What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the positive psychology model?

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Disease Model Versus Positive Psychology Worksheet

Read the scenario and answer the questions in no less than 200 words each. Support your responses with detail from this week’s assigned video and reading. Include APA-formatted citations and references.

William is a 44-year old project manager for a large commercial construction firm. He started out as a gifted carpenter who greatly enjoyed designing and building custom furniture. However, after several promotions, he focuses on bringing in new business. He spends many work hours at his computer or on the telephone. He is divorced and rarely sees his two daughters. In recent years, he has gained weight and is displeased with his appearance, but has no interest in or energy for exercise. He does not sleep well because he worries about business problems at night. He was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. Although he is financially secure, he rarely takes vacations or socializes outside of the office. He has begun to feel that his life is pointless.

1. Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of traditional psychology. What information would be most important? What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the disease model?

2. Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of positive psychology. What information would be most important? What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the positive psychology model?

Analyze the roles of the biopsychosocial-cultural factors in causing or affecting childhood and eventual imprisonment.

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Assignment 3: Biopsychosocial-Cultural Model

Traditionally, mental illness was considered a biological problem, either inherited or developed due to genetic vulnerability within the individual. This point of view is termed the medical model. Treatment was provided to the individual in one-to-one meetings with a psychiatrist or sessions with a psychotherapist.

The field of mental health has evolved from the traditional model to one incorporating many more people, factors, causes, and types of treatment. The biopsychosocial-cultural model incorporates biological, psychological, developmental, familial, social, and cultural factors to understand how mental illness develops and how to design effective treatments.

Revisit the case of the two Wes Moores discussed in M1: Assignment 2. Then, pretend that you are the prison psychologist who completed the evaluation of the Wes Moore convicted of murder.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following:

  • Gather information about the potential causes of Mr. Moore’s outcome.
  • Write a report of your findings to be filed in Mr. Moore’s chart and used by professionals who will be helping Mr. Moore. Address the following in your report:
    • Analyze how each of the following played a role in causing or affecting Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment:
      • Biological factors (genetic and physiological)
      • Developmental factors
      • Psychological factors (emotional and related to thoughts)
      • Familial and social factors
      • Cultural factors (environmental and multicultural)
    • Evaluate how Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment could have been prevented by early intervention. In addition, explain how that intervention could have been designed to address each of the following:
      • Psychological factors
      • Familial and social factors
      • Cultural factors
    • Recommend at least two ideas for treatment that Mr. Moore should have received in childhood, based on all of the following:
      • Biological factors
      • Psychological factors
      • Familial and social factors

Write a 3–5-page report in Word format (not including the title page and reference page). Include a title and reference page in APA format, and apply APA standards to citation of sources, including in-text citations and full references.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Assignment 3 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsAnalyzed the roles of the biopsychosocial-cultural factors in causing or affecting Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment.24Evaluated an early intervention that could have prevented Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment, with respect to the listed biopsychosocial-cultural factors.24Recommended at least two ideas for a treatment that Mr. Moore should have received in childhood, with respect to the listed biopsychosocial-cultural factors.32Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.20Total:100

what potential strategies would be important to consider to assist a diverse multi-generational team in deciding on possible strategies and successfully meeting the goal?

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Chapter 10, as well as your required resources, address employee attitudes and suggest that an increase in job performance is reliant on job satisfaction. The authors of our text suggest that highly satisfying jobs are more complex, requiring the worker to utilize a variety of skills and to deal with unpredictable situations (i.e. teaching, managing, engineering, etc.), unlike jobs where the work is repetitive and less thought-provoking (general laborers, factory workers, and the like). In addition, the work expectations are suggested to differ based on generations, which may likely also affect job satisfaction.

Consider the generation you fall into, based on the text:

The Traditionalists or Matures

The Baby Boomers

Generation X

Generation Y or the Millennials

Generation Z

Consider your own expectations. Do they align with what the content and outside sources suggest about the characteristics of these generational groups?

Applying this component (work expectations), consider you own goals for going back to school. Do your goals align with these expectations?

Do you think your educational/career goals align with the suggestions about job satisfaction? Do you desire to obtain a higher-level thinking career? If so, why? If not, why not?

After analyzing all of the factors, what do you think the implications might be on an organization’s productivity with the evolving employee expectations, need for work-life balance, and job satisfaction?

