This is an amazing short film about one of the poorest countries in the world. This shows that everything is possible in life even when the only thing you have available to you is garbage. Makes me wonder what we think as trash others see as treasure. This is an amazing and inspiring video about young children who have a true passion for music that will stop at nothing to reach that dream. They cannot afford the real instruments, but with that passion along with amazing talent they were able to make their dreams come true. There is no doubt that a true talented musician doesn’t need a god instrument to play amazing music. Enjoy.

Xtranormal Assignment

Talking About It
by: jzter9

In this assignment we were supposed to make a cartoon about our concept. For my creation, I have a couple having a serious talk about somes minor problems with their relationship and both of them are avoiding talking about taking the next step and seek marriage therapy. In most cases, the woman is the one that initiates the conversation and has somewhat of a convincing way to talk the husband into doing things her way. In this scenario, Trish feels that she is being neglected and feels that John is very jealous and that they both avoid having a conversation about their issues. Trish decides that tonight is the night to have a serious conversation about what steps they need to take in order to save their marriage. John sees the big picture and thinks that they may be having these issues due to their busy work schedules and not having enough time with each other. They come to an agreement and end with a BANG. ;-)        

Assignment 6: Video Clip as Representation of Key Concept

One of the areas of focus I would like to pursue is Marriage and family counseling. Are couples getting married too young and are they lasting in their marriage? What is the key to a happy prosperous marriage? The answer is spending time together. As a dating couple, people find the time to know each other and find the time to see each other, but after marriage and having a growing family, couples tend to not spend time alone together and start to fall apart. What gets in their way? Is it the kids, job, or family members? This video clip I have provided is a great way to answer some of these questions and have a reality check for those of us that got married at a young age and need some helpful hints. This video clip has the power to captivate the audience and send out a positive message to those in need.

Marriage and family counseling deals with areas not only in marriage, but with family, couples, and individuals in need of assistance (i.e. parenting, adolescents, and small children). In my opinion, building multimedia around these topics will help people understand that even though things might look like they are going great within their marriage and family, there’s always a possibility that you mind find helpful advice from such videos and websites.

Assignment 5: Defining and Visualizing Concepts

1. List two concepts highly relevant to your sociological focus. Briefly state why you would like to learn more about them; especially why you would like to build multimedia around them.

1)      One of the concepts I would like to focus on is in the Marriage, Family, Couples, and Individual Counseling. In my opinion, building multimedia around these topics will help people understand the body movements and facial expressions of the individuals. The audience might see themselves in the roles of the characters and at the same time even acting in the exact same way.

 

2)      The second concept I would like to focus on would be in the field of treatment of a family member with schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder. With multimedia I would focus this into family therapy to help the other members of the family understand their relative's disorder and adjust to the psychological changes that may be occurring in that person's life.

2. Provide a brief description relative to how each concept has been defined and measured (i.e., operationalized) in the academic literature (books and/or journal articles). In so doing, consult at least two references per concept (be sure to provide citations for references (follow citation style of American Sociological Review).

 

1)      Marriage, Family, Couples, and Individual Counseling: The area has been defined and measured in many ways. The article I read talks about how in today's world councilor's deal with a variety of couple and family systems. Step-families, gay families, single-parent families and even childless families; the councilor's challenge is to decided how to "work with couple and family systems that may need premarital counseling, marital therapy, divorce counseling, family therapy, or individual counseling" (Smith, Carlson, Stevens-Smith and Dennison, 1995). The divorce rate in the United States is so high, even people divorcing in their second and third marriage. Many children are in single-parent homes, many are in step-families and let's not forget the abused women that still live with the men that threaten and beat them. "Changes such as those cited above are some of the reasons for the increased attention given to marriage and family counseling and the demand for competent training in this field" (Smith, Carlson, Stevens-Smith and Dennison, 1995).

In other studies, councilors help couples cope with victims of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Many of these victims are women, but in some cases there are some men. In fact 20% to 40% of women and 5% to 15% in the U.S. are victims of CSA. These studies are conducted because these couples have problems when it comes to intimacy fear being the leading cause. "Emotional and psychological problems in adulthood are also common to those who have a history of CSA" (Hunt-Amos, Bischoff and Pretorius, 2004).

2)      Schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder in family members: according to this article the incorporation of family group therapy into therapeutic interventions for people with schizophrenia is suggested to be an integral component in enhancing positive treatment outcomes and reducing associated family burden. In this study the sessions are concentrated in a way that each week one family presents a current difficulty to the group and the group collectively focuses on formulating strategies to overcome or minimize the difficulty. The measures of this study is that the family of focus is provided with "action plans and assigned set homework to assist in learning how to apply strategies and achieve goals" (Deane, Mercer, Lambert and Pickard, 2012). According to the study, each family has equal opportunity to present their individual difficulties throughout the course of the therapy.

Schizophrenia is a major mental illness that impairs the functioning of thoughts, affects personality, and impacts almost every aspect of life. This concept has been defined and measured in a way that people with schizophrenia experience disturbances in thought, perception, cognition, and psychosocial functioning (Bardwell & Taylor 2009; Gournay 2009). "In caring for those with schizophrenia, psychiatric nurses play important roles in helping them in their recovery and their ability to live a normal life within their families" (Kertchok, Yunibhand, and Chaiyawat, 2011). Therefore, the caring for patients and the help they receive helps them live a normal life with their families and that is where it is an  important goal of psychiatric nurses"(Kertchok, Yunibhand, and Chaiyawat, 2011).

