Essays on American Psychological Association

The transitional phase between childhood and adulthood is a stage in human development and growth commonly described as adolescence. This stage begins at the age of around 11 to 13 years with the start of puberty which means the development of the reproductive processes. In the United States, adolescence is defined as the age span of 10 to 24 years (Edelman, Mandle & Kudzma, 2014). Unlike childhood stages where growth is slow and steady, adolescence is a period characterized by rapid changes in cognitive, physical, psychosocial, moral and spiritual growth as the shift from childhood to young adulthood takes place. ...

The word “Stress” raises the alarm in the mind of a normal human being as soon as it is mentioned. However, stress may sometimes be good for the human being if tackled correctly. If the stress level is within the comfort zone of a person, it may even be constructive and help him focus on the job more. It is when the stress exceeds the bounds of the comfort zone that it becomes disturbing (Helpguide.org, n.d.). Workplace stress is one of the most common types of stress known to the humankind. Induced by events such as economic and financial ...

I interviewed A.J, a nurse manager, about her views on the creation of appropriate executive summaries for QI initiatives. The following is a reflection of this discussion as a follow-up to my QI project on CRE infection prevention. Overall, A.J looks for the purpose statement, analytical methods, findings, inferences, and recommendations in an executive summary. She suggested that it should be a Word document or not exceeding 250 words, written in APA format. Further, the author should always use in-text citations, where necessary, to avoid instances of plagiarism. Now, A.J noted that she always uses four dimensions to evaluate ...

Introduction

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common disorders emerging at early stages of the child’s development. ADHD might have both short-term negative effects on the child’s development and long-term implications for functioning in adolescence and adulthood. The symptoms of the disorder might develop already in early childhood and persist throughout childhood, adolescence and adulthood; the impact of these symptoms might impair the person’s abilities in social, educational and vocational domains (Redmond 133).

Overview of the disorder

Differences between ADD and ADHD There are many misconceptions about symptoms and categorization of ADHD with many people being confused ...

Behavioral interventions can be grouped as either antecedent-based interventions (ABI) or consequence-based interventions (CBI). CBI is a group of practices in which the problem behaviors are addressed by manipulating the reinforcement or punishment stimuli following an observed behavior, whereas ABI refers to a group of behavioral interventions that are concerned with the modification of environmental factors that are believed to precede problem behaviors (Tullis, Cannella-Malone, & Payne, 2015). Therefore, ABI strategies are implemented before the problem behavior occurs, so their unique quality is the possibility of problem behavior prevention, which makes the behavioral change easier to maintain compared to results ...

As a mental health worker, working with refugee children is a very critical assignment that requires careful considerations before taking up the task. In this case, the children have been relocated from a refugee camp in central Nigeria to live in my city with some foster families. The children include boys and girls, increasing the need to be sensitive in dealing with both genders. Coming from poor living conditions in the Nigerian refugee camps, the children have been exposed to food scarcity, brutal violence, diseases, and sexual assault. They have undergone traumatizing experiences such as seeing their families murdered ...

There are various guidelines in the United States of America that decide how tests may be used in legal cases. The three main systems are statutory, case law, and the one that corresponds to the American Psychological Association. Even though these three have the same principles and main points, they differ on their approach and the stipulations that they set for practitioners. The more legal aspects of these procedures respond to either statute or case law. Mental health standards vary from state to state, including the competency to be applicable for capital punishment. There are federal statutes that must ...

Childhood Obesity: An Overview

The rate of childhood obesity remains to be high in the past years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015b), 17 percent of children and teenagers or 12.7 million young individuals in the United States are affected by obesity during the past decades. Childhood obesity in children is determined by the child’s body mass index (BMI). Compared to children of the same weight and gender, a child is considered obese if his or her BMI is in the 95th percentile (Anderson & Butler, 2006). This is a serious condition. Obesity increases mortality and morbidity and presents ...

