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This week I found the social class latter to be the most interesting. The social class is divided up into six different classes. The largest social class is made up of 34% of the population and it is the lower middle class. I thought it was a interesting how it states that the lower middle class can afford to maintain a mainstream lifestyle but will struggle to do so. This statement reminded me of how nowadays people are always trying to keep up with the latest phones or even how much social media affects everyday lifestyle. It honestly saddens me that people care so much about what other people think that they will go broke just to make it seem like they have it. In my opinion it is the people from the lower middle class and under who feels the need to want other to think they have more than they actually do. I also found it interesting that people from the capital class sometimes feels guilty for how much money they have. It must be a hard thing to deal with, feeling guilty for your success. Bill Gates have given more money to the poor and medical research than anyone in history. I think its great to see that someone as wealthy as Bill Gates still cares about the people who are in need.
Henslin, James
"Mastering Sociology" 2014 pg 207-209
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Consequences of Social Class
The importance of social class is that it affects every aspect of our lives – our health, family life, education, religion, politics, and even out experiences with crime and the criminal justice system (Henslin 2014). Henslin (2014) goes on to say that as one goes up in the social class ladder their health improves as if they go down the ladder in social class their health gets worse. Which makes a lot of sense that you feel like you are accomplishing goals in life so your overall mood would improve (Henslin 2014).
One part in our textbook I found interesting is how a man who needs and could possibly benefit from medical or mental health help and how he was just be released to be picked up by the police in a day or two. That sounds so very familiar because I hear similar stories from officers when I worked at CHP. A person who is in poverty cannot afford medical insurance, hence when they are talking to the county hospital all a doctor does is give the medicine and send them on their way. A hospital can not afford to house a person who has no means to pay. You compare that to say anyone in this course and the resources we have with school counselors someone is bound to be able to give us more substantial help than that poor man is getting.
Also reading how politics relates to social class, I did not understand this until I did further research in what each political group believes. Henslin (2014) states the higher class people tend to vote for Republican and that the government should intervene in the economy to provide jobs and to make citizens financially secure. I r ...
Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political ne.docxjensgosney
Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political news a week. Nearly any news program is acceptable, foreign or domestic, including public television, cable, and online sources. The key is diversity. Do not take in the same news source week after week. Be sure to take notes during the program that you watch, including the program’s name, outlet (cable, television, online, etc.), and date viewed. You will write
two
1-2 paged papers, connecting current political news to the material from the textbook and lecture outlines. Detailed instructions will be posted on Titanium within the first two weeks of the semester. These two papers, along with your notes from watching the news, are to be stapled together and turned in as one assignment.
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Student will review prior readings (Chapter #8) and Klein Journal Ar.docxjensgosney
Student will review prior readings (Chapter #8) and Klein Journal Article to prepare a 10-page paper that will compare and contrast (analyze) one traditional gang and one neo-traditional gang.
The assignment will encompass gang structure, factors in gang membership, group dynamics, and aggression.
Paper will be completed in APA format.
.
Student Name Date Read the following case study and thorou.docxjensgosney
Student Name:
Date:
Read the following case study and thoroughly and completely answer the questions that follow. Remember to use full sentences and cite sources to support any contentions that you make, using proper APA formatting.
CASE STUDY:
Mary is a 36-year-old stay-at-home mother of four children. She is starting to become a bit bored with staying home, having done that for the past 15 years. Prior to having children, Mary worked in a credit union and enjoyed her job. She especially liked the precision of number crunching. She has carried this characteristic into her housekeeping chores. She tries to keep her home spotless, even with four children. She cleans the two bathrooms every day, vacuums, dusts, picks up toys, and performs various and sundry cleaning chores. Clutter and messiness bother her, and she is almost neurotic about cleaning. She is a perfectionist and knows it. All of her friends agree, but she is able to laugh at this quirk and not take herself too seriously.
Although maintaining a house with four children might seem overwhelming to others, Mary handles these chores fine and has time (sometimes while cleaning) to keep in close touch with her friends, especially with phone calls. Mary is continuously on the phone. Her friends are a very important part of her social support network, especially since she does not have coworkers with whom to interact and because her husband travels a lot for his job. Often, her friends seem more important to her than her spouse and she seems to have a better relationship with them than her husband. They describe her as being fiercely loyal, supportive, and talkative. They also know that she has a good heart. She is always willing to help another mom whose babysitter got sick by watching their child while she goes to work. If a friend is feeling overwhelmed about preparing for an upcoming party, she is willing to cook or bake something for them. You would never know from looking at her that Mary is such a warm and caring person. She actually looks a bit intimidating and angry, but that is just because her age is starting to show with somewhat deep lines between her eyes, which is mistaken for a frown. She is aware of this contradiction and is a bit self-conscious of her frown lines.
Mary is also insecure about not having attended college. Many of her friends graduated from college. Some even have doctorate degrees, but Mary never did. She does not think of herself as unintelligent, but she sees herself as uneducated and defers to others with a better education. Her friends see her as very intelligent, and they encourage her to pursue at least an associate’s degree mainly so she will feel better about herself. Mary is considering this possibility. It is something that she has always wanted to do. In particular, she is thinking about getting an associate’s degree in legal business studies and becoming a legal assistant after all of her children are in middle school. They will be old.
Strategy DevelopmentDiscuss the role that an I-O psychologist pl.docxjensgosney
Strategy Development
Discuss the role that an I-O psychologist plays when integrating theory during strategy development.
Include a detailed example to demonstrate the importance of careful planning and employee buy-in.
Support your position with the use of one additional outside source.
1 page APA
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Sociology in a Nutshell A Brief Introduction to the Discipl.docxjensgosney
Sociology in a Nutshell:
A Brief Introduction to the Discipline of Sociology
Alan Barton, Ph.D.
As an independent discipline, Sociology dates back to the end of the 19
th
century, although
Sociology has influences from various other disciplines, including Philosophy, Political Economy
and Statistics. The first practitioners of Sociology were in France and Germany, as the effects of
the industrial revolution were being felt across Europe, and early sociologists were primarily
concerned with understanding the nature of industrial society (Levine, 1995). The first theories
that emerged contrasted community structures, common in agrarian societies, with societal
structures, common in industrial settings (Tönnies, 1887/2002; Durkheim, 1893/1997; Redfield,
1953). Community systems are rooted in personal emotional attachments, a desire for
homogeneity, strict normative (informal) controls, and a rudimentary division of labor (e.g., by
gender, within the household), while societal systems are based on professional rational
attachments, valuing diversity, legal (formal) controls, and a complex division of labor (e.g., by
occupation, at workplaces). As industrialization develops, systems of social organization move
from community to society, and states and markets take central roles in the operation of society
(Polanyi, 1944).
Sociology came to America in the early twentieth century, and was first established at the
University of Chicago (Collins, 1994). American sociologists developed a new approach to the
study of modern (industrial) society, by appropriating ecological theories from Biology and
applying them to urban settings. American sociologists also highlighted interaction as the root of
social structures (Mead, 1934; Goffman, 1959; Blumer, 1969). As Sociology spread, other
perspectives grew as well, including Functionalist Sociology, which emphasizes social order and
the “social glue” that holds society together, and Conflict Sociology, which emphasizes social
hierarchies and the differing levels of status accorded to different groups (Collins, 1994).
At its core, Sociology is the study of the relationship between individuals and their social
contexts. This is sometimes known as the Sociological Perspective (or the Sociological
Imagination) , because in order to understand the social causes of human behavior, sociologists
typically must adopt a way of thinking that differs from how most people see the world (Mills,
1959). Humans are by nature social beings; we cannot survive unless we interact with other
humans. But our interactions are not random, they are shaped by our relationships with others,
by our cultural values and beliefs, by the rules of institutions we participate in, and by our
experiences in previous interactions, among other influences (Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler
& Tipton, 1991). Through interaction, we create the terms of these social structures―the
r.
Struggling to understand how to implement a Hash bucket for program..docxjensgosney
Struggling to understand how to implement a Hash bucket for program. It would likely be easiest if the person wrote the program from scratch. See attached Screenshots of the assignment. Building Week1 and then Week2. The .csv file has been changed to a .txt for inclusion.
This is written in Java.
.
StratificationWhat are three ways that social stratification is .docxjensgosney
Stratification
What are three ways that social stratification is evident in the community where you live? Explain using detailed examples of exactly what is unequal and why it matters. Do you think that individual effort or family background is the major reason for the examples of stratification that you have identified in the community where you live?
word count should be 200-250 words in length, no plagiarism, and cite all references used
.
Strategy maps are used in creating a balanced scorecard. Give one st.docxjensgosney
Strategy maps are used in creating a balanced scorecard. Give one strategic measure and one objective measure for each dimension of a balanced score-card (financial, customer, learning and growth, internal processes). Discuss how the elements of a strategy map assist in reaching a company's financial goals.
2 paragraphs due today 9m cst
.
Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political ne.docxjensgosney
Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political news a week. Nearly any news program is acceptable, foreign or domestic, including public television, cable, and online sources. The key is diversity. Do not take in the same news source week after week. Be sure to take notes during the program that you watch, including the program’s name, outlet (cable, television, online, etc.), and date viewed. You will write
two
1-2 paged papers, connecting current political news to the material from the textbook and lecture outlines. Detailed instructions will be posted on Titanium within the first two weeks of the semester. These two papers, along with your notes from watching the news, are to be stapled together and turned in as one assignment.
.
Student will review prior readings (Chapter #8) and Klein Journal Ar.docxjensgosney
Student will review prior readings (Chapter #8) and Klein Journal Article to prepare a 10-page paper that will compare and contrast (analyze) one traditional gang and one neo-traditional gang.
The assignment will encompass gang structure, factors in gang membership, group dynamics, and aggression.
Paper will be completed in APA format.
.
Student Name Date Read the following case study and thorou.docxjensgosney
Student Name:
Date:
Read the following case study and thoroughly and completely answer the questions that follow. Remember to use full sentences and cite sources to support any contentions that you make, using proper APA formatting.
CASE STUDY:
Mary is a 36-year-old stay-at-home mother of four children. She is starting to become a bit bored with staying home, having done that for the past 15 years. Prior to having children, Mary worked in a credit union and enjoyed her job. She especially liked the precision of number crunching. She has carried this characteristic into her housekeeping chores. She tries to keep her home spotless, even with four children. She cleans the two bathrooms every day, vacuums, dusts, picks up toys, and performs various and sundry cleaning chores. Clutter and messiness bother her, and she is almost neurotic about cleaning. She is a perfectionist and knows it. All of her friends agree, but she is able to laugh at this quirk and not take herself too seriously.
