EdPs 270 Human Development Across the Lifespan

Article Analyses are due:  November 1st, December 6th, on Canvas.

**Contact Mrs. Waite if you feel you need to change your topic**

Choose a health issue, psychological disorder or problem behavior and discuss how biological, cognitive, socioemotional, and contextual factors relate to it at a particular stage during the lifespan. You can discuss how biological, cognitive, socioemotional and contextual factors influence the problem (e.g., how do neurological problems influence the development of depression), or how the problem affects biological, cognitive, socioemotional and contextual aspects of development (e.g., how does depression influence peer relationships). You may choose any topic in Chapter 4, or other topics in the textbook of interest to you. Below is a brief list of potential topics, but many others are suitable for this assignment. Please contact me regarding questions about your topic choice.

Question:
What did change and what remained the same in Swahili history in the period between Ibn Battutas visit in 1330 and the visit of Father Monclaro in 1569? 

From this scratch generate your own response to the question given:

During the visit of Ibn Battuta in 1330, the coastal town of Kilwa was a bustling and prosperous region ruled by a generous king who welcomed travelers with gifts, encouraging the formation of alliances and the growth of his people's prestige. The Swahili are described as pious Muslims, proud of their land, architecture, and the prosperity of their trade. Two centuries later, these same people were wary of European Christians (as shown in their reaction to the ship of Vasco da Gama), knowing that they were harbingers of death and warfare. The Swahili still practiced the Islamic faith, but were not as prosperous as perhaps they once were, no longer maintaining a wide swath of territorial control. By 1569, the once prosperous kingdoms we

This is an assignment from a medical anthropology class. It is the second assignment in Clinical Interactions Project which is the second step of the project. In order to finish this paper, you will need to use transcriptions we wrote in step one of the project which are in the attachment named Clinical interactions transcription. Other additional materials are the available readings from the class (especially the one named Heritage 2005, this one should be very useful). The textbook is: The Paradox of Hope: Journeys Through a Clinical Borderland from Cheryl Mattingly. Please be free to use these resources.



Here are the instructions of this assignment:
Using at least two of your transcriptions, analyze a portion in which a miscommunication occurs and/or hierarchies or assumptions of the medical world are reinforced. This assignment will result in a 2-3 page paper, double spaced, with at least 1.5 pages of analysis.




Here are all the instructions of

respond to a set of short answer questions that will cover course material from Week 1 (What is Anthropology?) to Week 6 (Sex & Gender)

***answer three in total, and first two "Foundations in Anthropology" and "Ethics and Anthropology" worth more. each question 300-350 word. no need for citation/references

PART ONE Foundations in Anthropology:

Answer ONE of the two following short answer questions. Responses should be approximately two paragraphs in length (5-8 sentences per paragraph).


A) How did anthropology develop from a curiosity about other cultures into an established social science? Consider at least one anthropological method, explain how it has contributed to the field of anthropology, and discuss its significance as well as any limitations.

OR

B) How have ethnocentrism and cultural relativism contributed to narrow assumptions about certain cultures and their practices? Explain using one example of cultural misrepresentat

2 pages, double spaced, one-inch margins, 12-pt. type

Cite your examples and any class materials that you quote

Use a consistent citation style such as Chicago Manual of Style or APA

Using a recent issue (within the previous 6 months) of the New York Times (available through the libraries site), find examples of at least two different concepts related to gender that we have studied during Unit 2.

Concepts could include:

post-feminism
hyper-masculinity
intersectionality
homonormativity
You may need to read ahead in course materials to encounter these ideas.

Instructions
Identify and link to your examples (photo, text, or advertisement).
Write a 2-page reflection discussing how the identified ideas are represented in your examples
Include a paragraph that describes the example
Make a claim as to the impact of these concepts on the reader, establishing this as your thesis in the introduction and then revisiting in the concl

Answer 2 of the following questions. Please make reference to both Downs (2017) and BBC (2018) attached. Also please see the rubric.

1) How do ideas move from one person to another? What role does rhetoric plan in spreading ideas?

2) What role to chat bots, aggregators, algorithmic recommendations play in rhetoric now?

3) Why do memes matter?

Answer 2 of the following questions. Please make reference to both Downs (2017) and BBC (2018) attached. Also please see the rubric.

1) What's the difference in the way persuasion worked in ancient times and now? What accounts for those differences?

2) How do ideas move from one person to another? What role does rhetoric plan in spreading ideas?

3) What role to chat bots, aggregators, algorithmic recommendations play in rhetoric now?

4) Why do memes matter?

topic: sustainable waste management at the university of south florida

A report in memo format that describes your problem in detail using all the research you have conducted. The memo should have the following section headings:
Background Information
Explanation of the Problem
Causes of the Problem
Impacted Population
Works Cited

This Assignment is a written individual assignment, 500-750 words, upload to Canvas

All of the Assignment #1 Endangered Species Info brief from the class will be put into a folder (in Canvas) for all students to access. You should read through your classmates work (you should read at least 30 of your classmates info briefs).

Based your reading of your classmates work, and the course content,  answer the following questions:

What have you learnt about Endangered Species in Africa? What surprised you about the species, types of species?
Identify at least 5 patterns in the types of species, distributions, habitats, threats? Can you make hypotheses about the main drivers of species loss in Africa from these patterns? These 5 patterns should be specific: Are the threats different for primates, large carnivores, birds, amphibians, and reptiles? Are the threats different for species in dry/ arid areas than species in humid areas? Mountains vs flat areas? For spec

The topic is over the debate over whether college football should happen in the fall which happened in August/September or something else American sports-related.

The focus: Social medias role in shaping your current understanding of the issue (this issue can be the one youve selected for final project)

The method: collect digital ethnography data (guidelines: follow influencers, some non-profits or foundations, collect textual data from posts and comments, collect data written over 10-20 weeks); participant observation notes
Platforms: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, other social networking sites which you frequently visit and are host to communities engaged in your topic of choice.

Question: How is this issue discussed and debated on social media? Your data analysis must draw from a range of sources along with your participant observation notes.
Additional questions: Who are the influencers? What are the trends in the conversation? How has the trend