Unit 4 Assignment: Personality

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Unit 4 Assignment: PersonalityThis assignment is designed to reinforce the core principles of personality development during the human lifespan. Please write a 400 word essay (do not simply address each question, your assignment must be written in fluid essay form) to address the concepts below.Write your essay in your own words however you will need to review your text as well as relevant research literature to validate your own perspectives. Please use APA format to cite all resources.Personality traits may be defined as “the characteristics or dimensions of personality on which people vary”. Traits can be thought of as falling along a continuum that ranges from traits considered by many to be desirable (e.g., happy, self-confident, considerate) to traits that are often considered to be undesirable (e.g., aggressive, spiteful, crude). Presented below is a list of some common personality traits. The list is far from exhaustive and you should have no difficulty coming up with an additional list of traits if needed.PassiveOutgoingUnsociableActiveCarefulTalkativeSoberOptimisticThoughtfulResponsiveRigidImpulsivePeacefulEasygoingMoodyChangeableControlledLivelyAnxiousExcitableReliableCarefreeReservedAggressiveEven-TemperedDepressedRestlessCalmQuietLonelyTouchySociablePessimisticConfidentJealousSuccessful completion of the assignment requires that you select one personality trait and then review your text as well as relevant research literature in order to answer each of the following questions:How does the personality trait develop in humans? Where does it appear to come from?What purpose or function does the trait appear to serve?How does the trait affect the individual’s social behavior? How does the trait impact upon interpersonal relationships?[answer either (a) or (b) depending upon which alternative is appropriate]If the trait that you selected is closer to the desirable end of the trait continuum, then what methods or techniques might be used to increase, or at least maintain at a high level, the quantity of the trait? (e.g., make a person more self-confident).If the trait that you selected is closer to the undesirable end of the trait continuum, then what methods or techniques might be used to decrease the quantity of the trait? (e.g., make a person less aggressive).Additional Information: MyPsychLab WATCH – Episode 13 PersonalityTwins and Personality Special Topic http://visual.pearsoncmg.com/mypsychlab/index.php?clipId=74Source: Hittner, J. B. (1999). Fostering Critical Thinking in Personality Psychology: The Trait Paper Assignment. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 26, 92-97.

Discuss reproduction of poetry.

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Create a 6 pages page paper that discusses reproduction of poetry. However, the major challenge that has raised controversy is reproduction of art. There are different views on whether art should be reproduced. While some views are in support of reproduction of art, others have sharply criticised it. Nonetheless, with regard to poetry, reproduction of poetry holds many benefits, and these are in relation to reaching mass audiences, as well as maintaining the aura and originality of the original work.

Many writers have written different articles to express their views and arguments on reproduction of art. This paper bases on a major work of Davis Douglas, “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” that was published in 1995. This is the primary source in this paper. The views of Davis are analysed, and by use of a secondary source. “Sona Books,” by Magi Jill, it will be possible to determine ways through which reproduction of poetry benefits the authors and audiences without distorting the original work. While Davis in his article supports reproduction of art, Mag focuses on the challenges of publishing poetry, and the overall low popularity of the literature genre.

Davis supports reproduction of art by basing on important aspects of art, which he proves that reproduction does not influence them in any adverse manner. For instance, Davis focuses on the aura of the work. He argues that reproduction does not betray the aura of the original work, but instead, it enhances it (381). Therefore, the same applies to poetry, as it is an art form. When poems are reproduced, slight changes might be made to the original work. However, this does destroy the quality of the original work. Instead the quality is enhanced, as sometimes reproduced works might be better than original works. It is also possible to argue that the aura of an art work does not lie in the art work, but is determined by the audience.

obesity in childhood.

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Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses obesity in childhood.

The study concluded that there was a small but consistent protective effect of breastfeeding against obesity risk in later childhood.The author used data from 30 countries to analyze the secular trends used in different countries to assess the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents all over the world. It was found that Body mass index (BMI), weight-for-height and weight/ideal weight are the standard methods used for weight assessment in children and adolescents in many countries. The research is an in-depth look at the measuring standards used to assess the obesity in children as it has covered the data from various countries in Europe, Asia, and America, and have also included data from Australia.

The research also revealed the lack of standard definition of the obesity in children and adolescents among the researchers across the world. The research revealed the urgent and important need of the standard definition of obesity in childhood and adolescence as according to the author, it will help in understanding and resolving the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents in the world.Authors Sue Kimm and Eva Obarzanek are qualified as MD and Ph.D. respectively. The authors’ qualification is a strong point of this paper as it had made it possible to give an in-depth look at the issue of childhood obesity and the reasons behind it.

The authors have discussed the findings of NGHS. It has been found that the combination of sedentary lifestyle and abundance of food has increased the obesity prevalence in children. The prevalence of obesity has resulted in the increase of obesity-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes. The longitudinal study for ten years by NGHS, which included 1213 black girls and 1166 white girls revealed an upward trend of obesity in children and indicated acceleration in the trend.&nbsp.

The advantage of using monoclonal antibodies

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Provide a 8 pages analysis while answering the following question: Molecular Biology. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. For monoclonal antibody, mice are immunised with purified protein.

Mouse splenocytes are collected after the immunisation process and fused with myeloma cells. To obtain monoclonal antibodies individual B cells are fused to myeloma cells and isolated by serial dilution resulting to a fusion product or hybridoma cell line of which can produce one specific antibody for extended periods of time by tissue culture. These hybridomas can be screened and best clones cultured in standard tissue culture facilities. The hybridoma cell line obtained for a given antibody was injected into the peritoneal cavity of mice where it grew and simultaneously produces the antibodies. Ascetic fluid containing the antibodies was harvested from the peritoneal cavity after a period of time.

One fusion may produce 1000hybridomas therefore one must choose the most appropriate. This might be the highest infinity mAb but could be the most stable, the least cross reacting, the highest specificity depending on what is required.

The advantage of using monoclonal antibodies is that they are monospecific, they tend to reduce cross reactivity and useful in diagnostics such as tissue typing. They are highly reproducible, can use relatively impure antigens to immunise animas, theoretically have limitless supply and can manufacture using recombinant DNA technology plus phage display libraries to produce fully human antibodies of any specificity.

Labelling antibodies is useful as it enables detection of antibodies. Currently, the most commonly used are fluorescent labels, enzyme labels, chemiluminescent labels and radioactive labels. These are sometimes amplified using Avidin-Biotin Conjugate system. Some common fluorescent labels include, Fluorescein isothiocyanate, DAPI, Phycoerithrin and Texas red.