Title ABC/123 Version X 1 Week One Assignment Scenario PSYCH/627 Version 1 1 University of Phoenix MaterialWeek One Assignment Scenario Suzette is a 47-year old Caucasian female who has been married for 24 years, and has three adolescent children. Her spouse was laid off from his job of 15 years, and she has had to seek part-time work in the retail business. She works 25 hours a week. They own a home, but have been unable to make their mortgage payments for the past 7 months. She states that she always felt they went beyond their means when purchasing this large house. Her spouse has been despondent since his job loss and is having difficulty finding employment in his field, spending most days at home doing very little. He has turned down several jobs, because he considered them “beneath” his skill level, and has started drinking more heavily in recent months. Their children are in school and appear fairly well-adjusted. Suzette has suffered from headaches for many years of her life and their frequency has increased to the extent that she has headaches “more days than not.” In the past year, she has had occasional shortness of breath and difficulty sleeping. She falls asleep within 15 minutes but frequently wakes up “at 2 or 3 a.m.” and is unable to fall back to sleep. This pattern has worsened and she claims she dreads going to bed because of the worries she has and her fear of not sleeping well. She has good medical insurance because of her spouse’s COBRA plan, and she has regular visits with her primary care physician. Her medical history includes breast surgery for benign cysts, and she has a history of tachycardia and chronic lumbar pain. She also has evidence of early menopause. Her current medications include Ativan for anxiety and sleep, hormone replacement therapy, and low doses of Naproxen for back pain. She resists taking the Ativan, because it makes her feel “foggy” during the day. She is of normal weight for her height, and her blood pressure is normal. Her eating patterns are reduced, since she says, “I’m just not very hungry.” There has been no major weight loss or gain in 5 years. She does not use alcohol or other drugs. She does not smoke. Sexual interest and desire have decreased significantly in the past 4 years. Her level of physical exercise is minimal and she states that she used to go to a gym, but finances forced her to quit. She claims that exercise always made her “feel good.” Since then, she spends most of her time at work or home, and has no time to exercise. Her mental status is normal, aside from moderate anxiety. Her level of social support is reduced, because she has few friends and her relationship with her spouse has become distant. Her major complaint is her insomnia. She has significant daytime sleepiness and often falls asleep while watching TV in the evening. She claims that she falls asleep almost instantly when her head hits the pillow at night, but she wakes up three or four times and usually can ...

1. Title
ABC/123 Version X
1
Week One Assignment Scenario
PSYCH/627 Version 1
1
University of Phoenix MaterialWeek One Assignment Scenario
Suzette is a 47-year old Caucasian female who has been married
for 24 years, and has three adolescent children. Her spouse was
laid off from his job of 15 years, and she has had to seek part-
time work in the retail business. She works 25 hours a week.
They own a home, but have been unable to make their mortgage
payments for the past 7 months. She states that she always felt
they went beyond their means when purchasing this large house.
Her spouse has been despondent since his job loss and is having
difficulty finding employment in his field, spending most days
at home doing very little. He has turned down several jobs,
because he considered them “beneath” his skill level, and has
started drinking more heavily in recent months. Their children
are in school and appear fairly well-adjusted.
Suzette has suffered from headaches for many years of her life
and their frequency has increased to the extent that she has
headaches “more days than not.” In the past year, she has had
occasional shortness of breath and difficulty sleeping. She falls
asleep within 15 minutes but frequently wakes up “at 2 or 3
a.m.” and is unable to fall back to sleep. This pattern has
worsened and she claims she dreads going to bed because of the
worries she has and her fear of not sleeping well.
She has good medical insurance because of her spouse’s

2. COBRA plan, and she has regular visits with her primary care
physician. Her medical history includes breast surgery for
benign cysts, and she has a history of tachycardia and chronic
lumbar pain. She also has evidence of early menopause. Her
current medications include Ativan for anxiety and sleep,
hormone replacement therapy, and low doses of Naproxen for
back pain. She resists taking the Ativan, because it makes her
feel “foggy” during the day.
She is of normal weight for her height, and her blood pressure is
normal. Her eating patterns are reduced, since she says, “I’m
just not very hungry.” There has been no major weight loss or
gain in 5 years. She does not use alcohol or other drugs. She
does not smoke. Sexual interest and desire have decreased
significantly in the past 4 years. Her level of physical exercise
is minimal and she states that she used to go to a gym, but
finances forced her to quit. She claims that exercise always
made her “feel good.” Since then, she spends most of her time
at work or home, and has no time to exercise. Her mental status
is normal, aside from moderate anxiety. Her level of social
support is reduced, because she has few friends and her
relationship with her spouse has become distant.
Her major complaint is her insomnia. She has significant
daytime sleepiness and often falls asleep while watching TV in
the evening. She claims that she falls asleep almost instantly
when her head hits the pillow at night, but she wakes up three
or four times and usually cannot fall back asleep.
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3. Evidence Based Class Questions
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Class
Date
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Evidence Based Class Questions
1. Discuss the concept of vulnerable subjects. Why would a
researcher or institutional review board (IRB) need to consider
this concept when planning a research project? Describe the role
of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in the review of the
research plan.
Vulnerable subjects refer to participants in research that do not
have the ability to consent. When planning a research topic
considering vulnerable participants is essential to ensure no
harm comes to the research participants. Vulnerable subjects
include children, the elderly, and the mentally defective. If
someone is incapable of making a decision for themselves due
to impairment or due to their age they are vulnerable. If a

