Mental and Emotional Assessment in the Elderly
Mental and Emotional Ratings
Mental and emotional ratings encompass three areas of mental valuation: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.
1. Cognitive Assessment
A comprehensive assessment is designed to collect, at a minimum, the following information: appearance, behavior, mood, senses, language, thought, perception, level of consciousness, orientation, memory, information capital, abstraction and judgment, gnosis and praxis, calculation, and somatic symptoms of mental illness. A structured cognitive
Read MoreKey Concepts in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Motivating Operation (MO): Alters the reinforcing/punishing effectiveness of a stimulus and alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced/punished by that stimulus.
Establishing Operation
Reinforcer is more effective/valuable.
- Deprivation: Not having a reinforcer for some time.
- Behavior-Altering Effect: Momentary increase in behavior.
- Value-Altering Effect: Momentary increase in reinforcing value.
Abolishing Operation
Reinforcer is less effective/valuable.
- Satiation: Having a reinforcer
Psychology: Learning, Thinking, and Definitions
Learning
- Punishment teaches physical or psychological aggression. True
- Enhancers given to children as toys are the same as bribery. False
- Phobias are irrational, unfounded fears. True
- Behaviors cannot be unlearned. False
- You can change the nail-biting behavior of a teenager. True
- All behavior can be distinguished by cognitive, physiological, and motor aspects. True
- No prior experience of fear is required with certain stimuli to remain afraid. True
- Fatigue, illness, and drugs have little lasting effect on
Survey Methods, Interviews, and Family Structures
Survey Methods: A Comprehensive Look
According to survey methodology, a survey area can be exhaustive (covering all statistical units within a population) or partial. Data obtained can be direct (where the statistical unit is the primary source) or indirect (where data does not directly correspond to the target).
Content Types in Surveys
Based on content, surveys can gather:
- Opinions: What people think about a hypothesis.
- Facts: Events that have occurred.
Questions can be posed to individuals or groups
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Stress and Anxiety: An Overview
Stress: A process that begins with environmental demands on an individual, to which they must give an adequate response, using their personal and psychological resources. If demands and resources are not balanced, psychological and biological changes occur that can cause disease.
Anxiety: An emotional response to stress, but also a response to specific trigger situations (threats, etc.). It is a mechanism that allows us to adapt to situations that we do not control,
Read MorePop Psychology, Turing Machines, and Nervous System Explained
Pop Psychology
Pop psychology, also known as folk psychology, explains behavior in terms of mental states, specifically beliefs and desires. Jerry Fodor referred to it as common-sense psychology. Fodor found pop psychology interesting for three reasons:
- Its reliability: It allows us to infer intentions from what people say and predict behavior from their intentions.
- Its theoretical depth: It explains how beliefs, preferences, and behaviors interact, enabling generalizations about human behavior.
- Its