Essays on Psychological State

1. Choose one of the following issues: depression, drug addiction, workplace fatalities, or obesity. Describe a specific way that a community that has a high number of people with that issue could help fix this issue by using methods based on each of the following: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. [6%] Primary care in general is provided by a nursing staff or a physician or an assistant. One is responsible for the maintenance of health and for treating the illness in patients or refers the patient to specialists if needed. Obesity is a growing concern in US and in ...

While Lightner Witmer has been largely credited with the conceptualization and creation of a separate field of study for school psychology (D’Amato et al., 2011), it has it’s true roots, in many ways, in the creation of the IQ test. The IQ test was pioneered by Alfred Binet who was specifically interested in the standards of the normal mind. Today, the Binet-Simon scale, first generated in 1905, is still used in schools to determine a child’s overall ability to perform certain tasks (Binet & Simon, 1905). Perhaps more significantly, however, it was significant that Binet recognized that ...

In the world, about half of marriages of 25-40-year-olds end in the collapse, and in the majority of these families have children. Influence of divorce of parents on the psychological state of children of their future life cannot be overestimated. Family is the most important thing for a child. It satisfies the basic children's psychological love, communication, security needs. From the first days of birth the baby learns how to feel, to love, to trust. The child learns the example of parents to build further relationships, perceive the good, to experience crises (Pickhardt, 2011). Therefore, destruction of the family ...

Many people think that children are being a special population. They bring happiness to their parents’ lives. With their appearance in the world, it becomes a brighter and certainly better place. The primary responsibility for children lies on parents. They are obliged “to provide the child necessary maintenance, health care, education and support” ("NRS: Chapter 125B - Obligation of Support" n.p.). As children, due to their age, are often helpless, the government is aimed at protecting the children’s rights with the help of different laws. This paper will deal with child custody laws in particular. The system of ...

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Bullying remains one of the biggest issues that restrict the educational outcome of children at school. According to research, 46% children and young individuals have been reported to be bullied at some point in life (Einarsen, 2011). While the issue receives little attention by schools and parents but its impact on life is enormous. Some of the most common kind of bullying include physical, verbal, and relational bullying. The physical may involve actions like hitting, punching, or slapping. The verbal bullying commonly occurs by name calling, while the relational bullying occurs by peers who hurt someone by ...

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Overview of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex state that is usually caused by the traumatic event or prolonged exposure to the extreme situations (APA, 2015). While people tend to react differently on traumatic events, the majority of them develop one or several symptoms that qualify for the diagnosis of PTSD. Specifically, the individuals with PTSD suffer from recurrent distressing memories about the traumatic event, repeating dreams and flashbacks involving the stressful situation, and prolonged psychological distress (APA, 2015). Moreover, patients with this disorder tend to avoid the methods of mitigating their traumatic ...

Hudes in her play “26 Miles” depicts the spontaneous road trip of young girl Olivia and her mother Beatrize to Wyoming. As Olivia lives with her father Aaron and stepmother Deborah, she does not maintain the connection with her mother. The play is about the relationship between mother and daughter, who were never close and just begin to build their trust in each other by sharing stories while driving to see the buffalo in the mountains. The protagonist of the story Olivia is a teenager, so she faces the typical problems – divorce of parents, alienation from her mother, difficulties ...

Fragments of memory: a story of a Syrian family – Theme Analysis

Hanna Minah is a renowned author in the Syrian literary world and is famous among many readers of Arab language. However, the author is not equally renowned in the international literary community, though he has 40 books published, countless editorials as well as a plethora of television scripts to his credited, and possibly, the most popular among all these works is the semi-autobiographical memoir ‘Fragments of Memory,’ which was published by Interlink Books in a translated and revised edition. Fragments of Memory, is a captivating biographical account, where the author depicts the almost unimaginable poverty that his family experienced. ...

Abstract

Accidents are an inevitable element of the air carriage industry; however, a good number of these could have been avoided given proper human resource management efforts. The task of these specialists is to recruit, to train, and to evaluate industry employees like pilots. Instead, they often overlook health issues and psychological disorders leaving the wellbeing and lives of passengers exposed to mortal threat. Owing to HR specialists’ miscalculations, pilots with insufficient qualification, those willing to ignore the guidelines of dispatchers and act carelessly received their coveted positions. The liberalization of workplace regulations did the industry an ill favor allowing individuals ...

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The society is a vigorous blend of good or evil, negative or positive and this ensures the sustenance of problems that constantly dwell within our social conservatories. Issues are a regular feature in the existence of any society which is often born due to the unfair performance of various tasks which leads to inequality in all sectors of our life. The society that we live in this era contains a huge number of problems that are in the continuous process of eruption and victimization. Many problems catch the limelight and are addressed by the authoritative individuals, while others remain hidden in the ...

