Describe: Part three of the portfolio is about professional responsibility. It focuses on how professionals analyze and reflect on their practice. Teaching is different than most professions in which teachers have no established pathways for a promotion. It is up to the individual to participate in reflective practice‚ analyzing the good‚ the bad‚ and the improvements that can be made for the benefit of the students. Constant self-analysis and self-directed improvement are essential parts of a
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Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Team B Psy/300 December 04‚ 2012 Henry-Smith Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Psychology can be described as examination of ideas‚ intuitive feeling‚ and the way someone thinks and uses his or her wits be it physical‚ mental‚ or cognitive. Abnormal psychology is ideas or conduct causing the individual troubles. The deficiency may be sadness‚ potential fight‚ or simply uncomfortableness in the individuals daily life. Mental disorders or mental
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Phobia and Addictions 1 Phobias and Addictions Psy/300 April 20‚ 2010 Phobia and Addictions 2 Phobias and Addictions Classical Conditioning is a technique used in behavioral training. Classical conditioning is a naturally occurring stimulus paired with a response. A previously neutral stimulus is then paired with the naturally occurring stimulus. Eventually‚ the previously neutral stimulus will come to evoke the response without the presence of the naturally occurring
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related to Phobias and Addictions Many people who suffer from phobias also suffer from addictions. This is largely due in part to the reluctance to seek professional treatment for the phobia. People turn to other means to cope with their phobias which in turn leads to addictions. Dependence is such an issue with addiction that stopping is very difficult and causes severe physical and mental reactions. Therapist use a technique called extinction to treat patients with phobias and addictions. A Phobia
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Phobias are the most prominent mental illnesses found among children and adolescents‚ and often continue into adulthood. Five to twelve percent of Americans will experience a phobia in their lifetime‚ and most cases go untreated. While they are treatable‚ Phobias are considerably the most difficult form of anxiety to cure. The presence of a phobia induces intense fear‚ and leads to prolonged anxiety. They are typically more prominent among children‚ and commonly appear in the form of a "specific
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Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives‚ for example‚ their working and social environments‚ considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp
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Explaining Phobias Within this paper Sally a 23 year old woman with a dog phobia will be discussed. Also‚ how operant and classical conditioning as well as observational learning are a factor in developing Sally’s phobia will be covered. Additionally‚ how extinction and tenets of cognitive theory can help Sally overcome her dog phobia will be explained. A phobia is an abnormal‚ vigorous‚ unreasonable persistent dread or terror that causes anxiety. “Approximately 40 million American adults ages
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A phobia is an irrational fear‚ a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a relentless dread of a situation‚ living creature‚ place or thing. People with a phobia go to great lengths to avoid a perceived danger which is much greater in their minds than in real life. If confronted with the source of their phobia‚ the person will suffer enormous distress‚ which can interfere with their normal function; it can sometimes lead to total panic. For some people‚ even thinking about their phobia
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Foundations of Psychology Cristina de l’Aigle-Barnett PSY 300 – General Psychology October 27‚ 2014 Berish Lindsay-Strother Foundations of Psychology Psychology is the process of understanding ones mental processes such as how and why one thinks‚ feels‚ and behaves the way they do. Psychology is the process by which the scientific method is used to better understand and test these processes (Allport‚ 1985). Psychology was established as a means to blends these two differing schools of thought into
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Phobia Acrophobia is well known as a fear of heights‚ and many experts keep focusing on studying and finding the causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments for the best and most effective solution of this phobia. Acrophobia is derived from Greek; acro means “high” and phobia means “fears”. Acrophobia is characterized “by marked anxiety upon exposure of heights‚ by avoidance of heights‚ and by interference in functioning as a result of this fear” (Ibrahim‚ "Virtual Reality Approach in Acrophobia Treatment")
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