Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment by Zastrow.

Life Structure and Environmental Interactions

Levinson developed the concept of life structure which is important to the field of human services. This premise indicates that a person is shaped by personal interactions and one’s environment. For this week’s Discussion, review the information in Chapter 11 about Levinson’s theories and consider where you are according to the life structures defined.

Please respond to the following:

• Identify life structure and explain some of the passages which you have experienced during Preadulthood (birth to age 22) (is the formative time from conception to the end of adolescence) and Early adulthood (age 17 to age 45) (is the era in which people make choices that significantly influence their lives and the era in which people display the greatest energy and experience the most stress).
  • Early adult transition (ages 17 to 22). During this transition (which may take three to five years), men move from pre-adulthood into adulthood. A person moves out of his or her parents' home and becomes more financially and emotionally independent. Going to college or joining the military service serves as a transitional institutional situation between being a child in a family and reaching full adult status.

  • At the heart of Levinson's theory is the concept of life structure. This term is defined as “the underlying pattern or design of a person's life at a given time” (Levinson, 1986, p. 6). A person's life structure shapes and is shaped by the person's interactions with the environment. Components of the life structure include the people, institutions, things, places, and causes that a person decides are most important, as well as the dreams, values, and emotions that make them so. Most people build their life structures around their work and their families. Other important aspects of one's life structure may include religion, racial identification, ethnic heritage, societal events (such as wars and economic depressions), and hobbies.

    According to Levinson, life involves a number of passages: from the freedom of childhood to entering school; from school to the work world; from not dating to dating; from dating to breaking up or marrying; from marrying to divorce; and so on. Levinson sees some structure to these series of life passages.

• Include how personality was influenced by interactions and the environment.

Question 1)
About 90% of the gold ever mined throughout human history is still in circulation; however, only about 55% of all the silver ever mined is still in circulation.  Why do you think there is such a difference?  Explain. 

Question 2)
Categorize each of the following words or phrases as being associated with either open-pit mining (O) or underground mining methods (U)
dust and sedimentation problems                 ["U", "O"]      
  use drifts and stopes                                   ["U", "O"]         
 more dangerous                                              ["O", "U"]         
 best for disseminated ores                             ["O", "U"]         
 more waste  
 ["U", "O"]   
 use benches 
   ["O", "U"]         
 best for vein ores                           
 ["O", "U"]           
far cheaper
  ["O", "U"]           
requires high grades
     ["O", "U"]

Psychologists have discovered that human beings experience several different states of consciousness during the course of a day. For example, people have times when they are especially alert and times when they are awake but not alert, often called "daydreaming." Also, while people are asleep, they experience different stages of sleep, each characterized by different patterns of brain and bodily activity.

In a multi-paragraph essay, discuss the different states of consciousness that you have experienced in the past 24 hours, including any periods when you were asleep, alert, or "daydreaming." Be sure to describe both the brain and bodily activity you experienced during each state of consciousness. Include information from class materials, readings, and research on states of consciousness to support your discussion.

1.Which of these statements describes an economy’s stock of human capital?

A.Number of hours worked per year.

B.Number of engineering degrees held by workers

C.Value of the production per type of worker.

2.Which factors would increase the aggregate production function?

A.Aging airport facilities that cause flight delays.

B.Restrictions on immigration.

C.A robot that fills up prescriptions faster and more accurately than pharmacists.

3.Which of the following would NOT directly result in capital deepening?

A.Increase in quality of physical capital.

B.Increase in quantity of physical capital.

C.Increase in amount of labor available to businesses start ups.

Q1)      For each of the four departments (human resource management, e.g. Do we have enough of right talent, skill, and experience ?), (production and distribution, e.g. Can we create product or service within that time, with such product characteristics, at that quality and cost ?) (marketing and sales, e.g. satisfy customers, which customers ? which do you lose while trying to attract which else ? who do we target, general or niche, what do customers demand ??) (accounting and finance, e.g. profitability ? market share ? reputation ? budget constraints ? price wars ? risky investments ?), give examples of DSS decisions made by the middle managers of ...................... .

Q2)      For each of the above four departments, give examples of MIS reports used by the middle managers of ...................... and explain where such reports would be used.

