social science

Instructions: Be sure to read the required reading for this week as it will help guide you through the process of analyzing a problem.  It is by Catherine Savini and is linked here as well as in the lesson’s Reading and Resources section.  “Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment” “Problems are an expected part of life, and our ability to deal with them can help determine our personal and professional success,” according to Catherine Savini.  As you read her work, you see that problems are also good for writing students, as they can “motivate” good papers and help students formulate a strong thesis statement or argument.  Savini also notes that “Theses do not fall from the sky. Finding a rich problem can be a big step in the direction of developing a compelling thesis.” (56). Looking at problems, then, is what you will do in this assignment. This analysis project requires you to tackle a problem within your field of study by first exploring and then recommending practical solutions to solve the problem.  Savini provides some great steps to take in working with problems: 1. Noticing; 2. Articulating a problem and its details; 3. Posing fruitful questions; 4. Identifying what is at stake. Review the piece to see how these steps can help you with your problem analysis paper. Example: Noticing: A company faces a growing number of insurance claims from employees complaining of eye strain. Articulating a problem and its details: The company recognizes the potential impacts from not acting, including the workers’ compensation claims, lowered productivity, and impacts on employee morale. Posing fruitful questions: To what degree is the lighting affecting employees? Is the lighting the problem, or is the eye strain restricted to workers on a certain floor or area of the office building? Could there be external factors affecting eye strain such as late nights at the office working on their projects? Identifying what is at stake: The company recognizes that insurance claims can result in increased premiums; that lowered productivity can impact profits; and that lowered employee morale can impact productivity, quality, and retention. After deciding on the problem you wish to tackle, begin building questions about it. You will find three attachments here to provide additional help in building your questions. Your goal for the analysis is to answer the questions through your sources. Finding multiple angles and perspectives is ideal so that you explore those possibilities in the final paper before settling on your recommendation.  Be sure to identify what is at stake here. Part of the recommendation should include the counterargument and rebuttal to demonstrate you’ve considered the limitations and concerns of your solution and can still defend the recommendation regardless of potential weaknesses. Help the doubters understand that this really is the most feasible, objective, and sustainable solution. PURPOSE:   To analyze a problem AUDIENCE:   Classmates, others interested in the field LENGTH:   1,000 words (Times New Roman font). Exceeding the word count is not a good thing. SOURCES:   5 (five) sources total, with at least 1 (one) from a professional journal in the APUS Library (peer-reviewed) FORMAT:   The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline DUE:   SUNDAY 11:55 pm EST of Week 7 SUBMIT:   In ASSIGNMENTS submit your essay by uploading your Word file

In what ways is anthropology broader in scope than other fields that study human beings or human customs? What is meant by when anthropologists say that they take a holistic view of the human condition? How does a holistic perspective add to the breadth of anthropology? How does a society’s ideology differ from the other beliefs and feelings of its culture? What is the difference between a belief and a feeling?

Do a deep reading of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. What differences or similarities do you notice? What questions arise for you after reading these first two chapters of the first book of the Bible? Genesis 1: https://www.bible.com/bible/2016/GEN.1.nrsv Genesis 2:   https://www.bible.com/bible/2016/GEN.2.NRSV

Describe and explain a clear distinction between “globalism” and “globalization” after viewing the video and reading the article. Describe how being a global citizen in the world of advanced technology can be beneficial to your success in meeting your personal, academic, and professional goals. Explain why there has been disagreement between theorists about the definition of global citizenship and develop your own definition of global citizenship after reading the article by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller. Choose two of the six outcomes of global citizenship from the article (i.e., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world). Explain why those two outcomes are the most important in becoming a global citizen compared to the others. Describe at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the two outcomes you chose. Identify two specific general education courses. Explain how each course influenced you to become a global citizen.

