Submitted for Course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology April 12‚ 2013 05020601 Case Study Number One: The Case of Confusion 1. The subfield of psychology that will be of greatest relevance is the behavioral perspective. This perspective has made contributions in diverse areas such as: treating mental disorders‚ curbing aggression‚ resolving sexual problems‚ and ending drug addiction. 2. The cognitive perspective would be most helpful. The focus of this perspective is how people think
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Case Study: Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder This case study focuses on Alphonso Young‚ a 4 –year-old head start student and on Mr. & Mrs. Young‚ Alphonso’s parents‚ Susan Cross‚ Head Start teacher‚ Rory Johnson‚ 4-year-old Head Start student and Marsha Matchwick‚ school psychologist‚ DCSD. Main Key Factors in this case study are dealing with a 4 year child who has and attention deficit disorder. When he plays with other kids in the school‚ he tends to break things‚ take
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Cultural-Bound Syndrome Yasenta Newman Immaculata University July 31‚ 2012 Dr. Sudol-Regan PSY 608 The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The term cultural-bound syndrome is said to be recurrent with specific patterns of abnormal behavior that can be linked to a particular DSM-IV-TR diagnostic category. Many of these patterns is said to be considered illnesses. The particular symptoms‚ development
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Metabolic syndrome consists of multiple interrelated risk factors which directly promote the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).The risk factors include atherogenic dyslipidemia‚elevated plasma glucose‚elevated blood pressure‚proinflammatory and prothromboticstate(1). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in world population was estimated to be around 20-25%.patients with metabolic syndrome are twice likely to die from Cerebrovascular accident and myocardial infarction.patients
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OB1 Case Study on Ethical Dilemma (Batch 17) You are the Divisional Sales Manager for a large hi-tech company in a very competitive industry. Your company sales volume is down for almost six months and your Director is putting pressure on you to increase the sales. You are in search for a topflight‚ experienced sales representative to add to your sales force‚ and you interviewed a prospective candidate. From the moment he walked confidently into your office‚ you felt that this
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ANALYZING A CASE STUDY STAGE 1: QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE GENERAL SCENARIO PRESENTED TO GAIN A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION. Underline/highlight information which may indicate problems exist STAGE 2: EXAMINE THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY Read the questions several times-work out what is asking of you STAGE 3: READ THE CASE AGAIN VERY THOROUGHLY Look for evidence STAGE 4: PLAN YOUR ANSWER-SOME GUIDELINES You must be able to cite evidence (s) to support your arguments Apply
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Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………1 Definition of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)………………………..1 Characteristics of FAS…………………………………………………1 Affect of alcohol on the brain………………………………………….1 Affect of FAS on babies………………………………………………..1 The role the South African context has played in FAS………………...1 Conclusion……………………………………………………………...1 Reference List……………………………………………………….…1 Introduction Upon conducting researching for this topic
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Case Study 1 (Florence) Florence currently had her daughter removed from home‚ because the neighbors reported that she had been abusing her child. Florence visited a case manager‚ to whom which she talked to and presented an array of problems that range from the micro level to the macro level. Florence’s problems the lie in the micro level is her personality‚ by which I mean her negative attitude about herself and thinking the she is “useless” in the workforce. Although it was family and
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2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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Case Study 1 Richard is determined to do well in school "this time around." He tried school several years ago‚ but he didn’t take the time to learn how to study or how to be prepared. In frustration‚ he quit. Richard is a strong reader‚ so he wasn’t bothered by the fact that this time most of his classes have considerable amounts of reading. The method he decided would work best would be to take notes and to spend most of his time studying from the notes. He would copy as much of the information
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