You have just been asked to teach the concept of adaptation to a psychology class. You decide to conduct the following experiments to teach the concept of adaptation.

Task 1: Conduct three of the following experiments. Record your reactions, and be specific for each experiment.

Experiment 1:

• Rub your index fingers gently over a piece of very coarse sandpaper a few times and rate its coarseness on a scale from 1 (very soft) to 7 (very coarse).
• After a minute or two, rub the same finger over the paper and again rate its coarseness. Did your perception of the coarseness change? How? Record your reaction. 

Experiment 2:

• Prepare one cup with sugar water and one with fresh water.
• Take a sip of the sugar water and swish it around in your mouth for several seconds without swallowing it. Gradually, it should taste less sweet. (Dispose of the sugar water)
• Taste from the cup containing fresh water. Did the taste of the fresh water surprise you? How? Record your reaction.

Experiment 3:

• Take about 15 index cards and a flashlight that is opaque on all sides (so that light shines only through the front) into a very dark room.
• Place all 15 cards over the beam of light.
• Slowly remove the cards one at a time until you can barely detect the light, and then count the number of cards that remain over the light.
• After a few minutes, the light should begin to look brighter. When this is the case, add cards and see if you can still see the light.
• Repeat this process of gradually adding cards over a 15-minute period. Were you able to detect an increasingly dim light the longer you spent in the dark? Record your reaction.
• How many cards did it take to not see the light after time?

Experiment 4:

• Fill 3 medium-sized bowls as follows:
  • Bowl 1 – with very hot (but not painfully hot) tap water
  • Bowl 2 – with very cold tap water
  • Bowl 3 – with a mixture of the very hot and very cold water
• Arrange them, so your right hand is in front of the cold water, your left hand is in front of the hot water, and the lukewarm water is in the middle.
• Submerse your hands into the water (right into cold, left into hot) for about 3 minutes
• After 3 minutes, quickly transfer both hands to the lukewarm (middle) bowl. What did you sense? Record your reaction.

In all four experiments, you will experience adaption.

Task 2: Write a paper that describes adaption and how you experienced it in your experiments. The paper should cover the following.

• Fully describe the process and results of the experiments that you chose.
• What is sensory adaptation? Explain the concept of sensory adaptation. Refer to your text for the definition of sensory adaptation (this is not the general dictionary definition)
• Explain how adaptation is evident in each of your experimental results. 
• Provide a comprehensive description of the sensory systems that are involved in the experiments that you performed. This description should include what happens from the receptors to the brain. Your discussion should illustrate what was experienced in each experiment.
• Discuss how adaptation is important from an evolutionary perspective.

Be sure to document your references using APA format.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Please refer to the following multimedia course materials(s)

• Week 2 – The Sensation & Perception of Psychology
• Week 2 – Sensation and Perception
• Week 2 – The Nervous System
• Week 2 – FAQ: Sensation and Perception

Please use the following guidelines for formatting your assignment.

• Margins – set to one inch
• Font – 12pt. Times New Roman, no bold, or underline
• Title – center above the paper, 12 pt. font (Level A Heading), no bold, underline, or italics
• Pagination – every page; consists of a header containing a short title for the paper and page number placed in the upper right corner of the page
• Line Spacing – double space all work including the References Page
• Point-of-View â€“ first or third person, objective; limit perspective to research; no personal opinion or narrative
• In-text citations – must conform to APA requirements
• References list – must conform to APA requirements   

Please submit your assignment.  

Grading Criteria

 

 

Content includes: Description of 3 Experiments Explanation of adaption and how it pertains to each experiment Description of the sensory systems involved in each experiment	80
Use of research sources	10
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format are correct and professional. All sources cited using APA	10

Assignment 2: Successful Domestic Company Goes Global!
Due Week 6 and worth 280 points

Imagine that you are the CEO of a successful domestic company. In the last 6 months, many potential clients in foreign countries have expressed a desire to conduct business with you. You know that in order for your company to grow, you will have to expand overseas. You have recently attended a local three (3)-day international trade exposition and have gathered many brochures on the foreign companies interested in doing business with your company.

After meeting with the Executive Committee of your successful domestic company, you decide that you will need to identify a minimum of two (2) countries for expansion and two (2) expatriates whom you will send into the chosen countries. The selected expatriates will learn about the countries’ cultures and business activities there. You must prepare a report for the potential employees who may want to take an overseas assignment, the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors.

Use the Internet and Strayer Library to research possible countries for expansion. Next, conduct research on leveraging expatriates over country nationals for business overseas. Finally, research books that could help expatriates in their transition to working overseas.

Note: You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Create a guide to leveraging expatriates. The guide should include four to six (4-6) sources that address benefits and challenges of sending expatriates to other countries.
2. Examine the major benefits that this report can provide for the organization, and suggest two (2) uses for the information contained therein. Justify your response.
3. Analyze the major factors (e.g., distance, cultural background, knowledge of the related countries, languages spoken, relatives who may live in another country, etc.) that would influence your choice of countries into which your company would expand. Recommend two (2) countries for expansion. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Determine three (3) criteria that you would consider when deciding which employees to send abroad. Justify your response.
5. Propose the major methods and / or incentives you would use in order to encourage the selected employees to become expatriates. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Recommend one (1) strategy to ensure that both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors are committed to the expansions. Justify your response.
7. Recommend two (2) books that the selected expatriates should take with them when they go overseas. Provide a rationale for your response.
8. Outline a guide for expatriates who will reside within another country for one to two (1-2) years. The related guide should cover the following topics: selecting items to pack, accommodating a vehicle (i.e., leave behind or send overseas), shipping or selling furniture, moving pets, and arranging accommodations for children and / or family residing in another country for the discussed length of time.
9. Develop a framework for your presentation. The framework should include the following:
   1. Relevant visuals
   2. Statistics that support the decision to expand into the identified countries
   3. A feasibility study of your company’s proposed expansion to the countries in question
   4. Information related to renting or buying land or a building
   5. Any other information relevant to the case for expansion
10. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate the implementation process related to strategy management.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in global management.
• Write clearly and concisely about global management using proper writing mechanics.
• NON PLAGIARIZED

(I ATTACHED THE CASE STUDIES AS WELL AS CHAPTERS FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED.) DUE THURSDAY Choose a case study from the Associate Program Material: Final Project Case Studies. Develop an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, in which you: · Include an introduction and conclusion · Identify the case study you have chosen. · Define the elements of good interpersonal communication. · Explain what happened in the case study and why it is an example of poor interpersonal communication. Include the following: o Perceptions of the participants o The conflict type and conflict management styles o Listening barriers o Supportive and defensive climates and relationships o Verbal and nonverbal communication · Explain what could have been done differently in each case study. This must align to the elements of effective interpersonal communication. List major points in the slides. Include detailed explanations that correlate to each point in the speaker notes section. Include videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs as appropriate. Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines. Submit the Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation assignment.