Universal precautions are designed to protect

Which of the following is NOT commonly used as a tumor marker?

Tumor-associated antigens composed of high-molecular-weight mucin-like glycoproteins include:

Explain rational choice theory and bounded rationality. How do these topics relate to the different types of optimization we explored? To machine learning?

We have studied several models of cognition. Describe at least two of them and compare and contrast them. How do they relate to the major analogies of the course.

Define “positive” and “negative” feedback and “open” and “closed” systems and relate these concepts to social and biological equilibria.  

Choose one or both of the following questions to respond to with 200+ words total.  Which assignment challenged you the most, and why?  If you could give advice to a future student taking this course, what would it be? 

Describe the Demographic Transition Framework and comment on its application to the current world and historically. Does this vary by region?

Define “leverage points”  and “non-linearity”. Explain how they relate to system robustness.  

Describe both the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. Distinguish the two. Give examples of attempts to apply them to the social sciences and describe when they tend not to hold. Relate this to the “fallacy of small numbers”.