Students are required to submit a 750-word (minimum) midterm paper, which will count for 25% of their final course grade. The student will present a situation requiring an ethical choice made by an individual drawn from the real world (i.e. a news story), consider the possible choices available and their consequences, take a position on the situation, and justify that choice. The student must incorporate […]

Mary’s one year old daughter is due to be given the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine during her next visit to the doctor. Mary is upset and concerned because one of her friend’s sons became ill after a similar vaccination. She has also heard rumors that MMR vaccine causes rubella. Mary was also told that her daughter will need to be vaccinated before Mary […]

Two topics that I am interested in learning more about is baby sign language in infants and cognitive creativity.  I found both of these topics to be extremely interesting as I had never factored either of these concepts into child development.  In short, infant sign language is said to be easier for very young children to acquire because sign language and gestures are representations of […]

SettingToward the end of the interview or session with a client athlete, you and your client athlete will want to define and set goals that can be mutually agreed upon for the coming sessions. Your client will probably have some things in mind that he or she will want to work on and you will have an idea of a direction as well.Using the case […]

For this discussion, you will review the PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH literature on a topic related to this module. To do this, you should use the Nichol’s Library (or other academic source) to locate an article on a topic related to one of the content objectives for this module.  For example, you might search for “discernment” and “therapy”, or “reframing” and “clients”, or perhaps “meaning” and “reframing” or […]

Assignment 3: Transcription Assignment Practice: Using Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing SkillsNow that you have applied encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing on paper, it’s time to try these out in a practice session with your volunteer client athlete. This assignment will give you the opportunity to apply these basic counseling skills in real time.The purpose of this practice session is to apply attending, encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing […]

Early this semester we discussed multiple “themes” related to development in general. We applied these themes to infancy throughout the semester. After learning about infancy, what would be your personal theme for infant development specifically (Think “Infant Development is…”) ? Identify and articulate your own personal theory of infant/toddler development.   In other words, what about infant development really resonated with you??? Use your obtained knowledge, […]

 Freud would suggest that gender development occurs during the third stage of his psychosexual theory, which is the phallic stage. Between 3 and 6 years old, children become aware of anatomical differences. Recognition of physical differences is usually followed by acknowledgement of cultural variances, specifically between girls/women and boys/men. Usually, but not always, there’s identification with the same sex parent, and children begin to imitate […]

Understanding the theoretical foundations, influential theorists, and demarcation of the three major movements of psychology is essential to having a fundamental knowledge of the discipline. Psychoanalysis; behaviorism; and humanistic, transpersonal, and existential psychology (HTE) are recognized as the three primary movements of psychology.  As such, they provide a rich history of human science and form the basis for understanding human experience and the human condition […]

 Unit VPowerPoint Presentation Team Skills Training Presentation Using your findings in the Unit IV Assignment, which describes a plan on team skills training, design a compelling training presentation that you can use to train personnel in your company or organization. Your presentation should explain how the organization can apply the plan. Additionally, add details explaining and evaluating how the organization can motivate employees, increase job […]