Psychology

Part 1: Social & Cultural Diversity Please complete the Moral Orientation Questionnaire in Applications 2.1 found in Chapter 2 of Becoming an Ethical Helping Professional on your own. Share your answers to the last four questions of the questionnaire: Do you think most people behave morally most of the time? Do you think most people BELIEVE they behave morally most of the time? Who (or what) has been the greatest influence in your moral development? How do you believe most people decide what is morally acceptable behavior? Part 2: Social & Cultural Diversity Chapter 2 of the text explains the African ethical concept of Ubuntu. Define and explain this concept as it relates to how ideas about social justice can influence life choices on a micro level, as well as culturally on a macro level.

Psychologists structure their research studies to ensure their findings are accurate, reliable, and generalizable to their population of interest. In this essay, you will examine factors that affect the internal and external validity of a research study. You will choose one factor to apply to a real world example. Be sure to address the following in your main post: Describe internal and external validity. Why is it important to minimize threats to internal and external validity? Choose one or two threats to internal validity and describe it thoroughly. Provide an example of how that threat may become relevant in a research study within your specialization. Describe one or more strategies you could apply to minimize the threat. Choose one threat to external validity and describe it thoroughly. Provide an example of how that threat may become relevant in a research study within your specialization. Describe one or more strategies you could apply to minimize the threat.

Virtually attend Alcohol Anonymous and answer the following questions by citing your textbook. Refer to your textbook chapters on Settings for Psychiatric Care, Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders, and Therapeutic Groups when answering the following questions: Describe the support group you observed. (What type of group? Who was the facilitator? What were his/her qualifications? What was the make-up of the group? How did you choose/find the group?) What obstacles did you encounter trying to find the group? What theoretical framework do you think the group was based on? What was the evidence of this? What evidence did you see of group members providing support to each other? What evidence of teaching did you see the group provide? What measures were taken to protect the confidentiality of the group members? If the group was related to addiction, what evidence of enabling behavior did you see? Name and describe two “curative factors” that you observed in the group (refer to your text). Describe your feelings as you observed the group.

Imagine you have been asked to write an evidence-based research article for a professional journal. Choose a disorder or condition that you are likely to see as a professional counselor. Obtain instructor approval for the disorder or condition you selected. Use the University Library to research your topic in depth. Investigate individual counseling treatments, interventions, or strategies for working with people who have the disorder or condition. Choose 10 to 15 peer-reviewed articles to use as the basis for writing your paper. Write a 1,400- to 2,400-word paper on current approaches for treating the disorder or condition you selected. Your paper should be broken down into the following sections, and should include appropriate introduction and conclusion paragraphs: Literature Review Include 350- to 700 words summarizing current research related to the effectiveness of treating the chosen disorder according to a specific theoretical orientation. Conceptualization Include a 250- to 350-word conceptualization of the disorder, according to the specific theoretical orientation. Application of Theory in Treatment Include 700 to 1,050 words describing the diagnostic criteria, symptomology, and behaviors related to the disorder, and how these all contribute to designing a treatment plan. Explain any developmental considerations for treatment related to age or differing abilities of the client. Describe specific treatment interventions for a client with this disorder, according to your chosen theory. Include the 10 to 15 peer-reviewed sources you used on the reference page. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Prompt: Read the section on Cognitive Theories in Chapter 7 and write a paper about the following: What is a problematic situation that you recently encountered? What Automatic Thought(s) (p. 265) went through your mind? What did the Automatic Thought mean to you? What emotion was associated with the Automatic Thought? What behavior was associated with the Automatic Thought? What is your most central dysfunctional belief about yourself? What childhood experiences contributed to the development and maintenance of this core belief? What assumptions, rules, and beliefs help you cope with this core belief? Which dysfunctional behavior helps you cope with this core belief? Based on your answers, how can you change your Automatic Thought / Core Belief when you encounter this problematic situation again?

Human behavior is complex, and what we do know about human behavior today is mostly because of the work of researchers since the psychology field became a science For this assignment, locate a credible source of your own about a current or recent advancement in the treatment of a mental disorder. In 1–2 pages, explain what the treatment is and how it is believed to help people who have been diagnosed with the disorder (e.g., Alzheimer’s, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, or schizophrenia).

Please submit your essay as an attachment using the “browse my computer” button under Assignment Submission. Directions: Please read the attached document titled “CBS News Poll on Mental Illness Stigma.PDF”.  Using MS Word write a 250 to 350 word essay answering the following questions: Paragraph 1 Directions – In at least 4 complete sentences tell if you were you surprised by the results. Why or why not? Paragraph 2 Directions – In at least 3 complete sentences tell what you found that was the most surprising results of the survey?  Paragraph 3 Directions – If you or someone you loved needed mental health care how difficult do you believe it would be to obtain help? (Make sure to review the information found on pages 3 – 4. Paragraph 4 Directions – If you or or a loved one needed immediate mental health, what are the top three locations in your immediate community that you would turn to for help?  Make sure that you also include the hours of operation, phone number(s), and location of each of these three resources.  Paragraph 5 Directions – Finally write a brief paragraph (5 to 7 complete sentences) that explains what you can personally do to help those in your local community become more comfortable talking about Mental Health Issues. Once you have completed the assignment remember to upload your completed document to this dropbox. Your document MUST be in the MS Word format in order for your Instructor to be able to open and grade it.

