INTRODUCTIONThis is a case study concerning a patient presenting with low abdominal pain, frequent micturation and dysuria. I will discuss the consultation and show how I used the problem solving consultation style detailed by Alison Crumbie. This involves listening to the patients' initial complaint and developing hypothetical diagnosis. Focused questioning and clinical examination and investigations will then be used to eliminate some of the initial hypotheses. The patients' perspective of their problem will be addressed and the synthesis of gathered information will enable the practitioner to arrive at a differential diagnosis and to agree on a treatment plan with the patient so that they can manage their problem.…
The Joint Service for Disabled Children is a partnership developed by Enfield’s Children’s trust. It comprises specialist, inclusive, voluntary, health and education services to support and promote opportunities for all disabled children and their families in Enfield. The service is open to any disabled children and young people who have significant global delay, autism or life threatening conditions under the age of 18.…
AAA is a transportation company that has been an industry leader in the transports of goods and services, currently the company is planning on innovation and expansion for a more competitive edge. AAA Transportation is an interstate trucking company that specializes in transporting wholesale produce in refrigerated trailers throughout the Midwest. With the company under new management and new reform underway to create more revenue and success. The changes have been vast, with the addition of added services like delivery of nonperishable products, such as canned foods, to their delivery routes, allowing AAA to expand the area they cover and to provide expanded service to their existing customers. They think that, because many of the routes do not require a full load on the trucks, there is room to add the nonperishable goods and provide delivery at a lower rate than the customers are now paying.…
Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called the working memory model. The working memory model consists of four components. The central executive which controls and co-ordinates the operation of two subsystems, the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive controls attention and coordinates the actions of the other components, it can briefly store information, but has a limited capacity. The phonological loop consists of two parts, the articulatory control system and the phonological store. The articulatory control system (the inner voice) where information is rehearsed sub vocally and has a capacity of about 2 seconds. The phonological store (the inner ear) stores information in speech-based form, the speech input is held for a brief duration. The third component, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, mentally manipulates images and space, for example it is used when a person imagines the encodes visual information in terms of separate objects as well as the arrangement of these objects in one's visual field. The final component, episodic buffer, receives input from many sources, temporarily stores this information, and then puts them together in order to construct a mental episode of what is being experienced right now.…
I faced the fear of risk taking with my music. Since my early teens I would always be complimented for the music I created. The conceptual aspect of my messages were flawless and creative. The fear came from my peers hearing the lectures of “you would never make it in the business you’re not cut out for it”. Or the slanders of “by the time your 20…
There are many ways Pastors and Teachers try to implement a message. The structure and implementation of each message depends on the ability of the listener. Teachers must understand the importance of delivering the message so that the listener can understand. Pastors must…
S and M have living parents; S is close with his family and frequently interacts with them. M was raised by her grandmother so she does not have a close relationship with her mother however, M grandmother has since deceased. M does not have siblings and S is close with is siblings still. Developmental task of the family are somewhat accomplished according to age, although M feels in competition with society and the pressure that it brings. J has not developed a balance between freedom and responsibility as evidence by her pregnancy. L is on…
In New England, the weather is always changing. Therefore, the road conditions are unpredictable. In the winter, the roads can be dangerous from snow, sleet, black ice patches. In the summer, the roads are usually not as dangerous, but driving in the heat is a hassle. You could get caught up in beach traffic or the air conditioning in your car doesn’t work.…
Subliminal perception is believed to be effected by its based finding of mind control, weather it’s one person or group of people. Mind control can be used on a group of people without their awareness. The perception of this idea is to get people to do things that would not normally do. For instance, during the 1950s there was a message that says Drink Coca-Cola which attack many people into trying this product or making them thirsty for a cold Coca Cola. This ad was used enter a person mind while making them thirsty for the item, because the company wants to sell their product (Pratkanis, 1992).…
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini is seen through the eyes of two young female protagonists, who have a strong and well-developed character. In the novel, the author shows their hardship, their lives in a hopeless society, Afghanistan, and how throughout their life they face cruelty and vulnerability.…
Task #3: J.H. is divorced and her two children have already moved out so she has no one to share household or other responsibilities with. She says her roles have only changed in such a way that she doesn’t have to perform “Mom” duties anymore as compared to when her children were still living at home and going to school. Her interests have remained the same and her abilities have only been altered by minor health problems, such as back sprains and a recent hospitalization due to anemia. When her children come home, she says they pitch in with the household chores.…
Therapists strive to understand not just what the group members say, but how these ideas are communicated . Therapists can help families improve the way they relate and thus enhance their own capacity to deal with the content of their problems by focusing on the process of their discussions. Virginia Satir expanded on the concept of how individuals behave and communicate in groups by describing several family roles that can serve to stabilize expected characteristic behavior patterns in a family. For instance, if one child is considered as a "rebel child," a sibling may take on the role of the "good child" to alleviate some of the stress in the family. This concept of role reciprocity is helpful to understanding family dynamics because of the complementary nature of roles makes behaviors more resistant to…
A main strength of cognitive psychology is that this approach has tended to use a scientific approach through the use of laboratory experiments. A strength of using laboratory experiments is that they are high in control therefore researchers are able to establish cause and effect. For example Loftus and Palmer were able to control the age of the participants, the use of video and the location of the experiment. All participants were asked the same questions (apart from changes in the critical words), and the position of the key question in the second was randomised. Furthermore, such standardised experiments are easy to test for reliability. However, as many cognitive studies are carried out in laboratory settings they can lack ecological validity. When cognitive processes such as memory and theory of mind are studied in artificial situations it may be difficult to generalise the findings to everyday life.…
Willingham, D. T. (2007). Cognition: The thinking animal (3rd ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collectiondatabase.…
* Position 8 queens on a chessboard so that no queen attacks any other queen…