Homework 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-sreePyko


Instructions: Follow the link above to watch this week's homework video. In class, we listened to a lecture about the product life cycle. This homework video discusses the non-traditional product life cycle. The lecturer talks about four categories of products which follow this life cycle. Please listen for the four categories and take notes on the characteristics of each category - for example, the definition of the category, examples, the life cycle characteristics of the category, suggestions for marketing products in the category, etc. On Tuesday, we will discuss the concepts in your notes.

Homework 6

Instructions: Watch the video above and answer the following questions. Bring your answers to class on Tuesday.

1) What were the three things that Ric Elias learned from his near-death experience?
2) What do you think he meant when he said that he used to "collect old wines"?

Homework 5

Instructions:  Watch the video above titled "How Your Working Memory Makes Sense of the World." Then, answer the questions below. Please bring your answers to class on Tuesday.

1) According to the speaker, what is "working memory"?

2) What is "working memory capacity"? What abilities do people with good working memory capacity have?

3) How many things can we remember in our working memory? For how long?

4) What strategies does he give for remembering?

Homework 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfq1n3LCPXQ

After watching the video above, answer the questions below. Please bring your answers to class on Tuesday.

1) What are the differences between how men and women shop?

2) What rationale do they give for this difference?

3) According to the reporter, what are the upsides and downsides of a man's style of shopping?

Homework 3

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/education/2014/03/27/orig-sn-0328.cnn.html

First, read the questions below. Then, follow the link above to watch the homework video. Finally, answer the questions and bring your answers to class on Tuesday:

1) Has the relationship between Obama and the Pope been good or bad?

2) What do they agree on? Disagree on?

3) What did they give each other?

4) Listen to the rest of the report and be able to summarize the main details (important points) of two more of the news topics (besides the meeting between Obama and the Pope).

Homework 2

Before you watch the video above, make sure you know the meaning of the following words: struggle with, let loose, sibling rivalry, brat.  Then, watch the video and answer the following questions (bring your answers to class on Tuesday):

1) They talk about why birth order affects personality. What are some of the reasons they give?

2) What are some of the traits of the eldest child?

3) What suggestions does she give to parents for raising eldest children?

4) What are some of the traits of middle children?

5) What are some of the traits of the youngest child?

6) What happens if there is a big age difference between children?

Homework 1

Watch the first 5 minutes and 25 seconds of the video above. Listen for the answers to the following questions:

1) What is emerging adulthood?

2) Is emerging adulthood strictly a North American phenomenon?

3) Why does "emerging adulthood" often cause conflicts between parents and their children?

4) What are some of the reasons that emerging adults move home?


Bring your answers to class on Tuesday. You do not have to post your answers on the blog.