A. Biophysical

a. Adolescents generally experience rapid physical growth, such as a significant increase in height and body weight. b. Show changes in the physical appearance, such as the development of breast and changes in body shapes, which are most noticeable in females (Papathanasiou & Lahana, n.d). c. Change in voice d. Growth of body and facial hair (Stand & Story, 2005) e. Improved muscle strength

B. Psychological

a. Strong desire to become part of a group b. They want to develop their own identity (McNeely & Blanchard, 2009) c. Adolescents always want to look good d. They feel the pressure in adjusting to this growing ...

While Lightner Witmer has been largely credited with the conceptualization and creation of a separate field of study for school psychology (D’Amato et al., 2011), it has it’s true roots, in many ways, in the creation of the IQ test. The IQ test was pioneered by Alfred Binet who was specifically interested in the standards of the normal mind. Today, the Binet-Simon scale, first generated in 1905, is still used in schools to determine a child’s overall ability to perform certain tasks (Binet & Simon, 1905). Perhaps more significantly, however, it was significant that Binet recognized that ...

ABSTRACT

Transgenderism is a topic of heated and continuous debate for some time. There are people all around the world every day who are struggling with their gender identity. For adults it is hardly easy, for youths who experience this issues it can be mentally and physically harmful as they struggle. Transgendered youths are a group deemed to be at great risk of depression and suicide. Research shows that much of their issues they face include lack of acceptance, exclusion, physical abuses and discrimination that lead these youths into patterns of social anxieties, self harm and even suicide. The statistics ...

ABSTRACT

Forensic psychology has grown in popularity and the assessments these professionals conduct can be incredibly beneficial in determining a criminal defendant or offender’s mental stability, ability to stand trial and the level of threat they may represent. That being said in order for forensic psychologists to provide these assessments it is required that a number of the Ethical Standards Code, which is the core structure of modern psychological practice, be augmented or adapted to allow the psychologist to be beholden to the law enforcement who hires them and not directly to the subject; they must be able to ...

Abstract

This paper explores several peer-reviewed journals on already documented research about the relationship between the client and the therapist. Clients require a strong bonding relationship with the therapist before undergoing the actual treatment. . Clients must consider creating a strong alliance with their therapists/clinicians. This helps them to be sure and develops confidence in them. They should start the treatment without having any fear about the clinician involved. This creates a friendly atmosphere for them in attaining good therapy services. This work outlines the basic elements of the therapeutic alliance as a human service. It also further explains why these ...

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Sources of Stress in Children

Stress and Childcare Providers A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF RAINBOW DAY CARE Welcome to the Summer Issue of the RAINBOW DAYCARE NEWSLETTER. As all of you know, the primary purpose of this newsletter is to provide practical and useful information for parents, childcare providers and teachers about relevant topics on child development. This issue is devoted to children and stress. We hope you will find the feature stories useful and practical. Sources of Stress in Children Contrary to popular belief that children live a worry-free existence unlike adults who have to worry ...

Was the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center raid legal?

Federal or state laws govern the United States of America (USA). The federal law applies to the whole country, governing all 50 states, while state laws apply to specific states. The state law only prevails if it gives people more rights that the federal law. The issue of legalization of marijuana in some states of America, like California, whereas the federal law prohibits the use of the same substance for any purpose leads to a supremacy clause. Part VI of the U.S. Constitution addresses the Supremacy clause that gives the federal government a winning card when a conflict between ...

Abstract

There are various ethical issues that a counselor can encounter when conducting a group counseling session. Some of the issues are similar to those in the individual counseling, but there are others which are unique. There is an ethical issue of confidentiality where the therapist should not disclose any information about the group members. However, there are definite limits to confidentiality where the counselor can disclose the information. The counselor should uphold his/her professionalism in the session. They must have sufficient knowledge and information on the issues that the members are presenting. All the group members should have enough ...

I-Search 1: The possible effects of video games or violent toys on children

This topic can be researched or studied in a class that deals with prosocial behavior. In such a class setting, it would be possible to study the effects of media violence on a person’s behavior.

