describe selected communication experiences, analyze them through the lens of your newly developed leadership profile, and describe implications for future experiences.

You will need to draw on knowledge of advanced communication skills as well as past experiences and knowledge in certain communication situations. Scholarly inquiry into the specified communication types will be needed from at least one (1) peer reviewed journal per situation. The following headings should be used for your paper and represent what is included in a completed paper.

Analyze the argument that Descartes constructs in the six meditations of his Meditations on First Philosophy in his search for certainty.

What is his method of doubt (Meditation 2)? What does he mean by the famous phrase, I think, therefore I am (Meditation 2)? Why is the idea of infinity (God) the second clear and distinct idea that Descartes discovers in in his mind (Meditation 3)? What is the cause of error, and how can we avoid it (Meditation 4)? What is the essence of bodies or material things, as opposed to minds (Meditation 5)? How does Descartes prove the existence of material things (Meditation 6)? Do you find Descartess overall argument persuasive? In your conclusion, briefly explain why or why not.
The only citations should be used from the book of meditations.

Analyze and interpret the character of Josef. Who is Josef and what is his role in the story? Why is he important to the novel?

What is his importance in terms of educating Yolen’s readers? In an interview with Yolen, the interviewer said, “Portions of Briar Rose containing homosexual content are one of the reasons it’s on the banned books lists.” Yolen replied, “The homosexual content is slight compared to ‘homosexual’ books. That is, there are no real sex scenes, and one bedroom scene that is really about politics, not sex. But I did not make up the pink triangle camps. Briar Rose deals pretty directly in one section with the infamous ‘Pink Triangle camps’ in which the Nazis’ incarcerated known or suspected homosexuals. In fact the “Prince” character is a gay man . . . . Because there is a homosexual character in the book, the novel has been banned in some places, and actually burned in Kansas City on the steps of the Board of Education by a right-wing religious group. I do not believe they read the book.” (Given that the Nazis burned books, the Kansas group’s actions are pretty ironic.) Your discussion of Josef’s importance in the novel could also involve a discussion of book censorship. Remember that a thesis statement asserts a debatable point–it doesn’t merely state a fact or factoid.
This essay must be a minimum of 1,000 words. There is no maximum limit on words or sources. See the Grading Rubric for information on how your essay will be evaluated.The essay must be in MLA format, with in-text citations and a works cited page. All sources must be on the works cited page, including the novel itself. You don’t need in-text citations for summaries or paraphrases from works of fiction. All you need in the citations for direct quotations from the novel are the page numbers since it is a given that Yolen is the author. I want you to base this essay on your own ideas and interpretations, but be sure to cite any outside sources if you use them and include them on your works cited page.Be sure to use reputable information sources, and use scholarly sources if you cite experts.You must submit this essay to Turnitin before you submit it for grading. Do so enough in advance that you can catch and fix any potential plagiarism or attribution problems.Be sure to refer to specific passages in the novel. You need to demonstrate that you have read, thought about, and understood Briar Rose. Don’t assume that a few quotations here and there will suffice. Integrate discussion of the novel into the points that you make. As the Basic Paper Guidelines state, “Always keep your imagined audience in mind. Dont imagine only your instructor or classmates; imagine the general public. Dont assume that your audience is familiar with all of your examples or sources. When writing about a source, do not assume that everyone has read it. Ask yourself what your readers will need to know to understand the points that you are making. When we write something, we know what we mean to say. Therefore, it seems clear to us when we read it overafter all, weve just digested our own source material. But the people we should be imagining havent read everything that we have.”When you refer to passages in the novel and use quotations from the novel, be sure to give context. Your imagined audience is a diverse group of people, most of whom have probably never read the novel. Your essay must be clear to them. You need to introduce the characters to your audience and give everything you write enough detail to make it understandable. Some of the general audience may also not know much about the Holocaust. Tell your readers what they would need to know to understand the arguments that you are making. Every semester I get a few essays that have only vague, and often random seeming, quotations and references to events in the novel, with most of the rest of the essay not drawing upon the novel at all. These give the impression of students who haven’t read the book but feel that by reading the cover notes, the study questions, and bits and pieces in the book, they can fake it. These essays simply aren’t any good, and the grades they earn reflect that. Inspiration for the novel:In