Discuss what you feel is relevant and helpful, what you see as it’s limitations or risks, and how you would rate this approach in relation to strengths-based and culturally sensitive and trauma-informed practice.

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Write a 3-page (not counting title and reference pages) APA-style essay that includes the following:

  • An explanation of object relations theory that presents the major beliefs and assumptions as well as core principles and components of this approach. Include how this perspective explains human psychological development and key interventions/approaches used by therapists employing this approach. (Approximately ¾-page)
  • Discussion of how a therapist working from an object relations perspective would assess and view the issues and goals your client is struggling with and how the therapist would approach therapy within a relational framework. (Approximately 1-page)
  • A sample dialogue from an object relational focused session between you as the therapist and your client. Introduce this section of your essay by explaining what stage of treatment the client is in at this point and whether this is the beginning, middle, or end of this particular session. (Approximately ¾-page)
  • Concluding paragraph that summarizes your critical assessment of object relations as a theory of human psychological development and basis for treatment. Discuss what you feel is relevant and helpful, what you see as it’s limitations or risks, and how you would rate this approach in relation to strengths-based and culturally sensitive and trauma-informed practice.

Explain the difference between leaders and managers, as well as the influence and power they may have on the success of this program.

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Based on the CRM work you have done throughout this course, you are now called on to act as a consultant to apply your knowledge to other industries that have an existing CRM program that would be beneficial to employees and organizations to reduce human error and improve employee efficiency.

Select one agency that employs a CRM program. 

              Mundane Nursing Unit

Research how this agency employed a CRM program in a similar or different way than was identified in the aviation article from Week 2.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you provide evidence of how this CRM program was implemented. Include the following in your response:

  • Distinguish between various team concepts as they relate to performance during and after this training program.
  • Explain the difference between leaders and managers, as well as the influence and power they may have on the success of this program.
  • Evaluate at least two theories of leadership and the role that leaders utilizing these theories play in facilitating this program.
  • Analyze the general effects on the organization that may result from this program, referencing the concepts of organizational development and various organizational theories.

I am so grateful I live in this more modern era, aren’t you?

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Good Morning Esteemed Colleagues and Dr. Shoemaker,

This morning, in our final post together, I will be sharing some insights on the history of personality theory. While I refer to the historical sections of the Lecci & Magnavita (2013) text and to the Lombardo & Foschi (2003) article, I will explore the connection between historical and modern personality theory. I will then identify if I see any patterns emerging. I will support this post with specific examples to support my claims.

To begin, I would like to set the stage for the history of personality theory. As Lombardo and Foschi (2003)suggest, the historical roots of personality theory can be traced back neatly 100 years ago with Allport’s publication of Personality: A Psychological Interpretation. Within this publication was the start of understanding that personality was made up of traits, and each individual expressed various traits and to various degrees. In other words, each individual had a unique personality profile made up of their unique combination of traits.

Since those years, some patterns have emerged. First, traits were expanded to include non-cognitive traits such as temperament or disposition. In other words, our understanding of personality is really a combination of several cognitive and non-cognitive functions that drive behavior. Second, as Lombardo and Foschi (2003) describe, personality is actually a stratification of planes, in that each level contributes to the personality as a whole. In many examples of the personality theorist studied in this class, most have suggested the “strata” or levels of behavior. A third pattern is that personality theories typically start at the individual level, and then advance to the environment. In other words, personality theorists start with identifying the behaviors or traits of the individual as a first step, and then may or may not examine the sociocultural influences on the individual. Finally, from a personal perspective, I am at a loss at the dearth of true scientific studies to support several of the personality theories presented. In nearly all (or maybe all) the personality theories I researched throughout this class, one of the consistent drawbacks to these theories was the lack of empirical evidence to support the theory.

REFERENCES

Lecci, L.B. & Magnavita, J.J. (2013). Personality Theories: A Scientific Approach. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

Lombardo, G.P, & Foschi, R. (2003).  The concept of personality in 19th-century French and 20th-century American psychology. History of Psychology 6(2), 123-142. (EBSCOhost PsycArticles AN: 2003-03729-003).

