The case of Jane, a depressed single mother, provides an opportunity to study the components of behavior theory in terms of causes and conditions, target behaviors, modeling, and appropriate therapeutic techniques. Jane has lost herself. She suffers from frustration and a fair amount of guilt, coupled with insecurity about her job and her financial situation. She has anxiety caused by her perception of having lost control of her children and her life, yet it can be seen that much of her suffering is self-inflicted by some target behaviors such as poor time management, sporadic attendance at work, and lack of participation in enjoyable activities. These behaviors yield undesirable consequences, which perpetuates a deadly cycle in which Jane’s depressive symptoms are amplified and contribute to further dysfunctional behavior.…
Eakes, Burke, and Hainsworth’s Middle-Range Theory of Chronic Sorrow is an attempt to explain how people react to ongoing losses, as well as single event losses, using a visual model to represent their theory. They theorists explain that chronic sorrow is a cyclical event that will continue as long as the figure that created the loss in the first place still exists. Moreover, although the person experiencing chronic sorrow experiences periods of non-sorrow and moves on with their lives, the grief is likely to consistently return, and the theorists interpret this ongoing experience as a normal response towards an abnormal…
They act as supporters and helpers, so the people in need are capable of solving the issues after the helpers vacate the area. The most efficient way to do this is to educate them on the process that needs to be done in order for them to be…
1. Arlie Hochschild explains in the second shift that men and women are affected by the “second shift:” a. What is a general definition of the “second shift”? That is, how does Hochschild explain this concept? (1-2 sentences) 1 point…
The general Cognitive-Behavioral based theory can assist in understanding the maladaptive behaviors that members of the Martinez family have developed. The foundation of this theory indicates that Evelyn and Tony have a distorted belief system that has “plagued” their relations with each other (Nichols, 2013). Their assumptions regarding their roles and about life expectations in general has poisoned their relationships and they merely communicate emotionally and behaviorally; often neglecting to think rationally to lessen their symptoms or work towards solving their problems. With Evelyn’s belief that her husband is to blame and has “unfixable” traits, she is unable to think of ways she can solve the family’s problems. Regarding Tony, he has…
The subject of this case study is a 58-year old man that was undergoing psychological treatment for diagnoses of depressive disorder and paraphilic disorder at the time of his second incarceration for convictions relating to sexual crimes against two eight-year-old boys in separate incidents (Whitacre, 2018). The first imprisonment occurred after the subject (who was 42 years old at the time) was found guilty on charges involving sexual battery of a minor and he sentenced to five years for which he only had to served four years before he was released, whereas the second imprisonment resulted from recidivism only two years after the subject’s integration back into the community for which FJ was sentenced to an addition 15 years for committing…
In a perfect world, brutality, car crashes, and other catastrophes would not occur. Then infections and sickness would be nonexistent. EMTs or paramedics would not have a purpose for their job. Unfortunately, our world is not a perfect place. EMTs or paramedics are globally essential to our society.…
Throughout this essay I will be discussing the significance of attachment theory for social work practitioners and how they can implement this to develop emotional functioning with younger children. In addition I will examine how the theory has changed and progressed since John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth first “attempts to examine the psychological effects of early relationships” ( Goldberg,2000, pg3) to more contemporary approach such as Michael Rutter’s book on “Maternal Deprivation reassessed” critiquing Bowlby and the development in neuroscience. Attachment theory can be defined as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings” (Bowlby 1969, p. 194). John Bowlby, “a British psychoanalyst’ work attempted to understand the…
Shame Resilience and Jung’s Transpersonal Theory Applied to Mental Illness Mental illness is something that touches almost everyone, and it is important to understand the ways that people can deal with their illnesses. Although there are an overwhelming number of theories that can be applied to therapy practices, I wanted to look at theories that were a little more individual. Two theories that caught my attention when thinking about how people cope were shame resilience theory and transpersonal theory, specifically Jung’s psychodynamic theory. Both of these theories focus on what the individual does internally to deal with their negative feelings, which intrigues me since my background is in psychology.…
Critically evaluate evidence that maternal deprivation in infancy has long-term effects on human social and emotional development in an essay of 1,000 words. When considering the question, of whether maternal deprivation in infancy has long-term effects on human social and emotional development, we have to first understand what social and emotional development is, and the psychological approaches which study these aspects. Psychosocial psychology, studies how a persons thoughts, emotions and behaviours evolve in response to their social environment. When looking at social development, we are specifically studying how children develop attachments and how they communicate and interact, within and around these attachments.…
Stressed lifestyle and personality are some of the psychological factors that influence health and behaviour in our lives. However, our response to stressors determines our ability to control and manage or develop illness out of the stress. “Stress is experienced when a person’s perceived environmental, social, and physical demands exceed their perceived ability to cope, particularly when these demands are seen as endangering the person’s well-being in some way” (Cardwell & Flanagan, 2012). Walter Cannon’s (1932) fight or flight response elaborates the correlation between arousal and stress as due to the survival mechanisms that evolve in homosepian. According to Sarafino stress comprises of two components: the stressors, stimuli that make…
With the structure-function theory families are examined in terms of their relationship with other major social structures (Kaakinen et al., 2010). Many of these relationships were revealed while completing the ecomap. Most of the extended family was not available for support. Willie’s work friends, health providers, County services and Church were the main connections and resources available to the family. The most helpful resources were Church and work friends.…
1. Define co-dependency and explain the factors in which contribute to this particular dysfunction within relationships. • Do find yourself making lots of sacrifices for your partner 's happiness, but not getting much in return? Do you feel compelled to help and solve the problems of others when in a relationship? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, you may be a victim of a codependent relationship.…
Thank you, Aaron, for this wonderful article. I and you have similar thoughts pertaining to this article. I also believe that psychological dependency is much more difficult to overcome rather than psychological dependency. The main factor that makes psychological dependency harder because the temptation to use the drug again never goes away. You will always remember the feeling and the sensation your body gets when you take the drug.…
Valerie Hay (2013) in her writings she blends Bauman and Butler in the subject of feminism and post-structuralism. She is neither interested in going up in the social ladder or empowering women. She is more interested in downward class movement instead of upward class movement, more precisely she rejects the notion that women need to be supported throughout the ladder. She talks about Neo-liberal self interest and finally, she is less concerned about education as a ladder together. Embarking on post-structural lenses she claims: subject never fully occupy or identity with the norms.…