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Healing Through Horseplay – EAGALA Equine Assisted Counseling, McKinney, Texas
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I’m teaching myself about psychology using a book, but the answers to the self-assessments aren’t included. So I was hoping you could help me figure out the right answers to these questions:

1. Eclecticism is a psychological approach that draws upon many theories to understand the person as a whole. What does this statement suggest?
a.No one theory can completely explain every aspect of human behavior.
b. Eclecticism is a complicated approach and often contains contradictions.
c. Since psychology is not an exact science, psychologists rarely agree on theories.
d. Human behavior is difficult to study, and theories are often not based on research.

2. Max wants to know how people understand, diagnose, and solve problems through mental processes. Which subfield of psychology would Max be most interested in?
a. clinical psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. developmental psychology
d. social psychology

3. Sal became interested in psychology when his friend was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which subfield of psychology would interest Sal the most?
a. abnormal psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. educational psychology
d. social psychology

4. Ms. Smith is a school psychologist. She wants to describe how the top-performing students in her school deal with stress. Which method would she most likely use to obtain detailed information from these students?
a. correlational study
b. double-blind experiment
c. interview method
d. naturalistic observation

5. Which option is an example of naturalistic observation?
a. a researcher follows the development of individuals over their lifespans
b. a researcher writes a paper about patients in a clinical therapeutic setting
c. a researcher gives medication to one group and a placebo to another group
d. a researcher records findings about children in a school setting

6. Which statement is true about industrial-organizational psychologists?
a. They apply psychological principles to the workplace.
b. They treat mental disorders like anxiety and depression.
c. They give psychological tests to assist with learning problems.
d. They prescribe medications to their patients as necessary.

7. Dan is interested in becoming a psychologist or a medical doctor. Which profession would best give him the opportunity to practice both psychology and medicine?
a. Industrial-organizational psychology would allow him to apply psychological principles by training hospital employees.
b. Clinical psychology would allow him to get a doctorate degree before he could treat mentally ill patients in a clinical setting.
c. Psychiatry would allow him to specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness and give medication to patients.
d. Mental health counseling would allow him to listen to problems of individuals, couples, and groups in a mental health facility.

8. Your friend has an anxiety disorder. If you are to refer her to an expert, who would you go to for help?

I. industrial-organizational psychologist
II. psychiatrist
III. clinical psychologist
a. I
b. II
c. I and II
d. II and III

9. Which option best describes a correlation?
a. A basketball player thinks that whenever she wears her gray socks, she performs better, so she recalls this association.
b. A basketball player believes that wearing his favorite shoes causes him to score high in games, so it becomes a habit.
c. More students have been coming to basketball games, so the team is encouraged to practice more, and the players begin performing better.
d. The new basketball coach is superstitious, so the team members start noticing relationships between what they wear and how they perform in games.

Thank you!

Well. I guess if you don’t have the answer key that wouldn’t be helpful. It is always good to check your answers, so I ll help you out assuming you already tried figuring out the answers to these questions.

1.a.

2.b

3.a

4.c. because she wants detailed information.

5. d. naturalistic observation is when you observe things in a natural setting

6.a. they apply psychology in practical applications like working .

7. c

8. d

9. c

Definitely try picking Myer’s textbook and study guide. They will help you learn if you want to learn on your own. The study guide is specifically designed to help you learn the materials adn provide answers with reasons to it.

Bob Zima discusses how anger is not only a natural behavior fueled by hurt and fear; anger is an awesome doorway for healing. Anger is a behavior. Anger IS NOT AN EMOTION. Anger is a signal that the emotions of HURT and FEAR are stuck in our sours and prevent HEALING. If you want HEALING and to STOP ANGER the you need to clean out the hurt and fear

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He is said to be on the higher functioning end of the Autism Spectrum, but more delayed and confused then typical with Asperger’s. He is diagnosed with PDD-NOS, BP, GAD, SPD, and ADHD.

I am trying to compile a list of advantages and disadvantages to help me with the decision whether or not to go along with the school districts plan to gradually mainstream my son from his substantially seperate classroom where he is the only 1st grader with four other boys who are in 4-5th grade. Here is what I have so far:

Advantages:
*Would be with children his own age
*Would have positive role models in the other children to learn from
*Be with teachers who know how to get to his level
*Be away from the principal who filed a 51a on me for not getting him the services that HE believed my son needed when his psychiatrists were telling me he did not meet the criteria for hospitalization. Although it got screened out there are still hard feelings there.
*Be with the counselor for his age group
*Have children his own age to play with/near at recess if he choses to.
*There were some days where he would be in time out more than an hour throughout his day split up between different times. This takes out from his learning times.

Disadvantages:
*He has a very high anxiety level and would be very nervous around 15 other kids in his classroom
*He gets easily overstimulated with noise, people, etc. When he is overstimulated he is more likely to have behavior issues.
*He gets very easily distracted and looses focus.
*His substantially seperate classroom has a time out area and the teachers are trained in therapeutic holds which he needs sometimes. The regular class might not have these things.

