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Affection was selected to develop a list of five crimes related to this emotion. Although receiving affectionate communication is often connected with favorable results, affection exchange theory contends that in order for emotional interaction to be effective, it must occur within the individual’s tolerance range (Hesse & Mikkelson, 2021). Hence,...
When applying CTQs and CTDs to the topic of dreams, one might follow several steps combining CTQs to ask questions and guide the thinking process and CTDs to shape the answers to those questions. Step 1 CTQ: What is a dream? Asking this question allows a critical thinker to start...
Course textbooks, readings, and discussions clearly highlighted the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in the personal and professional domains. In particular, Bradberry and Greaves (2009) have devoted a specific part of their book to the analysis of EQ impact. The part is titled “The Impact of EQ” (found in Chapter...
Introduction Researchers have discovered that the right half of the brain is responsible for spatial relations and creativity, while the left side is responsible for language and thought (Bisiacchi & Cainelli, 2022). The investigator’s motivation was to determine whether existing myths about hemispheres are relevant. The purpose of this experiment...
Introduction Having thoroughly reviewed the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century, I was particularly interested in Albert Bandura’s work and his internationally recognized social learning theory. In the field of social psychology, Bandura is widely recognized due to his seminal work emphasizing the value of observational learning. Discussion...
Introduction The video presented by Helen Hayes, a speech therapist working for Downs Syndrome Scotland, highlights the importance of speech therapy for children with down syndrome. The speaker emphasizes the significance of communication and how it plays a crucial role in the development of children. Discussion Through exercises and techniques...
Introduction It can be safe to say that creativity is a person’s ability to generate unique thoughts or products when utilizing their experience. Neurons across the brain begin locomoting more actively, allowing the person in question to devise solutions they have only imagined before. Creativity is a fundamental concept that...
Summary Self-concept is, in general words, is how a person perceives himself. It often answers the question, “who am I”? Therefore, self-concept is the perception of our identity, including physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and other characteristics. Shavelson et al.’s (1976) model divides self-concept into academic, social, emotional, and physical self-concepts,...
Introduction Behavior in a certain situation depends on the emotions experienced by a person at a particular moment. The spectrum of human emotions is vast; however, they can be classified in a simplified way. Psychologist Paul Ekman identified six basic emotions that, in his opinion, are inherent in all people,...
Today, many experts from different fields address neuroscience to find explanations about how cognition works and affects various practices. The main idea of neuroscience is to examine the work of the nervous system and the brain as products of evolution that affect human behavior and learning (Cisek & Hayden, 2021)....
Description of the Context and Theorists Collaborative therapy is an approach that emphasizes a collaborative relationship between the therapist and the client. It was developed by theorists such as Carl Rogers and Irvin Yalom (Aka & Labelle, 2021). It is based on the core principles of collaborative therapy developed by...
More than 25% of youths in America experience a severe traumatic event before their 16th birthday, and many more suffer repeated or multiple trauma (Lecarie et al., 2022). According to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the leading causes of trauma develop from child abuse, neglect, physical injuries, accidents...
In the speech, I am going to argue that activity theory is a powerful tool that can be used to investigate and foster human learning and development. This theory has been studied extensively by leading researchers in the field. Multiple studies show that it is a valuable asset to understanding...
In social media, you can find stories of people who became successful and tell the audience about them. We can notice a tendency of appearance in a person with the so-called impostor syndrome, killing their motivation for work. The impostor phenomenon is an inferiority complex that can be overcome by...
Introduction Depression is a disorder that hinders activities of daily living and is associated with low quality of life. Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by persistent sadness, lack of energy, and difficulty concentrating. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2022), over 21.0 Million adults suffer from...
Introduction It is no secret that family therapy is a direction that mainly considers systemic connections and interpersonal relationships between spouses. The presented videos vividly demonstrate the therapist’s high-quality, competent, and correct work with the couple in the form of a conversation in order to change the models of family...
Salmon, K., & Bryant, R. A. (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder in children: The influence of developmental factors. Clinical Psychology Review, 22(2), 163-188. Web. The article is a literary review of the role of play in children’s development. The paper synthesizes numerous works in the field and concludes that play fosters...
Introduction Child counseling is concerned with assisting children in making sense of what is going on in their minds, bodies, and lives in a way that they can comprehend. Many of the issues these children confront are similar to those that adults face on a daily basis. The purpose of...
Human behavior has various features associated with people’s emotional reactions. One of these features is procrastination, which is a hesitance to the beginning of a particular action, despite the delay worsening the situation (Zentall, 2021). An individual can apply methods of behavioral modifications to combat procrastination. In particular, positive reinforcement...
