Explain how the different personalities you have studied manifest in intimate partner violence. Explain possible counterintuitive behaviors that victims might display.

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You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

You always take the sweetest rose

And crush it till the petals fall

—“You Always Hurt the One You Love,” song written by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts

Intimate partner violence can bring unique experiences for forensic psychology professionals, as oftentimes the victim wants to protect the offender. Police are repeatedly called to the same household under domestic violence complaints. Victims may want law enforcement assistance at the time of the crime, but are reluctant to follow through with charges and testimony. This cycle of abuse is challenging to understand for those working with these individuals.

In this Discussion, you apply the concepts of personality disorder from earlier in the course as you analyze the manifestation of intimate partner violence by the offender and the possible counterintuitive behaviors of their victims.

Explain how the different personalities you have studied manifest in intimate partner violence. Explain possible counterintuitive behaviors that victims might display. Provide examples that illustrate your rationales. Explain how victim responses potentially create a dilemma for those in the criminal justice system and how a forensic psychology professional should react.

Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2017). Criminal behavior: A psychological approach (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 9, “Homicide, Assault, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence” (pp. 247–287)

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You attend a lecture by a psychologist who uses terms such as free will and self-actualization. Which psychological perspective is most consistent with the points the psychologist presented?

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QUESTION 1

 

“Children who watch violent cartoons will become more aggressive.” According to the scientific method, this statement is most likely a(n) ________.

 

conclusion

 

result

 

hypothesis

 

fact

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QUESTION 2

 

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is a statement associated with the perspective of ________.

 

introspection

 

functionalism

 

psychoanalysis

 

Gestalt psychologists

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QUESTION 3

 

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called a ________.

 

representative sample

 

case study

 

single-blind study

 

naturalistic observation

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QUESTION 4

 

A group of randomly selected subjects for a study that matches the population on important characteristics such as age and sex is called ________.

 

volunteer bias

 

a representative sample

 

an experimental group

 

a control group

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QUESTION 5

 

According to Freud, unconscious urges:

 

are able to be suppressed.

 

only pertain to sex.

 

attempt to surface and affect our behaviors.

 

have no impact on everyday life.

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QUESTION 6

 

At the close of the nineteenth century, Gerhard is excited to find that he has been accepted for training in the psychology laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. It is likely that Gerhard will be trained to ________.

 

analyze how to break down his sensations into their most basic elements

 

determine the function or purpose of a particular human behavior

 

listen intently while individuals tell him of their depression or nervousness

 

carefully feel the bumps on a person’s head in order to determine his or her character traits

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QUESTION 7

 

Dr. Braunz has been treating a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr. Braunz is a ________.

 

psychiatrist

 

psychoanalyst

 

humanistic psychologist

 

school psychologist

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QUESTION 8

 

Freud said phobias were ________ whereas Watson said phobias were ________.

 

learned; inherited

 

repressed conflicts; learned

 

sexual; unconscious

 

conditioned; unconditioned

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QUESTION 9

 

Objective introspection requires:

 

metaphysical experiences.

 

self-skepticism about experiences.

 

empiricism.

 

reflection on the self.

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QUESTION 10

 

The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one’s behavior is part of what early field of psychology?

 

structuralism

 

functionalism

 

psychoanalysis

 

behaviorism

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QUESTION 11

 

The goals of psychology are to ________.

 

explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the human mind

 

understand, compare, and analyze human behavior

 

improve psychological well-being in all individuals from birth until death

 

describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

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QUESTION 12

 

The tendency to look for information that supports one’s own belief is called ________.

 

the principle of falsifiability

 

confirmation bias

 

criterion validity

 

volunteer bias

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QUESTION 13

 

The word correlation is often used as a synonym for ________.

 

validity

 

reliability

 

variable

 

relationship

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QUESTION 14

 

Unintended changes in participants’ behavior due to cues inadvertently given by the experimenter are called ________.

 

replications

 

experimenter effects

 

volunteer biases

 

single-blind studies

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QUESTION 15

 

What advice might John B. Watson have offered to psychologists of his time?

 

“Focus on observable behavior.”

 

“Life is an effort to overcome inferiority.”

 

“We cannot know others until we know ourselves.”

 

“Remember that what we accomplish is due to the composition of our genes.”

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QUESTION 16

 

Which of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association?

 

Participants may not withdraw once they start.

 

Participants cannot be deceived about aspects of the research.

 

Participants cannot be subjected to any physically or emotionally painful stimuli.

 

Deception must be justified.

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QUESTION 17

 

Which of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association?

 

Participants may not withdraw once they start.

 

Participants must be allowed to make an informed decision.

 

Participants cannot be subjected to shock of any kind.

 

Participants cannot be deceived about aspects of the research.

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QUESTION 18

 

Which of the following situations best illustrates the placebo effect?

 

You sleep because you are tired.

 

You throw up after eating bad meat.

 

You have surgery to repair a defective heart valve.

 

You drink a nonalcoholic drink and become “intoxicated” because you think it contains alcohol.

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QUESTION 19

 

Which of the following statements is true about naturalistic observation?

 

It recreates natural conditions in the laboratory as closely as possible to make an experiment more valid.

 

It involves observing behavior in its natural context.

 

It is basically the same process as objective introspection.

 

It involves observing behavior in the lab without taking formal notes or using technological equipment to measure the experimental findings.