Although maintaining a house with four children might seem overwhelming to others, Mary handles these chores fine and has time (sometimes while cleaning) to keep in close touch with her friends, especially with phone calls. Mary is continuously on the phone. Her friends are a very important part of her social support network, especially since she does not have coworkers with whom to interact and because her husband travels a lot for his job. Often, her friends seem more important to her than her spouse and she seems to have a better relationship with them than her husband. They describe her as being fiercely loyal, supportive, and talkative. They also know that she has a good heart. She is always willing to help another mom whose babysitter got sick by watching their child while she goes to work. If a friend is feeling overwhelmed about preparing for an upcoming party, she is willing to cook or bake something for them. You would never know from looking at her that Mary is such a warm and caring person. She actually looks a bit intimidating and angry, but that is just because her age is starting to show with somewhat deep lines between her eyes, which is mistaken for a frown. She is aware of this contradiction and is a bit self-conscious of her frown lines.
Mary is also insecure about not having attended college. Many of her friends graduated from college. Some even have doctorate degrees, but Mary never did. She does not think of herself as unintelligent, but she sees herself as uneducated and defers to others with a better education. Her friends see her as very intelligent, and they encourage her to pursue at least an associate’s degree mainly so she will feel better about herself. Mary is considering this possibility. It is something that she has always wanted to do. In particular, she is thinking about getting an associate’s degree in legal business studies and becoming a legal assistant after all of her children are in middle school. They will be old.
Strategy DevelopmentDiscuss the role that an I-O psychologist pl.docxjensgosney
Strategy Development
Discuss the role that an I-O psychologist plays when integrating theory during strategy development.
Include a detailed example to demonstrate the importance of careful planning and employee buy-in.
Support your position with the use of one additional outside source.
1 page APA
.
Sociology in a Nutshell A Brief Introduction to the Discipl.docxjensgosney
Sociology in a Nutshell:
A Brief Introduction to the Discipline of Sociology
Alan Barton, Ph.D.
As an independent discipline, Sociology dates back to the end of the 19
th
century, although
Sociology has influences from various other disciplines, including Philosophy, Political Economy
and Statistics. The first practitioners of Sociology were in France and Germany, as the effects of
the industrial revolution were being felt across Europe, and early sociologists were primarily
concerned with understanding the nature of industrial society (Levine, 1995). The first theories
that emerged contrasted community structures, common in agrarian societies, with societal
structures, common in industrial settings (Tönnies, 1887/2002; Durkheim, 1893/1997; Redfield,
1953). Community systems are rooted in personal emotional attachments, a desire for
homogeneity, strict normative (informal) controls, and a rudimentary division of labor (e.g., by
gender, within the household), while societal systems are based on professional rational
attachments, valuing diversity, legal (formal) controls, and a complex division of labor (e.g., by
occupation, at workplaces). As industrialization develops, systems of social organization move
from community to society, and states and markets take central roles in the operation of society
(Polanyi, 1944).
Sociology came to America in the early twentieth century, and was first established at the
University of Chicago (Collins, 1994). American sociologists developed a new approach to the
study of modern (industrial) society, by appropriating ecological theories from Biology and
applying them to urban settings. American sociologists also highlighted interaction as the root of
social structures (Mead, 1934; Goffman, 1959; Blumer, 1969). As Sociology spread, other
perspectives grew as well, including Functionalist Sociology, which emphasizes social order and
the “social glue” that holds society together, and Conflict Sociology, which emphasizes social
hierarchies and the differing levels of status accorded to different groups (Collins, 1994).
At its core, Sociology is the study of the relationship between individuals and their social
contexts. This is sometimes known as the Sociological Perspective (or the Sociological
Imagination) , because in order to understand the social causes of human behavior, sociologists
typically must adopt a way of thinking that differs from how most people see the world (Mills,
1959). Humans are by nature social beings; we cannot survive unless we interact with other
humans. But our interactions are not random, they are shaped by our relationships with others,
by our cultural values and beliefs, by the rules of institutions we participate in, and by our
experiences in previous interactions, among other influences (Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler
& Tipton, 1991). Through interaction, we create the terms of these social structures―the
r.
Struggling to understand how to implement a Hash bucket for program..docxjensgosney
Struggling to understand how to implement a Hash bucket for program. It would likely be easiest if the person wrote the program from scratch. See attached Screenshots of the assignment. Building Week1 and then Week2. The .csv file has been changed to a .txt for inclusion.
This is written in Java.
.
StratificationWhat are three ways that social stratification is .docxjensgosney
Stratification
What are three ways that social stratification is evident in the community where you live? Explain using detailed examples of exactly what is unequal and why it matters. Do you think that individual effort or family background is the major reason for the examples of stratification that you have identified in the community where you live?
word count should be 200-250 words in length, no plagiarism, and cite all references used
.
Strategy maps are used in creating a balanced scorecard. Give one st.docxjensgosney
Strategy maps are used in creating a balanced scorecard. Give one strategic measure and one objective measure for each dimension of a balanced score-card (financial, customer, learning and growth, internal processes). Discuss how the elements of a strategy map assist in reaching a company's financial goals.
2 paragraphs due today 9m cst
.
Structured DebateBased on the required readings, lecture mater.docxjensgosney
Structured Debate
Based on the required readings, lecture materials, scenario, and video for Week 4, you will turn in a word processing document with the following elements:
Lectures: The Landscape of Intelligence / Interagency Interest / Doing Structured Debate/ Challenge Analysis
1.A cover sheet.
2. A well-structured, written argument of no less than
three full pages
explicitly presenting:
a. Your key assumptions,
b. Your key pieces of evidence
c. And a careful articulation of the logic behind your methods.
APA Format and 2 References needed
.
Software Test DocumentCard Czar Android AppCMSC .docxjensgosney
Software Test Document
Card Czar Android App
CMSC 495
Group 2 Final Project
Kenneth Mikkalson
Alton Hinton
Shawn Henson
Sarah Holley
Tara Lawson
Richard Wysong
Table of Contents
1.0 Test plan identifier 4
2.0 Introduction 4
2.1 Objectives 4
2.2 Background 4
2.3 Scope 4
2.3.1 In Scope 4
2.3.2 Out of Scope 6
2.4 References 6
2.5 Roles and Responsibilities 6
2.5.1 Developer 6
2.5.2 Test Team Member 6
2.5.3 Test Lead 6
2.6 Definitions 7
2.7 Suspension Criteria and Resumption 7
2.8 Pass/Fail criteria 7
2.9 Testing Resources 7
3.0 Methodology 8
3.1 Overview 8
3.2 Unit Testing 8
3.3 Integration Testing 8
3.4 Final Delivery Testing 9
3.5 Bug Regression 9
3.6 Test Complete Criteria 9
3.7 Test Deliverables 9
4.0 Bug Tracking & Reporting 10
4.1 Bug Reporting 10
4.2Assigning Labels 10
5. Approvals 11
List of Figures
Figure 1: GitHub Issue Form10
List of Appendix
Appendix A
Appendix B
1.0 Test plan identifier
CMS-02142.0 Introduction2.1 Objectives
The system test plan for the Card Czar Android Application will support the following objectives:
1. Identify responsible persons for quality assurance, test management and testing tasks
2. Define the test plan and testing methods involved
3. Identify resource information for test plan development 2.2 Background
The Card Czar Android application is a spin-off of the popular board game Apples to Apples. The purpose of the software test plan is to identify key aspects of software verification and requirements validation. Comment by Admin: Based on project plan comments maybe we should provide a short synopsis of how the game/app will work?
The Card Czar is an android application multiplayer card game that can deliver hours of fun. It allows a user to create a new game room and invite friends to play with them. For a game to begin there must be at least 3 players. Once a game is started each player is dealt at random a hand of response cards that will contain a noun (or response) on them. After all players are given the response cards a dealer will be randomly chosen to start the game. The dealer (card baron) will draw a bait card that consists of an adjective (or other text to be responded to). Each player then selects from their cards a noun that they think the dealer will choose as the best response to the question. Once all responses are received the dealer (Card Baron) then picks the answer they like the best and the player whose response it was gets a point and becomes the dealer (Card Baron) for the next round. This continues until a player has reached 5 points and becomes the winner (the Card Czar).
Maximum players: 6
Minimum players: 3
Bait cards: (Adjective/Question Options)
Response cards: (Noun/Answer Options)2.3 Scope
2.3.1 In Scope
The Card Czar Test Plan defines the unit, integration and acceptance testing. The test plan will include the following:
1. Testing of all interfaces between Android application modules
2. Testing of all quality requirements
3. Security test.
Software Training ProgramABC Company has 50,000 employees and wa.docxjensgosney
Software Training Program
ABC Company has 50,000 employees and wants to increase employee productivity by setting
up an internal software applications training program. The training program will teach employees how to use Microsoft software programs such as Vista, Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Access 2010, and Project 2010. Courses will be offered in the evenings and
on Saturdays and taught by qualified volunteer employees. Instructors will be paid $40 per
hour. In the past, employees were sent to courses offered by local vendors during company
time. In contrast, this internal training program should save the company money on training
as well as make people more productive. The Human Resources department will manage the
program, and any employee can take the courses. Employees will receive a certificate for completing
courses, and a copy will be put in their personnel files. The company is not sure which
vendor's off-the-shelf training materials to use. The company needs to set up a training classroom,
survey employees on desired courses, find qualified volunteer instructors, and start offering
courses. The company wants to offer the first courses within six months. One person
from Human Resources is assigned full time to manage this project, and top management has
pledged its support.
1. Project Scope Management
Create a WBS for this project and enter the tasks in Project 201 0. Create milestones
and summary tasks. Assume that some of the project management tasks you need
to do are similar to tasks from the Project Tracking Database example. Some of the
tasks specific to this project will be to:
a. Review off-the-shelf training materials from three major vendors and decide
which materials to use.
b. Negotiate a contract with the selected vendor for its materials.
c. Develop communications information about this new training program. Disseminate
the information via department meetings, e-mail, the company's intranet,
and flyers to all employees.
d. Create a survey to determine the number and type of courses needed and
employees' preferred times for taking courses.
e. Administer the survey.
f. Solicit qualified volunteers to teach the courses.
g.
h.
Review resumes, interview candidates for teaching the courses, and develop a
list of preferred instructors.
Coordinate with the Facilities department to build two classrooms with 20 personal
computers each, a teacher station, and an overhead projection system
(assume that Facilities will manage this part of the project).
i. Schedule courses.
j. Develop a fair system for signing up for classes.
k. Develop a course evaluation form to assess the usefulness of each course and
the instructor's teaching ability.
I. Offer classes.
2. Project Time Management
a. Enter realistic durations for each task and then link appropriate tasks. Be sure
that all tasks are linked in some fashion to the start and end of the project. Use
the Project Tracking Database as an example. Assume that you have six mont.
Soft skills are most often characterized as the personal attribu.docxjensgosney
Soft skills are most often characterized as the personal attributes that make up the interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of an individual. Soft skills can include attitude, manners, social skills, the ability to communicate, listen, delegate, resolve conflicts, work as a team player, adapt to change, and work hard.
