1) A codified law is known as a

A) deviant act.

B) statute.

C) theory.

D) crime.

2) According to John F. Galliher, legal definitions of criminality are arrived at through a __________ process.

A) sociological

B) psychological

C) political

D) mainstream

3) Ron Classen sees crime primarily as

A) a violation of a law.

B) problem behavior.

C) an offense against human relationships.

D) a form of social maladjustment.

4) The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviors are typically criminalized through

A) general agreement of members of society.

B) a political process.

C) the existence of shared norms and values.

D) none of the above

5) Which of the following jobs probably would not fall within the field of criminalistics?

A) Fingerprint examiner

B) Polygraph operator

C) Forensics examiner

D) Correctional officer

6) A police officer or probation officer is best described as a

A) criminalist.

B) criminologist.

C) criminal justice professional.

D) none of the above

7) __________ definitions focus on criminology’s role in uncovering the underly-

ing causes of crime.

A) Scientific

B) Causative

C) Disciplinary

D) None of the above

8) According to various professional groups, violence in television, music, video

games, and movies

A) may lead to increased levels of violent behavior among children.

B) may lead to decreased levels of violent behavior among children.

C) may lead to emotional sensitization toward violence in real life.

D) may have no effect on levels of violent behavior among children.

9) Which of the following is not an immediate input provided by the justice system that may enhance or reduce the likelihood of criminal occurrences?

A) Police response time to a crime scene

B) The availability or lack of official assistance

C) The presence or absence of police officers

D) A prison that acts as a “crime school”

10) Which of the following is not considered a property crime by the UCR?

A) Robbery

B) Burglary

C) Arson

D) Theft

11) Which of the following is not a reason why rape victims fail to report their victimization?

A) Fear that the crime is not important enough to report

B) Fear of the perpetrator

C) Fear of participation in the criminal justice system

D) Shame

12) The category of crimes in NIBRS which corresponds most closely to the UCR Part I offenses is

A) Group A offenses

B) Part I crimes

C) NIBRS key crimes

D) None of the above

13) According to Elliott Currie, the __________ is the rate of crime calculated on the basis of crimes that would likely be committed by those who are incapacitated by the criminal justice system.

A) actual crime rate

B) criminality index

C) latent crime rate

D) clearance rate

14) The NCVS divides larceny into the categories of __________ larceny.

A) household and personal

B) grand and petty

C) violent and nonviolent

D) felony and misdemeanor

15) Which of the following is not a finding of the National Youth Survey?

A) Violent offenders begin lives of crime earlier than originally believed.

B) Females are involved in a smaller proportion of crime than previously thought.

C) There is a consistent progression from less serious to more serious acts of

delinquency over time.

D) Race differentials in crime are smaller than traditional data sources indicated.

16) The first step in any research is to

A) develop a research design.

B) choose a data collection technique.

C) review the findings.

D) identify a problem.

17) A __________ is especially valuable when aspects of the social setting are beyond the control of the researcher.

A) one-group pretest-posttest design

B) case study

C) controlled experiment

D) quasi-experimental design

18) The study of one particular criminal organization is an example of the __________ data-gathering strategy.

A) survey research

B) case study

C) participant observation

D) secondary analysis

19) The degree of dispersion of scores around the mean is known as the

A) standard deviation.

B) median.

C) correlation.

D) significance test.

20) A __________ correlation exists between sample size and the degree of confidence we can have in our results.

A) positive

B) curvilinear

C) negative

D) inverse

21) In which year was the Magna Carta signed?

A) 450 B.C.

B) 1215

C) 1066

D) 1700 B.C.

22) Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?

A) Crimes that involved no victims other than society

B) Crimes that ran contrary to the social order

C) Crimes that injured citizens or their property

D) Crimes that threatened the security of the state

23) Which of the following categories of punishment might include the loss of the right to vote?

A) chronic

B) compulsive

C) indelible

D) restrictive

24) The argument that crime is not a result of poverty or social conditions and

therefore cannot be affected by social programs was made by

A) Lawrence Cohen.

B) David Fogel.

C) Ronald V. Clarke.

D) James Q. Wilson.

25) Research by __________ found that a small number of chronic recidivists were responsible for a large majority of serious violent crime.

