have been assigned in class in your paper.  As previously stated, APA format should be used and points will be deducted for inappropriate citation style (note that we are requiring 12-15 citations for A level work). Points will also be deducted for grammatical and spelling errors.

Final Research Project

The topic of your project needs to be a contemporary societal problem, such as healthcare reform, immigration reform, privacy rights, euthanasia, First Amendment Rights, stem cell research, capital punishment, corporate prisons, legalizing drugs, ageism, animal rights, cloning, prayer in schools, racial profiling, recycling/conservation, sexism, outsourcing jobs, workplace bullying, etc. The topic must focus on a single aspect, as in “How far do corporations intrude into the private lives of their employers?” or “The social costs of financing the distribution of custom-designed drugs.” You may suggest another topic to use, but the instructor must approve the topic during the Week Two Discussion.

The Final Research Project will present research relating the responsibilities of a critical thinker to contemporary society. In this assignment, you will do the following:

• Research one aspect of a contemporary social problem.
• Define the problem.
• Propose a possible solution for the problem.
• Create an argument that supports your thesis position. You should take on the perspective of a critically thinking researcher. The argument must present a thesis statement and evidence to support the thesis statement.
• Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from the position you take on the issue and explain how those outcomes would influence society and culture.
• Interpret statistical data from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
• Evaluate evidence using the following standards: validity, reliability, and bias related to the chosen topic and accurately identify strengths and weaknesses.

Research and Define the Problem

You must take on the perspective of your major field of study and explain in your paper what that perspective is and how it informs your view of the topic. The topics listed above are far too broad to write about in 10–12 pages (3,300–3,900 words). Instead, you must choose a narrowly defined thesis and approach it from the perspective of your field.

Example: If you are an economics major, and you are interested in immigration reform, you should approach a very specific aspect of immigration reform through the lens of economic theory and practice. A specific thesis question would not be, “How does illegal immigration influence the U.S. economy?” One could write thousands of pages on such a topic. Instead, a better question would be, “How do illegal immigrant hotel workers in Chicago impact the economy of Northern Illinois?” You would then want to do the research and determine the positive and negative impacts they have, ultimately trying to conclude how illegal immigration in this area should be approached ethically.

How to Hone Your Thesis: It is important that you start your research early in this course. Try to find the most important contemporary questions and theories in your field of study and then align the most important questions with a very specific aspect of the general topics above. For example, if you are a psychology major, you might want to start thinking within the realm of healthcare reform or aspects of mental health and criminality in the prison system.

Your Argument

You must present a complete argument, including a major claim with at least five points of evidence, information, or data that will prove the claim.

• The thesis statement must be

◦                     A clear, simple declarative sentence as the first or last sentence in the opening paragraph of the essay.

◦                     Of such a nature that it can be substantiated, corroborated, verified, and proved through appeal to primary or secondary academic research source materials.

• The introductory paragraph must

◦                     Present the thesis statement, an explanation for the importance of the topic, and its relation to the student’s field of study.

• Beliefs, opinions, and personal opinions must not be introduced at any point in the essay.
• All beliefs and opinions should be supported with academic evidence. Sweeping generalizations with no supporting academicevidence do not reflect adequate critical thinking skills.
• Do not include rhetorical questions in your essays. All the questions that are pertinent to your project need to be answered in your essay and your answers again need to be supported with evidence from peer-reviewed journal articles and academically published books.

Attributes of Good Critical Thinking in Papers

• Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue.
• The evidence that you use should come from high-level researchers engaged in your field of study.
• Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
• Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue.
• Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research.

Ethical Outcomes of the Position You Take

After you have defined the problem and created an argument about how one ought to respond to the issue, you need to explain the ethical outcomes of the position you have taken. This should again be in relation to the field of study in which you are working. There might be different ethical outcomes that result from your analysis. For example, going back to the example issue above, from an economic standpoint, illegal immigrants might contribute positively to the economy of Northern Illinois in a specific number of ways. Thus, an economist who believes that positive impact to the economy is the greatest good would say that one should promote the use of illegal immigrants. However, because these workers are often paid less than others and eliminate jobs that could be done by residents of Chicago, there could be other negative ethical outcomes that would outweigh the positive impacts to the economy. It is your goal to draw out the ethical implications of your thesis and explain the underlying rationale that is the foundation for your claim that one action is better than another.

• Critical thinkers are those who can outline the positive and negative ethical impacts of their positions. In addition, they are able to provide a rationale for why they believe a specific position is the right position, even when it leads to negative outcomes.
• Critical thinkers are also able to be honest and objective about the limitations and gray areas that pertain to their theses.

Final Research Project Requirements

The Final Research Project may be presented as a formal research paper (essay format), a PowerPoint presentation, a video, or a podcast equivalent to a minimum of 10 – 12 pages in APA format (approximately 3,300 – 3,900 typewritten words, excluding title page and reference pages). Written essays must adhere to all APA formatting standards and requirements, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

PowerPoint presentations must include the full text (at least 3,300 words) in the speaker notes portion of the slides, with appropriate citations, and full reference pages. PowerPoint presentations must adhere to the basic principles of PowerPoint presentation design and must include citations and references according to APA standards and requirements.

Videos and podcasts must include a full transcript, in APA format, including appropriate in-text citations and a references page.

Quotations:

There must be no more than 15% quoted content in the body of your essay. All quoted material must bear quotation marks and a full quotation citation.

Source Documents:

• There must be 10 or more source documents used, cited, and referenced.
• Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, then they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library.
• Where print documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) may not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) may not be used.
• Two of the peer-reviewed scholarly sources used must include statistical evidence, which must be accurately interpreted.
• Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia should not be used.
• Religious texts are neither peer-reviewed nor scholarly and so may not be used in any way.

Summary Conclusion:

You must have a summary conclusion as the last paragraph(s) of the project, presenting the major point of the essay and the evidence supporting that point.

Word Count:

The content body of the project must be 3,300 words or more. The word count does not include anything in the title page, running header, or reference list. It is expected that you meet all logistical requirements of this paper.

Reference List:

• The list of references must include only those source documents that are cited within the body of the project.
• The project must fully comply with APA formatting standards and requirements as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center: title page, running header with page numbers, font face and size, line spacing, citations, and reference page(s).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Three different assignment

Thesis Statement:

Choose a topic based on the above information and write a thesis statement summarizing the main argument you will be making in your final paper.  This may change as you move forward, but it will be your general road map.

Annotated Bibliography:

Provide a list of at least six sources that you have identified for the paper.  Two of these must be a primary source document and two must be an academic journal article.  These should be specific sources, not just places where you can find sources.

Abstract:

Prepare a short abstract (less than one page) with a brief overview of your paper and a summary of the main arguments of your paper.