What I knew about this topic

I have known that violent video games affect how children deal with their fellow children. Most children tend to copy what they see in the video games. It is easy to find children using the vulgar language they hear in these games. The fact that most children copy the actions of their favorite characters in their daily lives makes me believe that prolonged ...

Introduction

The research, which involves the human participants or subjects raises some legal and ethical issues. There are certain regulatory requirements as well as ethical standards, which govern the research activities involving human subjects. Ideally, when conducting the research, the researchers are required to adhere to the basic ethical norms. In particular, the researchers have an obligation to protect both the welfare and rights of the human participants who take part in their research. They are also required to ensure that they carry out the study in a manner, which serves the interests of the people or the society. What ...

Abstract

The present paper is a review of the various causes of violence among teenagers and possible ways to eliminate it from the society. Various books and journals have been studied to collect data from last few years regarding the reported deaths, drug abuse cases, violence cases, etc. among teenagers. Further, towards the end some worthwhile recommendations to curb the issue have also been proposed.

Introduction

Life is a cycle of birth and death, marked by several stages of development from infancy, childhood, teenage, adulthood and old age. These stages are marked by their own peculiar characters of physical, social, emotional, ...

Question 1

The APA – American Psychological Association – is an academic formatting style that helps students and researchers to format the structure of their work in a bid to avoid plagiarism. Developed in 1929 by a group of psychologists anthropologists and business managers, the style sets out simple procedures and rules that codify the scientific writing elements (APA, 2016). The simplified writing elements outlined by APA make it easy for users of scientific information to understand and comprehend the concepts being presented by the writers. The APA guidelines also promote consistency, in addition to clarity, when writing and presenting scientific information. Some ...

<Institution> As people grow from infancy to adulthood, they take on different roles in order to perform specific tasks that would enable them to become better suited to the environment or the society to which they belong. Due to the ever changing nature of human existence influenced by the environment and technological development, these different roles that people take also changes along the passing of generations. During middle adulthood, many people take the role of a romantic partner or a spouse. When a child is conceived and born, these people become parents during middle adulthood. In the past, ...

Psychology

Introduction The use of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing as a statistical tool for research methods in psychology became a center of debate because of the perceived errors, which was associated to the misuse of the method and erroneous conclusion in some of the published scholarly journals. Many scholarly journal publishers particularly those that are specialized in the field social psychology suggests to ban the use of NHST and the Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) acted upon on this call. On the other hand, proponents of NHST argue that the problem is not with the technique, but with the ...

Helpful hints to assist a student with APA

APA (American Psychological Association) is a format style used by most writers to cite sources. There are different tips, which can assist a student to identify and how to use APA format. APA contains a different first page, which contains the title, name, and institution. The first page contains a short title, which is the running head, which helps the reader to identify an article or a page. It is easy to recognize APA format because of the running head on the top of every page. The title appears in capital letters in which it does not exceed fifty ...

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Summary

The Tuskegee Experiment was a scientific research study conducted on 399 black men between 1932 and 1972. Starting in 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service started an experiment with a vaguely defined mission. Taking mostly illiterate and poor black men from a rural southern area, they offered the prospect of free medical care and described the medical attention as an effort to cure “bad blood”, when in fact all 399 participants were suffering from tertiary syphilis. None of the participants were ever told that they carried the disease nor were they offered any form of ...

Abstract

All people watch media and nowadays people with nonconventional sexual orientation are shown more and more. In various communities of the world the attitude towards homosexuality is differently. Society can accept or not accept it, condemn or endorse. This research was done to obtain the information about the influence of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the media on society and their thoughts and attitude towards sexual orientation. Research was done by direct observation and comparison. Homosexuality, bisexuality and heterosexuality are words that denote sexual orientation, that is, indicate to which sex a person experiences a sexual attraction. The ...

Problem Solving

Abstract Any parent has the right to the point of view on education. This applies not only to us but also the rest of others too. Someone does not want his child to play in the sandbox, as the sand will everywhere, and someone does not want the child's clothing to be covered in paint from painting. It has its own reasons and explanations, because no one wants bad for own child, everyone knows the nature of their child, and preventing or resolving to do something, they think it's only for the benefit of the child. Problem Solving Indeed ...

