The APA ethics code expresses ethical standards for external factors including resolving ethical issues, human relations, advertising and public statements, research and publication, and therapy. Why do you believe the APA established these standards? What is an ethical dilemma that could arise under one of these standards? Would the dilemma still exist if there was no established standard? Support your position.

Explain the relationship between spirituality, religion and social work practice

The important factor when considering your audience is determining what they need from your communication. How do we determine needs?

Discover ways in which we can determine the information that a targeted audience needs from our communications.

Describe and exemplify questionnaires prepared by renowned authors to detect learning behaviors along with the analysis of preferred (representational) cognitive models of the college students

With the advent of the Internet combined with globalization and the strong presence of multinational companies, many experts claim that cultural homogenization is destroying culture and traditional values. For example, in the future regardless of where you travel in the world, you may see a typical person on the street wearing a pair of Levis jeans, a Calvin Klein shirt, Nike shoes, while holding an iPhone in one hand and a cup of Starbucks in the other hand. State your opinion on this.

What is the ethical difference, if any, between the advantages athletes gain over other athletes as a result of weight training and the advantage they gain from enhancers like steroids? Do all athletes weight train? Why? Do all athletes take steroids? Why?

Interpersonal communication permits individuals to serve as advocates for others. How do the knowledge, skills and attitudes about interpersonal communication contribute to the role of advocate?

President Wilson declared the United States neutral when WWI first broke out, but eventually led the country into war. Why did the United States decide to participate in the war and what effect American entry have on the allied war effort?

Catherine decided to see a registered dietitian after watching a news story about the 2006 CDC Preconception Health Initiative (p. 66), including the recommendation that each person should make a reproductive life plan. Currently 29 years old, she has been on oral contraceptives for 10 years. She would like to have children someday, possibly in her mid-thirties, after she has established her career. Her height is 5’6” (1.68 m) and her weight is 175 lb. (79 kg). She considers herself fairly active, exercising for about 30 minutes three times per week. Due to being a busy professional, she admits to drinking close to 40 ounces of coffee most days and only occasionally drinks alcohol. Her personal health history includes iron-deficiency anemia at age 25, although she thinks this has resolved; her family history includes heart disease and type two diabetes; both of her parents are still living. No recent lab work is available.

Comment on the following questions and number your responses:

1. Should she change her method of contraception for nutrition or other health reasons?
2. Are there any risk factors for impaired fertility in her current health status?
3. What recommendations do you have to help her meet her long-term goal of having children someday?

MALAY CIVILIZATION, BEFORE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE IN MALAYSIA

In order to evaluate where a team is, it is important for a leader to evaluate and reflect on his or her own goals and performance. Explain how you measure your own performance. How might you better evaluate yourself in terms of reaching your goals? In what ways do you see this impacting the importance of evaluating where a team is at in enhancing the performance of that team?

What questions and concerns are raised about research that is false and misleading?

Is failure an essential part of science?

What is real versus fake science?

What about a friend from a different culture - can the two of you have personality similarities and differences?

Tough Decisions

This week’s lecture focused on problem solving and decision making. What are some of the toughest decisions you’ve had to make in your life? What techniques (as explored in the Week 5 reading) did you use at the time to make them? Would you do anything differently now? Feel free to explore decisions you’ve had to make in your schooling, career (past or present), family life and with friendships.

Your work should be at least 500 words, but mostly draw from your own personal experience. This should be written in first person and give examples from your life. Be sure if you are using information from the readings that you properly cite your readings in this, and in all assignments.

PLEASE IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!! NO PLAGIARISM!!!!!