Dialogue: Religion and Society

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  • Video: Dialogue: Religion and Society
  • Video: Sociology of Religion: Marx, Weber, & Durkheim
  • Minimum of 1 library resource for initial post

Introduction
Throughout history religion has served as a driving force to build political influences within a country and unity amongst its people. Religious origins in America began with the Puritans who came to escape religious oppression. Soon after many groups followed to practice faith and escape religious persecution. Although the United States was founded without a sacred center, religious liberty became an American value.

Directions

  • Using APA format, provide at least one citation with corresponding references page and use appropriate in-text citation(s) referring to the academic concept for the initial post. 300 words

After watching this week’s video review, reflect upon the religion as a social organization within society. For your initial post, address the following:

  • In the video Dialogue: Religion and Society, Professors Brent Peterson and Ronald Scott share their perspective to a recent Pew Center Study of religion in American society.
  • According to the 2009 Pew Center Study two thirds of Americans say religion is losing its influence on American life and attitudinal changes to religion have a direct impact in societal views pertaining to social issues such as immigration, environment, and poverty. In your opinion, is religion as a social institution tied to issues in public policy? How?
  • According Brent Peterson, “Part of the issue is that when there is compartmentalization were just not exactly sure what to draw from; so they cited media as an influence, they cited education or experience, and religion is just where the pastor is talking about it but that is not the main authority figure so there is a leveling of the playing field; the YouTube or my pastor, is equally informing me on my position and religion is losing its powerful punch”. Do you agree with Dr. Peterson’s statement? Has the internet changed religion in modern society?

Identify the behavioral criteria of the major DSM-5 category of anxiety.

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Answer the following in 80 – 120 Words

1.       Identify the behavioral criteria of the major DSM-5 category of anxiety.

2.       Identify the behavioral criteria of the major DSM-5 category of trauma- and stressor-related.

3.       Identify the behavioral criteria of the major DSM-5 category of bipolar and related.

4.       Identify the behavioral criteria of the major DSM-5 category of  depressive disorders.

5.       Describe the prevalence and causes of anxiety, stress-related, bipolar and related, and depressive disorders.

6.       Examine the contemporary approaches, based on theoretical models and current research, that are used for treatment of anxiety.

7.       Examine the contemporary approaches, based on theoretical models and current research, that are used for treatment of stress-related.

8.       Examine the contemporary approaches, based on theoretical models and current research, that are used for treatment of bipolar and related.

9.       Examine the contemporary approaches, based on theoretical models and current research, that are used for treatment of and depressive disorders.

 

Answer the following in 100 – 150 words

1.       Types of Fears -Identify a type of fear (e.g., fear of heights, fear of snakes, fear of germs, fear of flying). Then, based on your selected fear, answer the following questions:

 

· How could a person develop this fear?

· Could this fear arise in some other way?

· Can such fears be explained through principles of classic conditioning? If so, how? If not, why not?

 

2.       Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

 

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? How can this disorder be managed?

. Can this strategy be used with all children and families from a variety of cultures? Why or why not?

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Many language milestones occur in the first two years of development from prelinguistic language to cooing, babbling and first words. Think about all of the milestones that take place in two years while watching the following video from the North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project: Language for Learning: Infants and Toddlers. The video demonstrates many ways early childhood educators can use strategies to facilitate early language.

NCRLAP (2011, February 4). Language for Learners. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97B__Cwk7vY&feature=related

Choose one strategy and discuss what you learned about how this strategy facilitates early language in the infant and toddler.

Give a specific example NOT discussed in the video and how you can expand on the use of this strategy. Can this strategy be used with all children and families from a variety of cultures? Why or why not?

Assignment 2: Case Of Anna O

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Assignment 2: Case of Anna O

 

One of the very first cases that caught Freud’s attention when he was starting to develop his psychoanalytic theory was that of Anna O, a patient of fellow psychiatrist Josef Breuer. Although Freud did not directly treat her, he did thoroughly analyze her case as he was fascinated by the fact that her hysteria was “cured” by Breuer. It is her case that he believes was the beginning of the psychoanalytic approach.

 

Through your analysis of this case, you will not only look deeper into Freud’s psychoanalytic theory but also see how Jung’s neo-psychoanalytic theory compares and contrasts with Freud’s theory.

 

Review the following:

 

The Case of Anna O.

One of the first cases that inspired Freud in the development of what would eventually become the Psychoanalytic Theory was the case of Anna O. Anna O. was actually a patient of one of Freud’s colleagues Josef Breuer. Using Breuer’s case notes, Freud was able to analyze the key facts of Anna O’s case.

Anna O. first developed her symptoms while she was taking care of her very ill father with whom she was extremely close. Some of her initial symptoms were loss of appetite to the extent of not eating, weakness, anemia, and development a severe nervous cough. Eventually she developed a severe optic headache and lost the ability to move her head, which then progressed into paralysis of both arms. Her symptoms were not solely physical as she would vacillate between a normal, mental state and a manic-type state in which she would become extremely agitated. There was even a notation of a time for which she hallucinated that the ribbons in her hair were snakes.

Toward the end of her father’s life she stopped speaking her native language of German and instead only spoke in English. A little over a year after she began taking care of her father he passed away. After his passing her symptoms grew to affect her vision, a loss of ability to focus her attention, more extreme hallucinations, and a number of suicidal attempts (Hurst, 1982).

 

Both Freud and Jung would acknowledge that unconscious processes are at work in this woman’s problems. However, they would come to different conclusions about the origin of these problems and the method by which she should be treated.

 

Research Freud’s and Jung’s theories of personality using your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research, respond to the following:

 

  • Compare and contrast Freud’s view of the unconscious with Jung’s view and apply this case example in your explanations.
  • On what specific points would they agree and disagree regarding the purpose and manifestation of the unconscious in the case of Anna?
  • How might they each approach the treatment of Anna? What might be those specific interventions? How might Anna experience these interventions considering her history?

 

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

Hurst, L. C. (1982). What was wrong with Anna O? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 75(2), 129–131.

 

By Wednesday, August 5, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Compared and contrasted Freud’s view of the unconscious with Jung’s view and applied Anna’s example in explanations. 32
Identified points of agreement and disagreement between the two theorists regarding the purpose and manifestation of the unconscious with examples from the case study. 28
Analyzed how Freud and Jung would approach Anna’s treatment with specific interventions and discussed how these would affect Anna. 20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 20
Total: 100