Read all ten of the links posted in the logical fallacies module. It is important that you read and understand all ten of these, and not just for the assignment, but also for the topics that we will be covering over the next weeks. In addition to reading these ten pages, submit (via D2L) a response to your readings that highlight the following: Which three of these ten fallacies do you feel like you have heard the most in your time while communicating with others? Explain the situation and how you handled it for each of the three. Your experiences do not have to relate to environmental issues, but if they do, then please share those. In doing so, demonstrate that you understand the type of fallacy well 1)https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-circular-reasoning/ 2) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-hasty-generalization-and-the-ecological-fallacy/ 3) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-the-slippery-slope/ 4) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-squirrel-i-mean-non-sequitur/ 5) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-the-straw-man/ 6) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-ad-hominem/ 7) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-either-or/ 8) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-unrealistic-and-hypocritical-environmentalists/ 9) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-the-test/ 10) https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/logical-fallacies-and-the-environment-the-gambler-and-the-sharp-shooter/

Visit the Archaeological Institute of America’s Interactive Dig site that provides the current excavation progress of several sites here: Interactive Dig site.Links to an external site.After investigating one or more of these sites, choose one to summarize its current research interests as well as the larger scope of its investigation.What research questions is it attempting to answer?What are some strategies being used to collect this information?Can you identify and limitations or difficulties

1. How do businesses benefit by having ubiquitous access to TCP/IP network standards and its accompanying protocols, especially the higher level protocols that provide access to Internet applications, and the World Wide Web? 2. One in five Americans are smartphone-only users of the Internet (see http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/). – What are the implications of this finding for business access to customers – Why do you think this is? – Is this percentage likely to get larger or smaller, in future?  Why? 3. In the majority of developing countries, people access the Internet on feature phones (not even smartphones) – See https://qz.com/india/945127/internet-use-in-india-proves-desktops-are-only-for-westerners/, https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/India-s-mobile-internet-boom-goes-supersonic2 – The same can be argued for many areas of underprivileged America. – What are the implications for business here? – What are the implications fo other areas of human services, not necessarily for-profit, such as healthcare outreach, poverty-relief, or ecological land management? 82

How do you define “connection”? When do you feel connected in a holistic and healthy way? How could you be more intentional with each connection? For example, could your self-care plan include daily connection through prayer and meditation or a walk in nature?

Time to visit the NASA Picture of the Day website again! This is the APOD post 2 of 7 required for the course. Remember that every day NASA posts a different image or photograph of our amazing Universe. The picture is accompanied with a brief caption explanation written by a professional astronomer. For this class discussion you will begin by going to the NASA picture of the day website: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html (Links to an external site.) Browse through this past week’s images and find one that jumps out at you. Review the image and read the caption explanation below it. Do some quick Internet research to see what else you can find out about the image or caption explanation. Now, answer the following questions in your post:  Why were you drawn to this image?  Based on what you have learned in this class and your own Internet research, provide some facts and/or insights about the image. If you use Internet sources please include the URL for the webpage(s) in your post. Do not just paraphrase the caption description below the NASA image. I have listed some questions below that may help you get ideas on what to write. You do not have to answer all of these questions in your post. They are just here to help you generate ideas. How does this relate to the content that we have learned so far in this class? Do you have any personal experiences that you can share with the class related to this astronomy image? What are one or two things that you were surprised and/or happy to learn about the image? Why were you surprised and/or happy? Provide the URL/web address to the image you selected; you can copy and paste it directly from your browser.

A Significant Ethical Issue in ….. (Professional area to be selected by student based upon personal interest and knowledge) A significant ethical issue confronting a professional field will be determined by the student.  It is expected that students will choose a field in which they expect to be involved upon graduation.  The issue should be specific enough that the student can fully describe and address it in the following ways: Describe the issue in “lay-person” terms and provide definitions for any technical terminology being used.  This should be written as if it were to be published in a venue being read by practitioners in the field but also the interested public. Define the issue in terms of its significance to the field (for example, has it always been an issue or is it of greater significance now and why? Is it an issue in the U.S. or developed countries, or western society, or is it universal?)  Are there potential ramifications if the issue is not addressed or is left unresolved?  What are they? Describe various factual and normative arguments surrounding the issue from differing “sides”. Apply at least 3 ethical theories. This means thoroughly defining each theory with at least 2 separate, credible sources and then step by step explaining how the issue applies or rejects the ethical theory. Identify the prominent representatives of each of the perspectives involved, i.e. who is voicing the argument?  What do they represent?  What do they base their views upon?   What is your position?  Support your views with appropriate arguments from those presented.