APRIL’S PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT Referral April was not a referral client; rather she did her own research after feeling unsupported by her previous therapist. She found this practice on the Pratt Institute listserv as she was looking for a psychologist close to school. According to April‚ she received a diagnosis of stage three Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma five weeks ago and had not told anyone close to her. She wanted to talk to someone “objective” to figure out what steps to take next. Client
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Psychodynamic theory‚ in regards to working with a diverse population‚ has a various amount of strengths. The first being that analytic theory can be extremely effective when altered and adapted to the standards of the culture in which the counselor practices. Counselors can help their clients delve into the environmental situations‚ such as a kind of abuse‚ that have caused major turning points in the client’s life. This divulging of‚ or exposure to‚ these environmental situations allows the client
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Week 7: Part 1 (200 words): What are the strengths and weaknesses of conflict perspective on crime? Max Weber was the foundational theorist of conflict theory (White‚ Haines and Asquith‚ 2012). Conflict theory proposes that due to the competition for minimal resources‚ society is in a state of continual conflict (White‚ Haines and Asquith‚ 2012). It argues that instead of society being dominated by consensus and conformity‚ social order is in fact sustained by domination and power (White‚ Haines
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two‚ civil rights workers‚ and American Indians. It was these studies which led Erikson to believe that Freud misjudged some important dimensions of human development. Throughout this essay‚ Erikson’s psychosocial model will be explored‚ discussed and evaluated interms of it’s concepts‚ theories and assumptions. The theoretical underpinning will be discussed with reference to the nature versus nurture debate and also the continuity versus discontinuity argument. It will then be shown how Erikson
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The social comparison theory was initially proposed by Leon Festinger in 1954. This theory states how we tend to compare ourselves to others as we develop‚ and learn more about ourselves. Festinger stated that‚ “Social comparison theory proposes that people have a drive to evaluate their progress and standing on various aspects of their lives and‚ in the absence of objective standards‚ people compare themselves to others to know where they stand” (Fardouly‚ Diedrichs‚ Vartanian‚ Halliwell‚ 2015)
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A. 5 Cognitive and Psychosocial Theories “About Schmidt” was an excellent‚ eye-opening kind of movie. I watched the movie one night‚ and then I decided to research the movie. Warren Schmidt is forced to deal with a random future as he enters retirement. Soon after‚ his wife passes away and he must come to terms with his daughter’s marriage to a man he does not care for and the failure that his life has become. At his retirement party‚ another gentlemen states that Warren as devoted his life
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Life and Leadership of George S. Patton Over the years there have been a number of military men who have led this nation on the front lines‚ but when these men come to mind‚ none stand out quite like General George S. Patton. General Patton was a United States Military officer who was best recognized for his leadership during the Second World War. Patton came from a long line of military leaders‚ which is no surprise as to why he became interested in the military. At an early age‚ George Patton
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are several theories of criminal behavior and each of these theories have its own strengths and weakness. For instance‚ the strengths of psychological theory are they focused on the effects that childhood experience have on the developing personality‚ it takes both nature and nurture into account‚ this area has worked with other areas of psychology to produce the following: social learning theory‚ social cognition and artificial intelligence. But‚ the weakness of psychological theory is that it is
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Strengths Implications 1. Highly Skilled Managers The operation of the company will run smoothly. The performance of the company will improve and would lead the company to be successful. 2. Provide global customer support It would serve the customers better and it would be very convenient to those customers in other countries to ask for help. This would help the company to gain a better image due to the provided services to help the customers. 3. Outsourcing It can save time for the company to
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Loose/Strict Constructionist DBQ By both definition and widespread perception the Jeffersonian-Republicans were strict constructionists‚ meaning they closely followed the framework of the Constitution. On the other hand‚ the belief was that Federalists‚ who thought the Constitution was open for interpretation‚ were loose constructionists. Although both the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Democratic-Republicans) mainly supported these theories‚ they‚ like other politicians of
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