Melissa Hershey Case Study Psychology

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Who is Melissa Hershey? Psychology case report
Mariah Avila
Walden University

Wyatt E. Fisher
Introduction to Psychology
8/3/2017

Miss. Melissa Hershey is a 7-year-old little girl who enjoys soothing music and learning to play with friends. She has two sisters in which she is the middle child. She is under the guardianship of her mother Amy Hershey. Her father left the family 2 years ago. She has been known to get upset when she smells he fathers cologne (this has got better over time). Melissa goes to school hungry in the morning and is known to steal food from other students, she also makes her self-dinner at night. Mother smoked marijuana while Pregnant, Amy has acknowledged being inattentive to her kids. and at age 4 Melissa

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