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What role would society and family play in Jasmine’s cognitive development at this stage of development?

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Assignment 2: LASA 1 Promoting Cognitive DevelopmentAs you have learned in your readings, Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky took different approaches to child development. One’s theoretical per

Assignment 2: LASA 1 Promoting Cognitive DevelopmentAs you have learned in your readings, Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky took different approaches to child development. One’s theoretical per
Assignment 2: LASA 1 Promoting Cognitive Development
As you have learned in your readings, Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky took different approaches to child development. One’s theoretical perspective influences approaches to child development. The Jacksons are a young couple living in Centervale. They have approached Keith, the child development consultant, for advice on how to promote and nurture the cognitive development of their preschooler Jasmine.
Watch the following video to learn more about the similarities and differences of developmental theories. Study of the Child: Theories of Development I, produced by Herzog, Milan & Herzog, Shanta (Learning Seed, 1997), 29:02 mins obtained from Alexander Street Press Education in Video from AUO Library.

  • Compare and contrast the approaches of each of the four perspectives (Piaget, Erikson, Skinner, and Vygotsky).
  • Explain how each theorist would approach the issue of cognitive development in early childhood. Describe how Keith’s advice to Jasmine’s parents might vary depending on his theoretical perspective.
  • What role would society and family play in Jasmine’s cognitive development at this stage of development? What cultural, psychosocial and physical influences will be seen?
  • Incorporate information learned in your readings and at least one peer-reviewed* article from the AUO library to support your conclusions.

* Peer reviewed means an article from a reputable journal, which can be found in the library. Peer reviewed indicates that other professionals in the field have reviewed and deemed it worthy of publication, in contrast to much if what we find online: someone posting something they want, without someone else verifying that their methods were rigorous enough and the study is valid.  Use your book and course lectures as your primary resources, as well as articles from our library. If you must supplement from a website, do NOT use .coms. Instead, look for .org, .gov, and sometimes .edu for more reputable sources. Never use Wikipedia or about.com.
Write a 6-7 page paper in Word format. Be sure to include introductory and concluding paragraphs in your paper, a title page and a reference page.  Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Psychiatrists prescribing a potentially addictive sleep aid to adolescents

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During the course of treatment, a client stated that he has been unable to sleep successfully for the past year. His psychiatrist prescribed the sleep aid zolpidem. Because of the medication, he was i

During the course of treatment, a client stated that he has been unable to sleep successfully for the past year. His psychiatrist prescribed the sleep aid zolpidem. Because of the medication, he was immediately able to sleep. However, after 1 month of treatment, the client discovered euphoric episodes that occur if he resists falling asleep. The episodes induced waves of positive emotions and hallucinations, which he described as feeling “trippy.” The counselor recognized that the client is abusing the sleep aid. How should the counselor address this issue? How will this affect his current treatment plan?
For this Discussion, consider the major concerns regarding treatment of sleep disorders, including concerns for special populations. Then, consider the level of involvement the counselor would expect with the health care treatment team. Finally, consider the role of the counselor in treatment of sleep disorders.
Choose one of the following controversies involving special client populations:

  1. Psychiatrists prescribing a potentially addictive sleep aid to adolescents
  2. Psychiatrists prescribing sleep aids to clients in recovery from substance abuse
  3. Psychiatrists prescribing sleep aids for conditions where the primary symptom is not insomnia

Post by Day 4 a thorough explanation of the controversy you selected. Formulate a position on the topic and support your stance with current scholarly articles.

A description of the major types of drugs prescribed for sleep disorders

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According to the National Sleep Foundation, about 30–40% of the general population reports some level of insomnia during their lives, and 10–15% experience significant, chronic insomnia. For these

According to the National Sleep Foundation, about 30–40% of the general population reports some level of insomnia during their lives, and 10–15% experience significant, chronic insomnia. For these individuals, medications to help induce and sustain sleep may be helpful. On the other hand, sleep aids pose potential concerns, namely abuse. Some people exceed recommended doses, and some continue taking medications even after symptoms are no longer present. Others obtain medications under false pretenses, which is one form of malingering. Malingering occurs when clients make up or exaggerate symptoms for some personal gain. One manifestation of malingering occurs when individuals attempt to have drugs of abuse prescribed or refilled to continue abusive use (Rogers, 2008). Although counselors may not be directly implicated in the client’s deceit, their unique position to receive more accurate and honest information than other medical professionals presents ethical concerns. What is the counselors’ role in these instances? In which instances would it be appropriate to break confidentiality due to a concern of malingering? How could the malingering potentiality be planned for and avoided?
For this Assignment, review all of the Learning Resources concerning malingering and addiction related to the treatment of sleep disorders. Consider the major drugs used to treat sleep disorders and the potential risk for addiction that the medicines pose. Examine the role of the counselor in preventing or dealing with these issues.
In a 3- to 5-page APA-formatted paper, include the following:

  • A description of the major types of drugs prescribed for sleep disorders
  • An explanation of the potential for addiction associated with these medicines
  • An explanation of the issues related to malingering in the treatment of sleep disorders
  • An explanation of the counselor’s role in mitigating the potentialities of malingering
  • Support your response with at least one peer-reviewed article from the Walden Library that addresses a counseling issue related to malingering and addiction in treating sleep disorders
  • Explain how you will incorporate the information found in the peer-reviewed article you selected.

Describe some of the pitfalls in the writing of survey questions. How can these pitfalls be avoided?

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In this assignment, you will analyze surveys and interviews as data collection methods for research.Using the Internet, research about using surveys and interviews in research.Consider the following s

In this assignment, you will analyze surveys and interviews as data collection methods for research.
Using the Internet, research about using surveys and interviews in research.
Consider the following situation.
Assume you need to conduct a survey to study the relation between diet, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption on youth aged twenty to twenty-five years.
Your observations are as follows:

  • There is a positive relation between cigarette smoking and alcohol use but there was little relation of these habits and the diet.
  • However, persons received slightly less food energy from carbohydrates if they drank alcohol to those who did not drink.
  • Persons who smoked got slightly more food energy from fat as compared to nonsmokers.
  • However, the weight of the persons who drank and persons who smoked was less than it would have been had they taken their total energy intake.

Based on the situation and your observations, complete the following tasks:

  • Describe the benefits as well as the limitations of survey studies in establishing such causal relations.
  • There are many parameters that need to be considered when writing good survey questions.
    • Describe some of the pitfalls in the writing of survey questions. How can these pitfalls be avoided?
    • Write two survey questions that you might use in the given situation.
  • There are several different formats that can be utilized when creating a survey. The type of survey administered can be just as important as the topic itself.
    • What are the different survey formats? Explain their advantages and disadvantages.
    • If you were conducting a survey, what type of format would you choose? Why?
  1. Using APA format, cite any sources you use appropriately throughout the discussion and reference on a separate page.
  2. Submit a Microsoft Word Document in APA format.