Child Observation Paper Jason Betts Pacific Oaks College November 12‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to discuss and review my observation of a 7 year old African American male who is being raised by his grandmother (45 year old Bi-racial female who has 9 children of her own; 7 of the children are still in the house). During my observation of “Jackson”‚ I focused on the following domains of child development: * Physical * Cognitive * Social * Emotional I applied Attachment
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Insecure Attachment Unfortunately‚ as many as 30% of children develop insecure attachment relationships with their parents. Toby and Hugo are two of them‚ they are both 18 months old and they were classified as the insecurely attached babies. Attachment theory research tells us that infants will likely experience one of three types of insecure attachment if they do not get responsive‚ nurturing‚ consistent care in the early weeks and months of their lives. The first type of insecure attachment
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subtype includes the presence of auditory hallucinations or prominent delusional thoughts about persecution or conspiracy. Individuals with this diagnosis are higher functioning and usually do not experience onset until later stages of life. The disorganized subtype has disruption in the thought process. This disruptions so severe it interrupts daily activities. Sufferers will exhibits erratic and inappropriate emotions. The catatonic schizophrenia experiences disturbances in movement sometimes
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November 30‚ 2011 Aids – The Duty to Warn The AIDS epidemic began in the early to mid-1980’s and since it’s recognition in America it has become a very heated and debated topic among health professionals‚ the gay community‚ and most of all for the ones that are carrying the virus. The real debate is not over the virus itself but‚ rather about the infected individuals and whether or not they should be made morally obligated to tell their sexual partners if they are in fact infected. Both sides
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The 5 subtypes are catatonic‚ disorganized‚ paranoid‚ residual‚ and undifferentiated. Each subtype has slightly different symptoms and some are more severe than the other. A catatonic schizophrenia symptoms are usually restless‚ and they unintentionally copy other’s movements. This is one of the less serious subtypes. With a the right medication and treatment‚ it can be resolved with days to a few weeks. Disorganized schizophrenia is when they have very disorganized speech and behavior. They also
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Emotion: a complex psychological state or response 1) Physiological arousal 2) Expressive behaviours 3) Consciously experienced thoughts and feelings James-Lange Theory: Our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. Perception of stimulus (car) arousal (pounding heart) emotion (fear) Cannon-Bard Theory: An emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the experience of emotion perception
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The Future of Psychological Profiling CJ430-01: Psychological Profiling Professor William Formby Kaplan University May 18‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of psychological profiling as an investigative tool for the future. The paper will try to focus on what happens if profiles are developed that have not accurately portrayed the apprehended. Additionally this paper will be reviewing the Baton Rouge Serial Killer and The Unabomer cases in order to answer additional
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1. Holmes and De Burger identify 4 types of serial killers. Which type do you consider the most dangerous to society and why? Identify a serial killer of that type and explain why he fits into that particular category. The type of serial killer I find to be the most dangerous to society is the hedonistic type‚ because I have noticed that they are in the category of killers most likely to kill slowly‚ and to drag out the pain their victims feel. John Wayne Gacy was one such serial killer‚ as a
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disorganization‚ inappropriate affect‚ which are called positive symptoms. There are also negative symptoms that include flat affect‚ alogia‚ and avolition. (Understanding Abnormal Behavior‚ p. 419-427) There are different types of Schizophrenia: paranoid‚ disorganized‚ catatonic‚ residual‚ and undifferentiated. Paranoid Schizophrenia is the one that John Nash was diagnosed with. This type of Schizophrenia includes hallucinations and delusions that generally have the same theme‚ but this Schizophrenia has no
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INTRODUCTION Diseases and ailments of all sorts are things not alien to the human society‚ so much so that they are often regarded as part of the many experiences of being a living being. As such‚ these diseases have been studied extensively by medical practitioners over the years and have been labeled‚ characterized and classified. As a result‚ many a treatment have been devised by these geniuses to help the human condition. These diseases can be classified‚ roughly‚ as psychological diseases
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