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Describe any connections you see between the media and eating disorders. Include other patterns and behaviors you may have witnessed outside of the media.

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Discuss if there was a time you found comparing yourself to the media, real-life people, or TV/media ads. Include what the comparison was about and how it impacted you.
Describe any connections you see between the media and eating disorders. Include other patterns and behaviors you may have witnessed outside of the media.
Discuss changes you would make in media to promote more positive body image. Include specific ideas and changes supported by research.
Recommend various types of treatment available for individuals with eating disorders.
Use the GCU Library databases and include two to four scholarly sources from the GCU library to support your claims. In addition to the scholarly resources from the library, you can include past classroom materials as well as your textbook as additional reference material.

Analyze a job position, develop an applicant selection protocol which you would use to select an applicant for that position and write a report of these activities.

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IOP-8400 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Week 3 Assignment:

Job analysis is an essential skill for organizational psychologists. The correct job analysis can lead to better knowledge of the position itself and is the basis for choosing the appropriate person to fill a position and setting salaries and compensations. In this week’s, you will practice applying job analysis and applicant selection techniques. Read Chapters 3, 5, and 6: Spector (2012). Industrial and organizational psychology: Research and practice. 6th ed.

Instructions:

For this assignment, you will analyze a job position, develop an applicant selection protocol which you would use to select an applicant for that position and write a report of these activities. You may choose a position in your own place of employment, or that of a family member or acquaintance: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER for a national insurance company.

Phase 1: Prepare a job analysis through following these steps:

  • Use one or more of the approaches listed in the text to gather job analysis information.
  • Prepare a job description that explains each of the KSAO elements described in the text.
  • Go to the O*NET OnLine site and search for the position you have described in your analysis, or a position that is as similar as possible to this position.
  • Note any differences between the elements described in the O*NET OnLine content and the analysis that you prepared. Which elements would be appropriate for you to include? Which ones might not apply to the particular job in the specific job environment or company you have analyzed?
  • Prepare a job analysis of the job positions that you have in mind.

Phase 2: Construct an applicant selection protocol. Include a description of the following:

  • Any psychological or vocational tests to be used in hiring applicants
  • Appropriate work samples to be requested
  • Ethically based biographical questionnaire
  • Key questions to be asked in an interview for this position

Support your job analysis and application selection report by using at least three (3) scholarly sources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages.
References: Minimum of 3 scholarly resources.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that you have reviewed, reflect scholarly writing, and current APA standards.

Examine one of the following substances in depth—its origin, associated industries, substances that could be substituted for it, history of regulation, and health effects .

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Answer the following questions:

The case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals changed federal law on the testimony of scientific experts. It involved the drug Bendectin. Examine the case and address the question of whether or not the drug is dangerous. How does the case help explain the difficulty in regulating the drug companies and their products?

Examine one of the following substances in depth—its origin, associated industries, substances that could be substituted for it, history of regulation, and health effects: dioxin, benzene, asbestos, trichloroethylene, chromium, lead, solvents, perfluorooctanoic acid, methane gas, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, leptophos, copper cyanide, ethylene chloride, methyl isocyanine gas, fuel oil residues, styrene tars, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, vinyl chloride, diesel fuel, kepone, EPN, cotton dust, radioactive waste, beryllium.

Koch Industries is one of the companies that paid a seemingly enormous fine of $30 million in 2000. How much did this fine hurt the company? Has Koch been targeted for wrongdoing since then?

Explain the interlocking relationship between Italian, Irish, and Jewish gangsters during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Explain the prevailing social philosophy of many of the immigrant groups that migrated to the United States at the turn of the 20th Century.

Explain the interlocking relationship between Italian, Irish, and Jewish gangsters during the 1920s and 1930s.

Talk about the political corruption that was central to organized crime in both the North and South (turn of the 20th Century) when the sheriff, the judge, the major, and governor were involved in organized crime. How would this impact society in general? How has this changed over the past century or not and why?

Explain the organization of bootlegging and moon shining, including the differences of the production and distribution of white liquor and red liquor in the south.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style.

Identify the issues for each company featured in the article. What do they have in common? What is different?

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Identify the issues for each company featured in the article. What do they have in common? What is different? Provide solutions for each company and explain your decisions in detail. Use sources – you may want to research each company’s website to gain more insight!

As always, follow APA guidelines. Minimum word count: 700 – write in full sentences! Include a cover page and a reference page (not included in total word count).

Describe the teaching/learning dilemma of speed vs accuracy. Why is this concept fundamental to both learning and performance of movement skills?

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Answer the following questions. Each question should take 1 1/2 – 2 pages including referencing. Each question must have at least two APA references with corresponding in-text documentation as well.
Question #1
You have learned several methods of skill classification. Select a motor skill and classify according to:
1. Environmental predictability
2. Task Organization
3. Importance of motor vs cognitive importance
Explain why each classification is an important consideration when selecting appropriate learning strategies for an early learner.

Question #2
Practice variability affects motor learning. It is the assumption that to perform under variable conditions, such as attempting to make a golf swing, the learner needs to practice under a variety of conditions. In other words, only practicing at the driving range would not transfer well to a real game.

Overall, variability of practice seems to be a critical learning and performance issue.

1. Provide an example of a specific motor skill that would like to teach.

2. After you have selected that motor skill develop a three-week practice schedule, three days per week that shows variability of practice.