an interview, Jane Yolen was asked, What inspired you to write the story as a novel/fairy tale about the Holocaust? She replied,I had thought about doing a book on the Holocaust for a long time, but quite frankly the idea overwhelmed me. Finally one of my editors, who was a rabbi’s wife, persuaded me the time had come to confront the task. Writers and storytellers are the memory of a civilization, and we who are alive now really must not forget what happened in that awful time or else we may be doomed to repeat it.I ended up writing a young adult novel called The Devil’s Arithmetic (another Holocaust novel). The research and writing of The Devil’s Arithmetic took me several years. When I was done, I swore to myself I would never write another book on the Holocaust because it was such an emotionally difficult task.However, I did!The idea for an adult novel on the subject [of] “Briar Rose” had come to me when I was watching the documentary Shoah, in which the concentration camp Chelmno was describeda camp in a castle. Castle, barbed wire, and the gassing of innocent folk. It suggested the fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty” in a horrible way. Yet I did not want to get into that awful world once again. It took another editor to persuade me this book needed to be written.http://www.underdown.org/yolen.htm
Helpful Hints and Reminders:Briar Rose is a novel. Don’t refer to it as a “story.” “Short story” is the technical term for a short work of fiction. A novel is a book-length work of fiction. (Anything too short to be a novel and too long to be called a short story is categorized as a “novella.”)Write about the ongoing events in a work of fiction in present tense. Write about historical events in past tense.Use an author’s entire name the first time you mention him or her, and simply use the last name after that. Do not refer to authors by their first names. Do not add titles like “Mrs.” or “Mr.” in front of people’s surnames.Introduce expert sources, but don’t introduce them by naming the titles of their articles or books in the body of a paper. That information is on the Works Cited page and it does not tell your audience why these people are experts whose assertions can be trusted. Tell you readers what an expert’s credentials and areas of expertise are.Discussion of Briar Rose must be an important part of your essay, no matter which of the topics you choose. Don’t just make a couple of passing references and spent the rest of the time talking about current or other historical events. Demonstrate that you have read and understood the novel.Always keep your imagined audience in mind. Dont imagine only your instructor or classmates; imagine the general public. Think of a diverse group of people with different experiences and valuesmost of whom probably have never read Briar Rose. Not all of them may even be familiar with the motifs of the classic “Sleeping Beauty.” Dont assume that your audience is familiar with all of your examples or sources. When writing about a source, do not assume that everyone has read it. Ask yourself what your readers will need to know to understand the points that you are making. When we write something, we know what we mean to say. Therefore, it seems clear to us when we read it overafter all, weve just digested our own source material. But the people we should be imagining havent read everything that we have. Don’t simply start talking about Gemma, Becca, Josef, the Avenger, and others as if your readers have any idea of what you are talking about. Don’t say things like “In chapter 9 . . . .” This means nothing to the general audience. Explain. Identify. Give context. Don’t assume your readers know what Chelmno is, and remember–it was not typical camp–victims didn’t “live” there. And give all of your quotations context, as well.Don’t refer to yourself, your experiences, or your feelings. Don’t use first person singular (I, me) unless you are quoting someone.Don’t use second person (you, your). Use first person plural (we, us, our) or third person (they, them, their) instead.Try to come up with an interesting title, not simply Essay Two or Briar Rose Essay. Keep a general audience in mind. Have an informative title.Avoid “empty adjectives.” These are words like “interesting,” great,” “wonderful,” “good,” “brilliant,” “entertaining,” “amazing,” and so on. All these words mean different things to different people. What is wonderful to you could be boring or even awful to someone else. Use concrete adjectives–words that have specific meanings, no matter who the reader is. Adjectives like “controversial,” for example, are specific–“controversial” means that something has caused controversy. It is a concrete term–it refers to something factual that can be verified.Avoid informal language and slang. Avoid terms like “kids,” “moms,” dads,” and so on–even if some of your sources use them. We all know how to be informal–being formal (without being pompous) in writing is a skill most students need to develop for this and future classes–and even for the workplace, depending on the profession. Don’t use the abbreviation “etc.”Avoid exclusionary language like “mankind.” Use “people,” “society,” “human beings”, and so on. Don’t refer to all people as “he” or “him.”Avoid slashes in academic and other formal writing. For example, don’t write “and/or”; use either “and” or “or,” as appropriate.

What information can these prenatal diagnostics provide, and what risks (if any) are associated with these diagnostics?

