Analyze the differences and similarities between a response class and a stimulus class. Provide your own example of a stimulus class and response class from everyday life.

Clear and operationally defined behaviors are important for the field of behavior analysis for several reasons. Clear definitions are necessary to replicate findings and to determine the accuracy of data. This replication and accuracy are key in providing the field with credible research. After developing observable and measurable behavior definitions, we can take a deeper look at the environmental variables that influence those behaviors and categorize those behaviors in a meaningful way.
Review the following scenarios and complete the following prompts below.
Scenario one
Shayla is in math class. As her teacher goes over the assignment of the day Shayla starts to disrupt the class. The teacher calls her name and asks her to stop the disruptive behavior. Shayla starts to complete her math assignment.
Scenario two
Tom was at a work conference to learn about new software. During a break out group he recognized an old college friend and started acting unprofessionally. His friend laughed at his behavior but he missed the takeaways from the breakout group.
Scenario three
Enzo is two and receives early intervention services. During a session he spots his sippy cup and starts to tantrum. His caregiver approaches him and asks him what is wrong.
Instructions
Use the Defining Behavior Template [DOCX] to complete the following:
For each scenario:

Locate the subjective terms in bold (there is one in each scenario). How can you operationally define each of the three terms? These definitions should be specific, objective, and measurable.
Describe the environmental contingencies surrounding each behavior (these are the antecedents and consequences).

Next, we are going to shift away from the scenarios. Demonstrate an understanding of the terminology from this week by doing the following:

Analyze the differences and similarities between a response class and a stimulus class.
Provide your own example of a stimulus class and response class from everyday life.

Assignment Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style guidelines. Review Evidence and APALinks to an external site. for more information on how to cite your sources.
Resources: 2–3 scholarly or professional resources.
Length: 2–3 double-spaced pages of content in addition to the title page and references page.

Refer to the MS in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Research GuideLinks to an external site. for help finding resources.
Refer to the Defining Behavior rubric to ensure you understand the grading criteria for this assignment.

 It is common industry knowledge that an audit plan provides the specific guidelines auditors must follow when conducting an external audit. External public accounting firms conduct external audits to ensure outside stakeholders that the company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). select at least three analytical procedures that you would use in your audit.

 It is common industry knowledge that an audit plan provides the specific guidelines auditors must follow when conducting an external audit. External public accounting firms conduct external audits to ensure outside stakeholders that the company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Use the Internet to select a public company that appeals to you. You may also use the company dossier in the Nexis Uni database to find company information.Imagine that you are a senior partner in a public accounting firm hired to complete an audit for the chosen public company.
Instructions
Write a 4–6 page paper in which you:

Outline the critical steps inherent in planning an audit and designing an effective audit program. Based on the type of company selected, provide specific details of the actions that the company should undertake during the planning and designing of the audit program.
Examine at least two performance ratios that you would use in order to determine which analytical tests to perform. Identify the accounts that you would test, and select at least three analytical procedures that you would use in your audit.
Analyze the balance sheet and income statement of the company that you have selected, and outline your method for evidence collection which should include, but not be limited to, the type of evidence to collect and the manner in which you would determine the sufficiency of the evidence.
Discuss the audit risk model and ascertain which sampling or non-sampling techniques you would use in order to establish your preliminary judgment about materiality. Justify your response.
Assuming that the end result is an unqualified audit report, outline the primary responsibilities of the audit firm after it issues the report in question.
Use the Strayer Library to locate at least two quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Outline the process for designing an audit program, including analytical procedures, evidence collection, and responsibilities of the audit firm.

The concept of health and wellness differs greatly between people. Health can be the absence of disease, while wellness can imply a positive state of health in holism, encompassing the mental, emotional, spiritual, and even social aspects. Think about your own state of health. Do you consider yourself a healthy person? If so, what motivates you to be healthy?

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Discussion on concept of health and wellness.
The concept of health and wellness differs greatly between people. Health can be the absence of disease, while wellness can imply a positive state of health in holism, encompassing the mental, emotional, spiritual, and even social aspects. Think about your own state of health. Do you consider yourself a healthy person? If so, what motivates you to be healthy? If not, what would motivate you to become so?

How can technology be misused, overused, and underused in a classroom in relation to rigor and challenge? 

  Two paragraphs with atper paragraph explaining the following which should include a reference for each individual paragraph.  
1. How can technology be misused, overused, and underused in a classroom in relation to rigor and challenge? 
2.  After researching various technologies for the assignment in this topic, which single technology do you see yourself implementing in your classroom? What steps do you need to do now so that you are prepared to implement that technology (grants, supplies, etc.)? 

The average CPU utilization of a quad-processor system is only 25%; yet the utilization of one of the processors is 100%, while the other three processors are idle: 1. Discuss your thoughts on what you think the response time will be and why. 2. Describe any suspicions you have about the system architecture. 3. Explain what information you will try to find out about the executing processes to determine performance.

