23 Feb Rose provides an opportunity to apply the concepts that were presented about the biological, psychological, and societal systems and their interactions to real-life examples. Read: Rose Case
psychology multi-part question and need a sample draft to help me learn.
The Case study: Rose provides an opportunity to apply the concepts that were presented about the biological, psychological, and societal systems and their interactions to real-life examples.
Read: Rose Case Study (attached)
Respond: To the five questions below (each question response around 5-6 sentences)
How does this case illustrate the interconnections among the biological, psychological, and societal systems?
Given what you know about the assumptions of the psychosocial theory, how might Rose’s stage of development influence her perceptions of the situation and her approach to coping with this conflict?
How might you pose a research question based on the information raised in this case study? (For example, how likely is it that parents experience health problems following their childs divorce?)
How might Rose’s social support system, especially her daughters, be involved in helping her cope with this conflict
How might the current conflict impact future psychosocial development
Reflect: (each question response around 5-6 sentences)
How does your culture (with Judaism for example) view the stages of life? Other their special ceremonies for birth, wedding, coming of age, etc…)
How do these cultural beliefs influence the way you make meaning of your current stage of life?
Requirements: each response around 5-6 sentences
Case Study RoseRose is a 60-year-old woman who has been having serious attacks of dizziness and shortnessof breath as Thanksgiving approaches. Rose is usually active and energetic. In the past, shelooked forward to entertaining her family, which used to include three married daughters, onemarried son, their spouses, and their children. However, her son has recently been divorced.Feelings between him and his ex-wife are bitter. Any attempts on Rose’s part to communicatewith her former daughter-in-law or granddaughter are met with an outburst of hostility from herson. Although Rose is very fond of her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, she knows that shecannot invite them to the family gathering without stirring up intense conflict with her son. Rose’sdaughter suggests having dinner at one of their homes to prevent the conflict. They hope thesolution will take some of the pressure off their mother and ease the attacks. Rose agrees, buther attacks continue.Case Discussion1. How are the biological, psychological, and societal systems involved in Rosa’s situation?We might hypothesize that her physical symptoms – dizziness and shortness of breath – are dueto an inability to resolve a difficult family conflict. Psychological and societal demands may elicitresponses from the biological system, as they commonly do, and people under stress. Thebiological system often alerts a person to the severity of a threat or crisis through thedevelopment of physical symptoms. Rose might visit her family doctor in order to evaluatewhether her symptoms are the result of high blood pressure or early signs of heart disease.There may be a medication that can help reduce the symptoms allowing Rose to have to feelless anxious and more confident about her role in the family.Rose’s psychological system is involved in interpreting her son’s behavior which she views asforcing her to choose between him and her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. She might alsouse psychological processes to try to arrive at a solution to the conflict. So far, Rose has notidentified any satisfactory solution. Although she can avoid the conflict most of the time, theimpending Thanksgiving dinner is forcing her to confront it directly.The psychological system includes Rose’s self-concept, as well as her emotional state.Through memory, Rose retains a sense of her family at earlier periods, when they enjoyedgreater closeness. Having to face a Thanksgiving dinner, at which she will feel angry at her sonor guilty about excluding her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, places her in a fundamentalconflict. The Thanksgiving meal is also a symbolic event representing Rose’s idea of familyunity, which she cannot achieve. Rose will lose the sense of family unity, and she is trying topreserveThis societal system influences the situation at several levels. First, there is a societalexpectation regarding the mother role: Mother is nurturing, loving, and protecting. But Rosecannot be nurturing without sending messages of rejection either to her son or to herdaughter-in-law and granddaughter. Second, social norms for relating to various familymembers after divorce are unclear. How should rose to behave toward her son’s former spouse
how to relate to her grandchild if her son is no longer the childs custodial parent Rose isconfused about what to do third the thanksgiving celebration of social, religious, and culturalsignificance this family ritual was performed and ROZES home and she was a child, and shehas carried it through in her own home as an adult now however she is being forced to pass theresponsibility for this gathering to her daughter before she is ready to do so and as a result,Rose is likely to feel a special sense of loss.
