Congruence

learner-centered advocate. Incivility to and among learners and educators is too common. Educators facilitate learning and promote trust by modeling conflict resolution and engaging in self-reflection. Trust is built as educators demonstrate congruence…

Psychologist Carl Rogers and his colleagues were the first of their time to record, transcribe, and publish their own cases of psychotherapy. One of Roger's main contributions to the counseling field was his person-centered theory. Contrasting Roger's theory is existential psychotherapy, created by Viktor Frankl (a prisoner from a Nazi concentration camp), Rollo May (brought existentialism into the United States), and Irvin Yalom (Seligman et al., 2014). Gestalt therapy had similar attributes to…

Chloe Perkins 214137748 HPS302 Assignment 1 – Literature Review Deakin University Social relationships can be defined as having a network of associates, maintaining contact with others, experiencing social support, and enjoying a resource of social capital (Cooper & Bebbington & Livingstone, 2011). Social relationships are a key element of happiness and wellbeing and have major effects on health over the life course (Antonucci & Ajrouch & Birditt, 2014). Happiness and wellbeing can be…

John Smith hero or vilan Many historians have argued whether John Smith’s writing were a propaganda or not. John Smith always dreamed of developing America and dominating the Natives. He is from Europe and had a great influence on others. Through his encouragement he was able to convince people from England to cross the waters to begin a new life where only little labor was required, and treasures were easily found. There is a considerable amount of evidence that supports there was some…

1. Name and describe at least 5 threats to validity (ea. threat accurately described is worth 2 points up to a possible 16 points). History threat- This occurs when the study outcome is affected by some historical event. If a specific event or chain of events does transpire during the time when a treatment is administered and it affects the observations it is a threat to the internal validity. Often times there is no way of determining if the historical event(s) or the treatment accounts for…

Arthur Dimmesdale is a protagonist in the novel The Scarlet Letter and understood to be guilty of two sins, one of commission (his adultery with Hester Prynne) and of omission (his cowardly and hypocritical failure to confess. The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 and inspired by his Puritan primogenitors in the 1630s. Because of his knowledge of the Puritans he is able to describe their strengths and portray their weakness as a colony and community. Hawthorne’s The…

As the fall semester approached, I was really nervous knowing that I was going to have to meet with mentees for duration of twenty minutes. All I could think off was how I was going to keep the conversation alive for that amount of time. And, I also had the illusion that as a mentor one is suppose to solve the mentees problems and if one does not then one has failed. Additionally, I also feared having awkward moments of silence during my meetings. Therefore, I can honestly say that it was…

It was a cold Saturday morning back in January, 2012. I remember tucking my scrubs into my socks in a failed effort to prevent them from getting soaked in the slush-coated parking lot. I was overwhelmed with excitement as I rushed through the hallway to make it to huddle. Not even a snowstorm the size of Texas, trapping us all at work for days, could dampen my mood that morning. It was only my second week on the job in the emergency room when not even a half hour into my shift I witnessed my…

Psychopathy Diagnosed The introduction of psychopathy as a diagnosis may have been the result of the English Mental Health Act of 1959 that legally defined psychopathic disorder as a psychological disability requiring treatment that includes traits of aggressiveness or irresponsibility (Blackburn, 1988). The purpose of the legal definition of psychopathy was to differentiate between non-psychotic and psychotic criminals (Blackburn, 1988). However, the psychiatric field refuted this concept…

This paper looks at depression in an adolescent teen, named Doris. Depression is defined as a mood disorder characterized by several symptoms such as sadness, irritability, sleep problems, to name a few. I will discuss the symptoms displayed and reported by the client. I will evaluate the symptoms and determine which of the psychological theories can be most useful to the client. Furthermore, I will discuss how this psychological theory explains the client development and the manifestation of…