How would you adapt and use the Acculturation and Resilience Scale (AARS) described by Khawaja, Moisuc, and Ramirez (2014) when working with recent immigrants in Canada?

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DQ 3.1: Hypothetical Vignette: Ethnographic Inquiry

Just as a foreign student was asking a question in his chemistry class, his professor and classmates began to laugh. The student concluded that he was being subjected to such extreme public humiliation because he had said or done something so terrible that the professor had decided to oust him from the class. Because the chemistry class was required for graduation, the student realized that he would not be able to finish his degree. He stopped attending classes and holed up in his room for 3 days, trying to summon the courage to tell his parents of his failure. He was devastated that he had let down his loved ones. His parents had saved for his college education for 18 years. His brothers and sisters had contributed by dropping out of school at young ages to work in the fields. Over the years, neighbours in his village had contributed to his education in a variety of ways: His elementary school teacher had tutored him in English after school, his aunt and uncle had bought him a pair of shoes when he graduated from eighth grade, a neighbour had arranged for him to stay with a family in a neighbouring village so he could attend high school, his godfather had paid his bus fare so he could return home during Christmas vacation. As the first person from his village to attend college, there had been a huge celebration in his honour before he left for Canada. His failure to graduate will humiliate his entire family and leave them without a way to extricate themselves from dire poverty. His concerned roommate contacted the college Mental Health Centre, which sent an emergency worker to his dorm.

After reading the article by Seeley (2004), discuss how a counsellor might use ethnographic inquiry to find out why the student responded as he did, clear up intercultural misunderstandings, relieve the student’s distress, and lessen the likelihood that similar intercultural misunderstandings would take a similar toll in the future.

References

Seeley, K. M. (2004). Short-term intercultural psychotherapy: Ethnographic inquiry. Social Work, 49(1), 121-130. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=12441745&site=ehost-live

DQ 3.2: Assessment of Acculturation

How would you adapt and use the Acculturation and Resilience Scale (AARS) described by Khawaja, Moisuc, and Ramirez (2014) when working with recent immigrants in Canada? Comment on some of the merits and possible limitations of the AARS.

References

Khawaja, N. G., Moisuc, O., & Ramirez, E. (2014). Developing an Acculturation and Resiliency Scale for use with culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Australian Psychologist, 49, 171-180. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=url,cookie,ip,uid&db=ehh&AN=95682833

 

Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and philosophy on which the person-centred approach is based.

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How does a person-centred stance work in psychotherapy to facilitate change? In this Essay the following questions should all be answered in an appropriate form. Give enough refrences, word count should be 2000 exluding text in referencing and quotations of any other references.ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AUTUMN TERM

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and philosophy on which the person-centred approach is based.
• Demonstrate an accurate understanding of the ‘necessary and sufficient’ conditions.
• Provide a clear description of how person-centred therapy works to facilitate change with reference to classical and contemporary texts.
• Constructively critically evaluate, with reference to the relevant therapeutic literature, and come to your own position, with regard to how effective person-centred therapy is for producing change.
• Clarity of structure, writing and spelling.
please look at the attached file for more details.

Topic/Start: Guide the reader on what you are focusing on in developing your answer to this title question: The question of what works in psychotherapy ‘’to facilitating’’ needs to be explored as the basis of addressing the tittle of this essay.

Body of the information on this ‘’ sub-topic’’/middle;
Structure the content of each section chronologically-give refrenced support for this point wherever possible. Write about freud, before you talk about rogers, he came before.
Take a helicopter stance to information/ideas to be presented

See ideas as possible perspective rather than true + fixed, evaluate ideas=
What evidence is there for this claim
Are there counter claims?
What conclusion can be drowned at this stage in debate?

A Wrap comment/middle- at the end of this section/sub-topic, draws a mini-conclusion on where this section of information, leaves the answer to the title question. This shows your ability to analyse…..

Therefore, it can be argued that……….

Developing a critical approach to expert knowledges
See the ‘’bigger picture’’
– historical influence?
-power influences-in whose interests is this promoted as true?
-Social/cultural norms- Subtle pressure to accept certain ways of being human/behaving etc.

Counselling-its role in society – what function does it serve?
– How might it be used as a subtle form of pastoral care yet regulatory?
– Regulation people to be more content/ docile, efficient and productive citizens? – what could be lost?

How does the person-centred approach work facilitate change?
What are the strengths in facilitating change-but what kind of change?
What are its limits/who cannot work in this type of relational experience?

Too culturally located- individualism, pursuit of happiness’’ ( socially prescribed) or resonating with deeply human needs which culturally have effected? Change to what?

Clients problems- may not always have capacity to change, too dysfunctional- rogers too simplistic view of pathology??? Or was he on the right track? Everyone can change to a more personally fulfilling life, as they see it, if their trust their organism function???

Are there any controversies surrounding this issues and if so why? You can compare and contrast it to other policies from other developed countries, talk about what may work elsewhere and would it work in the U.S.,

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Policy Research Paper This paper will consist of a TOTAL of 6 pages to include the following: Title Page, 4 content pages, 1 Reference Page. (it is one paper with 6 pages in total)Paper should be written in APA with a Running Head but DO NOT INCLUDE ABSTRACT. Your references should be from works within the last 5 years. You can use journals, books, newspapers, etc. You CANNOT use Wikipedia as a reference. In terms of how many references you should have, ideally a minimum of 5-6. You will be graded on content, grammar, punctuation, and creativity. You can use First Person but please do so briefly and, perhaps limit this to the intro and the conclusion. Be creative, if you wish to include charts, graphs, an audio file, a video link, etc. The content should consist of using the Policy that you wrote about in your Policy Brief. Show the pros and cons of the policy, bill, or law. Are there any controversies surrounding this issues and if so why? You can compare and contrast it to other policies from other developed countries, talk about what may work elsewhere and would it work in the U.S., etc.