The term “soft skills” is not an indication on their importance; in fact, it can be argued that soft skills are more important to character and success you might achieve. Soft skills are compared to, and more specifically complement, a person’s “hard skills” which are the specific skills required for a job. For example, the soft skills necessary for a leader in an organization would be vision, social skills, emotional intelligence, empathy, work ethic, communication, and flexibility while the hard skills would be execution, organization, knowledge of computer programs, a second language, planning, coordinating and a thorough understanding of the organization’s policies and procedures.
In the previous section, many soft skills have already been discussed. You practice a variety of soft skills every day as a matter of fact. They occur so naturally you may not even notice them or have never spent time to realize strengths that you regularly exhibit. Identifying your soft skills will give you talking point in interviews and in promotion discussions, as well as give you new goals and areas to improve upon.
Critical Soft Skills
The following is a list of primary soft skills that just about every employer is looking for from their staff. It is no means inclusive as soft skills refer to an often intangible set of abilities that to some degree are engrained in everyone. While the primary soft skills are generally agreed upon as important in any job capacity, there are countless others that are deemed imperative as well (See Module 3: Personal and Career Evaluation). Depending on the job or function you are performing, these may be just as imperative as the ones listed below but not as universal. Review the following and determine which areas are personal strengths and which are areas in need of improvement.
· Communication. Communication permeates just about every aspect of both personal and professional endeavors. It is associated with active listening, comprehension, and clear expression of thoughts and ideas. It includes oral, written, and non-verbal types. To improve your communication skills, focus on both what you are saying and how you are saying it, and always remember that receiving information is just as crucial as providing it so practice active listening instead of just thinking of what to say next.
· A Good Work Ethic. Your work ethic is the sum of your attitude, actions, and guiding values. It is how company leadership knows that you are trustworthy and have the best interests of the organization at heart. A good work ethic is demonstrated through your decisive behavior, motivation, and dedication. You cannot .
Software Design Specification Document (SDD) By Da.docxjensgosney
Software Design Specification Document (SDD)
By David M. Jones
November 16, 2014
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1 Purpose ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.2 Scope …………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
1.3 Definitions and acronyms …………………………………………………………… 1
2. References ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
3. Decomposition description ………………………………………………………………………. 2
3.1 Module decomposition ……………………………………………………………… 3
3.2 Concurrent process decomposition ………………….………………………. 9
3.3 Data decomposition ………………………………………………………………… 10
4 Dependency description …………………………………………………………………………. 11
4.1 Intermodule dependencies ……………………………………………………… 13
4.2 Interprocess dependencies ……………………………………………………… 14
4.3 Data dependencies ………………………………………………………………….. 15
5. Interface description …………………………………………………………………….………… 16
5.1 Module description …………………………………………………………….……. 16
5.2 Process description ………………………………………………………………….. 24
6. Detailed design ……………………………………………………………………………….….….. 25
6.1 Module detailed design ………………………………………………….………. 25
6.2 Data detailed design ……………………………………………………….….…… 30
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
This document’s purpose is to document the set of requirements for the development of a software
management system for a bed and breakfast operation. It describes how reservations and financial
transactions are made. It also specifies the human to computer graphical user interface screens.
1.2 Scope
This Bed and Breakfast Management System enables a the automated operation of a 3 bedroom bed and
breakfast business. Customers can call the Bed and Breakfast reservation phone number and give desired
reservation dates. A staff member can check the available and give the daily price rate for each room. The
customer can provide a reservation guarantee date. The guest reservation information will be entered by
the staff member while the customer is on the phone. After the stay, there is a check out process.
Additionally the owner can generate a profit report to monitor the financial status of the operation.
1.3 Definitions
a. BBMS – Bed and Breakfast Management System
b. Reservation – A room assigned to a guest stay for a specific date range
c. Guarantee – Financial contract between the management of the bed and breakfast and a guest that
a room reservation will be available to the guest
d. Workflow – Sequential steps needed to accomplish a task
e. Domain Object – A computer entity that holds information for a given function
f. User interface – A computer graphical element that enables the user to interact with the software
g. GUI – Graphical User Interface which the method by which the user interacts with the BBMS
2. References
IEEE. Std 1016-1998 IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions. IEEE Computer Society,
1998.
3. Decomposition description
Entity Rel.
Software Engineering Capstone 1
SWE481: Software Engineering Capstone
Phase 2 IP Software Engineering Methodologies
July 21, 2014
Contents
3Phase 1 Project Outline
3Development Methodology
4Phase 2 Software Production
4Requirements
5Design
6Application Architecture
7Music Player Main Screen
8Class Diagram
9Use Case Diagram
10Phase 3 Rapid Development (TBD)
11Phase 4 Project Scheduling (TBD)
12Phase 5 Project Risks (TBD)
13References
Phase 1 Project Outline
The project that our team is proposing is that of a mobile music application. This application will be a front end application that uses already in place internet services. The project involves. The mobile will contain free listening for radio and a paid listening subscription for user selected content. The application will be multiplatform based and be useable on iOS, Android, Windows 8.x. The application will also be integrated with social media sites such as Facebook and Google +, to name a few. There will be 6 phases for this project to include the following;
1. Pilot Application
2. Radio module
3. Subscription module
4. Social Media Module
5. Project CloseDevelopment Methodology
The development methodology will be that of Iterative/Incremental that allows for breaking up the project into small digestible chunks and is easy to understand. This method is similar to making small waterfalls out of each iteration of the software. This method allows for quick testing and customer feedback. This is best suited for small teams that support parallel coding and testing which will be used in this project. The ability to release the product in 90 to 120 days below budget is planned.Phase 2 Software Production
Requirements
The requirements gathering sessions will be completed by formal meetings, chat and email interaction. This will be done due to the various locations of the stakeholders and team members in this project. The original project inception and the requirements for the agreed upon project were gathered by email correspondence between the team members. The group leaded compiled a list of the initial requirements and this was discussed during a live chat meeting. The requirements are as follows;
· Initial pilot app (includes account creation)
· Player Module to include equalizer module ( Includes 5 bans of equalization)
· Radio module (search for music interest)
· Subscription module (create playlists, add music to library)
· Social media module
· Project close
· Application will operate across multiple platforms (Supports iOS, Android, Windows 8.x)
· Paid subscription for direct listening
· Free listening for radio playlists
· App will use backend services already exist from current website
· App will integrate into existing backend services
The first 5 requirements are functional requirements and the remaining 7 requirements are non functional requirements. The functional re.
Strength–Based Approaches Paper
Covering
Displaced Homemakers
People over 60
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All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way.
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The learning team selected a special population from those listed in University of Phoenix Material: Strength-Based Approaches and included the following topics:
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Problems faced by special populations in society
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Strengths of these special populations and how those strengths can enhance individual and community empowerment
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Combining Western healing approaches with traditional indigenous healing approaches to enhance solutions for the individual and community
The content is comprehensive and accurate.
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Sociology Project
CLASSROOM “COMPARATIVE CULTURE” STUDY
Write an essay comparing / contrasting the classroom culture of three
different teachers (Do not use actual names – substitute “Teacher A”, etc.)
A. Describe the class as a culture. Include:
· General atmosphere of class
· Seating patterns (e.g., students sitting toward back, male/female division, etc.)
· Rules – formal and informal
· Teacher’s mannerisms, attitude, teaching method / style.
B. Assess student comfortability and productivity in each setting.
C. As you write the essay, attempt to determine whether classroom culture has an impact on students’ lives / attitudes and, if so, what that impact might be.
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Socometal Rewarding African WorkersBy Evalde Mutabazi and C. B.docxjensgosney
Socometal: Rewarding African Workers
By: Evalde Mutabazi and C. Brooklyn Derr
It was a most unusual meeting at a local café in Dakar. Diop, a young Senegalese engineer who was educated at one of Frances’s elite engineering grandes ‘ecoles in Lyon, was meeting with N’Diaye, a model factory worker to whom other workers from his tribe often turned when there were personal or professional difficulties. N’Diaye was a chief’s son, but he didn’t belong to the union and he was not an official representative of any group within the factory.
Socometal is a metal container and can company. While multinational, this particular plant is a joint venture wherein 52 percent is owned by the French parent company and 48 percent is Senegalese. Over the last twenty years Socometal has grown in size from 150 to 800 employees and it has returns of about 400 million FCFA (African francs) or $144 million. The firm is often held up as a model in terms of its Africanization of management policies, whereby most managers are now West African with only 8-10 top managers coming from France.
During the meeting N’Diaye asked Diop if he would accept an agreement to pay each worker for two extra hours in exchange for a 30 percent increase in daily production levels. If so, N’Diaye would the guarantor for this target production level that would enable the company to meet the order in the shortest time period. “If you accept my offer,” he said with a smile, “we could even produce more. We are at 12,000 (units) a day, but we’ve never been confronted with this situation. I would never have made this proposal to Mr. Bernard but, if you agree today, I will see that the 20,000 (unit) level is reached as of tomorrow evening. I’ll ask each worker to find ways of going faster, to communicate this to the others and to help each other if they have problems…”
Mr. Olivier Bernard, a graduate of Ecole Centrale in Paris (one of Frances’s more prestigious engineering schools), was the French production manager, and Diop was the assistant production manager. Mr. Bernard was about 40 and had not succeeded at climbing the hierarchal ladder in the parent company. Some report that this was due to his tendency to be arrogant, uncommunicative and negative. His family lived in a very nice neighborhood in Marseille, and it was his practice to come to Dakar, precisely organize the work using various flowcharts, tell Diop exactly what was expected by a certain date and then return to France for periods of two to six weeks. This time he maintained that he had contracted a virus and needed to return for medical treatment.
Shortly before Mr. Bernard fell ill, Socometal agreed to a contract requiring them to reach in short time a volume of production never before achieved. Mr. Bernard, after having done a quick calculation, declared, “We’ll never get that from our workers--- c’est impossible!” After organizing as best he could, he left for Marseille.
Diop pondered what N’Diaye had propos.
Sociology and General Education [1964]By Robert Bierstedt.docxjensgosney
Sociology and General Education:
[1964]
By Robert Bierstedt
Sociology has many uses that are alike unsung and unappreciated. Some of these uses pertain not to its function as an instrument in the acquisition of knowledge but to a rather different kind of function—its function in the course and process of education. I am inclined to think in fact, as I hope the following remarks will show, that sociology is one of the most valuable of all of the disciplines in the university curriculum and that one of its most distinctive virtues lies precisely and centrally in the realm of general education.