3. In your own words, define schema as it relates to motor learning, practice variability, and transfer of motor skills.

4. What is the schema that you are hoping the learner will develop about your skill?

Question #3
Describe the teaching/learning dilemma of speed vs accuracy. Why is this concept fundamental to both learning and performance of movement skills?

1. What is the most critical consideration when choosing between each?
2. What are the trade-offs the teacher and learner must consider?

3. Provide an example of applying this concept.

4. Explain your philosophy concerning the emphasis of each in a learning environment.

Question #4
All learners go through various stages of learning from the beginning as early learners to advanced or elite.
1. Select a skill and illustrate how Fitts-Posner’s stages of learning interacts with Schema theory.
2. Where does the concept of degrees of freedom fit within this discussion?
The length of this assignment should be 5 pages plus Title and reference page.

Explain how organizational theory helps us understand the concept and function of organized crime.

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  1. Explain broadly what official investigations into organized crime have told us. Then select one official investigation discussed in the book and explain what specifically it told us, and whether or not what was uncovered helped shape future investigations, and how.
  2. Discuss the basic qualifications for membership in an organized crime group. Include whether or not you agree with the basic qualifications and why, and if you’d change or eliminate any of them, and why, if you were in charge of one.
  3. In your opinion, explain whether or not you agree with the following statement: “Hollywood glamorizes organized crime to an extent that it attracts more young people and causes more violence that would exist without such focus.” Support your opinion with statistics, news stories, coverage of organized crime shows and movies, and other relevant facts/support. Also include your personal interest (or lack there of) in organized crime and how Hollywood has or has not contributed to it.
  4. Explain how organizational theory helps us understand the concept and function of organized crime.

Define and briefly explain the concept of a ‘structural break’. Explain how you could test for the existence of a structural break in personal consumption expenditure after the financial crisis of 2008.

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  1. A researcher is trying to model the level of UK personal consumption expenditure i.e. the total amount spent by households on goods and services for consumption. Using quarterly data from quarter 1 1997 to quarter 4 2019, the following regression model is estimated (with t-ratios given below in parentheses):

where Ct is UK personal consumption expenditure in millions of £s, time is a linear trend variable, Q2t is a dummy variable that equals 1 in the second quarter of each year and zero otherwise, Q3t is a dummy variable that equals 1 in the third quarter of each year and zero otherwise and Q4t is a dummy variable that equals 1 in the fourth quarter of each year and zero otherwise.

  1. Interpret and discuss the estimated values of the regression coefficients on the dummy variables Q2, Q3 and Q4.
  2. Using the t-ratios given above, determine whether there is evidence of significant seasonality in UK personal consumption expenditure. Clearly explain how you reach your conclusion.
  • Using two separate equations, write the estimated regression model that applies in the second quarter of each year and the regression model that applies in the third quarter of each year.
  1. Define and briefly explain the concept of a ‘structural break’. Explain how you could test for the existence of a structural break in personal consumption expenditure after the financial crisis of 2008. When answering the question, clearly write out the regression model that you would use (you may ignore the seasonal effects discussed above to keep things simple) and clearly define the dummy variables that are used in the model.

Who might be attracted to the brand they present? Does it speak to a particular generation or a value that may be important to an applicant?

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Select 3 companies to research; a for-profit, non-profit and government entity. Your goal is to study their Talent Acquisition process and identify strengths and opportunities for improvement. As part of your analysis, think about the following: This is a contrast and compare assignment.Since you are looking at 3 separate organizations, you may consider using a table to summarize your information, since there are multiple questions. Below is a generic table. Tables are a great way to summarize a lot of information in a clear and understandable format.

Review their website, what is their brand or image? Who might be attracted to the brand they present? Does it speak to a particular generation or a value that may be important to an applicant? How do they use social media, industry websites, etc? Where are they visible and where are they invisible? Do they use an on-line application or paper application process? How easy is it for applicants to apply? If possible, interview a manager in at least one of the three types of companies company to learn their perspective of the interview process. Also inquire if they conduct background checks and how they make the selection decision – does a committee decide or the hiring manager?

Explain Mill’s response to the argument that utilitarianism diminishes human worth in making pleasure the only thing that is intrinsically good.

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  1. Explain what the principle of double effect is and why it applies in the lever but not the footbridge version of the trolley dilemmas.
  2. Explain the extent to which Kant’s categorical imperative permits one to tell a “white lie”, i.e. a lie based on good intentions.
  3. Explain Mill’s response to the argument that utilitarianism diminishes human worth in making pleasure the only thing that is intrinsically good.
  4. Explain the difference between instrumental and intrinsic goods, and provide an example of each.
  5. Explain the difference between first and second order desires in relation to the concept of autonomy in Kant.
  6. What is Bentham’s psychological hedonism, and how does it explain one’s going to work even when one wants to sleep in?
  7. With reference to at least three components of Bentham’s hedonic calculus, explain the extent to which utilitarianism permits one to tell a “white lie”, i.e. a lie based on good intentions.
  8. Explain why, according to Epicurus, we ought not to be afraid of death.
  9. Explain what teleology is and how it determines Aristotle’s use of the term “good”
  10. Explain how the principle of double effect can be applied to two cases other than the trolley dilemmas.