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Written Case Presentation

The client I will be doing my written and oral presentation on is my client Miley. Miley is 26

years old, and her pronouns are she/her. Mileys ethnicity is American, but her father does have hispanic

heritage. Miley did graduate high school, and she did take college classes, which she ended up failing and

dropping due to her addiction. Miley is currently attending our treatment center for both substance abuse

and mental health. She is currently on the IOP mental health track, but when she first started at the

treatment center she was on PHP level. I have currently had 14 therapy sessions with Miley. She is always

cooperative and friendly in our sessions. Miley has been to multiple treatment centers before, she has

been in residential treatment, rehab, sober living, and detox. She is currently living in a sober living house

and attending our outpatient treatment care.

Miley is seeking therapeutic help for wanting to be more in control of her thoughts and develop

more positive thinking skills, as well as wanting to be less codependent. Miley does have a history of

being in long term relationships, where she loses her self identity and claims that she just starts living for

her partner. Miley began smoking marijuana everyday in sophomore year, and then she began partying

almost everyday and drinking alcohol with her friends, which escalated into her having an alcohol

addiction in junior year. Miley started dating her ex boyfriend Chad in senior year. Chad was not a

drinker, smoker or partier, so Miley became one year sober in her senior year for Chad. She stopped

drinking, partying, and smoking everyday. Chad ended up moving out to Germany, and that is when

Miley started going back into her addiction after her high school graduation over the summer. Miley grew

up and lived in Catalina Island all her life. Mileys mother does have anxiety and depression and so does

her father. Mileys younger sister also had an alcohol and substance disorder, and bipolar 1 disorder.

Miley does feel closest to her younger sister from all her family members because they have a best friend

sister bond together. After Mileys relationship with Chad, she started dating Chris, their relationship

lasted for 6 years. Miley does claim that it was a very toxic relationship. She was emotionally and

physically abused, Chris got Miley into becoming addicted to other substances like xanax, mushrooms,

and cocaine. Miley was abusing all these substances daily. While Miley was abusing all these substances

everyday, she was also managing and working three jobs, she would be awake for multiple days in a row,

she was very overly confident in herself, she had many friends and was very popular. She always thought

that she was better than everyone else, would have intense joy and happiness, and was very impulsive

which would last about one week for her. Then, would lead to Miley isolating herself and becoming

severely depressed for multiple days on end. Miley does claim that her biggest trigger for relapse is going

through a breakup.

Miley is currently in a significant relationship with Danny, Danny is also in recovery for his

substance addiction, and they have been dating for about 6 months now. Miley does claim that this

relationship is like a relationship that she has never been in before. It is a very healthy relationship. Miley

does suffer from having intrusive negative thoughts, some of her thoughts are, that her boyfriend will

break up with her which will cause her to relapse, that she is a burden on her boyfriend, that her boyfriend

might cheat on her and that she will fail all her college classes that are starting in the middle of February.

Miley is currently 9 months sober. The interventions that I utilize in our therapy sessions

are cognitive restructuring, DBT skills like STOP and DEAR MAN. I also provide psychoeducation on

the long term effects of the different substances that Miley would abuse, emotional regulation skills, and

self love/care and self empowerment. Once our therapy session is over, Miley does take the GAD-7

patient assessment to track her anxiety levels and the PHQ-9 patient assessment to track her depression

level. DBT skills were incorporated to address emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and interpersonal

challenges, particularly within romantic relationships. I have chosen to psychoeducate Miley on the long

term effects of substances, mainly marijuana and cocaine, because those are Mileys primary and

secondary choice of drugs. She does like to read and educate herself on that because she never knew the

actual negative effects that it has on the brain, emotional regulations, and the effects on the brains

cognitive developing functioning.

Miley has maintained nine months of sobriety and demonstrates increased insight into her

relational patterns and triggers for relapse. She actively participates in sessions, applies learned skills, and

reports improved awareness of intrusive thoughts. While anxiety remains present, Miley shows a growing

ability to challenge maladaptive thoughts and utilize coping strategies. Continued work is needed to

strengthen emotional regulation and reduce reliance on external validation.

