...Abstract This essay briefly describes behaviorism, gestalt, and structuralism. Brief examples of each approach are outlined under each topic. The common threads of behaviorism, gestalt, and structuralism are contrasted and compared in basic terms, and their influence on present-day psychology is discussed. Unit 1 – Individual Project This paper discusses three methods in the evolution of psychology: structuralism, behaviorism, and gestalt. To better understand the concepts of each, it’s important to list examples of each method, as well as compare and contrast the differences of each and how each impact modern-day psychology. Structuralism The structural approach to psychology sought to quantify the human experience, the human mind, in a scientific way (Reed, 2010). Simply put, structuralism is the study of how people respond to stimuli; it’s the study of human perception (Education Portal, 2012). It was thought that, through the process of Introspection, surface behavior held clues to deeply buried issues that could only be identified by the therapist (Narrative Therapy Chicago, 2012). An example of structuralism, with regard to therapy, was the use of Introspection, wherein the therapist would, for example, play a sound, or ask the patient to jump in the air. He would then observe the reaction to the stimuli, and ask, “How does that make you feel?” Between the unconscious reaction and introspective response of the patient, the therapist believed he could uncover...
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...there will be unemployment, creating problem to the society. (6)social And physical environment; like if the area, where the water is polluted or swampy area like in sub-urban areas.in social, like in interpersonal relationships or social gatherings, or recreational centers, or fitness centers, health centers, parks, amusement centers, tourist centers to mention a few. All these also determine health. (7) Personal health practices. Like in exercises, eating healthy, having rest, and maintaining quality of good health. (8) Socio-Economic status; like the more money you have ,the more likely you will take care of yourself, eat well, do exercise and under take preventive health and more. (9) Health care rationing (10) Health services (11) Patient advocacy. (NLM classification: WA524) (World health organization 2008) How social determinants contribute to development of illness: Income Inequality; this describes the extent in which income is distributed unevenly among residents of a region. By most measures, income inequality has increases steadily in the United States during the past four...
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...providers it is our duty to teach and educate the population about communicable diseases to inform them on how they are spread and prevented. The following essay will briefly discuss tuberculosis and the role of a community health nurse. “Tuberculosis is a highly communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection” (Winkelman, Workman, & Hausman, 2010). It is transmitted via airborne route for example if an infected person laughs, whistles, coughs or sneezes. The population at risk for developing tuberculosis are people who have direct contact with a person infected with tuberculosis. People who have a low immune system are also at risk for developing tuberculosis. As well as people that live in crowded areas like long term facilities or prisons and homeless people. Signs and symptoms include persistent cough, weight loss, anorexia, night sweats, fever or chills and dyspnea. Tuberculosis can be diagnosed with the tuberculin skin test a small amount of fluid is injected to the patient’s forearm the test needs to be read within 48 to 72 hours. A raised red induration means you are positive for Tuberculosis this does not necessarily mean the person has tuberculosis it might just mean that the patient has been expose to it. The tuberculin skin test is not the final test to confirm tuberculosis if a patient is positive for their skin test the doctor will order a chest X-ray to confirm a positive or a negative result. But the true test to confirm is a sputum...
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...achieve this involvement is by implementing a holistic approach and some great communicative skills such as expressing empathy, active listening, encouragement and providing information. 'The focus needs to be person-centred rather than nurse- or task-focused and the relationship is a key element’(Bach and Grant, 2011). By taking time to do this, health care workers can advance their therapeutic relationships with patients, encouraging compassionate care. From this we can therefore see that it is different from social and collegial communication. In this essay I will discuss the communication techniques used and demonstrated in the first vignette, how they are applied and explain why they are successful. Empathy in one of many ways can be described as the ability to supportively communicate a sensitive awareness and affirmation of another person's feelings and the unique meanings attached to them (Mearns and Thorne, 2007). Healthcare workers who are committed and compassionate also must use empathy as a tool to build a rapport with their patient. This is demonstrated in the first vignette through the paramedics active listening and understanding of concern by Sally and her husband. He allows them to voice their feelings, identify and acknowledge their emotional experience in order to treat Sally in a respectful, dignified way. He also uses touch as a means of connecting and reassuring, by touching her hand he is telling her (non verbally) that he is listening...