1. You overhear your student Johnny, a 12 year-old, telling some other children about how he was caught shoplifting over the weekend and his father gave him a beating with his belt for it. You take Johnny aside and tell him what you overheard. You ask if the nurse can examine him, and he agrees. The nurse finds no bruises or marks on Johnny. You call Johnny’s father and he confirms that he did indeed hit Johnny with a belt, as punishment for shoplifting. Johnny’s father picks him up from school as usual, and Johnny seems happy to see his father. 2. Dave is a sophomore in high school, a good student, and a starter on the basketball team. You go to a game and observe Dave’s father criticizing and ridiculing Dave from the sidelines. He is so disruptive that, during half-time, Dave and he get into a heated argument on the sidelines. Dave fouls out during the third quarter, and his father leaves in obvious disgust. Dave seems relieved when his father leaves, and you see him joking with his teammates. In your response please respond to these questions for both scenarios: Would you report it? Say why or why not. What types of abuse are you considering? What are the protective and risk factors? What questions would you have for each case during the interview?

Directions: In order to write a paper of 750-1,000 words on professional ethical boundaries and practices, complete the steps below: Write from the perspective that you are a mental health professional in the field. Provide a thoughtful response to each of the following two sections, including specific, concrete examples to illustrate your ideas. Your final deliverable should be one cohesive paper addressing each section along with an introduction and conclusion. Use the section headings provided below to separate each section of your paper. Section 1: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships (500-700 words) Part A – Decision-Making Model and Examples How would you determine if a boundary-crossing or dual relationship is ethical and appropriate? What criteria would you consider when making your decision? Present examples of how you would apply this criteria to at least two professional situations in which you believe the dual relationship issues are complex and ambiguous. One of your examples should address the issues of physical attraction between clients and professionals. Part B-Ethical Issues and Dimensions in Ethical Decision-Making Examine these issues in terms of encountering former clients. Address the following: Do the ethical issues (and your opinion about appropriateness) change, depending on how long after the termination of services a dual relationship is initiated? What are the key ethical dimensions that might change, after the termination of services? Present an example of a situation that you believe would constitute a boundary violation with a current client but might be acceptable with a former client. Section 2: Development of Your Thinking about Ethics (250-300 words) Clearly describe what you consider the most important developments in your thinking about ethical practice that have occurred so far during this course. This may include areas in which you have clarified your views and beliefs, modified your thinking on a given issue, gained new insights, or acquired a new perspective. It may include issues whose complexity you now appreciate more fully or difficult issues that you now understand you must grapple with, as a counselor. What have you most learned about yourself and/or about what constitutes becoming an ethical practitioner and how has your thinking about ethics and legal issues changed? Be sure to include specific examples to illustrate general statements. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Instructions: Please watch both videos I will link them below. Both videos are required in order to respond to the questions below accurately. You may also reference the attached articles for more references. https://youtu.be/i-h_fJFQcds https://youtu.be/ZahtlxW2CIQ Answer the following questions in “answer and questions format”, that is, when you are posting , include both the questions and your answers. This format makes it easier for other students to read and reply to your post. Questions: Tatum describes identity as “complex” and made up of many different factors. As you think of your own identity, what are the racial, gender, sexual, class, religious and other factors that have shaped it? Do you mainly focus on one or two aspects of your identity or do you think of your identity as “complex” in real-life, everyday interactions? Can you describe some examples of how various factors in your own identity interact with each other? Watch “The Complexity of Identity: Who am I? “ Have you observed or overheard any of Sue’s examples of microaggressions in your neighborhoods or schools or families? Have you experienced them yourself? How does the accumulation of multiple microaggressions, day after day, make the person experiencing them feel? Watch “Microaggressions in the Classroom.” Harro’s model describes a “core” of the fear, ignorance, confusion, power or powerlessness that keeps people from breaking out of the cycle of their own socialization. Can you provide personal examples (similar to Harro’s “core”) that have made it difficult for you to challenge, break out of, or change the way you were socialized? Kirk & Okazawa-Rey use the terms “micro”, “meso”, and “macro” to describe the different levels at which you experience your social identities. Have you been aware of your experience of your identity at these different levels – the personal or relationship level, the level of institutions (classes, sports teams, the place where you work, your neighborhood), and your sense of the overall society in which you live? Can you connect these levels while also thinking about how they play out differently (or the same way) for you? Johnson quotes James Baldwin’s statement that “No one is white before he/she came to America. It took generations, and a vast amount of coercion, before this became a white country.” Can you identify one or two examples of immigrants who became “White” in the US? Were they considered “White” before becoming Americans? Can you describe how that process of “whitening” happened? On the other hand, for immigrants who did not become “White” when they came to American, how were they identified racially? Had that been their racial identity before the process of immigration? Here’s how Young defines oppression: “Its causes are embedded in unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols, in the assumptions underlying institutional rules and the collective consequences of following these rules … in short, the normal processes of everyday life.” What examples of “the normal processes of everyday life” have you experienced or observed that fit Young’s definition of oppression? Why do you think these normal processes of everyday life are not questioned or resisted?