How can the concept of the village assist in easing the pressure on caregivers?

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Review the video above and answer the questions below. Your response should include reflection from the resources in the module.
Caring for an aging parent affects not only the individual’s life but the lives of the extended family as well. How can caring for an aging parent change the dynamics of the family unit?
How can the concept of the village assist in easing the pressure on caregivers?
Be sure to use references from the text and other scholarly material in your post
Your response should be a minimum of 500 words. Include at least 2 scholarly sources. Be sure to respond to at least two of your classmates with substantive responses.

What should a psychologist consider when trying to decide if a patient’s symptoms are normal or abnormal?

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PSY ESSAY QUESTION

You are a clinical psychologist that has been asked by the government to provide a report on the modern conceptualization of psychological disorders and their treatment. In your report, you want to be sure to address the following questions: What should a psychologist consider when trying to decide if a patient’s symptoms are normal or abnormal? What are the most important criterion in defining normal and abnormal behavior and is it more important to consider society or the individual? What assessments should a psychologist use to determine if a patient has a significant clinical disorder? Finally, what type of therapy (or therapies) or medications should a psychologist use today to help patients – what has the most scientific support? The report requires that you use examples of specific disorders to make your points.
In your answer, include a discussion of disorders from a minimum of 5 of the chapters in the text. The strongest answers will provide specific examples and reference from the course material to support the position.

Your report should be between 5 – 10 double spaced pages and will be graded on the following rubric:

Use of Course Material = 30 points
Quality of response to essay questions = 30 points
Integration/Synthesis of material/Quality of argument = 30 points
Grammar/APA format/References = 10 points

NOTE: There is more than one way to correctly answer this question. You will be graded on the quality of response and use of course material.

**ONLY USE THE SOURCES PROVIDED! NO OUTSIDE SOURCES**

**PLEASE READ TEXTBOOK**

**CHAPTERS 1,3,4,6,10,11 ONLY**

**BEFORE SUBMITTING, PLEASE CHECK BACK ON RUBRIC**

Briefly explain what you would need to cover for informed consent.

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Briefly explain what you would need to cover for informed consent.
Explain any possible countertransference issues that may need to be addressed. In general terms, document what sensitive personal experiences and/or issues these raise.
Reveal the type of information you might self-disclose. Explain your purpose with this self-disclosure and what you would hope to accomplish. Would you return hugs from children, from mother, from father? Why or why not?

What are some of the reasons for poor performance among school-going students?

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What are some of the reasons for poor performance among school-going students?

Low performance in school: what contributes to student’s low performance in school? Do the reasons revolve around them or the school setup?

What pattern of evidence could disprove your ideas?

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Research Question Project-Social Psychology Recitation (Fall 2020)Step 1: Identify a research question. develop a substantive question related to the course material (i.e., social psychology). This could be an issue that you feel is unresolved by the current literature. It could involve applying ideas, theories, or techniques from one domain to another. You could address an inconsistency you believe exists in extant research. You could be an entirely novel issue no one else has considered.Step 2: Construct a potential answer/prediction. Having identified a question, draw upon thescientific literature to generate plausible predictions(at least 2). One of the most productive things to do at this stage is draw upon the techniques we discussed from McGuire to come up with different possibilities. You mayhave a favorite hypothesis, but you should engage with and be prepared to rule out other potential ideas.Step 3: Ground your question and predictions in the literature. What prior work is relevant to your ideas and what lends support to your predictionsor to one prediction vs. another?•You should summarize/report the results/findings of at least 2 empirical studies to support your predictions. Step 4: Study Proposal. Design at least one study to address your questions and test your predictions. You can use any type of appropriate design (longitudinal, correlational, experimental, etc.)or a combination. a)Outline the proceduresof your study (e.g., what will participants be doing, how will you collect the data, etc.)

b)Describe relevant manipulations and measures (e.g., what is your independent variable, what is your dependent variable, how will you measure them, etc.)c)Outline your specific hypotheses. What would you expect to observe if your ideas arecorrect? What pattern of evidence could disprove your ideas?d)What future work needed to further understand this topic?Format:APA style,3-4pages of text, plus references, figures, etc. Please include an intro and a conclusion

Critically discuss either personality disorders, psychosis or trauma/PTSD as detailed in the question above.

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* Module: final year Clinical and Counselling Psychology
* 1500 words
* APA referencing
* Critically discuss either personality disorders, psychosis or trauma/PTSD as detailed in the question above.
* to begin, choose one of the three disorders listed above
* Then briefly describe the key features and diagnostic criteria of your selected disorder
*Be aware that “biopsychosocial includes biological, psychological, social (environmental and family), as well as cognitive models.
* Consider problems of co-morbidity with other mental illnesses and how these may impact on diagnosis and treatment.
*Provide a balanced review of the current literature including comparing and contrasting the literature and presenting an in-depth discussion/debate on the topic