The termination stage of a group process is actually the capstone of the entire process. This stage offers the platform for expected change in the clients as they are facing the challenge of behavior change. The termination phase comprises a detailed review and reinforcement of individual change during the entire counseling period. During this stage the client is helped to effectively tackle upcoming demands in life with the basic tools that were provided during the counseling process (Joyce et al., 2007). At this stage, it is required that the therapist guides the clients appropriately on the resolutions made during ...

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Evidence based practice refers to the use of best available research in clinical practice and decision making while considering the characteristics, preferences, and culture of patient (APA, n.d.). Therefore, it is considered as the integration of best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and the patient values (Buysse, Winton, Rous, Epstein, & Lim, 2012). Some researchers suggest that the information from local context is also an important element of evidence (Oliver, Innvar, Lorenc, Woodman, & Thomas, 2014). In the evidence based practice, best research evidence refers to the clinically relevant published studies showing the positive impact of an intervention ...

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According to the American Psychological Association (APA), around 40 to 50 percent of marriages in the United States end up in divorce. Worse, subsequent marriages have higher rates for divorce (APA). There is no doubt that this process of separation has been common, not just in the United States, but in other Western cultures where it has been legalized. Personally, I know many married couples who choose to divorce, from my circle of friends and family, and I have seen how it impacted the lives of the couple’s children. This is why I find this topic ...

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Psychologists have a very unique job in that they are often the people responsible for guiding others toward resolution in life. There is a sharing of private information by patients that must be honored by the Ethical Code of Conduct set by the American Psychological Association. Deviating from these guidelines can result in trouble for the therapist, which is why it is important to understand where issues like religion and spirituality fit within the ethical confines of the guidelines. Religion and spirituality do not yet fit into regular medical practices and procedures, which makes the topic of the issue ...

<Institution> Every year, more than 4.5 million women experience physical violence from their partner (Vagianos, 2014). This number only presents the victims of one form of domestic violence. Although 15 percent of men also experience some form of domestic violence, women are still more likely to be victimized at 85 percent (Vagianos, 2014). This issue has been affecting the society for many years, and it continue to do so. In fact, in 2011, the number of American soldiers (6488) that were killed in the Afghanistan war was only half of the women who were killed by their partners ( ...

Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association is a document which includes main aspirational principles and standards that are used to manage ethical decisions in all areas of their work. These guidelines prescribe the correct ways of conducting research and experiencing other practices within various aspects of psychological field in accordance with ethics. Due to the essence of problems examined by psychologists they have to use disputable approaches and experimental methods. Empirical studies and research often involve recruiting or involvement of people as study subjects, that is why it is necessary to remember ...

It is life’s obvious fact that each of us has our own way facing our emotions, particularly those that are deemed better off forgotten and erased. Perhaps this is because of the human need to always be at a safety zone, where nothing can be harmful for the person, regardless if these are physical dangers, psychological and mental, or even emotional in nature. As such, this human tendency to escape from emotional and psychological burden is very apparent in the 1980 film, Ordinary People, which was directed by Robert Redford and starred Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and ...

Gender Roles in the Same Sex-Marriage

Introduction The issue of same-sex parenting is has been hotly debated and subjected to different views. Some people argue that partners in same-sex marriages should be allowed to raise children while others are of the contrary opinion. Nevertheless, it is now clear that the issue of same-sex parenting tends to move from the obscured fringes to what seems like the rolling center of the family-policy debate (Meezan & Rauch, 2005). The issues surrounding parent-child relationships in same-sex marriages are many. Ranging from the identity of the children to the division of gender roles, the same-sex parents tend to face challenges ...

