Death Questions and Obituary

Psychology

Questions

Activity #1

1.  Why is death a frightening issue to think about? What is your attitude toward death?

2.  What are the advantages/disadvantages of living for 200 years?

3.  As you age, what are your needs and fears?

4.  When should people retire? Age 65?

5.  If someone could tell you when you would die, would you want to know? Explain.

Activity #2

Write your own obituary.  Write it as if you had died yesterday (and you should date this as yesterday rather than today or tomorrow), how would you be remembered today. The focus here is not really on your death, but on your life. List your accomplishments, your positive characteristics, your relationships, and so on.

Or

Write an obituary as if you died in your later years (80-100). List your accomplishments, characteristics, relationships and so on.

Economics: Buying A Car, Due Thursday, February 17

Economics
Buying a New Car
200 Points

Buying a motor vehicle involves numerous costs beyond the purchase price. Choose a new car or truck and estimate how much it would cost to get it on the road.

Part A

1. Go online to find the cost of a vehicle with all the options you want (pick a vehicle).

2. Go to Autotrader.com

3. Select a car by customizing it based on your preferences.

4. Calculate your monthly payments using the following information:

                a)  Interest Rate (APR):  6%, 8%, 9%
                b) Length of Loan:  36 month, 48 months, 60 months
                c) Down Payment:   $1,000, $2,000, $3,000
                d) Trade-in value:   $0
                e) Amount Owed on Trade-in:  $0

Part B

1. Select a car that you would realistically buy today given your resources. Follow the instructions above.

2. If you realistically cannot put a down payment on the car (c), put it at $0. Be realistic here.

3. If you have a trade in car, put in this information.

Part C

1. Research the sales tax in this area for your chosen vehicle (Part B)

2. Research the title fee, registration and license plates (Part B)

3. Go online to Geico, Esurance, or Progressive to get an insurance quote for your vehicle (Part B)

Economics: Test, Tuesday, February 15th.

Terms to Know

Economics
Study Guide
Debt and Credit

credit
Principal
Interest
Installment debt
Mortgage
Durable goods
deciding to use credit
commercial bank
savings and loan
savings bank
credit union
finance company
charge account
credit card
finance charge
annual percentage rate (APR)
credit bureau
credit check
credit rating
how do you build credit without a credit card?
character
capacity
capital
collateral
secured loan
unsecured loan
cosigner
bankruptcy
depreciate

Psychology: Test, February 14th 172 Points

Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence

Psychology

Study guide

Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence

Terms to Know

Heredity                                                          Fidelity

Environment                                                   James Marcia

Nature versus nurture                                      Identity Foreclosure

Genes                                                              Negative Identity

Chromosomes                                                 Diffusion

Zygote                                                             Achievement

Dizygotic twins

Monozygotic twins

Maturation

Growth cycles

Imprinting

Critical period

Extended family

Permissive

Dictatorial

Authoritative parenting style

Separation anxiety

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Sensorimotor

Preoperational

Concrete

Formal operation

Object permanence

Adolescence

Puberty

Pituitary gland

Adrenal glands

Gonads

Growth spurt

Early maturer

Late maturer

Eating disorders

Bulimia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa

Rite of passage

Clique

Group identity versus alienation

Identity

Identity confusion

Moratorium

Fidelity

Economics: Purchase Log

100 points

1. Track all your purchases from Tuesday February 1 - Sunday, 5.
2. Keep all your receipts ( YOU MUST HAVE YOUR RECEIPTS) with your purchase log.

Psychology: Activity number 2, Heroes

Activity 2

30 Points

Name 10 of your heroes, real or fictional.  Pick five and answer the following:

a)  Do these heroes have any effect on moral development?

b) In what way? Explain how or why?