PSYC 515 Weekly Short Essays-Week Five

This is a short essay assignment with a mixture of multiple-choice/short answer and essay questions that cite evidence or research to explain/support your answer.

Your essay answers must be in your own words with paraphrasing properly source credited.  Quotes in lieu of answering in your own words will not receive points.

Please submit your responses as a Word document (.docx file).  Make sure to number your responses so your instructor will know where one response ends and the next starts.  It is not necessary to rewrite each question in your document.  For multiple choice questions, CLEARLY indicate your response (a, b, c, or d) so that your instructor does not have to search and try to determine your response in your short answer explanation.

Your responses should be approximately one-half page each (double-spaced) for a total of three pages (not including Title and References Pages if you choose to include them).

1.         The catharsis theory of aggression holds that:

a.         aggressive impulses, if kept bottled up, will eventually fade away.

b.         one act of aggression usually leads to further aggression.

c.          one act of aggression reduces the likelihood of further acts of aggression.

d.         frustration leads to aggression.

Why did select this answer?

2. Bushman and Bonacci had an experiment in which people watched violent or sexually explicit or neutral TV shows with advertisements.  Under which conditions did men and women recall the advertised products?  How did the experimenters explain the reasons for this outcome?

3.  Based upon Article #26 in Readings About the Social Animal, explain Malamuth’s findings on the predictors of naturalistic sexual aggression.

4.  Some people believe that exposure to, or participation in, aggressive behavior is beneficial because it allows people to release their pent-up aggression.  Where do you stand on this issue?  Do you agree or disagree with this premise?  Be sure to back up your answer with examples of relevant research.

5.  Most everyone would agree that reducing human aggression is a worthwhile goal-one that may be crucial to our survival as a species.  Summarize two of the several methods for achieving this goal.  Support your choices with relevant research

 

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PSYC 515 Weekly Short Essays-Week Five

This is a short essay assignment with a mixture of multiple-choice/short answer and essay questions that cite evidence or research to explain/support your answer.

Your essay answers must be in your own words with paraphrasing properly source credited.  Quotes in lieu of answering in your own words will not receive points.

Please submit your responses as a Word document (.docx file).  Make sure to number your responses so your instructor will know where one response ends and the next starts.  It is not necessary to rewrite each question in your document.  For multiple choice questions, CLEARLY indicate your response (a, b, c, or d) so that your instructor does not have to search and try to determine your response in your short answer explanation.

Your responses should be approximately one-half page each (double-spaced) for a total of three pages (not including Title and References Pages if you choose to include them).

1.         The catharsis theory of aggression holds that:

a.         aggressive impulses, if kept bottled up, will eventually fade away.

b.         one act of aggression usually leads to further aggression.

c.          one act of aggression reduces the likelihood of further acts of aggression.

d.         frustration leads to aggression.

Why did select this answer?

2. Bushman and Bonacci had an experiment in which people watched violent or sexually explicit or neutral TV shows with advertisements.  Under which conditions did men and women recall the advertised products?  How did the experimenters explain the reasons for this outcome?

3.  Based upon Article #26 in Readings About the Social Animal, explain Malamuth’s findings on the predictors of naturalistic sexual aggression.

4.  Some people believe that exposure to, or participation in, aggressive behavior is beneficial because it allows people to release their pent-up aggression.  Where do you stand on this issue?  Do you agree or disagree with this premise?  Be sure to back up your answer with examples of relevant research.

5.  Most everyone would agree that reducing human aggression is a worthwhile goal-one that may be crucial to our survival as a species.  Summarize two of the several methods for achieving this goal.  Support your choices with relevant research

 

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PSYC 515 Weekly Short Essays-Week Five

This is a short essay assignment with a mixture of multiple-choice/short answer and essay questions that cite evidence or research to explain/support your answer.

Your essay answers must be in your own words with paraphrasing properly source credited.  Quotes in lieu of answering in your own words will not receive points.

Please submit your responses as a Word document (.docx file).  Make sure to number your responses so your instructor will know where one response ends and the next starts.  It is not necessary to rewrite each question in your document.  For multiple choice questions, CLEARLY indicate your response (a, b, c, or d) so that your instructor does not have to search and try to determine your response in your short answer explanation.

Your responses should be approximately one-half page each (double-spaced) for a total of three pages (not including Title and References Pages if you choose to include them).

1.         The catharsis theory of aggression holds that:

a.         aggressive impulses, if kept bottled up, will eventually fade away.

b.         one act of aggression usually leads to further aggression.

c.          one act of aggression reduces the likelihood of further acts of aggression.

d.         frustration leads to aggression.

Why did select this answer?

2. Bushman and Bonacci had an experiment in which people watched violent or sexually explicit or neutral TV shows with advertisements.  Under which conditions did men and women recall the advertised products?  How did the experimenters explain the reasons for this outcome?

3.  Based upon Article #26 in Readings About the Social Animal, explain Malamuth’s findings on the predictors of naturalistic sexual aggression.