People tend to change over time, no matter how stable they are in everyday life. Each year of life, a person goes through a certain stage of change depending on what information they received during this period or what kind of social interactions they had. Goals did not change significantly...
Childhood attachment patterns influence their behaviors in adulthood. Attachment refers to a close emotional bond that children develop with their caregivers. Secondly, children develop different attachments and exhibit them in different ways. Psychologists argue that attachment styles depict how children interact with their parents, and they have recognized four main...
Introduction Development theories are essential in understanding individuals’ developmental needs that may arise at any stage. In this case, Daniel Levinson’s theory of adult development and the Big Five personality concept provide a framework for describing, examining, and understanding emotional and external influences that may impact health across the lifespan....
Introduction The progressive series of physical, social, behavioral, and emotional development or learning that prepare a kid to grow into a healthy adult is known as child development. Particularly between the ages of 0 and 5, a child’s environment and experiences influence their development. The brain grows faster and quicker...
Group counseling is a practical approach that enables healthcare professionals and counseling specialists to provide adequate information and solutions to individuals, thus allowing them to make informed decisions. Group counseling is an integral part of the psychotherapy interventions provided to individuals with mental health issues and altered cognition, reasoning, and...
Introduction My interviewee was Mr. Specter, a 65-year-old African American man. He is a recently retired college lecturer and an African American culture advocate. His childhood was filled with happiness and he grew up in both a nuclear and extended family. His parents gave their best to put him through...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that develops after exposure to severe trauma. PTSD is associated with “intrusive memories, distressing dreams, dissociative reactions, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, negative cognition and mood, increased arousal and irritability, and clinically significant distress and impairment in functioning”...
In his book On Killing, Grossman explores the phenomenon of killing in war. He is the founder of a kind of scientific direction killology and in the book examines how, in the spirit of orthodox-religious America of the 1950s, they saw in the organically inherent human aversion to killing their...
Introduction Psychology is a very broad field that involves specialization into various sub-divisions. The psychiatrist’s function as a medical doctor mainly focuses on prescription medication and other therapies to address mental health issues (Kramer et al., 2019). A professional psychologist will interact with patients, evaluate their issues and what generates...
Introduction Psychology has several important tasks that contribute to the goal of making the world a better place. Firstly, psychology strives to describe the behavior and feelings of people; furthermore, the collected information is processed to explain why people behave in a certain way. A detailed explanation of people’s behavior...
The task of choosing only two of the nine types of fighters and defending against the other seven is an example of an exciting topic for discussion. At the same time, however, it demonstrates the narrowness of perception of most reasoners, who are led to the conditions set without elaboration...
Introduction Lawson, Chae, Noriega, and Valentino (2021) explore child-parent attachment in preschool children’s memory accuracy. In this study, over seventy children recollected autobiographical events associated with fear, anger, happiness, and sadness with their parents’ assistance. Then, parents assessed their relationships’ attachment security (AS), and all children underwent independent interviews with...
Introduction Social psychology is one of the valuable tools for a better understanding of the behavior of people in society. In particular, it is essential since it considers such aspects as behavior, judgment, discrimination, and cultural effects. This discussion takes self-serving bias as the focus of the study, which is...
It is important to note that many complexities of human development and growth can be attributed to the mix of influence of nature and nurture. The latter refers to the environmental and social forces shaping how an individual becomes the way he or she is, which means that there is...
Introduction Severe mental illnesses are psychological disorders that negatively impact people’s health and may cause trauma and mental harm. Presently, these diseases are widely spread and lead to negative consequences. Furthermore, severe mental illnesses are associated with traumatic events that harm a person’s mental well-being and might lead to mental...
The media today occupy an ever-increasing place in human life. It is not easy to imagine a modern person who has never turned on a TV or held a newspaper in his hands. The media has invaded people’s lives hard and uncompromisingly; it is impossible to escape from information, especially...
Introduction Mental disorders are health conditions that determine emotional and behavioral changes in an individual. Teens and adults experience episodes of disorders ranging from high to low depending on one’s daily activities. Discussion Childhood and adolescent mental disorders are compared to adult mental disorders in various ways. These include; they...
Since personality tests are utilized to diagnose psychological issues and screen applicants for various sectors in current society, they play a significant role in psychological evaluations. The measurement and evaluation of personality characteristics, emotions, sense of humor, attitudes, values, interests, worldview, acculturation, cognitive and behavioral styles, and associated individual qualities...
Introduction Schizophrenia is a complex psychological condition characterized by Delusions, hallucinations, and aberrant thinking and behavior. Schizophrenia makes it difficult to carry out routine responsibilities and is caused by genetic and environmental factors. Schizophrenia is a severe mental condition in which people have abnormal perceptions of the world around them....
