Human Development Index

the temperature was 97° F and very hot. According to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Arlington air quality index is moderate. Air Quality Index is an indicator of overall air quality, because it takes into account all of the criteria air pollutants measured within a geographic area. Although this information was not available for the census tract, air pollution index for Arlington scored at 109, Tarrant County at 108, and Texas 95 in comparison to the National average of 100. Although…

Our first “Anti-bully Day Committee” meeting led to a goal: fight unkindness on a large scale. We called it “Kindness Is Contagious (KIC) Week.” Suddenly, I found myself the Director of the event which included thousands of students across six high schools. From the beginning, I imagined the actual event planning would be the hard part, but as a family member told me, “The hardest thing, not just in KIC Week, but in life is working with other people.” Over the course of a myriad of planning…

interaction and its effect on obesity disease Unlike what is usually portrayed on media, obesity is not just a problem of unhealthy lifestyle but in fact influenced by genetic factor as well. Genetic factor is believed to attribute 40 – 70% in the development of obesity (Shawky & Sadik, 2012). In other words, environment, genotypes and the association of these two factors play roles in the phenotype expression, which, in this case, is obesity. With regards to environmental influence, obesity can…

manner of studying human development that takes into consideration all phases of a person’s life. A person’s lifespan is from the moment of conception through death. Some people think that a person’s development begins at birth; however, growth and development begins when conception began! Each one of us is unique. According to Berger, the lifespan development has characteristics that are useful for understanding human development. Life span is the understanding of human development defined…

• Describe the counselor 's role in promoting optimal human development, wellness, and mental health through prevention and educational activities. The counselor’s role is to work with the client to assist the client in overcoming any prevalent obstacles and challenging times, in order for the client to learn how to cope and deal with everyday life with peace. Though applying theories, the counselor can maximize the development of the client to a health state of wellness and mental stability.…

Human beings learn from observation within their environment and develop by means of heredity. The life span perspective of development provides insight into this understanding. It recognizes that to view human development appropriately, one must not only give attention to separate steps, but rather focus comprehensively on development and growth. Paul and Margret Baltes suggest human development is multidirectional, multicontextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary, and plastic. Based upon…

One of the UK’s international development programmes for countries like Kenya is to tackle extreme poverty sustainably. High levels of corruption and impunity by our leaders has constrained Kenya’s potential to develop rapidly and bridge the existing economic gap. In 2014, for instance, Transparency International ranked Kenya at number 145 out of 175 on the Corruption Perception Index. The main areas that need urgent reviewing to steer the economy of my country in the right direction are proper…

Following the Krathwohl and Developmental Assessment (Griffin, 2014), I believe my current Zone of Proximal Development should be at the “Organizing” stage. At the start of the semester, I identified my ZDP the stage as “Responding”, as I was willing to passively receive information and attended all the learning environment, and while completing assessments following the formal requirements, I was not always engaged in discussion in the tutorials. Luckily, the natural of the very first…

Attachment theories explain bonds between infants and caregivers while Cognitive theories attempts to explain human behavior by understanding my thought processes. For Attachment Theory, the requirement is to identify what kind of attachment was had as an infant. As with most infants I needed my parents in order to develop and always needed them around at all parts of the day. My attachment level to important people in my life still shows struggles of separation anxiety even as an adult.…

Human Development Writing Project: Media Analysis Today there are many different theories and perspectives on the how’s, what’s and why’s of human development. With so many theories out there it is hard to tell which one is an accurate portrayal in terms of the research that is being done. However, on the other hand one could say that with so many theories out there it is easier to find information in order to further one’s research. The first step in looking for human development research…