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QUESTION 20

 

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

 

the scientific study of behavior

 

the scientific study of mental processes

 

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

 

the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes

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QUESTION 21

 

Which treatment approach did Sigmund Freud develop for treating his patients?

 

drug therapy

 

neuropsychology

 

clinical psychology

 

psychoanalysis

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QUESTION 22

 

Which type of psychologist would be most likely to argue that a criminal engages in unlawful behavior because he grew up around older boys who engaged in criminal activities?

 

Gestaltist

 

behavioralist

 

psychodynamic

 

functionalist

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QUESTION 23

 

Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

 

Ivan Pavlov

 

William James

 

Wilhelm Wundt

 

Max Wertheimer

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QUESTION 24

 

You attend a lecture by a psychologist who uses terms such as free will and self-actualization. Which psychological perspective is most consistent with the points the psychologist presented?

 

behaviorism

 

humanism

 

functionalism

 

psychodynamics

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QUESTION 25

 

________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.

 

The double-blind study

 

Field research

 

The single-blind study

 

Correlational research

 

Describe the strategies you would use to facilitate the interagency or interorganizational collaboration and communications to coordinate Jared’s interdisciplinary treatment.

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This discussion will give you practice in creating a treatment plan for a client that requires collaboration and communication with an interdisciplinary team. Prepare your post after you have reviewed the assigned readings and multimedia presentation from your studies this unit, along with the ALGBTIC and ASERVIC resources linked in this discussion. These sites present competencies for counseling individuals similar to the client in the following case study:

Case Study
Jared, a client you treated two years ago for depression, presents in your office after being released from an inpatient alcohol treatment center. He states that he encountered problems after losing his job last year and was drinking heavily when he was home alone all day. After Jared fell and severely injured himself one day, his partner Kyle insisted that he go into inpatient treatment. Now Jared says he needs to see a counselor as part of his aftercare plan. Jared and Kyle have been partners for the past four years, and own their home together. Kyle is an active member of his church and has a job that provides income. Jared wants to return to being a contributing member of their family as well. He also wants to build new relationships and is considering joining a sobriety group at Kyle’s church, but he hesitates because he says he feels confused about his own spiritual beliefs. Jared says he wants to feel better about himself and his life; he wants to avoid slipping back into depression and using alcohol to feel better. It appears that Jared’s best chance at remaining sober is to receive comprehensive services.

In your post, address the following:

  • Identify the mental health services such as inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment, aftercare, self-help, and social support that could be utilized as part of Jared’s comprehensive treatment plan.
  • Describe the strategies you would use to facilitate the interagency or interorganizational collaboration and communications to coordinate Jared’s interdisciplinary treatment.
  • Describe three counseling competencies that will guide you in sensitively working with Jared.
  • Create a list of three local community resources that will be helpful for Jared in regaining wellness and maintaining his recovery. Describe how you will help Jared understand how these resources will be of benefit to him and how he can access these resources.
  • Discuss the importance of family, social networks, and community resources in the treatment of Jared’s depression and alcohol addiction.

Support your ideas by citing readings and Web sites from this unit, using APA style.

Response Guidelines

Read the interdisciplinary treatment and resource plans created by your peers. Respond to at least two of your peers who included services or plans that differed from those you selected, responding first to learners with few or no replies to their post. Reflect on how you, as Jared’s counselor, could assist him in following through with a comprehensive treatment plan utilizing a variety of resources.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

  • Describe how a client in an area of practice could be served by counselors across the continuum of care in a mental health counseling services network.

Explain which model the social workers appear to be using to make their assessment. · Describe the potential for bias when choosing an assessment model and completing an evaluation.

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A comprehensive understanding of a client’s presenting problems depends on the use of multiple types of assessment models. Each model gathers different information based on theoretical perspective and intent. An assessment that focuses on one area alone not only misses vital information that may be helpful in planning an intervention but may encourage a biased evaluation that could potentially lead you to an inappropriate intervention. When gathering and reviewing a client’s history, sometimes it is easier to focus on the problems and not the positive attributes of the client. In social work, the use of a strength’s perspective requires that a client’s strengths, assets, and resources must be identified and utilized. Further, using an empowerment approach in conjunction with a strength’s perspective guides the practitioner to work with the client to identify shared goals. You will be asked to consider these approaches and critically analyze the multidisciplinary team’s response to the program case study of Paula Cortez

 

Required Readings: Attached Files Below

Congress, E. (2013). Assessment of adults. In M. Holosko, C. Dulmus, & K. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 125–145). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Cowger, C. D. (1994). Assessing client strengths: Clinical assessment for client empowerment. Social Work, 39(3), 262–268.

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014a). Sessions: case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].

The Cortez Family (pp. 23–25)

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For this Assignment, review the program case study of the Cortez family.  Attached File Below

In a 2- to 4-page paper, complete a comprehensive assessment of Paula Cortez, utilizing two of the assessment models provided in Chapter 5 of the course text.

· Using the Cowger article, identify at least two areas of strengths in Paula’s case.

· Analyze the perspectives of two members of the multidisciplinary team, particularly relative to Paula’s pregnancy.

· Explain which model the social workers appear to be using to make their assessment.

· Describe the potential for bias when choosing an assessment model and completing an evaluation.

· Suggest strategies you, as Paula’s social worker, might try to avoid these biases.

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources and from the Required Readings as well. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references