Consider your midterm and final exams as examples. How stressful are these experiences for you? What are the physiological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive reactions you usually encounter before and during your exams?

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Stressor of taking exams

People react to and cope with stress in their lives in a variety of ways. Consider your midterm and final exams as examples. How stressful are these experiences for you? What are the physiological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive reactions you usually encounter before and during your exams? In other words, what changes do you notice in your body, emotions, behavior, and thoughts? Psychologists recommend several strategies to cope with stress, including emotional, behavioral, cognitive, emotion-focused, and problem-focused methods. Which strategies do you currently use during exam time? Which methods would you consider incorporating in the future?

 

In a multi-paragraph essay, first describe your physiological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive reactions to the stressor of taking exams, and then discuss two strategies (emotional, behavioral, or cognitive) that you might use to cope more effectively. Be sure to include details from class materials, readings, and research to support your discussion.

Describe the social issue and explain why a facorial design would be a good choice for your investigation. Identify the independent variables that you will be using and then describe what would be in each cell. Does this design contain any participant variables? Why or why not?

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FACTORIAL DESIGNS

Factorial designs have become increasingly more popular because they can show a better picture of the complexity of behavior. In 300 words or more, think of a social issue within your local community that you could investigate using a 2 x 2 factorial design.

Describe the social issue and explain why a facorial design would be a good choice for your investigation.
Identify the independent variables that you will be using and then describe what would be in each cell.
Does this design contain any participant variables? Why or why not?
How can a factorial design impact external validity?

Book if available: Morling, B. (2021). Research methods in psychology (4th ed.). New York: NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Review the scenarios from observation days 1, 2, and 3 and complete the ABC chart. Based on your ABC data and the indirect assessment data, hypothesize the function of the behavior. Summarize your observations and provide further recommendations.

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Provide behavioral modification recommendation for a student

You are a BCaBA in a school district who has been asked to provide behavioral modification recommendations for a student at Parkville Elementary School. The student’s name is Misha who is a 3rd-grade student in a self-contained classroom. It has been reported that Misha engages in disruptive behavior. You want to conduct a functional behavior assessment to determine the target behaviors, and functions so you can later create a behavior intervention plan.

You gather information from the parents that will let you know when to observe. Here is the first form you receive from the teacher:

You decide to observe the behavior on three separate occasions and record ABC data.

 

Observation Day 1:

In the classroom, it is 11:00 a.m. right before lunch, and you notice Misha fiddling with the items in her desk. The teacher, Mr. Stanza says, “Time for math,” and hands out worksheets to each student. Misha swipes the pencil, eraser, and worksheet from her desk and screams, “No!” The teacher says, “Misha you have to do your work,” and picks up the worksheet. Misha says again, “No!” and tears up the worksheet. Mr. Stanza says, “Ok, well then you need to sit quietly.”

 

Observation Day 2:

At 10:30 a.m., Mr. Stanza hands out crayons and a coloring page to each student and says, “Now it is time to color the weather. How does it feel outside today, class?” Misha throws a crayon at a peer and giggles. Mr. Stanza says, “Misha please keep your crayons on the table and say sorry.” Misha throws another crayon and giggles.

 

Observation Day 3:

You decide to observe at 11:15 a.m. today, and Mr. Stanza says to the class, “Time for math, get out your pencils.” Misha takes the items from inside her desk and throws them on the floor. She gets up out of her seat and runs around the room. Mr. Stanza says, “Misha, you need to sit down.” She laughs and continues to run around the room. He guides her back to the seat and she sits down and picks up the items that she threw. Mr. Stanza says, “Now everyone, write your name at the top.” Misha throws her pencil and swipes her worksheet off of her desk. Mr. Stanza says, “Misha, if you don’t want to do math, sit quietly please.”

 

Instructions: Using the provided information, complete the FBA Template:

  1. Complete the background information, purpose, target behaviors of concern, and indirect assessment portion of the FBA template, using the completed interview form and the Completed QABF form by Mr. Stanza.
  2. Using the teacher’s completed QABF form, graph the data.
  3. Review the scenarios from observation days 1, 2, and 3 and complete the ABC chart.
  4. Based on your ABC data and the indirect assessment data, hypothesize the function of the behavior.
  5. Summarize your observations and provide further recommendations.

