Week 5 DQ 2 – Due Thursday‚ August 26 Please post a 200 - 300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. Discussion Question Review Ch. 10 of Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology. Choose a theoretical viewpoint based on your readings. Answer the following questions: How does your theoretical viewpoint explain the causes of substance abuse‚ and what treatments does it recommend? What are some of the strengths or weaknesses of your viewpoint? Psychodynamic theorists
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix G The DSM-IV The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however‚ the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be
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When we apply the labels ‘mental illness’ and ‘schizophrenic mental disorder to a person‚ it does not necessarily mean‚ from a legal standpoint that this person does not know right from wrong. What this term would include would be things like mental deficiencies‚ like when a person would suffer form hallucinations or other mental diseases and retardation. “In M’Naghten’s modern form‚ a defendant who pleads insanity must prove that at the time of the offense he or she was suffering from a mental
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• List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? I did not notice any securities in place. The article did mention a second layer or security that was not properly installed. The systems were out of date and TJX used an old Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system. Other companies made the switch to a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WAP) with more complex encryption. The article also states that they failed to install firewalls and data encryption on some of the
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Substance Abuse Crystal Imbornone PSY/270 June 23‚ 2015 Deborah Eastwood Substance Abuse I think that many people who are stricken with substance abuse have undergone a traumatic event that has changed their life. These events can be such things as: divorce‚ death of someone close‚ rough childhood‚ and predisposed disposition.This idea gives them the feeling of doing things that they would normally not do. Divorce is another one of those things that people go through that causes them to rethink
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Week Four Reflection This week I really focused classroom control. I focused on rewarding the students with independent time if they were focused and were making a genuine effort with their work. This was worked really well with my third period class. But‚ I am still struggling some with first period‚ however I think we are making progress. I think first period is such a struggle because of the wide range of needs and the class has a total of nine students‚ which is mass capacity. There is also a
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Nicole Jones PSY/270 Christopher Van Ness May 18‚ 2014 Psychological Disorder Analysis Patient: Marla a 42- year old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling” jumpy all the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. Interview with Marla Marla: Good morning! Me: Tell me what bring you in today? Marla: I have
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Good afternoon everyone! I hope you all did well on the midterm exam we had last week. This course has been a very interesting challenge to tackle so far‚ and the assigned readings for Week Five were no exception. We learned through the assigned chapters and article on Professor Elizabeth Loftus that memory‚ an aspect of every individual which many believe as infallible‚ is actually fallible. In fact‚ the memory of a human being can be manipulated or limited‚ either intentionally or unintentionally
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WEEK 9-FINAL ASSIGNMENT Part One • You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile‚ a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers‚ but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? As a reporter‚ ratings are very important and my job stability weighs heavily upon having good network ratings‚ therefore I must ensure that
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Week 5 checkpoint IT The credit card data theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: •List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? The thieves used several entry points to access TJX corporation systems. They accessed many TJX’s retail
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