Develop “Groupthink-No-More” guidelines for teams and complete Option 1 or Option 2 for the second deliverable.

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Develop “Groupthink-No-More” guidelines for teams and complete Option 1 or Option 2 for the second deliverable.

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Introduction

Many organizations aspire to be “innovative environments,” but are plagued with suboptimal outcomes. The executive team may decide to hire a social psychologist to identify the root causes of poor decisions and provide coaching on creative and independent thinking.

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

  • Describe the process of group formation, including why and how groups are formed.
  • How does cohesion influence groupthink?
  • Can conflict within a group ever be productive?

Preparation

This assessment has two deliverables. Read the Assessment 4 Context document for information about the subject of this assessment.

Many organizations and institutions launch initiatives to promote independent, creative, and innovative thinking within management and teams. The reality, however, may fall far short of the ideal. “Groupthink” occurs when group members pressure each other to avoid conflict because the culture values and rewards consensus and penalizes in some way those who dare to disagree or challenge assumptions. Disagreement does not have to be an unpleasant or intimidating experience. Conflict directed toward producing a positive outcome can improve decision-making throughout the workplace.

Use the Capella library and the Internet to research social psychology theory related to group process, group formation, group cohesion, group belonging, conflict and individual behaviors within groups, and Groupthink and intervention activities that promote effective teams.

Instructions

Assume the consultant role in the scenario below.

Scenario

The executive director of a large hospital-based mental health center with three private practice-model outpatient offices in three neighboring communities has hired you as an outside consultant to help increase client referrals to these three private practice offices. These private practice outpatient offices are managed by a medical director and staffed with support staff, counseling and clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, psychometrists, social workers, Licensed Master’s level therapists, and specialists in substance abuse treatment. Historically, the referral base has been the hospital staff physicians.
Despite the fact that the private practice offices are all losing money due to low rates of referral and changes in insurance reimbursement, the staff continues to follow the directions of the medical director to make referrals. This medical director insists that the physicians on the hospital’s medical staff need to “step up to the plate” and increase referrals to the outpatient clinics. Referral development meetings continue to focus on this medical-based referral system largely because none of the non-physician staff will present a different perspective to the well-loved medical director.
Groupthink is alive and well in this group.
There are five hospitals within easy driving distance, and another dozen within an hour’s drive, most with their own counseling/therapy offices and experiencing the same decline in referrals. In addition, the neighboring communities have all the normal and expected social services, community and family services, institutions, schools, and religious organizations we expect to see in established communities with a comfortable mix of lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic classes.

Deliverables

For this assessment.

  • Develop “Groupthink-No-More” guidelines for teams.
  • Complete either Option 1 or Option 2 for the second deliverable.
    • Use the professional format of your choice.

Address issues of groupthink as well as ways to expand thinking beyond the narrow, referral-based perspective currently monopolizing this hospital-based system.

  • Analyze a workplace problem by applying social psychology principles related to group processes.
    • How does this research affect teams?
    • Under what conditions does groupthink occur?
  • Assess the influence of the social context on individual emotions and behavior in group decision-making.
    • How would you instruct an individual to be more or less conforming, compliant, or obedient given society’s need for some conformity, compliance, and obedience, and humanity’s need to sometimes question authority?
      • How does personality play a role?
      • How do people react to conflict?
        • How do these principles relate to creativity and innovation in a group?
  • Integrate social psychology principles and research to develop guidelines for minimizing groupthink.
    • How should teams be constructed?
    • What is the role of conflict?
    • What cultural shift needs to occur within the organization?

Option 1: Develop one original, research-based individual activity to use in a group training workshop that demonstrates how to maximize independent, creative, and innovative thinking in a group.

Option 2: Propose a research-based team-training program with a minimum of three activities that demonstrate how to maximize independent, creative, and innovative thinking in a group.

The following criteria apply to both Option 1 and Option 2:

  • Integrate methods and principles of social psychology to develop training that promotes independent, creative, and innovative thinking.
  • Support guidelines and training with references from scholarly and professional literature.

care plan 1

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Hi! Please follow the following instructions on how to complete this care plan. Attach you find the template to fill it out and an example of how it should look as well (obviously not the same information). Make sure to include all APA citation and references on its own page at the end. Make it sound complete and detailed.

