Discuss the similarities and differences between humanistic and existential theories.

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Weekly Discussion 2
Humanistic and Existential Models of Personality
Discuss the similarities and differences between humanistic and existential theories.

Which model resonates with you the most?

Select a theory/theorist from the reading for this week.

Why did you selected this theorist?
How learning about these models has shaped your views?

Post should be at least 300 words.

 
Resources
Required Resources
Lecci, L.B. & Magnavita, J.J. (2013). Personality Theories: A Scientific Approach. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

Chapter 6: Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Personality (review)
Chapter 9: Self-Psychology: Humanistic/Existential Models

Buss, D. M., Larsen, R. J., Westen, D., & Semmelroth, J. (1992). Sex differences in jealousy: Evolution, physiology, and psychology. Psychological Science, 3(4), 251-255. Retrieved from www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~zietsch/Buss1992_Sex_differences_in_jealousy.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Koltko-Rivera, M. E. (2006).  Rediscovering the later version of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: Self-transcendence and opportunities for theory, research, and unification.  Review of General Psychology 10(4), 302-317. (EBSCOhost PsycArticles AN: 2006-22547-002).
Neiderhiser, J.M. (2001). Understanding the roles of genome and envirome: methods in genetic epidemiology The British Journal of Psychiatry  178: s12-s17
Carl Rogers: YouTube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mYo0KyEgas (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Select the topic for your Critical Review, which is due in Week Six, and briefly analyze its key features and pathophysiology.

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Week 1 – Assignment       

Select a Topic for Your Critical Review
Select the topic for your Critical Review, which is due in Week Six, and briefly analyze its key features and pathophysiology. You may select from any of the following psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia (or schizotypal disorders), bipolar disorder, depression, any of the anxiety disorders, PTSD, chronic pain disorders, Alzheimer’s disease,  Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorder, seizures, ADD/ADHD, autism, OCD, any personality disorder, brain trauma, stroke, encephalitis, meningitis, or migraines.  Other topics may be chosen, with approval of your instructor.
Other topics may be considered but require prior approval by the instructor. However, addiction is not the emphasis of the course. Critical Reviews focusing on addiction, or drugs of addiction, will not be accepted. Your paper must focus on drug treatment and not on other modes of treatment. Papers that discuss psychotherapy, other than in passing, will not be given credit. Ask your instructor for clarification.
Explain your chosen psychiatric disorder in terms of neurotransmitter and receptor theories. Describe the symptomology of the disorder and its relationship with the neurotransmitters involved. Discuss the anatomic changes seen with the disorder. Explain the relationship between neurotransmitter and anatomic features and resultant symptoms. Summarize the interaction(s) between the behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neurotransmitter changes seen within the selected disorder.

Respiratory System Anatomy and Physiology

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Respiratory System Anatomy and Physiology
        
Respiratory System Anatomy and Physiology
Objectives

Identify the anatomical structures of the respiratory system and their functions
Explain the mechanics of breathing
Explain internal and external respiration

Assignment Overview
This practice exercise helps students understand the anatomical structures of the respiratory system.
Deliverables
A one- to two-page (250- to 500-word) paper
Step 1  Explain three difficult concepts. 
As you review the information presented in this lesson and the textbook, identify the three most difficult concepts (or parts of a concept) in respiratory anatomy and respiration for most anatomy and physiology students. Select one difficult concept from each of these topic areas:

Anatomy of the Respiratory System
Mechanics of Breathing
Respiration

Step 2  Write an explanation of each concept. 
Write a clear one-paragraph explanation of each of these three concepts. Use images from the Internet or those that you scan into the document, if possible. At a minimum, submit a one- to two-page (250- to 500-word) pa

What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex?

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After studying the assigned reading, in the attached files. Sociology: The Social      Construction of Gender, considering      the concept of “gender as socially constructed,” answer the following      questions and prompts. 

A) How does media create meanings about gender? 

B) Provide examples of how this is manifested in our everyday lives. 

C) Provide a link to a commercial/ad that stereotypes gender. Even though it is natural to find humor in some of these portrayals, in what ways is this problematic. 

Also, consider that sex is a system of classification based on biology and physiology, while gender reflects the cultural meaning that is ascribed to a person’s sex, thus resulting in labels of “masculinity and femininity.” Furthermore, our biology is not distinctively male or female and a significant number of people are born “intersex” with variations in chromosomes or sexual organs. Most biological researchers agree on the estimation that intersex people are about as common as encountering someone with green eyes. It is important to understand that masculinity and femininity are not oppositional, although it seems to be portrayed so in media. In Western society (such as in the U.S. and Western Europe) we typically adhere to certain ideas and values that define masculinity and femininity as we perform the roles. What if the list was different? All of us, in honesty, could reveal that we interchange among the qualities. Take a look at the list and answer the following questions:
  
Masculinity
o strength
o dominance
o aggression
o independence
o empowerment
o active
o rational   thought
o production
o breadwinner
o subject
o outdoors
o technology

Femininity
o weakness
o submission
o compliance/vulnerability
o dependence
o disempowerment
o passive
o emotion
o consumption
o nurturer
o object
o indoors
o nature

Provide answers to the following questions or prompts in your assignment submission. 

D) How is the list being currently challenged?

E) What traits do you have that are typically considered “on the list” of the other sex? 

F) What examples do you see in your daily life of people challenging the historic list? 

G) What about examples in media of characters or people challenging the list? 

H) Finally, do you agree or disagree that gender is socially constructed? Provide evidence that backs your opinion.  

Support your responses with research from the Learning Resources. Use APA in-text citations where necessary and cite any outside sources. Create an APA Reference List or Bibliography at the end of the document.