Those of us who are engaged in the sociological enterprise ourselves tend to think—perhaps inevitably—that sociology is for sociologists, or at least for those who want to become sociologists. In our colleges and universities, however, we teach sociology to many more than these. It has been estimated that only two per cent of undergraduate students major in sociology and that only three per cent of this statistically small figure go on to do graduate work in sociology. The vast majority, in short, study sociology with no vocational or professional purpose. They appear in our undergraduate classes and study our introductory texts either because sociology is required as a supplementary subject in a closely related curriculum or because it satisfies a social science requirement in a curriculum for which another science would do equally well. There are those in addition, we may suppose and hope, who study sociology without being required to do so because it satisfies some wayward or vagrant curiosity of their own, because it stimulates an intellectual interest, because it has its own intrinsic fascination. This paper examines some of the educational and cultural advantages that sociology has to offer these other groups of students, particularly the last, comprised of those who have no intention of making a career in the field and who have no professional requirement to satisfy. I propose to show, in short, that sociology has an important role to play in general education, a role that is wholly commensurate with and sometimes even superior to the roles played by such older disciplines as history, literature, and philosophy. I shall maintain that sociology has many virtues that contribute to the cultivation of the intellect and that it merits a high rank. therefore, among the liberal arts and sciences.
The Liberated Mind:
The first of the educational virtues of sociology is that, like all al the liberal arts, it liberates the student from the provincialism of time, place, and circumstance. One of the great disabilities al those who have been denied the benefits of education is their parochialism, their attachment to the narrow corner of earth wherein they dwell. These are the people—and unfortunately they are the vast majority of mankind—who retain throughout their lives a primitive loyalty to their initial culture. For the uneducated t1 initial culture .
Socioautobiography Assignment GuidelinesThe purpose of this assign.docxjensgosney
Socioautobiography Assignment Guidelines
The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to apply the sociological imagination to your everyday life: to make connections between your everyday life and the broad sociocultural structures within which you live. In this assignment, you will reference appropriate Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) that relate to your socioautobiography. You can find the TCOs in this course listed in the Syllabus and in the weekly objectives. This assignment can be related to any and all of the TCOs.
The Socioautobiography is a reflective paper that allows you the opportunity to explore the interconnections between biography (a slice of your life), the social structure, and culture. In preparation for this paper, please read this document, Socioautobiography Assignment Guideline boldface and underlined. At the end of the paragraph where a concept is used, indicate which TCOs your sociological concept refers. This should be done using parenthetical citation. An example of how to do this is provided below.
The final paper will be due at the end of Week 5. It should be three- to four-pages in length and may be in any format you choose. Feel free to get creative. You may choose to do a standard APA style paper or you can do your socioautobiography as a news story, movie review of your life, letter home to family, obituary, poem, lyrics, dialogue, old time radio program, or Shakespearean play whatever format you choose. Be sure to identify your format, double-space your paper, and correctly use a minimum of six sociological concepts covered in the weekly readings or lecture. Your six concepts should be in boldface and underlined. Consider the following example:
As I think about my college experience, because of my lack of English language skills, I realized that I was at a disadvantage with other students who were from upper-middle-class suburbs. I grew up in a farming community and, while there was the expectation that farm kids were going off to college, the community’s educational policy was based on the idea that farm kids would take over the family farm. As such, learning proper academic language was not a high priority (TCO 5 and TCO 9).
Note how, in this mini-socioautobiography, there are references to social class, education, and place of residence.Below are guidelines to follow as you work on your socioautobiography assignment.
· Papers should contain 3-to 4-pages of text, double-spaced (this does not include the title page).
· Refer to and properly use at least six sociological concepts covered in the lectures or textbook reading.
· Underline andboldface these concepts.
· Connect your concepts to the TCOs. Indicate the TCOs covered in parentheses, as demonstrated in the assignment instructions.
· Cite the textbook and/or lecture for the concepts and the Syllabus or course objectives for the TCOs in addition to any outside source material used both I body and on your reference page.
Grading:
Comp.
SOCIOLOGY 498Senior Seminar in SociologyAnnotated Bibliograp.docxjensgosney
SOCIOLOGY 498
Senior Seminar in Sociology
Annotated Bibliography (25 points):
Due no later than 11:55p ET on October 9, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this step is to analyze the relationship(s) between your sources and between your sources and your research question. This will be building on the critical reading done on 1 article completed during the last step.
For each source, briefly summarize what evidence it provides to answer your research question. (this may build on the relevance of the source, but it should not be an exact copy of that cell).
For 15 sources (12 of which should be peer-reviewed articles), analyze that source in comparison to another one of your sources. This could be based on type of methodology used, size of sample, hypothesis, findings, how variables are measured, etc. If you analyze Source 1 in comparison to Source 2, then your Source 2 analysis should be compared to a source other than Source 1. Keep in mind all analysis should relate back to your research question.
Source 1
Source 2
Etc.
Source Title
APA-formatted citation for source
Relevance of source to Research Q
2-3 sentence description of source
Main Research Question
Hypotheses
Methodology (quantitative vs qualitative, etc)
Independent variable(s)
Dependent variable(s)
Key Findings
Strengths
Weaknesses
Critically evaluate the content for accuracy, bias and coverage
Analysis of source as it helps to answer your question
Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast)
Grading: This assignment will be graded based on completion of all of the requirements.
Annotated Bibliography Grading Rubric (100 pts max.):
Point Value
Total Possible
Research Question
2.5 pts x 1
2.5
Source Title
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
APA-formatted citation for source
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Relevance of source to Research Q
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
2-3 sentence description of source
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Main Research Question
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Hypotheses
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Methodology (quantitative vs qualitative, etc)
1 pt x 15 sources
15
Independent variable(s)
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Dependent variable(s)
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Key Findings
.75 pts x 15 sources
11.25
Strengths
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Weaknesses
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Critically evaluate the content for accuracy, bias and coverage
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Analysis of source as it helps to answer your question
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast)
1 pt x 15 sources
15
100
SOCIOLOGY 498
Senior Seminar in Sociology
Critique of One Peer-Reviewed Article (25 points):
Due no later than 11:55p ET on October 2, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to critically read a peer-reviewed article relevant to your research question. You will be providing a sociological summary, analysis and critique. You should write it with intent to incorporate it into your paper, and to start to establish how .
Socially induced and rapid increases in aggression are inversely r.docxjensgosney
Socially induced and rapid increases in aggression are inversely related to brain aromatase activity in a sex-changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli
This paper investigates a social trigger for rapid changes in sexual phenotype and its effect on AA and behavior. The paper analyses the effect of a changing social environment on aggressive behavior and brain aromatase activity (bAA) in a sex-changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. Aromatase is responsible for the conversion of androgen or testosterone into estradiol. It can modulate behavior in adult birds and mammals.
When males were removed from the group, aggression in females was increased. These females had lower brain aromatase activity and similar gonadal aromatase activity. This aggressive behavior was inversely proportional to bAA. In this fish when males were removed, some behavioral and morphological modifications were produced which changed sexual phenotype from female to male.
The paper compared AA and behavior of females in the early stage of sex change to control females, established males, and recently sex changed fishes.
Materials
Fishes were collected from Catalina Island California and the experiment was carried out with 19 social groups. The groups were selected such that each group had one large male, one large female which was smaller than the male and two females smaller than the large female. They were kept for five days so that they adjust to new social condition. The observation on female behavior was observed on forth day for 10 minutes. This was done both in the morning as well as in the afternoon. The behavior was recorded in the form of jerks, approaches and displacements. Displacements are ritualized aggression defined as moving within 5 cm of another fish and resulting in that fish moving away and jerks are male-typical courtship swims.
The groups were divided into four types mainly dominance phase, sex changed, control females and males. In dominance phase males were removed in the morning on the fifth day and a female’s behavior was observed for 10 min, 10 min in the afternoon and 10 min in the morning the next day. They sacrificed large female groups after any of these three observation periods.
All dominance phase fishes had been sacrificed after the third observation period. The time was recorded and female tissue was frozen. The dominance phase fishes are at an early stage in the sex change process.
In sex-changed groups, the male was also removed on the fifth day and the large female was allowed to fully change sex. Once the sex changer fertilized eggs as a male, it was sacrificed.
In control female groups, the male remained in the group and the large female was sacrificed at the same time as in the sex changer groups. The sex changer and control groups were paired two by two before experiments began and the large females in these groups were sacrificed in parallel on the same days.
Six males that had remained in control groups were also sampled at the same time as con.
SOCIAL WORK.
NAME:
COURSE:
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REGISTRATION NUMBER:
Since I am seeking after a masters in Social Work, I can let you know my purpose behind picking social work as a calling. I was brought up in a solitary guardian home and I thus brought up four youngsters as a solitary guardian. I didn't have the outside help and direction that I expected to help me in this battle. To be included in Social Work will give me the chance to (single folks be effective at child rearing) and improving life for their youngsters and for themselves. ( I dont Know what that means) My own backgrounds would be an assest and an incredible instrument for me to use in drilling and managing. I truly don't believe that anybody ought to pick Social Work as a calling on the off chance that they don't have at the top of the priority list of helping people.I would say that the vast majority who enter the social work calling are roused by the yearning to help other people and also the craving to change their reality. Social workers have a hard occupation and we all know they aren't paid exceptionally well. Positively anybody wanting this calling would be occupied with helping other people as opposed to profiting. Social workers are regularly the bleeding edge for shielding kids and families from damage. They have an extraordinary chance to produce change. Social workers can ensure those in a bad position and set them on a superior way. They can incredibly impact the new way that somebody is sent down, particularly on account of youthful youngsters.
Alongside the sympathy and longing to help other people that have been said, some social workers are miserably optimistic and place exertion into attempting to improve their fantasies of a world get to be reality. Their vitality is incompletely taking into account their trust that they can accomplish something to offer the world some assistance with becoming a superior spot - notwithstanding everybody, at any rate for the general population they serve in their specific limit inside of the social work field of endeavor.Social work, to my psyche, is about feeling a moral obligation regarding others. ( This is a personal narrative what is written here is not anything about me you used words like they and social workers This is about me this is not about an explanation ) In that sense, it is something that is, natural for a few and not to others. I have known a few individuals who perform social work, and they all have this in like manner: they are interminably persistent. To individuals who would prefer not to be aided, to give backing to individuals who are self-harming, to see for quite a while a line out the entryway of individuals who have no place else to turn, and to realize that you can't help everybody... it's a hard employment, and one that I couldn't do. I respect the individuals who settle on the cognizant decision to experience their lives in t.
SOCIAL WORK CASE STUDY. 3000WORDS HARVARD REFERENCING.Mrs Halim.docxjensgosney
SOCIAL WORK CASE STUDY. 3000WORDS HARVARD REFERENCING.
Mrs Halima Smith is 35 years old. Halima married Jonny Smith 14 years ago but the couple have been separated for three years now. Contact between them has stopped and Halima has no idea where Jonny is now.
When she married Jonny she fell out with her family who did not approve of their marriage. Halima described her childhood as generally happy and the breakdown in her relationship with her family caused her a great deal of pain. Halima has tried to rebuild relationships since separating from Jonny but her approaches have been rebuffed by her family.
