1.The basic structure of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic theory revolve around the idea that mental processes are automatically regulated by "the pleasure principle" and avoidance of pain. Why are these principles important to psychotherapy? Please support your reasoning. 2. What is research? How is scholarly research differ
This posting offers resources and notes for defining emotional literacy, emotion regulation, and empowerment in the realm of helping parents, schools, and other influences in a child's life to better encourage children's development of emotional literacy.
I need some suggestions on how to address the importance and benefits of families eating together based on two peer-reviewed journal articles on families eating together. Discuss the importance and benefits of family meals. What are barriers to families eating together today? What could be done to support and promote increasing
Discuss and briefly provide research evidence for five reasons why attitudes sometimes fail to predict behaviors.
This posting briefly offers ideas to explain how anchoring bias and overconfidence bias might reinforce each other. It further analyzes how these two factors can likely influence the decision making process and can often lead to poor judgments. It also suggests some steps to avoid or at least minimize these two biases?
Hello: This assignment was completed and submitted last week, but I have been asked to resubmit. I need to address the following: Select five well-known historical individuals (living or deceased) to illustrate the two extremes of the Big Five Model dimensions. Develop a chart that presents where the individual falls for e
Hello: I need to use the following articles, to answer the following questions so, that I can finish incorporating the answers to my final draft. I only need 2-3 paragraphs for each question. FOR THE QUANTITATIVE STUDY Zwahr-Castro, J., & Dicke-Bohmann, A. K. (2014). Who can be friends? Characteristics of those who re
This explains various basic theories and components and provides step-by-step explanation with examples, of the premise behind the normal distribution curve and how it relates to the definition, measurement, and computation of individually administered intelligence tests
Case Conceptualization Interventions and Evaluation Complete this assignment by addressing the following topics in 4-part format. (Please see the attached Case Conceptualization that you will be using to do the rest of this assignment) Thanks. Part 1: Interventions List the three goals you formulated for this client and
Share a case (confidentially) that involved a client who reported sexual abuse (past or current); domestic violence; or abuse of a child or dependent adult. If you have not worked with a client who has experienced or reported abuse, create a brief hypothetical case. Explain how you considered the ethical and legal aspects o
Hello, I need a letter help starting this. Briefly describe at least one research design and one methodology you could use for your dissertation. Explain strengths and limitations of each. Be sure to include a description of reliability and validity issues that may arise and explain how you would attempt to prevent and/or
Making a Diagnosis For this discussion, identify a client and address the following questions based on your diagnostic assessment: Describe your client's presenting problem and concerns in a maximum of one paragraph. What brought your client to counseling initially? Describe your diagnostic impression of the clien
Although you may have very good practices in place regarding maintaining clear boundaries at your fieldwork placement and during your sessions with clients, it can be more challenging to incorporate good boundaries in your personal life away from the counseling office. Do you talk to your family and friends using clinical jargon
Treatment Planning in Mental Health Counseling For this discussion, you will reflect upon how one's theoretical approach may influence how a counselor develops a treatment plan. For example, a counselor using a strengths-based, solution-oriented approach may think about a client's presenting issues, goals, and choice of int
A typically developing 10-year-old becomes trapped, unable to move, in an inaccessible location. It takes rescuers over 10 hours to find and rescue the child from the location. a) Discuss how the child cognitively and emotionally responds during the confinement i) from Piaget's sensorimotor perspective
Program Evaluation Plan Part 3: Communicating Results For the course project, you have been assuming the role of a consultant who has been hired to develop a plan for an evaluation of a clinical mental health counseling program. Remember, you are creating a fictitious but plausible program with hypothetical stakeholders, clie
This discussion will help you prepare the data analysis section of your research design for your Program Evaluation Plan project. Your peers and instructor will provide feedback that will help you refine your plan. This is an extended post and should comprise 300-350 words. As part of your Program Evaluation Plan project, you
Ethically and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation Plans This discussion offers you an opportunity to identify the ethical and legal issues that will be most relevant to my program evaluation. Address how I will meet the guidelines adopted by the American Counseling Association, the American Evaluation Association, and other appli
Richard S. Lazarus identified a process called appraisal in his model for emotionally guided decision making. Present an example from everyday life problems in which his model seems to apply usefully to social survival. Why might it cause an individual to adapt to current local conditions?
One increases the statistical power of a quantitative study by increasing the sample size. This reduces the chance that a real effect (rather than an apparent effect brought about by sampling variability) will be overlooked. Does triangulation offer the qualitative methodologist who is conducting a grounded theory or narrative i
Neuroscience and linguistics have, at face value, little in common methodologically. Beginning with the Linguistics Department of Carnegie Mellon University, identify methodological commonalities between the two. How have these methodological commonalities advanced knowledge in the each of the two fields of study? Identify and s
For this assignment, you will choose two theories you wish to integrate. For examples of how two theories can be integrated. Then complete the following: First, summarize your understanding of utilizing an integrative therapeutic model. Summarize the key points of the two theories, identifying some of the similarities and so
Society's response to crime has changed over the past century. The approach of rehabilitation in the 1960s has gradually been replaced with a "get tough on crime" approach, bringing in mandatory sentencing laws and long prison sentences. Regardless of the approach, crime continues to be a problem, and recidivism for some crimes
The American public is fascinated with crime and therefore, there is no shortage of media depictions of crimes and criminals. Been familiar with biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime, select to news stories: 1) The Waco Siege (April 19, 1993) and 2) Columbine High School Shooting (April 20, 1999). Applyin
The use of stereotypes and heuristics can lead a doctor to an incorrect diagnosis. How could the doctor effectively identify the degree to which stereotypes and heuristics are an influence on diagnoses? What tactic might the doctor use to mitigate the effects of stereotypes and heuristics when making diagnoses? Why is this tacti
Post by Day 4 a brief summary of your client (young child), including presenting issues, family dynamics, and the young child's attachment to primary caregiver(s). Then, describe at least one significant development-related issue for the young child. Explain why this is an issue. Finally, explain two interventions you might empl
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can be practiced in conjunction with family therapy and multicultural psychotherapy. For schizophrenics and others with serious delusional disorders, a combination of psychopharmacology, intersubjective treatment, and clinical practice is the best protocol. When the disorder is treated consiste
Among the prominent types of neural networks studied by cognitive scientists, Hopfield networks most closely model the high-degree of interconnectedness in neurons of the human cortex. The papers by McClellan et al. (1995) and Maurer (2005) discuss learning systems in the human brain-mind system and the role of Hopfield networks
How nature and nurture influence self-attribution and thereby affect cognitive development
A counseling researcher completed a study, the essence of which was that clients' ratings of counseling effectiveness were positively and statistically significantly related to counselors' frequencies of use of active listening (I.e., facilitative responding) skills. The counselor then wrote a manuscript describing the study and