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As presented in class materials, provide one specific example of a harm reduction policy or approach that targets a legal psychoactive substance such as nicotine or alcohol:  

As presented in class materials, the arguments used to support alcohol prohibition were strikingly similar to the arguments later used to oppose it after the policy was enacted with the passage of the 1919 National Prohibition Act (the Volstead Act).

Which activity is considered an Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL) commonly addressed during physical therapy discharge planning?

The MRP input listing the assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and raw materials needed to produce one unit of finished product is the

Which of the following statements is correct for MRP II?

A PTA is developing a treatment plan to improve safe sit‑to‑stand transfers in an older adult. Which muscle group should be PRIORITIZED for strengthening?

(Hedge funds)  We saw that, in recent decades, growth in hedge funds’ total assets under management has tracked returns on the S&P 500 stock index. What does this suggest about hedge funds’ performance?

(Credit risk and commercial banks)  Your bank has always faced fierce competition from other banks in the market for small business loans in the Upper Midwest. After switching to a new credit scoring system two years ago, your small business loan volumes have consistently grown much faster than your competitors, and even faster than the expanding regional economy. Charge-off rates have not grown significantly. You conclude

Which of the following factors best accounts for the rise of interest groups and the decline of political parties in recent years?

Essay Question 1 – you need to either answer this question or SKIP this question by answering Essay Option 2. Think about the last time you were deeply focused on something — studying, scrolling your phone, watching a game — and completely missed something happening right in front of you. Now imagine that same experience happening to someone who just witnessed a crime. Using concepts from at least two of the chapters you have read this semester, write an essay that explains why eyewitness testimony may be less reliable than it appears. In your essay, you should identify the relevant psychological concepts by name, explain how they work, and use them to build a clear argument about why a witness’s account of an event might be incomplete or inaccurate — even when that witness is being completely honest. Support your argument with specific examples, either from the readings or from your own reasoning. A strong response will go beyond simply defining terms and will instead show how the concepts you chose work together to affect what a person sees, remembers, and reports.