Disorders and Treatment Each disorder or injury on the topic list in Week 1 Assignment 3 involves some process of brain damage or chemical alteration. When a person is diagnosed with such a disorder, the focus is to find an effective treatment. The ideal treatment for a disorder or injury would involve a medicine that […]
Barbara Maclure Personal Statement Keiser University online Barbara Maclure Ph.D. Health Sciences Personal Statement Dear Sir/Madam: I have loved working with people and having been actively engaged in working within a healthcare facility. Within healthcare facilities, I have worked with children as well as adults with various sicknesses. The goal of helping […]
What do parents do, at a fast food restaurant, to encourage desirable behaviors and discourage undesirable behaviors? Are the principles of operant conditioning being used? You are to visit any fast food restaurant (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, etc) and observe how parents use the principles of operant conditioning, where they misuse them, and […]
Choosing what area of biological psychology begins with examining the following areas related to the course competencies. Choose 3 areas from the list below. One thing to remember this is a course on psychology so the r esearch should relate to biological psychology and less on purely the medical issues related to the disorders and conditions that […]
As we age, our sensory abilities change in predictable ways. Unfortunately, during our geriatric years, much of the change in sensation is associated with a decrement or loss in ability. With old age, our senses become less acute, and we have trouble discriminating between subtle differences and sensing details. For example, our sense of smell […]
Have you ever thought about why people sleep or what purpose sleep serves? This is something that many have wondered for years. Studying what happens when the average person sleeps, how long that person sleeps, and how he or she feels after sleep has taught us a great deal about sleep. Case studies of individuals […]
Research scientists postulate that we imagine ourselves acting out or mirroring movements that we see. This ability seems to be genetic or hardwired since infants can imitate the movements of others. It is possible that mirroring actions is adaptive and may play a role in learning how to do things, and it may facilitate social […]
The following table lists some of the criticisms of projective personality tests along with rebuttals of those criticisms: to view the table “look at attachment” Referring to the above table, answer the following questions: Explain which side seems to be more convincing and why? Would you use projective tests? Why or why not? One problem […]
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions – but not their own facts.” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, cited in Vanity Fair, 2010, para. 2) We form opinions – and make our judgments – based on facts we observe and values we hold. Our judgments are also influenced by the opinions of others. In the section “An […]
Issues: Nursing homes – Inadequate staffing and mandatory overtime · 1. Why is nurse’s workload so heavy? · 2. Are good mandatory nurses after working five days straight? · 3. Does patients get healthcare, if nurses are mandatory overtime and the lack of adequate nurse staffing can result in longer lengths of stay, patient dissatisfaction, […]