Short-term goals:

Reduce frequency and intensity of intrusive negative thoughts

Increase use of emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills

Strengthen insight into codependent relationship patterns

Long-term goals:

Maintain sustained sobriety

Develop a stable sense of identity independent of romantic relationships

Improve emotional regulation and resilience during relational stressors

1. How can treatment best address codependent relational patterns without

reinforcing reliance on the therapeutic relationship?

2. How should mood fluctuations be conceptualized and monitored in the context of

Mileys substance use and trauma history?

3. What additional strategies may support relapse prevention given Mileys primary

trigger of romantic relationship stress?

Prepare a 200-300-word response in which you address the following:

• Describe what you have learned from the weekly readings and resources in relation to counseling.
• Explain the influence of what you have learned on how you might approach counseling African Americans.
• Post a video or picture that illustrates a connection between the content of the week to current events. In addition to your video or picture explain the connection and its influence on your interpretation of the weekly content.

read Read Chapters 1, Understanding Resistance to Multicultural Training, 2 Multicultural Counseling and Therapy, 3 Cultural Perspective and Barriers, and 12 Multicultural Counseling Context: African American Communities, of the text Counseling the Culturally Diverse.

also reads the two chapters PDF I attached

Prepare a 200-300-word response in which you address the following:

• What are some examples of the different dimensions of multicultural counseling?
• What role do multicultural competencies have in counseling?
• After reviewing the article
• please provide an example of how you might integrate a specific guideline into your practice.

While each paper focuses on a specific part of your manuscript, all papers have supporting materials to help you craft your paper. Each paper includes paper instructions (which are long and detailed but worth reading!), a grading rubric, a checklist, and two example papers from prior semesters. If you look over ALL FIVE items, your chances of getting a good grade will improve dramatically!

• (Includes an Artificial Intelligence Appendix with prompts)

Additional Supporting Material for Paper III

• (Similar to the one presented by Dr. Winter in the “Paper Clinics”)
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    Two New Independent Variable and Hypotheses

    Hi class,After some feedback on the direction of study two, it looks like we are going with the idea of altering social comparisons (upward vs downward) as our new independent variable. That is, participants will create a profile (either actual or ideal) and engage in social comparison (upward or downward). Ill refer to this new independent variable as the Social Comparison condition, and I will discuss it more below. First, I want to discuss our original independent variable.1). Study Two will continue to focus on the original Social Media Self-Discrepancy Theory (SMSDT) manipulation from Study One as our first independent variable, but we will omit the Opposite Self condition for Study Two. Originally, we had the Actual Self, Ideal Self, and Opposite Self, but keeping all three is unnecessary for Study Two. Ill continue to call this the SMSDT condition. Thus, we will have the following SMSDT independent variable for our study two design:A). Actual Self condition (Participants are instructed to create a profile that reflects their actual self).B). Ideal Self condition (Participants are instructed to create a profile that reflects their ideal self).Note: In Paper Three or Four, you will need to justify why we dropped this opposite self condition, and there are some good reasons. The actual and ideal self conditions are more established in the literature, and they are also more practical, so they are better options to keep. After all, how often do people create a profile that is the opposite of them? Besides, a lot of the data analysis showed that the actual and ideal self conditions often differed from each other while the opposite self condition switched sides sometimes it differed from the actual self only and sometimes from the ideal self only. Thus, the actual vs ideal self are more consistent comparisons.2). Now, consider our new independent variable again (Social Comparison, which fits well within the Social Comparison Theory literature as well as literature focusing on upward and downward social comparisons, counterfactual thinking, social rank theory, etc.). This new IV will need YOUR help to create, as there are different ways to manipulate social comparisons. The goal is to create a way to make participants in some conditions engage in upward comparisons and participants in other conditions engage in downward comparisons. How we do this is flexible. A). For the Upward condition, we could manipulate this in several ways.

    1. Show high achievement cues (awards, trophies, honors)
    2. Highlight high social media follower counts / prestige cues
    3. Provide a polished, highstatus example profile
    4. Can you think of something else? Surprise me!