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...industry often confuse the roles of doctor and nurse, not aware that the two have very different functions. Although the two work side-by-side in many situations and need each other to complete certain tasks, there are major differences between a doctor and nurse. Both roles, however, are essential for the medical industry and of equal importance. In this essay I will objectively compare and contrast the role of the doctors and the role of the nurses, and maybe this will give more insight on who’s who in the healthcare industry. Doctors and nurses first differ in their job descriptions. In most cases, the doctor is tasked with examining and diagnosing patients. A nurse, on the other hand, will have a more hands-on role with physically treating a patient based on the doctor's diagnosis. Nurses often joke that they are just as knowledgeable, yet are paid less and charged with performing the "dirty work". However, both jobs can be physically and emotionally demanding. It should be pointed out that the role of a nurse is not always as a subordinate to doctors. Advanced nurses, such as nurse practitioners, will also diagnose patients and can even prescribe medication. Another major difference between a doctor and nurse is their salary. While not always true, the average doctor earns a higher yearly income than the average nurse. According to a 2006 study by...
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...Group project – Essay Supporting the article: According to the popular science theory of cholesterol, foods that are rich in animal fat and cholesterol can cause the artery walls to thicken, thus impairing blood flow. This condition is called atherosclerosis. But the question is, is it the high cholesterol that causes the artery walls to thicken, thus creating the potential for a heart attack? LDL is a lipoprotein that enables transport of lipids through the bloodstream. LDL has been regarded as a predictor of heart disease. LDL is regarded as the kind of cholesterol that is deposited into the artery and causing the formation of a thick substance that blocks the bloodstream. It is a popular theory, that the cholesterol we get from eating food, is affecting the cholesterol in the blood, so that the arteries are blocked. However, studies have shown that your LDL level is not necessarily the cause of heart disease, but merely a symptom. The article points to Christopher Gardner, a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who says that high LDL, is an "overblown risk factor" for heart disease. The article goes on to say that science has been unable to find a link between consuming saturated fat and heart disease. The article suggests that an increasing number of studies have started to raise doubts about the presumption that elevated levels of cholesterol leads to heart disease. This is accurate, even if these studies aren’t pointed out in the article, they...
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...Essay: The concepts of health can be broaden in many ways as far as the World Health Organization is concerned and people should be the first priority and all aspects of their well- being is too remain first priority. . Since President Obama finally passed the new Health Reform Law, this have opened more doors for people in a society. Health can be conceptualized by improving and upgrading the accessibility of affordable and quality healthcare. President Obama and the entire Obama Administration have made prevention and public health a top priority because of the lasting effects they have on the health of Americans. Here are few factors that contributes, biological, socioeconomic, psychosocial, behavioral, or social in nature. Scientists generally recognize five determinants of health of a population: Genetics and Biology such as, sex and age * Individual behavior alcohol use, injection drug use (needles) * smoking,and unprotected sex, * Physical environment where a person lives and crowding conditions * * Social environment. discrimination, income, and gender where a person lives and crowding conditions * Health services. Access to quality health care and having or not having health insurance. This is why Affordable Care Act provides unprecedented resources through the Prevention and Public Health Fund to support community-based strategies to prevent chronic diseases, and to improve public health. It is good to know that health...
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...| | ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET(adapted for LAW1100 major essay submission purposes) | UNITCode: LAW1100TITLE: Legal Framework I | NAME OF STUDENT (PRINT CLEARLY) fisher shane FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME | STUDENT ID. NO.10104032 | NAME OF LECTURER (PRINT CLEARLY)brad moore | DUE DATE18/4/2011 | Topic of assignmentDuty of Care IN THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE | Group or tutorial (if applicable) | Courselegal framework 1100 | Campusmt lawley | I certify that the attached assignment is my own work and that any material drawn from other sources has been acknowledged. Copyright in assignments remains my property. I grant permission to the University to make copies of assignments for assessment, review and/or record keeping purposes. I note that the University reserves the right to check my assignment for plagiarism. Should the reproduction of all or part of an assignment be required by the University for any purpose other than those mentioned above, appropriate authorisation will be sought from me on the relevant form. | OR, if submitting this paper electronically as per instructions for the unit, place an ‘X’ in the box below to indicate that you have read this form and filled it in completely and that you certify as above. Please include this page in/with your submission. Any electronic responses to this submission will be sent to your ECU email address (or, where relevant, the digital dropbox for the Blackboard site for LAW1100).Agreement X ...
