Read each of the abstracts for the articles listed below and then select one of them to be the full article that you will use for all the written assignments in this course (The abstracts and full text versions of the articles can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library): 

• Baldwin, V. N., Powell, T., & Lorenc, L. (2011). Factors influencing the uptake of memory compensations: A qualitative analysis. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21(4), 484-501.
• Goodman, S. H., Dimidjian, S., & Williams, K. G. (2013). Pregnant African American women’s attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology,19(1), 50-57.
• Hetrick, S. E., Simmons, M., Thompson, A., Parker, A. G. (2011). What are specialist mental health clinician attitudes to guideline recommendations for the treatment of depression in young people? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 993-1001.
• Ivandić Zimić, J., & Jukić, V. (2012). Familial risk factors favoring drug addiction onset. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 44(2), 173-185.
• Kaewprom, C., Curtis, J., & Deane, F. P. (2011). Factors involved in recovery from schizophrenia: A qualitative study of Thai mental health nurses. Nursing & Health Sciences, 13, 323-327.
• Kirtadze, I., Otiashvili, D., O’Grady, K. E., Zule, W., Krupitsky, E., Wechsberg, W. M., & Jones, H. E. (2013). Twice stigmatized: Provider’s perspectives on drug-using women in the Republic of Georgia. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 45(1), 1-9.
• Moore, R. C., Viglione, D. J., Rosenfarb, I. S., Patterson, T. L., & Mausbach, B. T. (2013). Rorschach measures of cognition relate to everyday and social functioning in schizophrenia.Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 253-263.
• Scullin, M. K. (2013). Sleep, memory, and aging: The link between slow-wave sleep and episodic memory changes from younger to older adults. Psychology and Aging, 28(1), 105-114.

The body of your paper must contain the following criteria:

1. Identify the study by title and authors.
2. Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research.
3. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research methods and terminology. Specify which approach is used in the study.
4. Explain whether the study is qualitative or quantitative by citing specific clues from the article, such as sample size, data collection techniques, the nature of the data collected, or the data analysis techniques used.
5. Associate the chosen study with a specific research area of psychology based on the information on research area in Chapter 1 of your course textbook. Explain your reasoning.
6. Summarize ethical issues which were addressed in the article and analyze the ethical principles applied. Can you discern additional ethical issues that apply but were not mentioned?

Remember those themes and motifs mentioned before you began reading? Now it is time to do something more with them.

First we need to clarify the difference between a “theme” and a “motif,” as they do not mean the same thing. A theme is an idea about human nature, life, the world, that is developed over the course of a work of literature. You should be able to express a theme in a statement. A motif might be used to help develop a theme, but it is less an idea than a symbol. It is a reoccurring event, item, format, that connects elements of a story or can connect a text to other works of literature. For further definitions and examples of theme and motif, visit the Glossary of LiteraryTerms.

Using the notes you took while reading Oedipus Rex, select two of the themes or motifs from the list to focus on in your essay. You might choose to explain how a motif helps to build one of the themes, or look at two themes and how they are developed through the play.

• Truth vs. the appearance of truth [theme]
• Blindness vs. vision (sometimes second sight) [motif]
• Curiosity vs. ignorance (sometimes willful) [theme]
• Knowledge vs. misunderstanding [motif]
• Fate and free will: do the gods dictate these awful deeds? [theme]

Download and save the literary analysis outline handout and complete it before beginning to write your essay. Remember that you need a thesis statement in the introduction to establish the argument and focus of the essay.

1- Download and save this instruction sheet for creating a literary analysis outline. Complete your own outline and submit for review before beginning the essay.

2- Using the notes you took while reading Oedipus Rex, select two of the themes or motifs from the list to focus on in your 3 page essay. You might choose to explain how a motif helps to build one of the themes, or look at two themes and how they are developed through the play.

• Truth vs. the appearance of truth [theme]
• Blindness vs. vision (sometimes second sight) [motif]
• Curiosity vs. ignorance (sometimes willful) [theme]
• Knowledge vs. misunderstanding [motif]
• Fate and free will: do the gods dictate these awful deeds? [theme]

Below are exact instructions how to make the mandala.
First READ IT ALL so you understand.

