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Emotions

Types of Affection

Emotion

• Strong, immediate, and short-lived emotional reactions.
• Clear organ involvement.
• Relatively standardized behavioral response.

Feeling

• Diffuse, softer, and durable affective reactions.
• Mild organic and behavioral reaction.

Dimensions of Emotions

• Tone: How the emotion is experienced (positive-negative, pleasant-unpleasant).
• Intensity: Degree of physiological arousal (blushing, trembling), personal experience (feeling a strong emotion), and later behavior (more or less strong reaction).
• Duration: Short or long-lasting.

Biological or Mental Issue?

• Zajonc: Emotions are biological processes, preceding or following cognition but distinctly different.
• Lazarus-Ellis-Beck: Emotion is post-cognitive. Interpretation of the situation

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Personality Disorders and Their Characteristics

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder project their own internal conflicts and hostility onto others. They are typically cold and distant.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Characteristics often include:

• Being introverted, detached, and solitary.
• Appearing cold and distant.
• Being absorbed in their own thoughts and feelings, often fearing intimacy.
• Feeling indifferent to both criticism and compliments.
• Exhibiting little sexual desire.
• Preferring theoretical speculation to action; not very talkative.
• Using fantasy as a common way of dealing with reality.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Individuals with Schizotypal Personality Disorder, similar to those with Schizoid Personality... Continue reading "Understanding Cluster A, B, and C Personality Disorders" »

Observation as a Process

1. Concept of observation as a process:

It is a process whose primary role is to gather information about the subject under consideration. It is an intellectual process.

Assessing vs. Observing

2. Difference in assessing and observing:

Assessment is directed toward a decision, separating the evaluation of the trial. Observing aims to understand and articulate the behavior of all participants in a situation.

Observer Attitudes

3. Observer attitudes:

Factors include the observer's sex, personal characteristics, ethical character, and social background.

Categories of Factors

4. Categories of factors:

These include stable internal factors (ability, skill), unstable internal factors (effort, will), stable external factors (task difficulty)... Continue reading "Observation Techniques: Process, Types, and Functions" »

Assessment in Primary Education

• It is an integral part of the teaching-learning process.
• It is a fundamental component of the curriculum.
• It focuses on the student, classroom, and center.
• Objectives and curriculum serve as references.
• It is a means for continuous improvement.
• Assessment techniques must be consistent with the learning objectives.

Purpose and Objectives of Assessment

• Its primary purpose is to improve educational intervention.
• Specific objectives include:
• Monitoring the progress of children.
• Evaluating teaching practices.
• Assessing the functioning of the educational center.
• Evaluating student progress, teaching methods, and the center's effectiveness.

Characteristics of Effective Assessment

• Global: It should assess the full range of children'

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1.4.2 Attention

Attention is the capacity that allows us to focus awareness on what we need at any given moment.

1. Stimulus Factors

The intensity and predictability of a stimulus influence attention:

• Greater intensity captures more attention.
• Unexpected stimuli are more attention-grabbing.

2. Personal Factors

Willingness and internal states affect attention:

• Fatigue, sleepiness, and hunger negatively impact attention span.
• Mood, mental fatigue, interest, and humor also affect attention.

Benefits of Attention

Attention enables us to:

• React to stimuli promptly.
• Discriminate desired stimuli and prevent distractions (perceptual defense).
• Maintain sustained focus on an activity.
• Perform multiple tasks effectively.

1.4.3 Memory

Memory is the ability to encode, store,... Continue reading "Enhancing Attention and Memory: Key Factors and Processes" »

Classical Conditioning: Foundations of Associative Learning

Classical conditioning, also known as Pavlovian conditioning, respondent conditioning, or the stimulus-response (S-R) model, is a type of associative learning first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov.

The initial stage of this learning process illustrates a natural, unconditioned relationship between a stimulus and a response. An unconditioned stimulus (US), or natural stimulus, reliably evokes an unconditioned response (UR). For instance, dogs naturally salivate (UR) in the presence of food (US).

However, through temporal contiguity, other stimuli may also come to evoke the unconditioned response, which they did not previously. For example, if the sound of a tuning fork is presented a few seconds... Continue reading "Understanding Classical and Operant Conditioning" »

Understanding Learning and Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Refers to voluntary behavior. An instrumental behavior is one that helps us achieve certain effects.

Classical Conditioning

A learning relationship between stimuli.

Key Memory Concepts and Processes

Anterograde Amnesia

The inability to acquire new information or remember events after a brain injury.

Blockade (Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon)

Occurs when an information search is frustrated, and we are unable to retrieve a specific memory, even though we feel it's accessible.

Short-Term Memory

Analyzes and organizes knowledge.

Long-Term Memory

Stores our knowledge of the physical world, social and cultural reality, autobiographical memories, language, and the meanings of concepts.

Basic Memory

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Qualitative Research for Social Work

Qualitative Research: Special Features (p. 1)

Characteristics of Qualitative Research

• Overall Concept of Research (pp. 1-2)
• Researcher-Researched Relationship (p. 2)
• Samples (p. 2)
• Fieldwork (p. 2)
• Data Analysis (p. 2)
• Weaknesses of Qualitative Research (p. 2)

Traditions in Qualitative Research (p. 2)

• Symbolic Interactionism (p. 3)
• Ethnomethodology (pp. 3-4)
• Structuralism (p. 4)

The Contribution of Goffman (p. 4)

Qualitative Research and Social Work (pp. 4-6)

Participant Observation

Participant Observation in Research Practices (p. 7)

• Definition and Genesis of Participant Observation (pp. 7-8)
• Reflections on Participant Observation Characteristics (pp. 8-9)

Observational Research Designs (p. 9)

• Selection of Scenarios (pp. 10-

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Core Orientation Skills: Spatial and Temporal Awareness

Spatial Orientation: Locating Yourself and Destination

Spatial orientation is the ability for a person to be aware of their current location and know where they want to go. The methodology involves taking advantage of everyday situations.

Methodology for Spatial Intervention

The intervention in this area involves the following work, typically addressed in the order listed:

• 1. Basic Concepts in Everyday Situations

  • General terms: *in-out, top-down*, etc.
  • Specific concepts: cardinal points, road signs (traffic lights, etc.).

• 2. Working with Benchmarks (Landmarks)

  Benchmarks include significant buildings, monuments, and shops.

  The identification task begins with recognizing landmarks in the real context,

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Legal Norms: Conduct, Organization, and System Structure

Within legal norms, a fundamental distinction must be made between standards of conduct and rules of organization.

The former prescribe what should be done, attributing specific practices the deontic modalities of "compulsory," "forbidden," or "permitted." Organizational norms, conversely, establish the bodies responsible for the production and application of standards.

Hart's Conception: Primary and Secondary Rules

H.L.A. Hart proposed that in a developed legal system, there are two basic types of rules, distinct but related: primary rules and secondary rules (a classification very different from Kelsen's).

• Primary rules prescribe that human beings do or omit certain actions, regardless of

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