A client admits to alcohol dependency on a consistant and regular basis because the loss of job. The client exhibits hopelessness and depression. The client has explained they experiencing insomnia, and decreased energy to do anything. This explains their poor personal hygiene. As the clinician the safety of the client is of the utmost importance. The use of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is for the purpose of aiding the clinician in the determining if the client is suicidal. It is important
Whether a scientific theory of consciousness could be provided requires the theory to account for properties of sensations. Place thinks some philosophers struggle to accept a scientific theory by falling for the phenomenological fallacy. Some have posited descriptions of experience lye within the mental cinema (pg. 49). Place characterized the fallacy of thinking that when we perceive something green we are perceiving something green in the mind as ‘the phenomenological fallacy’. He writes, if we
Sarah, an eighteen year old female, moves from a small town in the North of England to a big city in order to attend University. The city is renowned for its nightlife. She goes from living with her parents, who she has a very strong relationship with, to moving into University halls with five females who were all the same age. Her parents practice teetotalism and have since she was born. Sarah is anxious about joining student life as she has never been interested in the social convention of drinking
A Critique of Dr. Jay E. Adams, Dr. William Backus & Marie Chapian Counseling Theories Belinda Jeanette Prescott Liberty University A Critique of Dr. Jay E. Adams, Dr. William Backus & Marie Chapian Counseling Theories Concise Summary of Theory Adams (1986), has developed a four step process in which he lines up and bases off of II Timothy 3:14-17, the four steps include, teaching, conviction, correction, and disciplined training in righteousness. Adams says “just as evangelism always must precede
life states that experiences are connected over time. Between two theories, I believe that the Bundle theory works well based on describing Personal identity as a bundle of various thoughts, perceptions and a person’s state of mind. Parfit argued in the case of the Split-Brain case that the bundle theory can support both normal brains and split-brains cases. Whereas, the Ego Theory can only account for normal brains. The Ego Theory explains the person and their continual existence over time, by describing
In the article “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” Joseph Stiglitz, a noble prize winning economist, argues that the upper 1% controls about 40% of all wealth in America. This top 1% has taken about a quarter of all income in America, and has seen their income rise about 18% in the past decade. This has made the inequality between classes in the US expand. Eventually, this inequality gap will even hurt the top 1%, because the other 99% will either fight for a bigger piece or just stop working all
In considering this case and within the social work profession, there are many theories and interventions that can be applied to the SRS’s CPS program including: contingency, conflict resolution, organizational, systems, and empowerment theories. These theories do not operate alone, instead they are combined with one another. The conflict resolution theoretical approach will be utilized through the task-centered model with evidence of NASW’s Code of Ethics, because this is specific to this case.
Module 1 Reading/Discussion Questions Chapter 1 1. Explain some of the benefits a student may gain by studying philosophy. A student may gain several benefits from studying philosophy. For instance, students may learn how to evaluate arguments, analyze ideas and draw individual conclusions. Philosophy teaches how to make judgements with precise evaluation based on ethics and morality, taking under consideration all the factors that make an evaluation precise. This is useful because one must have
Compare and contrast normative and positive accounting approaches: Definition of PAT: Watts and Zimmerman (1986) defined Pat as a theory that seeks to explain and predicts particular phenomenon. It is concerned with explaining accounting practice. The three basic hypotheses as outlined by Watts and Zimmerman (1978) underlying PAT are: 1. Bonus plan hypothesis: The bonus plan hypothesis is that managers of firms with bonus plans are more likely to use accounting methods that increase current period
Notice of Assessment Task Preliminary Course in Physics Date of Initial notification: 1/2/2013 | Date of submissionTerm 1 Week 5 | Task Number: One – Research | Time Allowed:2 weeks | Weighting of Task: 15% | Course component / Focus area / Topic Module:Module1: The World Communicates | Task Description:The world communicates by making extensive use of the electromagnetic spectrum. For the average person this is commonly accessed using radio waves. These radio waves may be over the