What are three physical changes that happen to teen brains that make it difficult for someone like Gary to weigh risk and reward? Use your Soomo webtext to paraphrase how teen brain changes affect decision-making. Remember to provide an in-text citation for the ideas that you paraphrase.

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Smarter Decision Making through Psychology

Using what you have learned about the adolescent brain and social development in Chapter 3 of the webtext, answer the questions below to help Gloria understand why her son is making such poor choices, and pose some recommendations to help her solve her problem. (Use page 3.4 for brain development and page 3.6 for social development.)

Note: This assignment asks you to apply the information from your webtext to a scenario. It does not require research or use of additional sources. However, if you choose to use information from an outside source (including, but not limited to, information in Blackboard or videos) you must cite that source in the text and provide an SWS source list. You must also cite your webtext and enter it into your source list.

 

Question 1: What are three physical changes that happen to teen brains that make it difficult for someone like Gary to weigh risk and reward? Use your Soomo webtext to paraphrase how teen brain changes affect decision-making. Remember to provide an in-text citation for the ideas that you paraphrase.

 

Question 2: In addition to their brains changing, teens change socially. What do teens wrestle with as they develop socially? Why may Gary value his peers more than his mom? Use your Soomo webtext to paraphrase how teens develop socially and how this would influence Gary’s decision. Remember to provide an in-text citation for the ideas you paraphrase.

 

Question 3: What are two specific strategies or pieces of advice that you would recommend that Gloria can offer to help her son to make better decisions? Write a paragraph that offers advice that would help Gloria with her son’s development as he improves his decision-making skills.

 

Question 4: Place yourself in Gloria’s shoes. How do you think Gloria is feeling? How can understanding her feelings help you offer constructive advice? Write a paragraph where you describe how you think Gloria is feeling and explain why understanding her feelings allows you to offer more effective advice.

Analyze and explain the pharmacological aspects of the drug as they relate to the following: neurotransmitters affected, receptors, route of administration, half-life, doses, side effects, drug interactions, contraindications, and other important facets of the drug. Explain these aspects of the drug in terms of the psychiatric disorders indicated for the drug and the issue(s) associated with that use.

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I Rapid Review 1

Select a psychoactive drug that is of pharmacological interest to you, but not one you will review as part of your Critical Review. For this paper, you may choose drugs of abuse; however, the paper must focus on the pharmacology of the drug and not on the social or addictive aspects. If you focus on addiction and social impact, your paper will not receive credit.

In addition to the text, research a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles published within the last 5 years on your selected drug. Prepare a three-page summary of the drug using the PSY630 Rapid Review Example paper (Links to an external site.) as a guide.

In your Rapid Review, analyze and explain the pharmacological aspects of the drug as they relate to the following: neurotransmitters affected, receptors, route of administration, half-life, doses, side effects, drug interactions, contraindications, and other important facets of the drug. Explain these aspects of the drug in terms of the psychiatric disorders indicated for the drug and the issue(s) associated with that use. If there is no accepted therapeutic use for the drug, evaluate and describe the actions of the drug with regard to the abuse process.

Discuss whether you see similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence. Do you see any similarities in the characteristics of sex trafficking victims to victims of the other forms of gender violence listed above? Are there similarities in the tactics used by perpetrators of sex trafficking to perpetrators of the other forms of gender violence listed above?

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Similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence

Discuss whether you see similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence (domestic violence, battered woman syndrome, rape, child abuse, sexual assault).

Do you see any similarities in the characteristics of sex trafficking victims to victims of the other forms of gender violence listed above?

Are there similarities in the tactics used by perpetrators of sex trafficking to perpetrators of the other forms of gender violence listed above?

Evaluate and describe the quality of your colleague’s argument. How did they use the literature to support the statements made? Do you agree with the argument? Why, or why not? What insights did your colleague include which you had not considered? What might you suggest your colleague consider which was not included?

