Unit 3: Practitioner Research Techniques Assessment. Part 2; Quantitative Analysis By Stephenson J Sylvester‚ University of Huddersfield. July 2006 This paper is a discussion in support of the Doctorate of Education Programme Unit 3 Assignment part 2 on Quantitative Analysis. The discussion looks at the usage and value of quantitative data analysis packages like SPSS. A brief comparison is drawn between other methods of data analysis and a summary conclusion is made. A step by step procedure is
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Useful Traits Of Primary Care Behavioral Health Counselors Behavioral health counselors must be able to function in the face-paced primary care environment. To be effective‚ they should: * be flexible enough to deal with noise‚ frequent interruptions‚ and constant changes in scheduling; * be able to offer brief‚ targeted interventions usually lasting less than 30 minutes; * be comfortable with short-term counseling‚ often lasting
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female imaged prevents the adverse effects of media influences (Yamamiya et al). This suggests that the media can and does have an effect on the development of disordered eating and AN‚ but these effects can be avoided. In Groesz et al’s (2002) meta-analysis of 25 studies‚ they concluded that body dissatisfaction increased with media images of thin women. Another
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In-charge : Lecturer : Lecture 2: Behavioral & Social Cognitive Views of Learning Lecture Highlights: Definitions of Behavioral Learning Theory Classical Conditioning – Pavlov Operant Conditioning - Skinner Trial-and-error Learning / The Law of Effect - Thorndike Social Learning Theory - Bandura I. Behavioral Learning Theories: Explanations of learning that focus on external events as the cause of changes in observable behaviors… the behavioral view generally assumes that the outcome
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Behavioral Finance is a subject closely related to Behavioral Economics. Scientific research on human‚ social‚ cognitive and emotional biases is used to better understand economic decisions and how they affect Finance‚ in particular market prices‚ returns and the allocation of resources. There is a very interesting and rich history of Behavioral Finace rooted in Behavior Economics and psychology‚ and today Behavioral Finance is a very important fundamental of finance and can be used to making financial
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Accordingly‚ we removed definitions in line 193-194. 5. Line 175. ’As a consequence‚ later breakups were initiated at higher latitudes...’ As a consequence of what? Why should later breakups initiate at higher latitudes? Reply: We replaced “As a consequence” by “In other words” in line 184. 6. Line 246-248. ’These flows were simultaneous with a further auroral activation at 0231 UT near 68.7 MLAT.’ Were the flows observed around 0226 UT by TH4 and TH5 also simultaneous with the further auroral
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Sonia is well suited for the Cognitive Behavioral approach. Cognitive behavior therapy also known as CBT integrates elements of two therapeutic approaches. It combines aspects of Behavior Therapy‚ which was developed‚ by Wolpe and his colleagues with aspects of Cognitive Therapy‚ which was developed by Aaron Beck in the early 1960s. The interesting fact is that CBT took birth while Beck was researching on depression and it was not until later that it became a popular approach for other psychological
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SKILL: Coping QUESTION: Describe a high-pressure situation you had to handle at work or school. What happened‚ who was involved and what did you do in terms of resolution? ANSWER A high pressure situation for me happened during my last semester where I needed to catch up with my grades in psychology. I incurred a grade of 3.0. Although pressured‚ I overcame this with resolving to myself to get a higher grade. So i exerted more effort in my studies as in listening more during discussions and
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Introduction Among the behavioural disorders that are commonly diagnosed‚ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most prevalent among youth and children. It is a persistent disorder that is attributed to neurobehavioral problems. About 3%-5% of all the children in America are affected by ADHD (NINDS Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page‚ 2011). The disorder is characterized by inability to concentrate or focus on
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The behavioral perspective that exemplifies how external environmental events condition our observable behavior. People and animals behave as they normal would everyday due to their environment and past experiences. Scientific methodology takes up a huge part in behaviorism and how studies can be objectively measured. Our environment and what we are faced with daily affects our observable behavior (aka our response). When it comes to the behavioral perspective‚ there are two types of conditioning:
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