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Client Counselor Boundaries

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Module 1 Assignment 2: Discussion Tiffany Ellis Boundaries are an important part of the practitioner/ client relationship. There are many boundaries that must be set by the practitioner to protect themselves as well as their clients. While some of these boundaries are set for ethical reasons, many are set just for the benefit a healthy, productive, relationship between the two (Martin, 2007).

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Chapter 10: Human Development Across the Life Span Progress Before Birth: Prenatal Development 3 phases germinal stage = first 2 weeks conception, implantation, formation of placenta embryonic stage = 2 weeks ? 2 months formation of vital organs and systems fetal stage = 2 months ? birth bodily growth continues, movement capability begins, brain cells multiply age of viability Figure 10.1 Overview of fetal development Environmental Factors and Prenatal Development Maternal nutrition Malnutrition linked to increased risk of birth complications, neurological problems, and psychopathology Maternal drug use Tobacco, alcohol, prescription, and recreational drugs Fetal alcohol syndrome Environmental Factors and Prenatal Development Maternal illness

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Chapter 11: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment Defining Personality: Consistency and Distinctiveness Personality Traits Dispositions and dimensions The Five-Factor Model Extraversion Neuroticism Openness to experience Agreeableness Conscientiousness Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Structure of personality Id - Pleasure principle Ego - Reality principle Superego - Morality Levels of awareness Conscious Unconscious Preconscious Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Conflict Sex and Aggression Anxiety Defense Mechanisms Figure 11.2 Freud?s model of personality structure Figure 11.3 Freud?s model of personality dynamics Table 11.1 Defense Mechanisms, with Examples Freud on Development: Psychosexual Stages

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Chapter 11: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment Defining Personality: Consistency and Distinctiveness Personality Traits Dispositions and dimensions The Five-Factor Model Extraversion Neuroticism Openness to experience Agreeableness Conscientiousness Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Structure of personality Id - Pleasure principle Ego - Reality principle Superego - Morality Levels of awareness Conscious Unconscious Preconscious Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Conflict Sex and Aggression Anxiety Defense Mechanisms Figure 11.2 Freud?s model of personality structure Figure 11.3 Freud?s model of personality dynamics Table 11.1 Defense Mechanisms, with Examples Freud on Development: Psychosexual Stages

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Chapter 12: Stress, Coping, and Health The Relationship Between Stress and Disease Contagious diseases vs. chronic diseases Biopsychosocial model Health psychology Health promotion and maintenance Discovery of causation, prevention, and treatment Stress as an Everyday Event Major stressors vs. routine hassles Cumulative nature of stress Cognitive appraisals Major Types of Stress Frustration: blocked goal Conflict: incompatible motivations Approach-approach Avoidance-avoidance Approach-avoidance Change: having to adapt Social Readjustment Rating Scale Life Change Units Pressure Perform/conform Figure 12.2 Types of conflict Responding to Stress Emotionally Emotional responses Annoyance, anger, rage Apprehension, anxiety, fear Dejection, sadness, grief Positive emotions

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Chapter 5: Variations in Consciousness On the Nature of Consciousness Awareness of Internal and External Stimuli Variations on levels of awareness James ? stream of consciousness Freud ? unconscious Sleep/dreaming research The Electroencephalograph: A Physiological Index of Consciousness EEG ? monitoring of brain electrical activity Brain-waves Amplitude (height) Frequency (cycles per second) Beta (13-24 cps) Alpha (8-12 cps) Theta (4-7 cps) Delta (<4 cps) Table 5.1 EEG Patterns Associated with States of Consciousness Biological Rhythms and Sleep Circadian Rhythms ? 24 hr biological cycles Regulation of sleep/other body functions Physiological pathway of the biological clock:

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Chapter 6: Learning Classical Conditioning Ivan Pavlov Terminology Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) Conditioned Stimulus (CS) Unconditioned Response (UCR) Conditioned Response (CR) Figure 6.1 Classical conditioning apparatus Figure 6.2 The sequence of events in classical conditioning Figure 6.3 Classical conditioning of a fear response Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning Acquisition Extinction Spontaneous recovery Stimulus generalization Stimulus discrimination Higher-order conditioning Figure 6.6 Acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery Figure 6.8 Higher-order conditioning Operant Conditioning B.F. Skinner (1953) ? principle of reinforcement ?Skinner box? Emission of response Reinforcement contingencies Cumulative recorder

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Chapter 7: Human Memory Human Memory: Basic Questions How does information get into memory? How is information maintained in memory? How is information pulled back out of memory? Figure 7.2 Three key processes in memory Encoding: Getting Information Into Memory The role of attention Focusing awareness Divided attention Encoding: Getting Information into Memory The role of attention Levels of processing Incoming information processed at different levels Deeper processing = longer lasting memory codes Encoding levels: Structural = shallow Phonemic = intermediate Semantic = deep Figure 7.3 Levels-of-processing theory Enriching Encoding Elaboration = linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding Thinking of examples

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