Create Mandala:
9 squares in the middle (each square with a few images in it, representing something)
+ 4 corners of fire/air/earth/water
+ 12 circles of astrology (attached)
I suggest first to create the mandala and then insert the images/ symbols.

Use ONLY images / photos – NOT clipart – without watermarks!
Do not leave any white background.

I will attach the 12 astrology images when you take the assignment.

CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS:

Making the mandala:

Use the following plan to create your mandala. In each of the boxes place pictures and/or objects that depict the qualities of soul the relate to the different squares of the mandala. This of course, are those same qualities that lie within you Lawlor ( ) suggests that you complete this activity by filling in the squares as follows.

TEACHER – l. The Central Square represents your soul essence: What symbol(s) embodies your spiritual essence. Place that symbol in the Central Square.

My answer – pictures of: Butterfly, light, brimming light, inner outer sparkly colors.

2. The Upper Center square represents the bedroom. Place, in this box images of sleeping, dreaming, and lovemaking that connect universal soul to the personal soul. What images come to mind that depict the mystery and peace of sleep?

My answer – pictures of: Colors of light blue and white. Sleep, relax, romantic love, the word LOVE

3. The Upper Right represents the bathroom: Place the symbols that depicts washing and beautifying your physical body. Place images that convey the ideas of caring for soul through bathing?

My answer – pictures of: Insert pictures of: Eye lushes, good smell, bright windows, bath with bubbles, clean, pure, the Kabbalah 10 sfirot.

4. The Center Right square represents the closet: What symbols that depict how you want to appear to others. Consider your attire in different roles such as parent, employer, party-goer, student, etc. What fabrics or colors might show up in this square.

My answer – pictures of: Insert pictures of: Organized clothes by colors. – showing different hats: university hat, mom (soccer mom hat), chef, party captain hat (shiny hat- google burning man captain pink hat), sun vacation hat, and any hat that is good for modern world woman.

5. The Bottom Right Square represents the kitchen. The kitchen represents the hearth of the family, nourishment, the warming qualities of your home and family life. Place symbols in this square that represent these qualities.

My answer – pictures of: Show the nuke in the kitchen. The word love. Cooked homemade dishes like fish, vegetables, homemade cake, family heart.

6. The Center Bottom square represent the qualities associated with the dining room. Imagine enjoying a feast of all the best that life has to offer. What symbolizes an abundant banquet for you? What portrays nourishment and fulfillment?

My answer – pictures of: Meal table, but instead of food in plates put in the plates: money, books, airplane, family laughing together (mom and two teenage kids, older girl and younger boy), music, friends

7. The Bottom Left square is the office. Place images in this area that embody the soul or spirit at work, the power of money, and your ideal profession.

My answer – pictures of: Show a very serene environment. Like a spiritual therapy counselor room. Candles. Show hearts all over. Also show how someone writes books.

8. The Upper Center represents the gathering room. In this box, place symbols compassion, benevolence, and unity among people.

My answer – pictures of: Symbols compassion, benevolence, and unity among people: hands together, dancing in white clothes, hearts, light.

9. Finally, the Upper Left corner is the solitude room. In this space, place images that represent the ways in which you enjoy solitude or the qualities of solitude that you wish to cultivate in your life.

My answer – pictures of: Show a woman from her back, raising hands up high like dancing / meditating in sunrise next to the ocean.

These boxes represent the inner ring of your Soul Mandala of the Soul. These images represent the sacred text that dwells within you. “The outer ring of your mandala symbolizes the environmental influences that affect your experience of dwelling in the world. As you did with the inner ring, place pictures and object that describe your relationship to climate, land forms, animals, culture, and event that surround you. (Lawloy, 1997).

10. Upper Right Corner: Water: Place images that you associate with the element of water.

11. Lower Right Corner: Fire: Place images that you associate with the element of fire.

12. Lower Left Corner: Earth: Place images that you associate with the element of earth.

13. Upper Left Corner: Air. Place images that you associate with the element of water.
inspiration of air.

14. Outer Border: The Months: In the remaining boxes, place images or objects that express your association with the seasons and months of the year.

