Locate a movie, television, or Internet television show, or net streaming series that portrays a character with an anxiety disorder (For example, characters from the movies: The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio, What About Bob? with Bill Murray, The Truman Show, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, or Analyze That, or TV shows: The Big Bang Theory or […]
Further Readings Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman. Beck, H.P., Levinson, S., & Irons, G. (2009). Finding Little Albert: A journey to John B. Watson’s infant laboratory. American Psychologist, 64(7), 605-614. Bouton, M. E. (2014). Why behavior change is difficult to sustain. Preventive Medicine, 68, 29-36. http://dx.doi […]
Please pick one of the following questions for your take-home writing activity. 1. In Whistling Vivaldi the author,Claude Steele, discusses stereotype threat. Have you ever underperformed because of stereotype threat? Please describe the stereotype threat and the circumstances. If you have not experienced it, please explain why not. In your discussion, try to be as […]
Mossler and Ziegler (2019) suggest numerous variables that attribute to successful aging: selection processes [Selection, optimization, and compensation theory (SOC)]; engagement with life, avoiding disease and disability, and high cognitive and physical functioning [Rowe and Kahn’s (1997) Model of Successful Aging]; psychosocial strengths (family and friends), and even specific predictors such as “a stable marriage […]