Unit 3: Discussion - Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dexter Discussion (Reading) 4 4 unread replies. 4 4 replies. InstructionsPlease choose one of the following questions to answer for this unit by Wednesday at 11:59pm (CST). You should also respond to two of your classmates' postings by Sunday at 11:59pm (CST).Before answering this unit's questions, you should read “Idols of Destruction: Celebrity, Consumerism and the Serial Killer,” p. 1 in Natural Born Celebrities.Keep in mind, as you read, a few of the questions posted below.DirectionsFull-bodied entries—of at least ten sentences of writing from you (in addition to quotations from the text)—are more likely to receive full credit. Lesser credit will be assigned to work that is missing, brief, or clearly disengaged or sloppily produced such that miscues interfere with readability.Your responses to other students’ work are also assessed. Students often resist commenting on each others’ work in substantial ways; instead choosing to post simply “good job” or “looks okay to me.” This kind of peer response doesn’t help your own—or your peers’—development as a writer and thinker.Acceptable peer responses will, among other things: Explicitly identify what was learned from someone else’s work. Ask a follow-up question. Offer an alternative interpretation. Offer concrete strategies for improvement. Questions (Reading)Choose one questions to answer: Schmid asks why the murderabilia industry has begun to sell the personal effects of real serial killers as if they were religious icons. What is Schmid's argument, and what is your own theory? Why would we want to own a part of murder history? How does this relate to the merchandise being sold surrounding Dexter? Schmid discusses the differences between "good" fame and "bad" fame on p. 12 of this chapter. How does this definition apply to Dexter and our strange admiration for his public service? "Representations of death, especially aesthetic representations, are able to assuage such anxieties because 'they occur in a realm clearly delineated as not life, or not real' . . . we experience death by proxy" (Schmid 17). In the lecture in this unit, we discussed the TV series' ability to show, but also not show the violence that Dexter was committing. Using examples from the text or the series, show us your own perspective. Do we want to see this violence or not?

PSY-5703 V3: Child and Adolescent Development (0272071071)For this week, imagine that you have been contacted by a local school to present a seminar for parents. Your seminar should be entitled,"Promoting Positive Development: What Can a Parent Do?"In this seminar, you will want to provide concrete tips for parents that reflect the latest research findings on promoting positive development in children OR adolescents.Create an outline for the seminar of the topics you will cover and the tips you will provide; make sure to include information for each domain (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial) as well as theories to help parents understand their role in development. Also include information about parenting styles, and at least one activity for those in attendance to engage in that is about parenting styles (this could be an activity to determine their parenting styles; a role play that allows them to see different parenting styles respond to a specific scenario, etc).You must also create handout(s) to give to the parents who attend your seminar. This can be a brochure, a resource guide, an annotated bibliography; whatever you believe would be most useful for parents who are looking for information on promoting development in their children. Support your seminar with at least five references from research conducted in the past 2 years. If you cannot find recent research in the library, consider sources such as the American Psychological Association and other reliable sources. Contact the Northcentral Librarian if you need help in locating recent, reliable resources. Length: 5-7 pages total (3-4 pages for seminar outline, 2-3 pages for the handout), not including title and reference pages References: Include a minimum of five scholarly resources. Your seminar and handout(s) should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.