Analyze the importance (or lack thereof) of Health/Wellness/Fitness in society and how it has sparked change in the everyday behavior of individuals or societies?

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Prompt: The topic you select for this Milestone is the topic you will explore throughout this course. The issue is an event within that particular topic that looks at one aspect of it. Your chosen issue will be discussed further in Milestone Two.

I. Introduction: Examine the importance of Health/Wellness/Fitness in society and how it influences social practices. To help guide your analysis, you will explore a topic that has been discussed in this course.

1. Analyze the importance (or lack thereof) of Health/Wellness/Fitness in society and how it has sparked change in the everyday behavior of individuals or societies? 2. Analyze how social practices and our idea of Health/Wellness/Fitness have shaped each other. 3. Analyze how wellness has influenced the everyday behavior of individuals in Exercise Science or the professionals in the field.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Support your responses with at least two sources from the assigned course resources. Cite your supporting sources in APA or MLA format (choose the style that is commonly used in your program of study).

Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.

Critical Elements

Proficient (100%)

Needs Improvement (85%)

Not Evident (0%)

Value %

Introduction: Importance

Analyzes the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society

Analyzes the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society, but analysis is cursory

Does not analyze the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society

30

Introduction: Discipline of Study

Analyzes how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest

Analyzes how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest, but analysis is cursory

Does not analyze how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest

30

Critical Elements

Proficient (100%)

Needs Improvement (85%)

Not Evident (0%)

Value

Introduction: Social Practices

Analyzes how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how the idea of wellness has shaped social practices

Analyzes how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how the idea of wellness has shaped social practices, but analysis is cursory

Does not analyze how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how the idea of wellness has shaped social practices

30

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total

100%

What customs and traditions such as dress, music, dance, family stories, holidays, and celebrations are associated with your culture?

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This assignment focuses on the concept of ethnocentrism, the idea that others can be judged through the lens of one’s own cultural group, which is superior to another (Sherrill, 2003). Ethnocentric beliefs are often the foundation for many diversity-related arguments in political, religious, and racial discussions. Ethnocentrism can often be seen at the center of arguments about the moral foundations of our society, with each side arguing based on their own long-held cultural beliefs. Others, however, argue that morality is culturally relative and accordingly, so are our beliefs. As such, rules regarding right and wrong, what is moral or just, would be based on our cultural backgrounds.

In your discussion this week, you explored your own cultural dimensions. For this assignment, think about your longest held cultural beliefs, considering how your personal background has influenced who you are today. Consider all of the cultural associations you may have now and in the past including your customs and traditions such as dress, music, dance, family stories, holidays, and celebrations.

Instructions:

First, take a moment to complete the New York Times quiz “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” to see how dialect can reflect your cultural background.

Then, write a 1320-1650 word paper (not including the title page) about how ethnocentrism and cultural relativism affect how you see yourself and others.

Specifically address:

  1. Definitions (can be in your introductory paragraphs):
    1. What do you mean by “culture”?
    2. What is ethnocentrism?
    3. What is cultural relativism?
  2. What cultural group(s) do you belong to?
    1. Who or what has influenced you?
    2. What are the cultural norms associated with your cultural groups?
    3. What customs and traditions such as dress, music, dance, family stories, holidays, and celebrations are associated with your culture?
  3. Analyze your perspectives.
    1. What of your perspectives are rooted in ethnocentric beliefs?
    2. What of your perspectives are based on cultural relativism?
    3. Give at least one example of when you have been involved with someone judging you in an ethnocentric manner.

You are strongly encouraged to use the APA format template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to guide you while writing your paper. Include a properly formatted title page. For clarity, divide your paper into sections with properly formatted section headings. Be sure to include an introductory paragraph stating what your paper is about and a conclusion section at the end giving the high points of the paper. This assignment does not require an abstract.

Remember to sign up and use Grammarly (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as a proofing tool!

Assignment Submission Checklist:

  • Did you use the APA Template?
  • Did you include three journals?
  • Did you proof read your paper?