Age: 93 yr old, gender, male, weight: 69 kg, bmi: 28.72, height: 155 cm, religion: catholic, language: english, marital status: make it up, occupation: make it up, health insurance: make it up, current work status, highest grade completed : make it up.

Alcohol/Smoking/Drug use/Sexual and Reproductive health: Patient denies alcohol, electronic vaping, substance use, and tobacco use. Support system: family lives in

but is aware. Siblings: N/A.

Name of significant other/primary caregiver: make it up.

Current medical diagnosis: Calcific tendinitis in the right elbow

Diagnostic Data and Results: Right elbow x-ray read impression:no evidence of acute fracture or traumatic malalignment. Extensive demineralization a small calcification along the lateral joint line that could represent combination of calcific tendinopathy in CPPD arthropathy. Right hip with pelvis x-ray read impression: no evidence of acute fracture or tramuatic malalignment. 

Surgical procedures (current and past): arthroplasty replacement total knee level 5 (right knee) in 12/19/2017, appendectomy, cataract, and shoulder. 

Past Health History:A-fibrilation, chronic anticoagulation, Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, meningioma, osteoarthritis of glenohumeral joint, and right shoulder pain(explain how its ongoing).

History of Present Illness: 93 year old male with a paroxysmal a fib on Eliquis, dyslipidemia, permanent pacemaker, demetia. chronic right shoulder pain, gait disturbance, BPH who arrived via rescue for evaluation of a fall. History is taken from a wife at bedside as patient is pleasantly confused. Patient states that he fell as he was standing up. Wife denies any head trau,a that patient sustained. In the ER, he complains a lot of right elbow pain and is unable to move the right upper extremeity.( Make sure if the pt stated it, put it in quotations) Paraphrase this. 

Review of Systems: follow the example as to things to include. this is subjective, must be what the pt explain or denies. Make it up in accordance to the pt’s info. MAKE SURE IT CORRELATES AND MAKES SENSE. THINGS TO INCLUDE HOWEVER: 

for musculoskeltal: reports right shoulder pain, fall at home. Integumentary: bleeding lacerations to the right upper extremeity. Neurologic: memory loss. Psychitaric: confusion and agitated at night. 

Health Assessment: make sure to follow the example when completing it for this one. Make sure these key points are listed: Skin: skin is warm, right elbow laceration, right distal wrist laceration with bleeding noted. Neuro: poor judgment and insight, appropriate mood and affect. 

For patho, make sure to use APA citations edition 7 and include in text citations

Baseline and current vital signs/Frequency: T: 37 C, HR 90, RR:15, BP:140/117, SPO2:99%, AND Taken every 4 hours (Q4)

Allergies/Side effects: NKA

Diet with rationale : a regular diet, explain why and how they are able to eat their full amount of nutrients with no problems. describe with a good rational.

Activity order: make it up

Limitations/prosthetic devices: make it up, pt is on fall risk

Use the following 4 data results for data:

Potassium: 3.9 mmol/L

C02 in blood: 23 mmol/L

Troponin I (Quant): 0.04 ng/mL.

BUN on Blood: 35 mg/dL

For solution bags: make it up. have at least 1.

For meds, use these: atorvastatin (Lipitor) 80 mg tablet oral daily, docusate sodium (colace) 100 mg capsule oral BID, doxazosin (cardura) 4 mg tablet oral BID, famotidine (pepcid) 20 mg tablet oral daily, haloperidol lactate (Haldol) 5 mg/mL vial 1 mg 0.2 mL, IV push, once. Make sure when describing rationales and nursing implications to cite and include the citation on the side and at the last page for references.

For theories: use 2, may be the same ones as on the example.

For nursing diagnosis, must be a part of NANDA 1 nursing diagnosis. MUST BE NANDA, must be a complete nursing diagnosis

When completing the assessment data, the goals, and the interventions, subjective and objective data may be made up but it must make sense. Make sure you write the three nursing diagnosis and subjective and obejctive data that belong to it.

HOWEVER, YOU ONLY HAVE TO ELABORATE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT NURSING DIAGNOSIS which will be the first one on the list. Make sure it has one short term goal, one long term goal, and three interventions per goal. There must be a rationale for each intervention.  Make sure to include references at the end.

FOR ALL RATIONALES, MAKE SURE THERE IS IN TEXT CITATIONS AND REFERENCES AT THE END

Organization Behavior & Communication – Motivation

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Although studying theory might seem to be an effort separate from practice (e.g., professional activities), good theories emerge from assessing practice. Accordingly, theories can possess some usefulness in prescribing positive actions for leaders and organizations.

