Write a 300-word blog style post explaining the principles of thematic analyses to a lay-person audience.

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About thematic analysis principle

Write a 300-word blog style post explaining the principles of thematic analyses to a lay-person audience. Something suitable for the website Simply Psychology perhaps (note this site is not a suitable academic reference but can be a useful tool for overviews and simplifications). Students may use images, bullet points and/or any other grammatical devices suitable for this type of communication. Despite the informal style of this assignment, there should be no fewer than 3 appropriate academic references (cited in text) to thematic analysis literature within psychology.

In your presentation, describe the theorist’s upbringing and life experiences, and explain how these experiences may have influenced their development of personality theory.

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Theory Presentation-Adler or Jung

For this assignment, you will have the opportunity to further explore the work of Adler or Jung by creating a PowerPoint presentation with voiceover. In your presentation, describe the theorist’s upbringing and life experiences, and explain how these experiences may have influenced their development of personality theory. In addition, review and summarize all major tenets, concepts and key factors of personality development from the theorist’s point of view. Include citations from additional literature as well as the reading in your presentation.

Now that you have run your statistical test(s), share your results with the class. Was the test significant? Not significant? How can you interpret this finding?

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Analyzing Data

Question:

Now that you have run your statistical test(s), share your results with the class. Was the test significant? Not significant? How can you interpret this finding?

 

Prepare a summary of the addictions you identified and your group’s justification/explanation/evidence for why they were pathological or behavioral. The summary should be double spaced, with a title page, and should include any references used.

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Assignment 3: Group Project (pairs)

As a group, develop a list of 3 addictions (not explained in the textbook chapter). Feel free to think broadly about what constitutes an addiction. After compiling the list, as a group identify which are pathological and which are behavioral, with justification, explanation, and evidence for your decision.

Finally, as individuals, prepare a summary of the addictions you identified and your group’s justification/explanation/evidence for why they were pathological or behavioral. The summary should be double spaced, with a title page, and should include any references used.

By formulating five (5) rules, how can you integrate the theories of Freud, Adler, Jung, Fromm, Rogers, and Maslow using the ideas of meaning and purpose in life, sacred emotions, and religious experiences? How can you incorporate your rules into promoting an authentic and optimal personality?

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Optimal personality

Reference the book using in-text citations. The book is
Compton, W., & Hoffman, E. (2019). Positive psychology: the science of happiness and flourishing, (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781544322926

You can get information regarding this assignment in chapters 9 & 10

The purpose of this assignment is to have to integrate your thinking about optimal personality in relation to some of the major theorists, wisdom, and the psychology of prayer and spirituality.

Step 1: By formulating five (5) rules, how can you integrate the theories of Freud, Adler, Jung, Fromm, Rogers, and Maslow using the ideas of meaning and purpose in life, sacred emotions, and religious experiences?

Step 2: How can you incorporate your rules into promoting an authentic and optimal personality?

Step 3: Relating to your final synthesis goal, describe a plan in which you incorporate information from the chapter regarding the promotion of a “wisdom path” as a part of your life plan to promote positive mental health.

Step 4: The psychology of prayer describes the impact of prayer on one’s functioning. Devise a practical approach to using prayer for personal change. Design an example of a prayer project for your personal change goal. You can select one aspect of your goal and describe the issue that needs to change. Your prayer project should incorporate the following: Types of prayer, the acts of praying, a rationale for why this would promote change, how to address a sense of meaning and purpose, how to promote the sacred emotions, and how to promote religious experiences.

How does retrieval differ in the context of recognition versus recall, and why is memory usually greater when measured using a recognition task?

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Recognition task

How does retrieval differ in the context of recognition versus recall, and why is memory usually greater when measured using a recognition task?

Describe in at least 500 words how you have handled a mistake that you made and what you can change to prevent the same mistake from happening again.

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Mistakes

Effective therapists make mistakes and are willing to admit them (p.20). They do not dismiss their errors lightly, yet they do not choose to dwell on misery. Describe in at least 500 words how you have handled a mistake that you made and what you can change to prevent the same mistake from happening again.

How are behavioral and conduct disorders diagnosed? What factors potentially contribute to the over-diagnosis of these types of disorders? What long- and short-term implications does over-diagnosis have on a child?

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Over diagnosis

How are behavioral and conduct disorders diagnosed? What factors potentially contribute to the over-diagnosis of these types of disorders? What long- and short-term implications does over-diagnosis have on a child? Substantiate your findings with specific examples and research from items below.

Over-Diagnosis Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

For this short paper, students should draw references and background support information from the resources provided above Students should not simply let the resources serve as their own arguments and conclusions, but should compose a paper built around their own informed assertions and persuasive summary.

Prompt

In a two-page paper, address the following:

 How are behavioral and conduct disorders diagnosed?

 What factors potentially contribute to the over-diagnosis of these types of disorders?

 What long- and short-term implications does over-diagnosis have on a child?

 Substantiate your findings with specific examples and research.

After reviewing psychological testimony (videos links are provided below), Write an 8 page paper outlining the pros and cons of the testimony. Consider body language, content, responses to questioning, language, and any other relevant factors that pertain to expert witness testimony.

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Slender Man Trial

After reviewing psychological testimony (videos links are provided below), Write an 8 page paper outlining the pros and cons of the testimony. Consider body language, content, responses to questioning, language, and any other relevant factors that pertain to expert witness testimony.

There are no APA style, title page, abstract, references or specific formatting requirements, but you may still cite scholarly sources to support your argument as long as they are properly cited using APA and include a reference page. This paper should be 8 pages of body content.

Review the following three experts in the Slender Man Trial

Clip 1, start at 13 min (1 expert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KoG1qd9ck

Clip 2, start at 10 min (2 experts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKfzDd44KRo

Identify and discuss the key symptoms experienced by the client. Discuss at least three possible diagnoses. Provide a diagnosis for the client, including the DSM–5 coding. Include a rationale for the diagnosis that you arrived at for the client. Provide a rationale for ruling out at least two additional/possible diagnoses.

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Abnormal Psychology Discussion 6

Case Study
Devyn is a 20-year-old female college student in her sophomore year of studies. Devyn has recently been admitted to the psychiatric hospital where you are currently employed. You are completing Devyn’s admissions assessment, taking clinical, medical, and historical information to arrive at an initial diagnostic impression. She reports that over the past 2 weeks she has been hearing someone talking to her when at home. She seems somewhat afraid of telling you this information, reducing her voice to a quiet whisper when telling you about what she calls “his voice.” Devyn states that “his voice” is often angry, calls her vile names, and gets louder and louder the more she tries to stop listening. She shares that today “his voice” told her to hurt herself, which is when Devyn told her mom that she was scared. When going through the medical and historical information, you find out that Devyn has a history of some moderate head injuries. She was a gymnast in high school and had two or three tumbling accidents that resulted in concussions. Also, Devyn tells you that she has been mostly drug free, but has started smoking marijuana over the past 4 months. She says that sometimes smoking marijuana calms her and sometimes it makes her very agitated and angry. During the assessment, Devyn seems to have a flat affect, with the exception of some appearance of anxiety/fear when talking about “his voice.” She is on no medications at this time and has no other medical history.

Respond to the following:

* Identify and discuss the key symptoms experienced by the client.
* Discuss at least three possible diagnoses.
* Provide a diagnosis for the client, including the DSM–5 coding.
* Include a rationale for the diagnosis that you arrived at for the client.
* Provide a rationale for ruling out at least two additional/possible diagnoses.
* What additional (neuroimaging, neurophysiological, or serological) testing would be helpful in conclusively arriving at your diagnosis?