Name Chua Mu Fen Kelda Student No. 32510115 Unit Code PSY 213 Unit Name Abnormal Psychology Class Code PSY 213 B Local Lecturer’s name Miss Mel Cheang Assignment No. (ie. 1‚2‚3) or ‘short answer’ 1 – Essay ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET (INDIVIDUAL) Please complete and attach this form to your assignment. All assignments must be submitted to lecturer on the stipulated submission date. The ‘Acknowledgement Slip’ portion will be date stamped and returned to the student. Your assignment should meet the
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Abnormal Psychology Case Report 1 Patient’s Name: Algernon Greyson Evaluator: Deleted Date of Evaluation: 25 April 2011 1. Purpose for Evaluation: This is the first inpatient admission for this 19 year old‚ single‚ white male who is a student at UW Madison. He was admitted due to abnormal psychological symptoms with possible danger of starving himself to death. The purpose for the current evaluation is to identify and clarify the nature of the patient’s underlying psychological symptoms
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Abnormal Psychology Concepts and Diagnoses Discuss the concepts of normality and abnormality. (Discuss: Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments‚ factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence) Defining Abnormality * There are several characteristics that can be viewed as components of abnormal behaviour. * These cannot be used independently‚ as no one component sufficiently defines abnormality
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Name: Reinaldo George Professor: Mrs. Silvermane Course: Abnormal Psychology Date: Wednesday 20th August‚ 2014 What was it about his death that has brought so much attention to people and the media? Anytime a celebrity of high status like Robin Williams dies‚ it is going to gain massive media attention. Recent news of his suicide has shaken many people to their core‚ causing mass shock that can be felt around the world. Ever since word of his death hit the newswire‚ interest in Robin Williams
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procedure (1). In order for informed consent to be considered valid‚ the client must be competent and the consent should be given voluntarily. For individuals who are legally incapable of giving informed consent‚ psychologists need make sure to provide an appropriate explanation‚ seek the individual’s approval‚ consider his or her preferences and best interests‚ and obtain permission from a legally authorized person‚ if such substitute consent is permitted or required by law. If one were to create
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Question 1 Because people who are manic have very elevated moods‚ a new test for mania includes questions about how happy the person feels and how often he or she laughs. This test has: Answers: A. face validity. B. construct validity. C. concurrent validity. D. content validity. Question 2 Which category of clinical tests tends to have the best standardization‚ reliability‚ and validity? Answers: A. projective tests B. response inventories C. personality inventories
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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Abnormal Psychology Rumnation and Depression Rumination is defined as the “engagement in contemplation or reflection. It also can be equivocally understood by going over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.” However‚ depression on the other hand is “a state of unhappiness and hopelessness that can lead up to a lack of energy‚ inability to sleep‚ and‚ sometimes‚ suicidal tendencies.” After the dissection of these denotations‚ individuals can conclude that
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The Dhammapada is a collection of rules and observations about how people should live. As such‚ the content of this work centers predominantly around matters of doctrinal and ethical matters. "Those who thing the unreal is‚ and think the Real is not‚ they shall never reach the Truth‚ lost in the path of wrong thought." (#11) Doctrinally‚ this encourages followers to understand the world on a metaphysical level. The unreal is this world of dukkha and samsara‚ that is‚ impermanence and rebirth.
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