Describe various definitions of stress, including the difference between stimulus-based and response-based stress and good stress and bad stress.

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  1. Describe various definitions of stress, including the difference between stimulus-based and response-based stress and good stress and bad stress.
  2. Define coping and differentiate between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping.  In addition, describe the importance of perceived control in our reactions to stress
  3.  Compare and Discuss the Differences between Jean Piaget’s Stages of Development and  Erik Erickson’s.  Which theory do you believe is more closely associated with your own beliefs.
  4.  Describe Kohlberg’s theory of moral development and the stages of reasoning
  5.  Explain how people with psychological disorders have been treated throughout the ages and discuss deinstitutionalization
  6.  Explain the basic process and uses of play and behavior therapy
  7.  Explain and compare biomedical therapies
  8.  Describe the basic features of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and how it is used to classify disorders
  9.  Describe social roles, social norms, and scripts and how they influence behavior
  10. Explain the process and the findings of Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment

How does elasticity help to explain why demand fell as a result of the imposition of the yacht tax?

Please read the following article: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/business/falling-tax-would-lift-all-yachts.html How does elasticity help to explain why demand fell as a result of the imposition of the yacht tax? How can we use elasticity analysis to craft sound public policy?

How would your NAB business work in terms of operations (production, inventory control, distribution, customer service, research, and development, etc.)?

  1. How would your NAB business work in terms of operations (production, inventory control, distribution, customer service, research, and development, etc.)?

Notes: 

  • You will have to include all the equipment, technology and personnel listed in your NAB Company Portfolio from your business plan. The information is located under Note #2 in the portfolio.
  • You must use the information from the NAB Portfolio first and then you can add to it.

Describe the guidelines consumers should follow when selecting a career counselor.

After reading Chapters 10, 15-19 and respond to the following in the discussion board. (Textbook:Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development 11th ed. Duane Brown)

1. Differentiate among the various approaches to career development assessment.

2.  Identify several types of inventories and qualitative approaches that can be used in the assessment process.

3.(SCHOOL COUNSELING MAJORS ONLY) Discuss the career development program in the context of the ASCA national model and identify the steps in developing a career development program for each level of a public school.

4.  Identify the problems associated with developing a career development program in a post-secondary institution.

5.  Describe the guidelines consumers should follow when selecting a career counselor.

6.  Discuss the dual aims of career development in industry.

7.  What is the objective of program evaluation?

Explain how this theory/research provides insight into differences in psychological functioning, considering cultural and social diversity influences

Select one noted psychologist from any of the included lists in The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century article and locate a scholarly article written by him or her in the Ashford University Library. (As an alternative to locating an article via a search, you may choose one that is identified in Classic Articles as Primary Source Reading in Introductory Psychology.) After you have selected your psychologist and found an article, include the following in your discussion: Summarize the contributions of the influential figure you selected to the field of psychology. Relate pertinent information regarding your selected psychologist and his or her main theoretical contributions to the field. Interpret any empirical work (i.e., research study) that is presented in the article. (Tell us what they found.) Explain how this theory/research provides insight into differences in psychological functioning, considering cultural and social diversity influences. (Why do we do what we do?)

Create a fictional scenario in a work setting. Describe the scenario, the problem you need to solve, and what data you need to collect.

Problem

Collect Data

Clean Data

Analyze Data

Create a fictional scenario in a work setting. Describe the scenario, the problem you need to solve, and what data you need to collect. Based on the problem and the data you collect, what statistical analysis method is best suited to find the solution? Why?

Conduct research and identify three to five elements to effective pay structuring and its application to a given workforce.

As the HR Director of your organization, you have decided to create training materials for newly hired HR team members. Your next item is to prepare a pamphlet designed to interpret best practices in establishing pay structures.

Conduct research and identify three to five elements to effective pay structuring and its application to a given workforce. Examples of elements to consider are pay grades, pay ranges, and broad branding. Be sure to indicate how these elements shape certain job categories.

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