Our senses enable us to make sense of the world around us; they make our environment enjoyable by stimulating our desire to eat giving the body the vital nutrients it needs. They can also alert us to a fire before we see the flames‚ detect dangerous fumes and smell and taste rotten foods. Out of the five senses‚ it seems like taste is one of the simplest. There are no cones; rods or lenses‚ there are no tympanic membranes or miniscule bones. Our sense of smell in responsible for about 80% of
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Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1 Ageism 2 Retirement 3 Neglect/Abuse Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? According to text‚ ageism is defined as prejudice and discrimination against older adults‚ which reflects a deep uneasiness among young and middle-aged
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before we learned how to use language‚ reason‚ or emotions to further our knowledge‚ we used our senses. As toddlers we used our sight‚ smell‚ taste‚ touch‚ and hearing to make sense of our surroundings. The evolution of knowledge is mostly because of sense perception. The most primitive versions of ourselves‚ for example the cavemen‚ heavily survived off of sense perception alone. They knew by their senses that certain plants‚ animals‚ weather‚ etc. separated life and death. Now scientists and inventors
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The results when I asked people what sense would they rather lose were as follows: two people for hearing‚ two people for taste‚ and then one person for touch. The two people who choose hearing had about the same explanation for why they lose that one. The two people that also choose taste also had the same explanation for choosing to lose that sense. I was surprised when I asked the fifth person which they would rather lose an they choose touch‚ because for me‚ that is one I would hate to lose.
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people with a certain disability‚ make life even more challenging and almost insurmountable for them. These people need a solid foundations and a strong back up to face obstacles and difficulties‚ therefore I chose abused and abandoned children as a special populations. I judge children harmless and innocent to go through any kind of abuse‚ and if unfortunately they do‚ it will most likely affect the rest of their life. I think it is unfair for a
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Sense of Ownership A sense of ownership is not necessarily owning company stock‚ but a feeling of ownership in the work process. As employees develop this sense of ownership there is an increased sense of pride‚ motivation and self-esteem. The long-term impact is increased productivity. Generating a sense of pride can be a difficult task‚ however‚ it can be cultivated by developing a sense of ownership. Employees become much more attached to their work if they feel like a part of the process.
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Swimming pools: Similar to the short story‚ The Swimmer‚ my neighborhood has many swimming pools. Like the setting in the story‚ they seem to form a snake-like‚ “quasi-subterranean stream that curved across the country” (Norton 2‚ 1234). My swimming pool is physically similar to many of the pools in the story as it is located in the backyard‚ fenced up‚ and contains water. Physical differences include the gradual slope into the deep end‚ a diving board‚ as well as multi-colored underwater lighting
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Sense Perception Our five senses are important sources of knowledge that actively structure our knowledge about the world rather than passively reflect reality. They are ‘the gates and windows’ of the mind that controls communication between the outside world‚ and ourselves presenting us with different variety of the world. Using our senses to be aware of things is defined as our Perception. We do not realize that perception plays a bigger role than what it may seem‚ playing a more active process
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The five senses are an important area for students to learn about because it is a topic and an area that affects all of us. “A learning strategy is a series of steps that can be repeated over and over to solve a problem or to complete a task” (Echevarria). This will be a weeklong lesson plan over the five senses using different learning strategies for the students to use in order to receive and understand as much information as possible. Students will learn one sense a day. “Aristotle (384 BC
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The Aging Musculoskeletal System Bone and muscle health and maintenance are important in aging adults. However‚ it is especially imperative for elder Caucasian women to have good bone and muscle health. Not maintaining strong bones can lead to bone diseases‚ such as‚ osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Poor muscle health can result in muscular atrophy. For example‚ Edith‚ who is an 84-year-old thin‚ small boned‚ white female suffers from all three of those diseases. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized
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