If you traveled to another country, what elements would most likely cause you to experience culture shock?
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Social institutions are evolving, a case in point, it is now legal for same-sex partners to marry, but ironically, among heterosexual couples fewer are choosing to marry or they are choosing to do so at a later age. Draw on your understanding of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, statistics on marriage and divorce (www.census.gov) and Robert Sternberg's theory of love to explain why these trends are maybe occurring and what they might mean for the future of marriage and traditional family as institutions.
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Identify the main groups and ideas that drove the Progressive movement in detail
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Contemporary Leadership:
(In times of crisis, leaders step up. They step out in greatness and create change)
Q1: Identify great leadership in your own life (work or personal) and reflect on leadership as you see it in this time of crisis by reviewing contemporary leadership styles that you see and recognize in your life?
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Provide 1 (one) example each of how power relationships and power gradients have been manifest in recent and in early colonial times.
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Imagine yourself working with pregnant adolescent or adolescent using drugs in your community.
Research available resources in your community for one of these situations.
Collect the contact information and give a detailed description of how the resource would help the teenager. Create and submit an informational resource sheet.
Also, write a summary on the following;
Are these resources appropriate?Are there enough resources available in the community?
Does the community need to establish different types of resources based on the lack of resources that are available?
What would you recommend?
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In a 150-200 words, discuss the opponent process theory. Describe how the a and b process function. Detail how this process works for an alcoholic.
a. What is this theory?
b. Define the characteristics of the a- process
c. Define the characteristics of the b-process
d. Discuss how this theory is involved in the real world (use an example with emotions or drugs)
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What is your personal stance on active or passive euthanasia? In particular, what is your opinion on doctor-assisted suicide? If you were terminally ill would you consider active or passive euthanasia as an option? Please explain your thought process.
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Your assignment is to read the Epidemiology research paper, “Mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma” (Lönn et al., 2004), for the next class. Te next time class meets, there will be a class discussion led by the instructor. Te questions below will help you prepare for this discussion. Questions 1. Compare the scientifc data given in the press articles with those in the scientif c paper. 2. Do you think cell phone use is hazardous to human health? 3. Based on this information, are you going to avoid using cell phones in the future?
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What is intersectionality and why is intersectionality so important when thinking about LGBTQ issues? (300 words minimum)
Links below about intersectionality:
https://www.equality-network.org/our-work/intersectional/
http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/
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In what ways have you encountered power, privilege, and oppression in your own life?
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Modern genetics can prevent the tragedy of a life doomed by heredity. Embryos can now be screened for some genetic diseases. But what constitutes a disease? Should genetic testing be used to select a child’s characteristics? Is so—what characteristics.
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Citing two to four additional scholarly sources, explain how an instructor might improve student performance for a large class (75 students) and a small class (15 students) using facilitation method(s).
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What are the areas of focus in Catton's analysis of the two generals? While both are drastically different, Catton observes some unifying qualities. What are they?
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