A) Marvin Wolfgang

B) Marcus Felson

C) Jack Katz

D) Ronald V. Clarke

1. Go to www.learner.org
2. Click on the blue tab near the top that reads “view programs”
3. Many film series will be listed. They are in alphabetical order. Scroll down to Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition. Click on it.
4. All 26 episodes from the series are listed in order. Double click on the box that says “VoD” next to the episode you wish to view. That’s it! Type 1 page for each ½ hour video unit where you submit bullets outlining the content of each ½ hour lecture (not more than one page in length) AND, SEPARATELY, ANSWER ALL LEARNING OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE ATTACHED/ENCLOSED PACKET( state each question before each of your responses. Make sure you cite page references from the text for each of your answers). ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN VIDEO AND TEXT INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVER OF TEXT WILL TELL YOU WHAT CHAPTERS CORRELATE WITH WHICH VIDEOS).

Objectives 5

After viewing the television program and completing the assigned readings, you should be able to:

1. State the primary interest of developmental psychologists.

2. Describe the various ways that development is documented, including longitudinal, cross sectional and sequential.

3. Describe cognitive development across the lifespan.

4. Identify Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.

5. Describe some contemporary perspectives on early cognitive development.

6. Describe physical development across the lifespan.

7. Describe how habituation studies can be used on infants to determine what they can understand.

8. Describe several ways that we know infants are not born as blank slates, but instead, come equipped with temperaments, preferences, and biases.

9. Describe several ways that the environment is known to affect skills and behaviors.

Objectives 6

After viewing the television program and completing the assigned readings, you should be able to:

1. Describe the structure of language, including syntax, grammar, and semantics.

2. Define a child’s “language making capacity.”

3. Provide evidence of the universality of language acquisition and the way it progresses.

4. Explain Chomsky’s hypothesis that humans are born with an innate biological capacity for language acquisition.

5. Explain how “motherese” (or “parentese”) helps babies learn to communicate.

6. Describe the use of intonation by both young children and adults in their communication with each other.

In this assignment, you will build a foundation for your proposed study at the course’s end. Respond to the following prompts, which are relevant to foundational research components, using the template provided.  Your understanding of each research component should be evident. All components should be appropriately aligned.

---

Consider a problem in your work environment that you want to study (Ask yourself, “What’s wrong?”). How do you know it’s a problem? Data has to support your claim that it’s a problem. Also, the problem has to be supported in the literature. Cite the literature that shows the support.

What interventions might you implement to improve the problem (This is a component of Action Research)? 

What questions will the study answer? (These questions must not have been answered by previous research. You conduct research to answer questions that haven’t already been answered.)

What theory/theories is/are relevant to the problem you are studying and the questions you are asking? 

What is the purpose of the study (ask yourself, “Why am I studying this?”).

The following topics cannot be used for this assignment: academic achievement gap, lack of parental involvement/engagement, and teacher attrition/retention. The topics have been studied extensively, so there is not much that we do not already know about them. Check out the current and former studies if you’d like to learn more about them. 

Use the template below: 

THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT THAT CONSIST IN 1 POWERPOINT OF 15 SLIDES ,AND 1 PAGE WORD IN THE FORMAT BELOW DETAILED

TOPIC: National Breast Cancer Coalition

Investigate the group’s key issues. 

1) what is their mission

2) what is their legislative agenda

3) how is the agenda developed

4) how is it communicated to members

5) how is their agenda pushed and promoted (i.e., mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers) 

6) what are the group’s current lobbying efforts

7) key partner coalitions

8) do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level

9) key obstacles 

10) spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org).

In addition to investigating the interest group’s website and reviewing position statements and testimony, students should consult media reports to obtain more information on the group’s current lobbying efforts.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Summarize their findings in a 1 page, single-spaced memo. 

2) Submit a 15 scholarly PowerPoint presentation that addresses all the key questions listed in the first section of this page with speaker notes in all slides

Presentation is to be done in APA format ( TIME NEW ROMAN, NUMBER 12) and to include both learning objectives and a reference page.

NO MORE THAN 10% PLAGIARISM ALLOWED

DUE DATE FEBRUARY 19, 2025

RUBRIC:

Interest Group Scholarly Presentation Rubric:

1–2-page, single-spaced memo

Learning objectives 5 points

Introduction 10 points

Investigate the group’s key issues 5 points.

The group’s mission 5 points

Legislative agenda 5 points

Mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers 5 points.

Current lobbying efforts 5 points

Key partner coalitions 5 points

Do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level: key obstacles 5 points.

Spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org). 10 points

Conclusion 5 points

APA References 10 points

Slide PowerPoint presentation 25 points

NOTE: Cite at least 2 scholarly references published within the last 2 years, and one reference must be the course textbook, Chapters 4,5 & 6. All sources should be cited using APA format 7th edition.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Federal agencies are increasingly becoming active in investigating violations of healthcare laws. In addition, private lawsuits are surfacing from violations of healthcare laws. Find a recent case where there has been a violation of a healthcare law, such as a case involving any of the following:

• Fraud
• Privacy
• Security

Then, discuss your responses to the following questions:

• What tort or criminal law was violated?
• Who was the investigating agency?
• Were there civil or criminal penalties? What were the penalties?
• In your opinion, was this a fair penalty for the violation that occurred?

(SEE ATTACHMENT FOR COURSE TEXTBOOK)

Describe the role of slavery in the British colonies

Discuss the impact of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening on colonial society in America.

Final Exam

1. Why are forecasting and budgeting essential practices for businesses, governmental agencies, and individuals, and how do these processes help in planning for the amount, sources, and uses of cash?

2. Explain the relationship between microeconomics and macroeconomics. How do individual decisions in microeconomics, such as consumer spending and business production, affect the larger economy? Provide examples of how changes in macroeconomic factors like inflation or unemployment can influence everyday decisions made by households and firms.

3. You purchased a house on January 1, 2022, for $300,000. You made a down payment of 15% of the house’s value, and the remaining 85% was financed through a 25-year loan with an annual percentage rate (APR) of 4.5%, compounded monthly. Monthly payments are to begin on January 1, 2022. You want to calculate the amount of your monthly mortgage payment.

Answer: The formula to calculate the monthly payment for a mortgage is:

Excel:

1. Excel: Open Excel.
2. In cell A1, type Loan Amount.
3. In cell B1, type 255000.
4. In cell A2, type Annual Interest Rate.
5. In cell B2, type 4.5%.
6. In cell A3, type Number of Years.
7. In cell B3, type 25.
8. In cell A4, type Monthly Payment.

Now, use the PMT function to calculate the monthly payment:

• In cell B4, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=PMT(B2/12, B3*12, -B1)

Explanation of the formula:

• B2/12 is the monthly interest rate (4.5% / 12 months).
• B3*12 is the total number of monthly payments (25 years × 12 months).
• -B1 is the loan amount ($255,000). It’s negative because it represents an outgoing payment.
• Press Enter.

Excel will calculate the monthly payment, which should display:

4. USA Widgets Inc. issues preferred stock that pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share. The dividends are expected to grow each year at a rate of 0.25% (a growing perpetuity). The required rate of return for this type of stock is 3.5%. What is the approximate price at which this preferred stock will most likely sell today?

Answer:

Excel: Open Excel.

1. In cell A1, type Dividend Today.
2. In cell B1, type 4.50.
3. In cell A2, type Growth Rate.
4. In cell B2, type 0.25%.
5. In cell A3, type Required Rate of Return.
6. In cell B3, type 3.5%.
7. In cell A4, type Price Today.

Now, use the formula for the price of a growing perpetuity:

• In cell B4, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=B1 * (1 + B2) / (B3 – B2)

Explanation of the formula:

• B1 is the dividend today ($4.50).
• B2 is the growth rate (0.25%).
• B3 is the required rate of return (3.5%).
• Press Enter.

Excel will calculate the stock price, which should display:

5. A $2,000 bond from Expo Corp. has a coupon rate of 6%, pays interest semiannually, and matures in eight years. If the yield to maturity (YTM) is 8%, what is the bond’s value today?

Answer:

Excel:

1. Open Excel.
2. In cell A1, type Face Value.
3. In cell B1, type 2000.
4. In cell A2, type Coupon Payment.
5. In cell B2, type 60.
6. In cell A3, type Number of Periods.
7. In cell B3, type 16.
8. In cell A4, type YTM (Per Period).
9. In cell B4, type 4%.

Now, calculate the bond value using the PV function for the coupon payments and the face value.

For the coupon payments: 10. In cell A5, type PV of Coupons. 11. In cell B5, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=PV(B4, B3, -B2, 0)

For the face value: 12. In cell A6, type PV of Face Value. 13. In cell B6, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=PV(B4, B3, 0, -B1)

Finally, calculate the total bond value: 14. In cell A7, type Bond Value. 15. In cell B7, type the formula:

Copy code

=B5 + B6

Excel will calculate the bond’s value, which should display:

6. Ocean Blue Ltd. has issued preferred stock (cumulative) with a par value of $150.00 and an annual dividend rate of 6.5%. The preferred stock is currently selling for $50.00 per share. What is the yield or return on this preferred stock?