Psychologists have discovered that human beings experience several different states of consciousness during the course of a day. For example, people have times when they are especially alert and times when they are awake but not alert, often called "daydreaming." Also, while people are asleep, they experience different stages of sleep, each characterized by different patterns of brain and bodily activity.

In a multi-paragraph essay, discuss the different states of consciousness that you have experienced in the past 24 hours, including any periods when you were asleep, alert, or "daydreaming." Be sure to describe both the brain and bodily activity you experienced during each state of consciousness. Include information from class materials, readings, and research on states of consciousness to support your discussion

Psychologists have discovered that human beings experience several different states of consciousness during the course of a day. For example, people have times when they are especially alert and times when they are awake but not alert, often called "daydreaming." Also, while people are asleep, they experience different stages of sleep, each characterized by different patterns of brain and bodily activity.

In a multi-paragraph essay, discuss the different states of consciousness that you have experienced in the past 24 hours, including any periods when you were asleep, alert, or "daydreaming." Be sure to describe both the brain and bodily activity you experienced during each state of consciousness. Include information from class materials, readings, and research on states of consciousness to support your discussion.

Case Application 3: TEAM FUN!

Tony, the new director of human resources, and Edna, the compensation and benefits manager, are hanging employment legislation posters in RETREAT, the TEAM FUN! employee cafeteria. Edna offers, “I remember some woman who applied for a job to advertise men’s baseball gear and sued when she didn’t get the job. The EEOC said she had no case. A couple of years ago, we moved Fred from fitness demos to stock management because he couldn’t do the treadmill or lift the big weights anymore. There was talk about an age discrimination case because he was 57, but that never went anywhere.” Tony asks, “Do you realize that all of the warehouse workers are male and all the RETREAT workers are female?” Edna replies, “What’s your point?” Tony waves his hand at the EEOC information they have displayed. Edna shrugs, “This is the best job I ever had. If you ask anyone else who works here, they will say the same thing.”

Questions: 1. What is the probable defense for the baseball gear job (BFOQ, 4/5ths rule, glass ceiling)? Explain.

2. Why didn’t Fred’s age discrimination case go anywhere?

3. Is TEAM FUN! open to discrimination charges in other areas?

4. What should be done to protect TEAM FUN! from discrimination charges?

Case Management book (Fundementals of Case Management Practice, skills for the human services - 5th ed by Nancy Summers).

Exercise - Chapter 18

Fill in the blanks for each of these questions. This exercise is simply to acquaint you with words you might encounter in the course of your work.

1. The chart on Mr. Kling reads that he has conceptual disorganization. What was the psychologist referring to? _____________________________________________________________________ .
2. In a staff meeting, the psychologist and the case manager discuss the fact that Mrs. Purdy seems to have racing thoughts. They are talking about what? ______________________________________ .
3. The neurologist’s report comes for Mr. Engler. The diagnosis is Broca’s aphasia. What does that mean? _________________________________________________________________________ .
4. When the psychiatrist saw Mrs. Nguyen, he said her mood was euthymic. He meant _____________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
5. Mr. Kissel’s speech is described as impoverished. That means his speech is ___________________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
6. When Dr. McCoy said Mr. Perkins used neologisms, Dr. McCoy was referring to ________________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
7. Mrs. Dell has been on antipsychotic mediation for some time, and now she shows signs of tardive dyskinesia. That means she ________________________________________________________ .
8. When Mrs. Jones was described by the psychologist as seductive, he meant that Mrs. Jones was __   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
9. The chart says that during the interview with Mr. Landon at the prison, where he was being held after being arrested for drug possession, Mr. Landon’s speech was guarded. That means his speech was _______________________________________________________________________________ .
10. When the ambulance crew called in about 93-year-old Mr. Keller, they said they were bringing him into the hospital, but he was oriented ×3. They meant ____________________________________ . 11. Mrs. Harris complained of trouble falling asleep. In the chart, this was written as ________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ .
12. When Alice stops taking her medication, she tends to believe she can fly. We call this ___________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
13. The psychologist is describing his interview with Mrs. Carter. “She tends to perseverate,” he noted. He means that Mrs. Carter _________________________________________________________ .