Outline and evaluate research into the effects of anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony (12 marks). Peters (1998) took the heart rate of students during n injection and then again 2 minutes later‚ those with high heart rates were classed as high anxiety participants and those with low heart rates were classed as low anxiety participants. One week later all participants were asked to identify the face of the nurse that gave them the injection‚ 31% of high anxiety participants recognised
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Many People are affected by Post-traumatic Stress disorder(PTSD)‚ an anxiety
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The Case of Barbara and Her Depressive Disorder Earleen Johnson Southern New Hampshire University Psychology of Abnormal Behavior Instructor Charitie Fuller July 13‚ 2013 "Every week a doctor commits suicide in North America‚ and each one knew that depression is potentially treatable or self-limiting; insight goes faster in depression than in any other illness. Depression is psychological pain‚ and a
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The case study of Tony Taylor is described as a 39 year old African American male who is showing symptomology of a personality disorder from the Cluster B group which is described as the “dramatic‚ erratic and emotional group” (Biedel 2014). Tony describes that much of his life has been chaotic which has led to him experience emotional dysregulation and behavior impulsivity (Biedel 2014). For Tony to be able to have the Antisocial Personality Disorder he would have needed to have a conduct disorder
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Knuppertz‚ and Seitz (2014)‚ Acute Stress Disorder “is a trauma- and stress-related disorder following a traumatic event” (pg. 1 ). “The diagnostic criteria are intrusive re-experiencing of the trauma‚ autonomic reactivity in response to and avoidance of trauma-related cues‚ dissociation‚ mood deterioration‚ and elevated arousal that last for a minimum of 3 days and at the longest 1 month after the trauma” (Cwik et al‚ 2014‚ pg. 1). According to the case study‚ Suzy was directly exposed to a sexual
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Neuro | 47total | | Assessment | 2 1A1ND | #Pt presents w/crossed arms that looks like decorticate-do further neuro assess#CPP if normal (70-100) & brain profused 180/60 B/P‚ ICP 30 what is body trying to do?-compensate to have adequate profusion. MAP (2xDiastolic) + Systolic/3 CPP=MAP-ICP – MAP 70-110 at least 60#Preliminary ICP findingICP pg15355-10mmHg normal‚ sustained >10mmHg IICPManifestations * 1st sign is change in level of consciousness: behavior & personality change‚ irritability
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DOI: 06/05/2010. Patient is a 69-year-old female registered nurse who fractured her right fibula when the bicycle she was riding slid onto gravel throwing her to the ground. Per OMNI‚ PQME Dr. Litoff indicated on 09/10/12 that the IW has a 16% permanent disability with future medical care of injections and possible surgery for the left shoulder and home exercise for the right wrist and lumbar spine. Based on the progress report dated 02/02/16‚ the patient presents for follow up for left shoulder
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Student’s Name: Institution of Learning: Instructor’s Name: Course Name: Public Speaking Anxiety From a tender age‚ I was always nervous about speaking it public or rather being in situations where I had to address people or read in public‚ be they my peers‚ or those older or younger than me. Still‚ within me‚ I admired numerous eloquent speakers both on television and other areas of social life‚ though I could not muster enough courage to publicly address others. Consequently‚ throughout childhood
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and in disproportion to the magnitude of the cause. In many cases‚ these feelings persist with no external cue at all. Beyond this‚ a more severe type of depression often needing professional intervention is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚ 2015)‚ over 16 million U.S. adults over the age of 18 experienced at least one major depressive episode annually.2 As with many psychological disorders‚ Major depression tends to be highly variable and inconsistent
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Anxiety is one problem behavior I am ambivalent about working on is the belief‚ “I am a terrible writer‚” which always causes anxiety during the time I am working on a major writing assignment or taking a test. Being “criticized” by educators since the time I begin to learn the English language‚ about 22 years ago‚ I supposed causes the negative self-talk; not smart‚ a terrible writer will never write a great paper etc. According to Scher (2016)‚ although anxiety is a commonly described “emotion
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