Scientists are finding ways to figure out more and more about children before they are born, such as the sex of the child or whether or not the child is diseased with a mental disability. The issue with this is that many parents are finding out the child is mentally challenged or the child is the opposite sex as they wanted, the parents are opting to abort the baby. Scientists have also found away to find the errors pre-born babies, and are now able to fix it. The problem is that by interfering with the babies before they are born could cause complications and affect the child in a poor way in the future. If you were to leave the issue alone no babies could be risked to be harmed or risk being aborted by their parents solely based on their gender.
Discuss two or more Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia One of the key explanations of Schizophrenia is the double bind theory, this was developed by Bateson. He proposed that children who frequently receive contradictory messages from their parents are more likely to develop schizophrenia. For example if a mother tells her daughter that she loves her, but at the same time turns away in disgust, the child receives two conflicting messages about their relationship on different communicative levels, one of affection on the verbal level, and one of animosity on the non-verbal level. Therefore, the child becomes confused about how to respond to this situation as the two messages invalidate each other and so the child then develops one of the key symptoms of schizophrenics, that is, withdrawal. This is because it is used as a coping mechanism as it is seen as better to just dissolve away in this social situation instead of make sense of it.
1st part Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory 1. What is the basic assumption of Karen Horney’s Psychoanalytic Social Theory? * Social and cultural conditions, especially childhood experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality. * People who do not have their needs for love and affection satisfied during childhood develop basic hostility toward their parents and, as a consequence, suffer from basic anxiety. 2.
Group Therapy is used to provide support structure to individuals suffering from Schizoid Personality Disorder and to provide social motivation (Mayclinic: Schizoid Personality Disorder, 2010). Case Study 2: Luis suffers from DSM-IV: Narcissistic Personality Disorder Causes: Like many other mental disorders, the exact cause of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is unknown. However, the causes of Narcissistic Personality Disorder are presumably complex. It is likely the cause is connected to a dysfunctional childhood where the individual may experience excessive pampering, abuse, neglect, or extremely high expectations from parents. Other possible contributors to Narcissistic Personality Disorder can be linked to genetics, as well as psychobiology (the correlation of the brain, behavior, and thinking) (Mayoclinic: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 2011).
Carers should take into consideration any form of distress shown by the individual e.g. a service user may have a tendency to be aggressive to service providers. The psychodynamic perspective would explain this by saying that the individuals aggressive behaviour is due to experiencing inner turmoil and tensions and conflicts from the person’s past are projected into current situations. Service providers should not take this personally – it will be due to unresolved conflicts with one’s same sex parent. In severe cases help should be provided through the use of psychotherapy.
Does Childhood Incest Impair Identity Formation in Women? Yvonne E. Fernandez Pacific Oaks College HD541-1P / Professor Greer-Jarman April 25, 2012 Abstract This paper reviews research on the long-term effects of child incest trauma in women to determine its impact on identity formation. When incest occurs during latency, the effects of the derailment of current and subsequent developmental stages reverberate through the life of the child, negatively impacting the identity and personality of the adult. In effect, the trauma of incest murders the adult the child would have become. This paper does not discuss treatments or other remedies.
Psychopathy is related to a physiological defect that results in the underdevelopment of the part of the brain responsible for impulse control and emotions. Sociopathy, on the other hand, is more likely the product of childhood trauma and physical/emotional abuse. Sociopath is the term used when the antisocial behavior is a result of a brain injury or belief system and upbringing. Scientists studying how many sociopaths there are in the general population estimate that roughly 4 percent of the population has sociopathic personalities, or one in 26 people. Because sociopathy appears to be learned rather than innate, sociopaths are capable of empathy in certain limited circumstances but not in others, and with a few individuals but not others.
Another common concern that researchers have with bed sharing is that children will grow to develop abnormal psychological dependency and will have and impact on temperament and sleep problems later in life (Hayes, Parker, Sallinen & Davare, 2001). A final oppositional theory is that bed sharing will have a negative impact on parents’ ability to have privacy and intimacy, which could lead to emotional instability towards each
The Effects of Absentee Fathers on Male Adolescents and Absentee Mothers on Female Adolescents Lester Brown University of Laverne D.P McDermott Sociology #250 General/Intro November 15, 2012 The Effects of Absentee Fathers on Male Adolescents and Absentee Mothers on Female Adolescents The time in which a child is going through puberty, or adolescence, is a complex one. The physical, mental and physiological changes are significant and vast. When a child reaches adolescence he or she is entering a critical point in his or her life. It is the stage in development in which the child is transitioning into an adult. The body starts going through hormonal changes and can bring about changes in personality and behavior.
The influence of the person using drugs is also a potential danger to children in a household (Pagliaro and Pagliaro 1996, p. 126-137). Genesis Chapter 26 demonstrates how Abraham’s lying to the King of Egypt saying that Sarah, his wife was his sister, fearing if he said otherwise, Pharaoh would kill him and take her away, caused his son Isaac in Genesis chapter 26 to react in a similar manner when he and his wife, Rebekah were in Gerar (Tyndale Charitable Trust 1996, p. 50). The actions of substance abusers can affect their families in the present and