Assignment HU2000 Week 2

HU2000: Week 2 Assignment

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Why is it important to follow a process when trying to solve problems?

This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s modules

and readings.

Decision making is a systematic process of selecting the best among the

different alternatives. Making decisions can be difficult but following a

process will provide an individual with confidence, accountability and self-

awareness. Being an effective decision maker is key to personal and career

success.

Universal Intellectual Standards

Using the week 2 reading about Universal Standards, answer the questions below.

1. Universal Intellectual Standards guide you through the process of validating information and

asking questions to collect accurate data. List the nine (9) Universal Intellectual Standards.

A. Clarity

B. Accuracy

C. Precision

D. Relevance

E. Depth

F. Breadth

G. Logic

H. Significance

I. Fairness

2. Decide which of the 9 Universal Intellectual Standards you are demonstrating when you ask the

following questions.

QUESTIONS

STANDARD

Could you give more details? Could you be

more specific?

Precision

How does your answer address the

complexities in the question? How are you

taking into account the problems in the

question? Is that dealing with the most

significant factors?

Significance

Do we need to consider another point of view?

Is there another way to look at this question?

What would this look like from a conservative

standpoint?

Breadth

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The Good Samaritan

Read the short story, The Good Samaritan, and answer the questions below.

3. After Jim (the main character) found the man in the hallway near his apartment, what problem was

immediately identified?

He was having some type of attack in distress

4. If you follow Jim’s actions throughout the night, what did he do to deepen his understanding and

gain relevant information about the condition of the stranger?

Went back to the hospital to check on him but was no longer available to speak with.

5. The morning after the incident, Jim’s alarm wakes him up.

a. What options did Jim consider that morning?

When he realizes the events that happened the night before he got up immediately and took a

shower ate then headed to the hospital after taking the brown bag off the table he was looking

at. Staying in the bed for a little while longer to get some much-needed rest.

b. What were the consequences of these options?

Decided to get up after realizing that the brown bag was still on the table and he had not