Explain the psychological and social issues a person may face during the transition to puberty.

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Part 1:

The onset of puberty marks a significant change in a person’s life biologically, psychologically, and socially. There are some myths regarding puberty that may skew its realities. Describe some of the myths and realities of puberty.

  • Explain the psychological and social issues a person may face during the transition to puberty.
  • Define adolescence from the psychological, and social or emotional perspectives.
  • Explain some of the emotional changes that may occur at the onset of adolescence and as the individual mature through adolescence.

Justify your answers with appropriate reasoning and research from your text and course readings. Comment on the postings of at least two peers, and provide an analysis of each peer’s postings while also suggesting specific additions or clarifications for improving the discussion question response.

Part 2:

The transition into adulthood may differ depending on cultural traditions and rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood. The transition into adulthood is also a time for relationships and romance from a normative perspective.

  • Describe at least two unique rites of passage to adulthood on the basis of ethnic or cultural variations.
  • Explain the concepts of pluralism and assimilation and describe how they affect the rites of passage of individuals.
  • Describe different attachment styles.
  • Explain attachment style do you feel would be most effective in forming lasting relationships?
  • Describe the different types of attraction.
  • Explain the type of attraction do you feel would be most effective in establishing lasting relationships?

Achieving Work–Life Balance

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 Achieving Work–Life Balance
Thanks to the ever-increasing wireless connectivity, the boundary between work and personal life is constantly thinning. A new term “weisure” describes the increasing tendency to continue to work during leisure time (Patterson, 2009). Examples include reading work e-mail while spending time with the family and answering work-related cell phone calls during a leisure outing. This trend, according to Patterson, is partly due to the increasing enjoyment of work but also due to the difficulty faced in establishing clear boundaries between work and leisure time. This difficulty is magnified by the increase in the average number of hours in the workweek for many in the workforce and multiple roles. Many are parents, spouses, partners, employees, and caregivers to elderly parents and also engaged in continued education.

Whether you decide to enter the workforce directly upon graduation or attend graduate school, you will be faced with the challenge of juggling multiple roles and maintaining a balance. You will also be attempting to prove yourself as a new employee or as a new graduate student. The temptation to overwork will be great. However, it can have ethical implications, especially if you work in the psychology field. The stress you face may impair your effectiveness, leading to ethical ramifications (Barnett, Baker, Elman, & Schoener, 2007).

Using the Argosy University online library resources, research work–life balance. You may want to use some or all of the following search terms: work–life balance, job satisfaction, burnout, weisure, overworked, and self-care.

  • Select at least one authoritative article from the library and provide a summary. Focus on the effects of work–life imbalance and the benefits of work–life balance.
  • Discuss any ethical ramifications of failure to take proper care of yourself while working in the field of psychology. Identify at least one ethical standard from the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and one standard from the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct that apply, providing the specific standards’ numbers and titles.
  • Be sure to cite your sources

Explain how the person demonstrates integrity or ethics, giving examples.

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Write a paper on your selected leader, include the following in the paper:

 

Give an overview of the organization and the leader.

 

Explain how the person demonstrates integrity or ethics, giving examples.

 

Provide your own insight into the organization or leader.

 

What makes the person ot organization stand out?

 

If you were in that person’s place or worked for the organization, would you make the same choice?

 

 

Write a three-four page paper in worf format.  Apply APA standards for writing style to your work. Also use APA to cite books, articles and websites used in your research.

 

Providing Faith-Based Services

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Assignment 1: Discussion—Providing Faith-based Services

Faith-based services are those that incorporate elements of spirituality. In the field of counseling, those who provide faith-based services have traditionally been referred to as “pastoral counselors.”

For clients with strong religious convictions or the desire to explore their own spirituality further, particularly as it relates to a mental health issue, faith-based services may be the best choice. If a provider has strong religious convictions, it is important that the provider abide by the ethical guidelines of the profession. This is particularly relevant when the provider’s own convictions are in opposition to the client’s values, beliefs, behaviors, or issues.

As reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, a graduate student in a counseling psychology program was dismissed from the program after she refused to work with certain client populations based on her religious beliefs. Open the link to read the article:

  • Schmidt, P. (2010, July 27). Federal judge upholds dismissal of counseling student who balked at treating gay clients. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from
    http://jobs.chronicle.com/article/Judge-Upholds-Dismissal-of/123704/

In a minimum of 350 words, respond to the following:

  • Summarize the reasons the judge upheld the student’s dismissal from her academic program.
  • Why did the judge agree with the school’s decision to dismiss her?
  • What are your views on her refusal to work with certain groups?
  • How does her refusal violate the ethics code for counselors? Identify the relevant code(s) or standard(s) from the following associations’ ethics codes:
    • American Counseling Association. (2005). ACA code of ethics. In Ethics. Retrieved from
      http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
    • American Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct: 2010 amendments. Retrieved from
      http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
    • National Association of Social Workers. (2011). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Retrieved from
      http://www.naswdc.org/pubs/code/code.asp

Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ responses. Provide a statement of clarification, a point of view with rationale, challenge a point of discussion, or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion. Respond to the following in your review:

  • Do you agree or disagree with the school’s decision to dismiss this student?
  • Discuss how counselors can remain true to their own values, while practicing ethically and professionally.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, March 22, 2014, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, March 26, 2014, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Initial Discussion Response
16
Discussion Participation
16
Writing Craftsmanship and Ethical Scholarship
8
Total:
40
Click here to view the rubric for this assignment.