    B). We could manipulate the Downward condition similarly, though this manipulation should be consistent (in an opposite direction) from the upward manipulation.

    1. Show struggle cues (lost opportunities, failures)
    2. Highlight low social media follower counts / lack of recognition
    3. Provide a lowachieving, unpolished example profile

    This creates a 2 (SMSDT: Actual Self vs. Ideal Self) X 2 (Social Comparison: Upward vs. Downward) factorial design. Thus, there will be four conditions:1). Actual Self + Upward Comparison2). Actual Self + Downward Comparison3). Ideal Self + Upward Comparison4). Ideal Self + Downward ComparisonAs you begin writing your Study Two literature review for Paper III, keep in mind this new Social Comparison independent variable. You will need to find prior research that looks at how people make social comparisons and use that literature to help support or justify your study predictions. Good keywords for PsycInfo might be Impression Formation, Social Comparison Theory, Self-Evaluation, Upward and Downward Comparisons and the like. Original research by Leon Festinger (1954) is a good place to start, but contemporary research is good as well (especially those that focus on social comparison in social media. A good start might be: )Hypotheses:For your hypothesis, you will need to focus on both main effects (the effect of each independent variable on its own) and an interaction (the influence of both independent variables interacting together). Each of your scaled dependent variables will need its own main effect and interaction hypotheses (thus three predictions for each DV).Let me focus on one specific DV from your original survey (Part Two Question #6): I feel more negative about myself after creating the profile. Just note that YOU will need to develop you own predictions for the DVs you choose to analyze. You can use the one below if you like if you choose to analyze the same DV, but you would still need to create a prediction for your second DV on your own.1). Main Effect. IV = SMSDT (Actual Self vs. Ideal Self). DV = I feel more negative about myself after creating the profile.IF participants create an ideal-self profile, THEN they will more strongly agree that they feel more negative about themselves after creating the profile compared to participants who created an actual-self profile.Note #1: This replicates our study one prediction, though it lacks the opposite self condition. This main effect prediction only looks at the two levels of theSMSDT independent variable and ignores the social comparison IV.2). Main Effect. IV = Social Comparison (Upward vs. Downward). DV = I feel more negative about myself after creating the profile.IF participants make an upward comparison, THEN they will more strongly agree that they feel more negative about themselves than if they make a downward comparison.Note#1: If you use this prediction, you need to set up and justify this prediction in your Paper II literature review for Study Two. Personally, I think it makes sense that participants making upward social comparisons would feel more negative. Note #2: While making upward comparisons might result in more negative self-evaluations, this prediction is still vague in terms of what upward and downward comparisons are. I could make it more specific by operationally defining an upward (downward) comparison as a example profile of a successful (unsuccessful) person. So, keep in mind that the predictions are flexible at this stage. You could easily substitute the language IF participants read an example profile of a successful social media user, THEN Note #3: If you find literature that does not support the main effect prediction above (either contradicts it or finds that social comparisons would not have any impact), feel free to alter the prediction. Still, you do need to justify why you think you might get something different.3). Interaction, SMSDT (Actual Self vs. Ideal Self) X Social Comparison (Upward vs. Downward). DV = I feel more negative about myself after creating the profile.IF participants create an ideal self profile and make an upward comparison, THEN they will more strongly agree that they feel more negative about themselves than in all other conditions (those creating an ideal self profile who make a downward comparison, those creating an actual self profile who make a downward comparison, and those creating an actual self profile who make an upward comparison), with these latter three conditions not differing from each other.Note #1: I am pretty sure those who write an ideal self profile and make an upward comparison (perhaps by seeing a successful example profile) will have two different items that might be discrepant from their real self. As such, I think they might feel the most negative about themselves. Note #2: For all other conditions, things are fuzzier. I think all other conditions will be lower for a few reasons. For example, for the actual self + downward condition, feelings of self-negativity should be low. The profile is about their real self and they are better than the comparison example. For the actual self + upward condition, self-negativity might be a little higher, but they are still honest with themselves by writing about their actual self. As such, they may not be as overly negative even if they see a more successful example. The most interesting condition is the ideal self + downward condition. In Study One, the ideal self led to high self-negativity, but here there is an example of someone who might be worse off. Having that downward comparison might make a person who writes about their ideal self not feel as bad about the discrepancy between it and their actual self. But Note #3: I MIGHT BE WRONG. These are predictions, not statements of fact. If you disagree with the interaction prediction above for this specific dependent variable, then change the prediction. I encourage that. Do not agree with it just because it is in print here. Think for yourself!Keep in mind that each dependent variable you plan to look at in study two will need similar main effect and interaction hypotheses. Above is the one for I feel more negative about myself after creating the profile. You will need to come up with your own prediction for a second independent variable. If our class creates a new dependent variable, it will also need its own prediction (if you intend to analyze it). I know this announcement is long, so here are some tips about things you can do next!Before drafting your Paper III literature review:

