Health and Clinical Psychology

With focus on the quality and standards of assessors to meet the learning needs of the candidates, where a lack of progress is highlighted or an inconsistency within assessments will result in further support for the assessment team, potentially in the form of further standardization

Health psychology is a diverse career field; psychologists can be employed anywhere from hospitals to research to influencing health care. “Health psychologists… conduct clinical interviews and behavioral assessments. They may also participate in interventions with individuals or groups — for example, programs to help people reduce stress, quit smoking and avoid sedentary behaviors…They may study the causes of health problems and how to prevent them, or explore why certain groups don’t seek care when they need it. They may also help patients understand and come to terms with a diagnosis, or follow a treatment regimen in order to increase the probability of their full recovery (American Psychology Association). Health psychologists have a broad spectrum of people to treat as they treat people with mental disorders and create treatment plans for people; health psychologists need to understand all parts of psychology to provide effective care for their patients because health psychologists research, test people, and help their patients gain skills so they can better take care of themselves.

First, the essay is well constructed because Mae explains the issue and opposing positions clearly and in an engaging way. Mae includes quotes from articles and explains them thoroughly to show their relevance to the

| Demonstrates some understanding of descriptive and value assumptions and value conflicts, identifies some and provides satisfactory explanation of their effect on the argument. May have some confusion over definitions, but generally demonstrates understanding of the concepts.

Using you knowledge AND the documents provided, write a well-reasoned essay on the following prompt:

the student’s standing in the course; a paper grade that does not increase the student’s final

Income and education are closely linked with health status. The __________ the poverty rate and the __________ the education level, the better the health.

Clearly addresses the First Main Point including 2 or more sub-points from Professional Paper Worksheet. Depth and detail are excellent.

Be sure to provide a strong and specific thesis statement with a nice introduction to your essay. Also be sure to provide names, dates, book titles, court cases, statistics and any and all other relevant facts you can think of to support your answer. Staple this sheet to the front of your essay and be sure to follow the formatting rules discussed for previous FRQ’s.

Please note that this Assessment has 12 pages and is made up of 5 Sections.

Abnormal and clinical psychology are two branches in the field of psychological studies. In simple words, abnormal psychology can be defined as the study of people who engage in unusual behavior and emotional thoughts. These actions and thoughts are considered abnormal compared to those of other members of society, and they significantly interfere with their functioning in life. Clinical psychology goes hand in hand with abnormal psychology because it is the study that deals with the assessment and treatment of those abnormal actions. Learning about these branches of psychology can help us understand and predict behaviors of people who that are affected by these disorders. It is also essential to advance our knowledge to help assess the people who suffer these illnesses to lead a life of better quality. In this paper, a case study that entails a brief vignette of a 35 year old paralegal named Greg will be analyzed. According to concepts of abnormal and clinical psychology, Greg will be diagnosed with the psychological disorder of obsessive-compulsive disorder (more formally known as OCD) that might have originated in the anal stage of the psychoanalytic theory, for which cognitive behavioral therapy will be used as a possible treatment.

Preview of Main Points: in order to back up my argument, I’ve come up with three points to discuss:

The subject of the text is the schools grading system. The outline of this paper was paragraph one was introduction, two through three informative and four through thirteen is persuasive and paragraph fourteen was the conclusion. What problem/situation was this essay trying to address? This persuasive essay was trying to address the down side of the grading card and how continuums would much better benefit the school system. The thesis of this paper is the grade card should undergo revision.

2) My main problem that comes up is for explaining what caused the problems which I talk about. My analysis of the argument also is unclear sometimes which shows that I am not giving enough evidence to support

In Criterion D, knowledge and understanding of the work used in the discussion, I felt I conveyed excellent knowledge of Art Spiegelman’s Maus, I cited the unique symbols and used specific examples of both major and minor characters to explain how symbols connected to the overall theme of the graphic novel. Consequentially, I awarded myself with a score of 5 in this category. For Criterion E, response to the discussion questions, I felt that the questions themselves could have been stronger and the limited time may have given me some issues in terms of response strength, as a result I had a brief response that although strong, was certainly too brief. I awarded myself with a score of 4 in this category. In the last, and perhaps most academically relevant category Criterion F, language, I used very concise and academic diction as well as a varying sentence structure and tone when appropriate. I think this one of my stronger categories, as a result I awarded myself with a score of