Category: Psychology

AS Description:  The goal of this assignment is to encourage critical thinking about various societal conventions about appearance and beauty and how they are impacted by overlapping social identities.
AS Instructions: Every decade seems to have a number of beauty standards that are adhered by individuals depending on a number of (intersecting) social identities, such as, gender, age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, etc.  Considering your college, work, family and social environments, what are the social norms on appearance (hair, makeup, jewelry, clothing)?  Does it seem that these societal norms on appearance vary by gender, age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and/or occupation?  If so, describe the differences you encounter by any of these social identities in regards to clothing, hair, jewelry and makeup. In the past decade, explain any shift in appearance that you have witnessed that is different from today and what has remained essentially the same?  Upload your assignment as a Word document, 500 words, double-spaced, APA format (APA format includes references and intext citations. Go to OWL PurdueLinks to an external site. for APA citation and format style).

Purpose
This assignment supports your expression of knowledge, targeting the basic concepts, theories, and techniques discussed in the course.  Presented below is a case study.  For this assignment you will develop and present your analysis. Your analysis will include: early thoughts on diagnosis, an accounting of the key symptoms presented, an acknowledgment of the client’s strengths and areas for growth, and potential treatment goals for the client. You will conclude the intake analysis by discussing areas to explore with the client at the next visit.
Client: Carl
Carl is a 37-year-old male who, during his intake visit, communicates he is experiencing a variety of life stressors. As you take notes, the following list is recorded:
change in weight, an increase of 25 pounds
trouble sleeping, primarily interrupted sleep and occasional sleeplessness
low energy
varied eating – periods of not feeling hungry followed by increased eating
irritability and moodiness
anxiety
decreased sexual desire
self-esteem – decreasing
feelings of guilty – economic challenges have resulted in significant income losses
Carl has been married to his partner for eleven years. The marriage has experienced challenges, but is relatively happy and intact. Carl’s partner is an entrepreneur with many irons in the fire, and whose drive contributes to the business’s success and a healthy income ($185,000). Like Carl, his partner must reinvest the majority of their income back into their business ventures. Recent economic shifts have put pressure on the couple’s shrinking savings and investments, and on the upper-middle income lifestyle the two have become accustomed (buying and engaging in desired activities without much worry).
Carl holds a master’s degree from University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. He pursued and obtained his MBA with the goal of establishing his own business. He has a receptionist who works remotely from home on an hourly basis, and one full-time employee. Carl recently made the move from the home office, shared with his partner, to a new office space that has room for his employees. The office is well sized, and includes a conference space where clients can meet. His client list has expanded, but Carl is experiencing difficulties getting clients to pay within the 45-day billing period specified when invoiced for services rendered.  As a result, Carl is often forced to pay his contracted account a service fee to prompt clients for payment.
Carl pays the accountant’s fee because he requires a steady cash flow to pay his employees, pay bills, and meet family responsibilities. The health insurance premium he pays for his family is high (over $1400 per month) due to a pre-existing health condition (his partner has a chronic condition). Additionally, he pays the health insurance premium for his full-time employee. Carl’s partner willingly, and lovingly, paid the family healthcare premium on their plan for over two years at a monthly cost of $1,700.
Carl took over the healthcare premium four years ago, as he felt that his partner had carried that monthly burden alone while he built up his client base. His partner also covered expenses Carl was not able to pay while he attended graduate school and established his business.  During the intake visit, Carl shares that he could not have pursued his business endeavors without his partner’s support (financial and otherwise). He believes that this has created tension in his relationship with his partner, particularly during the current economic downturn.
Carl and his partner have three children, ages 2, 5, and 8. All are healthy, intelligent, fun-loving, and well-mannered, per his reporting. At the time of his visit, Carl has no concerns regarding the little ones. His partner works doggedly to contribute to the finances and to attend to the children. While Carl works most days from 7 a.m. to all hours of the evening, his partner “does it all,” making $185,000 and being a stay-at-home parent.
Carl feels that his partner’s deteriorating physical well-being is the result of this effort to do it all – being there for him and the children. While his partner does not express dissatisfaction, Carl feels (in his words, “understands”) that his partner must feel resentment toward him for the non-stop, around the clock, work he must dedicate to his business. As the funds in their savings has shrunk, Carl feels his personal state has deteriorated, physically, emotionally, professionally, and personally.
Carl concludes his intake visit expressing he needs help.  He needs help regaining control in his life.  He wants your help to develop a strategy for reversing this downward spiral.
Your Task:
Review Carl’s case and give a preliminary diagnosis using the knowledge gained in this course.  Relevant diagnostic criteria can be found in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10 link), and the Study Guide to DSM-5.  You may find useful, as a supplement, the sequential presentation of disorders found in Lumen Learning Abnormal Psychology,  https://courses.lumenlearning.com/abnormalpsychology/ . (Caveat – the Lumen Learning resource uses DSM-IV-TR criteria with DSM-V revision summaries.  Updates and changes within the DSM-V discussed in this course should be taken into consideration, should they apply.)
Answering the following six items, provide evidence of your logic for each decision.  Reinforce responses with scholarly resources and appropriate detailing. Discuss how and why your arrived at conclusions drawn. See rubric for depth and detail expectations. 
Develop your analysis in an organized, well-developed 5 to 7-page paper.
Required Items to be Addressed (scored):
Based upon this intake visit, what diagnosis do you think is most appropriate for Carl? Be mindful, this is your first session. Information is limited to the data collected in this first visit. 
What are the principal symptoms contributing to the diagnosis proposed? Clearly explain, providing details. 
Discuss Carl’s strengths. These will facilitate constructive work with him. 
Delineate Carl’s opportunities for growth and/or improvement. 
Looking to the next visit and beyond, what is your preliminary sketch of the treatment goals you have for Carl? Why do you identify these goals as appropriate for Carl?  
What will you explore with Carl in future visits (e.g., interpersonal, aspirations)? Present rational.  Why do you want to this information? 
Communications (scored):  Writing mechanics (i.e., spelling, grammar, organization); APA Style. In-text and reference list citations need to be in APA style formatting.
Point Total: 280 points
Paper Writing Guidelines:
Paper should be written applying APA style; this includes title page, heading, citations, reference page, and paper formatting (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font, etc.). An abstract is not required.
Apply sound writing mechanics: write with clarity, paying attention to spelling, grammar, and syntax.
Submit completed document by assigned due date.
Your final paper should be approximately 5 to 7-pages (excluding title page and reference page):
Title page (do not count page towards paper length requirement)
Body of paper (5 to 7 pages)
Reference page (do not count page towards paper length requirement)

Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Imagine you have been hired to develop an experimental research study, and you need to choose one type of variable for the study. Describe the study; include the specific experimental research method(s) you would use. What type of research variables would you choose (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio), and how are your study variables consistent with the experimental research method you chose?
Due Monday
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. (post will be provided after initial response is received)

What are some of the characteristics involved in comorbidity/dual diagnosis? What are the obstacles involved in the treatment and recovery process of clients with dual diagnosis? Using support from the text, presentations, and outside sources, what is a general approach to treatment with comorbid clients? 

I have attached the almost completed paper, the instructions, and the template for the the paper should be structured. What I am asking of the writer is to complete all of the sections that have not been completed. Please use the information provided in all of the attached documents to complete this assignment. Please do not change anything that was previously written. If you have any questions please reach to me for clarification. Thank you in advance!

Before responding to this forum, you should read the following information from the textbook: Section 6-6c (p.168) “DO PEOPLE REALLY RECOVER REPRESSED MEMORIES FROM CHILDHOOD?” and the page titled “CAN WE TRUST EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY?” from Section 6-6d (p.169). 
You should also watch the video on the North Carolina case when eyewitness testimony failed. The link is located just above the link for this forum. There are two parts to the video. Once the first part ends it should take you directly to the second part. 
Once you have read the material from chapter 6 in the textbook and watched the two parts of the video, you should respond to the following questions.
1. Based on your reading and viewing of the video, discuss some of the reasons why this might have happened? Discuss some specific things from the case that might have led to the incorrect memory.
2. Does it surprise you that memory can be so unreliable at times? Explain
3. Based on what you saw and heard on the video, as well as what you read in the textbook, respond to the following: Many people assume that if a person is confident about their memory of an event, then it means that their memory is probably accurate. Does the research and information from the video support this? What are your thoughts on this?

I have attached the required material to complete the assignment. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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So, I have attached my last assignment literary review two. That has the original study where we are viewing both genders as a whole. Now we will only be viewing females. I also attatched an example paper, only view the portion where it says STUDY TWO. That willbe the basis of this assignment. We changed the dependent variable. I have also attached tables to help you understand! Thank you ! 
Here will be references to use and their respective citations:
Studies have, for instance, shown that girls are represented and expected to be quiteter and more agreeable and understanding than boys. 
-Norberg, C. (2016). Naughty boys and sexy girls: The representstion of young individuals in a web-based corpus of English. Journal of English Linguistics, 44(4), 291–317. https://doi. org/10.1177/0075424216665672
The similar, but not identical, cultural background influences an individual’s neural activity, which underlies cognitive functions such as emotional processing, mental attribution, self-representation, and self-awareness (Han and Northoff, 2008). 
-Wang, S., Wang, J., Guo, W., Ye, H., Lu, X., Luo, J., & Zheng, H. (2019). Gender difference in gender bias: Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces male’s gender stereotypes. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00403 
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Ideas of gender appropriateness translate into discrimination through discretionary policy
-Bobbitt-Zeher, D. (2011). Gender discrimination at work. Gender & Society, 25(6), 764–786. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243211424741 
A recent study showed that when the proposer was a friend rather than an unknown person, the FRN typically associated with unfair offers was reversed to positive polarity (Campanhã et al., 2011)
-Campanhã, C., Minati, L., Fregni, F., & Boggio, P. S. (2011). Responding to unfair offers made by a friend: Neuroelectrical activity changes in the anterior medial prefrontal cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(43), 15569–15574. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1253-11.2011 

Recall a time when your expectations of an upcoming situation differed from the actual experience. What was the situation? Who was involved? What did you expect would happen? Why? How did your preconceived ideas influence your frame of mind going into the situation and the way interacted with the other(s) involved? How did the real-life experience differ from the imagined experience? How did your perception change after the experience –of the situation? –of the person/people involved? –perhaps even, of yourself?
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The second part of chapter 12 focuses on the development of diversity knowledge regarding yourself and others.
This week, for the discussion thread, identify specific areas where you plan to develop and the strategy that you plan to use (what you will do specifically).
Clearly link the domain of knowledge, the goal that you have for growth, and the activities you plan to undertake to meet those goals.
When responding to others posts, focus on both identifying blind spots (e.g. the goal doesn’t seem to match the plan), intersecting identity growth opportunities that goals/plans may offer (e.g. the goal may be regarding self-knowledge, but do you see their plan offering additional learning about other intersecting identities they hold, or additional learning about others?), or alternative plans that you think may better help them pursue their goals? When you offer your input, be specific about why you are thinking what you are (using material and constructs from the text).