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Biopsychosocial Factors -Social -Psychological -Biological Moral Reasoning Thinking about what is right and wrong Normative Ethics Right and wrong are found in individual's behavior, standards governing the conduct of a person or profession Ethical Relativism No absolutes, no moral right and wrong -right and wrong are are based on social norms Bioethics A subset of normative ethics, applied and professional ethics

Ethical Theories 1. Utilitarianism 2. Deontological 3. Natural Law Utilitarianism -Look at outcomes -These acts will produce the greatest goof for the greatest amount of people Deontological -Rightness judged with moral principle or rule (religion or morals 99% of the time fall into Deontological) -Follow the principle/rule you want everyone else to follow -act in such a way that your actions could become the universal standard Natural Law -Let nature take its course; do not intervene

Good ethical decisions mustmaximize all positions, minimize negative side effects, and respect values of victims, societies, and institutions Robert Donnell (Disasters)Believes doctors must apply moral absolutes and must never administer fatal doses of medication Physicians should draw a bright line that will prohibit them from even taking action resulting in death of a person. Mary Faith Marshall (Disasters)Believes there is no moral absolute, but a gray area where there is no clear ...

4 D's1. deviance 2. distress 3. dysfunction 4. danger deviance (limitation)"normal" varies by person, time, place, and culture; depends on specific circumstances distress (limitation)behavior, ideas, or emotions usually have to cause distress before they can be labeled as abnormal dysfunction (limitation)doesn't necessarily interfere with daily functioning to be abnormal

SuicideSelf-inflicted death in which the person acts intentionally, directly, and consciously ParasuicideA suicide attempt that does not result in death Subintentional Deatha death in which the victim plays an indirect, hidden, partial, or unconscious role (drinking, drugs, promiscuity, fighting) Death Seekersclearly intend to end their lives at the time they attempt suicide Death Initiatorsclearly intend to end their lives but they act out of a belief that the process of death is alre...

In the United States, approximately ______ of people with mental health disorders receive clinical treatment?45% Which statement BEST defines the goal of clinical treatment?It changes abnormal behavior to normal behavior How did Hippocrates attempt to treat mental illness?Addressing underlying physical pathology Eight new cases of depression were diagnosed in a large city in the South this week. The number eight refers to the ______ of depression in this community.Incidence A less th...

Child Development - A field devoted to understanding constancy and change from conception through adolescence. Developmental Psychology - A larger discipline that includes child development, the study of consistencies and changes experienced throughout one's lifetime. Physical Development - Changes in body size, proportion, appearance, functioning of body system, perpetual and motor capacities, and physical health. Cognitive Development - Changes in intellectual abilities, including at...

Animism - Giving life-like qualities to inanimate objects, e.g. saying bold table or my teddy is sick Egocentrism - Inability to see something from another's perspective Object Permanence (Piaget) - the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived Assimilation - When we take in new information - through the feel of something, sounds, sights, smells Disequilibrium - Discomfort which causes us to rethink the idea we have assimilated Piaget's stages of cognitive deve...

time away - an area or time where a child can calm down literacy - the ability to read and write recessive genes - weaker genes, need 2 to pass on characteristic fetus - developing baby after 8th week until delivery Heredity - Passing of traits from parents to offspring child development - the scientific study of development from birth through adolescence social development - self-expression, get along and interact with others, being able to relate with others

shifting baselines what people expect as "normal" on the planet has changed over time What two things do most human activities have in common? 1) They require the consumption of resources, and 2) the creation of waste What underpins most of our waste production? energy What is the major challenge of the century? The need to find energy sources that are both clean and sustainable sustainability meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to ...