HUM 115 Week 4 Assignment Help

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Solving Personal Problems: Applying the Five-Step Model

Resources: "Thinking Critically" Chapter 3

Identify a personal problem from the list below:

• Finances
• Health
• Employment
• Education
• Ask your instructor for approval of a personal problem about which you would like to write

Apply the five steps of problem solving (Chaffee, 2015).

 Write a 100 - 300 word outline (not paper) summarizing how you intend to solve the problem. 

~Be thorough in addressing your problem according to the 5 steps of problem solving (Chaffee, 2015 - hint, hint).

Your outline can look like:

Step 1: What is the problem?

• The problem I am facing is... (Make sure the problem is specific and not too vague.)

Step 2: What are the alternatives?

• Identify 3-4 potential solution alternatives.
• Alternative 2
• Alternative 3
• Alternative 4

Step 3: What are the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative?

• For each alternative that you came up with in Step 2 you should have 3-4 advantages and disadvantages.
• Alternative 1 advantage #1:
• Alternative 1 advantage #2:
• Alternative 1 advantage #3:
• Alternative 1 disadvantage #1:
• Alternative 1 disadvantage #2:
• Alternative 1 disadvantage #3:
• Alternative 2 advantage #1:
• Etc.

Step 4: What is the solution?

• Identify the solution that you came up with and why you chose this.

Step 5: How well is the solution working?

• Explain how effective or not effective the solution is for solving the problem (Chaffee, 2015 - hint, hint).

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines in terms of proper in-text citations and a reference page. A cover page is not needed for this assignment.