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The essay titled “Transgender Discrimination” includes such parts as the expanded introduction, the main body and the conclusion. The general points of the essay are the following: the overview of the notion ‘transgender’; its characteristic features which can be reflected in several categories of transgender group; the explanation of such notions as ‘gender identity’ and ‘sexual orientation’; transgender discrimination issues; and psychological state of transgenders. The introduction reveals the notion ‘transgender’ and the peculiar features of transgender categories. The main body presents the information about transgender discrimination. Antidiscrimination laws, in the majority of states and cities of the USA, ...

Historical Roots

The adoption of the Constitution and enactment of the Bill of Rights was also the same period when death penalty became an accepted form of punishment in the United States. During such period, the correctional officers use the method of hanging the convicted criminal to carry out death sentences. This traditional method continued to be used until the mid 19th century. In the year 1890, The New York Legislature formed a commission and ordered them to discover the “most humane and practical method known to modern science of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases.” (Justia Supreme ...

Dealing with the concerns of children in between zero and three years of age can be nightmare for many families. The research indicates that there are 5 million children in this age group which suffer from infections due to frequent accidents within USA (Hodges, 2012). Considering the young age and the complete dependency of very small kids on the care givers, it is even essential that there be some sort of assistance for the families and caretakers who look after the small children. Every single child is different. While some of them get potty trained even before they ...

Self-Identity Problem The problem of self-identity is setting the terms for what principles govern the certainty that we can know a person is the same over time. We know nothing on an atomic level remains the same more than an instant. We also know that while changes in people can be slow, people are constantly changes on two different levels. On the first level people are changing psychologically. People learn things, they forget things and they abandon some beliefs to adopt others. Physical people are also always changed. I have heard it said that in something like seven years while ...

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This literature review is intended to determine the effect of infection to the disability, mobility and psychological state of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, comparing each in accordance to compliance or not of the surgical procedure to the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). Upon review however of the five available orthopedic surgical studies, there was no indication of any compliance or not to the SCIP protocol of the surgical procedures performed. The nearest mention of elements found in the protocol, such as anesthesia (SCIP-3) and postoperative blood glucose (SCIP-4) measurement, was found in Lin, Lin, Huang, Hsu, & Lin (2011). ...

The Yellow Paper is a symbolic story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It is a disheartening tale of a woman struggling to free herself from postpartum depression. This story gives an account of an emotionally and intellectual deteriorated woman who is a wife and a mother who is struggling to break free from her mental prison and find peace. The postpartum depression forced her to look for a neurologist doctor who gives a rest cure. The woman lived in a male dominated society and wanted indictment from it as she had been driven crazy by as a result of the Victorian “rest-cure.” Her husband made sure that she ...

The Patty Hearst Trial presents one of the most controversial cases that have attracted attention of many scholars. Various legal experts and other analysts have presented different views in relation to this case by evaluating circumstance that surrounded the entire trial from diverse perspectives. The case revolves around Patty Hearst, a renowned newspapers heiress who engages in various unlawful activities especially after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Hearst trial presents a rich scenario, which explores various social-economic and political issues in relation to the justice system. The trial highlights the general use of customary psychiatric defenses including the ...

Scholars mainly utilize symbols to convey and express people’s emotions in order to develop their stories or arguments. Edgar Allan strategically employs this style by utilizing physical images and spaces in portraying the feeling of various characters under different set ups. Opposing feelings may have little difference among individuals with strong personalities. For example, it is often hard to know when someone loves or hates something. The paper analyzes how Edgar Allan employs physical images and spaces of confinement in describing the psychological states of people in his scripts The Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven. ...

What is game? A game is an emulating process that comprises of different things such as skill, chance(luck), and this activity is held according to the set rules for entertaining purposes of players. Games are around us since the dawn of mankind, however, they have changed drastically over the years and nowadays, people prefer to play games online on computers, gaming stations rather than board games or outdoor activity. The influence from video games is harmful, therefore, time spent with computer should be under the control. Computer games have become part of our lives. According to ...

Introduction

In classical conditioning of behavior, acquisition results from the pairing of Conditional Stimulus (CS) like tone with the Unconditioned Stimulus (US) like shock. This is performed through several trials resulting in the capability of the CS to induce a new behavior described as Conditioned Response (CR) which is similar to the Unconditioned Response (UR). In the experiment of Sniffy Pro, CS’s available are Bell, Tone and Light.

Method

1. The experiment was run on Sniffy to receive 10 pairings of tone CS of medium-intensity coupled with shock US of medium-intensity. 2. New file is opened on the menu and “ ...

Prenatal and postpartum scenario

6 months pregnant woman The first note is to understand that both pregnancy period and maternity are greatly influence by the psychological state of the individual. These dynamic processes must be approach with a good state of mind and psychological state. This is because of the various conditions or states that could ensue. Relationship with friends and family, lifestyle and coping strategy all influence the experience. The consideration is to focus on the spirit, body, and soul. The importance of this is piece of notes is that it will guide you positively towards coping with those changes that ...