Summary of Topic The phenomenon of adolescence as a stage of growing up is typically defined by the transition from childhood to adulthood. The chapter in question handles the topic of adolescence as a part of cognitive and biological development. Specifically, complex biochemical and sociocultural alterations affecting people’s behaviors and...
Abstract The influence of meditation on work restoration in this study was investigated using a daily diary methodology. The initial purpose of the research was to look at the association between meditation and quality of sleep and the role of mental separation as a moderator from a day-to-day viewpoint. Another...
The straightforward learning process, which is frequently assumed to be similar to the processes involved in conscious problem-solving, is thought to involve attempts to construct a task representation, a directed search of memory for similar or analogous task-relevant information, and consciously deriving and testing task-related hypotheses. People’s mental, physical, and...
Introduction The three standardized tests identified and considered for the psychological assignment are; the Inventory of Callous–Unemotional Traits (ICU), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) tests. The Inventory of Callous–Unemotional Traits (ICU) is one of the copyright-protected 24-item surveys designed to offer a comprehensive assessment of callous...
Introduction It is widely believed that developing one’s physical talents can also assist in developing one’s personal and social skills. This includes self-confidence, interaction, taking turns, getting along with others, and other abilities of a similar nature. Their manner of life and precisely how kids view things have altered as...
Introduction Although people may be unaware, they learn most things by observing and imitating others. Albert Bandura’s work, commonly known as the social learning theory, lays the foundation for modeling behavior (Spielman et al., 2020). Behavior modeling enables individuals to learn fresh behaviors through observation. When a behavior is demonstrated...
Introduction From the time a person is born, their cognitive development commences. Children and adults have short-term memory (recalling a small amount of database from a recent period) and long-haul memory (the capacity to remember information from a long time ago). Various parenting approaches are highly associated with impacting the...
Child rearing represents a highly responsible and demanding task since it means upbringing a full-fledged member of society. No one knows what is right or wrong in this world, but many parents strive to communicate it in the best possible way. Therefore, the discussed concepts include punishment and child-rearing patterns...
Behavioral health is an essential part of every person’s well-being. However, it is different from mental health even though it has many points of contact, and in fact, mental health can be called part of it. Behavioral health is about how people’s emotions, habits, and behavioral singularities can affect their...
Introduction The article concerns the behavioral aspects of people who suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD) before they engage in a relationship. To investigate this subject, Rozen and Aderka (2022) conducted a study based on previous findings that state that people with SAD have more difficulties in developing and engaging...
Visual culture has always been a major part of art. The first cave paintings depicted scenes of life, hunting, or burial. Then ancient authors and medieval icon painters showed Greek and Roman gods or Christian saints on canvases: Jesus, Madonna, and apostles. Since the Renaissance, artists have focused on portraits,...
Introduction Political psychologist analyzes political patterns by applying whatever is understood regarding human psychology and concentrating on persons within a particular political institution. Political psychology is a prominent subject of a systematic social investigation involving bases in psychology and political science and integration into a multitude of other social sciences...
The behavior model in the Utku family shows typical Eskimo traits such as the man’s dominant role and respect for older family members. However, in the Inuttiaq family, there are differences from this pattern in the very favorable treatment of children. A characteristic feature of behavior in the Utku family...
Introduction The significance of testimony in general and the relationship between suggestibility and memory must be understood when debating whether children can give credible eyewitness evidence. The challenges of working with kids in a forensic context, the influence of memory on eyewitness evidence, and the use of in-depth interrogation techniques...
Together with surveys and text-based qualitative methodologies, experimentation forms a trinity of popular research approaches in psychology. The mechanism of experimentation is relatively simple for understanding and application. Firstly, a researcher predicts the relationship between two or more important factors that may affect a real-life situation. Once the prediction stage...
Introduction Memory is a psychological process that involves more than just remembering important facts. It is a perceptual process affected by a person’s beliefs, expectations, fears, and hopes, just like other senses and an individual’s sense of consciousness (Loftus & Loftus, 2019). There has been debate on whether memory is...
Bartels, J. (2019). Revisiting the Stanford prison experiment, again: Examining demand characteristics in the guard orientation. Journal of Social Psychology, 159(6), 780–790. Abuse between guards and prisoners is an imminent factor attributed to the differential margin on duties and responsibilities. Bartels (2019) agrees that aggression from professionals is a consequential...
Learning disability refers to a specific disorder of academic learning that affects a particular task at school and lowers the child’s educational performance. Teachers and parents should be aware of children learning disabilities. A child with a learning disability may be delayed in either reading, writing, speaking, or solving mathematics....
