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Life is so dear to all of us but sometimes we came to know about people who end their lives by themselves. As being student of Psychology explain why people tend to indulge in that type of behavior. What are the causes and motives behind it? Justify with sound logical arguments and examples.
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SEMESTER FALL 2019 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY(PSY404) ASSIGNMENT No. 01
Sr. No. Scenarios Identification 1*5 Justification 3*5 1. Sara during the first year of her life feels pleasure that centers on the mouth. Things such as chewing, sucking, and biting are the sources of pleasure that reduces her anxiety. 2. During second year of life, Shazia feels pleasure on bowel and bladder elimination. The control she learns to exert over her bodily functions is manifested in toilet-training. 3. Ali during the age span of 3 to 5 years feels pleasure for the genitals and coping with incestuous sexual feelings for his mother. He wants to possess his mother exclusively and get rid of his father to enable him to do so. On the other hand, Sana during 3 to 5 years of her age feels sexual attraction towards her father and hatred feelings towards her mother. 4. At the fifth to twelfth years of age, Ahmad feels that his sexuality is repressed into unconscious and he started focusing to identify himself with the same sex parent and interacts with same sex peers. 5. When Rashid reached at the age of puberty, he feels that he reaches the physical sexual maturity and the genitals become the primary focus of pleasurable sensations, which he seeks to satisfy in the heterosexual relationships.
Due Date: November 20, 2019 Marks: 20
Assignment Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this assignment; students will be able to:
• Develop an understanding about Freud’s Psychosexual theory of development
Assignment
Freud proposed five stages of Psychosexual development. The main emphasis in this theory is on the physical and psychological development of an individual. In this regard, scenarios related to Psychosexual stages of development are presented below in the table. Your task is to identify the psychosexual stage from given scenarios and then justify the reason of your selection.Marking Scheme: 1 for identification and 3 for justification =20
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• Give the answer according to question.• For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also.
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SEMESTER FALL 2019 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY(PSY404) ASSIGNMENT No. 02
Due Date: January 16, 2020 Marks: 20
Assignment Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this assignment; students will be able to:
This assignment will enable students to make appropriate diagnosis on the basis of symptoms.
They will also be able to evaluate how different disorders can be differentially diagnosed. Assignment
Freud proposed five stages of Psychosexual development. The main emphasis in this theory is on the physical and psychological development of an individual. In this regard, scenarios related to Psychosexual stages of development are presented below in the table. Your task is to identify the psychosexual stage from given scenarios and then justify the reason of your selection.
Question No.01: (15)
Read the given scenario carefully and then answer the below mentioned questions.
Sara a 30 years old woman, had been working in a company for the last five years. She was married and mother of two kids. For the last two weeks, she had been feeling restless most of the time during day. She experienced a sudden weight loss despite of no change in her diet plan. Gradually; she started showing a lack of interest in her daily life activities which she used to enjoy in her past. For instance, she did not show any interest in her kids’ homework although she had a strong concern regarding her kids’ studies in the past.
Sleep disturbances also became a part of her routine. Due to improper sleep, it became quite difficult for her to concentrate on her house chores and job responsibilities. She got warning by her boss to accomplish her responsibilities in an effective manner otherwise she would have to suffer. As a result; she experienced a feeling of worthlessness. Her husband also showed aggression to her because of her irresponsible attitude. Due to non-supportive behavior of her boss and her husband, she experienced recurrent thoughts of suicide and wanted to end up her life.
Questions:
On the basis of the symptoms, what is the diagnosis of the case? (2)
Which symptoms lead you to this particular diagnosis? Enlist any five of them. (5) How this case will be differentially diagnosed from dysthymic disorder? (4)
How this case will be differentially diagnosed from Bipolar I disorder? (4)
Question No.02: (5)
“Women experience more depression then men”, discuss your opinion about this statement and justify it with reasons and examples.
Note:
Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.
Important Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.
Deadline:
Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor.
Formatting guidelines:
Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines:
Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.
Give the answer according to question.
For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video
lectures and use other reference books also.
Rules for Marking
Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:
It has been submitted after due date
The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt
It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)
It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…
PSY404 GDB 1 Solution and Discussion
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Life is so dear to all of us but sometimes we came to know about people who end their lives by themselves. As being student of Psychology explain why people tend to indulge in that type of behavior. What are the causes and motives behind it? Justify with sound logical arguments and examples.
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@zareen said in PSY404 GDB 1 Solution and Discussion:
why people tend to indulge in that type of behavior.
What are the causes and motives behind it?I) Physiological Motives:
a. Hunger motive:
We eat to live. The food we take is digested and nutritional substances are absorbed. The biochemical processes get their energy from the food in order to sustain life. When these substances are exhausted, some imbalancement exists.We develop hunger motive in order to maintain homeostasis. This is indicated by contraction of stomach muscles causing some pain or discomfort called hunger pangs. Psychologists have demonstrated this phenomenon by experiments.
b. Thirst motive:
In our daily life regularly we take fluids in the form of water and other beverages. These fluids are essential for our body tissues for normal functioning. When the water level in the body decreases we develop motive to drink water.Usually thirst motive is indicated by dryness of mouth. Experiments by psychologists have shown that just dried mouth getting wetted is not enough. We need to drink sufficient quantity of water to satiate our thirst.
c. Need for oxygen:
Our body needs oxygen continuously. We get it through continuous respiration. Oxygen is necessary for the purification of blood. We cannot survive without regular supply of oxygen. Lack of oxygen supply may lead to serious consequences like damage to brain or death.d. Motive for regulation of body temperature:
Maintenance of normal body temperature (98.6°F or 37.0°C) is necessary. Rise or fall in the body temperature causes many problems. There are some automatic mechanisms to regulate body temperature, like sweating when the temperature rises above normal or, shivering when it falls below normal.These changes motivate us to take necessary steps. For example, opening of windows, put on fans, take cool drinks, remove clothes, etc., when the temperature increases to above normal level; and closing doors and windows, wear sweaters, take hot beverages when temperature falls down. In this way we try to regulate the body temperature.
e. Need for sleep:
Sleep is an essential process for normal functioning of body and mind. When our body and mind are tired they need rest for rejuvenation of energy. It is observed that there is excess accumulation of a toxin called ‘Lactic acid’ when tired.After sleep it disappears and the person becomes active. Sleep deprivation also leads to psychological problems like confusion, inability to concentrate, droopy eyelids, muscle tremors, etc.
f. Need for avoidance of pain:
No organism can continue to bear pain. Whenever we experience pain we try to avoid it. We are motivated to escape from painful stimulus. For example, when we are under hot sun we go to shade. When something is pinching we avoid it.g. Drive for elimination of waste:
Our body cannot bear anything excess or anything waste. Excess water is sent out in the form of urine or sweat. So also digested food particles after absorption of nutritional substances are sent out in the form of stools. We experience discomfort until these wastes are eliminated.h. Sex motive:
This is a biological motive, arises in the organism as a result of secretion of sex hormones-like and rogens and estrogens. Sex need is not essential for the survival of the individual, but it is essential for the survival of the species. However, fulfillment of the sex need is not like satisfying hunger or thirst.The society and the law exercise certain codes of conduct. Human being has to adhere to these rules. Usually this need is fulfilled through marriage.
i. Maternal drive:
This is an instinct or an inborn tendency. Every normal woman aspires to become a mother. Psychologists haveMotivation, Emotion and Attitudinal Processes 123 learnt from related studies that, this is a most powerful drive. That is why in many cases the women who cannot bear children of their own, will sublimate that motive and satisfy it through socially acceptable ways, like working in orphan schools, baby sittings or adopting other’s children.
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