Aspects of PREP and CARE

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Danielle and Sanj are attending a premarital workshop. This is a new workshop that incorporates aspects of PREP and CARE. The following dialogue is a transcript of a practice session. Sometimes Danielle and Sanj are using the skills well, and at other times they are slipping back into old patterns of miscommunication. For each sentence, identify the CARE or PREP technique that is being used, or if they are not using a PREP or CARE skill, what is the mistake that they are making? (HINT: These mistakes may have been discussed as one of the four danger signs in the prevention lecture or as negative communication skills (or four horsemen) in the communication lecture). (HINT: “speaker/listener technique” and “CARE” or “PREP” aren’t correct answers for any of the items below!)

A. Danielle: I was really upset and sad when you booked a weekend in Vegas the same time we were supposed to be celebrating an early Christmas holiday with my parents.

B. Sanj: I didn’t do it deliberately, I really thought that party with your family was the weekend after. This is totally not my fault and I can’t believe you are making this my problem

C. Danielle: It sounds like you don’t see this as your fault and you genuinely forgot.

D. At this point, the coach intervenes and suggests that Sanj might try amplification. Give an example of what Sanj might say that would be an amplification.

Discuss factors that affect intergenerational relationships

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Discuss factors that affect intergenerational relationships between older adults and their adult children. What factors support good intergenerational relationships?

(Think from the life-span perspective; briefly analyze at least six different factors)

200-300 wds

Short-Answer Question

The term “emerging adulthood” is fairly recent in the field of developmental psychology.

(1) Explain why researchers felt it necessary to add this stage of development.

(2) Describe at least two new characteristics of cognitive development during emerging adulthood compared to earlier life stages.

200-300 wds

The importance of ethics in forensic psychology

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Read the ethics complaint via the three module resource documents—an evaluation, the complaint, and the ethics board’s decision. Would you be able to identify the ethical problems? And more importantly, would you understand how to avoid committing them in the first place?

In a post to this discussion topic, answer these questions:

  • What does this case illustrate about the importance of ethics in forensic psychology?
  • What problems did this psychologist’s poor ethical thinking cause for the family involved?
  • Would you have been able to read the evaluation and spot the ethical problems? What did you catch? What did you miss? Explain.
  • What could the psychologist have done differently that would have made this an ethical evaluation?

The patriarchal perspective on relationship violence

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You have been asked to participate in a radio show about relationship violence. You know that one of the other guests is an ardent supporter of the patriarchal perspective on relationship violence.  In preparation for the show, you want to make sure you understand her perspective and the critique you will make about the patriarchal perspective.  What are two points that you will make as a critique of this model of violence?  That is, what will you say to explain why the patriarchal model is an inadequate explanation for relationship violence?

Active coping and cardiovascular disease risk factors

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A study examined lower life satisfaction, active coping and cardiovascular disease risk factors (diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and circumferences) in older African Americans over the phases of an 18-month church-based intervention, using a quasi-experimental design. Participants (n = 89) were 45 years of age and older from six churches (three treatments, three comparisons) in North Florida. Lower life satisfaction had a persistent unfavorable effect on weight variables. Active coping showed a direct beneficial effect on selected weight variables. However, active coping was adversely associated with blood pressure and did not moderate the association between lower life satisfaction and cardiovascular risk factors. The intervention had a beneficial moderating influence on the association between lower life satisfaction and weight variables and on the association between active coping and these variables. Yet, this pattern did not hold for the association between active coping and blood pressure. The relationship of lower life satisfaction and selected cardiovascular risk factors and the positive effect of active coping were established, but findings regarding blood pressure suggest further study is needed.

 

1. What are the implications of the study? Explain why this information is important. Who is it important to and why?

Physical altercations

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Susan was raised in a home where she witnessed regular physical altercations between her parents. As a result of the instability in her home and her lack of positive role models, Susan developed high attachment anxiety and serious difficulty managing her anger. These qualities indicate that Susan has a high level of _____________ risk factors for partner violence.

