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Human and animal behavior
Researchers often use a method called an experiment in order to study the causes of human and animal behavior. Design such an experiment based on a change in behavior you have observed in yourself or your roommates this past semester (e.g., eating or sleeping habits, exercise regime, game playing, etc.). Select a behavior that you are particularly interested in studying, and then design the experiment to investigate a possible cause of that behavior. Address the following questions.
What is the hypothesis you will test in your experiment?
What are the independent and dependent variables?
Who will be the subjects or participants in your study?
What are the experimental and control group conditions? Here, you may assume that you have the resources necessary to conduct your experiment and that you can control, or manipulate, the environment of your subjects as necessary. For example, suppose your hypothesis is as follows: Higher levels of stress from a heavy course workload increase eating activity. Assume that you have the ability to control the workload, etc., of your subjects.
How will you assign your subjects to groups?
What are the possible results of your study, and what might these results indicate about your hypothesis?
Pharmacologists
Given the context of a general anti-science movement in the world, what can we do as
scientists or pharmacologists to inform the general population about the principles of the
drugs they consume and their effects? Your next mission, whether you accept it or not, is to
write a popular science article on a topic related to pharmacology to educate a specific
the population of your choice.
• Approximately 500 words
• Use a catchy title.
• If you desire to format it as if it was an article in a magazine, go ahead. Making your work visually appealing also attracts the attention of your intended readership.
• Identify your target audience in the header.
Concepts considered during the evaluation:
Organizational Climate Survey
1. Your organization has been doing an Organizational Climate Survey for the past ten years. Every year the consulting firm you hired has presented the results to your senior management team (SMT). The SMT discusses the results to the mangers. You’ve joined the organization as Manger of Organizational Development. After some discussion with employees you’ve determined that these results were never given to the employees nor has anything ever been done with the results. Overall the results indicate low motivation, and job dissatisfaction. You also discovered that turnover is at 60%. Many people leave within one year of hiring. Include in your post:
o Describe the steps you would take in analyzing the situation.
o What specific recommendations would you make? Why?
o How SPECIFICALLY will you present your suggestions to Senior Leadership? What strategy would you use to present your ideas?
o Using a force field analysis model(driving and restraining forces), describe in detail the
Exhibition Reviews
A ONE-PAGE RESPONSE PAPER (either single- or double-spaced is acceptable for these). Scored will be evaluated on a √+ / √ / √– basis (these scores correspond to A / B / C letter grades)
¶Alan Wallach, Exhibiting Contradiction (1998), pp. 105–17.
¶Exhibition reviews in Time [13 May 1991]; Newsweek [27 May 1991]; Art in America [September 1991], and The Nation [July 1991].
What does the dust-up over the West as American exhibition at the Smithsonian suggests about the extent to which museums should try to offer viewers revisionist history?
Requirements: one page
Saudi Arabian Riyal and the U.S. Dollar
While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. For this week’s discussion, please answer the following questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?
Analyze the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia (GDP, interest rates, inflation, and trade balance) given two scenarios when there is a dramatically declining world oil price or a dramatically increasing world oil price.