Two Vulnerable Populations and Their Theories Quanisha Hobley Winston Salem State University Abstract Vulnerability is when an individual loses the ability to fully make informed decisions on his or her own. This paper will discuss the vulnerable population of people with mental illnesses, and the elderly. There are many groups of people that fit the “vulnerable population” category, to include: mentally disabled, socioeconomically disadvantaged, those with physical limitations, children,
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analyzing both the biological and humanistic theories, one can see where Maslow may have been right in that assumption. The basic perceptions of humanistic and biological theories vary significantly. There are some basic ideas behind humanistic psychology. Humanists focus on the present rather than looking at the past or toward the future. Well individuals should take responsibility for themself; regardless of the actions and every individual possess inherent worth. Even negative actions do not negate
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charity and when studying sociology and psychology. My work experience at a children’s charity the Children’s Adventure Farm Trust was extremely rewarding and my enthusiasm provided not only myself with confidence but also provided the children for whom I was caring for with confidence. I worked with children of a variety of ages across a broad range of learning and behavioural needs. A lot of the children I worked with had autism, which I had studied in psychology and found it to be really fascinating
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Running head: Analytic Competitors Analytic Competitors Lev Mallinger Grand Canyon University BUS 606: Quantitative Methods August 24, 2012 “A wise man is strong and a knowledgeable man increases in his strength” (Proverbs 24:5) Introduction An analytic competitor may be described as an organization engaged in the committed activities of accumulating data, organizing and analyzing it into meaningful information, and following through with business decisions and activities informed by
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Staff praise client when she have displayed appropriate behavior. Staff and client discussed her behavior around her family. Staff and client discussed how she can change her behavior and depression. Staff assist client in making a new behavior chart, which show her improvements. Staff encourage client to take a second and think about her action before she react. Staff and client discussed ways to avoid negative situations that may cause them to react with angrier. Staff and client discussed
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Lessons Learned One thing that readers can take away from these stories is that you have to fight for what is right or for what you want. For example, in Of Plymouth Plantation the Pilgrims wanted to be able to practice their own beliefs so they went on a long and hard journey across the Atlantic to start a new and free life in America. The colonist almost didn’t make it but what kept them going was their dream of being able to live a life of freedom of religion. Another lesson that readers can
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Jimmy Carter once said “War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.” What I think Jimmy Carter means by this is even though we see war and inevitable, war is never going to be a good thing. We will never grow as a whole as long as we keep killing each other’s youth. The youth are fighting in the wars of today many not even being able to see tomorrow. The implications
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Antonio’s Depression When Antonio arrived at the mental health clinic to seek help with his depression he received help from five specialists, all practicing different treatment approaches. The first specialist that Antonio spoke to believed solely in the biological approach; after hearing how severe his depression was, the specialist offered his medication to treat the depression. Antonio knowing that medication only treats the effects of depression and not the cause of the problem(s), he sought
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Performance appraisal is a method of evaluating the behaviour of employees in the work spot, normally including both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of job performance. It is a systematic and objective way of evaluating both work-related behaviour and potential of employees. It is a process that involves determining and communicating to an employee how he or she is performing the job and ideally, establishing a plan of improvement. Performance appraisal could be taken either for evaluating
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Social-Learning theory has most influenced my beliefs and assumptions about individuals. Social-learning theory main concept is the idea that behavior learned through watching others. This term is coined observational learning. Social-Learning theory, in contrast to Behavioral theorist , do not believe that reinforcement is responsible for all learning. In fact Social learning theorist Albert Bandura extended research which not included social learning but also included behavioral and cognitive learning
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