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BSHS 342 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
 BSHS 342 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
 BSHS 342 week 1 Individual Assignment Quiz on Philosophies and Theoretical Perspectives
 BSHS 342 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
 BSHS 342 Week 2 Discussion Question 2
 BSHS 342 week 2 Individual Assignment Observation Journal
 BSHS 342 week 2 Team Assignment “Hot Topic” Paper Methods of Delivery
 BSHS 342 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
 BSHS 342 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
 BSHS 342 week 3 Individual Assignment Rite of Passage Paper
 BSHS 342 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
 BSHS 342 Week 4 Discussion Question 2
 BSHS 342 week 4 Individual Assignment Paper on Popular Movie
 BSHS 342 week 4 Learning Team Assignment “Slowing the Biological Clock” PowerPoint Assignment
 BSHS 342 Week 5 Discussion Question 1
 BSHS 342 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
 BSHS 342 week 5 Individual Assignment Research Paper on Issues Affecting the Aged

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BSHS 342 Week 1 Discussion Question 1

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Do you consider Human Development an important component of the evolution of society?

What stance does the lifespan perspective take on regarding the issue of the course of human development? Do you consider it one or many courses?

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BSHS 342 Week 1 Discussion Question 2

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Discuss your opinion about nature vs. nurture and stability vs change?

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BSHS 342 Week 1 Individual Assignment Quiz on Philosophies and Theoretical Perspectives

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Individual Assignment: On-line Quiz on Philosophies and Theoretical Perspectives

Prepare to take a quiz on the Week One readings. Quiz will be posted in the main forum on 2/22/11.

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BSHS 342 Week 2 Discussion Question 1

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What do you consider the most important prenatal issue for a child’s well-being? Why is this issue the most important?

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BSHS 342 Week 2 Discussion Question 2

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What factors do you think most influence a child’s development? Why are these factors the most influential?

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BSHS 342 Week 2 Individual Assignment Observation Journal

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Individual: Observation journal.

In Week Two, you will observe a human being who falls into the lifespan phase being studied that week and record your observations in a journal. The object of your observation could be a family member, a toddler with its mother, — your material is limitless. Be discrete and take copious notes. Next, think about how your observations can be interpreted from a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial point of view and then develop a summary of your interpretations. Be sure to incorporate the relevant course topics and objectives for the week into your work.

 This week, observe a child between the ages of 2 and 9, and record your observations. Write a summary from a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial point of view

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BSHS 342 Week 2 Team Assignment “Hot Topic” Paper Methods of Delivery

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“Hot Topic” paper or presentation

 Choose a “hot topic” from the following list: Select a topic as a team for your Hot Topic paper and presentation. Choose your own topic, or select a topic from the following list:

o Birth control and abortion

o Methods of delivery

o Infant day care

o Breast feeding versus bottle feeding

o Discipline of infants

o Appropriate age for toilet training

o Parental rights and roles

 Research, individually, the topic chosen by your team.

Please perform individual research on a topic chosen (from the above list) by your team and review in your team forum. In your team discussions, you will synthesize your research and information (to include all sides of the issue rather than a particular position) and prepare a 1400–1750 word paper (4–5 pages) on your “hot topic.”

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BSHS 342 Week 3 Discussion Question 1

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What are three changes in parent-child relationships during this stage of life?

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BSHS 342 Week 3 Discussion Question 2

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How do peer relationships change during this stage of life?

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BSHS 342 Week 3 Individual Assignment Rite of Passage Paper

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Individual: “Rite of Passage” Paper

“Rite of Passage” assignment (Due Week Three)

Write a 1400 to 1750 word paper in which you are to create two modern rites of passages one for an adolescent girl and one for an adolescent boy that addresses the social demands facing adolescents today. Please incorporate some of the following issues into your Rite of Passage paper:

a. The strength and changeability of peer relations

b. How media messages and peers affect sexual orientation development

c. The biological changes taking place during adolescence and how the changes affect the child’s physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development

Your paper should include separation, initiation, and reintegration, and should also offer an appropriate means for adolescents to:

a. Make the transition to adulthood

b. Be given solutions to some current problems of adolescents such as gangs, premature sexual activity, substance abuse, and school truancy

Your paper should be 1400–1750 words in length and Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

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BSHS 342 Week 4 Discussion Question 2

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What are three psychosocial changes taking place in middle adulthood between men and women?

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BSHS 342 Week 4 Individual Assignment Paper on Popular Movie

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Paper on a Popular Movie

Watch a movie that focuses on adulthood and life transitions. The movie must relate to this week’s topics, objectives and readings. Select a movie from the list below

 American Beauty — 1999

 Autumn in New York — 2000

 Grumpier Old Men — 2004

 Hanging up — 2005

 It’s a Wonderful Life — 1946

 On Golden Pond — 1981

 Substantiate your writing with references from the text and be sure to follow APA style.

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you address the following questions:

o How can the main character or characters be viewed from a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial perspective?

o What are the various ways in which each main character copes with biological changes as a result of aging?

o What changes occur in the family composition and lifestyle of these characters?

o How does each character cope with death, dying, and his or her theories on the afterlife, if any?

 Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.?

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BSHS 342 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment “Slowing the Biological Clock” PowerPoint Assignment

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Learning Team Assignment:

PowerPoint Presentation on “Slowing the Biological Clock”:

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the concept of stopping a biologically driven aging process.As a team you are to review current research on medical, scientific, holistic, and psychosocial ways, including diet, exercise, surgery, and so on, to slow the aging process. With your team, synthesize the findings that will focus on the concept of stopping a biologically driven process. Address the following questions in your presentation:

a. What are the risks and benefits?

b. What are the motivations of those “selling” this idea?

c. What are the consequences to society and to individuals?

d. What are the implications to the provision of human services to the elderly?

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BSHS 342 Week 5 Discussion Question 1

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What factors contribute to well-being and life satisfaction later in life?

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BSHS 342 Week 5 Discussion Question 2

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What obstacles might be encountered by human services workers trying to provide assistance to the aged?

What types of problems might late-life adults face, and what might you, as a human services worker, do to assist an elderly individual coping with these problems

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BSHS 342 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research Paper on Issues Affecting the Aged

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Individual Assignment: Research Paper on Issues Affecting the Aged

Research current trends and issues that affect today’s aged population. Use information gathered during your Learning Team assignment interviews.

Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you complete the following:

Describe the biological changes that occur in late adulthood, and identify how health and fitness affect the aging process.

Contrast the overall decline of memory, language processing, and problem solving abilities in late adults with the benefits of practical knowledge and life experiences they offer.

Explain the biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that affect people’s ability to cope with dying.

Discuss how grieving the loss of a loved one is influenced by individual and circumstantial factors.

Format your paper consistent with APA guideline

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