Do you think we will see changes in the future of how organizations achieve these goals? How?

Consider a goal you might assign to a group at your work, the organization where you volunteer, or other potential organization. (Examples: (a) to decrease the errors in timecard submissions, or (b) to successfully submit a group project to the instructor.)

Applying Chapter 9, what potential strategies would be important to consider to assist a diverse multi-generational team in deciding on possible strategies and successfully meeting the goal?

Your initial post should be between 350 and 400 words. You must use at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed source that was published within the past five years. Cite all information from your sources according to APA guidelines as outlined in the In-Text Citation Helper: A Guide to Making APA In-Text Citations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. List each of your sources at the end of your post according to APA style as shown in the sample page for References (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

examine the stages of sleep and the biological and behavioral effects of sleep deprivation

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Treating Insomnia

Despite all the knowledge scientists have about the function and process of sleep, it is not known how much sleep humans actually need. Furthermore, people may need more or less sleep at different stages of life. What is clear is that a great number of people report that they do not get enough sleep because once they go to bed, the sleep they seek does not come readily.

For this you examine the stages of sleep and the biological and behavioral effects of sleep deprivation. You also assess the use of sleeping pills for the treatment of insomnia.

With these thoughts in mind

Provide a brief description of the stages of sleep and two potential effects of sleep deprivation on an individual’s daily functioning. Then describe the mechanisms of action of modern sleeping pills. Finally, explain one advantage and one limitation for using sleeping pills to treat insomnia.

Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890316/

APA format

Plagiarism free

250-300 words

What are some possible solutions to alleviate or eliminate a social problem from policies and practices?

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A minimum of 150 words each question and References (questions #1-4) KEEP QUESTION WITH ANSWER

1. What is a social problem? Explain why it is important to keep the social context of the social problem in mind when analyzing the problem for a cause or correlation. Explain how research is used to describe the social context of a social problem.

2. After completing the “Research Analysis Exercise”, explain how the article can be used to understand the social problems presented. Which part of the analysis did you struggle with the most? Why? Explain whether or not the journal article provided any contextual factors that have influenced the social problem the article was about.

3. Provide an example of institutional discrimination. Explain how this social problem became incorporated into social policies and practices. What are some possible solutions to alleviate or eliminate this social problem from policies and practices? Explain if you have seen the elimination of some institutional discrimination in your experience.

4. Explain whether the Civil Rights Act or Affirmative Action eliminated racism in America. Why or why not? Explain a theory you have regarding the source of prejudice or discrimination in America. Provide a possible solution to alleviate this social problem

Analyze the possible explanations for the individual's behavior using attribution theory.

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Have you ever behaved in a way that went against a belief or value that you have? Why did this happen? What influenced your behavior in that moment? When we understand our own reasons for going against our beliefs or values, we are better able to understand how this may happen with offenders. This assignment asks you to apply attribution theory and cognitive dissonance theory to a situation in which this type of behavior may occur with offenders, and how that may influence their rehabilitative process.

Create a brief case scenario of a situation in which an offender made a decision to engage in a behavior that violated his or her values, beliefs, attitudes, or morals.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you analyze your case scenario. Include the following:

  • Describe the situation and the individual’s behavior in the case scenario.
  • Analyze the possible explanations for the individual’s behavior using attribution theory.
  • Describe the relationship between behavior and attitudes in this situation.
  • Explain how cognitive dissonance theory applies to this situation, and how it may influence recidivism.
  • Describe how this offender’s attitude and behavior may influence the efficacy of the support services delivered.

Include at least three references.

Include detailed speaker notes for each slide.

Format any citations in your presentation according to APA guidelines.

Analyze the controversy in diagnosing a mental disorder based on unexplained physical symptoms

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Imagine that Jennifer Brea, whose TEDTalk (TED Conferences, LLC, 2016) you watched, is referred to you for ongoing supportive therapy when her psychiatry consultant decides that she does not have a conversion disorder. Despite the psychiatrist’s opinion, her primary care physician ignores that consult and labels Jennifer as having a somatic symptom disorder anyway.