Group of answer choices

impelling risk factors

 

instigating risk factors

 

situational risk factors

 

relational risk factors

 

disinhibiting risk factors

 

According to the dyadic perspective (Bartholomew, Cobb, & Dutton, 2012), when is partner violence most likely to occur?

Group of answer choices

When the partners reciprocate hostile behavior leading to escalation.

 

All of the answers are correct

 

When the relationship becomes conflictual and distressed.

 

When both members of a couple bring vulnerabilities for aggression to their relationship.

 

 

When he and his wife Lijuan argue, the situation often results in Ken-Zhi berating and striking his wife. According to Ken-Zhi this is how most arguments between his parents ended while he was growing up. Based on the text, which of the following perspectives best represents Ken-Zhi’s aggression toward his partner?

Group of answer choices

Familial perspective on aggression.

 

Sociocultural perspective on aggression.

 

Interpersonal perspective on aggression.

 

Intraindividual perspective on aggression.

 

Sociopersonal perspective on aggression.

 

 

Sally and Manuel are in couple’s therapy working on conflict around Sally returning to work after maternity leave. Sally is upset about returning to work and Manuel is angry at her for being so upset. To successfully intervene, a traditional behaviour couple’s therapist would use the technique of ______________.

Group of answer choices

Behaviour exchange

 

Communication training

 

Reformulation

 

Blamer softening

 

Acceptance

 

 

 

A study examined lower life satisfaction

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A study examined lower life satisfaction, active coping, and cardiovascular disease risk factors (diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and circumferences) in older African Americans over the phases of an 18-month church-based intervention, using a quasi-experimental design. Participants (n = 89) were 45 years of age and older from six churches (three treatments, three comparisons) in North Florida. Lower life satisfaction had a persistent unfavorable effect on weight variables.

Active coping showed a direct beneficial effect on selected weight variables. However, active coping was adversely associated with blood pressure and did not moderate the association between lower life satisfaction and cardiovascular risk factors. The intervention had a beneficial moderating influence on the association between lower life satisfaction and weight variables and on the association between active coping and these variables. Yet, this pattern did not hold for the association between active coping and blood pressure. The relationship of lower life satisfaction and selected cardiovascular risk factors and the positive effect of active coping were established, but findings regarding blood pressure suggest further study is needed.

Examine and discuss the psychotherapeutic modalities

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Robert Johnson, a 55-year-old man, is married with two adult children and five grandchildren. He is the assistant president of a large bank. In the first session, he tells you that it is becoming more difficult for him to hide his homosexuality. He has kept his homosexuality a secret his entire life. He knew he preferred men when he married his wife thirty years ago, but he thought he needed to get married to hide the fact that he was gay. During his marriage, he has had affairs with many men. Because he has been very discrete, his wife and family do not suspect that he is homosexual and that he has had several affairs.

Now he is having a relationship with a man he loves and with whom he wants to grow old.  Mr. Johnson’s lover threatens to leave him if Mr. Johnson does not get a divorce and makes their relationship public. Mr. Johnson is afraid because if he makes his homosexuality public, he may lose his job and the respect of his children.

He tells you that he is worrying so much about his over leaving that he is unable to concentrate at work. Being the vice president of the bank means a lot to him. He has worked very hard and sacrificed a lot to obtain this position. He does not want to lose it.

 

1. Provide a provisional DSM 5/ICD 10 diagnosis

2. Examine and discuss the psychotherapeutic modalities you would choose to use to treat this client. Choose between Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, gestalt, behavior, cognitive behavior, choice/reality, feminist, and postmodern therapy. You may combine therapies (integrative approach), but you must justify the combination. Be sure to include a list of the specific techniques (therapeutic processes and content), not just the theory you would use for this client. Be specific in how you would treat each client.

 

The function of the prefrontal cortex in adult schizophrenia patients

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How do excessive dopamine receptors play a role in the function of the prefrontal cortex in adult schizophrenia patients affecting their working memory and executive function?

Give evidence to support from studies done on rats or humans using each working memory and executive function with reference.

Explain why replication is essential to science

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Explain why replication is essential to science. Compare and contrast two of the following types of replication that scientists use to determine whether a study is replicable: direct replication, conceptual replication, or replication-plus-extension.