Purpose: In this project, you will assess marketing from a business perspective. Specifically, you will complete research and use the course material to discuss a product, brand or industry, discuss how the product is suited to marketing of a particular company. You will also learn about the responsibilities of marketers in relation to ethics. Outcomes met by completing this project: 1. identify ethical issues that […]

Joey is 17 years old and has recently graduated from high school and moved out of his parents’ home. Joey suffers from a personality disorder that reduces his ability to control his impulses and causes him to act rashly and without thinking through the consequences of his actions. For that reason, Joey was a discipline problem at school and was in and out of counseling […]

What happened in the Dred Scott case? What three things did Justice Taney say in his decision? What were the effects of this decision regarding prior compromises (identify them) and the expansion of slavery? 3 pages. APA. 2 references

4.3) Flexible retirement policy: What policies has Canada implemented to alleviate old-age work disincentives? According to Employment and Social Development Canada evaluations, are these policies effective? What policies has Canada implemented to encourage work while collecting a pension? How has Canada’s average retirement age evolved over the past two decades? Plot using OECD statistics[1] Canada’s average retirement age over the available reference period. How has […]

The discussion post for this week has two parts as follows: 1. Oliver Wendell Holmes on The Common Law In his classic book “The Common Law” (published in 1881), the great legal thinker Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (pictured below, bottom left) famously wrote: “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.” What do you think Holmes meant by this? (200 […]

After you read Decision Analysis for the Professional, Chapter 2, pp. 13-24. Why is it important to deal with uncertainty in decision making? Why bother with probabilities (mathematics) when we could simply have a deep discussion about uncertainty and not have to deal with doing the math? Can a person ever come up with the “correct” probabilities? State your opinion, but be sure to thoroughly […]

Discussion: Sprint and T-Mobile   In April 2020, T-Mobile and Sprint, the 3rd and 4th largest U.S. wireless phone service providers (after AT&T and Verizon), merged. Online you can find many articles about this merger, the reasons it has received so much scrutiny, and the suggested costs and benefits. Do some research to get specific facts and data that you can use in making arguments […]

Questions: What is the Parthenon? Include the time period, architect, who built it, building materials, and in what city is it located. As discussed in the video, why or what is important about this architectural work: Identify the building’s unique features and meaning. How has the Ancient Greek culture influenced other cultures? What does the Parthenon mean to us today and to others in the […]

1. Discuss what you determine to presently be the most urgent issue in the field of abnormal psychology? Answer needs to be supported with information you have learned this term. What needs to be done to address this problem? 2. Answer each of the parts separately and number them. List the criteria for the general description of Personality Disorders. Describe situations where knowledge of Personality […]

After you read Kahneman Chapters 7, 9, 10 and 11. Explain anchoring and adjustment, and provide examples. Relate your analysis to the roles of System 1 and System 2 reflecting a clear understanding of these concepts. What commonly goes wrong with adjustment, and why? Discussion Rubric The rubric for discussions can be viewed by clicking the three dots (top right) and selecting Show Rubric. Please […]