You have to pick one of the two research questions and write a paragraph (or rather a structured short essay) on what your existing knowledge of that topic looks like. Once again there is no research involved, You are supposed to write the paragraph based on what you already know, or think you know.You will write a short essay of 6-8 sentences based on my current knowledge.Please read the all instructions from 1-4 to know what should you include in this assignment and to avoid any information going to miss.1. Select one of the research questions below to be the focus of your portfolio.(Questions pick one of the two research questions)1. Is the U.S. drug control policy’s focus on supply reduction effective in reducing the harm caused to society by drugs?2. What other crimes increase/decrease as drug trafficking increases or decreases?2. In a 6-8 sentence essay, describe your current understanding of the answer to the question you selected. DO NOT SEEK OUT ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC BEFORE WRITING YOUR ESSAY. You will have the chance to do that in future assignments.The focus of this assignment is on your writing. The organization is key. While it is okay to write down your initial thoughts about the topic, you must rewrite these thoughts into an organized and logical essay. Two or three drafts will be required to produce a result that will meet the standards expected (See grading rubric).3. Looking back on the paragraph you just wrote, does it: Start with an introductory sentence? Describe your current understanding regarding the topic? Indicate the sources of information that have helped to shape your understanding. (personal experience, the media, information learned in a course, etc.)? If not, go back and revise4. Reflecting on composing your essay, did you find yourself questioning your knowledge base and how it has been shaped? Learning to interpret and assess information, including how to judge its credibility, is a critical skill. This will be a continuous thread throughout this course, your academic experience and beyond.

Objective: To create a self-improvement plan and evaluate your plan.Scenario: You are a first-year teacher who is dreading an upcoming conference with the parents of one of your children, William. The last time you met with his parents, you brought up the fact that William needed to improve his social skills. You mentioned that he often teased and occasionally hit his classmates during playtime. The parents responded with raised voices and said that he is well-behaved at home and you should do a better job of disciplining him in the classroom—that was your job. You became defensive, and then the parents became defensive in turn, with everyone leaving the meeting in a huff. Your center director, having seen the parents storm out of the room, called you aside and asked you to reflect on how you might have handled the situation differently. She also suggested that you reflect on the idea of “hostility as a mask.” Next, she asked you to develop strategies for remaining calm and in control at your next meeting. She concluded by recommending that you make a self-improvement plan to address all three issues.Assignment: Create a plan for self-improvement in which you address behaving defensively with parents. Identify three questions that will help you reflect on your reaction and how you can handle similar situations better next time. Second, think deeply about the various dimensions of hostility, and write a paragraph in which you examine hostility from a psychological perspective. Last, write three strategies for remaining calm and professional when you are involved in potentially difficult conversations with parents in the future.Identify three questions that will help you reflect on your reaction and how you can handle similar situations better next time.Think deeply about the various dimensions of hostility, and write a paragraph in which you examine hostility from a psychological perspective.Write three strategies for remaining calm and professional when you are involved in potentially difficult conversations with parents in the future.

Instructions:undefined1. Now that you have introduced your topic and researched it thoroughly, this is your time to make the connection to the real world. In this paper, you will look at how your topic is being applied and how it could be applied in the lives of people. Write about 4 pages long. Again, the point of this section is to bridge the gap between the research from your literature review and practical application of it. Consider these questions to help you get started writing:undefined- How does my topic shed light on the human experience?undefined- How is my topic applied in a clinical setting?undefined- How could my topic be applied in non-clinical settings?undefined- Could my topic contribute to a more positive world?undefined2. Like before, cut and paste the same abstract from the previous assignment into this one. This will reorient me to your project.undefined3. Again, don’t forget to always include a title page for each assignment and a reference section (appendices if needed). Each assignment will look like a stand-alone paper. However, when you combine them for the final paper next week (Assignment 5) you will do some final editing to make it all flow as one paper with one title page, reference section, appendices, etc.undefined4. Reminder, Assignments 2-4 are participation grades to keep you on track and moving forward. You are welcome to edit and change anything you want regarding these weekly assignments leading up to putting together the final paper (Assignment 5). In other words, if you reach the week of the final paper and you realize that you need to change something in your writing or content in Assignment 2, you are free to do so as much as you like, nothing is set in stone prior to turning in the final paper. undefinedTextbook Required: pdf attachedundefinedTitle: Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century, (12th Ed.)undefinedAuthor: Weiten, W., Dunn, D., & Hammer, E. Y.undefinedPublisher: Cengage LearningundefinedYear Published: 2015undefinedEdition: 12thundefinedISBN: 13: 978-1305968479

