Topic: does viewing violence lead to violent behavior ? After viewing Bandura's original video from his 1961 study above, complete the following for this discussion: Explain the basic concepts demonstrated in this study in regard to observational learning. Based on the video and your reading, do you believe that violence in television, media, or video games likely promote violent behaviors according to the principles of observational learning?  Please share your thoughts and examples. Additionally, discuss your own real-life example of the concept of observational learning by sharing an incident either witnessed personally or through the media. Discuss how observational learning differs from theories of learning that emphasize “conditioning” (classical conditioning and operant conditioning).  Use the example of how aggressive behavior may result from conditioning. https://youtu.be/hHHdovKHDNU 

Assignment 2: DiscussionBefore beginning work on this week’s discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right,” the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this week’s topic.Respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.Discussion Question – Whistleblower: An Ethical DilemmaA whistleblower, by definition, is someone who brings an unethical, immoral, or illegal business practice to the public’s attention. Whistleblowers have a difficult time in doing this, and they often find their lives changed because of their actions. Sometimes they are shunned and also receive death threats. It is common for the family members to feel the effects of a whistleblower’s behavior.Dr. Jeffrey Wigand became one of the best-known whistleblowers after his experience was turned into a movie, The Insider. He proved tobacco companies were deliberately boosting the nicotine content of cigarettes, making them more addictive and cancer causing. However, similar to other whistleblowers, he suffered from tremendous stress and received death threats and other forms of intimidation for doing the right thing. Do some research on Wigand’s actions.For the first part of your post:Assess how Dr. Wigand showed moral intelligence and leadership in this situation. Assess what you think he did for his own credibility based on his actions.Evaluate what you would do if you found an unethical practice in your workplace. Would your response depend on the severity of the unethical practice? For the second part of your post, select any one of the following bullet points. Attempt to spread the bullet points out among class members (e.g., not have one bullet point answered by all course participants).Provide a couple examples of potential unethical practices in your organization that could be considered very minor and that people have come to “accept” as opposed to reporting. How, exactly, does the organization or its members respond to the unethical practices? Assess any inconsistencies in the organizational response. Recommend any alternative response.Create a continuum of severity model regarding ethical practices in organizations and discuss your model. How did you arrive at the model you created? Propose how an organization might use your severity continuum model.Justify why you think that people tend to accept some unethical practices while others are not accepted. Propose three or four key steps an organization might take to build more consistent ethical decisions and actions.Conclude your post with a three or four sentence summary of the most important point, lesson, or takeaways from your research and analysis for your initial post.Provide a substantive (500–1,000 words) initial discussion post. Justify your answers with examples and reasoning. Comment on the initial postings of at least two peers. Your responses to other initial posts must be a 100 to 200 word minimum each.Post your initial response to the Discussion Area.Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your peers' responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress.

-No Plagiarism, 2 paragraphs -you will be defending the traditional Roman (pagan) side of the debate.The traditional Roman religion was a polytheistic religion, centered around the worship of a multitude of gods, each of whom fulfilled a particular function (e.g., harvest, childbirth, war, women's crafts, the Roman sewage system, etc.). The Romans believed that the success of their city was entirely due to "pax deorum" -- peace with the gods, which meant that as long as the Romans honored their gods and sacrificed to them regularly, their city and empire would prosper. A new monotheistic religion, however, began to challenge the traditional Roman religion in the mid-first century CE and beyond -- Christianity.In this discussion, you will select to take the role of either the pagans (meaning, followers of the traditional Roman religion) or Christians, and will present your defense of your religion, and an attack of the other religion, entirely based on the following ancient primary sources (meaning, only use the sources included here and the course textbook):Sources on early Christian beliefs: The Gospel of Mark (any translation)1 Corinthians (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1COR+1&version=NIV)Philippians (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=PHIL+1&version=NIV)Selection from Romans: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ROM+7%3A22-8%3A17&version=NIVSelection from Galatians: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=GAL+3%3A27-29&version=NIV Sources on traditional Roman religion and Roman perspectives on the Christians:Pliny and Trajan's letter exchange: https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/pliny.htmlRitual cannibalism charge against Christians: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/christian-cannibals.aspDescription of several Roman religious rituals: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/romrelig3.aspPlease note that this assignment is not meant to be personal: you are not endorsing paganism or Christianity yourself, but you are taking a side in a real historical debate, and trying to understand how people who lived in the Roman Empire would have argued for one or the other side in this debate! In order to make it clear which sources inspired a particular argument, please state the source title or author in parentheses next to your arguments.