WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENT

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Homework Assignment
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1.  Think of a time in your life when you faced high levels of stress and multiple demands.  What if another problem was added, such as finding out that your partner was having an affair.  At that point, the stress and demands might seem beyond your coping skills.  What would you do?  How would you go about your normal routines?  Would you act in ways that are not typical for you, such as withdrawing, losing you temper over small things, or being irritable with your friends?  What was this experience like for you??

2. Now, think of a time when you have felt hopeless because of something that happened.  What was that experience like for you?  What role do you believe that your sense of hopelessness played in you ability to solve or not solve the problem?  What if you had talked to someone who told you they have helped someone with a similar problem before and felt confident that they could help you?  How would that have affected you level of hope?

3. When you think about both of these situations, what parts of your personality came out the most in each scenario??

***Please remember to use APA (no first person, use in-text citations and a scholarly reference). ***

WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT

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1. Giving feedback is a skill that might feel awkward at first because it is probably something you have not done before.  On two different occasions, think about what you might say if you were going to give feedback.  Write down your ideas about what you could say to give feedback and the other person not get offended or become defensive.

2.  Think about a time in your life when you were in a professional setting and the professional shared something very private with you.  I want you to think of how uncomfortable that made you feel and you probably thought “This is more than I want to know about this person” or maybe “Am I supposed to something to help him/her?”  Do you think the self-disclosure would change your relationship with the professional person?  Explain how self-disclosure could be so detrimental to your client.

***Please remember to use APA (no first person, use in-text citations and a scholarly reference). ***

Unattainable goals

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*Think of a goal that you (or someone else) set that you considered was unattainable.  For example, people sometimes set goals such as losing 25 pounds before some important event that will happen in a month.

1. Once you have identified an unattainable goal, write down how you felt about that goal.

2. Discuss with your classmates whether you achieved the goal and, if you did achieve it, how long you maintained it.

3. If you didn’t achieve the goal, how did that affect your self-esteem?

Article Writing assignment

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Choose one of the article below and answer all the question in the paper

1.    From your perspective, summarize this article (1 page approx.)

2.    What level(s) of analysis (biological, psychological, environmental) are being employed in this study? Explain and identify the specific details of the study that show this. (1/3 page approx.)

3.    How was this study conducted? Was it an experiment or a non-experiment? How can you tell? What were the variables under investigation in this study? Identify the dependent and independent variables, if applicable. (1/3 page approx.)

4.    In light of the participants and methodology, in your opinion, how influential is this article? (1/3 page approx.)

5.    Apply your faith/religious perspective and interact with the main findings of the article (i.e., how can the findings be interpreted from your faith/religious perspective?). What are some possible real world implications of these findings for people in general? (1 page approx.)