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...Responsibility’ (Bolle & Vogel, 2011) This is certainly true in every organization that is successful. Leaders who responsibly use their power for the greater good of the organization tend to find success easier than those who don’t. For example, the most famous leaders of today, Steve Jobs (Apple), Bill Gates (Windows) and Sir Richard Branson (Virgin) are all visionaries and managed to responsibly use their power to make their companies amongst the most successful and revolutionary in the world. This essay aims to provide a detailed understanding into the various bases of power as mentioned by French & Raven (1958): -Reward, Coercive, Legitimate (Positional Powers)-, -Informational, Referent and Expert (Personal Powers) - (Lo & Ramayah, 2011). It also aims to provide an analysis of the use of power by managers within an organizational setting. Finally, this essay will describe managers’ utilization of the various bases and use different examples. This essay will also provide recommendations and argue how managers should be acquiring more personal power characteristics to increase chances of success in the workplace. Firstly, to fully grasp the idea of what ‘Power’ is in an organization, the bases of power must be comprehensively discussed. As mentioned in the introduction, the six bases of Power are: Reward, Coercive, Legitimate,...
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...Course Outline RSM222H1S Management Accounting I Winter 2016 Class time, location, and instructor Tutorial time and location Instructor contact information L0301 L0401 L0501 L0601 L5101 L0101 L0901 L0201 L1001 L0701 L0801 L1101 T0101 T0201 T0301 T0401 T0501 T0601 T1201 T0701 T0801 T0901 T1001 T1101 Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday 10-12pm 12-2pm 2-4pm 4-6pm 6-8pm 2-4pm 4-6pm 6-8pm 8-10am 10-12pm 12-2pm 4-6pm 10-11am 11-12pm 12-1pm 1-2pm 2-3pm 3-4pm 4-5pm 9-10am 10-11am 11-12pm 12-1pm 1-2pm WO 25 WO 25 WO 25 WO 25 SS 2127 WO 20 WO 20 WO 20 WO 35 SS 1070 SS 2108 GB 244 SS 2110 SS 2110 WW 126 WW 126 WO 30 SS 562 UC 52 WO 30 WO 30 WO 30 WO 35 WO 35 Gus De Franco Gus De Franco Eszter Palancz Eszter Palancz Amy Kwan Eszter Palancz Amy Kwan Eszter Palancz Donna Losell Ross Lu Amy Kwan Amy Kwan Gus De Franco (course coordinator), Gus.Defranco@rotman.utoronto.ca Donna Losell, Losell@rotman.utoronto.ca Amy Kwan, amyk.kwan@utoronto.ca Eszter Palancz, Eszter.Palancz@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca Ross Lu, Ross.Lu12@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca 1 Office hours Gus De Franco Donna Losell Eszter Palancz Amy Kwan Ross Lu By appointment, RT537 By appointment, RT529 Wednesday 4:30pm-5:30pm,...
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...CASE: SM-136 DATE: 10/24/04 BETTER MEDICINE THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION The health care industry in the United States was troubled. Most of the world’s state-of-the-art health care research occurred in U.S. university and corporate laboratories. Similarly, most of the best centers in the world for delivery of health care were located in the U.S. However, the costs of health care in the United States were exploding and overall quality, along many dimensions, was not increasing. For U.S. consumers it was the best of times and the worst of times—health care services were often terrific if judged by the ability of individual physicians to do more for patients and yet, as judged on almost any broad parameter such as life expectancy or infant mortality, the United States was at best average compared to other developed countries. In most developed countries, spending on health care grew dramatically over the past several years. This increase in spending, combined with lower overall economic growth, pushed up the share of health care expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) of OECD countries from an average 7.8 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in 2002. By comparison, the share of GDP spent on health care remained almost unchanged from 1992 to 1997 (Exhibit 1). In the United States, health care expenditure grew 2.3 times faster than GDP, rising from 13 percent in 1997 to 14.6 percent in 2002. Spending was $5,267 per capita in 2002, almost 140 percent...
