― I Suffer from C D O ! ‖

Professional ePortfolioDreem Penn

Psychology, Argosy University

2011

PERSONAL STATEMENTI am Dreem Penn. I am from Atlanta, Georgia. Interesting

enough I have a background in Civil Engineering and

Architecture. I have worked in the field of Education the past

10 years. I love to help people explore their thoughts. I have

a true passion for what I do seriously. I have been behind the

master minding 3 successful businesses from just enjoying

what I do on a daily basis. My love spreads across the border

into Psychology because of past experiences and being able

to problem solve. It’s indeed a blessing to be chosen to listen

to inner thoughts and deep feelings that some tend to say are

hard to verbalize. I have prayed and tapped into a gift that

has lead me to decide to get further training. I am on a

mission to be tangible to individuals seeking help. I want to

become a Therapist. I have a strong passion for people who

need outlets and the need for someone to take time to hear

what they have to say and to not judge but help.

Although that is my passion I am here to listen to all persons.

Because of situations and feelings that I can relate to, I feel

that this is my destiny. Architecture was my career but

Psychology will be my LIFE.

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Reflection: strengths

My academic career here at Argosy has allowed me to step

deep into a dream deferred. I have found my passion and my

strengths. The strengths on teamwork, hard work and power

to endure till the end. The instructors have given me a

foundation worth building on. I have set the stride for a

continuous pace in my future. The strength of a passionate

life of being a vessel as the Greater Power in me does the

expected in helping heal the mind, the body and the spirit.

Reflection: weaknesses“Weakness of Attitude becomes Weakness of Character!” –Albert Einstein

My weaknesses through this journey were the struggles of getting through everyday chores of life. Some days were better than others to be a student in Psychology. Other days were questionable to the extent of evaluating myself as my personal client. Life was not said to be easy, but it is said to get easier as you go along.

At Argosy I must say that my weakness played on my behavior OCD, in a way that if one of my days threw me off schedule, then that meant that my tasks for school were shifted, so I had to learn to balance the adjustments of school work to what would happen in my daily routine.

• Cognitive Abilities Critical

Thinking and Information

Literacy

• Research Skills

• Communication Skills Oral and

Written

• Ethics and Diversity Awareness

• Foundations of Psychology

• Applied Psychology

• Interpersonal Effectiveness

Table of contents

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COGNITIVE ABILITIES

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RESEARCH SKILLS

Consultative Report For

California Department of Corrections

A teenage boy by the name of Kipland ―Kip‖ Kinkel fifteen at the time of the incidents is

under investigation. In September 1998, Kip Kinkel confessed to the killing of his parents

in their home on May 20, 1998 and the next day, walking into the Thurston High School

cafeteria and spraying students with 50 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle, killing two

students, Ben Walker, 16, and Mikael Nickolauson, 17, and wounding 25 others (The

Killer at Thurston, 2000). Kip was charged with four counts of aggravated murder and 26

counts of aggravated attempted murder for the 25 students he wounded, plus his later

assault on a police detective (The Killer at Thurston, 2000).

a) What specific types of competencies are important to this case, and why? What

aspects of this particular case will be important to the legal concept of competency?

There is a seriousness that lies in the hand of the defense. The question is Kipland Kinkel

able to communicate the details to the lawyers. Kipland Kinkel is need of a mental

evaluation with a clear notion that has been stated out of his mouth referring to his brain

not working correctly. Is there enough conversation for Kip to initiate the recall of the

story for the simple fact all he is saying is that he had no choice with tears in his eyes. He

would say that he loved his parents but he had to kill them, so is there enough sense to be

mad from comments that are being retrieved from his mouth in order for the defense team

to come to his rescue. Will there be a need for the defense to plead insanity to the people

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RESEARCH SKILLS

Controversies!

Patients who seek psychiatric help today for mood disorders stand a good chance of being

diagnosed with a disease that doesn’t exist and treated with a medication little more effective

than placebo.‖ Shorter added, ―American psychiatry is headed in . . . [a] direction [of] defining

ever-widening circles of the population as mentally ill with vague and undifferentiated diagnoses

and treating them with powerful drugs.‖ (― Psychiatric Disorders, 2010)

Experts gave the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the [DSM] manual,

predictably mixed reviews. Some were relieved that the task force working on the manual—

which includes neurologists and psychologists as well as psychiatrists—had revised the previous

version rather than trying to rewrite it.‖ (― Psychiatric Disorders, 2010)

There may be controversy over the best way to measure clinical psychopathology (ie, should we

rely on a categorical diagnostic system such as DSM-IV, use a dimensional approach like that

used in the UCLA Family Study of Schizophrenia–related personality disorders,3 or should we

employ a combination of the two?). However, there is no question that the evolution of

psychiatric diagnosis into the mainstream of medical diagnosis will require an integration of

clinical psychopathology with phenotypes based on molecular biology, genomic science,

cognitive neuroscience, brain imaging, and psychopharmacology outcome research(― Psychiatric

Disorders, 2010).

What is DSM?

