Name
Capella University
PSYC FPX 3210
Prof. Name
December, 2024
Abstract
The “Meet the Washington” case provides an opportunity to discuss all the issues a family can encounter when trying to manage chronic diseases and social determinants of health within an oversaturated healthcare system (Clements et al., 2022). The physical, psychosocial, and cultural factors pertinent to the health outcome of the family are fully explored about possible interactions with delivery, coordination, and community in healthcare. Therefore, from this experience of the Washington family, approaches needed in the coordination of care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ethical considerations that define how interactions occur to address the care needs of the patient and the families can be obtained from the result of this experience. This analysis of patient care and health equity issues makes practice recommendations for enhancing the result of a similar real-world situation.
Keywords
Erikson’s psychosocial development, human growth, identity, interpersonal relationship, developmental stages, trust vs mistrust, integrity vs despair, psychological development, resilience, adaptive behavior, life span, personal growth, and psychosocial.
Process of Identity Formation Using the Erickson Psychosocial Development
Depositing from Erikson’s psychosocial development theory it can be generalized that the process of identification is one of the most significant aspects of students’ personality development especially, during their adolescent stage. Erikson surmises that this happens in the fifth developmental phase – Identity against Role Confusion – at ages 5-12 years. This is the age when adolescents are trying to discover their different selves, or what they belong to, what they cherish or do not, and what they want to achieve in the future; therefore the effort to construct a coherent self. In the case of the successful completion of this stage, a person receives a clearly defined individuality that will help to successfully solve the problems of adulthood (Frere et al., 2022). This might cause immense confusion wherein people get confused about their future status, social status, and beliefs. To this, Erikson reasoned that there are elements that are unique to the person – his cognitive growth and his experiences – with proper identity formation; nevertheless, this is not to be separate from the societal matrix- the family, peers, and all of culture. Young people try out different parts and memberships and develop a coordinating system out of them. This process is hence fluid and changing as people age and they undergo through changed experience and struggles in their lives. Identity formation is ultimately the process through which a person negotiates that individual’s way of interacting with other people or the way that one makes life choices and ultimately how the person perceives oneself in the community.
Brain Development
Cognitive skill development is always a continuous and complicated process. It begins in childhood and persists to the initial stage of being an adult. Change, development, and differentiation concern neural networks or tracts that underpin cognition, affect, or motor processes (Hramov et al., 2021). Neural connection is an important aspect when it comes to growth and development it occurs initially in infancy and early childhood. Environmental experiences are typical for this period however the pattern of architectural progression is extremely experience-based. It describes how sensory-motor experience influences such things as neural circuit consolidation not only in auditory and speech zones but also in memory areas and affective regulation regions. During this course, children slowly undergo a process called pruning of all the unutilized or unnecessary synapses between neurons, which makes way for more effective neural connections. This process is most enriched during the adolescent stage when the brain is reorganized; more so the prefrontal cortex which is associated with control of behavior, decision-making, and problem-solving. All prosocial executive functions established in the process of this period are essential for mood control, decision-making, and interpersonal communication. The author also points out that even into young adulthood there is still some brain plasticity that is found in the human brain. But somehow, there are aspects of the brain that begin to deteriorate with age for instance memory and the speed of processing information. All in all, the growth of the brain helps decide and manipulate cognitive skills and thought patterns as well as feelings and impulses with genes, the surroundings, and experiences in one’s life.
Ethical Considerations
Probity or ethical issues are crucial in every endeavor but are acutely sensitive in health research and service professions. This is because, normally, ethics directs every action a person takes to protect the rights and human dignity of every individual. In healthcare settings, there are four elements: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. While acting for a patient, autonomy accepts the patient’s decisions irrespective of the information they possess; this is based on information beneficence on the other hand, calls for actions to be taken for the patient’s good (Gross, 2020). Imposing justice demands that interventions or treatments should not cause any harm to the patient to meet non-maleficence. Justice is the proper allocation of healthcare resources and treatments without discrimination on grounds of social status, color race, etc. What is ethical consideration? Ethical matters to be addressed in research include; informed consent, confidentiality of the participant, and safety of participants. Research has to be conducted credibly and with clarity and has to be free from deceitfulness and manipulation. It also ensures that findings from the conducted research are presented in their real and natural form for the social good without any twisting or selective reporting. This is the reason why ethical considerations reach beyond business, law, and social media because the question of accountability, honesty, and thinking about what impact may be produced is always of utmost interest. Adhering to ethical standards fosters trust, ensures fairness and accountability, and ensures competent practice in leadership across a wide cross-section of industry.
PSYC FPX 3210 assessment 3 Conclusion
Therefore, the ethical concern is core duty while making sound and fair decisions that are in the society and life for instance in issues in health and medical investigation (Marques et al., 2024). So long as professionals respect the rights of the individual and they hold to four cardinal principles of ethics of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice the care and services to be provided are sure to uphold the dignity of the individual in question. The following principles safeguard the well-being of patients and research subjects and strengthen trust and obligation in practice. Apart from medical issues, ethical issues are involved in business, law, and social systems and affect decisions that are both equal, necessary, and civil. In its very essence, ethical standards are situated at the cornerstone of positive guarantee of gains, management of equity along adherence to moral obligations that lead to action in society.
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