What are some of the signs, features, and behaviours associated with schizophrenia?

Have you ever known anyone with schizophrenia? Being as honest as you care to be, does being around someone with this illness create some anxiety or fear for you?

You now know that people who commit certain acts (perhaps violence) may suffer from psychosis, delusions, and hallucinations which is often associated with schizophrenia. How would you explain this phenomenon to your friends and family?

Reviewing some of your classmate's postings, what have you learned about other's who have the first-hand experience of schizophrenia. What are your thoughts about this? Are you surprised about any aspects? What do you know now, that you didn't know before reading about their experiences?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_y-guabRxE Who Gets Me? Schizophrenia (Ontario) Fanshawe College film

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Please discuss the impact of Judaism and Christianity on Western Civilization:

How did the Christian views of the world and human nature differ from those of the Greek and Roman societies?

In clinical child psychology, What are risk factors (temperament, interpersonal conflict, physical abuse, sexual abuse and poverty) and protective factors during childhood, which increase or decrease the risk to develop psychological disorders? Discuss.

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Identify and explain the three steps in the process of addiction.

How is the term drug defined in this chapter? What are psychoactive drugs? How do medicines differ from drugs?

Differentiate among drug misuse, drug abuse, and drug dependence.

List the six general categories of drugs. For each category, give several examples of drugs, and explain the effects they would have on the user. What are designer drugs?

Identify and explain the various factors that influence the absorption of alcohol. Why is it important to be aware of these factors?

Free association and dream analysis which are the techniques of psychoanalytic approach. Explain each of these clearly. It should be include;
-what is the aim of the technique?
-What is the idea behind it?
-How does it work?
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Can we track a common pattern with clear stages during the sexual response? Compare the EPOR model with competing models. How do they differ? How are they the same? Do you think one describes the sexual response more accurately than the others?

In clinical psychology, Explain the three levels of prevention clearly (tertiary prevention (indicated prevention intervention), secondary prevention (selective mental health prevention) and primary prevention (universal mental health prevention). ) Discuss especially their 'aims' / 'goals' and give examples to each of them.

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Explain how African mythology maintained a consistent set of values despite the vast expanse of the continent.

Give an example of when you would use structural imaging versus functional imaging. Also, give an example of when you would be interested in directly manipulating brain activity. (Think about the different neuroimaging methods).

Consider John Allen Lee's styles of love. Which one do you think you are? What do you think your partner should be to give that budding relationship a good chance? And when that relationship really gets going, and you've got your first fight, how are you going to establish a solid foundation for effective communication? What are the warning signs that this relationship is about to fail? How do you stop it?

I recommend that you use a single example from your own experience, and analyze it from the new point of view you should have developed from reading the chapter. If you cannot think of a relationship (or do not want to talk about an existing one), just imagine one (your chance to imagine your perfect partner if you'd like, and even here, there will be fights).

Recall that children often overgeneralize grammatical rules at one language milestone. Describe how the behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist views would discuss this occurrence.

Notice the “power position” for each dimension. From a social perspective, are you in the dominant or subordinate position?

I don't get this question at all. I need an example of ones' answer so I could answer it based on myself.

Cognitive dissonance theory says a lot about cognition - what goes on inside the mind. Why, then, is it in a communication theory textbook? What does communication have to do with dissonance creation or reduction?

How does the anatomy of hearing allow for us to hear pitch? In particular, what is it about this anatomy that relates to pitch?

What are client and therapist variables that effect psychotherapy outcome positively?

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