The book “I never knew I had a choice” is a book that aims to teach individuals that they can take charge of their lives. It starts by explaining that we have a choice regarding our lives. Our options can break or destroy us, and everyone is responsible for their...
Introduction The purpose of the psychoeducational group is to assist Native American individuals with trauma in the provision of high-quality therapy. The group is being created to use all the benefits of psychoeducational procedures to address social, psychological, and life complications among Native Americans. In terms of modality, the psychotherapy...
Introduction Adolescence is a transition period, and these changes may be so drastic that parents question whether they are witnessing normal adolescent behavior or reason for alarm. Sometimes, adolescents do not wholly comprehend the repercussions of their behaviors. Parents need to realize that many adolescent habits that are strange to...
Introduction The Psychological Model of Student Departure is one of the most popular models in higher education. It has been used to explain student departure from colleges and universities worldwide (Renn & Reason, 2013). It is based on the premise that college students often leave school due to a lack...
There are a number of evidence-based methods used by Industrial-Organizational Psychologists during employee evaluations. For instance, there is a popular approach called 360-degree feedback. This aptly called approach takes into consideration the comments, judgments, and evaluations of an employee’s performance from their network of coworkers (Cascio & Aquinis, 2019). It...
Introduction People develop habits over time when they consistently think, experience, and act in a certain way. These habits affect not only their behavior but also their memory systems. Episodic memory (recalling experiences), Semantic memory (knowledge), and procedural memory (understanding how to do things), are regarded as implicit types of...
Name of the Domain Developmental Psychology Rationale Yau et al. (2021) highlight the existence of the relationship between societal expectations and individual performance, which eventually results in various courses pursued during the transition to adulthood. Similar conclusions and results may be related to the results of the study by de...
The question about whether leaders are born or made has been a subject of many debates and speculations. Studies have supported different arguments from both sides of this question, and there is still controversy whether leadership traits are inherent in people in nature or developed through life experiences. If the...
Introduction Cognitive biases often prevent people and the entire team from efficiently resolving their problems, and when team members have physical issues they intend to solve, the situation is even worse. There are various sources: other members’ perception of each team member and specific group biases, such as group polarization....
Introduction Respondent’s stress is one of the unpleasant consequences of emergency events. People who are the first to experience such crises experience significant psychological and physical pressure (Feuer, 2021). The Massachusetts Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) does not currently address respondent stress (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, 2019). Therefore, identifying, managing,...
Plass, J. L., & Kalyuga, S. (2019). Four ways of considering emotion in cognitive load theory Cognitive load theory is a psychological model which describes two elements of human memory: long-term and working memory. It is a good background for describing emotions, and this article describes the four ways how...
Introduction Bereavement and grief can theoretically affect any person who may experience the loss of a partner, friend, or family member. The latter term is defined as a range of emotions that people experience as a result or in anticipation of the death of a person to whom they are...
A child with SPD has difficulty understanding and controlling the feelings their body and the environment produce. SPD affects children differently: some may be quickly overwhelmed by senses, but some are under-reactive. Apart from therapy and treatment, various practical actions can be taken, which lead children to develop self-help skills....
Abstract The presented research study investigates depression in middle-aged African women. The mental health of the population is a serious concern of the modern healthcare sector. Moreover, the tendency toward the complication of the situation and the emergence of an increased number of cases every year explains the topicality of...
Conceptual Definition The construct I am interested in and which will be presented in the study is self-confidence. Self-confidence is the self-perception of oneself, one’s capabilities, and level of professionalism. It is expressed as a positive assessment of one’s skills, abilities, and strengths to achieve meaningful goals. Self-confidence can likewise...
Introduction and Type of Group Mental care groups have shown effectiveness in working with personal psychological problems and with collective traumas. Group work allows the therapist to reach out to more people, provides participants with different points of view, and teaches them to take care of themselves (Jacobs et al.,...
Introduction If I had a ton of money and no need to work for income for the rest of my life, I would dedicate my time to obtaining knowledge related to other cultures and learning foreign languages in particular. Although there is a list of languages I wish to learn,...
The selected contemporary psychological issue that is prevalent today is depression and social media use. The popular source states that “people who limit their time on social media tend to be happier than those who don’t … this indicates a relationship between lower social media use and emotional wellbeing” (Nittle,...
Sigmund Freud thought that children may get sexual pleasure from any area of their bodies and that they go through five psychosexual phases during childhood that create their adult personalities. The human psyche, according to Freud, comprises three components that operate on distinct levels of consciousness and interact with one...