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Issues Behind Addictive Drug Use

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Humans have engaged in psychoactive drug use, sometimes in formal (ceremonial) settings and sometimes recreationally, since before recorded history. It has only been in the last century or so that abuse and addiction have become large-scale problems. Using the literature and your own insights into these issues, formulate an argument as to why the problem has reached its current scale. In your discussion, evaluate the employment of psychoactive drugs from the aspects of a risk-benefits analysis and ethical considerations such as the risk of addiction versus the cost of punitive action. Also explain purely pharmacological issues such as pharmacokinetics and routes of drug administration and dose. If needed, include factors such as supply, cultural attitudes to drug use, and the context of drug use.

Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this discussion. Evaluate and describe the quality of your colleague’s argument. How did they use the literature to support the statements made? Do you agree with the argument? Why, or why not? What insights did your colleague include which you had not considered? What might you suggest your colleague consider which was not included? Use your research to support your assertions. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

Complete the Holmes-Raye Life Stress Inventory and Perceived Stress Questionnaire either yourself or administer it to an anonymous person in order to evaluate the results. Write a 700-750-word essay that provides a recommendation on how an individual would recognize stressors and would be able to manage or adjust to life’s challenges based on the results.

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Psychology

Assessment Description

Complete the Holmes-Raye Life Stress Inventory and Perceived Stress Questionnaire either yourself or administer it to an anonymous person in order to evaluate the results. Next, write a 700-750-word essay that provides a recommendation on how an individual would recognize stressors and would be able to manage or adjust to life’s challenges based on the results. You do not need to include the results of the questionnaire but you need to reference them in your essay.

Links to these resources are also in the Class Resources folder.

Holmes-Raye Life Stress Inventory

https://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory/

or http://www.compassionfatigue.org

Perceived Stress Questionnaire

http://www.mindgarden.com/132-perceived-stress-scale#horizontalTab3

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment thru Turnitin. 100% plagiarism free.

What events have most influenced and impacted you? What influences do you feel have been the strongest, and why? What are your most vivid memories of childhood? What accomplishments and struggles have you experienced as a young adult or up to this point? How have you changed and how have you remained stable at this point in your life?

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General psychology course project

Purpose

To measure students’ ability to: Explain major psychological concepts, theories, and perspectives. Apply psychological concepts to personal, social, and organizational problems. Use information literacy skills to locate appropriate relevant community resources and materials to create an informative essay. Product Students will write an essay of 500-750 words (means approximately 2 or more pages) in which you analyze and synthesize psychological concepts and apply them to your speculations concerning one of the options listed below. In the essay, you will need to choose one of the following options: Future Career- Identify your future career and why you have chosen it, and then explain how what you have learned in psychology will enhance your career and life. Apply Psychology to your personal life- How will you use psychology in a specific area in your life? (Examples: relating to others, parenting, understanding a family member with a mental health illness, coaching a team, etc.) Self-Analysis- Self-analysis about what you remember about your developmental history. What was significant at various points in your life (preschool, elementary school, high school, etc.)? What events have most influenced and impacted you? What influences do you feel have been the strongest, and why? What are your most vivid memories of childhood? What accomplishments and struggles have you experienced as a young adult or up to this point? How have you changed and how have you remained stable at this point in your life?

Directions

This project will require you to use your critical thinking skills and your writing ability to address one of the options listed above. (You get to choose which to focus on.) To be able to successfully answer one of the questions, you must be able to analyze and synthesize psychological concepts and be able to apply them to your speculations concerning the option you choose. In your essay, you will need to identify the area you are addressing and why you have chosen it, and then explain how what you have learned in psychology applies. You will need to be specific in this! You will need to use your textbook and at least one other resource. “Other” resources can be an article, website, research journal, or book. In discussing information from your text, you must reference the appropriate chapters, identify and define each relevant concept, and explain why the psychological concepts you focus on are or will be relevant to your career and your future life. You will be expected to use specific examples of how the concepts will be relevant to the topic you chose. Merely saying a concept is important is not sufficient. You must be specific about how it relates. For the “other resource”, you will be integrating its content into your paper to highlight its significance to your chosen topic rather than merely citing it. You will be using the resource to discuss its relationship to one of the concepts or topics you have selected as important to your topic.

