Chapter 14: Language

What is the relationship between language and communication? Does a lack of advanced language in imply a lack of communication? How does your own language impact communication?

What qualifies as a language? What areas of the brain helps us communicate vs develop a language?

Also share unique words you utilize with your friends and family. How would the rest of us understand the meaning? Are those words part of a difference language?

Although the issue of death is still not comfortably thought about and discussed by most individuals, our lives are affected dramatically by the death of family members, close friends, and co-workers.  

Members in my classes have lost persons close to them during the class experience. There have also been those who were grieving the impending death of a terminally ill family member or close friend and even themselves. There are those who grieved a death by suicide or homicide.

Talking about death to someone with a terminal illness is very difficult: yet, it can be therapeutic and meaningful to the dying person to share life experiences and the fear or readiness for death. Such disclosures can be comforting for the ill person and, for the survivor, it can provide meaningful reminiscence as well as serve as a reminder to prepare for their own ultimate transition.

Cultural conceptions of death and dying vary; so, it is of interest for us to learn more about the meaning of life and death and customs and beliefs associated with D&D from your cultural perspectives. Your task, therefore, is to write a brief essay incorporating the following aspects:  

Present your personal cultural conception of dying and death. Be certain to give ethnic background, any diversity issue that would help us become more knowledgeable about different perspectives and practices.

Describe family customs to comfort/care for those with impending death.

What insight does your spiritual system give regarding death. Is there a belief in afterlife?

Complete this requirement by conducting some research using the Internet. Identify three diversity or equity issues that you think are the most challenging or important for you you personally, a group of individuals, the workplace, or for society in general. Write two paragraphs about each issue. Describe each issue and its relevance. What is it about the issue that makes it, in your view, diversity-related? Why do you consider it one of your Top Three diversity-related issue? Who do you think the issue affects? Have you or someone you know been personally or professionally affected by the issue? What actions do you think are necessary to remedy this issue? For each issue, provide links to, or citations for, the sources you used to gather information.

Scholarship

• Describe a meaningful volunteer experience you’ve had?
• How did this experience change you?
• From a financial standpoint, what impact would this scholarship have on your education?

Reasons that people disagree about public issues that involve science and technology

There is a wealth of information available on how companies can select projects which will be profitable, how to align projects with a company's strategic objectives, how to evaluate proposals, and in general, how to have a successful project.   Yet while projects today are more successful than ever, a substantial number still fail.

Consider some projects that you have worked on either at your job (e.g. office software upgrades, new accounting system, moving to a new location) or in your personal life (e.g. a wedding, modernizing a kitchen, an extensive vacation). Please try and explain why the project you worked on was successful or a failure.

For this discussion forum, conduct research on a current news event that has something to do with diversity in the workplace or in society at large. (Current means within the last 30 - 45 days.) Your current event can be about anything related to diversity, including positive stories of people doing good things. Diversityinc.com is a great source. You can also google and search using "diversity" + "news" and you will find an endless supply of news stories. Make sure the site you use is a reputable source. (Do not use information obtained from a blog.) Post a summary of the article and give us your opinion about the relevance of the article. Discuss how the issue is related to our class. Provide a link to the article so others can access the article and read it if they choose.

Properly poised and magnificently coiffed, Michelle entertains the room. After taking one last spoonful of soup, she politely excuses herself from the dinner table and retreats to the bathroom. Uncovering a toothbrush concealed in her purse, she pushes the toothbrush down her throat and gags. With this behavior, Michelle conceals much more than a toothbrush.

Patterns of mental illness might be concealed all too well by external variables, such as a successful lifestyle, a well-groomed appearance, or a dynamic personality. At times, those suffering with mental illness may be able to control external variables, thus hiding any signs and symptoms. As a result, the differentiation between mental health and mental illness is not always so clear. As a future professional in the field of psychology, you must consider how mental health differs from mental illness for an accurate diagnosis on the basis of the DSM.

For this Discussion, consider the different ways to conceptualize mental health and mental illness in the field of psychology. Think about how this conceptualization may influence your assessment and diagnosis of a client.

With these thoughts in mind:

A brief explanation of the different ways in which mental health and mental illness may be conceptualized in the field of psychology. Then explain at least two ways in which this conceptualization may influence your assessment and diagnosis of a client. Provide examples based on current literature and Learning Resources.

Resources

· Paris, J. (2015). The intelligent clinician’s guide to the DSM-5 (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from the Walden Library.

Chapter 2, “The History of Diagnosis in Psychiatry”

Chapter 4, “What Is (and Is Not) a Mental Disorder”

· Bonanno, G. A. (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59(1), 20–28.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Davydov, D. M., Stewart, R., Ritchie, K., & Chaudieu, I. (2010). Resilience and mental health. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(5), 479–495.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Payton, A. R. (2009). Mental health, mental illness, and psychological distress: Same continuum or distinct phenomena? Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50(2), 213–227.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Pierre, J. M. (2012). Mental illness and mental health: Is the glass half empty or half full? Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 57(11), 651–658. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

In general, the communities (or parts of a city) where one finds the worst environmental problems - air pollution, for example - tend to be areas where the poor and people of color are living. Why?

Describe the virtue and vices associated with pleasures in amusements.

Self-presentation has to do with the way we package ourselves for others to see. This topic is especially relevant now with the popularity of social media. There are two types of self-presentation: strategic and verification. Which form of presentation is predominant in social media? Explain and support with examples. Discuss some of the positive and negative aspects associated with social media.​

topic: deciding when to die , active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. why did this topic capture your attention and how will it inform your life moving forward if at all?.

Question 1 – Australian Consumer Law        

Natural Ice Cream Co is a company that advertises its ice cream as ‘all natural’, made in the Barossa Valley (in South Australia), and from milk produced by Australian cows.

It has been discovered, that actually the ice cream is made in Victoria, 1000’s of kilometres away from the Barossa Valley. And although most of the ingredients in the ice cream are natural they do use a chemically flavoured vanilla as natural vanilla is too expensive. Most cows were bred in Australia but recently some have been imported from Indonesia.

Using relevant legal principles, discuss whether Natural Ice Cream Co has breached section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law and what remedies may be available.

Describe the process of building credibility. In your response, identify and define different types of credibility and explain how each is earned. Provide specific examples to support your main points.​