Write a 10–12-page paper that applies a Single Study or Systematic Review to the client or client system you identified in the Unit 4 discussion.

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Client system: Tom and Linda using Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT).

Write a 10–12-page paper that applies a Single Study or Systematic Review to the client or client system you identified in the Unit 4 discussion. Use the example of “Case Illustrations for Single Study or Systematic Review” in Chapter 14 of Clinician’s Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.

Case
Tom and Linda Smith have come to therapy for help with their marriage, their 9 year old daughter Mary, and their 13 year old son Robert. Mary’s parents report that she refuses to do her school work or attend school. She would rather stay home and play. Her parents report that Mary throws tantrums and yells at them whenever she is asked to do something she does not want to do. Mary’s parents are frustrated and have given up trying to give consequences to Mary for not obeying them. Mary will yell at her parents and throw tantrums until they stop making demands. They are feeling powerless and are trying to give Mary what she wants. They report that her behaviors are getting worse. Mary states that her parents don’t let her do anything and like her brother more than they like her.

Robert is their 13 year old son. His parents report that he gets frustrated easily when he is not making perfect grades at school and will isolate himself from others several hours. He refuses to talk to anyone about his frustration. His parents also report that he responds the same way whenever he does not live up to his own expectations. They feel that “he should be successful with anything he puts his mind to.” Robert states that he feels like no one in his family understands or cares about what is going on in his life. He states that his parents spend all of their time worrying about Mary, and Mary only cares about herself.

Tom and Linda would like help with their marriage of 16 years. Both agree that they do not feel close to each other and rarely talk about anything other than work and the kids. Tom describes the problem stating that while he likes his mother-in-law, he feels he is not as important to the family as she is. Linda reports that she contacts her mother daily for advice regarding the problems with their children. Linda states that her mother has always helped her with important decisions and she can’t imagine doing anything without her input. She describes the problem reporting that Tom does not like to disagree or have conflict with her, he appears afraid to talk to her, and will avoid difficult discussions where there might be disagreement. Tom states that he was the youngest of five children. He does not have contact with his parents because they made him feel “invisible” and “unimportant”.

Write a essay on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive Therapy Must be 1500 words and should have 6 sources which include; 2 websites, a book, journal, magazine and a primary sourse.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Write a essay on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive Therapy Must be 1500 words and should have 6 sources which include; 2 websites, a book, journal, magazine and a primary sourse. Paper must be in MLA format.

CAN NOT TALK ABOUT OCD,BIPOLAR, SCHZOPHRENIC, DEPRESSION, PTSD,ADD AND ADHD.

 

Revise the report as instructed on the document also change the tone through out the report to make it more formal written report add more explanation, sources and picture in APA format change the introduction as a formal report.

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Alzheimer’s disease

Revise the report as instructed on the document also change the tone through out the report to make it more formal written report add more explanation, sources and picture in APA format change the introduction as a formal report.

Find links between the task and cure to Alzheimer’s disease find support articles that proves doing those 4 experiment would be beneficial to Alzheimer’s disease at least add 1000 words and 5 sources (recent years) revision

 

Describe at least one theoretical orientation you would use to conceptualize your view of the patient’s problem and how it may have developed.

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Addressing and Confronting Bias and Prejudice

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 8, 12, and 13 in DSM 5 Made Easy: The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis; Chapter 2 in Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Initial Assessment, Boundaries, Money, Disruptions and Suicidal Crises; Chapter 5 in The Psychiatric Interview: Evaluation and Diagnosis; all required articles; and review the PSY645 Fictional Sociocultural Case Studies Download PSY645 Fictional Sociocultural Case Studies document.

One of the most important aspects of developing competence in psychopathology is to be as honest and as self-aware as possible about your personal attitudes toward people who have mental health conditions. Through this awareness, we are better able to challenge our own biases and prejudicial views in order to be more open to the findings within scholarly research.

