What are the advantages and disadvantages of group counselling over individual counselling? What does the research tell us?

Counselling

What are the advantages and disadvantages of group counselling over individual counselling? What does the research tell us?

Write a thorough one paragraph summary addressing what you learned from each video

Bonus assignments

The purpose of these bonus assignments are to enrich your mind, while exploring how the material in each video provides continuous growth and understanding of behavior, attitudes, personalities, etc. that affect one’s ability to develop through the course of our lifespan.

These are extra assignments that are not part of the required grades. There will be a total of 2 video assignments worth 2 points each, which means you can earn an additional 4 points on the final grade.

These assignments require you to watch a video and write a thorough one paragraph summary addressing what you learned from each video. If the paragraph is not provided or the information does not show you watched the video in its entirety, you will not receive the points!!

Video 1: 14 Interesting Psychological Facts About Dreams

Video 2: 15 Psychological Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pDxQPWD3L4&list=PLBCF6CD3F609DB9DD&index=111

Discuss at least two different psychological perspectives explanations of the different disorders. Evaluate a key piece of research which supports the explanation.

Atypical Psychology: Psychological Disorders

Produce an academic report of 1500 words (+/-10%) covering signs and symptoms, explanations and research on the following psychological disorders: Anxiety disorders, Mood disorders and Schizophrenia.

You will need to ensure you structure the assignment with a cover page, front page, contents page, introduction, main body and a conclusion. Please also provide a reference list using the Harvard referencing system. Appendices may also be used where needed, please remember these are not graded and all work relevant to the main criteria should be in your report.

Introduction: You need to consider the characteristics and symptoms of the three disorders (Anxiety disorders, Mood disorders and Schizophrenia).

Main body: You need to discuss at least two different psychological perspectives explanations of the different disorders. After discussing an explanation, evaluate a key piece of research which supports the explanation. It may be an idea to ensure that you use various different perspectives and use other psychological explanations and research to refute their claims.

Conclusion: Within the conclusion please ensure you summarise your ideas and arguments discussed in the main body.

Uses some psychological theories of aggression to explain possible reasons for his behaviour, set in the context of a nature – nurture debate. Describes research studies and findings to support these theories. Evaluates these theories in terms of their strengths and weaknesses.

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 Psychology (PSY001)

Case Study

Peter is seventeen and in with a bad crowd. They terrify everyone in the neighbourhood. His parents don’t seem to be able to do anything with him. His father drinks a lot and neighbours think he abuses his wife and children. The boys knock passers-by off the pavement, break windows, steal garden decorations, shop lift and are generally violent and aggressive.  They paint racist slogans everywhere and beat up some of the young ‘fellas’. They also round up the youngsters and encourage them to help with pestering the local shop keepers, by breaking their goods or stealing their sweets and cigarettes off the counters. The local community leaders are asking the police to intervene and bring these ‘hooligans’ under control.

Submit an essay of 2,000 words which:

  • Uses some psychological theories of aggression to explain possible reasons for his behaviour, set in the context of a nature – nurture debate.
  • Describes research studies and findings to support these theories.
  • Evaluates these theories in terms of their strengths and weaknesses.

You may refer to a variety of resources, including books, journals, video documentary and e-resources.

All sources should be cited accurately in text and reference list, following the accepted Harvard format.

  1. Take part in a small group discussion regarding this debate.

This assignment will meet the following learning outcomes: K1-7; I1-7; P1-7 and T1-7.

Provide a personal response to EACH idea/theme you have chosen to discuss. Conclude the book review by identifying 3 concepts YOU found helpful in constructing your way of thinking about care and family therapy?

Book Review

Olthuis, J.H. (2001). The Beautiful Risk: A New Psychology of Loving and Being Loved. Grand Rapids: Zondervan

Students will write a 4 – 7 double-spaced page review and response to The Beautiful Risk. Summarize briefly TWO key ideas/themes in each of the three parts of the book:
i) Loving and healing;
ii) The healing connection;
iii) Healing spirals. Provide a personal response (first person dialogue) to EACH idea/theme you have chosen to discuss. Conclude the book review by identifying 3 concepts YOU found helpful in constructing your way of thinking about care and family therapy?

Discuss key concepts related to mental health from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Provide an annotated bibliography of each text (this is in addition to your usual reference list).

5 annotated bibliographies from 5 separate papers

Word count: 2500 words.

You will be provided with 5 research articles relating to mental health, one from each of the following disciplines

Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy;

Developmental Psychology;

Neuroscience and Neuropsychology;

Medicine and Psychiatry;

Sociology.