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...Essay Questions: How and why do the workplace experiences of employees from non – English speaking backgrounds differ from other workers? How can, and should, should actor respond to this? How are these differences manifested, and responded to, in your own workplace? The workplace experiences of employees from Non–English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) differ from other workers for a number of reasons. Employment opportunity is a primary reason why individuals emigrate to other countries (de Castro et al. 2006). While employment in a host country has benefits, immigrants often face considerable challenges as they learn and adjust to the norms and values of the host culture. In particular, immigrant workers may face the ‘‘double jeopardy’’ of dealing with stressors related to both working in a new country as well as to living in a new society (de Castro, Gilbert & Takeuchi 2008). Like other European countries, Australia is also a very attractive destination for migrant workers. Migrants have been part of Australian society and the Australian workforce since colonisation began in 1788. However the migrant population at the time was of a predominantly European background. It was from the mid-nineteen century when Chinese, Pacific Islander, Lebanese, Afghan, Indian and European migrants arrived and settled in Australia. Due to the gradual liberalisation of Australian immigration policies, the ethnic composition of Australian migrants has shifted significantly, bringing...
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...One Due Date: 4 September 2013 Legitimate health care practice in New Zealand (NZ) is without exception multifaceted, complex and challenging for both registered and non-registered health providers. This is in part because, despite common misconceptions, the interpretation and application of both legislation and judge made law is not absolutely objective or even static within our legal system, and because health law incorporates civil and criminal law (among other specialities). The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights 1996 (the Code) is legislation central to our legal health practice in terms of complaint resolution and quality control; in addition the Crimes Act 1961 has become more relevant since 2012. This essay sets out to critically analyse a case (10HDC01344), (see appendix one) in which the Code was deemed to have been breached, and in which the Crimes Act 1961 is relevant. This includes a critical analysis of possible wider legal implications, with a specific application to military paramedic practice. The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 (the Act) was born as a result of an enquiry into unethical research practices within the National Woman’s Hospital. Arguably even without this incident such legislation was necessary for progress in the ‘no fault’ environment of the accident compensation scheme of the time (Godbold & McCallin, 2005; Dew & Roorda, 2001). The Act legislated for a change from trust based regulation, to a trend...
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...In this essay I will be analysing micro organisms and disease. Firstly I will be defining micro organisms and then explaining the key features of the main categories of microorganisms. Followed by the roles of commensals and pathogens I will then go on to explain how micro organisms are transmitted and the routes of entry to and exit from the human body of micro organisms. I will also be explaining the logical sequence of events that occur from entry of a micro-organism to the body to the appearance of symptoms of a disease and then go onto discuss why not all infections lead to a disease. Finally I will explain a logical sequence the signs, symptoms and treatments of yellow fever which is an infectious disease. Micro organisms are living organisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses) which are too small to even be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope also named microbe. There are five types of living micro organisms these are bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and algae. Microorganisms are widespread in nature and are beneficial to life, but some can cause serious harm. They can be divided into six major types: bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, and viruses. Bacteria are unicellular organisms. The cells are described as prokaryotic because they lack a nucleus. They exist in four major shapes: bacillus (rod shape), coccus (spherical shape), spirilla (spiral shape), and vibrio (curved shape). Most bacteria have a peptidoglycan cell wall they divide...
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...Scientific Management This essay will critically evaluate the scientific management’s importance and its contribution in the current management context. In this era of rapid economic development and industrial expansion of different nations, scientific management has enabled every nation to be involved in this global market. Scientific management is the theory which serves as the ‘backbone’ to many current management theories. Scientific management will be briefly described initially. After that, the essay will identify why scientific management is an important contribution to management theory when Frederick Taylor proposed it.... [tags: Business Employee Management] 1639 words (4.7 pages) $19.95 [preview] Scientific Management - Scientific Management Fredrick Taylor, the father of scientific management. He had a firm belief in "one best way" (Samson & Daft, 2003), of doing something. In the year 1899, Taylor held an experiment that involved German and Hungarian men, whose job involved some very heavy-duty work (Gabor, 2000). To his disappointment, men either refused to work, or wouldn't work to his expectations. The men hated him utterly; to the extent he required security when going home (Gabor, 2000). In his entire dilemma with his employers, in stepped Schmidt, a man not of intelligence but had the strength of a bull and an ox-like mentally required to reach the standards of Fredrick Taylor.... [tags: Taylorism Business Management Essays] :: 3 Works Cited :: 6 Sources...
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