Summarize the theory; then, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this theory, especially as it relates to social work practice.

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Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, “We need theories to guide our thinking and our work so that we may undertake research-informed practice” (p. 127-128). At the same time, the authors asserted, “No theory will be perfectly applicable. Perhaps you will decide that only one or two concepts make any sense to you in terms of working with clients” (p. 128). Though you may be able to apply only a few concepts in a particular theory to your work with clients, as a social worker, you should be applying evidence-based research to your work. Empirically-based developmental theories may guide you as you assess clients and their presenting problems. You may also apply developmental theories to your treatment decisions.

For this Assignment, you discuss theories of life-span development by evaluating a theory that seems especially relevant to you and your role as a social worker. Select a theory of life-span development to address in this Discussion. This may be a theory described in the resources of this course, or you may select a theory based on personal research. Locate at least one scholarly resource (not included in the course resources) that addresses the theory you selected.

By Day 3

Post a Discussion in which you analyze the theory of life-span development that you selected. Summarize the theory; then, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this theory, especially as it relates to social work practice. Explain one way you might apply the theory to your social work practice.

 

Required Readings

Dybicz, P. (2012). The hero(ine) on a journey: A postmodern conceptual framework for social work practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 48(2), 267–283.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Villadsen, K. (2008). ‘Polyphonic’ welfare: Luhmann’s systems theory applied to modern social work. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(1), 65–73.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Document: Life Span Interview (PDF)
You will use this document for your Life Span Interview Assignment.

Optional Resources

Use the link below to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program.
MSW home page

You will do this experiment so you have an idea of what it is, how it works and what your participants went through. The data you will actually analyze for your project will be given to you by me. 

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Research Project Topic/HypothesisDiscussion TopicI’m Done Overdue – March 18 at 11:59 PM  Starts Mar 12, 2018 12:00 AM

You have a choice in how you approach this Research Report. First read the project instructions, then complete this discussion.

Your hypothesis and topic determines what you choose to analyze. You could be interested in reaction time and age so you analyze the three tasks’ results by age.

You may be interested in gender differences or even gender by age differences.

You may be interested in something else, like if the participant was an athlete or not. You can create a new variable in the Research Report data and put a 1 if the participant was an athlete and a 0 if not. Then you can analyze the data by that grouping (see video).

You could make up a new variable for how many drinks the participant had prior to doing the lab. You could see if there was a correlation between the number of drinks and the time they spent on the lab.

Your choice! Compose your response to this discussion with your name as the subject. Describe your research idea and topic and what your hypothesis is. Also tell me how you plan (or think you might plan) to analyze the data. It’s OK if you are not sure about this – we will discuss it and I will give you some guidance if necessary.

For example: my research idea is about whether age correlates to reaction time. I am only going to use task 1. My hypothesis is that as people get older, their reaction time increases, they get slower. I will set up the data in two columns and run a Pearson correlation of time by age using SPSS. This is a very simple example – I expect your idea to be a little more interesting!

Note. There were three tasks in the lab: 1) simple reaction time task, 2) a go/no go reaction task, and 3) a choice reaction time task. You only need to pick one, but can use more than one.

Also, please use at least 50 subjects in each group.

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Online Psychology Lab – Reaction TimeDiscussion TopicTask: Reply to this topic Overdue – March 18 at 11:59 PM  Starts Mar 12, 2018 12:00 AM

To earn credit for participating in this discussion, compose your response with your LAST NAME, FIRST NAME as the “subject” and then include your user ID once you have completed your participation.

The Online Psychological Laboratory (OPL) will be used for the Research Report and Research Poster. For the research report and poster you will use the data set provided by me. Doing this online experiment allows you to experience the experiment so you are familiar with the procedures. You will need these details when you write your report.

You will do this experiment so you have an idea of what it is, how it works and what your participants went through. The data you will actually analyze for your project will be given to you by me.

The lab is found at OPL

Use class ID 6341