Please closely read Chapter Six, “Creative Surroundings,” from Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity.
After you have read and thought about the chapter, click Activity 14: Creative Surroundings or Creative Spaces. Within this topic, click “Create Thread.” Enter the subject line of your choice. It should be something that calls attention to the topic(s) you will be writing about in your post. This chapter includes cities, domains, offices, homes, cars, and natural landscapes as potential “creative surroundings.” In one detailed post, write several paragraphs reflecting on ways in which our surroundings can affect our creative process. As with the earlier activities, keep it casual, but put some support behind your claims.
Due at the end of the day on Wednesday, November 4.
OR
Creative Spaces
Read Chapter Five, “Creative Spaces” from Cousineau’s Stoking the Creative Fires.
After you have read and thought about the chapter, click Activity 14: Creative Surroundings or Creative Spaces. Within this topic, click “Create Thread.” Enter the subject line of your choice. It should be something that calls attention to the topic(s) you will be writing about in your post. In one detailed post, consider the types of objects Cousineau recommends including in creative spaces: inspiration for reverie and play; connection to family, history, or community; or reminders of personal passions or curiosities. Describe the space where you usually do your creative work as it is now and then how you would like it to be to maximize your concentration/flow/creativity. Be as specific as possible.

Your project must be 7-10 pages. If you thoroughly understand the material so you can stick to key points, you will have no trouble keeping within the page limits. This does not include the title page or references. – Description of the background info on the subject, and what was known before the article you chose – must be well cited. 1-2 pages – a thorough description of the experiments and findings in the primary research article, making sure to also summarize the figures of the paper. 4-5 pages -summarize the news article that stimulated your interest, and discuss any differences in your perception of the scientific research after reading the research article compared to your perception when initially reading what was reported in the original news article. 1-2 pages -Understandability -References used for background info, and the reference of the primary research article you presented. In addition to including the information above, you are expected to demonstrate critical thinking abilities
Plagiarism
Reference Format
For these presentations, you are required to use at least three references. At least one of these must be a primary reference (research article from scientific journals). Secondary references can include textbooks, review articles, and peer-reviewed websites for background information. When using web sites, be sure you are using only reliable sources (no, Wikipedia is a jumping off point, but NOT a reliable source – verify anything you think you learned form Wikipedia with actual sources). Although there are many acceptable ways to include references, for your presentation and project this semester we will use AMA style. The references must be cited consecutively in the body of your presentation (with the exception of the primary reference), with the first reference cited numbered “1”. The references should then be listed in numerical order (in the order in which they appear in the body of your report) in the references section.
Link to paper being used: https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2820%2931394-5
**when discussing gene morphology be general

 Write a reflection about what you have learned in this module.  Your reflections should include (1) your opinion, (2) personal experience, and (3) evidence to back up your thoughts and/or opinion (APA citation).  The purpose of this assignment is to ensure you are processing your thoughts on the course content.  This will enhance your learning and knowledge.  Your posts in the discussion area should exhibit careful thought and logical reasoning and provide evidence for your position.  Each post should be at least one well-developed paragraph (approximately 4-6 sentences or more, unless otherwise indicated).  Use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
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Module 2 – Bonds, Stocks, Risk & Return,

• Lesson 6 – Understanding Financial Markets and Institutions
  Lesson 6 – Understanding Financial Markets and InstitutionsHow do funds flow throughout the economy? How do financial markets operate and relate to one another? As an individual investor or a financial manager, you need to know. This chapter looks at the nature and operations of financial markets and discusses the financial institutions (FIs) that participate in those markets. Bonds, stocks, and other securities that trade in the markets are covered in Chapters 7 and 8. We also examine how significant changes in the way financial institutions deliver services played a major role in forming the severe financial crisis that began in late 2008. We look at some of the crisis’s underlying causes, review some of the major events that occurred during that time, and discuss some resulting regulatory and industry changes that are in effect today in Appendix 6A, located in this lesson.
• Lesson 7 – Valuing Bonds
  Lesson 7 – Valuing BondsHow important are bonds and the bond market to a capitalist economy? Those unfamiliar with the financial markets may have the impression that the stock market dominates capital markets in the United States and in other countries. Stock market performance appears constantly on 24-hour TV news channels and on the evening news. By contrast, we seldom hear any mention of the bond market. While bonds may not generate the same excitement that stocks do, they are an even more important capital source for companies, governments, and other organizations. The bond market is actually larger than the stock market. In this chapter, we will explore bond characteristics and their price dynamics. You will see that bond pricing uses many time value of money principles that we’ve used in the preceding chapters.
• Lesson 8 – Valuing Stocks
  Lesson 8 – Valuing StocksIn the last lesson (in chapter 7), we discussed debt, which is one source of financial capital upon which businesses can draw. Their other source of capital is called equity, or business ownership. Public corporations share business ownership and raise money by issuing stocks to investors. When the company sells this form of equity ownership to raise money, it gives up some ownership—and thus some control—over the business. Investors buy stock to receive the benefits of business ownership. Most citizens do not have the time or expertise to operate their own businesses. Buying stock allows them to participate in the profits of economic activities.buy and sell stocks among themselves in stock markets. Well-functioning stock markets are critical to any capitalistic economy.
  In this chapter, we’ll discuss stock market operations and stock valuation.
• Lesson 9 – Characterizing Risk and Return
  Lesson 9 – Characterizing Risk and ReturnYou can invest your money very safely by opening a savings account at a bank or by buying Treasury bills. So why would you invest your money in risky stocks and bonds if you can take advantage of low-risk opportunities? The answer: Very low-risk investments also provide a very low return. Investors take on higher risk investments in expectation of earning higher returns. In this chapter, you’ll see how the risk-return relationship fundamentally affects finance theory. We focus on using historical information to characterize past returns and risks. We show how you can diversify to eliminate some risk and expect the highest return possible for your desired risk level. In Chapter 10, we’ll turn to estimating the risks and returns you should expect in the future.
• Lesson 10 – Estimating Risk and Return
  Lesson 10 – Estimating Risk and ReturnIs it possible for investors to know the exact risk they have to take? In Chapters 9 and 10, we explore methods to find the return that individual or institutional investors require to make a particular investment attractive. In the previous chapter, we established a positive relationship between risk and return using historical data. Risk and return play an undeniable role as investors seek the best return for the least risk. But until there’s some way to forecast the future, financial managers and investors must make investment decisions armed only with their expectations about future risk and return. We need an exact specification that directly shows the amount of reward required for investors to take the level of risk in a given firm’s stock or portfolio of securities.
  In this chapter, we will also see how investors get the information they need to make risk-reward decisions.

Step 1 // For each cultural dimension, describe the main aspects of the dimension and define what it means for a culture to “be” it (example: what does it mean for a culture to “be” individualistic? How does this affect their communication, education system, etc.)
Step 2 // Describe where you believe your culture falls in each dimension set (ex: more towards individualism or more towards collectivism) and discuss what makes you believe so. Give many examples by researching your culture in these dimensions as well as discussing your family/cultural values with personal stories and examples. 
Your responses should be in complete sentences, checking spelling and grammar. You should use the text for support in defining/identifying the dimensions. Your response should be about 2 – 3 pages double-spaced with 12-point font
 
Cultural Dimension
Description
Individualism
Collectivism
Masculinity
Femininity
High power distance
Low power distance
High uncertainty avoidance
Low uncertainty avoidance
Long-term orientation
Short-term orientation