Entries by Daphne Hanson

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

Description of your client’s risk of the health condition based on the specific Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH). (30-year-old Latino man) Description of the specific SDH and related factors. (education access and equality) A description of the health condition, including etiology, clinical course, treatment, recovery and outcomes, prevention measures, and prevalence in different populations (Hypertension affecting […]

American cultural values

According to your analysis of the ads, what do the advertisements suggest being required to have a good life? What specific American values and/ or desires is the company appealing to in their advertisements, and have their appeals changed over time? If not, why might they have stayed the same over time? If so, how […]

Causes for learning disabilities

Describe the three believed causes for learning disabilities in children. Learning disorders are believed to occur because of an abnormality in the nervous system, either in the structure of the brain or in the functioning of brain chemicals. The difference in the nervous system causes the child with a learning disorder to receive, process, or communicate […]

Animal rights advocates

What is the fundamental wrong of our treatment of animals according to Regan? The fundamental wrong is the system that allows us to view animals as our resources, here for us — to be eaten, or surgically manipulated, or exploited for sport or money. Once we accept this view of animals – as our resources – […]

The development of a behavior

1. What are 3 things staff can do to contribute to the development of a behavior support plan “BPS” to manage aggressive behavior and who may be consulted regarding the development of a BSP? 2. If it is determined that the environment is having some negative impact on a clients behavior, what sort of review […]

Operant conditioning 

Jane has a gambling habit. She spends almost every day at the casino playing slot machines. She also has a group of friends she spends a lot of time with, and they frequently play slot machines at the casino together. Is gambling an example of classical conditioning? Gambling is an operant conditioning that gets fixed in the […]

Principles of instrumental conditioning

Michael has been diagnosed with prediabetes. His doctor informed him that he needs to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and one of the more immediate changes needed is losing weight. What lifestyle changes can prevent a person from moving from prediabetes to diabetes? Preventing Type 2 Diabetes If you have prediabetes, losing a small amount of weight […]

Sense of identity and personal responsibility

Explain using your own words what deindividuation is.  Describe a situation where it is likely to occur. Deindividuation is a state when you become so immersed in the norms of the group that you lose your sense of identity and personal responsibility. An individual relinquishes individual responsibility for actions and sees behavior as a consequence of […]

The concept of intergenerational trauma

Do you believe that the concept of intergenerational trauma should also apply to families in which there is no specific historic precipitant but there is a history of trauma-producing behavior within the family (e.g., substance abuse or domestic violence)? Why or why not?