Submit a 5-minute recorded PowerPoint (5–7 slides) in which you address the following:

  • Explain in a concise professional manner how you would conduct your first meeting with Jennifer. Identify specific steps you would take to understand her circumstance and needs.
  • Explain how you would proceed with her medical team in terms of advocacy for her as a client believed to have this condition.
  • Explain why you would need to take a biopsychosocial approach to her ongoing care.
  • Explain what social, family, vocational, Internet, and medical supports you would explore to help with her longer-term stabilization.
  • Analyze the controversy in diagnosing a mental disorder based on unexplained physical symptoms. Within your analysis, consider how power and privilege influence who provides the diagnoses and which groups are more likely to be diagnosed with certain disorders. Explain your thoughts on this debate.
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How are you going to try to change the way you approach problems to help you be healthier?

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 Discussion 1

http://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/ethics-articles/The_Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study_and_Its_Implications_for_the_21st_Century/

1. Read the article directly above this assignment post: “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Its Implications for the 21st Century”

2. Write a summary (250 words minimum)

3. Answer the following questions in addition to your summary:

What are the major ethical issues surrounding this study (there are several listed within the article)?

How did the national government step in to redefine how human subjects are treated during experimentation?

What do IRBs require for human subjects today?

Discussion 2

 

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Classical and Christian ideals coexisted for the first time during the Renaissance. Briefly, Humanism and Christianity were aligned. Why was this life changing for the Western world? What did this allow for? (Here’s a hint: Religion and ______ have been at odds for centuries and continue to contradict one another.)

In your opinion which artist best exhibited the combination of these two ideals in their work?

Discusion 3

 

Watch the video How to Make Stress Your Friend https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend

2. Write a summary (250 words minimum)

3. Include information about how stress affects your body and how you can actively change this. What do you have to do to change the way stress affects you? How are you going to try to change the way you approach problems to help you be healthier?

Discussion 4 Answer in complete sentences

1.  Provide an example of a situation or event that could be appraised as either threatening or challenging.  Explain why one would see this situation or event as a threat or a challenge.

2. Go to this site: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_82.htm

Complete the scale, then answer these questions:

  1. What was your stress scale number?
  2. How accurately do you feel that this represents your current level of stress? Why?
  3. What could be added to improve it/make it more accurate?

Explain some changes that occur in families after the birth of a new baby.

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Original work. In your own words. No plagiarism. This will be 6 weeks working on this project.

My Virtual Life includes two simulations. You will raise a virtual child to age 18. Then the project will switch so that you will make decisions about your own life. You will complete the My Virtual Life during weeks 2 to 7. You will submit a reaction paper to the assignment box during each of these weeks.

In this module, you will begin the My Virtual Life Simulation. You will start the program by responding to questions regarding your personality and appearance. The program will congratulate you on the birth of your son or daughter. These are the only sections that you will complete for Module 2.

In your first reaction paper, please respond to the questions below:
1. What is the purpose of assessing your appearance and personality at the beginning of the program?
2. Did the program give you son or a daughter? What did you name your child?
3. Was your baby born on time or early? Discuss the risks associate with preterm and small-to-date babies.
4. Explain some changes that occur in families after the birth of a new baby.

steps you will take to ensure the client's physical and emotional well being

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2: 2 Vignette Analysis

Treatment Plan for Stabilization

An important part of the skills you will improve in developing appropriate interventions is designing a treatment plan focusing on stabilization that is appropriate to the particular client treated.

In this assignment, you will create a treatment plan for stabilization based on the information provided in the vignette.

Study

Vignette—Alice

Alice is a 32-year-old African-American woman who is employed as a family physician in a large family practice in a medium-sized city in New Jersey. She was raised Protestant and still attends church on Sundays with one of her sisters. Mike is a 27-year-old African-American man who is employed as a pharmaceutical representative. Alice and Mike met at a medical conference where Mike’s employer was a major sponsor. They sat next to each other at a dinner and started dating soon after that. Alice does not have children and Mike has two children from a previous relationship.

“Mike and I had been dating for about four months. He was the greatest thing that had come into my life. I hadn’t been with a man for so many years, I had forgotten what it was like, how much fun it was to be in love, how happy it was to have someone make you smile, and someone you could smile with. I guess I was so busy being in love that I didn’t see some of the little incidents that were happening. I guess maybe if I would have opened my eyes, what happened the other night wouldn’t have happened. I just don’t know. I just don’t understand it all.

