What is the difference between erotic art and pornography? How does it relate to Scruton’s distinction between imagination and fantasy from last time’s reading? 2. Looking at pp. 176-178, what is desecration, and how can certain ways of representing sex and violence be guilty of “the willful desecration of the human form?” 1.Why, according to Danto, are appearances so important to people? 2. In what way can a photograph present a person other than she desires to be presented? 3. What are some reasons people have thought it inappropriate to paint, or photograph, people in the nude?
Qualitative Methods What are some ways that qualitative research characteristics are fundamentally different from quantitative research? Consider a research study you might conduct. What is the role of gatekeepers? To what extent do you think having data analysis in qualitative research goes hand-in-hand with data collection, and write-up of findings may cause confusion for the researcher? Discuss the relative merits of hand coding as opposed to using computer software when completing qualitative data analysis.
Discuss why it is important to build psychological resilience in yourself in order to best meet the needs of your patients. 4–5 pages addressing the following: 1. What are the physical and mental effects of stress? 2. What is psychological resilience, and why is it so important? (consider pathophysiology and coping skills) 3. As a PMHNP, why is it important to build psychological resilience in yourself in order to best meet the needs of your patients? 4. On a personal note, discuss a healthy coping mechanism that you have in place that will guide you to set healthy boundaries between work and home life as well as cope with stressful cases. 5. What areas of improvement will you set as goals for yourself to work on for your own psychological resilience?
Eustress and Distress affect the physical functioning of the body in similar ways. What is the difference between these two types of stress? Also discuss the physical stress response. What are stress hormones and what do they do in the human body?
How would you create a group that promotes multicultural understanding? Should a session conducted with youth diagnosed with ADHD be upbeat and vibrant or monotone? Self disclosure can be powerful but can be inappropriate. Share an experience that you have had with self disclosure that was of value to you. The self disclosure can be a time you self disclosed or it can be a time when someone self disclosed to you. Remember self disclosure should be for the value of others not yourself!
The following questions are based on chapter 4 of the text. Each question must be answered with at minimum one paragraph. A paragraph consists of 5 sentences. Double space your work. Use Times New Roman or Arial font. You also must have a separate cover page. Chapter 4 Homework Questions If you were asked to state concisely the theoretical orientation that guides your interventions as a group leader, how would you reply? Of what practical value is a theory for you as a group leader? How does the theoretical approach you favor affect what you will do in a group? What are some of the basic differences between the concepts of group process and group techniques? What are the differences between technical eclecticism and theoretical integration What are your thoughts about how change happens? What do you believe about how people heal? In what context do people heal? What must be present in order for people to heal? What methods work to help people heal? Which approaches outlined in the chapter seem to be most compatible with a social justice perspective? Which approaches seem least compatible with the social justice perspective in your opinion? Explain. Explain the difference between affective domain and behavioral domain and how you would use each of them in a group.
Select a test you are interested in (perhaps for dissertation). What does the test measure (include name of test)? If you were going to discuss the validity of the test, what would you look for in terms of: 1. Criterion-Related Validity (what behaviors or traits should correlate concurrently or predictively)? 2. Group Differences (what persons may be expected to differ on the trait)? 3. Convergent & Divergent Validity (what measures should correlate and not correlate)?
Eustress and Distress affect the physical functioning of the body in similar ways. What is the difference between these two types of stress? Also discuss the physical stress response. What are stress hormones and what do they do in the human body?
After viewing the Vimeo, Stages of Change Video, Identify at least 5 concepts you believe are essential to client change. Your response should be at least four paragraphs. Four paragraphs is equivalent to 20 sentences. Please ensure your work is in a word document double spaced, TImes New Romans, and 12 point font with a cover page. https://vimeo.com/323622966