Halima and Jonny have 3 young children. They are Gul (aged 11 years), Deeba (aged 6 years) and Max (aged 5 years).All are enrolled at the local school.
The past three years have been difficult for Halima and her children. Halima does not work and relies on state benefit for income. The family have moved from the rented home they shared with Jonny to a series of other rented accommodation. Halima does not feel very safe in the area they live in now, and she and her children regularly experience discriminatory attitudes based on their names and appearance. The type of accommodation available in their area is predominantly flats and the resident population is largely transitory. There are very few services available locally and the parade of shops where Halima does most of the family shopping is dominated by low cost food and clothing outlets. More recently ,Halima has perceived an increase in drug dealing and prostitution nearby.
Two months ago Halima started a new relationship with a man living nearby called Anthony (aged 54 years). She is enjoying feeling wanted and interesting again. Anthony is divorced with two adult children who he has little contact with but he says are living generally settled and contented lives .As neither Anthony nor Halima have very much disposable income, they spend time together during the day when the children are at school and increasingly in the evenings in Halima’s flat. Anthony believes Halima is too lenient with her children and has encouraged her to take a stricter approach in her parenting. He says they need to learn that life is hard and that they have to earn what they get. When visiting the flat he sometimes takes responsibility for setting and monitoring behavioural boundaries for the children. This has included shouting at them, depriving them of some access to television and grounding them to their bedroom. Halima is a little uncomfortable with this , but thinks that maybe Anthony is right , especially given his experience in parenting.
Today though Halima has a big problem. It is Gul’s birthday and she has tried very hard to prepare a celebration for Gul after school.Anthony has been very helpful and will be coming to the party.She wants to make It very special because she has been particularly concerned about a recent change in the appearance and behaviour of Gul. Gul has .
Social Psychology DB3NameClassDateProfes.docxjensgosney
Social Psychology DB3
Name
Class
Date
Professor
Social Psychology DB3
The term mob mentality refers to similar pattern of behavior or thought by a group of people. The biggest factor of mob mentality is the need for people in a large group to conform or to yield to the pressure of peer pressure. People have a desire to belong which leads to a similarity in behavior and thoughts. The dynamics of the mob mentality are a group of people coming together and conforming to match their behavior to the behavior of others in the group. The word mob can be misleading because the mob mentality does not always lead to an angry group of people.
According to Paul Torrens () crowds are complex, adaptive systems that may seem chaotic but have an underlying order. There will be situations where the underlying mood of the mob or group can lead to more aggressive type behavior. For example if influential members of the mob are angry or frustrated these feelings could trickle down to the rest of the group resulting in an angry and frustrated mob. The human interactions of the group are influenced by their environment as well as the behaviors of other humans in the group.
Members of the group are impacted by both verbal and nonverbal behaviors. When feelings of anger or panic spread through the group it can create one mentality leading to mob behavior. The opposite of this is the benefits of the mob mentality. When the mob is displaying positive behaviors and thoughts this mentality can be a good thing (Mask, 2013). For example if the mob is focused on education or making improvements in society then mob mentality is a good thing. It does not always have to be negative or result in negative consequences.
People succumb to the mob mentality because it easier to fit in than it is to stand out of a crowd. The mob mentality is the result of people in the group thinking or acting in a similar way which causes more people to believe this thought is correct and to embrace these thoughts or behaviors. If this many people believe the same thing it must be right. The mob mentality can consist of a small group with similar behavior and thoughts or it can encompass and entire society. If the ideas and actions of the group are positive then the mob mentality is good but if this mentality leads to negative behaviors it is not.
References
Mask, M. (2014). Mob Mentality Psychology and Crisis Investing. Retrieved September 3, 2014
from http://contrarianville.com/mob-mentality-psychology-crisis-investing/
Torrens, P. (2009). A Crowded World: Scientists Study Collective Psychology. Retrieved
September 3, 2014 from http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/04/28/a-crowded
Social Psychology IP3
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Social Networking
Social networking is engaging on a site designed for social relations amongst the people that have a shared interest and social connections. Most commonly social networking sites.
Structured DebateBased on the required readings, lecture mater.docxjensgosney
Structured Debate
Based on the required readings, lecture materials, scenario, and video for Week 4, you will turn in a word processing document with the following elements:
Lectures: The Landscape of Intelligence / Interagency Interest / Doing Structured Debate/ Challenge Analysis
1.A cover sheet.
2. A well-structured, written argument of no less than
three full pages
explicitly presenting:
a. Your key assumptions,
b. Your key pieces of evidence
c. And a careful articulation of the logic behind your methods.
APA Format and 2 References needed
.
Software Test DocumentCard Czar Android AppCMSC .docxjensgosney
Software Test Document
Card Czar Android App
CMSC 495
Group 2 Final Project
Kenneth Mikkalson
Alton Hinton
Shawn Henson
Sarah Holley
Tara Lawson
Richard Wysong
Table of Contents
1.0 Test plan identifier 4
2.0 Introduction 4
2.1 Objectives 4
2.2 Background 4
2.3 Scope 4
2.3.1 In Scope 4
2.3.2 Out of Scope 6
2.4 References 6
2.5 Roles and Responsibilities 6
2.5.1 Developer 6
2.5.2 Test Team Member 6
2.5.3 Test Lead 6
2.6 Definitions 7
2.7 Suspension Criteria and Resumption 7
2.8 Pass/Fail criteria 7
2.9 Testing Resources 7
3.0 Methodology 8
3.1 Overview 8
3.2 Unit Testing 8
3.3 Integration Testing 8
3.4 Final Delivery Testing 9
3.5 Bug Regression 9
3.6 Test Complete Criteria 9
3.7 Test Deliverables 9
4.0 Bug Tracking & Reporting 10
4.1 Bug Reporting 10
4.2Assigning Labels 10
5. Approvals 11
List of Figures
Figure 1: GitHub Issue Form10
List of Appendix
Appendix A
Appendix B
1.0 Test plan identifier
CMS-02142.0 Introduction2.1 Objectives
The system test plan for the Card Czar Android Application will support the following objectives:
1. Identify responsible persons for quality assurance, test management and testing tasks
2. Define the test plan and testing methods involved
3. Identify resource information for test plan development 2.2 Background
The Card Czar Android application is a spin-off of the popular board game Apples to Apples. The purpose of the software test plan is to identify key aspects of software verification and requirements validation. Comment by Admin: Based on project plan comments maybe we should provide a short synopsis of how the game/app will work?
The Card Czar is an android application multiplayer card game that can deliver hours of fun. It allows a user to create a new game room and invite friends to play with them. For a game to begin there must be at least 3 players. Once a game is started each player is dealt at random a hand of response cards that will contain a noun (or response) on them. After all players are given the response cards a dealer will be randomly chosen to start the game. The dealer (card baron) will draw a bait card that consists of an adjective (or other text to be responded to). Each player then selects from their cards a noun that they think the dealer will choose as the best response to the question. Once all responses are received the dealer (Card Baron) then picks the answer they like the best and the player whose response it was gets a point and becomes the dealer (Card Baron) for the next round. This continues until a player has reached 5 points and becomes the winner (the Card Czar).
Maximum players: 6
Minimum players: 3
Bait cards: (Adjective/Question Options)
Response cards: (Noun/Answer Options)2.3 Scope
2.3.1 In Scope
The Card Czar Test Plan defines the unit, integration and acceptance testing. The test plan will include the following:
1. Testing of all interfaces between Android application modules
2. Testing of all quality requirements
3. Security test.
Software Training ProgramABC Company has 50,000 employees and wa.docxjensgosney
Software Training Program
ABC Company has 50,000 employees and wants to increase employee productivity by setting
up an internal software applications training program. The training program will teach employees how to use Microsoft software programs such as Vista, Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Access 2010, and Project 2010. Courses will be offered in the evenings and
on Saturdays and taught by qualified volunteer employees. Instructors will be paid $40 per
hour. In the past, employees were sent to courses offered by local vendors during company
time. In contrast, this internal training program should save the company money on training
as well as make people more productive. The Human Resources department will manage the
program, and any employee can take the courses. Employees will receive a certificate for completing
courses, and a copy will be put in their personnel files. The company is not sure which
vendor's off-the-shelf training materials to use. The company needs to set up a training classroom,
survey employees on desired courses, find qualified volunteer instructors, and start offering
courses. The company wants to offer the first courses within six months. One person
from Human Resources is assigned full time to manage this project, and top management has
pledged its support.
1. Project Scope Management
Create a WBS for this project and enter the tasks in Project 201 0. Create milestones
and summary tasks. Assume that some of the project management tasks you need
to do are similar to tasks from the Project Tracking Database example. Some of the
tasks specific to this project will be to:
a. Review off-the-shelf training materials from three major vendors and decide
which materials to use.
b. Negotiate a contract with the selected vendor for its materials.
c. Develop communications information about this new training program. Disseminate
the information via department meetings, e-mail, the company's intranet,
and flyers to all employees.
d. Create a survey to determine the number and type of courses needed and
employees' preferred times for taking courses.
e. Administer the survey.
f. Solicit qualified volunteers to teach the courses.
g.
h.
Review resumes, interview candidates for teaching the courses, and develop a
list of preferred instructors.
Coordinate with the Facilities department to build two classrooms with 20 personal
computers each, a teacher station, and an overhead projection system
(assume that Facilities will manage this part of the project).
i. Schedule courses.
j. Develop a fair system for signing up for classes.
k. Develop a course evaluation form to assess the usefulness of each course and
the instructor's teaching ability.
I. Offer classes.
2. Project Time Management
a. Enter realistic durations for each task and then link appropriate tasks. Be sure
that all tasks are linked in some fashion to the start and end of the project. Use
the Project Tracking Database as an example. Assume that you have six mont.
Soft skills are most often characterized as the personal attribu.docxjensgosney
Soft skills are most often characterized as the personal attributes that make up the interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of an individual. Soft skills can include attitude, manners, social skills, the ability to communicate, listen, delegate, resolve conflicts, work as a team player, adapt to change, and work hard.
The term “soft skills” is not an indication on their importance; in fact, it can be argued that soft skills are more important to character and success you might achieve. Soft skills are compared to, and more specifically complement, a person’s “hard skills” which are the specific skills required for a job. For example, the soft skills necessary for a leader in an organization would be vision, social skills, emotional intelligence, empathy, work ethic, communication, and flexibility while the hard skills would be execution, organization, knowledge of computer programs, a second language, planning, coordinating and a thorough understanding of the organization’s policies and procedures.
In the previous section, many soft skills have already been discussed. You practice a variety of soft skills every day as a matter of fact. They occur so naturally you may not even notice them or have never spent time to realize strengths that you regularly exhibit. Identifying your soft skills will give you talking point in interviews and in promotion discussions, as well as give you new goals and areas to improve upon.