ATTACHED: Instead of the months, put the astrology signs. I will show you pictures.

Click https://www.clomedia.com/2011/03/31/yum-brands-del… for an article analyzing a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) used by a major restaurant company (“Yum Brands Delivers Fast Food and Content,” Chief Learning Officer magazine, 2011). Analyze the strategic alignment of the training programs of Yum Brands and offer your analysis here. For example, you may consider the following:

1. How well do you think do these programs support the corporate strategies?
2. Identify key elements of the programs’ design and delivery. In what ways did their design or implementation strengthen or inhibit alignment?
3. Describe your recommendations on how the strategic alignment of these programs may be enhanced (e.g., revisions to programs, additional programs, etc.)?

POL 110: U.S. Government:

The Right to Protest – Please respond to the following (use paragraphs to separate responses):

• Identify a recent protest from the past 3 months.
  • Describe the issue or issues that were protested, who the protesters were, and what their actions were.
  • Explain and discuss if there were counteractions, such as counter-protests, retaliation, or extra security visible during the protest.
  • Do you think the government, universities, or businesses have the right to censor protests (threaten protesters with legal action or disciplinary action for protesting), or set limits on protests (including social media) such as where and when protests can happen by citizens/students/employees?

  FIN 100: Principles of Finance:

• Create a journal entry:Please note that this journal assignment is based on a pretend scenario and fictitious money. However, the assignment is based on actual stock pricing in real time situations. Do not invest your personal money for this assignment.The capital markets and the ability to raise funds for corporate uses are essential to the U.S. economic systems. For this assignment, imagine that you have $25,000 to invest in U.S. companies. You are buying used stock. The company got the money when it issued the stock originally. You will be buying it from an existing owner.You are investing, or buying the stock, because you believe the company will make money and pay you a dividend in cash. Each share of stock that you buy entitles you to any dividend declared and a vote at the annual stockholders’ meeting.The stock also allows you the ability to earn your money back by selling the stock. Of course, investing in stocks is risky and there is the possibility that the stock you buy will be worth less when you want your money back. The company is not obligated to give you any of your money back. You will only get your money back if another investor wants to buy your stock.For your first journal entry complete the following:
  1. Indicate the companies you are investing in: Select three (3) US companies that are publicly traded. Please use your knowledge and experience and pick as many stocks as you’d like. Make sure you are practicing good diversification. Jim Cramer, Money Manager, on CNBC, plays a game at the end of his show called “Am I Diversified.” Check out a short clip to get a sense of industry diversification at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3lDxexupcE.
  1. Sources of Information: There are many ways to find such companies and the stock prices, including the New York Stock Exchange at http://www.nyse.com, Google Finance at http://google.com, NASDAQ at http://www.nasdaq.com, and http://finance.yahoo.com.
  2. Indicate the amount you are investing in each company: Decide how you will divide $25,000 across the three (3) companies; e.g. $10,000 in Company 1, $10,000 in Company 2, and $5,000 in Company 3. You decide the amount you are investing in each company. You do not have to provide any analysis to justify your decisions. You must only provide some reason for picking that company. For example, you might invest in Ford because that company gets a lot of your money and you hear that Ford is doing well, and will continue to do well.
  3. Indicate the number of shares you are buying, and the price of the shares you are buying for each company: Once you decide the companies and the amount for each company, determine how many shares you can buy. If Company 1 is selling for $42.16, then you may buy $10,000/ $42.16, or 237.19 shares. But you cannot buy a part of a share, so you decide to buy either 237 or 238. In this example you buy 237 shares, at $42.16 per share, investing $9,991.92. You won’t be able to buy exactly $10,000, or $5,000, or $25,000, but it will be relatively close.

  Your next journal assignment will be to report the new value of your shares during Week 8 of the course.

• EXERCISE 1:
  Complete the following homework scenario:
  • Using only websites ending in .gov, report the current GDP, the current Federal deficit, the current Federal debt, and the bottom line of the current (last) budget approved by Congress (surplus or shortage). Note that the fiscal year for the federal government is October 1 – September 31.
  • What inference can you draw from the numbers collected?