For your initial post in this discussion, choose one of the five case studies from the PSY645 Fictional Sociocultural Case Studies Download PSY645 Fictional Sociocultural Case Studies document, and write a detailed description of your uncensored personal observation of the patient depicted. Include any personal thoughts and feelings you have about the client or the scenario that may be related to personal biases. Describe at least one theoretical orientation you would use to conceptualize your view of the patient’s problem and how it may have developed (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, biological, sociocultural, evolutionary, psychoanalytic, integrative, etc.). NOTE: Be clear that you are writing about theoretical orientations and using the theoretical orientations to explain the client’s symptoms and presenting problems. Do not use the theoretical orientations to discuss any therapy or treatment approaches. Your application of the theoretical orientations should answer the question: How did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problems? For example, “Based on the cognitive perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?” “Based on the humanistic perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?” Etc. Next, identify the issues you might focus on in treatment with this patient. Be sure to identify within your post which of the five case studies you have chosen.

Case #1

Frank is a 45-year-old male who identifies as gay. He identified himself as “white” of German, Italian, and English ancestry. He stated his reason for seeking out psychotherapy “is because my boyfriend doesn’t want to have sex with me.” When asked about the frequency of his sexual activity with his boyfriend, he reported that they have sex at least once a week. While this tends to be the average amount of sex that couples generally have, he repeated, “You don’t understand. I just want him to have sex with me!” When asked to share his boyfriend’s name, Frank responded, “Orlando Bloom… you know, the famous movie actor.” When interviewed about specifics related to his alleged relationship Mr. Bloom, Frank is vague, avoids eye contact and becomes agitated. Frank appeared well groomed with logical thought but poor insight into his problems. He denied symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Akhtar, S. (2009). Turning points in dynamic psychotherapy: Initial assessment, boundaries, money, disruptions and suicidal crises Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com
Chapter 2: Boundaries (pp. 41-67)

Morrison, J. (2014). DSM-5 made easy: The clinician’s guide to diagnosis. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Retrieved from https://redshelf.com
Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 12: Sexual Dysfunctions
Chapter 13: Gender Dysphoria

Discuss a specific life change from the Social Readjustment Rating Scale and describe how the change can be viewed through the physiological lens of motivation, arousal, and regulation.

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Wk2 Assignment

Studies have shown a significant positive correlation between life change stress and illness (see pp. 86-87 of the textbook). Discuss a specific life change from the Social Readjustment Rating Scale and describe how the change can be viewed through the physiological lens of motivation, arousal, and regulation. This assignment should be at least 400 words in length and refer specifically to the textbook and/or other peer-reviewed knowledge from the literature. You will be expected to use APA format for your paper with the objectives outlined above as separate headings and subheadings where appropriate. Your document should be written in Times New Roman 12 pt. font and double spaced with a proper title page. Please refer to the APA Sixth Edition Manual for formatting. Include a minimum of 3 citations in your paper to detail your support above and beyond the text.

Explain your case study. Explain the ethical dilemma involved in your case study. Analyze what you think should be done in the your case study.

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Week 13: Final Reflections, Final Exam, and Extra Credit

Dear Class:

We’re almost to the end our semester! How is your semester concluding? Well? Average? Middling to fair? For your last discussion board assignment, please take some time to reflect on the semester. How did it go for you? What worked? What didn’t work so well? If you have time, read through each others’ responses and see what the similarities and differences are amongst you as a group. Please also spend some time thinking through our last course topic: nursing ethics. Although there is no formal assignment on nursing ethics for this final discussion board, it still remains one of the most compelling areas of biomedical ethics. What themes do you see in the discussion of nursing ethics? What ethical challenges do you think nurses are most likely to face?

Last on the discussion board, you will find an optional discussion assignment about nursing ethics. For extra credit points, you may post a real-life case study about an ethical dilemma or ethical issue that pertains exclusively to nursing and/or the role of nurses:

Explain your case study.
Explain the ethical dilemma involved in your case study
Analyze what you think should be done in the your case study using either,
(a) one of the ethical theories we’ve discussed this semester, or
(b) one of the principles of biomedical ethics.

This assignment is worth (+5) bonus points. For additional points, please respond thoughtfully to a classmate’s case study analysis. This may earn you up to (+3) additonal points. Please note that you must post a link or a citation for your case study and you may not post the same case as a classmate.

Write a 500-word statement describing your experiences and qualifications that will allow you to become an effective graduate student and clinical mental health counselor.

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Write a 500-word statement describing your experiences and qualifications that will allow you to become an effective graduate student and clinical mental health counselor.