PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology San Diego State University Fall Semester 2014 – TTH 8:00 Section Instructor:Mark A. Laumakis‚ Ph.D. (pronounced la-may-kiss) Office: Life Sciences North 109 (I am only there on Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 12 noon) Phone:(619) 594-1933 E-mail: mlaumakis@mail.sdsu.eduOffice Hours: Tuesday (online) and Thursday (in Life Sciences North 109) 11 a.m. – 12 noon Class Time/Location:Tuesday: online in Blackboard Collaborate / Thursday 8:00-9:15 a.m. in AL-201 NOTE:
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MRSA Treatment/Vaccine MRSA Skin Infections and Treatments Dermatologists‚ doctors and emergency department physicians typically give two treatments for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). For simple abscesses or boils‚ incision and drainage alone is likely to be the best treatment‚ but antibiotics should be used in patients with cellulitis‚ patients with signs or symptoms of systemic infections‚ or even those with diabetes or compromised immune functions. In the USA
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experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and one of the other three perspectives in the module (discursive psychological‚ phenomenological or social psychoanalytic). This essay will provide a description of the experimental method for both the cognitive social perspective and social psychoanalytic perspective. A compare and contrast will be given for the two perspectives in a critical evaluation as an approach to doing research in social psychology. The cognitive
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pseudoscience refers to A) the scientific study of psychology and related phenomena. B) hypotheses that have been rejected through observation and testing. C) ideas that are presented as science but in fact do not use the basic principles of scientific thinking procedure. D) the belief that the mind is separate from the body. 3. When a psychologist uses the term scientific theory‚ he or she is referring to something that A) is guaranteed
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when we are supporting her to move‚ so we have to show the client by our actions and take time to do this. Clients with arthritis have to be supported to move gently as they may be in a lot of pain and positioning or moving may be uncomfortable. An individual that has had a stroke might have one arm or leg stronger than the other‚ so this needs to be taken into account when weight bearing or moving so as to avoid putting pressure on the weak side and resulting in the client falling. 2.1 Legislation
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Disability‚ March 2009; 34(1): 55–66 LITERATURE REVIEW Applying equity theory to staff working with individuals with intellectual disabilities* PHILIP DISLEY1‚ CHRIS HATTON1 & DAVE DAGNAN2 1 Lancaster University‚ UK and 2West Cumberland Hospital‚ Whitehaven‚ Cumbria‚ UK Abstract Background This paper provides an overview of the empirical research on equity theory amongst staff working in services for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Method Relevant articles were identified
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(1) Why are you interested in this research internship? What research projects‚ topics‚ or papers (e.g. on our website‚ in developmental/cognitive psychology‚ in linguistics‚ etc) do you find interesting? I am motivated to apply to this research internship due to my strong interest in and passion for developmental cognitive psychology. My curiosity in the neural underpinnings of cognitive development was first sparked through my past volunteer experience interacting with children and teenagers
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Psychology 101—Introductory Psychology Fall Term 2013 (Section 3) Instructors: | Courtney PlanteCrystal Tse | PAS 3240F cplante@uwaterloo.caOffice Hours: Monday‚ Tuesday: 2-4 PMPAS 3240C ctse@uwaterloo.caOffice Hours: Wednesday & Thursday 4-6 PM | Assistants: | Christie Haskell | PAS 4043; Office Hours: Friday‚ 11:30-12:30 AMe-mail: crmhaske@uwaterloo.ca | | Lectures: Tuesdays 6:30-9:20 in DC 1351. Required Text: Myers‚ D. (2013). Psychology: Tenth Edition in Modules. New
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variable and dependent variable as well as which participants make up the experimental group and which make up the control group. Remember: Independent Variable = What the investigator manipulates; the particular treatment or condition the investigator is most interested in the effects of Dependent Variable = What is measured or observed; the "data" collected in the experiment Experimental Group = Those participants exposed to the independent
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Corrections and Treatment Instructor: Lester G. Julian Community-based treatment The three community-based treatment efforts which I would like to focus attention on are Intensive Outpatient Counseling Services‚ abbreviated as (IOP) next‚ a community based program known as: Child Mental Health and lastly Emergency Crisis Response. Community-based treatment efforts vary between states however‚ the purpose and importance of these treatment efforts
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