Explore the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching (cirt.gcu.edu) for information on research topics and literature reviews.

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Week 3 assignment Research Proposal Refer to “Research Proposals” and follow the instructions for completing this assignment. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. PSY-530 – Social Psychology Research Paper Proposals Throughout the program, you should be thinking of a research topic you would like to explore. In the capstone course (PSY-693), you will create a research proposal. To assist you in the creation of that proposal, you will decide on a research topic and begin collecting empirical studies to support the need for research. Your topic must relate to a basic social psychological principle; however it can fall into one of the applied subfields (forensic psychology, psychology of religion, industrial organization, health psychology, etc.). For this assignment you will create your research question and at least five scholarly, peer reviewed, empirical studies, all from the past 5 to 7 years. Your articles must support the need for your research. The following information will assist in the formation of your research question and the beginning collection of literature: 1. Use the empirical checklist (located in course materials) to assure your article is an empirical article. 2. Explore the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching (cirt.gcu.edu) for information on research topics and literature reviews. From the main page, under Research Development – click on Research Ready. Each section has several bits of information to help formulate your research. Additionally on the right hand side under Development Resources, explore Research Tutorials. This section will assist you in creating your research questions and further information on literature reviews. Prepare a document that includes your research question(s), including how your research will add to the current research in your chosen field. Your document will include five scholarly, peer reviewed, empirical studies from the past 5 to 7 years. This section should include APA formatted citations for each article, including permalink; additionally a short annotation for each article stating how the literature shows your research is needed. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. PSY-530 – Social Psychology Topic 3 – Attitudes and Conformity Research Proposal Scoring Guide Grading category Points Comments Created a research question supported by peer-reviewed, empirical studies from the past 5 to 7 years, including how the research will add to the current research of the chosen field. ___/10 Identified at least five scholarly, peer reviewed, empirical studies, all from the past 5 to 7 years. ___/10 Articles are in proper APA formatted citations for each article, including the permalink. ___/10 Short annotation for each article, stating how the literature supports your need for research. ___/10 While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected. ___/10 Total /50

Describe the concepts or beliefs common to most groups of first-century Judaisms. How was the ideal of Jewish monotheism related to Torah practice and the Temple cult?

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Resource Harris, S. L. (2014). The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction (8th ed.). Retrieved fromhttps://www.betheluniversityonline.net/cps/default.aspx?SectionID=5037&tabid=154#1 1. Define and describe the major literary forms (genres) contained in the New Testament. 2. Which part of the New Testament was written first? Who was the author and when did he write? 3. What evidence do we have of diversity in the early Christian community? What portrait of Jesus was painted in the “fifth gospel” of Thomas? 4. Briefly summarize the formation of the New Testament canon. Why did the early church decide that it needed a Scripture comparable to the Hebrew Bible? Discuss the role events such as the Jewish revolt and the proposals of Marcion in this process. 5. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the King James Bible (Authorized Version) for the modern reader. 6. Describe the concepts or beliefs common to most groups of first-century Judaisms. How was the ideal of Jewish monotheism related to Torah practice and the Temple cult? 7. Describe the role the Zealots played in the Jewish revolt in Rome. What happened to the Jewish state and religion as a result of the revolt? 8. Define the term philosophy, and summarize Plato’s teaching about the immortality of the soul and eternal spirit world. 9. Summarize the achievements of Alexander the Great. After his death, how was Alexander’s empire divided among his successors? 10. After the Romans conquered Palestine, what role did Herod and his successors play in Jewish history? Describe the functions of Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate 11. Why do scholars think that the Gospel writers emphasized their understanding of Jesus’ religious or theological meaning more than the basic historical facts of his life? For what purpose does the author of John’s Gospel say that he composed his account? 12. Why are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called the Synoptic Gospels? Define Synoptic and explain its application to the first three Gospels. 13. According to the Synoptic accounts, what were Jesus’ characteristic modes of teaching? Define the term parables and aphorism, and give examples of each. 14. Describe some of the scholarly methods used to study the Gospels. Define these scholarly terms, and explain how each functions in analyzing a document: historical criticism, literary criticism, and narrative criticism. 15. Summarize the Greisbach theory. How does it differ from the two-document theory?

Compare the colonial experiments in the north, south, and middle Atlantic colonies in North America?

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The New World Paper instructions: Support all answers with citations and references. Citations and bibliographic references should be in the University of Chicago/Turabian style. For works in history, foot-notes or end-notes are required. (Avoid social science parenthetical citations).  When in doubt, cite your sources of information.  Work to write clear and flowing essays with smooth transitions from point to point.  The instructor encourages the use of outside sources but does not require it. Please answer or discuss ONE or more of the following: 1. Imagine a prominent historian of the early modern period saying “we should consider 1492 as a revolutionary new starting point in history.” Why revolutionary? Explain why this might be true, giving details, facts, and events for support. 2. How did New World societies view themselves and their relationships with other tribes, nature, or the world? How did they view the Europeans who arrived after 1492? Discuss. 3. How did Old World societies view themselves and their relationships with other nations, nature, or the world?  Why did the European Atlantic states (Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands, among others) seek to trade, voyage, and discover? How did they view the natives of the New World? Explain. 4. Alfred Crosby called the meeting of the Old and the New Worlds “the Columbian Exchange.” What happened when the two worlds encountered each other?  What types of exchanges occurred? Give examples. 5. How would one compare and contrast the different European colonial experiments in the New World?  Demographically?  Politically?  Social organization?  Relations with the metropolitan center (home country)?  Economically?  (Examine the Spanish, French, and British efforts, or others). 6.  Compare and contrast the experience of the various British New World colonies?  Compare the colonial experiments in the north, south, and middle Atlantic colonies in North America?  How did these compare with the British Caribbean settlements?  (You may use some of the same factors noted in the first question). 7.  Did geography and climate contribute to the different development paths of these colonies?  Explain. 8.  Did religion play a role in the settlement of both the European colonies generally, and the British colonies specifically?  Explain, giving examples. 9.  After answering one of the questions above, do you have any questions or issues to discuss with the class? Please post for your colleagues to consider and answer.

