Attached is the Assignment from week 3 that you would need to read before doing this journal. You may also have to read the article, I wrote the name of the article on the assignment to have a better understanding.

For this journal, consider the sources that you summarized for Part I and Part II of your paper in your “Week Three Assignment Worksheet.”

• What was your initial response to the sources you read for your paper? Include in-text citations and full reference entries in APA format to all sources you will be using for your Final Research Paper.
• Can you identify any biases that you might have about the cultural practices you will discuss in either Part I or Part II of your Final Research Paper?
• Identify any problems you might be having in examining your own culture from an etic perspective or the other culture from an emic perspective. Review Miner’s article Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, and explain how his discussion of Americans (also known as Nacirema) will help you take an outsider’s perspective on your own culture.

The journal entry should be at least 250 words in length. You should also include a title page and a references page.

12 Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Can the sound of music or the meaning of song lyrics cause listeners to do things
they would not otherwise do?

13 Progressive and Glitter Rock Progressive rock is sometimes called pretentious. Why do you think that is? Why
does androgyny make some people uncomfortable? To what degree was glitter an
expression of homosexuality, and to what degree was it merely rebellion against
those who were easily offended by it? Might glitter have reflected or promoted the
gay rights movement?

14 Ska and Reggae Reggae is music of politically and socially oppressed people in Jamaica. Is the
international popularity of reggae most likely to be based on its identiy with those
people, or is it popular more because it is good dance music? Might the reasons
for reggae’s popularity in England be different from those for its popularity in the
United States? Why? What current bands play ska or reggae?

15 Punk Rock and New Wave Punk is angry music and it is most effective when the anger is directed at some
particular issue, person, or practice. In what ways do Christian Punk bands handle
both religious and Punk attitudes? What about New Wave, which is generally fairly
alienated from emotion? Could it express a positive or religious message
effectively?

16 Funk and Disco Along with most rock music, funk is a style that is primarily dominated by male
performers (at least as group leaders), whereas many disco stars are female. How
do those styles each compare with other rock styles that are or are not also male
dominated? are the male-dominated styles ones that women would not care to
perform or is there something inherently macho about them to the point that fans
do not want to hear female performers? Are there any characteristics about disco
that give it particular appeal for women and homosexuals?

17 Hip-Hop and Rap

Rap music tends to have a racial identity. To what degree does that reject the idea
of racial integration as an ideal?

18 Pop and Alternative styles

If you were a new music artist trying to get noticed by the masses, where would
you go to get attention? Is MTV still a viable option? Why do you feel that way?
The term alternative is still used today when describing some music. What does
that mean?

19 Alienated and Back to the Roots Rock

Much postpunk alternative music is much more depressed than rock music of the
sixties, when many musicians and fans were really experiencing war and death in Vietnam. What might have been attractive about death and depressed themes for
young people during the eighties? What rock styles express similar themes today?
20 Rock in the Nineteen nineties

It is true that music separates the generations? How do bands like Led Zeppelin,
the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, whose music is often popular with both the
youngest and oldest rock fans, transcend the generation gap, or do they

21 Rock in the Early two-Thousands Are there any limits to the emotions that might be expressed in rock music? Is the
statement that only the poor go to war, as expressed in the song “B.Y.O.B.,”
correct? Who is in the US military today and why are they there? Was there ever a
time when young people were required to go to war even if they absolutely did not
want to?

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the required Baltes (1987) articles for this week.

For your initial post, choose one contemporary issue or problem related to developmental psychology that is prevalent in today’s news and research a minimum of one peer-reviewed article on this issue in the Ashford University Library. Evaluate the issue based on one of the theoretical perspectives (Freud’s Psychosexual Theory, Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, etc.) that we have studied across this course. Explain how the theory provides a deeper understanding of the contemporary issue. Propose one well-developed solution to address the issue or problem.

Conflict Identification and Resolution

We live in a very complex and culturally diverse society. When we bring individuals together from diverse backgrounds in a work environment conflict can arise when expectations are not realized or met. Rather than hoping conflict will go away, this paper will explore and identify the reasons for conflict and how to successfully address them in a team environment.

Write a four- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) assessing the components of conflict. The following need to be addressed within your paper:

1. Describe a conflict within an organization or team with which you are familiar.
2. Identify and describe the source(s) and level of the conflict and support with evidence.
3. Describe the steps taken to resolve the conflict or, if it is an ongoing conflict, propose steps to resolve the conflict.
4. Describe a minimum of three conflict outcomes that could reasonably occur as a result of the conflict resolution. Support your reasoning for each possible outcome.

Your paper must use a minimum of three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, your paper must be formatted according to APA style