Essays on Vignette

The topic of euthanasia is one of the burning issues of debate all over the world for a long time with the advocates for and against the act of mercy killing coming up with their explanatory views and perspectives regarding the matter. It is beyond doubt that the ethical dilemma encompassing the act of euthanasia would make one ponder about the correctness of ending a life. However, to shed more light on the matter, one should delve deep into the concept of voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia as well as involuntary euthanasia so ...

Introduction

The child welfare organizations are objectified on assessing the prevalence of child abuse among the referred cases in order to prevent the occurrence of future abuse among the children who are identified at a high risk of neglect and abuse. The child welfare authorities are also focused on determining the prevalence of assessing the consequent neglect among the children with the history of being abused (Enosh & Bayer-Topilsky, 2014). The assessment by child welfare organizations are incorporated by the risk assessment tools in which the explicit criteria and undeviating approaches are used to derive the results. These results are derived ...

LIMITED LEVERAGE

One thing that is clear from the vignette is Frank does not want to close his business and work for someone else. However, he must replace his primary asset, his truck, or he will be forced to close the business. Since he does not have the equity to purchase the truck, he must find the funds somewhere else. The only options are to find an investor or borrow the money. The vignette mentions nothing about an option to find an investor. He is adamantly against using debt. His daughter Stephanie suspects he does not know the proper use of ...

ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This disorder occurs in the human brain and usually caused by a series of inattention or hyperactivity during the developmental stages of an individual. The symptoms of ADHD usually manifest in childhood especially between 3 years and 6 years. These symptoms can be observed during adolescent and adulthood stages (Kail & John 17). Having the symptoms of ADHD during childhood can translate into positive functioning during adulthood when the victim of the disorder undergoes medication. This process increases individual focus and reduces hyperactivity thus resulting into positive functioning during adulthood. Infancy describes ...

Introduction

This case concerns a local shelter which is the recipient of funding from the National Institute of Health and Mental Health. Currently, it is in the process of improving its website with the help of a web developer and consultant. The consultant has suggested that the shelter might add a testimonial web page which includes a feed from such public rating sites as Yelp or Angie's list with posts by people who have utilized the services. The developer suggests that the site use a feed which includes the already publicly available ratings information from Angie's List or Yelp and ...

Based on the first case, Mrs. Lewis acted correctly by contacting a lawyer. When inappropriate activity occurs in the workplace, and management does not act upon it, then someone has to act. Mrs. Lewis is a whistleblower, which is defined as “an attempt by a member or former member of an organization to issue a warning to the public about a serious wrongdoing or danger created or concealed by an organization” (Davis & Konishi, 2007). By taking a stand, Mrs. Lewis is advocating for the abused patients of the nursing home. In the vignette, Mrs. Lewis hired a lawyer to ...

On the unfortunate afternoon of February 26, 1993, an explosion originating from the underground parking area of the World Trade Center 1 occurred, taking the lives of six (6) civilians while injuring another 1,042 (Antiterrorism Historical Vignette, n.d.; Greenspan, 2013). The explosion which occurred at exactly 12:17 pm of the said date came from a yellow Ford Econoline van which was traced to have been rented from a Ryder dealership in New Jersey, USA (Parachini, 2000; Greenspan, 2013). The massive explosion, but failing to achieve its main ...

Vignette #1 - Sheila

Sheila is in the “Maintenance” state of change in this particular vignette. Why? (be specific) Sheila has already gone through the ‘departure’ of rehabilitation and moving towards maintenance, but is having trouble dealing with her particular cravings and urges (Reiman, lecture 8, 2015). Sheila is currently straying from her plan to change her behavior, and is beginning to consider entering the world of substance abuse out of necessity. Sheila admits that she has drug cravings still, but is unsure about what to do about them. This is a classic indicator of her maintenance status, as she is fully ...

Domestic violence occurs in various forms and it is sometimes difficult for one to identify that they are in a violent relationship. It occurs in relationships where one partner seeks to exert control over the other partner. The batters apply various abusive actions towards their victims. Domestic violence does not only involve a man beating his wife, but it differs depending on the form of violence used and the partner abusing the other (Duxbury, 2003). There are different categories of domestic violence common in intimate relationships including physical, sexual, psychological emotional and economic abuse. In most cases, these crimes are hardly ...

Introduction

Maurice Merleau-Ponty begins his essay “Eye and Mind” with a comment on science. Studying the world in the manner that science does, takes a person out of one’s body, he says. It places the world in a series of definitions, constructs, indices and variables, allowing only the understanding of minute, exact changes to have a status of legitimacy. He says science “comes face to face with the real world only at rare intervals” (Ponty, 121). For any lover of art who lives in this practical, rational capitalistic society, this point of view is refreshing. Today, typically, the real world is referred to ...

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to analyze, evaluate and postulate the results of an in-class experiment that was carried out to test the relationship between the intentions of ostracism and people in extreme groups. 73 participants aged between 19 to 25 years took part in the survey that involved completing a series of vignettes and manipulation checks on a hypothetical individual, ‘Mason’ and his perceived involvement in extreme groups. The 2 x 2 between-subjects factorial experimental design was used for the research. The results indicated high intentions to ostracize Mason due to his involvement in an extreme group. From ...

According to the symptoms that Cynthia presented in the vignette, there can be deduced that she suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which appears after a traumatic experience, determining the individual suffering of this disorder to be highly vigilant, to relive the emotions of the traumatic event, to manifest increased arousal and avoidance behavior, to start numbing or to indicate that his/her function is affected, over a period longer than a month (“Mental Illness among Trauma-Affected Populations”). At one glance through Cynthia’s general assessment about her concerns related to the symptoms and the changes in her behavior that she experiences ...

The youtube video found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_L8efaJ-E is called “Psychoanalytic Therapy Session” and is produced by Dr. Glenn Gabbard in 1988. It purports to show a clinical vignette that portrays “Free association, transference, resistance and dream interpretation.” In it’s portrayal it is largely an accurate overview of the themes while remaining short enough to be digestible and comprehended quickly. The movie is oriented in psychodynamic theory that was originally put together by Freud. The movie clearly showed free association with the patient laid out on the sofa and the therapist just encouraging him to relate anything, from which we ...

Conflict Resolution and Cooperation with Max & Ruby

Television’s influence on children cannot be underestimated. Children between the ages of two and five spend about 32 hours a week in front of a television, nearing the number of hours considered full-time for a job (Boyse 2010). The American Academy of Pediatrics advises no television for children under the age of two, but parents and educators may seek programs that offer some educational value for the preschool children in their care (Boyse 2010). While some children’s shows are designed purely for entertainment, other shows are designed with the explicit idea that they are educational. These shows may have specific ...

Chuck Taylor’s Vignette

Because Chuck Taylor was such a mule he did not change his mind to have another type of shoe other than All-Stars which became popular since the year 1907. The All-Star shoes were thin gnarled branches, twisting oddly from the stem of her palms tree. This type of shoe was very important during then when the fans of world famous started grudge-punk and Nirvana emulates the band’s front-man called Kurt Cobain, who have worn All-stars for several years after its production . We find that this was influenced by different punk rock bands that he is enjoying in his youth. ...