 

Works Cited

 

Bardwell, M. & Taylor, R. (2009). Schizophrenia disorders. In: R. Elder, K. Evans & D. Nizette (Eds). Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. (pp. 248–266). Chatwood: Elsevier Australia.

 

Deane, F. R., Mercer, J., Talyarkhan, A., Lambert, G., & Pickard, J. (2012). Group Cohesion and Homework Adherence in Multi-Family Group Therapy for Schizophrenia. Australian & New Zealand Journal Of Family Therapy, 33(2), 128-141. doi:10.1017/aft.2012.15

 

Hunt-Amos, S., Bischoff, R. J., & Pretorius, R. (2004). The Husband's Experience of His Wife's Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Exploratory Study and Implications for Couple Therapy. Journal Of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 3(4), 1-21.

 

Kertchok, R., Yunibhand, J., & Chaiyawat, W. (2011). Creating a new whole: Helping families of people with schizophrenia. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 20(1), 38-46. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00706.x

 

Smith, R. L., Carlson, J., Stevens-Smith, P., & Dennison, M. (1995). Marriage and Family Counseling. Journal Of Counseling & Development, 74(2), 154-157.

 

 

3. For each concept, briefly describe how you might approach it via multimedia representation.

 

1)      Marriage, Family, Couples, and Individual Counseling: Approaching this concept in multimedia representation might come hard to do. Interviews and session are to be kept confidential, unless written permission to do so. If I was to conduct a multimedia presentation, I would do a bogus session, but concentrating on actual events. Humor might give the audience a peace of mind that everything is going to be ok and send out a positive message. 

 

2)       Schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder in family members: Being that my two fields of interest are therapeutic, it would be unethical to convert the sessions and interviews into multimedia representation. On the other hand, making the same bogus session and making sense of the true nature of these problems, the audience will get a positive message and see that therapy helps in many ways. For example, the show "United States of Tara" was an awesome demonstration of this concept. It showed firsthand how a person with MPD acts and how the family copes with her problems. It also shows the therapy the married couple attends and how the study is conducted.

 

4. Relative to A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods, determine the following for each of your concepts:

a. Would “structure” or “process” visualization work best?

·        Structure will work best

 

b. Which of the six broad types might be most applicable?

·        Data, Information and Concept will work for both my sociological focus. 

 

c. Within that broad type, which particular visualization device might be most appropriate?

·        Communication Diagram

 

d. Run each concept through Wordnik, Visuwords, Lexipedia, and Ngram Viewer. Did you discover anything noteworthy?

·        Yes I did. It has different meanings and it can be looked at in many different ways. Visuwords and Lexipedia are my favorite ones. Lexipedia gives you more like a thesaurus and you can use those terms to help you find other research in that field. 

 

Assignment 6: Video Clip as Representation of Key Concept

Assignment 6: Video Clip as Representation of Key Concept

 

            Schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder in family members is one of my areas of focus. The video clip that I have provided gives a great example of this concept. This TV series shows the true nature of these problems, and it captivates the audience in a positive way with comedy. Positive messages are being sent through and the audience sees that therapy helps in many ways. This show is called "United States of Tara". This is an awesome demonstration of this concept. It showed firsthand how a person with MPD acts and how the family copes with her problems. It also shows the therapy the married couple attends and how the study is conducted.

            This is an actual disorder that many families in the United States deal with n a daily bases. We all know what Schizophrenia or multiple personality disorders are, but the majority of us have never seen it or lived it. This show provides us with the visual aid and we have front row tickets to see the average American family go through these processes. Steven Spielberg an American film director, screenwriter and producer winner of many Academy Awards has done a great job in directing and producing this show. Extensive research was done to make this a sociological and psychological vivid show. This trailer provides the power to capture the audience in many ways and will have them wanting more. The comedy and real life experiences on it are enough to show the power of this disorder. Many students that are in this field might feel the same thing I did and would like to pursue a career in this amazing field to help out families in need.

Phillip Zambardo

Illustration of ideas and concepts

 

            When I started viewing Zimabardo's videos, I did see a tremendous difference between both of them. At first, when I clicked play on the first one I saw the duration time and I was like, here we a good long 40 minute video. It was interesting up to the part where the study was conducted and he was reveling some of the evidence found in the study. When he played the video he recorded, it was interesting and caught my attention. Media within media. But as he started going off of his PowerPoint presentation, it got quite a bit draining in a sense.

            It kind of made me want to test that theory (the time paradox) on my kids. I see my oldest daughter as a present focus person. She wasn’t everything to happen right away. She is not patient at all, and by listening to his speech, it makes sense. I see my middle and youngest child as future focus. They are divergent thinkers. They analyze everything before making a decision. Both think outside the box and think of the future. They both know what they want and will get if they just take a minute to analyze their actions.

            When I saw the animated video, it made me more aware of what he was talking about. By looking at the drawings, I realized that I had missed that part or not completely understood what he was saying. To me the animation video made more sense and kept me intrigued. Also the video explained the study to the point and it was only 10 minutes. As Zimbardo stated, most of us are digital learners, and with that said, by me knowing that I enjoyed the animation presentation better says a lot. 

Dance of India

In my personal opinion, I think this Dance from India Nagada Nagada is one of the best dances and moves I have ever seen. The Dances of the India are based on beliefs of power and beauty, but not just in Indian dance, but of dance itself! This video with its good source of media shows that the Indian dance can enchant as well as educate all members of the community, from children to senior citizens, from underserved minority communities to the population at large.