The average CPU utilization of a quad-processor system is only 25%; yet the utilization of one of the processors is 100%, while the other three processors are idle:
1. Discuss your thoughts on what you think the response time will be and why.
2. Describe any suspicions you have about the system architecture.
3. Explain what information you will try to find out about the executing processes to determine performance.

Identify the important skills needed in recruiting new officers who can perform both traditional policing and the new community policing initiatives.

You have been assigned to incorporate community policing and engagement initiatives into the current departmental structure. You must include training in these new initiatives, as an ongoing function as well as for compliance and oversight.
The first part requires you to identify three specific initiatives to add to the department and then identify where they will fit into the organizational structure. Refer to the Police Department Organizational Structure [PPTX]. You will need to explain what type of training and support will be necessary for these initiatives.
The second part is to revamp the department’s recruitment and hiring process to attract and hire new officers who have the necessary traits to accomplish both the traditional policing function and the expanded community initiatives. Using the information from Community Policing Today text, identify the important skills needed in these new officers and describe the process you will use to evaluate these skills.
Instructions
In 5–7 pages write in which you:

Identify three specific community policing initiatives to add to the department.
Determine what type of training and support will be necessary for each of these initiatives.
Select where each initiative will fit into the organizational structure.
Justify why these three initiatives will enhance the department’s relationship with the community.
Identify the important skills needed in recruiting new officers who can perform both traditional policing and the new community policing initiatives.
Explain how you would evaluate and measure these traits and skills.
Use five credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing. Cite each source listed on your source page at least once

Identify an agency or organization, where you would like to implement a criminal justice/law enforcement initiative with an organization in the private or public sector organization such as a police department, an educational/civic – police partnership, state or federal agency, etc. (it may also be a generic organization such as “a local police department”).

 Throughout this course, you will be utilizing and applying tactics, strategies, concepts of project management, and strategic planning in conjunction with a research project. All criminal justice agencies experience programs, planning and research that deal with current or future issues. Most organizations ask their leaders to develop initiatives for the current and future timeframe, which will help the organization achieve its objectives and goals. In your final assignment, you will conduct a research and analysis project about an initiative you would implement based on a topic of your choice.
Your project will entail:

Identifying a criminal justice/law enforcement initiative to be planned for this project
Conducting the research, including gathering quantitative data from a suggested website, which you will evaluate, collate, analyze and synthesize.
Outlining the process you will follow utilizing research, your education, and life experiences you have obtained up to this point, resulting in a plan of action to implement your project
Determining an evaluation of the project based on your expectations and those of the stakeholders.

The final product will be a paper that is 10-15 double-spaced (no less, no more!), APA formatted pages, including an abstract page.
Yes, it is a big project, but you will build this project a little at a time throughout the 8 weeks we are together. The interim assignments will be the foundation for the successful completion, and submission. Adjustments may be necessary along the way depending upon the topic and expected outcome. You will likely have to rearrange and integrate your mini-assignments to create a cohesive final product. The requirements for your Criminal Justice Capstone are:

Propose a non-experimental research topic rooted in a criminal justice/ law enforcement issue. (See the suggested topics provided below for inspiration)

Identify an agency or organization, where you would like to implement a criminal justice/law enforcement initiative with an organization in the private or public sector organization such as a police department, an educational/civic – police partnership, state or federal agency, etc. (it may also be a generic organization such as “a local police department”).
Provide a description of this organization (size, demographics, jurisdiction, purpose)
The need for this initiative.
Define the stakeholders of the initiative, including the target audience.

Literature Review and Data Presentation

Identify the data you will need to collect.
Conduct and write a literature review highlighting the pertinent trends, thresholds (tolerances) and research appropriate for your initiative.
Collect data and provide a descriptive analysis of that data, which supports the need for the initiative.

Summary of the meaning of your literature review and data analysis
Plan for implementing your initiative
Evaluation plan

Be sure to read the criteria, by which your Criminal Justice Capstone paper will be evaluated before you write the paper, and again after you write your paper. 

  The Interpersonal Communication Skills Assessment indicated some possible areas of relative weaknesses in your skills. Provide a motivation statement. Why do you want to improve this area of your interpersonal communication skills?