PSYC2314 Written Exam 1
Use the information provided in the textbook to complete the following questions. Be sure to provide thorough responses in grammatically correct sentences, and keep the original question text in your document. Make reference to specific concepts, theories, and terms as needed.
Differentiate your responses from the questions with bold or italic font.
Do not copy any information directly from the textbook or any other sources.
1. Bernice is 42 years old and a single parent. She recently moved into a new apartment and started college. She is Hispanic and suffers from diabetes. She is pregnant and also overweight, mostly due to her diet, which consists of lots of processed foods and fast food. She has full-time employment, and she is valued at her job due to her bilingualism, knowledge of computers and warm personality. Identify the life stage that Bernice is in and identify all of the underlined factors as either physical, cognitive, or socioemotional processes of development. 2. Jennifer is 38 years old and she drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes regularly. Jennifer also just learned that she is 8 weeks pregnant. What risk factors are present in Jennifers pregnancy? What are the potential consequences of these risk factors? What are some prenatal diagnostic tests that Jennifer can expect to take in the next month? Furthermore, what stage of prenatal development is Jennifers baby currently in and what major developments associated with this stage prenatal development?3. Ashlyn is 5 years old. She loves to draw pictures of her family and have tea parties with her stuffed animals, where she gives them all different voices. Ashlyn also enjoys playing hide and seek with her older sister, Samantha, who is 10 years old, but she is not very good at it. Samantha normally finds her very quickly because Ashlyn tends to hide by covering her eyes. In the last tea party they played together, Samantha tricked Ashlyn by offering her three small cookies in exchange for one large piece of chocolate cake. Ashlyn was excited because she recently learned to count and knows that three is greater than one. Identify the life stage of Ashlyn and Samantha, and using the information given as well as Piagets cognitive development theory, describe Ashlyn and Samanthas cognitive development in terms of stages, cognitive abilities, and cognitive limitations. 4. Brandons friends keep talking about an awesome new video game that he hasnt had a chance to play yet. He feels left out of the conversations, so he asks his parents if they can buy him the game for his birthday. He shows them an online preview of the video game, which contains vulgar language, violence and sexual content. Explain the difference between Authoritative, Authoritarian and Permissive parenting styles, describe how a parent from each style would likely respond to Brandons request, and furthermore explain how these parenting styles can impact child development.

Community Health Nursing 409Family Health and Assessment AssignmentOverviewThis assignment is the use of a selected conceptual model to help students in describing, pinpointing an exploring families in community practice.

The Friedman family conceptual model is a tool used to assess the family as a whole, as part of the whole of society, and as an interaction system (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008, p. 569). The Friedman assessment is following the nursing process in the context of a family and provides guidelines for nursing interventions (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). This methodical process can point to family problem area, strengths and resiliency (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008). As noted in Stanhope and Lancaster (2016), not all of the Friedman assessment tool will be relevant for the family.Instruction for Assessment and Intervention:For this project the student must complete the Friedman family assessment short form during from one to two home visits. You must initially receive approval for the family interview, ensure privacy by using only initials or pseudonym to identify family (no other identifier should be utilized). If you identify an intervention that would of benefit to the family, provide the information as soon as possible and follow-up on intervention. Please discuss all proposed interventions in a summary with the Friedman Family assessment and the tentative benefit/s to the family.The guiding questions for the Friedman family assessment short form is located in Stanhope and Lancaster, 2016, pp. 1046-1047. It will also be meaningful if you read pages 606-618 in Chapter 27 of Stanhope and Lancaster, 2016. Attached is an example of a Friedman family assessment format short form (note the example paper does not have a title page with the identifying data). The assignment must follow the APA format, including a page 1 (Title page) and a title on page 2.

identify an intervention that would of benefit to the family, provide the information as soon as possible and follow-up on intervention.

Community Health Nursing 409Family Health and Assessment AssignmentOverviewThis assignment is the use of a selected conceptual model to help students in describing, pinpointing an exploring families in community practice. The Friedman family conceptual model is a tool used to assess the family as a whole, as part of the whole of society, and as an interaction system (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008, p. 569). The Friedman assessment is following the nursing process in the context of a family and provides guidelines for nursing interventions (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). This methodical process can point to family problem area, strengths and resiliency (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008). As noted in Stanhope and Lancaster (2016), not all of the Friedman assessment tool will be relevant for the family.Instruction for Assessment and Intervention:For this project the student must complete the Friedman family assessment short form during from one to two home visits. You must initially receive approval for the family interview, ensure privacy by using only initials or pseudonym to identify family (no other identifier should be utilized). Please discuss all proposed interventions in a summary with the Friedman Family assessment and the tentative benefit/s to the family.The guiding questions for the Friedman family assessment short form is located in Stanhope and Lancaster, 2016, pp. 1046-1047. It will also be meaningful if you read pages 606-618 in Chapter 27 of Stanhope and Lancaster, 2016. Attached is an example of a Friedman family assessment format short form (note the example paper does not have a title page with the identifying data). The assignment must follow the APA format, including a page 1 (Title page) and a title on page 2.

Compare and Contrast at least 2 different political viewpoints – Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each position – Present an informed evaluation and evidence of different viewpoints surrounding the topic – which position do you agree with most and why?

(conclusion paragraph) EXAMPLE TOPICS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN PAPER- Argument according to North Carolina Backlash Tx Legislature which says they must use any bathroom based upon identified sex at birth. Although, HERO ordiance in Houston such a law is not to deny rights to individuals based on how they self identify but rather to protect the people who are not comftorable due to it could lead to pedophile harm. I believe transgenders have a say in that they can use a bathroom of their choice. (conclustion paragraph) * WORK CITED DOES CAN NOT COUNT AS A PAGE**