Running head: Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender: Psychoanalytical‚ Freudian‚ and Humanistic Theories Dashunda Washington Regent University October 6‚ 2013 Running head: Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender Abstract Freud’s Psychoanalytical theory and approach‚ and the Humanistic theory involve countless hypotheses regarding the human personality and functions and processes
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is important to determine what each of these social processes mean‚ in order to understand which psychological factors are involved. Conformity is a behavioural change in response to social pressure‚ either real or imagined. Compliance is a behaviour change in response to an explicit request to perform an action. Obedience is a behaviour change in response to a demand or order to carry out an action. Each of these processes are undertaken due to different psychological pressures being put on the
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Psychological Disorder Analysis This psychological analysis is about Maria a 42 year old Hispanic female who comes into the mental health clinic complaining of feeling jumpy all of the time‚ she has trouble sleeping and is enable to concentrate on her work as an accountant. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work. There can be many causes for her symptoms but to get to the root of her issue a clinical assessment‚ diagnoses‚ and proper treatment for
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1.) Abnormal Observable Behaviors? In this case‚ Maria is showing severe symptoms of mania. While the person is asking her questions‚ she is answering them with rushed speech and she is stuttering as well. Not only is her speech affected‚ but also she is fidgeting a great deal throughout the video‚ which is known as hyperactivity. 2.) Abnormal Emotional States? Throughout the interview Maria’s mood is elated. She has inflated self-esteem. She has an attitude that she can do anything. She is talking
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send forth the best ye breed -“Rudyard Kipling mockingly wrote in 1899‚ he was describing the aggressive European imperialism that took place in the 1880’s. In 1884 Africa was divided up among European nations‚ only two African countries remained independent. One may question‚ what the driving force behind this European imperialism was. Although technology‚ political and cultural causes were factors in the Europeans imperializing Africa‚ ultimately the primary reason for imperialism was economic
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into a fit of hallucinations at any time and for any reason that can possibly relate to an event in his past. Something as small as the color of an object being the same as one that could be observed in a past event can trigger these. Joshua also suffers from another psychological issue where he sets unrealistic goals and regardless of if he met them or not‚ he will live as though he did. Often his hallucinations will include reliving the moment when he first made plans to carry out these life goals
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Relapse Factors and Warning Signs Relapse is usually caused by a combinations of factors. Some possible factors and warning signs might be: * Stopping medications on one’s own or against the advice of medical professionals * Hanging around old drinking haunts and drug using friends – slippery places * Isolating – not attending meetings – not using the telephone for support * Keeping alcohol‚ drugs‚ and paraphernalia around the house for any reason * Obsessive thinking about using
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similarities and differences in the buying behaviour of young and middle-aged women when purchasing facial skin care products. The objective is to study what kinds of factors affect the buying behaviour of both young (20 to 35 years old) and middle-aged (40 to 60 years old) women and then compare the findings from both groups. Furthermore‚ the aim is to discover what kind of attitudes Finnish women have towards facial skin care products containing natural ingredients. The objective is to also study the extent
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Material Psychological Disorders Etiology of Psychological Disorders Describe the following perspectives on the etiology of psychological disorders: Perspective Description of Perspective Biological Perspective Born with the disorder because of a person’s genes. Learning Perspective This is a behavior that is learnt through time. Cognitive Factors The way a person thinks controls the disorder. Diathesis-Stress Model Brought on by a life event. Personality Factors Verbal abuse
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civilized state. Crime therefore resulted not from what criminals had in common with others in society‚ but from their distinctive physical or mental defects. The positivists understood themselves as scientists and were concerned with scientifically identifying the causes of criminal behavior in individual offenders. Biological Factors in Crime Not many want to believe there is any such thing as a "bad seed;" that heredity can make criminal behavior unavoidable and inevitable for some individuals
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