4.  Some people believe that exposure to, or participation in, aggressive behavior is beneficial because it allows people to release their pent-up aggression.  Where do you stand on this issue?  Do you agree or disagree with this premise?  Be sure to back up your answer with examples of relevant research.

5.  Most everyone would agree that reducing human aggression is a worthwhile goal-one that may be crucial to our survival as a species.  Summarize two of the several methods for achieving this goal.  Support your choices with relevant research

 

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As you have read, theory guides the conceptualization of the client’s problem and how social workers assess and intervene relative to the problem. However, theory can also shape the self-reflective questions social workers ask themselves. Clients often come to social workers under stress or distress. This then affects how the social worker responds and thus the client-social worker relationship. As a result, Foley, Nash, and Munford (2009) employed attachment theory as a “lens in which to view the reflective process itself and to gain greater understanding and empathy for what each social worker within each unique social work-client relationship can access of that relationship for reflection” (pp. 44).

This week, you will apply attachment theory to the case study you chose in Week 2. In other words, your theoretical orientation—or lens—is attachment theory as you analyze the case study.

To prepare:

• Review the same case study you selected from last week’s Assignment. (Remember, you will be using this same case study throughout the entire course). Use the “Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study” worksheet to help you dissect the theory. You do not need to submit this handout. It is a tool for you to use to dissect the theory, and then you can employ the information in the table to complete your assignment.
• Review attachment theory and the following article listed in the Learning Resources: Foley, M., Nash, M., & Munford, R. (2009). Bringing practice into theory: Reflective practice and attachment theory. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 21(1/2), p39–47. Retrieved http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol21iss1-2id318

By Day 7

Submit a 1- to 2-page case write-up that addresses the following:

• Summarize the assumptions of attachment theory in 2 to 3 sentences.
• Identify the problem in your chosen case study to be worked on from an attachment theory perspective.
• Explain how attachment theory defines and explains the cause of the problem in one to two sentences.
• Develop two assessment questions that are guided by attachment theory that you would ask the client to understand how the stress or distress is affecting the client.
• Discuss two interventions to address the problem. Remember, the theory should be driving the interventions. In other words, you would not identify systematic desensitization since this is not an intervention guided by attachment theory.
• Formulate one self-reflective question that is influenced by attachment theory that you can ask yourself to gain greater empathy for what the client is experiencing.
• Explain which outcomes you could measure to evaluate client progress based theory.

Be sure to:

• Identify and correctly reference the case study you have chosen.
• Use literature to support your claims.
• Use APA formatting and style.
  • Remember to double-space your paper.

Required Readings

Turner, F. J. (Ed.). (2017). Social work treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches (6th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Chapter 1: Attachment Theory and Social Work Treatment (pp. 1–22)
Chapter 25: The Psychoanalytic System of Ideas (pp. 398–410)

Foley, M., Nash, M., & Munford, R. (2009). Bringing practice into theory: Reflective practice and attachment theory. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 21(1/2), p39–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol21iss1-2id318

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Auld, F., Hyman, M., & Rudzinski, D. (2005). How is therapy with women different? In Resolution and inner conflict: An introduction to psychoanalytic therapy (pp. 217–236). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Note: You will access this book chapter excerpt from the Walden Library databases.

National Association of Social Workers. (2008). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English

Document: Worksheet: Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study (Word document)

Document: Theory Into Practice: Four Social Work Case Studies (PDF)

Required Media

Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2014). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.psychotherapy.net.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/stream/waldenu/video?vid=277

This week, watch the “Psychoanalytic Approaches” segment by clicking the applicable link under the “Chapters” tab.

Note: You will access this video from the Walden Library databases.

Optional Resources

Blakely, T. J., & Dziadosz, G. M. (2015). Application of attachment theory in clinical social work. Health & Social Work, 40(4), 283–289. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlv059

Fleischer, L., & Lee, E. (2016). The analytic principle and attitude: Mobilizing psychoanalytic knowledge to maximize social work students’ practice competence. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 23(2), 99–118. doi:10.1080/15228878.2016.1149776

 

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• Select your focus commercial, ad, or infomercial. Note the URL, if available.
• View the commercial/ad/infomercial as many times, as needed, to sufficiently analyze your cognitive and emotional involvement with it. In particular, consider:
• How does framing of the commercial/ad/infomercial inform your involvement with the material?
• What elements of language are used, such as speed, power, and intensity?
• How do those language elements influence your involvement, and which language element stands out most?
• Evaluate the commercial/ad/ infomercial according to the principles and practices of advertising ethics.

Post responses to the following:

• Describe the commercial/ad/infomercial. Provide a link, if available.
• Summarize your analysis of your cognitive and emotional connection to the commercial/ad/infomercial. In your summary, be sure to explain how the framing and elements of language informed your involvement, including which language element was most salient for you and why.
• Explain your conclusions about the ethics of the strategies used in the commercial/ad/infomercial.

 

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