Differentiate between the independent contractor and an employee.

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Week 1 quiz Question 1.In Douglas Schultz v. Capital International Security, Incorporated, were the five plaintiffs independent contractors or employees? Did the employers have control over the actions of the plaintiffs or were the plaintiffs allowed to manage and use their own discretion over their actions? Who provided the tools of the trade in this action? Were the agents work actions scripted or left to their best judgment? Question 2.What are the six primary protected classifications protected against discrimination by Title VII and enforced by the EEOC? Where in employment discrimination actions is it easiest for a violation of discrimination to occur? May employers select prospective employees from a select pool if that pool clearly is discriminatory to one of the protected classes? May employers express a preference for a particular protected class member is the advertising and hiring process? Question 3. Differentiate between the independent contractor and an employee. What test and what factors come into consideration in making this determination? Question 4.In Caring Hearts Personal Home Services, Inc. v. Delores Hobley, did the court allow a non-compete contract to be enforceable against an independent contractor as well as against an employee? Did the Caring Hearts agency employ both independent contractors and employees? Are geographical limitations allowed in non-compete contracts? May a period of time of limiting employment in excess of one year be allowed to stand in a non-compete agreement? What reasons exist, if any, to disallow independent contractors to be restricted in the same manner as an employee in the enforceability of a non-compete agreement? Question 5. As set forth in Jamie Evans v. Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars may an unpaid intern be entitled to a tort claim equal to that of an employee who suffered the same harm? Specifically, may it be the case that an employer may be held liable for negligent actions in hearing the tort offender? May a high corporate officer be held liable if only for failing to act reasonably? Week 2 quiz Question 1.What dangers, if any exists, where an employer has insisted upon an arbitration clause in an employment agreement that specifies that “any and all claims arising out of the employment shall be resolved by mandatory arbitration”? Consider the courts’ opinions in EEOC v. Waffle House and Circuit City v. Saint Clair Adams in your answers. Question 2.What is the theory of Constructive Discharge of Employment? How does it differ in kind and in meaning from Actual Discharge of Employment? Question 3.As demonstrated in Avery Foster v. Federal Express, when and under what circumstances may an employee handbook constitute an employment contract rather than an employment at will circumstance? Question 4. When and under what circumstances may employers monitor employee’s emails? Question 5.What is a “whistleblower act”? What federal act now primarily governs whistleblower actions? What is the theoretical purpose of such an act? Week 3 quiz Question 1. Question : Can Wal-Mart stop all African American male customers each time they exit the store to check their packages? Yes, in a high crime area. Yes, but only if they stop all male customers regardless of race. Both A and B. neither A nor B. Question 2. Question : Which of the following are covered under Title VII? Government Employment agencies Labor unions All of the above None of the above Question 3. Question : In the University of Michigan case, which school established criteria that was acceptable? the College of Arts and Sciences. the Law School. both A and B. neither A nor B. Question 4.To effectuate the Brown v. Board of Ed. decision, what was required? Integrated public housing Integrated public schools Busing All of the above Question 5.When a Pakistan male brings a case based on race, he often couples this allegation with one based on: national origin. religion. color. all of the above. week 4 quiz 1.The Equal Pay Act does not prohibit differences for: merit. seniority. quantity of work. all of the above. A and C only. Question 2.Sex plus discrimination can involve gender plus: homosexual lifestyle. small children. elderly parents. all of the above. B and C only. Question 3.Employers may regulate: length of hair. facial hair. clothing attire. all of the above. none of the above. Question 4.The Equal Pay Act is an amendment to: Civil Rights Act. FLSA. Minimum Wage Act. NLRA. none of the above. Question 5.A woman who is employed in a club for teenage girls can be terminated because she was single and pregnant. This is: permissible under the at-will doctrine. a BFOQ. pregnancy discrimination. none of the above. A and B only. Week 5 quiz Question 1.Define the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification allowed under Title VII? Are grooming and clothing requirement of a religious practice protected under Title VII? How does the freedom of association right factor into Title VII? Question 2.In James Patterson and Lisa M. Coffey v. Indiana Newspapers, what was the defense’s position with regard to Mr. Patterson? What class, if any, were Mr. Patterson and Ms.Coffey asserting as a protected class deserving of protection? Question 3.May employers institute an English-Only Rule in the workplace? Does Title VII consider verbal harassment in the workplace concerning national origin enough to be an actionable suit in a court complaint? Question 4.Is it the case that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects homosexual employees, or potential homosexual employees, who may be discriminated in the workplace? Is sexual orientation a protected class? What happens when an employer has an express policy against such discrimination? Does this enhance rights? Question 5.In Jimmie Beall v. London City School District Board of Education how did the court defined the notion of “pretext” within the context of a discrimination claim? What action may an employer take where there exists a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for an employment termination along with an unlawful discriminatory motive?