1. Why is it important to have your financial plan and goals in place when considering investments?

2. What is one financial goal that you have? Using what we have discussed in the

unit, what strategies in saving and investing could you use to reach the goal?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the strategies that you would

use?

3. What are some of the ways to reduce the risks of investing money?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of common stocks?

5. What factors can influence your investment choices and value?

Apsychologist has developed a series of personality inventories and wants to determine if they are valid. one of the scales measures perfectionism, so he asks a colleague for advice on how to establish the validity of this scale. the colleague tells him that if he were to find a sample of people with personality disorder, these people would obtain high scores on a scale that measures perfectionism.

Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the

Supreme court. jim, who is a bit eccentric, says that he is fed up with the way a certain employer in his town treats employees and that he is going to sue that employer in an effort to improve matters. jim also says that he is going to start his case at the appellate court level, skipping over all those "lesser" judges. jim says that those justices will surely hear him out and that he will also seek a jury. although he is not a lawyer, jim believes that the offenses of the employer are so severe that the justices will appreciate his attempt to make things better for the employees involved. will jim get a jury at the appellate court level?