 
The Interpersonal Communication Skills Assessment indicated some possible areas of relative weaknesses in your skills. For this, select a specific aspect of interpersonal communication that you would like to work on improving. Typical improvement goals include:

Listening
Reducing communication anxiety/communicating with confidence
Using technology to communicate effectively
Message encoding
Message decoding
Channel selection

If you would like to work on another aspect of your interpersonal communication skills not mentioned above, please get your instructor’s approval before proceeding. Your final project for this class involves improving an aspect of your interpersonal communication skills. You will complete some work on this each week during the class. While five weeks is not enough time to develop high-level skills across the entire spectrum of interpersonal communication, it is enough to have a meaningful impact in an area of importance to you.
Brief skill area descriptions as well as reading lists are available for each of the six skill areas previously mentioned in the IPC Skill Area Resources
You will need to find at least three additional sources beyond those in the IPC Skill Area Resources. Sources may include articles, books, videos, interactive trainings, or other materials that have the potential to improve your selected skill area. Because these additional resources will contribute to your progress throughout the rest of the course, you should find them by Week 2. Note that you will not need to identify these resources until your Week 2 journal.
Live Learning sessions are available each week to support you with your IPC Skill Improvement Plan. You can also ask other class-related questions at Live Learning. All students in COM200 are required to attend one Live Learning session during the class but are encouraged to attend more. The day and time of Live Learning sessions will be given in a class announcement. You will confirm your attendance in an element of your Final Assignment.
Please include these

Identify your improvement goal. (one or two sentences) 
Provide a motivation statement. Why do you want to improve this area of your interpersonal communication skills? (one-half to one page) 
Review of literature: Identify gaps in the research and information packet about this skill area to extend your understanding and contribute to your skill improvement during the coming weeks. You can search for the resources you identify in this part during Week 2 and will be reporting on what you find in your Week 2 journal. (one-half to one page) 
List personal goals for Weeks 2, 3, and 4 of the class. There will be weekly journal entries (viewable only by you and your instructor) where you share your progress on these. You should also keep a written record of the work you do on your improvement plan, as this will be a required element of the Final Assignment. (at least one page) 
Describe how you will measure your progress toward your goal for your final Assignment. Try to be as specific as you can and identify progress you can actually measure or assess. (one half to one page) 

Choose a company you are very passionate about! (don’t pick Tesla). Research the executive’s pay and answer the following questions using specifics.1) Name the executive, company, and their title.4) How does the pay compare to other executives in the same/similar industry? Compare to at least three others, and specify who they are, who they work for, and what their pay is.5) Do you feel their compensation is fair or unfair? Why? “Yes, it is fair because they deserve it” is not enough.

Choose a company you are very passionate about! (don’t pick Tesla). Research the executive’s pay and answer the following questions using specifics.1) Name the executive, company, and their title.4) How does the pay compare to other executives in the same/similar industry? Compare to at least three others, and specify who they are, who they work for, and what their pay is.5) Do you feel their compensation is fair or unfair? Why? “Yes, it is fair because they deserve it” is not enough. I am looking for specifics and details from the book and class to understand your thought process.

The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines marketing as “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.” Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this definition. Defend how you would change the definition.

  
Select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub questions of each bullet point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to reuse the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.
 

The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines marketing as “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.”

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this definition.
Defend how you would change the definition.
Assess whether the definition is clear, accurate, relevant, and current in today’s organizations and society.

Many people think of  marketing as only promotion. However, marketing is much more. A common way      of understanding the essentials of marketing is using the 4Ps  model—product, price, place, and promotion.

Analyze each of the 4Ps and explain how they create value for organizations. Remember, value creation       is any type of activity or outcome that will add to the long-term success  of the organization. It is more than simply economic value and includes       enhancements such as customer good will, employee satisfaction, supplier       networks, managerial skills and experience, and ethical or community       factors. Creating value can include intangible as well as tangible       assets, such as intellectual property and a business plan.
Justify which of the four  functions (4Ps) seems to provide the most value to organization.

Marketing has evolved into a  major business function that crosses all areas of an organization. For example, marketing may advise production about how much of the company’s product to make and then may tell logistics when to ship it. Accordingly, marketing influences business practices and it may also have wider  influence on society.

Assess the importance of marketing to society.
Evaluate how marketing has  changed society.
Analyze how marketing has  impacted today’s lifestyle.

A SWOTT analysis helps      evaluate current performance and future potential, especially in relation to competitors. Organizations use SWOTT to assess strengths and weaknesses  within the organization, threats and opportunities from outside the      organization, and trends that might have long-term consequences for the   organization and the industry as a whole.

Perform a brief SWOTT       analysis on a company of your choice as seen through the eyes of a       marketing manager.
Justify some   recommendations for overcoming factors that might impede progress of the       organization and for taking advantage of factors that could benefit the  organization.

Market growth is  accomplished by one or more of the following strategies: Market Penetration (increasing market share), Market Development (new markets),  Product Development (new products or services), and Diversification (promoting new or expanding existing products to reach a new market).  Remember, the diversification strategy stands apart from the other three  strategies. The first three strategies are pursued with the same      technical, financial, and merchandising resources used for the original  product line, whereas diversification usually requires a company to      acquire new skills, new techniques, and new facilities.

Assess each of these  strategies and provide an example for each category.
Out of the four strategies,  choose a strategy that best suits growth in a company of your choice and       justify how you would use this strategy.