DSM-IV: Strengths and Weaknesses The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is currently the most frequently used way of standardizing and defining psychological disorders. However‚ the classification systems such as DSM have advantages and disadvantages. The major weakness of DSM is that it judges symptoms superficially and ignores other possible important factors. The major strength of DSM is that it enables categorization of psychological disorders. The first edition
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Unit 210 Support Learning Activities Outcome 1 1.1 Before Monday’s maths lesson started I met with the teacher and planned for today’s lesson. We evaluated what had happened‚ planned what we wanted to happen and then the fun bit teaching. We talked about two children who are finding maths hard. First of all we decided to move two children‚ who I noticed were copying each other’s work. In their new seats they couldn’t copy anyone‚ I then handed out the maths books and asked them to turn to the correct
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the world’s worst company twice in a row. There is no denying Comcast’s ability to make money and pull in customers but with a closer look on their internal strengths and weaknesses along with the external movement of the market environment‚ we can see what Comcast can do to maintain their competitive edge‚ and how to combat their weaknesses and threats. We chose to focus on four points of interest for each of the four categories as this does not trivialize any
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Unit 4222 – 303 Promote Quality and Inclusion in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. Outcome 1. Understand the importance of diversity‚ equality and inclusion. Diversity- Diversity can be defined (in a care environment) as a broad selection of people from different backgrounds‚ with different ideas‚ religion‚ culture‚ sexual orientation‚ ages‚ disabilities‚ ethnicity‚ gender and general beliefs. Equality- Where individuals in society are treated the same with the same
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Odysseus’ Strengths and Weaknesses The Odyssey by Homer is a metaphor for one man’s spiritual quest. Throughout the story Odysseus develops and growth. Odysseus learns how to use his brain instead of his hands. He starts to listen to the advices of different people. He also finally understands the advice given by the blind prophet Tiresias: "It is the journey‚ not the destination." At the beginning of the story Odysseus has some weaknesses that prolong his voyage back to Ithaca. His most important
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There are a number strengths and weaknesses of the IAT and some strengths that stand out is clinical situations and job positions. I chose clinical situations because I believe it would allow for much quicker doctors visit if one was sick all they would need to do when checking in is to complete the assessment on what hurts the most‚ where is it located at‚ when does it start hurting‚ and how long is the reoccurring pain. This will allow for doctors to know exactly what is going on before even seeing
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effective law making body such as parliament is elected by the people and provides an area for debate however some factors weaken parliament as a law maker‚ these include the length it takes to make legislation and ability to delegate it’s powers. A strength of parliament as a law-maker is that parliament is elected by the people is therefore responsible to address and respond too the needs of the people‚ as a result the legislative decisions that are made have been chosen based upon the needs of the
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Costco’s top three strengths include firm infrastructure‚ HRM‚ and Support Services. Costco’s major weakness is consistently low operating profit margins. Costco maintains operational effectiveness and better positioning than industry averages. Costco receives cost advantages from business (value adding) activities‚ and focuses to differentiate core competencies (skills) successfully outperforming competitor’s capabilities and achieving higher than industry averages across business activities. Costco lacks
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a. SWOT analysis Strengths Weaknesses - Two members of Alerxia staff suffer from food allergies and know firsthand the inconvenient of eating outside their home and the risk of food poisoning. - Alerxia offer services not only for people with celiac disease‚ but for people who have all kind of food allergies‚ intolerances and sensitivities. Competitors focus only on celiac disease‚ while Alerxia covers the 14 main allergens - Alerxia offers a select group of restaurants for people with food allergies
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Accordingly‚ the training and career development initiative is an internal strength and external weakness. As an internal strength‚ AFLAC values corporate knowledge and takes an active role to cultivate internal promotions. On the same notion‚ a large degree of internal promotions can be an external weakness as it limits outside experience‚ which can
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