Assume you are the manager of a department in an organization. Select two of the theories you learned about this week that you believe will be most useful in managing your staff. (Be sure to review the supplemental readings as well). Select different theories or different combinations of theories than your classmates select. Address the following:

– Assess why you find the two theories you selected most practical or helpful.

– Evaluate how the two theories might interact with each other.

– Analyze whether you anticipate needing different motivational methods applying your selected theories according to the ages, races, national origins, cultures, genders, and educational backgrounds of your subordinates. Provide appropriate citations to support your conclusions.

– Justify three best practices that emerge from your selected theories (three best practices total. You do not need three best practices for each theory).

The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response. For each Theory. 

Your posting should be the equivalent of 500–1000 words in length. For each of the bullet points. Include reference page in APA style to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Submission Details:

Submit your response in the Discussion Area, using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading:

Kinicki, A. (2020). Organizational behavior: A precritical, problem-solving approach (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9781260075076.

Chapters:

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Performance Management

Power, Influence and Politics

Content Theories

Motivational theories can be organized as two types: Content Theories and Process theories. Let’s first look at content theories of motivation. Content theories seek to understand what it is about the employee that leads to motivation or “what” motivates.  The theories seek to identify the factors within a person that energizes, sustains, and stops behavioral responses.

One of the most well-known content theories is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This theory suggests that individuals have very ordered needs. The lowest order needs are physiological, safety, and belongingness needs. These must be met to sustain well-being.

Physiological includes the need for food, drink, shelter and relief from pain.

Safety and security includes the need for freedom from threats (events and surroundings).

Belongingness, social and love includes the need for friendship, affiliation, and interaction.

The higher order needs are esteem and self actualization. They tend towards development and internal needs.

Esteem includes the need for self-esteem and esteem from others.

Self-actualization includes the need to fulfill oneself by making maximum use of potential, abilities, and skill.

According to the theory, a person can only be working on fulfilling one level at a time, and a person cannot advance to the higher needs until the lower needs are satisfied. Once satisfied, a need no longer exists and, thus, no longer motivates a behavioral response. Once the lower need is met, the person will move to the next need for motivation. Accordingly, the theory is sometimes called a satisfaction-progression theory. Maslow further indicated that no one ever fully self-actualizes; thus, that level would always be motivational.

For further information on Maslow’s theory . 

  • Process Theories
  • The process theories of motivation were the first to look at the progression of employee effort from job performance to job satisfaction. The content theories assumed that if employee effort led to performance, it also led to job satisfaction. The process theories did not make that assumption. If content theories answer “what” motivates, process theories answer “how” motivation occurs. That is, how behavior is energized, sustained, or stopped.
  • One of the well-known process theories is the Vroom expectancy theory. This theory suggests that employees are motivated to put forth effort because they value the reward they will receive for achieving the required level of performance. Central to the theory is the employee’s thought process in determining how to behave. Essentially, the behavior is based on the employee’s estimated probability that a result will occur. The employee conducts this thought process prior to deciding whether or not to act. Three terms are crucial to the expectancy approach. 

Expectancy: Putting forth effort will lead to the desired level of performance.

Instrumentality: This performance will lead to a reward.

  • Valence: The reward is a desired outcome for the employee.
  • Employees develop two expectations. First, a perceived probability of successful performance given a certain level of effort. Second, a perceived probability of receiving an outcome given the performance.

Week 3 Reply Post

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Please respond to the classmate post below.

The Missouri Compromise

In 1817, Missouri, which was part of the Louisiana Purchase, sought statehood. The issue of whether to allow slavery in the new state sparked a heated debate in the House of Representatives. Northerners opposed it, as they believed that southern states had an unfair advantage due to the three-fifths law, which granted extra votes for enslaved people. They feared that declaring Missouri a slave state would disrupt the balance between enslaved people and free states, giving enslaved person states a two-vote advantage. James Tallmadge proposed the Tallmadge Amendment, which condemned slavery as immoral and contrary to the nation’s founding principles of equality and liberty (Corbett 2019). This amendment reflected the deep-rooted tensions and ethical concerns surrounding the issue of slavery in the United States during that period. The Tallmadge Agreement, which proposed denying Missouri statehood as a slave state, was met with opposition from northerners who feared that it would lead to the eventual abolition of slavery throughout the country. In 1820, Congress reached a compromise where Maine and Missouri would both join the Union, with Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. To prevent future conflicts over the issue of slavery, the Missouri Compromise was established. It drew a line at 36° 30′ across the entire Louisiana Territory, stating that slavery would be permitted south of this border but prohibited north of it. This compromise aimed to maintain a balance between enslaved persons and free states and avoid further disputes over the expansion of slavery in the United States.

Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806

The Louisiana Territory was initially under Spanish control, allowing America to benefit from duty-free trade through the ports of New Orleans. However, in 1801, Spain transferred Louisiana and New Orleans to France, leading to the loss of this trade advantage for America. Subsequently, President Jefferson negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars, effectively doubling the size of the United States. Following this acquisition, Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to explore the territory, particularly the Mississippi River and the potential path to the Pacific Ocean, with the aim of facilitating trade with Asia. Lewis enlisted William Clark to assist in this exploration. Although they did not find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, their journey was considered a success as they legally mapped the territory, established relationships with native inhabitants, and collected numerous plant and animal specimens. Additionally, Meriwether Lewis was appointed as the Governor of the territory, further solidifying the United States’ claim to the region.

Which of your two selections do you consider most impactful on Westward Expansion during 1800-1848? Explain why.

The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory had a profound impact on westward expansion, nearly doubling the size of the United States and being regarded as one of the greatest real estate deals in American history. Although the Lewis and Clark expedition did not find a direct water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, it effectively mapped the territory, providing valuable information for those considering westward migration. This mapping instilled confidence in people wanting to move westward, especially considering that only one person did not survive the two-year-long journey. This contrasted with the initial establishment of the colonies, where a majority of the population did not survive the harsh winters, highlighting the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition in paving the way for successful westward expansion.

Analyze the effects of the ideology of Manifest Destiny on the two historical events that you chose from the list.

The concept of Manifest Destiny, which held that Americans were destined and divinely ordained to spread democratic institutions across the continent, strongly influenced the Louisiana Purchase (Corbett 2019). However, this ideology had detrimental consequences, leading to the displacement and death of many Native Americans as the acquisition of land and expansion of the country took precedence at any cost. American expansion was often perceived not as a triumph for democratic republicanism, but rather as evidence of the innate superiority of the American Anglo-Saxon branch of the Caucasian race. Despite the principles of equality declared in the Constitution, there was pervasive prejudice not only against slaves and Native Americans but also against anyone perceived as hindering the country’s expansion. This included the French, Spanish, Russian, and others who were seen as obstructing America’s entitlement to the land they sought, driven by a belief in their divine right to expand.

IUPUI CSCI448Color-based image segmentation clustering

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Perform k-means color clustering in two photos you will take, and detect skin regions. These two images should depict your hand on different backgrounds.

The scopes of this assignment: (1) to identify qualitatively/visually, what data (images) can make processing easier, including resolution, distance from target, background complexity, lighting, etc.; (2) to evaluate the computational challenges; (3) to study a simple clustering method in image region segmentation and be able to identify alternative solutions.  

Specifically:

0. take two photos of your hand in a setting you define (lighting, background, distance from camera), each with a different background.
1. implement “repetitive” k-means, as described below; use k = {2, 3, 5} (number of clusters).
2. cluster the image pixels with respect to color {R,G,B}, and display the corresponding k probability maps (for each of the three k-values).
3. threshold the probabilities to detect skin regions (binary outcome for each pixel): each pixel will have k (for a given k-value) probability values; for a pixel to be considered as skin region, the highest among its k probability values should correspond to the skin color cluster(s) and should be over a threshold.

Repetitive k-means:
Every execution of k-means is an iterative process, from start to convergence, using k randomly chosen cluster centroids during initialization: pick k random pixels, and use their {R,G,B}-values. Consider an execution (from initialization to convergence) as a single instance in a “bigger” repetitive process, where you will execute k-means several times, each with different randomly chosen centroids/pixel {R,G,B} values.  The output should be probability maps.