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————————————————————————————————-CLASSMATE #2-Kaitlyn P.

One of the incredible things about the field of Psychology is that it is always changing and adapting to the modern times and society. It is fascinating to read past writings on how psychologists thought the brain functioned or how they attempted to reduce mental illness symptoms. Many of their methods and research has changed due to the increases technical advances in our modern society. Doctors and psychologists can now access images of one’s brain to help determine various irregularities that could lead to behavior change. I have a cousin with down syndrome who was always described as very calm and friendly. Randomly one day her behavior became very aggressive. Doctors and behavior specialists were able to assess her and do brain scans to determine, she had a tumor that they believed was causing the behavior changes. Since she was not able to communicate her pain she was feeling, her behaviors began to develop. If this had occurred in the 1940s, they would not have had the technology and proper understanding of behavior to be able to provide her with the assistance she needed. I am so grateful I live in this more modern era, aren’t you?

   One can also assess the medication we have in our modern times compared to the medication that was used in previous decades. In our times now, some can argue that medication is not always needed thanks to intense behavior intervention.

Lecci, L.B. & Magnavita, J.J. (2013). Personality Theories: A Scientific Approach. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

Lombardo, G.P, & Foschi, R. (2003). The concept of personality in 19th-century French and 20th-century American psychology. History of Psychology 6(2), 123-142.

Review What is an Essay?

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Illustrative/Example Essay (Draft) Assignment Instructions

For this assignment, you will work through the prewriting and drafting stages of your writing process in an illustration/example essay.

Illustration/Example Essay Prompt

Choose one of the following statements and agree or disagree with it in an essay developed by using multiple and extended examples.  The statement you decide on should concern a topic you care about so that the examples are a means of communicating an idea; not an end in themselves.

Family

1. In happy families, talk is the main activity.

2. Grandparents relate more closely to grandchildren than to their children.

3. Sooner or later, children take on the personalities of their parents.

Behavior and Personality

1. Rudeness is on the rise.

2. Gestures and facial expressions often communicate what words cannot say.

3. Our natural surroundings when we are growing up contribute to our happiness or unhappiness as adults.

Education

1. The best courses are the difficult ones.

2. Students at schools with enforced dress codes behave better than students at schools without such codes.

Politics and Social Issues

1. Drug and alcohol addiction does not happen just to “bad” people.

Media and Culture

1. The Internet divides people instead of connecting them.

2. Good art can be ugly.

3. A craze or fad reveals something about the culture it arises in.

4. The best rock musicians treat social and political issues in their songs.

Rules for Living

1. Lying may be justified by the circumstances.

2. Friends are people you can’t always trust.

Writing Your Illustration/Example Essay

Prewriting

To get started writing your essay:

1. Review What is an Essay?

2. Take time to review possible subjects

3. Use prewriting to help you narrow your topic to one experience.

Drafting

When drafting your essay:

1. Develop an enticing title.

2. Use the introduction to pull the reader into your singular experience by introducing the problematic situation.

3. Avoid addressing the assignment directly. (Don’t write, “I am going to write about my most significant experience”—this takes the fun out of reading the work!)

4. Think of things said at the moment this experience started for you—perhaps use a quote, or an interesting part of the experience that will grab the reader.

5. Let the essay reflect your own voice. (Is your voice serious? Humorous? Matter-of-fact?)

6. Try to organize the essay in a way that may capture the reader by mixing multiple and extended examples, but don’t string the reader along too much with “next, next, next.”

7. To avoid just telling what happens. SHOW your reader what happened describing vivid examples and incorporating testimony. Make sure you take time to reflect on why this experience is significant.

Assignment Instructions

1. Review the grading rubric as listed on the following page.

2. Choose a writing prompt as listed above page.

3. Create a prewriting in the style of your choice for the prompt. Review the prewriting videos on the My Writing Process: Prewriting and Draft page if needed.