The pandemic has brought the danger of death from epidemiological infection and an unbearable psychological burden for people around the world. Faster spread of the virus; strict isolation measures, COVID-19 has profoundly affected our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The consequences of coronavirus on the body have not yet been adequately...
Azizi, A., Drikvand, F. M., & Sepahvandi, M. A. (2020). Effect of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on working memory, short-term memory and sustained attention among school-aged children with specific learning disorder: A preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial. Current Psychology, 39(6), 2306-2313. The study attempted to evaluate the impact of cognitive-behavioral play...
Each person in this world is unique and unrepeatable because they were raised by different people with different views on certain things. It can be as simple moral foundations as more profound philosophical questions about life and death. Unfortunately, it is impossible to precisely say whose views on life are...
Depression in Adolescents Depression is described as a collection of unique symptoms associated with impairment. However, depression is best characterized as a medical condition that manifests symptoms through an individual’s functionality and mood. Depression between adults and adolescents has similar clinical and diagnostic features. It is a common mental health...
Theory of mind (ToM) is an integral social-cognitive skill encompassing a person’s ability to attribute mental states. It is the ability to determine what others are thinking. The theory was coined by Premack and Woodruff in 1978, triggering various issues in human development (Meunier, 2017). It is one of the...
Introduction After reviewing the third and fourth chapters of the attached book, I chose the four most attractive concepts. Next, I will reveal each of them and justify my choice based on specific preferences. The main criteria by which I chose these concepts are efficiency in practice, versatility, and depth....
Introduction Cognitive learning theorists developed the idea of information processing to understand better how people learn and remember new information. The theory of information processing is often credited as the brainchild of George Miller who found that the average human being’s working memory has room for seven objects (Vuong et...
The topic of coaching and training in today’s information-overloaded world is very much in demand. Nothing contributes to success like a clear, sweeping vision of the future and choosing the best path and strategy for development. Emotional intelligence expert Richard Boyatzis and Weatherhead School of Management colleagues Melvin Smith and...
Current Complaint The main character in the movie is called Anna, who suffers from abuse. The current complaint with Anna is the murder case she claims she witnessed, but everyone, including the authorities, is turning down her claims. Anna claims to have witnessed Neil killing his girlfriend, Lisa. Despite involving...
At the poker table, manners are just as crucial as correct formal etiquette in determining a personality. It requires more than just possessing the correct cards and being able to rank the various poker hands to understand how to play poker. Before the person sits down at the table, there...
In Your Child’s Brain Development: Age One, Gross touches on several topics related to the upbringing of babies. For example, she explains concisely and straightforwardly to future and new parents how infants’ brains work in terms of biology, neurology, and behavior (Gross, 2015). Gross (2015) also reveals to them and...
Introduction Women frequently undergo much stress to the point that they neglect their well-being. Whereas it may appear that the condition would get better as ladies age, the reality is quite the contrary. Females may experience more significant difficulties and anxiety as they age than individuals previously believed. Women’s worries...
Introduction The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) was one of the most prominent studies ever undertaken in psychology. The researchers of this experiment were interested in examining how people would behave when placed in situations where they had no choice over their actions or where their behavior was strictly controlled by...
Coaching is critical in personal and organizational development. The process enables individuals to undergo critical transformations in their personal development, with the majority of individuals reporting that coaching had positive outcomes in their careers and personal lives. At an individual level, coaching enables individuals to develop positive attitudes toward their...
Going to a Lunch with a Client All psychotherapists’ codes of ethics contain clauses excluding non-working relationships in the therapeutic couple. The relationship between the client and the psychotherapist is extraordinary. They are different from anything one encounters in ordinary life. This relationship is not symmetrical: it is wholly focused...
After failing the first time in any area of life, it is always encouraged that someone tries a second time. Quitting can protect a person from potential failure and possible victory or happiness. On October 22nd, 2015, a freshman, Annie Danielson, meets a 6’5” sophomore basketball college athlete at the...
It is important to note that the identified bad habit is cuticle biting, which is similar to fingernail biting. I have developed this problematic behavior within the past few days through associative learning. It is a mild form of dermatophagia, where one engages in an obsessive-compulsive activity. It is harmful...
The main purpose of the research Mary Ainsworth aimed at exploring the development of feelings associated with love in infants toward their caregivers. This information was then purposefully used to understand the effect of the first emotional relationship on the following loving connections. Ainsworth explored the similarities between the first...
The concept of ‘one at the beginning, one at the end” involves making a resolution or an aspiration at the start of the day and acknowledging the achievement or the reason for failure. For instance, an individual can state that they will not sleep at work on a particular day...
