Psychology module
Module One Assignment: Chapters 1 – 4
Discuss the limitations and advantages of clinical interviews.
Explain the criteria used to distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior? Identify and then provide a “real life” example which demonstrate this difference.
Discuss the common factors that are presented by your text as contributing factors to effective psychotherapy.
Provide a definition and a brief history on the development and changes in the DSM.
Discuss the history of mental health treatment. Provide a discussion of the video presentation provided in Module One.
Discuss the three cognitive therapy techniques present in your text. Which do you consider the strongest and weakest approach and explain your thinking.
Explain the role of Brain Imaging Techniques as a diagnostic tool.
Review and discuss the video provided in your course support detailing Carl Rogers. Discuss the Humanistic therapy approach to treating psychological issues with client. Describe your opinion of this therapeutic approach.
Evaluate the text debate concerning Vaccination and Autism. What is your conclusion?
Explain correlation and provide an example which demonstrates that correlation does not mean causation.
Discuss Freud’s influence on psychotherapy.
Please discuss the use of placebos in treatment research.
Please explain what is meant by Exposure Therapies. Provide a real life example of how to apply this therapeutic technique.
Discuss the Behavioral Systems approach to assessment. Discuss what you believe are the strengths and weakness of this as a diagnostic tool.
Compare and contrast the three Mental Health Professions discussed in your text.
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The advantages of clinical interviews is that they provide in depth information that can be sued in research. At the same time, they are very reliable and easy to analyze and lastly, they provide flexible and sensitive data. The disadvantages include the difficulty in offering cause and effect, the lack of honesty by the participants, the difficulty in replicating and effect on responses due to perceived interviewer bias…………………..
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