Note that you will be discussing the resource you choose and the implication of its findings in some detail, not merely mentioning it in passing. Your paper will need to include the following formatting: Paper length will be 500-750 words. You do not have to do a title page. Simply include the following information in the top right corner of your paper: (Note that this is not included in your 500-750 words requirement.) The title of your project Your full name is “General Psychology Course Project” Provide references at the end of your assignment. I am currently taking classes to become a veterinary nurse. and we use Exploring Psychology in Modules 10th edition textbook.

Write an APA Paper on: What factors promote achievement motivation or the desire to excel or not excel? Explain answer.

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Factors that promote achievement motivation

Write an APA Paper on: What factors promote achievement motivation or the desire to excel or not excel? Explain answer. Apply these factors to an instance in your life in which you are motivated to excel or have had difficulty getting motivated

(The time in life I would like to incorporate is when I felt encouraged to master becoming a public speaker/ master training specialist. The feeling of becoming the reason for motivating others to become deeply engaged in learning, listening, and application of what I was presenting is one of the greatest feelings.)

Analyze diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Analyze influences of childhood disorders on Autism Spectrum Disorder. Analyze influences of neurocognitive impairments and psychological disorders on differential diagnoses. Analyze influences of medications on diagnosis.

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Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders, Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, Elimination Disorders

The human brain only constitutes approximately 2% of an individual’s total body weight, a percentage that pales in comparison to the brain’s level of importance in human development. Although externally protected by layers of membranes as well as the skull, the brain is not very resistant to damage. Damage to the brain may compromise its functionality, which may in turn lead to neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence or neurocognitive disorders for any number of reasons across the lifespan.

This week, you analyze the influence of neurocognitive impairments on neurocognitive disorders for client diagnosis. Additionally, you analyze how neurocognitive impairments may have similar presentations to other psychological disorders.

Reference:
Chudler, E. (n.d.) Brain facts that make you go, “hmmmmm”. Retrieved on November 26, 2013, from http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ffacts.html

Objectives
Analyze diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Analyze influences of childhood disorders on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Analyze influences of neurocognitive impairments and psychological disorders on differential diagnoses.
Analyze influences of medications on diagnosis.

Discussion 1: Childhood Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders are among the most pervasive mental disorders of childhood. Children and adolescents diagnosed with the autism spectrum disorders possess impairments in social communication and interaction, as well as, restricted and/or repetitive patterns of behavior, interest, or activities. As a future professional in the field, you might seek a variety of resources to ensure that the child or adolescent, as a member of a vulnerable population, receives the most appropriate level of care for assessment and diagnosis.

For this Discussion, consider the criteria for a diagnosis of an Autism spectrum disorder within children and adolescents. Also, think about how symptoms of other childhood disorders might complicate a diagnosis of an Autism spectrum disorder.

Discuss a minimum of one prevention strategy to prevent TBI in children and youth. Describe the role teachers and other school staff should play in the area of prevention. Should schools be responsible for prevention programs? If not who?

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Traumatic injuries

Many traumatic injuries can be prevented. Think First is an organization that addresses prevention (research and policy) of injuries such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), and other injuries. Explore the website and:

Discuss a minimum of one prevention strategy to prevent TBI in children and youth.

Describe the role teachers and other school staff should play in the area of prevention. Should schools be responsible for prevention programs? If not who?

Discuss whether you see similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence. Do you see any similarities in the characteristics of sex trafficking victims to victims of the other forms of gender violence listed above? Are there similarities in the tactics used by perpetrators of sex trafficking to perpetrators of the other forms of gender violence listed above?

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Similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence

Discuss whether you see similarities between sex trafficking and other forms of gender violence (domestic violence, battered woman syndrome, rape, child abuse, sexual assault).

Do you see any similarities in the characteristics of sex trafficking victims to victims of the other forms of gender violence listed above?

Are there similarities in the tactics used by perpetrators of sex trafficking to perpetrators of the other forms of gender violence listed above?