Since its existence, money has been a powerful tool, whose significance depended on the attitude of the money owner to it. Without the attached value, money is a neutral means for survival that is used to ensure the access to the necessities. However, when in hands of people with different personalities, goals, aspirations and views, it can become a positive or a negative influence on one’s own life and on the lives of many people. It can be used to provide immediate help, food, clothes, a roof over one’s head and to finance professional projects, hobbies and recreation; however, at the same ...

Introduction

Multicultural education is essentially designed to prepare all students to be good citizens in a democratic society. This is done by teaching the students to be considerate of the needs of every single individual in the society. Multicultural education essentially clarifies how issues related to culture; race, gender, religion, disabilities and ethnicity are intertwined or connected with the process and content of education (Banks, 2009). This is why there is a great need to adapt the current curriculum for multicultural classrooms.

At my current placement, the curriculum cannot be considered to be considerate of multicultural student body. Although most of ...

Individual Project

The early child stage is regarded as the most significant developmental stage in a person’s life. The turn out of an individual is strongly influenced by the cognitive areas of development which include language, social, physical and emotional domains (American Psychological Association, 2001; Irwin, Siddiqi & Hertzman, 2007). This can explain the reason why individuals adopt certain behaviors. Some of these behaviors may result either to the well-being or detriment of a person. In Early Childhood Development it is proposed that the building blocks are ingrained between the child’s environmental conditions and biological factors which they go through ...

Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder afflicts large swaths of the US defense forces. The problem is increasing due to multiple deployments of American forces. While the Department of Defense (DoD) and the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) are taking steps to mitigate the dangers posed by PTSD on American society, greater synergy and collaboration can be instituted. While the percentage of service personnel afflicted from PTSD is huge, care must be taken to separate those claiming disabilities purely from the economical viewpoint.

Thesis Statement

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) needs to be tackled with greater synergy and collaboration between the DoD and VA, ...

Introduction

In the recent past, organizational behavior has created and disseminated knowledge which advances the evaluation and understanding of the procedures with the aim of increasing organizational and personal effectiveness can be upgraded. Despite the fact that specific research focuses span a larger range of study subjects, organizational behaviour share a challenge driven has contributed significantly on practice of behavior change (Dansereau & Yammarino,2003). However, several advanced issues have emerged in relation to behavior and these issues need immediate attention.For example,organizational behavior in research has changed greatly in terms of weaknesses and strengths considering quantitave and qualitative approaches .

Statement of purpose

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Introduction

In life, every person loses loved ones that are difficult to handle and every person deals the situation differently. Death is a normal event in life that can hurt a loving heart. It is hard to accept if we lose the one special to us. Grieving hearts can hardly accept and cope with the feeling of loss.

However, to cope with this feeling is possible. I believe that I deeply reached the essence of love because I was able to cope with my grief and I supported my family. People who never experience loving someone never grieve. Coping with the loss ...

The topic of fair testing practices in education and the ethics involved is of great importance in today’s society with the advent of high-stakes testing in the United States. The Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP) was organized in 1985 by the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Although the committee disbanded in 2007, much can be learned from their efforts. One of the main successes of the organization was bringing to light the fact that much test data is misused. Responsible ways to incorporate ...

Nearly 133 million Americans live with chronic illnesses and conditions such as autism, arthritis, lupus, and diabetes. Their numerous symptoms are always not visible to the naked eye. In addition, family, friends, and even co-workers still find it hard to recognize any sense of loss, isolation and loneliness. Despite these difficulties, all patients must strive to overcome these hurdles, as experts agree that people living with chronic illnesses can live full and meaningful lives regardless of their conditions.

The biological and communication/cognitive features of Autism are often attributed to as the major reason to explain how children with Autism ...

Abstract

Grey areas in ethics inevitably occur for therapists during the course of treating many different patients. The advent of new technology poses situations for therapists that offer challenges to issues of informed consent and confidentiality. The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct can provide guidance to therapists in dealing with the grey areas in ethics.

Informed Consent and Confidentiality:

A patient of Dr. Walker, Tami, is in treatment for substance abuse as well as other problems. She is going away with her family on vacation for a month, and asks Dr. Walker if she can continue her therapy ...