Introduction The economic status of an individual, family, or community significantly influences their social and mental well-being. There is a relationship between an individual’s financial stability and mental health (Gilroy et al., 2021). Most people with low economic status are likely to have low health status. With rising gas and...
Concerns about how to guarantee that students learn effectively in class and attain academic excellence in their academic pursuits have emerged all over the world in the field of education. This has been related to issues including bad study habits, laziness, inefficient instructional teaching, insufficient course content, and a lack...
In the preface of his book, Zimbardo reveals a number of justifications for why he carried out the Stanford Prison Experiment. A significant portion of his motivation for writing this work came from the Abu Ghraib Prison Trial when he served as an independent expert for Sergeant Ivan “Chip” Frederick...
Anxiety as a concept may be further broken down into the intolerance of uncertainty and the cognitive avoidance aimed to prevent thinking about the uncertainty. It is common to think about anxiety as a response to specific triggers; for example, it is common to hear from people that flying gives...
The effective response to the suicidal student includes various assessment procedures. One of the main is the Columbia suicide severity rating scale (C-SSRS). The C-SSRS is a rating scale for suicidal thoughts and behaviors created by academics to assess the risk of suicide. The scale measures a person’s level of...
Early experiences, parental and peer interactions, and other perceptions guided my behavioral practices regarding individual differences. Specific sensory inputs (such as sight, contact, and smell) stimulate and strengthen neural connections, while others hinder them from disuse (Heino et al., 2021). My upbringing and traumatic experiences caused and taught me how...
This reflection will focus on SLO 2, which is concerned with identifying approaches to dealing with people with mental illnesses in the system of justice. Mental illnesses are prevalent among the US population; for example, multiple substance use disorders (SUDs) among US adults taking prescription drugs increased from 1990 to...
Abstract Natural language processing (NLP) technologies have been widely acknowledged in clinical informatics research and have led to transformational improvements in recent years. Annotations at the different morphological levels require model-specific attributes and features, such as document content regarding patient status and report type. Document types include medical histories, named...
Counseling multiple people simultaneously is a difficult task for a specialist who lacks the necessary knowledge regarding team dynamics. This diary explores Lawrence Shulman’s strategies and advice regarding social work in groups. The primary subject of the reading is the challenges and stages of group work that must be continuously...
Eating disorders are significant mental and physical diseases that entail complicated and harmful interactions with food, feeding, exercising, and self-image or form, resulting in an unhealthy concern with somebody’s existence. In the United States, these illnesses affect roughly twenty million females and ten million males regardless of age, race, socioeconomic...
Mr. J. was admitted with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, severe with melancholic features, and MMPI-3 computer test results. Indicators L, K, F are generally expected; however, F has relatively high values, which may be associated with reduced performance due to overwork, a painful condition, or a desire to...
Weaving the (Neuronal) Web: Fear Learning in Spider Phobia The article by Schweckendiek et al., “Weaving the (Neuronal) Web: Fear Learning in Spider Phobia,” explores the neurobiological difference between the standard mechanism of fear manifestation and the formation of dysfunctional brain response, that is, a spider phobia. The research includes...
Bill is a 19-year-old male with an 8-year-old history of heavy drinking, whose alcohol abuse requires specific treatment and professional counseling. Sue et al. (2016) recommend the biopsychosocial model as a good approach to understanding the patient’s behavior, covering the existing biological, psychological, and social factors. The chosen model helps...
Introduction When individuals lose someone close to them, either spouse, friend, or family member, they tend to experience grief. When facing a loss, people manage this traumatic experience in different ways. Some enter into depression, especially children who have not experienced such events. There are two approaches that a therapist...
Hypothesis The research utilizes seven hypotheses from the big five personality traits and the behavior that people have been portraying since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The concerns have been made regarding contracting the deadly respiratory virus, regulations enacted to prevent the spread of the...
Introduction It is important to note that personality is a term referring to differences between individuals when it comes to their behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. The given assessment is concerned with my personality viewed under the lenses of Freudian and Adlerian psychodynamic frameworks, the social learning theory, and Maslow’s personality...
For an accurate diagnosis, the practitioner must have extensive background information. Theoretical and methodological developments can considerably aid curriculum and teaching in biomedicine and education programs in biomedical informatics in the learning and cognition sciences. This is achieved through discussing topics like the methods used to understand medical data and...
The first article is about integrating machine learning into the behavioral sciences. The biological, biomedical, and behavioral sciences are currently gathering more data than ever before, driven by ground-breaking technological advancements. To improve human health, it is imperative to develop time- and money-effective ways for analyzing and interpreting these data....
Music plays an essential role in many people’s lives. Plenty of people enjoy listening to music while doing chores, going on walks, and exercising. Some of them do not want the predictability of knowing what song comes next, which is why the iPod’s shuffle feature is such a convenience. It...
Psychology as an independent scientific discipline arose relatively recently, approximately in the nineteenth century. Before psychology’s separation, it was considered within the framework of philosophy as a particular form of knowledge of the world. As a scientific discipline, psychology must use experimental methods to test hypotheses. The ability to experimentally...
Biological Biological variables include the gender of the patient, namely female, the age of the patient, which is forty years old, as well as the absence of children. Previously, the girl was successful, led a healthy lifestyle, contacted people, and had a boyfriend. After the breakup, she began to feel...
Postpartum Maternal Depression and its Influence on Postnatal Infant Attachment During the early periods of life, infants are particularly dependent on their mothers. The attachment of a vulnerable newborn to the protective caregiver is manifested through physical, physiological, and emotional contact that is required for a baby to survive (Carlson...
In modern conditions, the flows of contradictory information are significantly increasing. As a result, a person finds himself in a problematic cognitive situation when it is necessary to adequately assess and respond to messages coming from different social groups, including authorities. Personality increasingly finds itself in situations of cognitive dissonance...
Introduction Psychodrama is a form of therapy that helps people control their activities through dynamic actions. This approach incorporates group dynamics and role-playing to help people who do not understand their emotions like anger, happiness, and fear. Individuals who undergo this form of therapy want to clearly understand their roles...
My friend John once had a difficult period in his marriage. He and his wife Kate became estranged towards each other, as the feelings of disappointment and fleeting romantic attraction overwhelmed them. They no longer could see each other as a partner in life, since irritation brought about hidden conflicts....
Introduction Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is among the most affordable and generally successful procedures done in orthopaedics. Patient-reported results indicate a significant improvement in pain alleviation, functional restoration, and overall quality of life. The rationale for choosing Trauma-induced TKA as the clinical issue is its wide prevalence and a major...
The word disenfranchised refers to an individual or group of people who have been deprived of their rights and privileges, for instant, substance abuse. Gay men with depression and people living with disability and substance abuse. Human rights are fundamental privileges that all people have regardless of race, language, ethnicity,...
Introduction Childhood development has a remarkable impact on further personal development. Of course, no strict rules and dependencies, like in biology or chemistry. But still, based on the social and psychological theories, scholars, childcare, healthcare, and educational service providers can predict the future problems or benefits the particular child will...
Depressive disorders are a significant problem that affects many people in the United States and worldwide. The emergence of practice guidelines and evidence-based therapies implies that satisfactory treatments for the condition exist, and not all of them are traditional. Currently, a lot of attention is drawn to the method of...
Introduction As already mentioned, framing may be a crucial tool for changing negative thoughts or goals into positive ones. Kennerley & Westbrook (2017) are right to note that reframing may be used to turn the negative ‘dead man’s solution’ goals into more positive targets, but there is more to that....
During their life, a person goes through many development stages, each associated with specific activities. At the moment, like many of my acquaintances, I am in my early adulthood. This period is significantly different from the previous stage, adolescence, primarily due to the many opportunities that open up (Huffman et...
The medical field of psychiatry has several methods of treating difficult and debilitating disorders in people. One is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which encompasses many treatment activities and procedures – cognitive reappraisal behavioral and motivation strategies, emotional regulation, and psychoeducation. CBT has been proven effective when treating mental illnesses such...
Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness, which involves being appreciative and thankful towards specific individuals or the world. The feeling of gratitude enables someone to express warmth, kindness, and generosity to other people. In psychology, gratitude has been associated with various physical and mental health advantages (Jans-Beken, 2021, pg....
Solution-focused brief therapy is highly valued in school counseling settings because it prioritizes finding the solution to the problem. Thus, instead of discussing minor details in the student’s problem, the therapy targets finding a solution to the issue in a limited amount of time. The growing concern about child and...
Client Information The subject of the case presentation is Suzana, a Portuguese-speaking middle-aged woman who may be perceived as a middle-aged Latina. The client’s occupational status is in the hairdressing industry and house cleaning for her income declaration. The patient has two children and currently lives with the children’s father...
Counseling is one of the most comprehensive therapeutic techniques to save many lives. I have found counseling particularly fulfilling in my line of study, considering that it provides room for extensive research into what may be troubling a person. The application of counseling theories on various platforms must be carefully...
Critical thinking is one of the most important processes that have many functions and benefits for a person. First of all, it helps individuals analyze and interpret the information they constantly receive. Moreover, critical thinking is a tool through which people perceive the world around them and evaluate the events...