Critical Soft Skills
The following is a list of primary soft skills that just about every employer is looking for from their staff. It is no means inclusive as soft skills refer to an often intangible set of abilities that to some degree are engrained in everyone. While the primary soft skills are generally agreed upon as important in any job capacity, there are countless others that are deemed imperative as well (See Module 3: Personal and Career Evaluation). Depending on the job or function you are performing, these may be just as imperative as the ones listed below but not as universal. Review the following and determine which areas are personal strengths and which are areas in need of improvement.
· Communication. Communication permeates just about every aspect of both personal and professional endeavors. It is associated with active listening, comprehension, and clear expression of thoughts and ideas. It includes oral, written, and non-verbal types. To improve your communication skills, focus on both what you are saying and how you are saying it, and always remember that receiving information is just as crucial as providing it so practice active listening instead of just thinking of what to say next.
· A Good Work Ethic. Your work ethic is the sum of your attitude, actions, and guiding values. It is how company leadership knows that you are trustworthy and have the best interests of the organization at heart. A good work ethic is demonstrated through your decisive behavior, motivation, and dedication. You cannot .
Software Design Specification Document (SDD) By Da.docxjensgosney
Software Design Specification Document (SDD)
By David M. Jones
November 16, 2014
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1 Purpose ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.2 Scope …………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
1.3 Definitions and acronyms …………………………………………………………… 1
2. References ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
3. Decomposition description ………………………………………………………………………. 2
3.1 Module decomposition ……………………………………………………………… 3
3.2 Concurrent process decomposition ………………….………………………. 9
3.3 Data decomposition ………………………………………………………………… 10
4 Dependency description …………………………………………………………………………. 11
4.1 Intermodule dependencies ……………………………………………………… 13
4.2 Interprocess dependencies ……………………………………………………… 14
4.3 Data dependencies ………………………………………………………………….. 15
5. Interface description …………………………………………………………………….………… 16
5.1 Module description …………………………………………………………….……. 16
5.2 Process description ………………………………………………………………….. 24
6. Detailed design ……………………………………………………………………………….….….. 25
6.1 Module detailed design ………………………………………………….………. 25
6.2 Data detailed design ……………………………………………………….….…… 30
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
This document’s purpose is to document the set of requirements for the development of a software
management system for a bed and breakfast operation. It describes how reservations and financial
transactions are made. It also specifies the human to computer graphical user interface screens.
1.2 Scope
This Bed and Breakfast Management System enables a the automated operation of a 3 bedroom bed and
breakfast business. Customers can call the Bed and Breakfast reservation phone number and give desired
reservation dates. A staff member can check the available and give the daily price rate for each room. The
customer can provide a reservation guarantee date. The guest reservation information will be entered by
the staff member while the customer is on the phone. After the stay, there is a check out process.
Additionally the owner can generate a profit report to monitor the financial status of the operation.
1.3 Definitions
a. BBMS – Bed and Breakfast Management System
b. Reservation – A room assigned to a guest stay for a specific date range
c. Guarantee – Financial contract between the management of the bed and breakfast and a guest that
a room reservation will be available to the guest
d. Workflow – Sequential steps needed to accomplish a task
e. Domain Object – A computer entity that holds information for a given function
f. User interface – A computer graphical element that enables the user to interact with the software
g. GUI – Graphical User Interface which the method by which the user interacts with the BBMS
2. References
IEEE. Std 1016-1998 IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions. IEEE Computer Society,
1998.
3. Decomposition description
Entity Rel.
Software Engineering Capstone 1
SWE481: Software Engineering Capstone
Phase 2 IP Software Engineering Methodologies
July 21, 2014
Contents
3Phase 1 Project Outline
3Development Methodology
4Phase 2 Software Production
4Requirements
5Design
6Application Architecture
7Music Player Main Screen
8Class Diagram
9Use Case Diagram
10Phase 3 Rapid Development (TBD)
11Phase 4 Project Scheduling (TBD)
12Phase 5 Project Risks (TBD)
13References
Phase 1 Project Outline
The project that our team is proposing is that of a mobile music application. This application will be a front end application that uses already in place internet services. The project involves. The mobile will contain free listening for radio and a paid listening subscription for user selected content. The application will be multiplatform based and be useable on iOS, Android, Windows 8.x. The application will also be integrated with social media sites such as Facebook and Google +, to name a few. There will be 6 phases for this project to include the following;
1. Pilot Application
2. Radio module
3. Subscription module
4. Social Media Module
5. Project CloseDevelopment Methodology
The development methodology will be that of Iterative/Incremental that allows for breaking up the project into small digestible chunks and is easy to understand. This method is similar to making small waterfalls out of each iteration of the software. This method allows for quick testing and customer feedback. This is best suited for small teams that support parallel coding and testing which will be used in this project. The ability to release the product in 90 to 120 days below budget is planned.Phase 2 Software Production
Requirements
The requirements gathering sessions will be completed by formal meetings, chat and email interaction. This will be done due to the various locations of the stakeholders and team members in this project. The original project inception and the requirements for the agreed upon project were gathered by email correspondence between the team members. The group leaded compiled a list of the initial requirements and this was discussed during a live chat meeting. The requirements are as follows;
· Initial pilot app (includes account creation)
· Player Module to include equalizer module ( Includes 5 bans of equalization)
· Radio module (search for music interest)
· Subscription module (create playlists, add music to library)
· Social media module
· Project close
· Application will operate across multiple platforms (Supports iOS, Android, Windows 8.x)
· Paid subscription for direct listening
· Free listening for radio playlists
· App will use backend services already exist from current website
· App will integrate into existing backend services
The first 5 requirements are functional requirements and the remaining 7 requirements are non functional requirements. The functional re.
Strength–Based Approaches Paper
Covering
Displaced Homemakers
People over 60
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All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way.
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The learning team selected a special population from those listed in University of Phoenix Material: Strength-Based Approaches and included the following topics:
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Problems faced by special populations in society
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Strengths of these special populations and how those strengths can enhance individual and community empowerment
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Combining Western healing approaches with traditional indigenous healing approaches to enhance solutions for the individual and community
The content is comprehensive and accurate.
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Sociology Project
CLASSROOM “COMPARATIVE CULTURE” STUDY
Write an essay comparing / contrasting the classroom culture of three
different teachers (Do not use actual names – substitute “Teacher A”, etc.)
A. Describe the class as a culture. Include:
· General atmosphere of class
· Seating patterns (e.g., students sitting toward back, male/female division, etc.)
· Rules – formal and informal
· Teacher’s mannerisms, attitude, teaching method / style.
B. Assess student comfortability and productivity in each setting.
C. As you write the essay, attempt to determine whether classroom culture has an impact on students’ lives / attitudes and, if so, what that impact might be.
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Socometal Rewarding African WorkersBy Evalde Mutabazi and C. B.docxjensgosney
Socometal: Rewarding African Workers
By: Evalde Mutabazi and C. Brooklyn Derr
It was a most unusual meeting at a local café in Dakar. Diop, a young Senegalese engineer who was educated at one of Frances’s elite engineering grandes ‘ecoles in Lyon, was meeting with N’Diaye, a model factory worker to whom other workers from his tribe often turned when there were personal or professional difficulties. N’Diaye was a chief’s son, but he didn’t belong to the union and he was not an official representative of any group within the factory.
Socometal is a metal container and can company. While multinational, this particular plant is a joint venture wherein 52 percent is owned by the French parent company and 48 percent is Senegalese. Over the last twenty years Socometal has grown in size from 150 to 800 employees and it has returns of about 400 million FCFA (African francs) or $144 million. The firm is often held up as a model in terms of its Africanization of management policies, whereby most managers are now West African with only 8-10 top managers coming from France.
During the meeting N’Diaye asked Diop if he would accept an agreement to pay each worker for two extra hours in exchange for a 30 percent increase in daily production levels. If so, N’Diaye would the guarantor for this target production level that would enable the company to meet the order in the shortest time period. “If you accept my offer,” he said with a smile, “we could even produce more. We are at 12,000 (units) a day, but we’ve never been confronted with this situation. I would never have made this proposal to Mr. Bernard but, if you agree today, I will see that the 20,000 (unit) level is reached as of tomorrow evening. I’ll ask each worker to find ways of going faster, to communicate this to the others and to help each other if they have problems…”
Mr. Olivier Bernard, a graduate of Ecole Centrale in Paris (one of Frances’s more prestigious engineering schools), was the French production manager, and Diop was the assistant production manager. Mr. Bernard was about 40 and had not succeeded at climbing the hierarchal ladder in the parent company. Some report that this was due to his tendency to be arrogant, uncommunicative and negative. His family lived in a very nice neighborhood in Marseille, and it was his practice to come to Dakar, precisely organize the work using various flowcharts, tell Diop exactly what was expected by a certain date and then return to France for periods of two to six weeks. This time he maintained that he had contracted a virus and needed to return for medical treatment.
Shortly before Mr. Bernard fell ill, Socometal agreed to a contract requiring them to reach in short time a volume of production never before achieved. Mr. Bernard, after having done a quick calculation, declared, “We’ll never get that from our workers--- c’est impossible!” After organizing as best he could, he left for Marseille.
Diop pondered what N’Diaye had propos.
Sociology and General Education [1964]By Robert Bierstedt.docxjensgosney
Sociology and General Education:
[1964]
By Robert Bierstedt
Sociology has many uses that are alike unsung and unappreciated. Some of these uses pertain not to its function as an instrument in the acquisition of knowledge but to a rather different kind of function—its function in the course and process of education. I am inclined to think in fact, as I hope the following remarks will show, that sociology is one of the most valuable of all of the disciplines in the university curriculum and that one of its most distinctive virtues lies precisely and centrally in the realm of general education.
Those of us who are engaged in the sociological enterprise ourselves tend to think—perhaps inevitably—that sociology is for sociologists, or at least for those who want to become sociologists. In our colleges and universities, however, we teach sociology to many more than these. It has been estimated that only two per cent of undergraduate students major in sociology and that only three per cent of this statistically small figure go on to do graduate work in sociology. The vast majority, in short, study sociology with no vocational or professional purpose. They appear in our undergraduate classes and study our introductory texts either because sociology is required as a supplementary subject in a closely related curriculum or because it satisfies a social science requirement in a curriculum for which another science would do equally well. There are those in addition, we may suppose and hope, who study sociology without being required to do so because it satisfies some wayward or vagrant curiosity of their own, because it stimulates an intellectual interest, because it has its own intrinsic fascination. This paper examines some of the educational and cultural advantages that sociology has to offer these other groups of students, particularly the last, comprised of those who have no intention of making a career in the field and who have no professional requirement to satisfy. I propose to show, in short, that sociology has an important role to play in general education, a role that is wholly commensurate with and sometimes even superior to the roles played by such older disciplines as history, literature, and philosophy. I shall maintain that sociology has many virtues that contribute to the cultivation of the intellect and that it merits a high rank. therefore, among the liberal arts and sciences.