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC.: American Psychological Association, 2001.

This is a guide of indispensable use to researchers, teachers and students in a range of disciplines including business, nursing, psychology, sociology, among others. The manual sets the detailed requirements for researching and preparing the annotated bibliography. It discusses the specific rules for grammar usage and gives instructions on preparing publications from the abstract to the reference list.

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

Gibaldi has provided a research guide that encompasses all the aspects in writing research paper from the selection of the topic to the submission of the paper. It gives a detailed procedure of citations and format and at the same time offers excellent advice on ...

Introduction

Development is defined as the act of adaptation while personality development basically refers to the mental, emotional, psychological, temperamental and behavioral growth that one acquires (Schulz and Heckhausen, 1996). Also, personality development can be described as the averagely constant and stable features and characteristics a person bears with time (Alea, Diehl and Bluck, 2004). Personality development usually is an attribute associated with age and experience.

Success can be defined as the achievement or realization of desired goals or objectives hoped for. On the other hand, successful ageing is basically the eminent and prosperous growth in personality, self-concept and values acquired ...

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Introduction

The term “socioeconomic” is often used when discussing a cultural group’s income, types of careers or occupations, such as blue collar or white collar, and levels of education. These characteristics allow society to categorize the low- income, middle class and wealthy individuals of the United States, who have social standing, power, and control over the lower classes. Needless to say, poverty and a low socioeconomic status have a strong correlation to poor health, either little to no education, single parent households, and low wage employment are among some of the factors. These disparities, so to speak ...

Identify one activist claims maker group (i.e a social movement organization) (please identify this claims making group in a way that I could find out more about them with relative ease, i.e. a google search of their name) Make sure to define kay terms/ concepts in your answer. The activist group I found that is committed to taking a stance on the issue of online gaming addiction is called The Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence (MAVAV). According to the MAVAV website, the organization is “dedicated to educating parents of the world's fastest growing addiction and the most reckless endangerment of children ...

Introduction

The image of a child soldier is a difficult one. In some parts of the world - most especially in the Middle East, children are known to take up arms and be trained in such a young age to be soldiers. Seeing a young child holding a weapon as deadly as a machine gun is like looking at a deeply ominous and incongruous image of childhood. Despite the amount of abhorrence this picture may display, it is indeed an unfortunate reality that the world is facing right now. Children are becoming more and more exposed to different forms of violence. It may be true that not ...

The United States of America is one of the few countries that professes world peace from by-gone eras. The nation has remained an outspoken and action-oriented country in the wake of human rights violations in different parts of the world. The United States has sanctioned several nations that were guilty of ethnic cleansing. Diplomatic and commercial interests for world governments has always allowed the United States to champion human rights for those who cannot fend for themselves. Yet, their record at home is less than satisfactory. The Anti-Slavery movement that cost the greatest American President his life, the civil ...

Abstract

There are multiple aspects that can straightforwardly manipulate and undercut educational or scholastic performance of students. One most intricate reason of the occurrence of achievement gap is the problem with money and the lack of resources that are conducive to learning. This is defined as the difference between the levels of affluence or way of living of the wealthy and the underprivileged members of the society especially the student learners. Involvement of families particularly the parents is connected to improvement of students’ performance. Also, the school and the teachers must be vigilant and patient in providing comprehensive instructional materials ...

3.1 Introduction Extracurricular activities have different effects on different individuals, yet they are important to the educational programs in many schools. Joseph Mahoney and Robert Cairns suggest that organized sports, vocational clubs, special interest academic pursuits, supervised student government organizations and other extracurricular activities are optional in most educational institutions, yet they offer students the opportunity to build on their overall personal and educational development, (Mahoney & Cairns, 1997, p. 241). Similarly, Albert Cohen’s review of Coleman’s The Adolescent Society reinforces the views that academic achievement may be increased when schools integrate athletic competitions into the academic ...

