The Criterion

which has lasted for more than six months. We can see this with this extreme concern about the safety of his family. The second criterion is that the situation always provokes fear. Francis is constantly having unpleasant thoughts about danger coming to his wife and daughter. In other words, he is constantly worrying about something bad happening to them. The third criterion is the fear is out of proportion in comparison to the actual danger of the event occurring. He said himself that he knows…

In reference to the DSM-5, the diagnosis of non-catatonic Schizophrenia with multiple episodes, currently in acute episode, is given to the client, Mr. Ben Simpson. He meets Criterion A with the presence of delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms, all visible for more than one month (American Psychiatric Association, p. 99). There are more than one type of delusion displayed by Mr. Simpson including: persecutory, referential, and grandiose delusions. Persecutory delusions are the belief…

differently, the hypotheses continue to convey the same meaning, and thus both hypothesis must be true or false in all the same situation. The second premise introduces the Nicod’s Criterions, in which “All F’s are G’s” is confirmed by the observation of positive instance, an object that is both F and G. Such Criterion is a universal generalization that is confirmed by the…

he has experienced most days over 2 years—the persistent “edgy” feeling and extreme muscle tension—are included in the third criterion. Because he is only experiencing two symptoms in the third criterion, which requires the expression of three or more specific symptoms for most days over the past 6 months, he does not meet the third criterion. To fully meet the third criterion, the client would have to experience at least one more associated symptom such as fatigue, difficulty concentrating,…

early 20th century. In its place came the “Common Cause Principle”, but this was soon too rejected due to its apparent incongruity with new quantum developments. And so, at this point, there remained only one completeness criterion: the “appearance-from-reality criterion”. This criterion stipulated that a scientific representation was only successful or complete insofar as it was capable of not only fitting the nature described into the scientific representation but also being able to explain…

exercising for this population. A changing-criterion design has been used in previous studies to shape behavior and allows for the participant’s to start the performance based off of their performance in the baseline control condition. The article explored the use of variable-ratio schedule on exercise with boys were or normal and obese weights. The independent variable is the implementation of the different phases of a variable-ratio schedule in a changing-criterion of exercise. The dependent…

Narcissistic Personality Disorder The American Psychiatric Association (2013) defines Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) as, “A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts” (p. 669). The APA (2013) goes on to state that an individual who meets the criteria for NPD shall meet at least five of the following criteria: 1) absurd/exaggerated self-importance, 2) imagined…

Predominant Pain and Persistent – Severe Matt has more than one somatic symtom present that is causing him distress and significant disrution in his daily life. Matt has overal pain, specifcilly absominal pain, and has aches, feels sore, and tired (Criterion A). Matt has not been able to work for 2 years now due to the increase in pain. His wife and him even divorced about 6 months ago because his wife thought that it’s all in his head. Matt has been…

Expectations for Student Achievement Criterion one of the Teacher and Principal Evaluation Program is “Centering Instruction on High Expectations for Student Achievement” (CEL5D+, 2014, p. 1). Criterion one emphasizes the importance for teachers to execute lessons in which the objectives or learning targets are clear to students and connect to appropriate grade level standards. Students should also know exactly what they need to do in order to achieve those objectives. Criterion one also…

degradability and ease of storing. However, the company needs to take several other factors into consideration, including ease of making, product safety, and manufacture cost. Here, the manufacture cost and the sale price are represented by a single criterion, cost, because the relation between these two is positive correlation, meaning high (or low) manufacture cost leads to high (or low) sale price. These needs of customers and company constitute the product criteria, which demand thorough…