In Due Time

Select one of the studies presented at a Friday seminar workshop during the first semester. For this study, identify both a threat to internal validity and a threat to construct validity. In each instance, explain why the threat that you’ve identified is a threat and how significant a threat it is. King, Massoud and Song (2016), suffers from multiple validity threats of varying degrees of significance. Internal Validity As the principle-agent problem goes much of the way to explain the results…

During my second clinical appointment I arrived at the interview feeling a little less anxious than I did when I met my client for the first time. I had spent the week reflecting on our interview and conversation and the positive feelings and assumptions I left the first clinical with. I learned during our pre-conference that having assumptions can be positive as long as you keep an open mind. Throughout the second clinical I realized some of what I had assumed and felt about her and her life…

Epilepsy. Around that same time, I found myself to deal with Sleep Apnea. I still deal with an equilibrium issue due to poor depth perception and not having peripheral vision in the right eye. What was happening to me in the LIFE BEFORE PROTANDIM? Besides those horrible health issues, I dealt with trying to keeping my Diabetes A1c under control, having migraine headaches, fought with back pain, found to have heart failure, not having any energy at all, fighting with Seizures due to Epilepsy,…

negative aspects that come with it. This issue is brought up by Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows when he writes that Karp, Friedman, and Davis all say that the mental abilities that they have lost due to the internet, such as sitting still…

in the moment? Enjoy the time with those around them? These traditional behaviors seem ideal, yet nowadays so many people absolutely must document and upload what they are experiencing or seeing, so that the people following them would see and give their approval or envy. A 2014 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology links Facebook usage to depression symptoms, reporting that “[b]oth studies provide evidence that people feel depressed after spending a great deal of time on Facebook because…

value lies in how hard it is to obtain; “easy or funny money” loses value and leads to inflation. In this story, the boys learn a life lesson in everything that glitters is not gold. There is a price to be paid for everything and the bill always comes due. For example, future inflation grows to gargantuan proportions and money becomes worthless in this episode: o During the "cash avalanche" a newspaper is selling for "only" $200. o A lollipop costs a little girl $5,000; she hauls up a wagon…

life. It is positive that the inward reflection of the human self has flipped to an outward refection; as the impact on human life has shown more positive results in the cities that makeup each nation. It is the hope of many that the mistakes made due to lack of foresight can be corrected and that humans can leave a positive mark on not only the present, but the…

thrilled about it. Now that I’ve started my educational career at Colorado Christian University, I have three other goals for myself while studying. Those goals are to maintain straight A’s, find ways to apply what I’m learning into my life at the present time, and to share with others what I’m learning as I go along. I recognize that my goals may sound lighthearted and that’s exactly what I need right now. Daily life is heavy enough and I just want to succeed without putting too much extra…

accessories. Also, Hugh Boss wants to transcend and differentiate from the rest of the competing brands by improving its excellent operational force and unparalleled design. Hugo Boss composes of two distinct brands, Hugo and Boss, and at the same time they divided into five different subsidiary lines that allow the company to meet the needs of specific men and women. “Unlike luxury goods competitors such as Ralph Lauren, Armani, and Prada that relied on a single major designer, a team of…

DAILY ACTIVITIES Daily, the claimant spends a lot of his time sitting. He sometimes will visit with his mother when his stepfather is not around. He tries to find places to go, so that he can watch television and get warm. He tries to eat regular meals. He says that he socializes, most days. He socializes with family members, AA/NA members and other friends. He goes to AA/NA meetings, visits his mother and visits his brother. He is responsible for cooking his own meals. His mother is…