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Ryan’s cognitive abilities were assessed through the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities, combining to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together…

complete it. The students were asked to read each question carefully and to try their best, while students were aware this test could not negatively affect them, all worked diligently. While students did try their best, the grades were poor. The overall mean grade of all the classes was 33.26%. The fact that students preformed so poorly is not at all surprising, they were…

with sugar-sweetened beverages would be does it in fact reduce the rate of childhood obesity in the United States. Does the U.S. see a decline in childhood obesity not just in one state but on federal a level? Also, did the U.S. see a decline in the overall consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among children all across the nation. The second policy goal is efficiency, which allows one to determine if the results were reached in low cost method that was also time sensitive. For efficiency,…

1. What 2 major causes of homelessness in the U.S. do you feel you could have the greatest impact on a family’s mental health? It was disheartening to read that “216,261 family members were literally homeless on a single night in January, and almost 60% of these were children under the age of 18”. The picture this article provides is haunting. While this is a hard issue to tackle, we as mental health counselors can help families going through homelessness. One major cause of homelessness as…

For Americans between the ages of 8 and 34, motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death. Motor vehicles have always been dangerous, especially once their use became widespread. Motor vehicles used to be much more dangerous, especially before the three-point seat belt became the standard in 1958. As the three-point seat belt became more commonplace, there were fewer and fewer car accident fatalities. Some people, for some unknown reason, do not wear their seat belt, even though it…

project for quality. The subgroup work packages of the WBS is the lowest level which contains a detail structure to how work ought to be performed. The concept to the work packages is to display cost, time, and resources with a comparison to the overall activities of a project that simplify the flow of information by assigning activities. This area gives managers the ability to gather and monitor cash flow for cost and budgetary information which creates a mechanism to control project…

(1998)55 used and adapted version of the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS)56, which measures an overall level of empathy. The authors found that the participation in a 7-week mindfulness-based intervention was effective to significantly increase scores on overall empathy levels in medical and premedical students. Other outcomes Outcomes in this category include meaning in life, personality, sense of coherence and sense of efficacy…

be rejected now if the United States wants to improve the health of its citizens and recognize the humanity of those that are marginalized by its institution. There are necessary solutions that the west must take in order to improve the nation 's overall public health. There should be no difference in the life expectancy of two men simply based off of the amount of money that they make. No child should have to go hungry simply because they were born into a working family that does not live above…

was shown one or more pictures for a short period of time (e.g. 3-5 seconds) and he was then asked to select the pictures they saw in order from a larger picture array. Julian verbalized strategies to remember the pictures order shown on the task. Overall, he obtained a Working Memory score of 79, which is ranked at the 8th percentile and is classified as the Very Low range. Julian has a weakness in his…

What drives people to the edge? So far gone that they commit heinous crimes, and become compulsive liars for only their benefit. That’s the question Truman Capote tries to answer in his novel, “In Cold Blood”. Capote analyzes the two killers of the Clutter family, Dick Hickock, and Perry Smith, to inform the audience on who they were and not just what they were. First off, the Clutter’s were a family who lived in the small town of Holcomb Kansas. They were a quaint family who resided in that…