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Depression VS Sadness

What are the similarities and differences between “sadness” and “depression”? How might this difference influence decisions in the clinical setting?

In what ways can distorted perception affect your decisions?

Choose one of the following from the Gestalt Laws of Organization (Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing, Perceptual Constancy, Depth Perception, or Motion Perception) In what ways can distorted perception affect your decisions?  Give a personal example of a specific incident in which distorted perception affected events.

Poverty from a Social Problem perspective

Complete a 5-7 page final paper that analyzes the future impact of your social problem (POVERTY). In this assignment, you will cover: 1.    The scope of this social problem over the last 30-50 years. (note: you will need to use historical data to articulate the scope of this problem.) 2.    An analysis of one major […]

Human Services Ethics and Interventions

For this assignment you will be reading a case scenario in your text and responding to some questions related to the impact of the environment on behavior and choices, the impact of the client-human services professional relationship, and how identifying potential ethical issues and the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Ethical Standards can help […]

Countering Age-Related Stereotypes

Many people fear and dread the late adulthood stage of life because they believe what awaits them is ill health and cognitive decline. While that description fits some adults in later life, it certainly does not describe them all. Many older adults lead healthy, active lives and are closely connected to their families and communities. […]

PSY 250 Week 2 Learning Team Deliverable

Have a team discussion and write a 250-400 word summary of the discussion focusing on these questions:   What did the team find to be the most interesting aspects of this week?   What topics would the team like to cover in more depth?   The team summary should express critical reflection of readings and […]

Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper analyzing the biological and humanistic approaches to personality. Your paper should cover the following areas: According to the humanist view how do psychological growth needs influence personality development?  Refer to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in your discussion. Describe the biological factors that influence the formation of personality. Cite appropriate evidence […]

Team Personality Traits

Locate and take a free online assessment that uses the Big Five personality factors. You may also use the one located in Chapter 8 of the text. Each team member takes an assessment to gain a better understanding of their personality traits.  To enable valid comparisons of results, each team member should take the same assessment from […]

Behavioral and Social/Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper analyzing the formation of habits using behavioral and social/cognitive approaches. Your paper should cover the following areas: Analyze one of your habits. This could be either a “good habit” or a “bad habit”. Descrube your habit and the sequence of behaviors involved in it. How did you develop this habit? […]

How does social learning theory explain our celebrity-obsessed culture? How does social learning theory explain why people want to emulate celebrities? How does this affect personality development?

How does social learning theory explain our celebrity-obsessed culture? How does social learning theory explain why people want to emulate celebrities?  How does this affect personality development?   Write a 250-400 word summary of the team discussion.  Use APA formatting and cite sources used.  Include a References page.

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