I am wondering what others think I should do as far as his placement goes, what other things you can think of that would be advantages or disadvantages of mainstreaming him. He would still have his 1:1 aid with him in either placement. He also gets PT, OT, Speech, Counseling, Sensory Integration, and Social Skills Groups through his IEP.

For me the issues is not to mainstream or not to mainstream the issue is what services and support look like for him. He’s got a lot cooking in there with that list of alphabet diagnosis as he gets older what primarily impacts him will likely change.

I would first make sure his sensory needs are met – then deal with his ADHD needs (meds, behavior mod etc) that will be the larger part of what will increase his success with typical peers.

Then a look at the Bi Polar stuff – which typically increases it’s impact as children get older. What does your medical professional say would be useful.

In other words – the setting is important but the services are critical – what is the Least Restricitifve setting that he will get the services he needs.

Keep in mind that kids on the spectrum don’t just ‘pick up’ typical kids behaviors by being near them – they need direct instruction.

I however am NOT a fan of teaching in isolation and I fear for the future of students on the spectrum who are in the current new favorite thing of special school for Aspy’s. When will they ever learn to interact with typical peers outside an artificial environment?

“Grandpa Jack Integrative Therapeutic Center” is a non-profit organization that runs a therapy-farm at “Ein Yael”, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The farm offers services such as therapeutic horseback riding, a horseback-riding school, animal-assisted therapy, couple and family therapy and parents-counseling.
For more information: http://sabajack.co.il/len/

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I have worked in the mental health field for many years, starting out as a volunteer in a few agencies. With this hands on experience, a BA in psychology,a masters in counseling, and presently working on Ph.D. in Human services, and I presently work as a mental retardation specialist in this peculiar state, the state I reside in has denied me a license to become a Community Therapeutic Home provider without any explanation at this time.
The Department of Disability and Special Needs in the State of SC is an entity within itself. Care givers of residential facilities have no real experience in caring for children/adults with autism, developmental disabilities,etc; A few hours training is not enough for the level of care needed to make the disabled comfortable and happy.

You need to write the state and find out why they denied your application before you try to take it any further. There is always a reason and you need to find out what it is.

I am married to a man who is a complete C6 quadriplegic. (For anyone who doesn’t know that term, he broke his neck in a spot where all four of his limbs were affected.) We interact like any normal couple, the only thing that is really obvious is that he always is shoulder height to me because he sits down all the time. (If he were standing he’d be 6′3"! Yikes!)

The issue is, he has both intense muscle spasms occasionally and disreflexia. (sp?) He really gets down on himself and gets violently mad at his body when the spasms and/or disreflexic reactions get really bad. (The disreflexia is kinda rare, thank goodness.)

I love him very much and I have been a support to him regarding his daily needs as a quad since the day I married him and before that. But sometimes it is hard on my heart when he breaks down and hates his body for not working anymore, and I don’t know how to be there. Counseling does little for him, because most counselors see him as a very well-adjusted, grounded man in spite of his level of injury. He’s very self-therapeutic. But sometimes he cries… and sometimes I wish I could take his injury away. Sometimes he tells me how much he wishes he could do this-and-that for me if he were walking, and it depresses him…

I guess I wanna know, from people in relationships with quadriplegics/paraplegics and also from married couples in general… how can I be there for him when he gets like that? It’s not often, but often enough. What should I do to comfort *myself* when he’s like that?

Thank you.

I’m not a quadriplegic/paraplegic, however I have had a Stroke. I had my Stroke on September 20, 1994, when I was six years old. I’m now almost 21. The month of September is an extremely difficult even now almost 15 years later. My right arm, hand, leg and foot move on their own. I have no control over what they do. My hand is often times flipping people off without my knowledge.

I have 4 sisters. Nothing is wrong with them. Jealous and rage are what lashes out of me when I think of what could have been if this hadn’t happened to me. It makes me hurt to know I will never be able to hold my own child properly or to wear high heels. However I try not to think about it. I try to focus on the good things that my Stroke has brought me.

You love him but sometimes you have to bear with his outbursts. You be his outlet. Sometimes you just have to say get over it. Yes this happened but you can’t change the past. I know it sounds harsh, believe me it was hard to hear but it’s for the best.

For you, you also need an outlet, join a group or go to the mall. Do something without him once in while. Everyone needs a break including you. You can email me if you want too. I can recommend other way to deal with it. You are a good women. Don’t ever let anyone tell you differently. There’s a quote that sometimes I say to myself when I can’t do something I want too. "We aren’t disabled, we are differently-abled."

Please email me if you want too. I hope this helped. I have loads more to say but felt like this was enough for right now. Good luck. Keep being strong, because if you were weak you never would have looked at him twice.

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