You are asked to:

Discuss key concepts related to mental health from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Provide an annotated bibliography of each text (this is in addition to your usual reference list)

Your discussion of each text should include consideration of Methodology; Research question; Methods; Data Analysis; Results; Quality and trustworthiness of the research; Relevance to your own practice

Explain how our interpretation of events can lead to panic disorder (anxiety disorder). Critically analyze the research evidence on this topic.

Stress, Anxiety and health

Explain how our interpretation of events can lead to panic disorder (anxiety disorder). Critically analyze the research evidence on this topic.

Evaluate the view that personality and lifestyle patterns contribute to “successful ageing” within older adults?

Personality and lifestyle patterns

Evaluate the view that personality and lifestyle patterns contribute to “successful ageing” within older adults?

Discuss the case in the context of home and public places, providing solutions that may include special programs such as community support and behavioral health plans. Also address a home plan to address parental separation.

Alcohol and substance abuse in teens

Your Parenting Action Plan should be about 2000-3000 word in length and follow APA style (7th edition). Be sure to use in-text citations and include a reference list.

Copy and paste your case study at the beginning of your document to provide the context for your research essay. (This will not count towards your word total.)

Do not use quotations or copy verbatim from another author.

Your action plan can build on your existing research essay, but the action plan itself will include a few additional components (denoted with an * below). The research you have done should be carefully woven into your action plan. In other words, don’t just copy and paste your research essay and tack on more words. Use the research to justify the actions you are proposing.

Statement of the problem: A statement of the key issues that must be explored in order to resolve your case study. (This can be the same as the statement in your research essay)

Incorporation of at least 10 credible sources from within the past 10 years that can be used to support a parenting action plan. At least 5 of these sources must be scholarly social science research articles, and at least 3 of the sources must have been published within the last 2 years.

Incorporation of parenting or developmental theories to provide a framework for the proposed action plan.
Description of potential sites of impact (Step 6 of the Planning Table).

Identify an action plan grounded in research that may address concerns posed by the case study (Step 7 of the Planning Table).
Correct use of in-text citations and corresponding reference list (APA 7th edition).
Use of APA 7th edition format (1” margins, standard font, double spacing, page numbers, etc.).
Demonstration of strong writing skills.

The following is a planning table;

STEP 6: SITES OF IMPACT

Home

School

Daycare

Parent Workplace

Public Spaces (e.g. playground, retail, grocery store, etc.)

Other:

STEP 7: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

Home Plan

School Strategy

Community Support Groups

Behavioral Health Plan

Medical/Health Plan

Special Programs/Supports

Other:

The following is a case study.

The current case study involves alcohol and substance abuse in teens ages 16 – 18 years who are from a middle-class socioeconomic status background. The teens stay at home and have single parents. The teens have social and behavioral issues. Parents are overworking to maintain socioeconomic status and are less actively involved with the children as they consider them grownups. A parenting action will be developed to engage the teens in community support groups and behavioral health plans. Discuss the case in the context of home and public places, providing solutions that may include special programs such as community support and behavioral health plans. Also address a home plan to address parental separation.

 

Where, or in what ways, can a researcher acquire information/data that can be used for a case study? In other words, what are some various sources for information that a researcher can use in a case study?

CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW
There are many methods available for conducting research, one of which is a case study. The purpose of this Case Study Assignment is for you to learn how to conduct and complete a case study. Proper current APA formatting throughout the document is a substantial part of the content of this Case Study Assignment. You will use what you learn in this Case Study Assignment in a future course assignment.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer the following four questions using current APA format throughout (including your title page, appropriate vocabulary, and sentence structure, writing in third person, in-text citations, page numbers, levels of headings throughout the document, an introductory statement, a conclusion statement, and consistency between your in-text citations and references). Use your course textbooks, including your Introduction to Research textbook and the Publication Manual, and at least two additional scholarly references. This Case Study Assignment must have a title page, plus 2 – 4 pages of appropriate content, and a reference page. Give the answers to these questions in your own words and with your own explanation. Cite your sources in-text, and list your various sources as references on your references page.

This Case Study Assignment is requiring level one headings based on each of the questions. Create your own brief phrase for a properly formatted level one heading based on each question to be clear about which item you are answering. Your headings must not be simply copied/pasted from the questions. An acceptable heading must clearly capture the essence of each question. Headings are typically brief statements. See various sections of your Publication Manual for details about the requirements in this Case Study Assignment.

1. What is a case study?

2. What are advantages and disadvantages of this approach?

3. What are some reasons for using a case study approach?

4. Where, or in what ways, can a researcher acquire information/data that can be used for a case study? In other words, what are some various sources for information that a researcher can use in a case study?

Note: For question four, these are two ways of stating the same question; these are not two separate questions.