Answer:

Excel:

1. Open Excel.
2. In cell A1, type Par Value.
3. In cell B1, type 150.
4. In cell A2, type Dividend Rate.
5. In cell B2, type 6.5%.
6. In cell A3, type Current Price.
7. In cell B3, type 50.

Calculate the Annual Dividend:

• In cell A4, type Annual Dividend.
• In cell B4, type the formula:
  =B1*B2
• Press Enter. This will calculate the annual dividend as:

Calculate the Yield:

1. In cell A5, type Yield or Return.
2. In cell B5, type the formula:
   =B4/B3
3. Press Enter. The result will be:

7. You purchase 150 shares of ABC Corp at $350 per share. After four months, you sell the shares for $365 per share, and you receive a dividend of $1.25 per share during that time. What is your total dollar return on the investment, including both capital gains and dividend income?

Answer:

Excel:

1. Open Excel.
2. In cell A1, type Number of Shares.
3. In cell B1, type 150.
4. In cell A2, type Purchase Price per Share.
5. In cell B2, type 350.
6. In cell A3, type Selling Price per Share.
7. In cell B3, type 365.
8. In cell A4, type Dividend per Share.
9. In cell B4, type 1.25.

Step 1: Calculate the Capital Gain

1. In cell A5, type Capital Gain.
2. In cell B5, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=(B3 – B2) * B1

Press Enter. This will give you the capital gain of:.

Step 2: Calculate the Dividend Income

1. In cell A6, type Dividend Income.
2. In cell B6, type the formula:

Copy code

=B4 * B1

Press Enter. This will give you the dividend income of:

Step 3: Calculate the Total Dollar Return

1. In cell A7, type Total Dollar Return.
2. In cell B7, type the formula:

Copy code

=B5 + B6

Press Enter. This will give you the total dollar return of:

8. How does the standard deviation of returns in a portfolio change as the number of stocks within the portfolio increases? Explain the role of diversification in reducing portfolio risk and whether there is a limit to the benefits of adding more stocks to the portfolio.

9. You are considering investing in a new project that requires an initial investment of $50,000. The project is expected to generate cash flows of $15,000 at the end of each of the next 5 years. The required rate of return (discount rate) for this project is 10%. What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of this investment, and should you proceed with the project?

Answer:

Excel:

1. Open Excel.
2. In cell A1, type Year.
3. In cells A2

, type the years 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (for the 5 years of cash flows).

• In cell B1, type Cash Flow.
• In cells B2

, enter the cash flows for each year, which is 15,000 for each year.

• In cell B7, type Initial Investment.
• In cell C7, enter the initial investment as -50,000 (negative because it’s an outflow).
• In cell A8, type Discount Rate.
• In cell B8, enter the discount rate, which is 10% (0.10).

Step 1: Calculate the NPV using the NPV function:

1. In cell A9, type NPV.
2. In cell B9, type the formula:

scss

Copy code

=NPV(B8, B2:B6) + C7

• B8 is the discount rate (10%),
• B2

are the cash flows for years 1 to 5,

• C7 is the initial investment (-$50,000).
• Press Enter.

Excel will calculate the NPV and display the result, which should be:.

10. John owns five stocks: United Healthcare, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, CVS Health, and Merck. Sara owns five stocks: Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Netflix, Amazon, and Nike. Based on the industries these companies operate in, who has a more diversified portfolio, and why is diversification important for reducing risk in an investment strategy?

Please follow APA format, add citations and references. Document will be verified for plagiarism and AI use. Thank you! 

Cuban Discussion

Mrs. Demetilla Hernandez is a 63-year-old Cuban woman who seeks consultation at the Liberty health-maintenance organization (HMO) clinic because of weakness, lethargy, and fatigue that she has experienced for the last 2 months. A week ago, while cooking dinner at her daughter, Mariana’s house, she momentarily lost her balance and slipped on the kitchen floor. Although Mrs. Hernandez sustained only a mild bruise on her leg, her daughter insisted on taking her to the clinic for a check-up because of her persistent symptoms.

