The most frequent and most disturbing ethical issues

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The most frequent and most disturbing ethical issues reported by the nurses surveyed included: protecting patients’ rights and human dignity, providing care with possible risk to their own health, informed consent, staffing patterns that limited patient access to nursing care, the use of physical/chemical restraints, …
What is an ethical dilemma in health and social care?
Abstract. By definition, an ethical dilemma involves the need to choose from among two or more morally acceptable options or between equally unacceptable courses of action, when one choice prevents selection of the other.
What are the two types of ethical dilemmas?

Obligation vs prohibition

Most discussions of ethical dilemmas focus on obligation dilemmas: they involve two conflicting actions that the agent is ethically required to perform. Prohibition dilemmas, on the other hand, are situations in which no course of action is allowed.

What is ethical dilemma and its causes?
Ethical behavior is acting in ways that are consistent with how the business world views moral principles and values. The four major factors that can cause ethical problems in the workplace are lack of integrity, organizational relationship problems, conflicts of interest, and misleading advertising.

The interpersonal circumplex can be defined by which Big 5 dimensions?

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The interpersonal circumplex can be defined by which Big 5 dimensions?; The interpersonal circumplex is defined by two orthogonal axes: a vertical axis (of status, dominance, power, ambitiousness, assertiveness, or control) and a horizontal axis (of agreeableness, compassion, nurturant, solidarity, friendliness, warmth, affiliation or love).

What are the Circumplex dimensions?
The Circumplex model has two such dimensions: valence and activity (Russell, 1980). Russell’s Circumplex Model of Affect (Figure 4.1) focuses on subjective experiences, and consequently, emotions within these dimensions might not be placed at exactly the same levels for all the people.

Group of answer choices

openness and neuroticism

 

conscientiousness and openness

 

extraversion and agreeableness

 

neuroticism and extraversion

 

How is narrative therapy connected to systems theory

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How is narrative therapy connected to systems theory; In this way, the Narrative approach involves the very systemic notions of life being shaped by the systems and relationships people come from and exist in, with change coming through ‘news of difference’, i.e., an alternate story for the multiple stories of life.
Narrative therapy helps clients identify what they want in their lives, facilitating reconnection with their own knowledge and strengths.

As such, this theoretical framework is particularly applicable for cross-cultural counselors and the diverse clients with whom they work.

Who is associated with narrative therapy?
In this way, the Narrative approach involves the very systemic notions of life being shaped by the systems and relationships people come from and exist in, with change coming through ‘news of difference’, i.e., an alternate story for the multiple stories of life.

Compare and contrast generalized anxiety disorder and phobias

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Compare and contrast generalized anxiety disorder and phobias. Describe how the symptoms would appear for each

While phobias are focused on a specific object or situation, generalized anxiety disorder is much more broadly based. Those with generalized anxiety disorder worry excessively over a variety of day-to-day situations.

What are the similarities and differences between anxiety and fear?

Describe the classic research experiment on obedience to authority

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Describe the classic research experiment on obedience to authority that was conducted by Stanley Milgram at Yale University.

In the Milgram experiment, obedience was measured by the level of shock that the participant was willing to deliver. While many of the subjects became extremely agitated, distraught, and angry at the experimenter, they nevertheless continued to follow orders all the way to the end.

Explain how the results of his experiment might shed light on the violence associated with street gangs

In the study, an authority figure ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person. These results suggested that people are highly influenced by authority, and highly obedient.

Explain the physical and psychological effects of job stress

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Explain the physical and psychological effects of job stress. A stressful work environment can contribute to problems such as headaches, stomachaches, sleep disturbances, short temper, and difficulty concentrating. Chronic stress can result in anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and a weakened immune system.

What are the physical and psychological effects of job stress?
Workplace stress also has adverse effects on workers’ mental health, with an increased risk of anxiety, burnout, depression, and substance use disorders. Workers who are stressed at work are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, and poor dietary patterns.
What are the psychological effects of stress?
Stress has a psychological impact that can manifest as irritability or aggression, a feeling of loss of control, insomnia, fatigue or exhaustion, sadness or tears, concentration or memory problems, or more. Continued stress can lead to other problems, such as depression, anxiety or burnout.

Gender schemas are based on children’s interactions and observations of others, their environment, and their culture

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Gender schemas are based on children’s interactions and observations of others, their environment, and their culture. These gender schemas are used to organize and direct the child’s behavior based on his or her society’s gender norms and expectations related to the child’s gender
What is the main idea behind gender schema theory?
Developed by Sandra Bem (1981, 1983), gender schema theory explains the development and consequences of sex typing or how children acquire sex-defined characteristics (i.e., preferences, skills, personality traits, behaviors, and self-concepts) that are aligned with gender.
How does schema affect behavior?
Schemas can influence what you pay attention to, how you interpret situations, or how you make sense of ambiguous situations. Once you have a schema, you unconsciously pay attention to information that confirms it and ignore or minimize information that contradicts it.

Describe the difference between hypochondriasis and conversion disorder

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Describe the difference between hypochondriasis and conversion disorder. Hypochondriasis is described as an anxious, internalizing disturbance whereas somatization disorder is a dramatic, externalizing disorder. As we have seen, there is evidence from clinical observation and case series of differences in sex ratio and clinical manifestations, especially illness behavior.

According to DSM-IV, somatization disorder has a specified number and type of somatic symptoms, where- as hypochondriasis is characterized by abnormal atti- tudes and beliefs about illness [16] . The criteria for hypo- chondriasis mention bodily symptoms but do not indi- cate what these might be.
What is the difference between conversion disorder and somatic symptom disorder?
While people with conversion disorder frequently experience depression or anxiety, excessive worrying and distress about the physical symptoms aren’t part of the diagnosis for conversion disorder. In contrast, excessive concern about physical symptoms is the main part of the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder.

What are the potential psychological and social impacts of a terrorist attack

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What are the potential psychological and social impacts of a terrorist attack on the victims, on communities, and on society as a whole?

Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel)

What is the international terrorism?
International terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).
What are the 3 characteristics of terrorism?
Terrorism is often, though not always, defined in terms of four characteristics: (1) the threat or use of violence; (2) a political objective; the desire to change the status quo; (3) the intention to spread fear by committing spectacular public acts; (4) the intentional targeting of civilians.

Describe the Africentric theory of Black Personality developed by Dr. Kobi Kambon

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Describe the Africentric theory of Black Personality developed by Dr. Kobi Kambon. Develop an Africentric calendar based on months of cultural and historical dates/events/rituals/name days. Three or more cultural-based events/dates for each month.
Who developed the African self consciousness scale?
Baldwin (also known as Kobi Kambon) and Bell (1985) developed the 42-item African Self- Consciousness Scale (ASCS) to test their hypothesis that African Self-Consciousness is positively associated with African Americans’ psychological functioning, because of its focus on cultural self-affirmation.
What is Afrocentric psychology focus?
Afrocentric psychologists develop paradigms, practices, and methodologies in accordance with the values of the African worldview to address the well-being of African people and eradicate social, economic, and political injustice.