Category: Psychology

Discuss Depression, PTSD and anxiety disorder, then discuss how individuals experience each disorder; compare, contrast, and analyze how gender, race, and class affect the diagnosis of the psychological disorders. Please add information on gender, race, and class from the DSM-5, as it relates to depression, PTSD and anxiety,

Abnormal Psychology

Discuss Depression, PTSD and anxiety disorder, then discuss how individuals experience each disorder; compare, contrast, and analyze how gender, race, and class affect the diagnosis of the psychological disorders. Please add information on gender, race, and class from the DSM-5, as it relates to depression, PTSD and anxiety,

Research, compare, contrast, and analyze how individuals from different groups (gender, race, class) may be treated differently by the mental health system.

Research and identify recommended evidence-based treatments that may work equally well for individuals from these different groups and analyze your findings.

Should identified treatments take the demographic characteristics of a client into account, why or why not? Be sure to also identify and discuss what criteria are specified for identification of an evidence-based treatment.

Identify and analyze how the gender or race of a therapist matters in the process of diagnosis, treatment, or type of assessment instruments used.

Research and identify what differences gender, race, and class make in the overall treatment process; if there is a difference, discuss why.

Identify and discuss strategies for developing practitioner’s individual and cultural competence. Reflect on the APA’s Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists what are the six guidelines presented by the American Psychiatric Association for enhancing cultural competence

How about perceptual development? Using what you know about stimulation, are the toys appropriate for the age range? Why or why not?

Fisher Price Toy assessment

Visit a website sponsored by Fisher Price, www.fisherprice.com/us, which presents suggested toys and activities for babies according to their age and developmental level.

Select two age ranges (between birth to 2 years old) and answer the following questions:

What developmental information is presented for each age range?

Is it consistent with research presented in the text? How do the recommended toys appeal to infants’ and toddlers’ developing learning capacities?

How about perceptual development? Using what you know about stimulation, are the toys appropriate for the age range? Why or why not? Your paper should be no more than two (2) pages, typed, double-spaced

Describe on problem associated with offender profiling.Discuss the unintended consequences of imprisonment.

Forensic Psychology

Short Answer Assignment

APA referencing should be used. Each response should be 700 words (+/- 10%)

Outline one psychological theory of crime.

Describe on problem associated with offender profiling.

Discuss the unintended consequences of imprisonment.

What are some of the treatment approaches for each of the four disorders?What are some of the behaviors associated with each disorder? Be specific

Effects of psychological disorders and therapies
https://www.psycom.net/depression.central.borderline.html (Borderline Personality Disorder) – click on link to the left.

Activity Questions: (Answer the questions regarding the disorders (4) you chose)

Psychological Disorders:

Which four (4) disorders did you choose? Why? Give a brief – in your own words – description of each disorder you chose.

What are some of the symptoms of these disorders? Be specific to each disorder

What are some of the behaviors associated with each disorder? Be specific

How are the family and other relationships affected by these disorders? Be specific

How would the disorders you’ve chosen affect a person’s social interactions? Be specific

How would the disorders you’ve chosen affect a person’s personality? Be specific

What are some of the treatment approaches for each of the four disorders?

What are the major strengths or weaknesses of those treatments? Be specific

For each of the disorders, would treatment or medication be more appropriate? Or perhaps both? Be specific

Is it important to consider cultural variables and gender in the treatment/therapeutic setting? Give specific examples.

How would knowing about psychological disorders help you in your chosen field? Think terms of how you might interact with someone who has any of the four disorders you chose. Be specific.

How has this assignment impacted you? What did you learn?

In what ways do conditioning, modeling, categorical learning, and memory contribute to the development of social relationships between infants and their caregivers?

Discussion question

In what ways do conditioning, modeling, categorical learning, and memory contribute to the development of social relationships between infants and their caregivers?

Identify network hubs that are critical for establishing and maintaining efficient information transfer across regions.

Depression, Neuroimaging and Connectomics

Identify appropriate stimulation targets to optimize the clinical response in depression treatment.

Summarize the current findings and historical understanding of structural and functional connectomes in depression, focusing on graph analyses of depressive brain networks.

provide an integrative perspective on mood and cognitive deficits in depressive syndrome.

Identify network hubs that are critical for establishing and maintaining efficient information transfer across regions.

Describe how Dr Patel could answer this question. Include in your answer the rationale for your chosen technique(s) and their advantages and limitations.

Dr Patel wants to investigate how the expression of protein Y varies with age in mice. Describe how Dr Patel could answer this question. Include in your answer the rationale for your chosen technique(s) and their advantages and limitations.

 How has taking this class helped you to understand how children develop? Why is it important for parents and teachers (and anyone working with children) to understand child development theories? Which theorist did you identify most with? Why?

Essay Question

Choose a year between the ages of 2 and 14 years. a. Describe each domain of development (language, cognitive, physical and social/emotional) for the age of the child you chose.

What is the adult’s role during the activities to promote optimal learning? Think about the domains of development and the age of the child when answering this question.(This is a question designed to show what you have learned over the semester.) 15 points

How has taking this class helped you to understand how children develop? Why is it important for parents and teachers (and anyone working with children) to understand child development theories? Which theorist did you identify most with? Why? 5 points

How would an adult following Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory respond?Compare and contrast between Vygotsky and Piaget. What would you do in this situation?

Essay Question

How would an adult following Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory respond?

How would an adult following Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory respond?Compare and contrast between Vygotsky and Piaget. What would you do in this situation? 10 points

Describe each domain of development (language, cognitive, physical and social/emotional) for the age of the child you chose.

What is the adult’s role during the activities to promote optimal learning?

How has taking this class helped you to understand how children develop? Why is it important for parents and teachers (and anyone working with children) to understand child development theories? Which theorist did you identify most with? Why? 5 points