    1. Identify which DV(s) youll analyze.
    2. Find 46 empirical articles related to social comparison.
    3. Write a paragraph explaining why the Opposite Self condition was dropped.
    4. Draft two maineffect hypotheses and one interaction hypothesis per DV you intend to analyze.

    Good luck as you work on Paper III!!!! Warmest regards, Dr Chang

write 2 short paragraphs based on the topic below do not use ai I will check. and do not use fancy words to explain its super casual, does not need to be long write 2 short paragraphs.

TOPIC : Mating systems: ecological determinants

Think about a topic that we explored the previous week (per the course schedule) and that you found particularly interesting. Your task is to write an informal discussion post to further investigate that topic — about two paragraphs.

Cite one or two relevant scientific sources (e.g., scientific research articles, or videos, popular articles, etc., reporting on scientific research) related to your topic. You can do a search at to find relevant research articles. Include the keyword evolutionary psychology in your search. Please do not duplicate or use sources from other students discussion posts. In your post, you must include the web link to the resource that you are discussing as well as the full reference to it (in APA style).

If you are researching a trait or characteristic:

First, if you are researching a trait or characteristic, indicate whether the trait or characteristic in question is likely to be an evolved psychological adaptation or a byproduct. Specify any theory or research to indicate which it is. For example, human average height is likely to be an adaptation (although there is some variation, humans around the world tend to have similar heights).

Second, if the trait is likely to be an adaptation, indicate whether the adaptation is likely to be sexually monomorphic (the same in each sex) or sexually dimorphic (different between the sexes). For example, the height difference between men and women is an evolved sexually dimorphic adaptation.

CRITICAL REVIEW AND ORGANIZATION OF SCHOLARLY RESOURCES .(WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT )

Organization of your search for scholarly resources is of key importance. A matrix, such as the one created for this course, can aid in this process. A matrix is not meant to hold all of the details about the articles that you found, but it should contain the information that you need in order to decide which articles you will use for your weekly assignments.

For this Assignment, you will examine information from your resources in order to organize the information within the matrix.

To prepare:

• From the Learning Resources, review the Literature Review Matrix Template, and use this matrix to help you collect and organize your research.
• Search the Walden University Library for articles for your literature review, including peer-reviewed articles. Note: You should include 1214 sources of which at least 8 must be peer-reviewed journal articles.

Assignment

• Place the 1214 scholarly sources that you have researched into the Literature Review Matrix Template.
• Remember that 8 sources must be mainly current peer-reviewed journal articles. An article is considered current if it was published within the past 5 years.
• You will use this matrix to help prepare the Week 5 Literature Review.y Day 7

Submit your Literature Review Matrix Template Assignment by Day submission information

