Appendix F – PSY/270 CheckPoint: Autism and Mental Retardation Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. Children with autism are unresponsive to others‚ uncommunicative‚ repetitive‚ and rigid their symptoms usually appear before the age of three. An autistic individual will have difficulty sustaining employment‚ accomplishing household responsibilities‚ and leading independent lives. Furthermore‚ they express having problems displaying closeness and empathy
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Suicide Respond to the following based on the information in the “Suicide Rates by Age Group” article: 1. What has been the trend in suicide rates over the past few years? The study indicates that suicide rates are declining. One reason could be the attention that has been given to antidepressants which may cause suicidal tendencies. Newer drugs are currently on the market that may decrease this side effect. 2. What part of the U
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PSY240 College Material Appendix F Brain Studies This activity will increase your understanding of the different methods used to study the brain. All of these methods can be found in the readings from this week. Directions: You will see some of the methods for studying the brain listed in this table. In the spaces provided detail what the method is (i.e. define it)‚ why you would have it done (what disorders or other reasons would a doctor order the test‚ and how it was discovered or developed
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Week 4 Assignment PSY 240 November 13‚ 2013 To Eat or Not to Eat Hello everyone. My name is Ruth and I want to talk to you guys about eating disorders. An eating disorder is essentially an illness that disrupts a person’s every day diet which can cause a person to pretty much stop eating or over eat‚ depending on the illness. These illnesses are more apparent in the teenage years and in to young adulthood (Pinel‚ 2011)‚ which makes sense because this is when we start becoming
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Sleep deprivation is a condition where your body is not getting a sufficient amount of sleep. We as humans have developed tremendously in our evolution and in this day and age it seems almost as if everyday we have more to do and less time to do it in. We begin to spend more time awake trying to accomplish more and end up giving ourselves less time to sleep. Sleep deprivation is easy to catch especially for those who constantly have so much on their plates. There was a point in my life where I was
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. a. Re-experiencing the traumatic event b. Avoidance c. Reduced responsiveness d. Increased arousal‚ anxiety‚ and guilt 2. What life events are most likely to trigger a stress disorder
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Axia College Material: Robin Mravik Appendix G Security Assessment Directions Choose two settings from Ch. 9 of the text and list each setting. Then‚ complete the following tables. List five threats appropriate to the environment from the setting you chose. Rate the risk for each threat from 0 (low) to 10 (high). Then‚ list five appropriate countermeasures‚ including at least two countermeasures specific to physical security and one countermeasure specific to personnel and security management
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Assignment: DSM – IV Evaluation School: University of Phoenix Course: PSY/270 Instructor: Lorry Bradley‚ M.A. By: Ronald Berry 1. Case Study 1 DSM – IV: Schizoid Personality Disorder A. Causes: When it comes to this disorder the exact cause is unknown‚ even though a combination of environmental and genetic factors especially in early childhood
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Match the psychological theories with the appropriate statement(s): M.F.J. Psychodynamic Theory K.B.D. Trait Theory I.L. Learning Theory C.G.A. Sociocultural Theory H.N.E. Humanistic Theory A. Individualism versus collectivism B. Popular theorist Eysenck initiated the five-factor model. C. The healthy personality is found in balancing the social self with the individual self. D. Genetics determine the traits
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The Nature-Nurture Issue Axia College at University of Phoenix PSY/240 The Nature-Nurture Issue The nature versus nurture perspectives have been have been argued for centuries. The pro-nature perspective follows the theory that genetics and biological inheritance determine behavior‚ internal forces or stimuli; the pro-nurture perspective follows the belief or theory that experience and environment determine behavior‚ external forces or external stimuli. The psychology field known as biopsychology
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