For example, for k=3, and 100 repetitions, the output should be three maps:
P(x belongs to cluster i) | {Rx,Gx,Bx} ), for i={1,2,3} ({Rx,Gx,Bx} are the chromatic values of x). That is, calculate P(x belongs to cluster 1) | {Rx,Gx,Bx} ), P(x belongs to cluster 2) | {Rx,Gx,Bx} ), and P(x belongs to cluster 3) | {Rx,Gx,Bx} ). After the 100 executions of k-means, each with different initialization, you will observe each pixel (the corresponding {R,G,B}) how many times it is assigned to cluster 1, to cluster 2, and to cluster 3. For each pixel, convert the frequency of assignment (to cluster 1, 2, and 3) into percentage: e.g., a% found in cluster 1, b% found in cluster 2, c% found in cluster 3, with a+b+c = 100.

Example: routine M = my_rep_kmeans(X, k)

step 0: Define k value

step 1: load image into variable X (of size h x w x 3) since it is a color image (you may have to convert the {R,G,B} values into double precision if they are in a different format, e.g., “uint8” in Matlab)

step 1.5: numofexec = 1 (counts how many times you execute k-means (see below); initialize to 1)

step 2: randomly choose k pixels and use their color as initialization in the color space; i.e., {C1, …, Ck}, where C1, …, Ck are 3×1 (or 1×3) matrices {R,G,B}-values. The random choice of k pixels can be based on cartesian coordinates: for each initial centroid, use the {R,G,B}-value of a randomly chosen pixel X(i,j) with coordinates i in [1,h] and j in [1,w].

step 3: perform k-means: Xout = somekmeansfun(X, k, [C1, …, Ck]) ==> notice the input: variable k, and random centroids. The output Xout should be of size h x w x 1. For more compact representation (see below), M( : , : , numofexec) = Xout.  See notes below.

step 3.5: align cluster numbers for consistency throughout all repetitions based on a fixed rule, e.g., sort clusters based on the {R,G,B}-values of their centroids (say, cluster 1 is the cluster with the lowest R-value, etc.)

step 4: numofexec = numofexec + 1; Repeat step 2 ; repeat step 3, repeat step 3.5. 

step 5: At the end, you will have a 3-dimensional matrix M: size(M) = [h, w, numofexec].  You can visualize the cluster assignments of each pixel X(i, j) as: v = M(i, j, 🙂 ==> size(v) = [1, numofexec]   (1 x numofexec) ==> plot it. For each pixel, you can calculate the frequency of its assignment to each cluster using v.

step 5: Calculate P1 = P( all hxw pixels belong to cluster 1), P2 = P( all hxw pixels belong to cluster 2), …, Pk = P( all hxw pixels belong to cluster k). Note that P1, P2, …, Pk are 2D matrices (hxw).

step 6: Display as color/heat maps the 2D matrices/probability maps P1, P2, …, Pk.

The whole procedure should be done three times, for the three different values of k =2, 3, 5.

Week 2 Advanced Pathophysiology Case Study

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Hematopoietic:

J.D. is a 37 years old white woman who presents to her gynecologist complaining of a 2-month history of intermenstrual bleeding, menorrhagia, increased urinary frequency, mild incontinence, extreme fatigue, and weakness. Her menstrual period occurs every 28 days and lately there have been 6 days of heavy flow and cramping. She denies abdominal distension, back-ache, and constipation. She has not had her usual energy levels since before her last pregnancy.

Past Medical History (PMH):
Upon reviewing her past medical history, the gynecologist notes that her patient is a G5P5with four pregnancies within four years, the last infant having been delivered vaginally four months ago. All five pregnancies were unremarkable and without delivery complications. All infants were born healthy. Patient history also reveals a 3-year history of osteoarthritis in the left knee, probably the result of sustaining significant trauma to her knee in an MVA when she was 9 years old. When asked what OTC medications she is currently taking for her pain and for how long she has been taking them, she reveals that she started taking ibuprofen, three tablets each day, about 2.5 years ago for her left knee. Due to a slowly progressive increase in pain and a loss of adequate relief with three tablets, she doubled the daily dose of ibuprofen. Upon the recommendation from her nurse practitioner and because long-term ibuprofen use can cause peptic ulcers, she began taking OTC omeprazole on a regular basis to prevent gastrointestinal bleeding. Patient history also reveals a 3-year history of HTN for which she is now being treated with a diuretic and a centrally acting antihypertensive drug. She has had no previous surgeries.

Case Study Questions

Name the contributing factors on J.D that might put her at risk to develop iron deficiency anemia.