4. Create an outline and post it in the dropbox for feedback.

5. Develop a draft essay according to the following formatting guidelines: (Papers submitted that do not meet these formatting requirements will be returned to you ungraded)

6. Minimum of 3 typed, double-spaced pages (about 600–750 words), Times New Roman, 12 pt font size

7. MLA formatting (see the MLA Format page as needed)

8. Submitted as either a .doc, .docx, .rtf file with your first and last name in the file name.

9. Submit your prewriting and draft as a single file upload in the discussion forum for the purposes of peer review.

Requirements

Be sure to:

· Agree or disagree with the prompt statement by using multiple and extended examples

· Decide on something you care about so that the narration is a means of communicating an idea

· Develop an enticing title

· Use the introduction to establish the situation the essay will address

· Avoid addressing the assignment directly. (Don’t write “I am going to write about…” – this takes the fun out of reading the work!)

· Let the essay reflect your own voice (Is your voice serious? Humorous? Matter-of-fact?)

· Avoid “telling” your reader about what happened. Instead, “show” what happens using active verbs and/or concrete and descriptive nouns.

Note: If you developed your prewriting by hand on paper, scan or take a picture of your prewriting, load the image onto your computer, and then insert the image on a separate page after yo 

Illustration/Example

To  illustrate means to show or demonstrate something clearly. An effective  illustration essay clearly demonstrates and supports a point through  the use of examples and/or evidence. Ultimately, you want the evidence  to help the reader “see” your point, as one would see a good  illustration in a magazine or on a website. The stronger your evidence  is, the more clearly the reader will consider your point.

This is the reading material for Illustrative/Example Essays. Make sure you read the essays within the lesson below.

Describe the health behavior/issue and how it is specifically related to your population (e.g. cigarette smoking and neuropathy in diabetic patients).

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The health issue is Suicide among cancer patients   

1- Describe the health behavior/issue and how it is specifically related to your population (e.g. cigarette smoking and neuropathy in diabetic patients).

2- Segment your population audience.

3- Identify and analyze existing methods and strategies of preventive communication for the chosen health behavior/practice. 

Use reliable sources as peer reviewed journals and trusted professional websites.  

Why am I sending you to the Miami Dade College databases?

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Purpose of this Discussion: To help prepare you to integrate research into your paper, and to access the Library Databases to find acceptable critical, peer-reviewed sources and credit the sources correctly within your text. 

Read: “How to Access Miami Dade Databases” in your Module 3 Resources folder. Another site to find what you need is Google Scholar, but too often access to those articles require payment. Do not use plain Google. The Miami Dade Databases is your best source. Contact a reference librarian at one of the campuses if you are having trouble logging on. Wolfson Campus library telephone number: 305-237-3144

Find Two Articles: In the Library Databases find two articles, one concerning Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee and one concerning apartheid or South African history.

Prompt: 1. Write a few sentences or a paragraph, integrating a quote, paraphrase, or summary from either of the articles. 2. Document your paragraph with either a signal phrase or a parenthetical in-text citation. 

  • Example of a signal phrase:  “According to Joe Doe, from Liberal Arts University…”  If it is from a print source, add the page number in parentheses. Web sources require no page number. When the author’s name is not mentioned in the paragraph’s signal phrase, add it in parentheses, as in the following example: Example of an in-text citation:  (Coetzee 102). Your MLA Resources folder also has information and a sample paper.

M1: How to Access the Miami Dade College M1: How to Access the Miami Dade CollegeDatabasesDatabases

How fo access the Miami dade College Database:

Why am I sending you to the Miami Dade College databases?  Because Googling your topic will take you to too many unacceptable sources.  Most of what’s in the Miami Dade Database will be acceptable. If you don’t feel you’ve found what you were looking for in the MDC site, you may try Google Scholar or any other university library databases, but you may find those require a fee.

Make sure to read the page titled “Evaluating Sources” and/or the section on “Evaluating Sources” under the Research tab, pg. 416 of Rules for Writers, 8th Edition. Those will keep you from choosing wrong sources, no matter where you find the articles and sources that you want to use.

How to access the Miami Dade College database: Begin by going to the Miami Dade College home page menu on the left > Libraries > Databases A to Z.

