Running head: SCHOLARLY ARTICLE CRITIQUE Jennifer P. McCord Scholarly Article Critique Grand Canyon University Scholarly Article Critique The problem as stated appeared to be of profound significance for determining how to best benefit children with cleft type who have a learning disability in reading. While this may be true‚ the study resonates that there are signs of inconclusiveness. To specifically address shortcomings to the study‚ however‚ the stated problem was not clearly
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High School Graduate Dates Examined : November 28‚ 2012 November 29‚ 2012 November 30‚ 2012 Purpose for Evaluation For Psychological Evaluation Assessment Procedures Clinical Interview Purdue Non-language Test Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test Draw a Person Test Sach’s Sentence Completion Test Thematic Apperception Test Interview and Behaviour Observation Subject is seen as a brown-complexioned adult male‚ about 5’6 ft. tall with ectomorph body type and semi bald
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Analysis of “The Fender-Bender” Ramon “TIANGUIS” Perez’s “The Fender-Bender” provides some insight on the thought process of being an illegal alien. In this essay Mr. Perez is expressing to the reader that even a small accident could cause huge problems. One such problem could be the possibility of being sent back to his native country. “Without immigration papers‚ without a driving permit‚ and having hit another car. I feel as if I’m one step away from Mexico”. (Pg.79) Mr. Perez uses “Narration”
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Reliability is general rather than specific But validity is not general but specific. Reliability is necessary for validity because a test with score which fluctuates very much does not test anything. For example if a test of pronunciation measures pronunciation it is a valid test‚ instead of measures grammar and vocabulary. The test yields dependable scores that is if the scores do not fluctuate very much the test is reliable. means the scores obtained by a student will be close to the score she
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Gestalt therapy is a therapeutic approach in psychology that helped foster the humanistic theories of the 1950s and 1960s and that was‚ in turn‚ influenced by them. In Gestalt philosophy‚ the patient is seen as having better insight into himself or herself than the therapist does. Thus‚ the therapist guides the person on a self-directed path to awareness and refrains from interpreting the patient’s behaviors. Awareness comprises recognition of one’s responsibility for choices‚ self-knowledge‚ and
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Since being discovered‚ gestalt psychology has made significant contributions to the study of perception‚ learning and social psychology. It is a school of thought that looks at the human mind and behaviour as a whole. Here I will briefly discuss the origins‚ the main principles of perceptual organization and how gestalt psychology is still contributing to the practice of psychology today. Gestalt psychology as defined by the Encarta Dictionary: English (U.K.)‚ a branch of psychology that treats
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Koffka (2013)‚ enumerates that Gestalt is an arranged entity that is full and professed as having increased to a level that is beyond its total outcome. On the other hand‚ Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological existential notion that was introduced by Frederick and Laura Perls back then in the 1940s (Koffka‚ 2013). The purpose of the therapy is to enumerate to the user strategies of know-how based on assumptions‚ feeling and distinguished from interpreting preexisting outlooks. The purpose of the
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Alexandra Kölcze The Gestalt Principles 1. This image proves more than one of Gestalt’s principals. The first principal I see when I look at this photograph is proximity as the white lines are very close to each other. The second principal is figure and ground as the object is white and the background is blue which determines the ground. The third principal seen in this image is similarity because the shape and lines in this image are similar. The fourth principal that can be distinguished
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level for math computation. His word reading skills and spelling skills are at a kindergarten level. Trey’s sentence comprehension is at a less than kindergarten level. BENDER VISUAL-MOTOR GESTALT TEST is a psychodiagnostic device designed to assess organic and functional problems. Trey completed The Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test. The Koppitz assessment method was used for scoring this test. Trey had 10 years of this test‚ placing him at an age equivalency of. 5.6 to 5.8 years. His current
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Gestalt Psychology Reflection Psy/310 August 26‚ 2014 At almost the same time the behaviorist revolution was gathering strength in the United States‚ the Gestalt revolution was taking hold of German psychology. Gestalt theories followed the basic principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The main founders of Gestalt Psychology are Max Wertheimer‚ Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler. Max Wertheimer‚ Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler worked in establishing theories of Gestalt
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