These side effects may affect one person but not another. This would be hard to study as you can not say it is exactly one thing, and then you would have to look at the extraneous variables which affect each problem. However, this could also be good as it is not really being reductionist in its own approach; it is looking at all the possible individual differences. If choosing a different approach, like cognitive, then it would still be difficult because you do not know what the person is thinking. You would have to rely on the patient giving you the information for it not is socially desirable or have demand characteristics.
Outline and evaluate research into the relationship between the immune system and stress-related illness. (12 marks) Cohen et al. investigated a link between life stress and vulnerability to the common cold virus. 394 participants completed a questionnaire on the number of stressful events they experienced during the previous year. They rated their degree of stress (stress index).
One of the problems was that there was fewer that twenty- six claimants to the imperial throne, known as the “barracks emperors.” Generals was mainly who seized power, held it briefly, and then suddenly lost it between rivals. Not only did they face the barracks emperors but also because of there sheer size as an empire. When Constantine ruled population declined and the economy contracted which emperors found it difficult to handle and protect the Roman Empire. As for the Gupta Empire internal problems was not an affect to the decline of the empire. Epidemic diseases were the cause of decline in Roman and Han empires, but wasn’t an affect to the Gupta Empire.
Current Event Paper “Vulnerable populations can be defined as those who have a greater predisposition or susceptibility to harm than other individuals.” Colin and Gwyn (2010), There are individuals within the system that have acute or chronic illnesses with no viable means of receiving treatment. In some cases the treatment may not exist. When it does, these individuals may not be economically predisposed to receive it. There are also some who are medically handicapped to the point they could not seek help. Either they have no insurance or have no financial capability to follow up with health maintenance and treatment regimen.
These theoretical interests necessitated a sample of negative events related to work and finances as well as crises related to important social networks (e.g., friends, nuclear family, extended family). We used the research by Kessler and McLeod (1984) as a guide in developing negative event categories. The first four event types were concerned with negative changes that directly involved the respondents. The first of these involved 77 job disruptions (four items) during the past year such as being fired, laid off, or demoted. Difficulties with work were considered separately from financial problems (eight items) which included losses in income or debt problems during the past year.
This difference was observed 40 days after the death and in some participants, still continued after six months. This supports the idea that stress may affect the immune system as they lymphocyte activity was significantly lower, meaning that the immune system has less defence, later resulting in illness. This study however is not completely reliable as it does not consider other factors to do with bereavement which can lower the immune system. These factors can include eating less, sleeping less, economic issues. Therefore, cannot be used singularly as each person will have a different experience and their body will work in different ways under these circumstances.
Give a brief account of the differences between STM and LTM, and consider the extent to which research supports the distinction between them. Psychology Emily August STM and LTM differ in terms of duration. STM has a shorter duration, meaning that memories don't last very long (properly less than 20 seconds), whereas long term memories can potentially last forever. Peterson and Peterson found that participants remembered almost no trigrams after 18, thus supporting the claim that short term memories have a very limited duration. However the study had low ecological validity as it was not representative of everyday memory demands.
Depression could potentially reduce the quality of life and possibly increase medical morbidity and mortality in older adults. Older adults tend not to recognize the symptoms of depression, and if they do, they will not seek any type of treatment. This may be because of embarrassment, lack of care, they are not sure where to go, and the medication they are taking may interfere with medication they have to take for depression. Vision Impairment and Depression One aspect of life that many be reduced is their vision. Stereotypically, we see older adults as being “blind as a bat”!
Do not apply for a managed health care plan. Although it may be a less expensive health care plan, it is not the best type of health care. The quality of the treatment an individual with managed care may be provided is sometimes terrible and is often times unnecessary. Many times a patient with managed care will receive treatment from many different physicians. They may never see the same doctor twice.
A common human nature is an ambiguous term to use and it is impossible to establish that everyone have the same interests. There are individuals who deviate from the interests that most people have. For example, the mentally ill may not value survival; some of them can be suicidal. Thus, I narrow the definition of common human nature to the needs and interests of the healthy general population, for if we consider the mentally ill people, it will only yield a “cripple psychology” (Maslow, A Theory of Human Motivation). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model states that there are different levels of human’s needs, namely the physiological, safety, love, esteem and self actualization.