Category: Psychology homework help

Please use this forum to discuss the following videos Why Does It Take So Long to Grow Up in Today’s World? (11:18), Refusing to Settle: The Quarter-Life Crisis (16:13), and How To Choose a Partner Wisely (5:06)
Your post should be a minimum of 100 words and include: 1) your overall reaction to each video (do you agree? disagree? why?) and 2) at least one thing that stood out to you from each of the videos (why did this stand out to you?).

 
Please use this forum to discuss the following videos Why Does It Take So Long to Grow Up in Today’s World? (11:18), Refusing to Settle: The Quarter-Life Crisis (16:13), and How To Choose a Partner Wisely (5:06)
Your post should be a minimum of 100 words and include: 1) your overall reaction to each video (do you agree? disagree? why?) and 2) at least one thing that stood out to you from each of the videos (why did this stand out to you?).

 
Please watch the following videos.  Brittany Maynard and Maggie Karner are both suffering from the same terminal form of cancer, but hold very different perspectives on dying with dignity.
Brittany Maynard’s Perspective
Brittany’s choice: 29-year-old reignites debate about aid in dying (7:27)
Brittany Maynard Takes Medicine To End Life | NBC Nightly News (3:04)
Brittany Maynard’s Legacy: One Year Later (6:21)
Maggie Karner’s Perspective
A Letter to Brittany Maynard (Maggie Karner is in the same situation with an opposite viewpoint) 5:58
Maggie Karner’s Story (3:14)
Maggie Karner – End of Life – State Assisted Suicide (3:02)
What were your overall thoughts on euthanasia before watching these videos?  Did your thoughts change after watching these videos? If so, how?
Brittany refers to euthanasia as a “healthcare choice”; Maggie calls it “state-assisted suicide.”  What are your thoughts on this? 
Maggie and Brittany both addressed the notion of “selfishness” in their stories.  What role do you think selfishness plays in the question of euthanasia?
Which perspective do you agree with more – Maggie’s or Brittany’s?  Or, a combination of both? Explain
Do you think that it should be legal to take your own life if diagnosed with a terminal illness?
What are the pros and cons of legalizing the “right to die”?  

 Evolut ionary psycho logists assert that human beings extend help based on an intuitive cost-benefit analysis and only risk resources when the expected benefit outweighs the cost of the action. One outcome of this is that we are more likely to help those to whom we are related instead of those to whom we are not related.
Based on your reading about evolutionary and existential approaches, answer the following:
Explain the above proposition given by evolutionary psychologists in your own words. You can be specific by identifying a time when you helped someone or chose not to help someone.
Clearly express a cost-benefit analysis you did in both the cases.
Natural and sexual selection has shaped the innate, human experience. But they also assert that as humans, we are only predisposed to act in certain ways under specific conditions and that we are not just instinctive creatures.
Imagine yourself an evolutionary psychologist, how would you explain murder or suicide? Use terminology specific to evolutionary personality theory.
According to evolutionary personality theory, men and women experience jealousy for different reasons. Males experience jealousy when they know or suspect that their mates are sexually unfaithful. Females experience jealousy when they know or suspect that the resources provided to her and her offspring by her mate are threatened by a rival.
Discuss the evolutionary personality theory proposed by evolutionary psychologists in terms of how it explains jealousy? Explain why you think your experience conforms or does not conform to the theory.
Some people find the evolutionary personality theory offensive or have strong opinions against it. What are your views about the theory? Explain.
respond to the 2 responses in 5-6 sentences 

 
Humanistic Perspectives vs. Psychoanalytic 
two major personality perspectives that seem to be in contrast of one another.Cite your sources in APA format.
Compare and contrast psychoanalytic perspectives of personality with humanistic perspectives.
Support your assumptions with relevant sources including your course readings/textbook, and relevant outside sources, such as journal articles.

  
At the initial assessment you decided that the best interest of the patient and safety would be admission to the psychiatric unit. The patient remained for six days in the inpatient psychiatric unit. During her stay, she attended group meetings, was started on Zoloft for anxiety and depression and was stabilized. Upon discharge, the patient agreed to attend psychotherapy treatment and continue with her prescription for 50mg Zoloft PO daily.
This is your first follow-up appointment with your patient, Jill, two weeks after her hospital discharge. The goal of today’s appointment is to assess her as follow-up and to develop a psychotherapy treatment plan to continue treatment.
Use the Individual Psychotherapy Treatment Plan template in Course Documents. You are required to use APA format with evidence-based references to support your treatment plan.

Power point presentation  
For this assignment you will consider your dream job as a PMHNP based on what you have learned about the role.
What Specific Age Group or Population you would like to treat. Choose one age group or population that is of the most interest to you to treat as a PMHNP in practice. Discuss common issues and treatment involved with this particular age group or population. Then consider any specific triggers that you have and how ethical issues may arise if your triggers are not resolved? Would you be biased toward that population or someone that is associated with your triggers? What can you do to resolve these issues?
Include the following:
Title slide
Introduction to Specific Age Group or Population
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the Specific Age Group or Population
What treatment considerations are unique for the Specific Age Group      or Population
Psychotherapy Treatment that meets the needs of this Specific Age      Group or Population
Personal Triggers
Ethical Issues to Treat a population associated with your triggers
Reflection on how you can overcome or resolve these triggers
Conclusion
References
Include 3 scholarly resources to support your ideas no older than 5 years. 

 
Select One topic below to write your initial discussion post. (due to posting this late, you are not required to respond to 2 peers and the due date has been extended)
Is anxiety ever helpful? What about worry?
What does it mean to say that someone is mentally ill? What criteria are usually considered to determine whether someone is mentally ill? Should we use these criteria and are these methods appropriate for diagnosing mental illness?
What might be some advantages and disadvantages of technological advances in psychological treatment? What will psychotherapy look like 50 or 100 years from now?
What are some of the issues surrounding prescribing medications for children and adolescents? How might this be improved?
Notes about discussions
Aim for discussion postings that are thoughtful, well developed and that, extend the course discussion in concrete ways.  Drawing from helpful outside sources to support your ideas, including relevant examples to illustrate your point and posting thoughtful questions about the readings are all ways of developing your discussion postings.  

Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ posts and explain:
Their choice of sampling strategy
Strategies for improving saturation

There are many forms of abuse in the current US medical system. Some of these abuses are initiated by medical professional and some are initiated by the consumer. Explore “both sides” of this issue as you research the topic this week.