The Liberated Mind:
The first of the educational virtues of sociology is that, like all al the liberal arts, it liberates the student from the provincialism of time, place, and circumstance. One of the great disabilities al those who have been denied the benefits of education is their parochialism, their attachment to the narrow corner of earth wherein they dwell. These are the people—and unfortunately they are the vast majority of mankind—who retain throughout their lives a primitive loyalty to their initial culture. For the uneducated t1 initial culture .
Socioautobiography Assignment GuidelinesThe purpose of this assign.docxjensgosney
Socioautobiography Assignment Guidelines
The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to apply the sociological imagination to your everyday life: to make connections between your everyday life and the broad sociocultural structures within which you live. In this assignment, you will reference appropriate Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) that relate to your socioautobiography. You can find the TCOs in this course listed in the Syllabus and in the weekly objectives. This assignment can be related to any and all of the TCOs.
The Socioautobiography is a reflective paper that allows you the opportunity to explore the interconnections between biography (a slice of your life), the social structure, and culture. In preparation for this paper, please read this document, Socioautobiography Assignment Guideline boldface and underlined. At the end of the paragraph where a concept is used, indicate which TCOs your sociological concept refers. This should be done using parenthetical citation. An example of how to do this is provided below.
The final paper will be due at the end of Week 5. It should be three- to four-pages in length and may be in any format you choose. Feel free to get creative. You may choose to do a standard APA style paper or you can do your socioautobiography as a news story, movie review of your life, letter home to family, obituary, poem, lyrics, dialogue, old time radio program, or Shakespearean play whatever format you choose. Be sure to identify your format, double-space your paper, and correctly use a minimum of six sociological concepts covered in the weekly readings or lecture. Your six concepts should be in boldface and underlined. Consider the following example:
As I think about my college experience, because of my lack of English language skills, I realized that I was at a disadvantage with other students who were from upper-middle-class suburbs. I grew up in a farming community and, while there was the expectation that farm kids were going off to college, the community’s educational policy was based on the idea that farm kids would take over the family farm. As such, learning proper academic language was not a high priority (TCO 5 and TCO 9).
Note how, in this mini-socioautobiography, there are references to social class, education, and place of residence.Below are guidelines to follow as you work on your socioautobiography assignment.
· Papers should contain 3-to 4-pages of text, double-spaced (this does not include the title page).
· Refer to and properly use at least six sociological concepts covered in the lectures or textbook reading.
· Underline andboldface these concepts.
· Connect your concepts to the TCOs. Indicate the TCOs covered in parentheses, as demonstrated in the assignment instructions.
· Cite the textbook and/or lecture for the concepts and the Syllabus or course objectives for the TCOs in addition to any outside source material used both I body and on your reference page.
Grading:
Comp.
SOCIOLOGY 498Senior Seminar in SociologyAnnotated Bibliograp.docxjensgosney
SOCIOLOGY 498
Senior Seminar in Sociology
Annotated Bibliography (25 points):
Due no later than 11:55p ET on October 9, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this step is to analyze the relationship(s) between your sources and between your sources and your research question. This will be building on the critical reading done on 1 article completed during the last step.
For each source, briefly summarize what evidence it provides to answer your research question. (this may build on the relevance of the source, but it should not be an exact copy of that cell).
For 15 sources (12 of which should be peer-reviewed articles), analyze that source in comparison to another one of your sources. This could be based on type of methodology used, size of sample, hypothesis, findings, how variables are measured, etc. If you analyze Source 1 in comparison to Source 2, then your Source 2 analysis should be compared to a source other than Source 1. Keep in mind all analysis should relate back to your research question.
Source 1
Source 2
Etc.
Source Title
APA-formatted citation for source
Relevance of source to Research Q
2-3 sentence description of source
Main Research Question
Hypotheses
Methodology (quantitative vs qualitative, etc)
Independent variable(s)
Dependent variable(s)
Key Findings
Strengths
Weaknesses
Critically evaluate the content for accuracy, bias and coverage
Analysis of source as it helps to answer your question
Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast)
Grading: This assignment will be graded based on completion of all of the requirements.
Annotated Bibliography Grading Rubric (100 pts max.):
Point Value
Total Possible
Research Question
2.5 pts x 1
2.5
Source Title
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
APA-formatted citation for source
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Relevance of source to Research Q
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
2-3 sentence description of source
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Main Research Question
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Hypotheses
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Methodology (quantitative vs qualitative, etc)
1 pt x 15 sources
15
Independent variable(s)
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Dependent variable(s)
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Key Findings
.75 pts x 15 sources
11.25
Strengths
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Weaknesses
.5 pts x 15 sources
7.5
Critically evaluate the content for accuracy, bias and coverage
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Analysis of source as it helps to answer your question
.25 pts x 15 sources
3.75
Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast)
1 pt x 15 sources
15
100
SOCIOLOGY 498
Senior Seminar in Sociology
Critique of One Peer-Reviewed Article (25 points):
Due no later than 11:55p ET on October 2, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to critically read a peer-reviewed article relevant to your research question. You will be providing a sociological summary, analysis and critique. You should write it with intent to incorporate it into your paper, and to start to establish how .
Socially induced and rapid increases in aggression are inversely r.docxjensgosney
Socially induced and rapid increases in aggression are inversely related to brain aromatase activity in a sex-changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli
This paper investigates a social trigger for rapid changes in sexual phenotype and its effect on AA and behavior. The paper analyses the effect of a changing social environment on aggressive behavior and brain aromatase activity (bAA) in a sex-changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. Aromatase is responsible for the conversion of androgen or testosterone into estradiol. It can modulate behavior in adult birds and mammals.
When males were removed from the group, aggression in females was increased. These females had lower brain aromatase activity and similar gonadal aromatase activity. This aggressive behavior was inversely proportional to bAA. In this fish when males were removed, some behavioral and morphological modifications were produced which changed sexual phenotype from female to male.
The paper compared AA and behavior of females in the early stage of sex change to control females, established males, and recently sex changed fishes.
Materials
Fishes were collected from Catalina Island California and the experiment was carried out with 19 social groups. The groups were selected such that each group had one large male, one large female which was smaller than the male and two females smaller than the large female. They were kept for five days so that they adjust to new social condition. The observation on female behavior was observed on forth day for 10 minutes. This was done both in the morning as well as in the afternoon. The behavior was recorded in the form of jerks, approaches and displacements. Displacements are ritualized aggression defined as moving within 5 cm of another fish and resulting in that fish moving away and jerks are male-typical courtship swims.
The groups were divided into four types mainly dominance phase, sex changed, control females and males. In dominance phase males were removed in the morning on the fifth day and a female’s behavior was observed for 10 min, 10 min in the afternoon and 10 min in the morning the next day. They sacrificed large female groups after any of these three observation periods.
All dominance phase fishes had been sacrificed after the third observation period. The time was recorded and female tissue was frozen. The dominance phase fishes are at an early stage in the sex change process.
In sex-changed groups, the male was also removed on the fifth day and the large female was allowed to fully change sex. Once the sex changer fertilized eggs as a male, it was sacrificed.
In control female groups, the male remained in the group and the large female was sacrificed at the same time as in the sex changer groups. The sex changer and control groups were paired two by two before experiments began and the large females in these groups were sacrificed in parallel on the same days.
Six males that had remained in control groups were also sampled at the same time as con.
SOCIAL WORK.
NAME:
COURSE:
COURSE CODE:
REGISTRATION NUMBER:
Since I am seeking after a masters in Social Work, I can let you know my purpose behind picking social work as a calling. I was brought up in a solitary guardian home and I thus brought up four youngsters as a solitary guardian. I didn't have the outside help and direction that I expected to help me in this battle. To be included in Social Work will give me the chance to (single folks be effective at child rearing) and improving life for their youngsters and for themselves. ( I dont Know what that means) My own backgrounds would be an assest and an incredible instrument for me to use in drilling and managing. I truly don't believe that anybody ought to pick Social Work as a calling on the off chance that they don't have at the top of the priority list of helping people.I would say that the vast majority who enter the social work calling are roused by the yearning to help other people and also the craving to change their reality. Social workers have a hard occupation and we all know they aren't paid exceptionally well. Positively anybody wanting this calling would be occupied with helping other people as opposed to profiting. Social workers are regularly the bleeding edge for shielding kids and families from damage. They have an extraordinary chance to produce change. Social workers can ensure those in a bad position and set them on a superior way. They can incredibly impact the new way that somebody is sent down, particularly on account of youthful youngsters.
Alongside the sympathy and longing to help other people that have been said, some social workers are miserably optimistic and place exertion into attempting to improve their fantasies of a world get to be reality. Their vitality is incompletely taking into account their trust that they can accomplish something to offer the world some assistance with becoming a superior spot - notwithstanding everybody, at any rate for the general population they serve in their specific limit inside of the social work field of endeavor.Social work, to my psyche, is about feeling a moral obligation regarding others. ( This is a personal narrative what is written here is not anything about me you used words like they and social workers This is about me this is not about an explanation ) In that sense, it is something that is, natural for a few and not to others. I have known a few individuals who perform social work, and they all have this in like manner: they are interminably persistent. To individuals who would prefer not to be aided, to give backing to individuals who are self-harming, to see for quite a while a line out the entryway of individuals who have no place else to turn, and to realize that you can't help everybody... it's a hard employment, and one that I couldn't do. I respect the individuals who settle on the cognizant decision to experience their lives in t.
SOCIAL WORK CASE STUDY. 3000WORDS HARVARD REFERENCING.Mrs Halim.docxjensgosney
SOCIAL WORK CASE STUDY. 3000WORDS HARVARD REFERENCING.
Mrs Halima Smith is 35 years old. Halima married Jonny Smith 14 years ago but the couple have been separated for three years now. Contact between them has stopped and Halima has no idea where Jonny is now.
When she married Jonny she fell out with her family who did not approve of their marriage. Halima described her childhood as generally happy and the breakdown in her relationship with her family caused her a great deal of pain. Halima has tried to rebuild relationships since separating from Jonny but her approaches have been rebuffed by her family.
Halima and Jonny have 3 young children. They are Gul (aged 11 years), Deeba (aged 6 years) and Max (aged 5 years).All are enrolled at the local school.
The past three years have been difficult for Halima and her children. Halima does not work and relies on state benefit for income. The family have moved from the rented home they shared with Jonny to a series of other rented accommodation. Halima does not feel very safe in the area they live in now, and she and her children regularly experience discriminatory attitudes based on their names and appearance. The type of accommodation available in their area is predominantly flats and the resident population is largely transitory. There are very few services available locally and the parade of shops where Halima does most of the family shopping is dominated by low cost food and clothing outlets. More recently ,Halima has perceived an increase in drug dealing and prostitution nearby.
