To prepare for this portion of the dialog, the video Epigenetics located at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetics.html The argument of Nature vs. Nurture is dead and long since gone with the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Science has now demonstrated that each of us is the product of BOTH our genetic makeup AND the environment […]
1. As you have progressed in your practicum experience, how has your skill in collaboratively drawing up a treatment plan evolved? What have you found helpful? 2. Have economic pressures on the agency trickled down to the line to a counselor who is forced to show progress towards measurable objectives in a short time? Explain. […]
Ray Kurtzweil, in Transcendent Man, noted that in the near future, we as a species will go extinct, replaced by artificial intelligence, information technology and robotics. One could solidly argue this is already very much this case. Will psychology become robotology? What would this transformation do for our conceptualizations of person, suffering, health and the […]
1. List Erikson’s eight stages of self-concept development with their names and ages and tell me how you turned out at each stage. 2. Don’t forget to do all eight stages even if you have not gotten to one yet. Give an example of why you think that for each stage. For example, I am […]