Tag: Psychological

Examine the historical conceptions of mental illness (supernatural, biological, and psychological). Select one model or tradition that you think is still present today. Provide examples from today’s society.

Mental Illness and Madness

In your required readings and video clip, Mental Illness and Madness, you learned about the history of the perceptions of mental illness. For years, individuals have attempted to explain and control mental illness based on the popular models or traditions of that particular time.

One such belief is that outside agents such as demons, spirits or other phenomena influence and control our behavior, thinking, and emotions.

In your initial post:

Examine the historical conceptions of mental illness (supernatural, biological, and psychological). Select one model or tradition that you think is still present today. Provide examples from today’s society.

Develop your own definition of mental illness.

How does cognitive appraisal of the acculturation experienced by international English language learners in their new environments affect their psychological, social, and academic outcomes?

Research Questions
Two research questions were explored to address the identified gaps in the literature:
RQ1
How does cognitive appraisal of the acculturation experienced by international English language learners in their new environments affect their psychological, social, and academic outcomes?
RQ2
How do international English language learners cope with the acculturation challenges in their new environments?

 Explain (1500 words), how to support a patient with a learning disability. You should include:  Differentiation between learning disabilities and learning difficulties Describe Considerations that should be considered when assessing a patient with a learning disability

Explain (1500 words), how to support a patient with a learning disability. You should include:  Differentiation between learning disabilities and learning difficulties Describe Considerations that should be considered when assessing a patient with a learning disability

What are some characteristics of the test, its uses, and how it is administered?What specific guidelines do you suggest for those in your field who wish to administer this specific test or assessment?

Unit 9 Ethics

Translate Standard 9 APA ethics codes into guidelines that you will present to a particular audience.

For this discussion board, suppose you were asked to develop a set of guidelines for professionals in your field to conduct assessments ethically.

Specifically, your role is to develop guidelines on ethical assessment practices that are based on the APA Ethics Code, Standard 9 on assessments, tailored to your audience.

The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Test briefly, and then provide step-by-step guidelines for ensuring adherence to the ethical standard of assessment.

In your main post, be sure to address the following:

What is an example of a major psychological test or assessment used in your field?

What are some characteristics of the test, its uses, and how it is administered?

What specific guidelines do you suggest for those in your field who wish to administer this specific test or assessment?

Present this information in a step-by-step format

Note that you should avoid directly quoting the Ethics Code and should instead apply the standards, putting the information in your own words, and in a step-by-step format, suitable for your audience.

Explain how their actions and character demonstrate an overarching quality of goodness and excellence.Why does Aristotle equate psychological well-being or inner harmony with happiness? Explain using an example.

Discussion PHI 15

Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Discussion

View: Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics

Answer 6 of the 7 questions, answer all 7 for extra credit. , thoughtfully and thoroughly answer the questions.

Make sure your answers are detailed and well-supported.

If a question has more than 1 part, make sure you answer every part.

Explain using your own words and own examples.

Comment on 2 of your peers posts.

Your first post is due Saturday 7/31 (answer at least 3-4 questions) and the full discussion is due on Sunday, 8/1

Come up with an example of someone who you would consider to be virtuous and explain why you think they are a virtuous person.

Your example could be of someone you know personally (friend, family member, etc.) or a public figure (alive or from history).

Explain how their actions and character demonstrate an overarching quality of goodness and excellence.

Why does Aristotle equate psychological well-being or inner harmony with happiness? Explain using an example.

Can someone be truly happy if they do not have psychological well-being or inner harmony? Explain using an example.

Explain in your own words why Aristotle thought that a happy life was best achieved by living a life of reason and virtue. Why are both parts necessary?

Come up with your own example of a moral virtue and identify its corresponding vices (deficit and excess).

Identify a couple moral virtues you already have and explain how you cultivated them.

Identify a couple moral virtues you lack and explain if you think Aristotle’s 3 ways to hit the mean would help you cultivate them.

How does the character work as an artistic creation, how does Shakespeare create such depth in so many characters, etc.

The Character Analysis of Hamlet “The Prince of Denmark”

Choose a character from the play and do an extended character analysis.

Research could go in the psychological direction ( the nature of Hamlet’s madness – pretend or real – or his inability to act- where codes int come from ) or in a more literary direction ( how does the character work as an artistic creation, how does Shakespeare create such depth in so many characters, etc. etc.) or you could look at the moral dimensions of Hamlet – how he struggles over the commission to kill Claudius, how he is so concerned with doing the right thing, etc..

How can you use this information on a personal or professional level? What kind of contribution does this make to the field of psychological research?