Rubric

PSYC_FPYS_IPSY_DPSY 6393_Week4_Assignment_Rubric

PSYC_FPYS_IPSY_DPSY 6393_Week4_Assignment_Rubric
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent17.5 points	17.5 to >15.5 ptsExcellentPaper demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text(s) and Learning Resources. Paper provides significant detail including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other sources, and discerning ideas. 15.5 to >13.5 ptsGoodPaper demonstrates a good understanding of most of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper includes moderate detail, evidence from the readings, and discerning ideas. 13.5 to >12.0 ptsFairPaper demonstrates a fair understanding of the concepts and key points as presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper may be lacking in detail and specificity and/or may not include sufficient pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings. 12 to >0 ptsPoorPaper demonstrates poor understanding of the concepts and key points of the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper is missing detail and specificity and/or does not include any pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.	17.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting7.5 points	7.5 to >6.5 ptsExcellentPaper is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA Style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper contains multiple, appropriate and exemplary sources expected/required for the Assignment. 6.5 to >5.75 ptsGoodPaper is mostly consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper may have some small or infrequent organization, scholarly tone, or APA Style issues, and/or may contain a few writing and spelling errors, and/or somewhat less than the expected number of or types of sources. 5.75 to >5.0 ptsFairPaper is somewhat below graduate-level writing style, with multiple smaller or a few major problems. Paper may be lacking in organization, scholarly tone, APA Style, and/or contain many writing and/or spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting versus original writing and paraphrasing. Paper may contain inferior resources (number or quality). 5 to >0 ptsPoorPaper is well below graduate-level writing style expectations for organization, scholarly tone, APA Style, and writing, or relies excessively on quoting. Paper may contain few or no quality resources.	7.5 pts

Total Points: 25

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PSY 530 Groupthink Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The groupthink activity provides you the opportunity to work with a simulated murder case to consider how groupthink may impact group decisions. You will then extend your thinking to consider the connection between the concept of groupthink and social welfare.

Prompt

A major movie star, Reginald Chase, is on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, media personality Lucerne Ludlow. You and your group are the jury assigned to this case. Everyone on the jury is somewhat familiar with the celebrities, but no one on the jury comes to the trial with knowledge of all the particulars of the case. In the , you will find the list of facts and evidence developed during the trial that you have been instructed to consult to reach your collective verdict. Ultimately, you will be submitting two posts in the group discussion area and two votes using the Initial Vote and Final Vote survey tool.

NOTE: The second post should contain relevant information from the readings and should end with a reference list.

For your initial post, you must make an initial decision about whether to convict or acquit and provide your reasoning.

• Your group’s discussion area is your deliberation room.
• Each of you should submit a post stating your reasons for convicting or acquitting by Thursday of Module Six at 11:59 p.m.
• At this point, a straw poll on the question of whether to convict or acquit will also be taken at the beginning of the deliberations. Cast your Initial Vote using your groups survey tool to indicate whether or not you find the defendant guilty or not guilty.

Next, you will continue to reflect and cast a final vote.

• Between Thursday and Sunday, review all your fellow jurors’ posts and weigh them in your mind.
• You can take your colleagues’ opinions under consideration, but your final vote to convict or acquit the major movie star falls upon you.
• By Sunday at 11:59 p.m. cast your Final Vote using your groups survey tool to indicate whether or not you find the defendant guilty or not guilty.

After reading the article on the bystander intervention in emergencies, answer the following question: What are the main forces that lead a person not to respond (or to respond) in an emergency situation?

Describe a situation you have been in (or are familiar with) where you believe this phenomenon occurred. How did you feel, and how did you respond or not respond? Based on the readings, what main forces guided your response of lack thereof?

Overview

Your active participation in the discussions is essential to your overall success this term. Discussion questions will help you make meaningful connections between the course content and the larger concepts of the course. These discussions give you a chance to express your own thoughts, ask questions, and gain insight from your peers and instructor.

Directions

For each discussion, you must create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.

For your initial post, do the following:

• Write a post of 1 to 2 paragraphs.
• In Module One, complete your initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
• In Modules Two through Ten, complete your initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
• Consider content from other parts of the course where appropriate. Use proper citation methods for your discipline when referencing scholarly or popular sources.

Using outside research, answer the following questions.

Define what a stereotype is and why they are harmful.

What is a stereotype you have witnessed or encountered?

Are there ever elements of truth to stereotypes? Explain.

Answer to prompt contains 1-2 paragraphs of relevant information.
NO AI or Plagiarism