Antecedents are stimuli that occur before a behavior and can influence behaviors. MOs and Sds are types of antecedents that play an important role in the occurrence of behaviors. Understanding the impact of these antecedents allows behavior analysts to manipulate these variables and influence client behavior in a meaningful way.For this assignment, use the template Motivating Operations and Discriminative Stimuli given in the resources. This template has a column for similarities and one for differences. In a bulleted format, fill in your analysis of the two concepts, placing similarities in the left column and differences in the right column.Below the table:Identify and describe three real situations from your environment or experience (please identify MOs and Sds in each of your examples).Identify the relevant antecedent variables and explain how they operate as either an MO or a Sd.Assignment RequirementsYour assignment should meet the following requirements:Analyze the similarities and differences between motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.Identify relevant antecedent variables from real-life situations.Explain how the identified antecedent variables operate as either a motivating operation or a discriminative stimulus.Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style guidelines.Resources: 1–2 scholarly or professional resources. Resources should include the course text and a combination of seminal works.Length: 3–4 double-spaced pages of content, in addition to the title page and references page.Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Mitchell Morris’s essay “It’s Raining Men: The Weather Girls, Gay Subjectivity, and the Erotics of Insatiability,” in Audible Traces; Gender, Identity and Music is an essay about the cultural impact of the Weather Girls disco hit “It’s Raining Men” on gay culture in the early 1980s.Answer all these questions in the response, and make sure using the Chicago format, I’ve attached the article, prompts, and formatting documents below that you can check:This essay has a strong autobiographical emphasis that stresses a particular time and place. What are the pros and cons of such an approach, and how successful do you think Morris is in using it?How specific and successful is Morris in using “Who, What, Where, When, Why”?What is the format of Morris’s essay, and how does it contribute (or not) to his argument?What is the thesis (if any) of Morris’s essay, and where is it stated?What illustrations does Morris include in his essay, and how does he use them?What music examples does Morris use, and how necessary and successful are they?What audience is Morris writing to, and how does it affect (or not) his tone and style?Morris’s essay is about a gay culture in America. Does Morris relate his specific topic to the larger public?

Week 10 Assignment - Critical Threats to the Global Environment Overview The United Nations has continued to retain you as a consultant for a project that deals with climate and the environment. Most developed countries see the dangers of releasing too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and are committed to climate policies that attain a carbon-free future in the next 30 years. They already see the damaging effects that this gas alone is having on the living conditions of crops, wildlife, and humans. As a result, many member states are dissatisfied with the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals for international development that they established in 2000. The member states see a substantial disconnect between several issues that developed and developing countries believe are priorities. For example, Burundi wants one of the goals to focus on food security, while Austria is adamant that a major global issue should be the negotiation of ceasefires in countries in the midst of civil wars. The UN wants you to work from the list below and prioritize two of the global community’s threats that it deems the most serious to environmental stability.Instructions Step 1 Select two threats. Listed below are eight issues that the UN feels pose the most significant threats to global security. Some of these apply to the Earth’s 7.7 billion people, while others are limited primarily to developing countries. Regardless of where these threats are concentrated, your job as a consultant is to identify two of them that you consider the most critical to the globe’s population.Issue Options The use of fossil fuels as an energy source. Globalization. Insufficient educational opportunities in developing countries. A lack of access to technology. Civil war (NOT the U.S. Civil War). The rise in oceans’ levels. Covid-19 and the global pandemic. The dangers of poor countries remaining poor. Step 2 Write a minimum of an 8 page persuasive paper about your two threats.Write an introduction paragraph of at least one-half page in length identifying the two threats you have selected and the purpose of the paper. Then, for the two threats you chose: Identify the factors that make it such a serious risk to the global environment that you would choose to present it to the UN. Analyze the role that humans have played in aggravating this threat to the Earth’s environment. Suggest initiatives that the global community can take to mitigate the worst effects of this environmental threat. Write a conclusion paragraph of at least one-half page in length that summarizes your impressions of these risks for global stability. Guidelines This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the SWS link in the left-hand menu of your course and check with your professor for any additional instructions. In order to earn full credit, the answers to each of the three questions must be at least two full pages long, making six pages. You must also include the one-half page introduction and one-half page conclusion at the beginning and end of the paper, adding up to one page of content. Finally, you must include a graph or table (see 5, below) that will be at least one page in length. The entire paper will be a minimum of eight pages long. You must use at least seven credible sources (excluding Wikipedia, dictionaries and encyclopedias) that are appropriate for the subjects under discussion. You must use only double-spacing and not place extra spacing between paragraphs or section headings. As part of your answer to any one of the questions, you must include a graph, table or chart using quantifiable data that supports your argument. You need only one graph for the entire assignment, and although you may download this item from the Internet, it may be no longer than one page in length. You must comprehensively explain beneath the graph what the data means. Otherwise, it will be of no use to the reader. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows: Propose suggestions for mitigation initiatives that address the threats to the stability of the global environment.