Within the case study, describe the reasons why J.D. might be presenting constipation and or dehydration.

Why Vitamin B12 and folic acid are important on the erythropoiesis? What abnormalities their deficiency might cause on the red blood cells?

The gynecologist is suspecting that J.D. might be experiencing iron deficiency anemia.
In order to support the diagnosis, list and describe the clinical symptoms that J.D. might have positive for Iron deficiency anemia.

If the patient is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, what do you expect to find as signs of this type of anemia? List and describe.

Labs results came back for the patient. Hb 10.2 g/dL; Hct 30.8%; Ferritin 9 ng/dL; red blood cells are smaller and paler in color than normal. Research list and describe for appropriate recommendations and treatments for J.D.

Cardiovascular
Mr. W.G. is a 53-year-old white man who began to experience chest discomfort while playing tennis with a friend. At first, he attributed his discomfort to the heat and having had a large breakfast. Gradually, however, discomfort intensified to a crushing sensation in the sternal area and the pain seemed to spread upward into his neck and lower jaw. The nature of the pain did not seem to change with deep breathing. When Mr. G. complained of feeling nauseated and began rubbing his chest, his tennis partner was concerned that his friend was having a heart attack and called 911 on his cell phone. The patient was transported to the ED of the nearest hospital and arrived within 30 minutes of the onset of chest pain. In route to the hospital, the patient was placed on nasal cannula and an IV D5W was started. Mr. G. received aspirin (325 mg po) and 2 mg/IV morphine. He is allergic to meperidine (rash). His pain has eased slightly in the last 15 minutes but is still significant; was 9/10 in severity; now7/10. In the ED, chest pain was not relieved by 3 SL NTG tablets. He denies chills.

Case Study Questions

  1. For patients at risk of developing coronary artery disease and patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarct, describe the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors.
  2. What would you expect to see on Mr. W.G. EKG and which findings described on the case are compatible with the acute coronary event?
  3. Having only the opportunity to choose one laboratory test to confirm the acute myocardial infarct, which would be the most specific laboratory test you would choose and why?
  4. How do you explain that Mr. W.G temperature has increased after his Myocardial Infarct, when that can be observed and for how long? Base your answer on the pathophysiology of the event.

Explain to Mr. W.G. why he was experiencing pain during his Myocardial Infarct. Elaborate and support your answer.

Death and the Asian Worldview

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Below there is a Word Document (DD&B2)I would like you all to give it a read through. It will say at the top that it is a summary of what I covered in Thursday’s class (or something like that). Just ignore that comment and carry on.

In the meantime, I strongly encourage everyone to watch this movie. In fact, I am going to require it. It will be very useful for you if you know very little of Buddhism. There are a couple of deaths in there and you can begin to get a feeling how the Tibetan Buddhist Monks regard death and dying. It’s a visually appealing movie (even if Keanu Reeves’ acting is a bit . . . stilted in it). On the other hand, he is portraying Shakyamuni Buddha in a book about the Buddha that is written for children, so in a weird way, his acting does kind of make sense. At the very least, it will familiarize you with important events from the Buddha’s life and give me a break from typing out a bunch of words for you to read.  

https://gostream.site/little-buddha/

Or I watched it here: https://ww6.0123movie.net/movie/little-buddha-12822.html

I added two further readings. Death, Rebirth and Liberation in Buddhism and In the Mirror of Death. The second reading (In the Mirror of Death) is written by a Tibetan monk (and actually, if you watched the movie, “Little Buddha” you met him briefly. He played the monk, ‘Kenpo Tenzin’ – the guy who wore glasses and laughed all of the time. He was the monk who first approached Jesse’s mom, Lisa. Anyway, his real name is Sogyal Rinpoche and he wrote a book called ‘The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying’. The reading I gave you is an excerpt from that book. I think you will find very interesting what he has to say about death and dying in the West as viewed from his Tibetan perspective. Toward the end of that particular reading, he talks about what (according to Tibetan Buddhism) happens to “you” (your mind or your consciousness – the thing that thinks in terms of there being a you in the first place). Remember…in Buddhism there is no soul or anything permanent that carries over after death. So, if you were wondering dying and rebirth means to Buddhists, well, pay attention when you come to that part! 

Your assignment here is to tell me – based upon the glimpse of Buddhism you have seen thus far – do you think Buddhism has any contribution to make to the west’s understanding of death and dying? Why / why not?