Mike had come over at about four in the afternoon, and we were going out to dinner and then to a game. I was excited. I had never been to a basketball game. Mike was going to explain everything that happened for me, so that I would understand what was going on. We were supposed to go with a couple of his friends. I had a patient, and I didn’t get home until close to 4:30. Mike was pacing up and down the floor when I walked in. I apologized for being late and told him that I was sorry but I could not leave this patient. We had had little incidents before, but this was the first time I really began to be fearful. Mike’s face started to get red, and I looked in his eyes and I became frightened. His eyes just looked like they belonged to someone else. His whole body began to change. It became more rigid, and he started to yell at me. At first, his abusiveness was really only putting me down for only caring about my patients and not caring about him. When I protested and tried to calm him down, he only seemed to get angrier. Before I knew it, he was shaking me and slapping me, as well as screaming at me. I screamed back at him to stop, but he wouldn’t listen. In fact, he reminded me of patients I have had who have gone into psychomotor seizures. At that point, I started pushing away from him and attempted to flee, but he caught me and started swinging me around in the kitchen. All of a sudden, he took me and flung me across the room, and I felt myself crashing into the stove. That was the last thing I knew. I fell on the floor, and I could feel somebody stomping and kicking me as I lay there. I sort of felt like I was drifting in and out of consciousness.

“I don’t know how long I lay there on the floor, but when I woke up, Mike was gone. The house was dark. The pain was so bad I could barely move. I knew that I had to have been seriously injured. From the pain, I thought maybe I had some internal bruises. Thank God there’s a phone in the kitchen. I crawled and barely made it to the phone. I pulled on the cord so that I could knock it down to the floor, because I could not stand. I called my partner and just told him that I was physically injured. I didn’t tell him what happened to me but just told him to send an ambulance. The next thing I knew, I was there in this hospital bed. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how I got here. All I know is what they had told me the next morning.

“Apparently, when Mike pushed me into the stove and maybe when he was stomping on me with his feet, my kidneys were damaged. As soon as they got me to the hospital, they could barely find my pulse, and they knew there was internal bleeding. They rushed me into the emergency surgery and had to remove one kidney. My second kidney was badly damaged, but they think they can save it. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how it got so bad. It just seems like it’s all one great big nightmare. I just don’t know what I’ll

do. How can anyone so kind and gentle like Mike, that I could love so much and who could love me so much, do this to me? I just don’t understand.”

(Two days after the surgery, she was asked how she felt about being in the hospital. Afterward, she said that she and Mike were going off on this wonderful cruise as soon as she got out of the hospital.)

“I’m really not sure how the whole incident happened. Perhaps it was my fault. Mike says he really didn’t throw me against the stove. He just pushed me and I fell and hit the stove. I really believe him. He couldn’t have wanted to hurt me as badly as I was hurt. It really must have been an accident.”

Vignette—Alice

Tasks:

You are the crisis intervention counselor at the hospital where Alice is hospitalized. After obtaining the information mentioned in the vignette, use this template Module #: Assignment #

Student Name:

Date:

[Use this template to complete both parts of your assignment.]

  • I. The first part of your response should include the following:
  • • A description of how you will develop a therapeutic relationship, given the fact that Alice may not think she needs your services
  • • An explanation of the steps you will take to ensure the client’s physical and emotional well being
  • • An explanation of the process you will undertake to establish or restore a normal routine for the client
  • II. The second part of your response should include completion of the Treatment Plan according to the guidelines below:

Identified Problem # 1: Alice is at risk for physical and emotional abuse.

Behavioral Definition:

Long-term Goals:

1.

2.

Short-term Objectives:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Therapeutic Interventions:

1.

2.

3.

4.

to design a 3- to 4-page treatment plan, with a focus on the stabilization of the client. Your assignment should be comprised of two parts as described below:

  • Your first part of the response should include how you will achieve the following:
    • The development of a therapeutic relationship, given the fact that Alice may not think she needs your services
    • The client’s physical and emotional wellbeing
    • The establishment or restoration of a normal routine for the client
  • The second part of the response should include your treatment plan for the identified problem, behavioral description, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and therapeutic interventions.

Use the given template to complete both parts of your assignment.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Submission Details: