Paula Santa Cruz AP Psychology December 1‚ 2012 Xenophobia is commonly defined as a disorder causing one to be deathly afraid of strangers and being in public areas. a) assuming the role of a successful psychologist‚ explain how you might use systematic desensitization to help cure a patient of xenophobia. b) if your initial attempts using systematic desensitization fail‚ what will you prescribe next? Desensitization is awfully similar to classical conditioning in the way that the
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1. What are the 3 main challenges to studying abnormal psychology that we discussed in class? List the 3 challenges and describe why they are important to consider. (4 points) Avoiding stigma‚ objectivity‚ and preconceived notions 2. What are 4 criteria used to define abnormal behavior? Define each criterion and give an example. (4 points) 4 D’s Dysfunction Distress Disability Deviance 3. Describe the diathesis stress model. Give an example of a diathesis and a stress and how they
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Today I started reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. My hero‚ Caitlin Moran‚ author of the hilarious How To Be A Woman and Moranthology‚ has been compared to Tina Fey and my friend‚ Kristin‚ strongly recommended that I read Bossypants. So here I am. I loved it as soon as I read the first sentence and I can understand the comparisons. Both are smart‚ really funny women! As I read Tina’s account of her first menstrual period‚ I was surprised and strangely happy to find out that another girl went through
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Case Study A: Anna. O Bertha Pappenheim‚ who was given the pseudonym‚ "Anna O.‚" is a perfect example of a case study dealing with somatoform disorder. Specifically‚ she suffered from conversion disorder‚ which is a set of "neurological symptoms such as weakness‚ sensory disturbance and attacks that look like epilepsy but which cannot be attributed to a known neurological disease." (Wikipedia.org‚ 2006) Pappenheim suffered from epilepsy‚ she lost control over half of her body including paralysis
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A | CLINICAL STUDIES | | Activity | Observation | 1. | Drug product data and information including receipt and correspondence for test and reference products | | 2. | Labelling of product and vials | | 3. | Record of transfer of samples to the deep freezer | | 4. | Curriculum vitae of various persons | | 5. | Monitor manual‚ Monitor report /checklist | | 6. | Initiation of clinical operations | | 7. | Protocol training attendance | | 8.
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Abnormal Behavior A known psychological disorder is abnormal behavior. Abnormal behavior is classified into four different categories. The characteristics of these categories consist of statistical deviance‚ cultural deviance‚ emotional distress‚ and dysfunction. Each behavior has specific characteristics as reasons for their classifications. Statistical deviance is sometimes wrongly classified such as being extremely intelligent or being a very good athlete. According to statistical deviance
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In chapter 10 the case study was about a man named Vang Xiong‚ a former Hmong solder. Him and his wife moved to Chicago in 1980‚ but felt guilty about leaving his brothers and sister back home. Since his moved to Chicago‚ Vang was have trouble sleep because of his vivid memories about people being killed during his escape from Laos. The first night Vang had trouble sleeping he imagine a cat sitting on the top of his chest and having shortness of breath. The second night his room started to grow darker
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PSYC111 Dr. J. L. Taylor Case Study 2 I would begin to reassure Melindah and Jermain about their concerns for a healthy baby by explaining that their worries about the new child’s behavior ( shyness) is not genetic but behavioral and those characteristics that are believed to be genetic such as mental illness and addiction are often the result of environment and their expressions can be diminished or modified by warm and intelligent social interaction with parents and by
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A Closer Look at Anorexia Nervosa Lyndsey Miller Abnormal Psychology October 28‚ 2014 Transylvania University According to the DSM 5‚ a person that is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa must display the following things; a persistent restriction of energy intake leading to significantly low body weight (in context of what is minimally expected for age‚ sex‚ developmental trajectory‚ and physical health.) (American Psychiatric Association [APA]‚ 2013) They also must display either an
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serious negative consequences for personal‚ social‚ or occupational functioning and can be classified to be a severe form of internet addiction (Block‚ 2008; Pies‚ 2009). In addition‚ TIPA should be included in the DSM as it fulfilled the 3Ds of abnormal behaviour. It causes distress for the teenager (emotionally‚ socially and physically)‚ impairs their
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