PSYCHOLOGICAL CASE STUDY: ALICE WALKER 2 Alice Walker was born February 9‚ 1944 to parents Minnie Tallulah Grant and Willie Lee Walker in Eatonton‚ Georgia. Her parents were sharecroppers and her mother worked as a maid to help to supplement the family income. She was the youngest of 8 children. At the age of 8 years old‚ one of her brothers accidentally shot her in the right eye with a BB gun while playing a game of Cowboys and Indians. She became partially blind and developed scar
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Psychological Perspectives for Aggression Psychology is composed of a lot of different branches such as biological psychology‚ cognitive psychology‚ evolutionary psychology‚ social-cultural psychology‚ etc and they all have different justifications pertaining to behavior. Biologically speaking‚ aggression can be inherited by genes of past generations. If aggression was a quality of the ancestors or relatives of a person then it is likely that the person will also be aggressive. Additionally‚ if
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REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Confidential Material NAME: Sebastian Smith DATE OF BIRTH: 5/8/1985 CHRONOLOGICAL AGE: 16 years 3 months PARENTS: Mary Smith & Sebastian Smith GRADE: completed ninth grade DATES OF ASSESSMENT: 7/17; 7/27/01 DATE OF REPORT: 8/3/01 INDENTIFYING DATA AND REASON FOR REFERRAL: Sebastian is a 16 years 3 months old Caucasian adolescent‚ who was referred for a psychological evaluation to determine his current cognitive and emotional status. Sebastian has a long
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Social/Cultural Psychology Throughout the textbook‚ we have learned and discussed the four different perspectives of psychological science: Biological Psychology‚ Behavioral Psychology‚ Cognitive Psychology‚ and Social/Cultural Psychology. Carole Wade‚ Carol Tarvis‚ and Maryanne Garry explain in our textbook‚ Psychology (2014)‚ that through these four perspectives‚ one can see the different methods and theories of learning about how and why individuals act and think the way they do and how they
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Psychological Disorder Analysis PSY270 3-25-2012 Andrew Graham Psychological Disorder Analysis Abnormal behaviors have been the noted in most societies and cultures. Because of the affect these behaviors have on the afflicted‚ there has been a great effort to organize and treat these disorders. In the scenario given‚ Marla is experiencing symptoms of abnormal behaviors. Her lack of ability to concentrate and general anxiety are affecting her in more than one aspect of her life. She
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Bio psychological Disorders Schizophrenia PSY/240 Schizophrenia affects about one percent of the human population‚ and can be genetic. If one parent has it then their children run the risk of having this disorder. There is no known cause of this disorder it can be genetic or environmental. There is no clear answer as to why if it runs in a family it can skip generations then pop up out of the blue.
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Evolved psychological mechanisms‚ this is specific psychological processes that have evolved because they solved particular adaptive problems which include A. Sexual behavior: attraction between sexual partners maintaining relationships and caring for children. Here there is sexual attraction based on physical appearance and also sexual attraction based on a man’s ability to provide resources. B. Parental behavior: for parents who nurture their children they ensure survival of their genes
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HERVORRAGENDE PSYCHOLOGISCHE TESTZENTRUM (Excellent Psychological Testing Center) A Psychological Report for Reeman Clyde Navales Mañacap October 2012 I. Profile: Name: Reeman Clyde Navales Mañacap Age: 19 years‚ 1 month‚ and 15 days old School: University of San Carlos – Technological Center II. Referral Statement The client was referred by his teacher‚ Ms. Joan Christine Fortich‚ at Hervorragende Psychologische Testzentrum (Excellent Psychological Testing Center) to take three ability tests which
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Psychological Disorder Paper XXXXX XXXX Psychology 450- Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology Prof. X Psychological Disorder Paper Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as an anxiety disorder that most people acquire as a result of seeing or enduring dangerous events (National Institute of Mental Health‚ 2013). Danger comes in many forms and in most cases‚ danger that cannot be detected such as an earthquake‚ a robbery or an accident. We are all equipped with the ability
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Design of Psychological Experiment The Positive Influence of Yoga exercises on work performance in data entry professions Hypothesis Yoga exercises positively influence work performance in data entry professions. We expect that after yoga exercise participants should be able to file data faster and with higher accuracy. Method Independent Variable In this study‚ the independent variable is receiving or not receiving yoga exercise. Dependant Variable The dependant
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