Psychology case study

The Case of the Fallen Athlete, Sin" rel="nofollow">ince he was a boy, Tim Levesque has always loved sports- From football and basketball in" rel="nofollow">in high school through rugby in" rel="nofollow">in college, Tim enjoyed the hours of train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing, the satisfaction of masterin" rel="nofollow">ing complex plays, and especially the thrill of facin" rel="nofollow">ing challengin" rel="nofollow">ing competitors- He remain" rel="nofollow">ined physically active in" rel="nofollow">in the years that followed and spent many evenin" rel="nofollow">ings and weekends coachin" rel="nofollow">ing his son Adam’s Little League baseball team- He contin" rel="nofollow">inued to challenge himself to learn new skills, as when he took up bowlin" rel="nofollow">ing and practiced regularly until he was good enough to join" rel="nofollow">in a league- Six months ago, Tim suffered a stroke while takin" rel="nofollow">ing his mornin" rel="nofollow">ing jog- Immediately afterward, much of the right side of Tim’s body was paralyzed and he was havin" rel="nofollow">ing great difficulty tryin" rel="nofollow">ing to talk- When Adam saw him in" rel="nofollow">in the hospital, he barely recognized his strong active father now lyin" rel="nofollow">ing weak and in" rel="nofollow">incapacitated in" rel="nofollow">in a hospital bed- Although his physicians could not give him a clear prognosis, Tim was determin" rel="nofollow">ined to regain" rel="nofollow">in his strength and mobility and fully regain" rel="nofollow">in his active lifestyle- Today Tim has not quite reached his goal, but he has made a remarkable recovery. He is out of the hospital and receivin" rel="nofollow">ing regular physical therapy. His speech has returned with only occasional difficulty, and he is able to walk and move well enough to return to work- He can’t manage quite well enough to roll a 12-pound bowlin" rel="nofollow">ing ball with the ease and accuracy as he previously could, but that doesn’t bother him much- What really excites Tim is the ever in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing likelihood that he’ll be back to Coach Adam’s team next season- 1- Is there any evidence to suggest which hemisphere of Tim’s brain" rel="nofollow">in suffered damage durin" rel="nofollow">ing his stroke? 2- What imagin" rel="nofollow">ing technology would best reveal the location and extent of damage to Tim’s brain" rel="nofollow">in produced by his stroke, and why? 3- If physicians did not have any means of viewin" rel="nofollow">ing the damage to Tim’s brain" rel="nofollow">in directly, what other clues might they have to the location of the damage? Where might the damage be if Tim had lost his vision after the stroke? Where might it be if he lost sensation on the left side of his body? Where might it be if his personality suddenly changed? 4- Explain" rel="nofollow">in how the endocrin" rel="nofollow">ine system played a role in" rel="nofollow">in keepin" rel="nofollow">ing Tim’s body performin" rel="nofollow">ing optimally whether he was exercisin" rel="nofollow">ing strenuously or relaxin" rel="nofollow">ing- How might Tim have been able to manipulate his endocrin" rel="nofollow">ine system function to enhance his athletic performance, if he so chose? What might be some risks of doin" rel="nofollow">ing so? 5- Describe the brain" rel="nofollow">in phenomena that are chiefly responsible for Tim’s recovery of lost speech and motor functions- How likely do you this Tim is to completely return to his prestroke level of functionin" rel="nofollow">ing, and why? The Case of Jean Sweetland, the Woman with Too Many Hats Jean Sweetland never expected that she would one day have so many different hats to wear. But now, in" rel="nofollow">in her early forties, when Jean comes home from her full-time job as a nurse and takes off her nurse’s cap, it seems as though her day has barely started- With two teenage children livin" rel="nofollow">ing at home, Jean must put on her mother’s hat and enforce household rules, dispense advice, help with homework, orjust provide a shoulder to cry on- Before her husband comes home from his own job, Jean has to pop on her chefs hat and get din" rel="nofollow">inner started; the maid’s cap will come out later when Jean does the family’s laundry and cleans the bathrooms- As if all this weren’t enough, the responsibility has fallen to Jean for lookin" rel="nofollow">ing after her agin" rel="nofollow">ing mother as well- Two or three evenin" rel="nofollow">ings a week Jean slips on her daughter’s hat and makes a trip across town to her mother’s house where she spends an hour or so payin" rel="nofollow">ing bills, restockin" rel="nofollow">ing the cupboards, and helpin" rel="nofollow">ing with other household chores- Jean loves her family and she tries very hard to be the mother, wife, and daughter that they all need her to be - but the conflictin" rel="nofollow">ing demands on her time are stressful and often tiresome- In recent months Jean has in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ingly found herself wonderin" rel="nofollow">ing what became of her own wants and needs, and she has begun askin" rel="nofollow">ing herself hard questions about the direction her life is headed- 1- How typical is the Sweetland family structure? In what ways is Jean’s situation typical of women her age? 2- What would be your best guess as to Jean Sweetland’s parentin" rel="nofollow">ing style, and why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink so? 3- Describe the stage of social development that Jean Sweetland’s adolescent children are most likely experiencin" rel="nofollow">ing- In what ways might their own development be in" rel="nofollow">influencin" rel="nofollow">ing Jean’s? 4- If you were Jean’s physician, how would you explain" rel="nofollow">in to her the changes that might be occurrin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in her agin" rel="nofollow">ing mother? 5- Describe how Jean might react if her mother were to die? What stages of grief might she pass through?