Instructions

The PDF document I posted, “In the Mirror of Death” has the section, “Death in the Modern World.” In it, Sogyal Rinpoche gives his views of death in the modern and technically advanced west, juxtaposing that against the very traditional Buddhist upbringing he received in Tibet. As I was reading through that section, it brought me back to an earlier reading I had you do, specifically, the Erich Fromm reading about death in the Middle Ages. If you recall that reading, Fromm maintained that in the Middle Ages, although there was a lack of what we might call today, “individual freedom’ – this was not really perceived as a deficit because the individual as we understand the concept now simply did not exist then. Most of you rightly pointed out in that assignment that the Church in Medieval times was the dominant ideology of the day. This got me thinking about Sogyal Rinpoche’s experiences growing up as a monk in a Buddhist order in Tibet. Certainly Buddhism would have been his dominant ideology (as well as the dominant ideology of all those he interacted with). With that in mind it is not difficult to understand his shock in seeing the way western culture treats death. Your assignment here is to tell me – based upon the glimpse of Buddhism you have seen thus far – do you think Buddhism has any contribution to make to the west’s understanding of death and dying? Why / why not?

*I’m going to be evaluating these papers based upon your ability to use the actual materials I gave to you. Please do not use outside sources! You need to demonstrate that you have watched the movie, done the readings, and given careful consideration to the question. You should probably plan on writing about 2 pages. 

Albizu Critical Thinking discussion

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1.Maria (discussion) 

Socrates once said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.”

               Self-knowledge means understanding our own sensations, thoughts, beliefs, values, and behaviors. Not too long ago, I started what I call a journey of self-awareness. I married very young and the marriage was an experience that brought a lot of uncertainty to my life. Without realizing it, I was becoming someone that was not me. I was stuck in the vicious circle that I had to cave to other people’s expectations, that I had to make decisions based on fear or a sense of pleasing others, and that I was not worthy of a meaningful and fulfilling life.

               Once I started my journey of knowing myself, I relied on my values which have helped me to make decisions in line with my authentic self. I decided to pursue my passion which is helping others and enjoy my hobbies. In the process I have acknowledged both my strengths and weaknesses. I have realized that I am stronger that I thought and that has boosted my self-confidence immensely even when I feel down.

               It was very difficult for me let go of the judgment about myself. I used to believe that I was simply not good enough to live the life that I have always wanted. I believed that behind all the struggles that I had to face were a consequence of me getting married so young. This is an example of post hoc fallacy; I was set on thinking that ONE decision triggered a chain of bad experiences, when in fact, they were just a coincidence, an eye-opening opportunity to work on my personal growth.

               Overall, my drive to strive for the life that I have envisioned has brought light to my life. I have developed self-love, acceptance despite my insecurities, and shortcomings. I have a higher emotional intelligence, which has helped me to be aware of my emotions and create stronger relationships with those around me.

References

Ruggiero, V. R. (2012). Beyond Feelings A Guide to Critical Thinking. (9th ed.). Mc Graw-Hill.
Selig, M. (2016, March 9). Know Yourself? 6 Specific Ways to Know Who You Are. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/changepower/201603/know-yourself-6-specific-ways-know-who-you-are

2.Eilyn (discussion)? 

“Knowing yourself” is a process of understanding your own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. This self-knowledge can be beneficial in critical thinking because it can help you to understand your own biases and how they might impact your judgment. Additionally, self-knowledge can help you to be more aware of your own emotions and how they might influence your thinking. By understanding these things about yourself, you can more effectively engage in critical thinking.

Since Chapter 1, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of the significance of “knowing oneself,” in particular how it might aid in the development of critical thinking.

Understanding your own biases and how they could affect your thinking is one of the advantages of self-knowledge. When you are making decisions, you might be more cautious to avoid biases if you are conscious of your own.

Self-awareness has another advantage in that it might make it easier for you to comprehend other people’s viewpoints. You may be more receptive to hearing other people’s opinions and treating them fairly if you are conscious of your own prejudices.

In general, self-awareness is an important tool for critical thinking. You may make wiser decisions and influence others more successfully if you are aware of your own prejudices and other people’s viewpoints.

Being more conscious of your own prejudices and how they could influence your thinking is one advantage of understanding oneself. When you are making decisions, you might be more cautious to avoid biases if you are conscious of your own. Consider the scenario when you have prejudice towards fat individuals. When judging an obese individual, you may be more cautious to analyze the data objectively if you are aware of this prejudice.