Two months ago Halima started a new relationship with a man living nearby called Anthony (aged 54 years). She is enjoying feeling wanted and interesting again. Anthony is divorced with two adult children who he has little contact with but he says are living generally settled and contented lives .As neither Anthony nor Halima have very much disposable income, they spend time together during the day when the children are at school and increasingly in the evenings in Halima’s flat. Anthony believes Halima is too lenient with her children and has encouraged her to take a stricter approach in her parenting. He says they need to learn that life is hard and that they have to earn what they get. When visiting the flat he sometimes takes responsibility for setting and monitoring behavioural boundaries for the children. This has included shouting at them, depriving them of some access to television and grounding them to their bedroom. Halima is a little uncomfortable with this , but thinks that maybe Anthony is right , especially given his experience in parenting.
Today though Halima has a big problem. It is Gul’s birthday and she has tried very hard to prepare a celebration for Gul after school.Anthony has been very helpful and will be coming to the party.She wants to make It very special because she has been particularly concerned about a recent change in the appearance and behaviour of Gul. Gul has .
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Social Psychology DB3
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Social Psychology DB3
The term mob mentality refers to similar pattern of behavior or thought by a group of people. The biggest factor of mob mentality is the need for people in a large group to conform or to yield to the pressure of peer pressure. People have a desire to belong which leads to a similarity in behavior and thoughts. The dynamics of the mob mentality are a group of people coming together and conforming to match their behavior to the behavior of others in the group. The word mob can be misleading because the mob mentality does not always lead to an angry group of people.
According to Paul Torrens () crowds are complex, adaptive systems that may seem chaotic but have an underlying order. There will be situations where the underlying mood of the mob or group can lead to more aggressive type behavior. For example if influential members of the mob are angry or frustrated these feelings could trickle down to the rest of the group resulting in an angry and frustrated mob. The human interactions of the group are influenced by their environment as well as the behaviors of other humans in the group.
Members of the group are impacted by both verbal and nonverbal behaviors. When feelings of anger or panic spread through the group it can create one mentality leading to mob behavior. The opposite of this is the benefits of the mob mentality. When the mob is displaying positive behaviors and thoughts this mentality can be a good thing (Mask, 2013). For example if the mob is focused on education or making improvements in society then mob mentality is a good thing. It does not always have to be negative or result in negative consequences.
People succumb to the mob mentality because it easier to fit in than it is to stand out of a crowd. The mob mentality is the result of people in the group thinking or acting in a similar way which causes more people to believe this thought is correct and to embrace these thoughts or behaviors. If this many people believe the same thing it must be right. The mob mentality can consist of a small group with similar behavior and thoughts or it can encompass and entire society. If the ideas and actions of the group are positive then the mob mentality is good but if this mentality leads to negative behaviors it is not.
References
Mask, M. (2014). Mob Mentality Psychology and Crisis Investing. Retrieved September 3, 2014
from http://contrarianville.com/mob-mentality-psychology-crisis-investing/
Torrens, P. (2009). A Crowded World: Scientists Study Collective Psychology. Retrieved
September 3, 2014 from http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/04/28/a-crowded
Social Psychology IP3
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Social Networking
Social networking is engaging on a site designed for social relations amongst the people that have a shared interest and social connections. Most commonly social networking sites.
1- This week I found the social class latter to be the most inte
1. 1-
This week I found the social class latter to be the most
interesting. The social class is divided up into six different
classes. The largest social class is made up of 34% of the
population and it is the lower middle class. I thought it was a
interesting how it states that the lower middle class can afford
to maintain a mainstream lifestyle but will struggle to do so.
This statement reminded me of how nowadays people are always
trying to keep up with the latest phones or even how much
social media affects everyday lifestyle. It honestly saddens me
that people care so much about what other people think that
they will go broke just to make it seem like they have it. In my
opinion it is the people from the lower middle class and under
who feels the need to want other to think they have more than
they actually do. I also found it interesting that people from the
capital class sometimes feels guilty for how much money they
have. It must be a hard thing to deal with, feeling guilty for
your success. Bill Gates have given more money to the poor and
medical research than anyone in history. I think its great to see
that someone as wealthy as Bill Gates still cares about the
people who are in need.
Henslin, James
"Mastering Sociology" 2014 pg 207-209
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Consequences of Social Class
The importance of social class is that it affects every aspect of
our lives – our health, family life, education, religion, politics,
2. and even out experiences with crime and the criminal justice
system (Henslin 2014). Henslin (2014) goes on to say that as
one goes up in the social class ladder their health improves as if
they go down the ladder in social class their health gets wors e.
Which makes a lot of sense that you feel like you are
accomplishing goals in life so your overall mood would improve
(Henslin 2014).
One part in our textbook I found interesting is how a man who
needs and could possibly benefit from medical or mental health
help and how he was just be released to be picked up by the
police in a day or two. That sounds so very familiar because I
hear similar stories from officers when I worked at CHP. A
person who is in poverty cannot afford medical insurance, hence
when they are talking to the county hospital all a doctor does is
give the medicine and send them on their way. A hospital can
not afford to house a person who has no means to pay. You
compare that to say anyone in this course and the resources we
have with school counselors someone is bound to be able to
give us more substantial help than that poor man is getting.
Also reading how politics relates to social class, I did not
understand this until I did further research in what each
political group believes. Henslin (2014) states the higher class
people tend to vote for Republican and that the government
should intervene in the economy to provide jobs and to make
citizens financially secure. I read another source that thought
this would help in the poverty discussion. I guess to really
understand what the government can do about jobs that they
may not be doing as well as some people might want them to be
would need more research.
Reference:
Henslin, J. M. (2014). Mastering Sociology. Pearson Upper
Saddle River, N.J.
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Social inequality affecting many cultures and societies. The
term social stratification is described by sociologists as the
division of large numbers of people into layers according to
their relative property, powder, and prestige; applies to both
nations and to people within a nation, society, or other group
(182). Social classes are defined by means of their relationship
to a social group, educational level, income class, amount of
wealth, and prestige. The three basic stratification structures
were identified: slavery, caste, and social class. I would like to
talk about stratification in the United States. Social class is a
good example of stratification to describe inequality in
America. Most Americans believe there are three class models –
the rich, middle class and the poor, but sociologist William
Thompson and Joseph Hickey proposed class systems with six
distinct social classes; the upper, corporate elite, upper middle,
traditional middle, lower middle, and working classes.
Upper class also referred to as the “blue bloods” for instance
the Roosevelt and Bush families. In the past, well-known upper-
class families are included while later are those who have
achieved a highly wealthy status in their lifetime. Corporate
elite is the high incomes and the potential for wealth from stock
options among them are top executives or CEOs who receive the
best financial compensation of all occupations in the US today.
Their income exceeds the combined income of 90% of
households in the U.S. On the other hand, the upper middle
class is composed of professionals who are highly educated and
some of them have master’s degree at least and have high
income. In this group, members usually have a great influence
on society because they are actively involved with professional
4. as well as personal networks. The middle-class term has been
found to be used to either define a group of managers and
professionals also referred to as upper middle class or those
have significant differences in occupation, educational level,
and income. Families occupying the center of American society
may be called middle-middle class. Those who are lying in the
middle of the socio-economic divisions are commonly where the
working class and the lower middle class meet. The lower
middle class is usually having less privilege compared to the
middle class. Individuals in this group are commonly working in
supporting occupations and rarely learned advanced degrees
through often they are bachelor’s degree holders. Working class
is used to symbolize individuals who are working at this level.
1 Henslin, J. M. (2014).
Mastering Sociology
. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
2“Social class in the US.”
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Social_class_in_the_US
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What I found interesting in this weeks readings was that about
slavery today. You would think that in todays society that
slavery doesn't exist it was something that only exists in our
history books. But unfortunately slavery still does exist today
maybe people don't think about it cause its not directly called
slavery but human trafficking. There are two different types of
human trafficking labor and sex trafficking. But I wanted to talk
5. about the sex trafficking. There is an article on CNN about sex
trafficking and how its the new American slavery. In this article
they are following one girls story her name is Sacharay (or
that's what she wanted to be known as for the article) she was
14 at the time. She didn't have friends and was often teased a lot
because of her dark skin. When she finally made a friend this
girl became her best friend and she could tell her anything. One
day Sacharay's best friend asked her if she wanted to skip
school so they did and they went to a barber shop and the best
friend introduced her to some guys. One of the guys in his 30's
took a liking to Sacharay. This guy started to buy her gifts, pay
her compliments and started to offer her advice on adolescence
stuff. She recalled "If me and my sister would be arguing, he'd
be like, 'you can't get into an argument with your sister like
that.' He was more like a dad, but then again we had sex, so it
wasn't. It was just in the communication and how he talked to
me." This is child rape. Anique Whitmore who is a forensic
psychologist in Atlanta stated that "subversive mix of romantic
love and parental care can create havoc in the mind of an
adolescent". Whitmore also stated "what we know about sex
crimes is that it's not about sexual pleasure. It's about control,"
said Whitmore. "what is similar to some of those girls that I
work with is their self-esteem or lack thereof. You either
become vulnerable to a man on the street or a man you meet in
school. You become vulnerable because you're looking for
attention." Sacharay's trafficker started to ask her for favors to
help him make some money. He asked her to have sex with
other guys and soon after it became more and more guys. He
would tell Sacharay he loved her for doing that and that made
her feel special. Soon she was having sex with about 40 men a
day she told her trafficker she was in pain and couldn't do it
anymore. That's when he grabbed a gun and told her she wasn't
going anywhere. Soon after Sacharay trafficker brought her and
another teen to Atlanta because he could get a higher price for
the girls about $32,000 a week. There has been studies done in
Atlanta about sex trafficking and just in Atlanta its a $290
6. million dollar industry. This is a big city with the busiest
airport and many hotels around. Where people fly in they are
looking for sex they found someone like Sacharay's trafficker
and go from there and then fly out later. So a lot of this people
aren't caught because they leave the same day on a plane.
Sacharay has her own tattoo now given to her by her human
trafficker its branding in away to let others know that she is his.
Her journey away from exploitation lead her to a nonprofit
organization called The Living Water Center. This organization
offered things that would have ever been available if she hadn't
gone to The Living Water Center and that is a GED and a job. "I
used to hate looking in the mirror at myself," said Scaharay. "I
still struggle, but I can say I'm stronger, I'm wiser and I can
honestly say I do love myself. And I have hope for myself."
Scaharay also got a new tattoo that says "Free to Be Me". This
is just one example of slavery that is happening today and
fortunately Scharay's story has a happy ending to it but there
are still many out there that need help.
Refences:
Coorlim, Leif and Ford, Dana "Sex Trafficking: The new
American Slavery" CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/us/sex-trafficking/index.html