Psychiatric Diagnoses are categorized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Disorders, 4th. Edition. Better known as the DSM-IV, the manual is published by the American

Psychiatric Association and covers all mental health disorders for both children and adults. It

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COMMUNICATION

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EXTRA CREDIT: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie 1

Human Sexuality

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie

Argosy University

Dr. Michelle Ramsey, Professor

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COMMUNICATION

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MODULE SEVEN: Stress and Law Enforcement 1

Stress and Law Enforcement

Forensic Psychology

Argosy University

Dr. Rodney Berger

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Play Time is for Everyone 1

Duck, Duck, Duck, Duuuuuuuuck, Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, Goose! Growing up for a child

is such a vital stage of development in character for a young person. This interaction of children

of both genders creates the understanding of the world and how to get along with others. It is

important for parents and guardians to invest into this movement to create satisfying

relationships and to help children to develop socially. This will create a structure of empathy,

expressions of feelings and cooperative play.

In my findings in observing older children in a social environment around peers, I see

that the groups are segregated not based on color but by gender. I begin to focus on the activities

of the young people to find out that the segregation was based on competition for the attention of

the opposite gender. The girls huddled together in loud parades of chants and loud girl talk

involving hand gestures to be seen by the boys and the boys huddled together in competitive

sports to gain the attention of the females. With these two groups being on opposite sides of the

park, the games that each group was involved in was active and was directed to gain attention.

My question is: ―Why the two groups didn’t get closer to interact?‖ The games the children

were playing are definitely targeted to gender roles which defined another way that segregation

plays a part in just basic activities. But in my observation on the playground, the younger

children interacted as though they saw no gender. They played together as if no one other group

existed.

Because there was segregation in a park full of older children, the games the young men

involved themselves in were games of catch and flips. It was obvious that the male gender had

games that defined clear winners and losers. Whereas the young females activities we less

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Module 7: Race Relations Are Here Again! 1

Race Relations Are Here Again!

Sociological Perspective Class, Ethnicity and Gender

Argosy University

Dr. Aloma Mendoza

Dreem Penn

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FUNDAMENTALS OF

PSYCHOLOGY

AUTISM: THE FOCAL POINT 1

Autism: The Focal Point

Physiological Psychology

Argosy University

Professor Powers

Dreem Penn

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FUNDAMENTALS OF

PSYCHOLOGY

MODULE FIVE: Isaacs Parkinson Case 1

Isaacs Parkinson’s Case

Physiology of Behavior

Argosy University

Yurandol Powers

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Here Goes the Villain: A Revelation of Iago 1

Here Goes the Villian: A Revelation of Iago

Literary Experience

Argossy University

Dr. Kimberley Dobson

Dreem Penn

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INTERPERSONAL

EFFECTIVENESS

MEMORANDUM

TO: Department of Justice

FROM: Dreem Penn, Forensic & Psychology Consultant

DATE: 17 October 2010

SUBJECT: A Program to reduce the incidence of staff members abusing inmates

In the Stanford Prison Experiment, it is definitely a revelation to the cognitive patterns that

conformed to environments of imprisonment. Individuals with good intentions and no desire of

becoming a monster to a poster child of evil that set the mood of the prison over powered the

change in environment. Does humanity win over evil or does evil triumph (Zimbardo, 2009)?

ASPECTS THAT DEFINE A PRISON ENVIRONMENT

The mindset of someone who knows that they will one day be caught in the judicial system is

one thing, but to get caught in something as an surprise is one thing. In example for someone

who involves himself or herself in ―armed robbery‖, they know one day that it will end and

eventually they will face the prison doors, but for someone who goes for being at the wrong

place at the wrong time. Their mind it not focused on jail. They do not have a mindset of having

to serve time. So what does that do for the prison environment? It puts a strain on the ones there

and the ones that do not what to be there. This sets the key aspects of the prison to be cognitive.

It is what everyone thinks when they come into the doors.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS LEADING PRSION STAFF TO ABUSE INMATES

-Prejudice (Staff already formulating thoughts to each individual that they are supervising)

-Hierarchy (Staff have a normal civilian life and come to work with authority to dictate another

humans life)

PRISON OFFICIALS REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF PRISON VIOLENCE

Implement more programs (reduces stress levels, haves inmates looking forward to another day)

I.E. Sending them to County Camps, this will elevate the caged in feeling that increases the

stress of anger that turns into violence towards the staff and other inmates.

Treat them like Humans (personal aspects no one would want their loved one treated like a

caged animal. We are giving more love to domesticated animals that make mistakes in their

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INTERPERSONAL

EFFECTIVENESS

MODULE 2: Genesis The Creation!

In a time where there was no existence. The author Moses declared that God made the

Heavens and Earth out of nothing. Genesis 1:1 states, “In the beginning God created (made) the

Heaven and the Earth.‖ The development was all in Gods Architectural blueprint of the Earth

and the fullness thereof. Moses, the liberator who divided the seat o deliver the 10

commandments, who also is a figure of faith in Christianity and a Prophet in Islam, declared two

different scenarios in the first nine chapters of Genesis, the strengths and weakness of Adam,

Eve and Noah.