4. person has no control over their lives, such as prison inmates,
then they would also be considered a vulnerable subject. A
researcher or institutional review board (IRB) would consider
the concept of vulnerable subjects to ensure no one become
harmed during the research. Past human violations in research
have led to the need to have IRB review the research plan to
ensure if there are any vulnerable participants they will not be
harmed. There are certain ethical obligations that must be met
in the research working when working with human subjects
(NIH, 2011).
National Institute of Health. (2011). Research Involving
Vulnerable Population. Retrieved
August 24, 2014 from
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/hs/populations.htm
2. Human Experimentation Look at the different examples of
human experimentation that have occurred within the history of
medical research. Have these projects resulted in beneficial
outcomes for society? Can human experimentation be justified
when the greater good of society is at take? Defend your
thought
Human experimentation has a negative past but in truth thanks
to scientific discoveries there have been many positive changes
for mankind. For example thanks to research there are now
cures for all types of disease and treatments for all types of
disorders. The problem with human experimentation is past
horrific experiments that have forever harmed science and
humanity have created a negative connotation associated with to
human experimentation especially concerning the actions of
Nazi in experimenting on Jewish people and other experiments
such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. While some human
experimentation did cause harm to the participants in current

5. society ethical standards have been developed to stop this type
of harm. Human experimentation is justified if it creates a
benefit to society and limits harm to the participants. In order to
ensure the research can be tested for human use it requires
research with human participants. Human participants should
also provide informed consent which means they have been
informed fully on the research and understand what it entails.
3. Discuss the characteristics of qualitative designs. Within the
discussion, speak to the strengths and weaknesses of the
designs. Examine and discuss the data collection issues for a
qualitative study, including the relationships between the
researcher and the participants and the reflections of the
researcher on the meanings obtained from the data. Carefully
consider the idea of saturation. Discuss how you can determine
that saturation has occurred within a research project?
Qualitative design refers to a research approach where data is
developed on the research topic and then rich, descriptions are
created on the data that was developed. In the qualitative
research design observations are made in order to give the
researcher insight into the phenomena being studied (Neil,
2006). Qualitative research design is an intensive examination
of a particular phenomena but it is not without its challenges.
For one the findings of the research are based on a subject’s
point of view. The data collection issues associated with
qualitative data collection is more subjective than other
approaches and is holistic in nature. The researcher is
responsible for identifying the themes in the research ad
structuring the findings. Saturation refers to using too much of
the same data in order to develop findings in the research. When
too much data on the same topic is part of the research in can
result in saturation of the topic.
Neil, J. (2006). Qualitative vs. Quantitative research. Retrieved
August 24, 2014 from
http://www.wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitat

6. iveResearch.html
4. Discuss the characteristics of experimental, quasi-
experimental and non-experimental. Within the discussion,
speak to the strengths and weaknesses of the designs.
The non experimental design refers to conducting research
without conducting any experiments. Non experimental research
requires the collection of data through other means than the
experimental the experimental design uses the experiment in
order to develop data on the phenomena. In the experimental
design the variables are manipulated and participants are
selected randomly (Trochim, 2006). In the quasi experimental
design experiments are conducted to collect data but there is no
random design. The disadvantage is not as many variable to
control. The advantages of the quasi experimental design are its
greater external validity and is more time saving than the
experimental design. The experimental design tests casual
relationships between variables and uses random selection
design. The disadvantage of this approach is it is more costly
and time consuming than the other designs. The non
experimental design is less costly and time consuming but the
results are more reliable and valid.
Trochim, W. (2006). Quasi Experimental Design. Retrieved
August 24, 2014 from
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/quasiexp.php