Or go directly to this link:  www.mdc.edu/learning-resources/libraries/     

Anyone with an Internet connection can search for library materials online. You must connect to the databases by using your valid Borrower ID and PIN which is your MDC student or employee number. Your Borrower ID is your MDC student/employee number, and your PIN (unless you change it) is the last 4 digits of your MDC student/employee number.

How does Descartes satisfy himself of his own existence?

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Please DO NOT cite or right a long paper for this. 

You can type the answer right under each question. 

The attachment is where you can find the answers.

 1.  Descartes proposes four rules to be followed in any investigation of an issue or problem. What are they?

2.  Descartes also offers three or four moral principles to be followed while pursuing ultimate questions. What are they?

3.  How does Descartes satisfy himself of his own existence? That of God? Of the universe?

4.  To what extent may life – human and animal – be regarded as mechanical, and how does this machinery function?

And how might we try to evaluate whether an animal possesses the ability to imagine that which is not present?

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Aristotle discusses the faculties supposedly possessed by the souls/minds of various types of animal. In particular, he posits that all animals possess sensory abilities, though not all possess every possible sense. In addition, he suggests that some “higher” animals possess imagination. Aristotle, of course, comes at the very beginning of the scientific study of the world, and today’s evidentiary standards are much higher. How might we evaluate the sensory abilities of animals, given that they cannot tell us whether they can or cannot make a particular perceptual distinction? And how might we try to evaluate whether an animal possesses the ability to imagine that which is not present?

Again, please do not cite. Use the attachment to answer the questions. Please do not write a paper. All I need is 250 words. 

What do you think are the similarities and differences between this job posting and those you have seen?

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Assignment 1: Discussion Question

By the due date assigned, respond to the discussion question. Submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions, and continue the discussion through the end of the module.

Discussion Question

You are a job applicant interested in the position of Marketing Manager at Jay Marketing. Following is a description of the required profile:

Primary Responsibilities of the Marketing Manager:

Research and implement effective marketing strategies and best practices.

Act as a liaison between clients and Jay Marketing. 

Interact with brand managers to ensure a consistent brand experience.

Utilize market research metrics as a measure of successful ad placement.

Oversee market research and focus groups. 

Select and partner with various brands to conduct marketing tie-ins.

Take a proactive approach to problem-solving, and provide leadership in resolving issues within the marketing department. 

An Ideal Candidate:

Education Level: BA/BS in marketing or a related field required; MA/MS in marketing or a related field preferred

Experience in marketing required, leadership experience a plus

Exceptional consulting and account management skills required

Statistical knowledge preferred

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

Exceptional organizational skills

Exemplifies the values of Jay Marketing

You apply for the job and are asked to appear for an interview.

Which aspects of the above job description do you think may have resulted from job-oriented job analysis techniques?

Which aspects of the job description do you think were products of worker-oriented job analysis techniques?

After this position is filled, in what ways will the job analysis that led to this job description continue to be useful?

Will the company need to conduct another job analysis for this position in the future? Why or why not?

What do you think are the similarities and differences between this job posting and those you have seen? Use specific examples of other job postings in your response.

Describe how environment and experience might impact gene expression

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Epigenetic influences mean that genetic expression can only be fully understood in the context of environment. Likewise, environmental influences may be quite different, depending on the particular genes that are present.  The intertwined effects of experience and gene expression have implications far beyond the theoretical questions of how cells in the developing brain interact with one another.  As society approaches the era when anyone might be able to have their entire genome decoded for a modest price, and scientists learn more about which genetic variants can increase or decrease the risk of mental health disorders, there is a greater need for understanding how genes can impact the human mind.

Examine the relationship between environment and gene expression, and consider ethical implications of genetic screening for medical and psychological disorders.

With these thoughts in mind:

Describe how environment and experience might impact gene expression. Explain why possessing a gene making one vulnerable to disease does not necessarily result in developing the disease. Finally, describe two ethical considerations when using genetic screening for medical and psychological disorders. 

APA Format 

Plagiarism free

300 words