Analyze the case and opinion in the case of Riser v. QEP Energy, 777 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2015) located in your textbook on pp. 451–454.

Analyze the case and opinion in the case of Riser v. QEP Energy, 777 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2015) located in your textbook on pp. 451–454. Write a case study review of Judge Kelly’s opinion that answers the questions below. Support your review with analysis and evidence from the unit reading and outside sources. What are the legal issues presented in this case? Did the plaintiff establish a valid prima facie case of pay discrimination? Was there a basis for equal work? On what factors did the appeals court base its decision? Why is the other-than-sex factor that is presented by the employer insufficient to avoid a trial? What should the employer have done differently?

Which one do you feel is best for classifying personality disorders?

The current DSM(5) supports a dimensional approach to abnormality, whereas the previous DSM(IV-TR) supported a categorical approach. Some psychologists have suggested that a dimensional model (where behavior exists on a continuum and “abnormal” is simply an extreme form of normal behaviors) may be more accurate. Do you support the categorical or the dimensional approach? Which one do you feel is best for classifying personality disorders? Explain.

Describe what Cotton Mather means in the following passage from The Wonders of the Invisible World.

Describe what Cotton Mather means in the following passage from The Wonders of the Invisible World. In your response, please think about how this passage fits into the American context of what Puritans believed and why they were so intent on settling and subduing this “new” land. Be as textual and specific as you can be.

*The New Englanders are a people of God settled in those, which were once the devil’s territories; and it may easily be supposed that the devil was exceedingly disturbed, when he perceived such a people accomplishing the promise of old made unto our blessed Jesus, that He should have the utmost parts of the earth for His possession.”

*To begin, you might want to select key quotes that you found interesting while reading. Once you get those quotes in place, complete the paragraph plan by filling out your main idea (also known as topic sentence) and then, your analysis. Once you have your body paragraphs in place (2-3), examine those paragraphs. Use those paragraphs to craft your thesis and introduction. Once the introduction and body paragraphs are in place, move on to writing your conclusion.

Describe what Cotton Mather means in the following passage from The Wonders of the Invisible World.

Describe what Cotton Mather means in the following passage from The Wonders of the Invisible World. In your response, please think about how this passage fits into the American context of what Puritans believed and why they were so intent on settling and subduing this “new” land. Be as textual and specific as you can be.

*The New Englanders are a people of God settled in those, which were once the devil’s territories; and it may easily be supposed that the devil was exceedingly disturbed, when he perceived such a people accomplishing the promise of old made unto our blessed Jesus, that He should have the utmost parts of the earth for His possession.”

*To begin, you might want to select key quotes that you found interesting while reading. Once you get those quotes in place, complete the paragraph plan by filling out your main idea (also known as topic sentence) and then, your analysis. Once you have your body paragraphs in place (2-3), examine those paragraphs. Use those paragraphs to craft your thesis and introduction. Once the introduction and body paragraphs are in place, move on to writing your conclusion.

Identify the program that you will provide recommendations for improving.

SB1 – Identify the program that you will provide recommendations for improving. Explain why the program needs to be improved and define the specific goals you will address. Present evidence to support the need for improvement. SB2 – Identify the market demand the existing program is designed to satisfy. What are the demographics and characteristics of the students in the program? Explain the need for any changes you will recommend as it applies to this population. If no changes are needed, why not? SB3 – Identify the processes used for evaluating teaching effectiveness and learning outcomes in the current program. How is teaching effectiveness managed in the program? Will anything change as a result of your recommendations? Explain. SB4 – Identify the marketing strategy and mix used to drive the enrollments in the current program. Will this change as part of your recommendations? Explain and support with current data and research. SB5 – Identify the learning platform or technologies that are used to deliver the current program and in supporting the online community? Provide an assessment of the current delivery platform as it compares to other options in the market. As a consultant, would recommend a change in the technologies used in either the learning platform, or the technologies used in supporting the online community or classroom activity? Support your recommendations. SB6 – Identify the ethical issues and risks associated with your program. How will you mitigate these issues? SB7 – Describe the cost of funding your suggested technology/program.

Do you think that you have a more positive or a more negative attributional style?

The book used for this essay is Principles of Psychology. ISBN 13: 9781946135209 This is a short essay assignment with a mixture of multiple-choice/short answer and essay questions that cite evidence or research to explain/support your answer. Your essay answers must be in your own words with paraphrasing properly source credited. Quotes in lieu of answering in your own words will not receive points. Please submit your responses as a Word document (.docx file). Make sure to number your responses so your instructor will know where one response ends and the next starts. It is not necessary to rewrite each question in your document. For multiple choice questions, CLEARLY indicate your response (a, b, c, or d) so that your instructor does not have to search and try to determine your response in your short answer explanation. Each response is worth 20 possible points. Please see the attached Rubric for the grading schematic that will be used to evaluate your responses. Your responses should be approximately one-half page each (double-spaced) for a total of three pages (not including Title and References Pages if you choose to include them). Week three essay questions (Ch. 1, 5, and 6)  Ch 6  Consider a time when you or someone you knew engaged in self-handicapping. What was the outcome of doing so?  Do you think that you have a more positive or a more negative attributional style? How do you think this style influences your judgments about your own successes and failures?  Ch 5  3. Consider some of your attitudes toward people, products, or other attitude objects. Are your attitudes strong or weak? Are they determined more by affect or by cognition? How do the attitudes influence your behavior?  4. Consider a time when you acted on your own attitudes and a time when you did not act on your own attitudes. What factors do you think determined the difference?  5. Based on our discussion of resistance to persuasion, what techniques would you use to help a child resist the pressure to start smoking or using recreational drugs?

What is introspection?

One of the techniques used by early researchers was called introspection. What is introspection? What problems did early researchers run into while using introspection that led them to abandon this approach?  What limitations with behaviorism lead later researchers to attempt to once again study how the mind works?