The Bible states, “So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he

him; male and female created he them,” (Gen. 1:27 New International Version). This was the

birth announcement of Adam and Eve to whom God had given commandments to be fruitful,

multiply and replenish the earth and have dominion over the Earth he created. Not only were

they created but out of creation there was matrimony, a strength in Gods eye, so that no sin or

shame came out of what was Holy, until the serpent appeared to change Gods plan. Moses

displays the weakness of Eve through the eyes of the serpent and the fruit bearing tree, which

became the birth of sin, going against the will of God. However, both Adam and Eve display

weakness through their lack of trust and temptation in going against Gods commandments with

eating the fruit. Next is the irresponsibility of taking ownership of their own individual actions,

for example in the scripture, Adam says in Genesis 3:12, ―…The woman whom thou gavest to be

with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat, then Eve explains in verse 13, “…the serpent

beguiled me and I did eat.” So, even in the chastising of God, they had forgotten they were

adults and didn’t even own up to their own sins. Was it because the fruits had not digested

enough for them to have ―holy boldness‖ or not grown enough to know that they could have just

told God the real truth if there was a real answer?

REVIEW PAPER

I Suffer from CDO !

( Its like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order as they

should be ! )

Are my actions routines vs. behavior?

REVIEW PAPERAbstract

How aware are people of the condition OCD? How are we viewing the psychological behavior? Is it routine versus behavior? Is routine and behavior the same thing said differently?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder also known as OCD is primarily an anxiety and can be continuing obsessions clouding your mind to do and it also includes doing things over and over that are known as compulsions.

I have chosen this topic for literature review because of the behavioral patterns that the brain has conditioned individuals to repeat that causes anxiety if not performed. The person encamping OCD is mainly not aware of the behavior until it is pointed out and then at that point of recognition, the person with OCD starts to see and pay closer attention to their behavior. In that discovery, it may become annoying and time consuming due to the nature of awareness versus the previous behavior only being a mere routine.

REVIEW PAPER

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? OCD is an

anxiety disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR (the Diagnostic

and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition,

Text Revision (2000), which is the book that lists and classifies

all mental disorders. Anxiety disorders make their sufferers feel

disproportionately anxious or fearful, and the main anxiety

triggers people with OCD are obsessive thoughts, images or

impulses that are intrusive, inappropriate and greatly

distressing. In being a host of this disorder, I have found out

over time that it builds on ideas that others do not find

important or worth dwelling on a day-to-day basis. In the

endeavor to change, I find it hard but amusing to regulate

thoughts that have become part of my lifestyle which protect me

in mind, body, and spirit.

REVIEW PAPER

The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation website

(OCFOUNDATION.ORG) states that 1 to 40 adults and 1 in 200

children have OCD, which adds up to about 5 million people with

OCD in the United States. In addition, the DSM-IV-TR (2000)

states that the lifetime prevalence (the number of people in the

Unites States who have a disorder sometime over the course of

their life) of OCD is 2.5 percent (McGrath, 2007).

REVIEW PAPER

In working hands on with individuals every day, I

have made it a point to address certain actions like

carrying hand sanitizer in my lab coat, and when I’m

finished working in someone else’s area I sanitize

myself each time. This is not to be rude but the

obsession of what a person was doing with their

hands before I arrived is perplexing and drives me to

not touch or if that is not possible, to just be ready to

“clean up”. My disorder does not make me better

than another because I am cautious or repetitive, it

is just an ease on my mind that I have followed

through on my thoughts with actions.

REVIEW PAPERThe person like me is not aware of the behavior until it is

pointed out and then the person with OCD starts to see and

pay more attention to their behavior. A personal example

would be the positioning of objects sitting around me or items

I am interacting with. For instance, on my desk containers are

aligned from tallest to shortest, my pens by colors, the

computer and keyboard are at the same angle and everything

has its own personal space. Now did I notice that from the

beginning? Of course, not until a coworker noticed something

new and I had placed it within the sequence already displayed.

For the individual it may have seemed weird and that I just

placed it in an area that was free, but in my mind it was

grouping by association. In the question of research for me, is

OCD routine versus behavior or the same thing said

differently? In my case, everything is a routine until someone

notices to assume it is a behavior. Therefore, to answer my

own question it’s the same thing. For clarity, the way someone

acts is his or her personal routine of behavior.

REVIEW PAPER

I am CDO! That is the way it should be organized in alphabetical order. With studies of literature, there is not a proven research study that says that OCD trickled into my adulthood because scientists have made it clear that all children have rituals. Those rituals can also be defined, as I would personally point out, which shoe goes on first, do I brush before or after I am dressed or things that you find yourself doing in a strategic order to make the mornings or nights smoother. I would say that everyone has forms of OCD, but they may not be as noticeable because the actions have been adopted as a regular duty every everyday life. You too are OCD but in my brain chart, you are OCD and have a lifetime membership in CDO.

mY FUTURE IN LEARNING

The future for life long learning is one that will

encamp my behaviors as research. I believe we

are all test and trials in the mirror of others. My

future holds the keys to research as I join the

many who strive to make a change in the people

around us. Learning is an on going policy of life

because things are constantly changing, so why

not assist in the transition of life with the years of

education that transformed my thoughts.

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