Article Review (100 points possible). Select an article that relates to the field of health psychology from an academic journal. Then, read, summarize, and react to the article.

Your article review should include the following components:
Bibliography: Supply the appropriate bibliographic citation using APA format.

Summary: In your own words, summarize the following:

Introduction/review of literature
hypothesis(es)
method
design of study and analysis of data
Results and discussion

(Use appropriate in-text citations to identify this information)

Integration: Integrate the information from the article with information from your text or class discussions. (Use appropriate in-text citations to identify this information)

Reaction: Provide your personal reaction to the article.

How can you use this information on a personal or professional level? What kind of contribution does this make to the field of psychological research?

The class is called Health Psychology so try and relate the best you can.
will attach the article.

What examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are conveyed? Explain. Be sure to address each of the 3 aspects in your discussion.

Popular Culture’s Perceptions of Sexuality and Aging

Instructions
Assignment 2: Popular Culture’s Perceptions of Sexuality and Elderly People

Complete a web search to find a cartoon or advertisement in the popular media that conveys an image or message related to sexuality and older people.

Examine the medium’s portrayal of sexuality in older adults by answering the following questions. Also, attach or provide the url of your cartoon or advertisement with your assignment submission. Make sure that you choose a cartoon that will provide ample information for you to write about.

Using a minimum of 1000 words, answer the following questions. Be sure to use two references, other than your media item, to support your work. Your job is to convince me that you have a clear understanding of the issues surrounding sexuality and the elderly.

What is the message of the popular media cartoon, or advertisement?

What examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are conveyed? Explain. Be sure to address each of the 3 aspects in your discussion.

All assignments and forums in the class are designed for you to demonstrate your understanding and your knowledge of the material content. It is never acceptable or appropriate to simply provide information that is copied and pasted from a source – any source. Even if the information were cited properly, copying and pasting does not demonstrate knowledge.

All assignments are submitted to Turnitin, which is a plagiarism checking tool. Any assignment receiving a score of 30% or better raises serious concerns about the originality of your work. An originality score should generally be no more than 20%.

Assignments with originality scores between 20 and 50% will have points deducted. Any originality score over 50% after review will be graded with a 0. keep this in mind as you are submitting work.

Grading Rubric

Grading Rubric – this assignment uses an iRubric. The criteria and percentages are listed below. see the actual iRubric for additional details.

20%/ Message – The message of the media/cartoon/ assignment is discussed 20%

30%/ Aspects – Examples of psychological, physiological, social aspects are given, clearly conveyed and evaluated

10%/ Writing – All writing is clear and relates to the topics given in the instructions

10% /Applied Learning – Presents paper which is linking knowledge and skills from work, community or research activities with knowledge acquired in academic disciplines; explains how elements were combined to shape meaning or findings; and shows the relationship to relevant

10%/ Word Count – Paper meets word count requirements of 1000-words

10%/ APA Formatting – Outside academic references are included in summaries and follow APA 6th ed. formatting style.

10% / Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation

What are some of the drawbacks to pet ownership that may detract from potential benefits to health?

Have you ever, or do you currently own a pet?

Have you ever, or do you currently own a pet? Many pet owners are very fond of their furry (or crawly, or slithery) friends, however, do they help decrease our stress levels? In the past 10-15 years, scientists have been pursuing research on that very question.

We won’t specifically focus on the topic of stress until the end of this 8-week course, though it is related to many other topics and will come up intermittently.

That said, this assignment should give you a good introduction to the idea, as well as, ways that we might do research on a psychological component (stress) and a physical component (blood pressure) that is related to long-term outcomes such as illness/death.

For this assignment read the following two short articles, which focus mostly on whether pets help to decrease blood pressure.

Are Pets a Healthy Pleasure? The Influence of Pets on Blood Pressure Karen Allen (2003)

The Impact of Pets on Human Health and Psychological Well-Being: Fact, Fiction, or Hypothesis? | Harold Herzog (2011)
Then, answer the following questions;

In both articles a study focused on the stress response in stockbrokers by Allen, Shykoff, & Izzo, (2001), is mentioned.

The next several questions will ask you about the research methods used in that study.

Participants were RANDOMLY ASSIGNED to one of two conditions.

What was the EXPERIMENTAL condition and what was the CONTROL condition?

What was the INDEPENDENT variable?

What was the DEPENDENT variable?

What were the researcher’s basic conclusions?

What are some of the benefits to pet ownership discussed in either of the two articles?

What are some of the drawbacks to pet ownership that may detract from potential benefits to health?

Take some time to name and discuss other activities or relationships that are more effective than pet ownership for managing stress and/or improving health.