The foundations of psychoanalytic therapy theories argue that psychological difficulties result from unconscious psychological urges or motivations that result from previous interpersonal connections and experiences. The clients’ past harmful thought and behavior patterns have matured into “cosmological models” that direct them toward continued unhealthy thought and behavior in the present...
Introduction: Existential Therapy Existential therapy refers to a therapeutic style that emphasizes on the holistic nature of the human condition. Such therapy aims at a positive approach that recognizes human abilities, but also takes into account the limitations of human resources. Over the years, many philosophers such as Soren Kierkegaard...
Devlin, J. M., Toof, J., West, L., Andrews, N., & Cole, J. (2019). Integrative family counseling. The Family Journal, 27(3), 319–324. Web. The given article delves into the peculiarities of family counseling and possible therapeutic outcomes. The authors assume that integration affects the counseling profession and can lead to better...
In his book, Zimbardo identifies three psychological truths that emerge from Escher’s Image. The first truth is that the world always has and will always be filled with good and evil people. Zimbardo states that the barrier between good and evil is permeable and nebulous in the second truth (3)....
In the process of providing counseling services, it is essential to use the most effective tools. Among them, a mental status examination or MSE can be distinguished. This method helps get information about the patient’s mental state and is widely used in both non-neurological and psychiatric practice by many specialists....
Introduction People see and perceive things differently depending on their cultural background and language. People’s perceptions are often based on experiences and activities they are accustomed. Having lived in Andalusia, Spain, I have observed that the way of life is almost entirely different from that in countries. The eating habits,...
Learning is a never-ending process to which all beings with at least a hint of intelligence are subjected. It can occur in various ways, for instance, depending on the stimulus from the external environment. In this case, the learning process is called conditioning (Blackman, 2017). It can be divided into...
Sigmund Freud’s book The Future of an Illusion is a psychoanalytical work discussing the tenets of civilization and the impact of religious ideas on society. Success in any community is dependent on controlling people’s desires and harnessing their collective ability to create wealth. However, wealth congregates around the minority upper...
A main goal of cognitive therapy is to modify an individual’s cognitive processing to change how that person evaluates and interacts with the world, and constitute a method of personality change. Therapy is time sensitive and based on a unique cognitive conceptualization of each patient. The therapy requires an active...
This study aims to analyze and develop the teaching of developmental psychology. Also, the research concepts integrate interpersonal spirituality with developmental systems. Based on attachment theory, relational spirituality is one of two theoretical frameworks for comprehending a person’s attachments and religious growth. To understand why some people are more robust...
Human memory processes are not as straightforward as technological processes, which sometimes makes them distorted. I have experienced this phenomenon myself, as I cannot always recall the events as they were or even remember certain situations in the first place. This misunderstanding causes not only psychological issues for abuse victims...
Mental health is no less important than physical health. In some cases, it plays a significant role and can only worsen the condition of individuals in the absence of proper treatment. In modern society, mental awareness and the emergence of more specialists who work in this field are gaining a...
The most interesting sociological topic for me is group dynamics. The interactions that affect people’s behavior and attitudes when they are in groups are known as group dynamics. In the fields of sociology, psychology, and communication studies, this is crucial. Numerous studies and experiments with a focus on group behavior...
Human cognitive processes include sensation, perception, attention, imagination, memory, thinking, and speech. “Identifying the cognitive processes underlying social decision making has major implications for understanding human nature” (Chen & Fischbacher, 2020, p. 422). Response time is a natural type of data for studying cognitive processes, the time that elapses from...
Regressions and other types of effective research must be supplemented by change process research, which examines the mechanisms through which change happens in psychotherapy. The many sorts of psychological therapies that are now being used have long dominated the area of psychotherapy. An explanation of the continuous improvement idea is...
Introduction Human development is the continuous change in humans over their lifespan from birth to death in psychological, cognitive, and physical aspects. The psychological part of human development comprises social relationships, personality, and emotions. Physical development entails growth and changes in the brain and body, health and wellness, the senses,...
Psychologists are gauged based on their ability to embrace cultural differences in improving people’s lives. In service delivery, an organization must learn ways of serving people from different cultures (Tanriverdi, 2017). About 7 billion people are living globally, and none of them is a replica of the other. Individual differences...
Evaluation of the main approaches to personalities is essential in the context of understanding human nature and psychology. It includes reviewing existing theories and creating a personality profile that includes key behavioral and psychological traits. In addition, one should consider the chosen approaches from the perspective of a theoretical basis,...
Introduction Human thinking has always been one of the most challenging and confusing topics to study. Each person is unique, with their unique qualities, socially, biologically, and psychologically. It is difficult to estimate how educated a person is by referring to his thinking style only. This is a very abstract...
