Psyc 290n week - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSYC 290N Week 1 Assignment; Checkup Health Care Investigator

Initial Post Instructions Option 1: In your readings this week, there is an extensive discussion on the physical decline that adults in their middle adulthood may likely face. What are some small steps that a 30-year- old patient can take now that can help reduce some of the negative physical consequences that they could experience at 50-years-old? Address at least 2 of the 6 listed: • Diet • Exercise • Substance use, abuse, dependence (caffeine, nicotine, THC, etc.) • Stress •...

Initial Post Instructions Option 1: It can be difficult to discuss life expectancy. This is especially true if there are issues like heart disease, cancer or other chronic illnesses. Page 519 in your text has a life expectancy chart that you can complete. After completing this chart, you can choose to discuss your results. Be sure to address the following points: • Were you surprised by your life expectancy total? • Are there things you can do to improve your total? • What do you fin...

Initial Post Instructions As a medical professional or counselor, there are times when you might encounter adolescents who are suffering from anorexia or bulimia. Come up with a patient profile including the following: • Patient's age, weight, BMI • Daily eating behaviors • Possible causes of their anorexia or bulimia As a follow-up to your initial post, your response post can propose a treatment plan. • Diet • Individual therapy • Biological therapies (medications) • F...

PSYC 290N WEEK 8 FINAL EXAM (TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of an off-time event that could have negative effects upon an individual's development? The deaths of elderly parents Being divorced at the age of 25 The death of one's spouse at the age of 30 Experiencing a life-threatening illness at the age of 60 Chapter 1, page 8 (TCO 1) The Maple Leaf Elementary School counselor, social worker, and the parents of 8-year- old Jimmy Jackson are working as a coope...

PSYC 290N Week 2 Assignment; Checkup - Making Tough Decisions

Initial Post Instructions Option 1: In our readings this week there is an extensive discussion on educating children in their early childhood years. Based on what you know about Piaget's stages of cognitive development, what type of early childhood education program would you want your child to attend? Why? Option 2: A young man was sentenced to serve 10 years for selling a small amount of marijuana when he was 15 years old. He escaped from prison six months after his sentencing and moved t...

Initial Post Instructions Coping with the grief of losing a loved one can be one of the most devastating and life-altering experiences of a person's life. As a health care professional, you will witness and experience, first-hand, the loss that your patients and their families will have to learn to cope with. Based on the textbook and what current research suggests, how can your patient's family use the dual- process model to cope with and make sense of the world? Follow-Up Post Instructio...

Initial Post Instructions Option 1: We often hear about how impressionable children and teenagers are, and how negative images in the media can influence their minds. What about individuals in early adulthood? In your readings this week you explored the topics of eating, dieting behaviors, and weight. As a medical professional, what can you do to help positively influence your patients to be body- positive while maintaining healthy eating, dieting and exercising habits? Option 2: Your text p...