Mrs. Hernandez, widowed 4 years ago when her husband died of a heart attack, lives with Mariana, aged 40. Mariana is divorced and has three children: Luis, age 15; Carolina, age 10; and Sofia, age 7. Since moving into Mariana’s house, Mrs. Hernandez has been managing the household while Mariana is at work. Mrs. Hernandez prepares the family’s meals, attends to the children when they come home from school, and performs light housekeeping chores. Mariana is employed full-time as a supervisor at the local telephone company. The family, originally from Cuba, has been living in Miami for 12 years. Carolina and Sofia were born in Miami, but Luis came from Cuba with his parents when he was 3 years old. Mrs. Hernandez, who does not speak English, converses with her daughter and grandchildren in Spanish. Although the children and their mother occasionally speak English among themselves, the family’s language at home is Spanish.

At the Liberty HMO clinic, Mrs. Hernandez was diagnosed with essential hypertension and non–insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The physician prescribed an oral hypoglycemic drug and advised Mrs. Hernandez to exercise daily and to limit her food intake to 1500 calories a day. Mrs. Hernandez was concerned because she usually prepares traditional Cuban meals at home and was not sure whether she could tolerate being on a diet. Besides, she explained to Mariana, she thought the dishes she prepares are very “healthy.” Proof of that, she stated, is that her three grandchildren are plump and nice-looking. Mrs. Hernandez told her daughter that, instead of buying the prescribed medicine, perhaps she should go to the botanica and obtain some herbs that would help lower her blood sugar.

1. What are the typical Cuban communication patterns you need to be aware of in dealing with Mrs. Hernandez?
2. How would you assist Mrs. Hernandez in developing a plan for a 1500-calorie diet and regular exercise?
3. Would you encourage Mrs. Hernandez to go to the botanica to purchase some herbs? How would you approach her desire to use herbs instead of the prescribed oral hypoglycemic agent?
4. Discuss some common folk practices that Cuban families may use to maintain health or cure common ailments.

Contribute to team goals and objectives through active participation and collaboration.For this PowerPoint assignment, select an organization of interest to you. This may be your current or former organization or perhaps one that is frequently in the news. Chapter 9 of the text (DuBrin, 2023) provides a framework for understanding the leader’s role in team-based organizations and differentiates between actions that can be taken at the organizational level, the leader level, and the individual level. In addition, Chapter 12 provides you with an opportunity to learn about your personal conflict resolution style.Checklist:

• Introduction section: Introduce the reason you are proposing a team approach by identifying the long-term business goal you desire to achieve through teamwork.
• Actions for the organization level: (see DuBrin text, Table 9-1)
  • Identify which of the seven actions are appropriately established and which need to be revised or developed.
  • Propose recommendations for policy and structure changes to better enable the successful deployment of a team approach.
• Actions at the leader level: (see DuBrin text, Table 9-1)
  • Using the 12 actions that leaders can take as a model, identify three strengths that seem generally consistent among leaders in the organization and three opportunities for development.
  • Propose recommendations for leader training and development to help the team approach succeed.
• Actions at the individual level: (see DuBrin text,)
  • Using the Leadership Self-Assessment , determine your personal conflict resolution style and summarize what indicates for team membership and leadership.
  • Using the Leadership Self-Assessment , determine your team player attitudes and propose recommendations for how you will improve your ability to contribute to team goals and objectives through active participation and collaboration.
• Provides an inspirational call to action to support the recommendation. Provide a conclusion that connects to the goal provided in the introduction.
• Ensure substantive integration of appropriate, current, and reliable resources — including in-text citations throughout the notes with a corresponding item on the reference list. A minimum of two viable sources are required [no older than 3 years].
• Presentation quality: Your presentation should be spell and grammar-checked and demonstrate correct mechanics and appropriate writing and presentation style. The use of a professional template, graphics, and Microsoft® SmartArt® are necessary to make it visually appealing. Ensure each slide is streamlined and easily viewed in a large setting.

Order of presentation:

1. Title slide
2. Introduction
3. Organizational Level: Established versus development needed (2-3 total slides)
4. Organizational Level: Recommendations (2-3 total slides)
5. Leader Level: 3 strength and 3 development opportunities 2-3 total slides)
   1. Leader Level: Recommendations)
6. Individual Level: Personal Conflict Resolution Style (2 slides)
   1. Individual Level: Team player attitudes
7. Call to action (1 slide)
8. Conclusion (1 slide)
9. Thank you and Contact information (1 slide)
10. References (1 slide)