Being aware of who you are also helps you to better comprehend the viewpoints of others. You may be more receptive to hearing other people’s opinions and treating them fairly if you are conscious of your own prejudices. Consider the scenario when you have prejudice towards fat individuals. You may be more receptive to hearing the opinions of fat individuals and giving their arguments due consideration if you are conscious of this prejudice.

In general, self-awareness is an important tool for critical thinking. You may make wiser decisions and influence others more successfully if you are aware of your own prejudices and other people’s viewpoints.

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QUESTION

1. Using the case of Mary S., identify and describe the value conflict between Mary S. and her supervisor, in one to three paragraphs.

2. Using the NASW Code of Ethics, identify Mary S.’s values and the values of her supervisor. Identify any personal values that may also be present. You do not have to describe how you would resolve this conflict.

3. Your final short paragraph will be to highlight any misjudgments that Mary S. may have encountered where she mistook values for knowledge or knowledge for values.

SOP4003 Discussion Question

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QUESTION

The notion of Mating Intelligence (MI) offers a fresh angle. MI includes the mental capacity for courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry. It is at work in our efforts to form, maintain, coordinate, and terminate relationships. Mating Intelligence guides us in flirtation, foreplay, and copulation; in mate-search, mate-choice, mate-guarding, and mate-switching; and in many other behaviors that may have reproductive payoffs. Here’s the quiz, take it yourself and see how you ‘measure up’. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200701/the-quiz-mating-iqLinks to an external site.

Then take a look at the following video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu4Uki8VyLc.Links to an external site. 

Do you think MI matters in selecting a mate? Have we pushed the preverbal envelope too far when it comes to finding a mate? Should it be more natural selection versus a state of science? What are the positive and negative considerations when taking an assessment such as the MI or others to help in the selection of a mate?

Post 1 

Personally, Mating Intelligence would help in selecting a mate, but not a necessity where it would matter for everyone to have. We also have pushed the preverbal envelope in a sense where we would generalize the behaviors towards sex rather than individualizing these cues. While I may sound against the matter of mating intelligence, I also think that selecting a mate requires both natural selection with a state of science. One of the positive considerations on taking an assessment towards Mating Intelligence is being able to have a general sense of where you are at when reading the opposite sex based on majority of the conditions. However, taking these types of assessments doesn’t measure the complete picture of someone’s mating intelligence, mainly depending on their conditions. Through the quiz that was posted above, a lot of the questions wouldn’t apply to me because of what I believe in relationships. I decide to not sleep and flirt with many women since I’ve chosen to set standards on what type of woman I would provide my attention to. Some of these questions base your intelligence through the amount of relationships someone has, which would discount my final score on the assessment. I did like some of the questions that were in the assessment which were based of your ability to attract or convince women, and whether you have an idea of what feelings they have towards yourself which are questions that would be more applicable towards the matter. 

Post 2 

MI does not matter when selecting a mate. Men and women are very different; we operate differently and think differently, and each has our own things that the other does not understand. I do not believe it is truly possible for one sex to fully understand the other, neither is it required. When someone believes some of the things on the MI are true about themselves, I think they simply have high confidence rather than an actual understanding of the opposite sex. The MI is pushing the preverbal envelope too far when it comes to finding a mate. I do believe it should be more of a natural selection versus a state of science. Science does not have anything to do with finding a mate. Understanding the opposite sex better may help, but it is not required. What is required is being kind and considerate of other people’s perspectives. You can respect someone’s differences without needing to understand them. Also, being attractive and wealthy should not have anything to do with selecting a mate. Being attractive is something we cannot control, and being wealthy is not an easy task that should be expected from anyone. What should be expected is being responsible with money and striving for better ways to handle money. Also holding a job can be expected. I do not see any positives to the MI. I see the MI as either making someone’s head bigger or destroying someone’s confidence because they do not understand the other sex, aren’t attractive, aren’t social enough, or do not see themselves becoming financially successful. None of these things are required for finding a mate. We are holding too high of expectations with the MI. It does not matter to be social, attractive, wealthy, or to have lots of people attractive to you. What the MI should be asking is if you are kind. Considerate? Patient? Hardworking? And things about your personality that are attractive to others.