Abstract

In this paper we will examine the different aspects of bullying in schools. The purpose of this paper is to determine what is meant by the term “bullying”. Does it mean only physical harassment or does it go deeper than that. We will also detail the effects that bullying has on the victim and what are the concerned authorities doing to curb it. We will also explore the role of teaching staff and parents in preventing bullying and also how a victim can be counseled to overcome the trauma of bullying. Are schools are equipped to handle the menace of ...

Introduction

The recent technological innovation brought many changes in the society over the past century. The twentieth century is a period of technological change; almost everything is not permanent and constantly evolving in order to make the society a better place to live. In the earlier days, man has only known few methods of communication; however, in the modern era, man had already explored the universe bringing forth the latest gadgets to support their needs. In addition, the invention of the World Wide Web is in fact the most helpful tool to search for countless of online information from around the world. ...

As early as Biblical times, dreams have been given a special place; in ancient Egypt, Joseph’s interpretation of pharaoh’s dreams had awarded him an honorary place among his advisors, and was said to have saved Egypt from starvation. Working with dreams in therapy implies a belief that that dreams are meaningful and provide added value to the therapeutic process. Studies have shown that dreams can be influenced by a certain psychopathology, and that their content and patterns (e.g. recurring dreams, nightmares) reflect a person’s wellbeing (Pesant & Zadra, 2004).

The Nature of Dreams

Dreams can be defined as “hallucinatory subjective experiences” generated by one’ ...

Abstract

American Culture has undergone many turns and twists throughout the centuries. It has always been determined to provide a tangential impasse into the lives of the American citizens as well as that of the events that encircle him /her in a wider global perspective. Perhaps that had been the proper way of interpretation of the society and its elements on a global as well as local perspective for the media. However in recent years, there seems to be an influence on the media channels as well as cable networks to highlight the importance of only the internal complexities of the American social ...

This refers to the effort to influence or control an individual way of belief, aims and the behaviours. Persuasion can either be positive or negative. Meaning that an individual can be persuaded to either continues with their way of life of be discouraged to drop it. Persuasion were not only used for influence but can as well be applied as a medium of gains. For instance, one, can persuade a group of people to stand by them in order to gain something. Persuasion can be well expressed using several cultural predispositions in order to bring out influence in the best way ...

The National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Healthcare was set up to ensure that inequalities in the provision of healthcare resulting from cultural and linguistic differences are eliminated. The need for equal treatment of all persons irrespective of gender, social status, culture or religion, is inevitable in a diverse society (Jeffreys, 2010). Communication between the patient and the nurses or physicians is crucial in the health care setting. This communication can, however, be limited by existing societal or cultural barriers. Professionalism coupled with cultural competence for healthcare providers is crucial in order to understand the patients’ needs. ...

Writing Resources

Most academic and research writing rely on the work and ideas of other people. In IEEE, it is required that these materials used for writing academic or research paper must be cited in the work. The in text citation involved square bracket showing the relevancy of reference. The citations are given numbers in the text consecutively [4] to show the writing resources used. There are various writing resources that are used in academic and research writings. These include books, online resources like blogs and eBooks, journals, newspapers and magazines. The quality of the paper written will depends on ...

Although stress is part of everyday life, research shows that higher levels of stress are prevalent in people, in malfunctioning homes and people with strained relationships. People with physical and psychological health issues also face more pronounced health effects from stress compared to people without such conditions. According to a study done by the Australian Psychological Society (2012), seven in every ten Australians with stress report experiencing some impact on their health with 18% of the participants reporting strong physical impact on their health. In Australia, groups that experience significant health effects from stress include people with chronic illnesses and their ...

Prewriting

Narrowed topic: My narrowed topic is the negative effects of sexualization of girls Audience: My audience is the parents or guardians of girls aged 7 years and above. This is the target group of people who needs to be educated on sexualization of girls’ culture and its negative effects for their children. In so doing, I expect that they steer forward the campaign of neutralizing the popularity of this culture starting from their homes.

Thesis statement:

The thesis of this paper is that sexualization of girls impacts negatively on the lives of young girls including their sexual development, ...