Psychology Case

Four Goals of Psychology

1) The assigned readings for this module discuss the overarching purpose of psychology. In chapter 1 (page 4), your text describes what psychology is, and Lecture 1 discusses four goals of psychology.

2) Write an essay of 500-750 words that addresses the following:

a) Describe how the current perspectives, as discussed on pages 16-18 of the text, help accomplish each of the four goals of psychology.

b) What particular issues in psychology, as discussed on pages 18-22, are of personal interest to you?

c) How will the study of psychology enhance your life and make you a better person?

d) Provide specific examples to support your position.

3) Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

4) This assignment uses a grading rubric that can be viewed at the assignment's drop box.

The base analysis for this case was to estimate a value for Netscape Communications Corporation, and to determine the yearly revenue growth rate required for the firm to support a per share IPO price of $28. The pro forma estimates and results of this base analysis are shown in Exhibit 1. Table 2 summarizes these results. A yearly revenue growth rate of 50.89% is required over the next 10 years for an estimated firm value of $1 billion to support the IPO price of $28/share. What is most interesting about this result is that over 80% of the firm’s value comes from the terminal value of the firm, or the firm’s growth after the year 2005. Furthermore, the firm first becomes profitable in 2002.

Table 2 Summary of results for Netscape IPO analysis