Context:Milgram, Maslow, Kohlberg and John Stuart Mill all examine the tradeoff between the need for conformity and the desire for freedom in any societyMilgram examines the necessity of; the reasons for; and the dark side of obedience to authority.Maslow examines individuals’ basic needs for security as well as how individuals can move beyond these basic needs. His arguments can also be used to understand how governments can use fear and insecurity to control individuals. Kohlberg studies the moral stages of why individuals do, or don’t, obey authority.Mill is concerned about the tyranny of the masses and argues for the need for the protection of individual freedom of thought and action in the face of the power of social conformity.Assignment: Compare and Contrast the ideas of how each of these four scholars address the need for both the protection of individual freedom and obedience to authority.How can these ideas help us to understand how governments and society control the behavior of individuals? The efforts of government and society to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and people’s responses to the pandemic provide us with numerous examples that are relevant to the ideas of these scholars. Please include specific “real world” examples. Please integrate examples from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.Source Material: Milgram, Maslow and Kohlberg readings from Ch. 1 and Mill from Ch. 10 of your American Government Examined readerChapter 3 of your Novel Approach to Politics textCh. 3 Governing Society Power Point lecture outlines (includes slides on Milgram, Maslow, Kohlberg, and Mill)One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest book or filmTips for Success:This assignment can be organized by either addressing each of the prompts in turn, or as one essay. In either case, you will want to be sure to clearly address the assigned material.I will be looking for direct references to assigned Milgram, Maslow, Kohlberg, and Mill readings. I will be looking for specific references to both One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and contemporary COVID-19 examples.

Question 12 PointsCase-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-2 Nathan is in charge of collections, and is putting together a list of customers to call. Please refer to the figure above as you answer the questions below. If Nathan entered the dates shown in column B directly into a formula, Excel would interpret the entry as a(n) ____.datenumerical expressionerrortext entryQuestion 22 PointsYou can use the ____ logical functions AND, OR, and NOT.BooleanBradstreetRelationalSimpleQuestion 32 PointsNOT(FALSE) returns the value ____.TRUEFALSEEQUALERRORQuestion 42 Points=OR(FALSE,TRUE,TRUE) results in the final value of ____.TRUEFALSEEQUALERRORQuestion 52 PointsCase-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-1 Chloe is creating an Excel spreadsheet using a number of formulas to help make some business decisions regarding her company’s customers. Please refer to the figure above as you answer the questions below. Chloe also intends to send out a letter congratulating those customers who have the value TRUE in all three columns of B, C, and D. She now wants to write a formula to generate a TRUE if a customer matches this criteria. The logical construct would be ____.AND(C5:D5)AND(C5:C9)OR(C5:D5)NOT(OR(C5:D5)Question 62 PointsYou can use dates in ____.relational expressionsarithmetic expressionsboth a and bneither a nor bQuestion 72 PointsThe syntax of the NOT function is as follows: ____.NOT(logical1)NOT(logical1, logical2,….)NOT(reference1)NOT(value1, value2,….)Question 82 PointsThe first argument of the IF function is the logical_test, and can consist of ____.the value TRUE or FALSEa reference to a cell containing a TRUE or FALSE valuea relational expression resulting in a single TRUE or FALSE valueall of the aboveQuestion 92 PointsIf you entered the date 1/1/2014 directly into a formula, Excel interprets the entry as a ____.numerical expressiondateboth a and bneither a nor bQuestion 102 PointsThe result of the formula =C1<=D1 where cell C1 contains the label “AA” and cell D1 contains the label “BB” is ____.TRUEFALSEERROREQUAL