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BECAUSE HIS DATA IS SHODDY AND WOULD EXPOSE HIS BIAS AND LACK OF ETHICS.Mann apparently relied on the tree rings of just one tree to change our climate history? [He won’t tell us.]Listen to what more than 100 of his colleagues (WORLD SCIENTISTS) think of Mann’s antics erasing canonical history of Medieval Warming period and the Little Ice age with secret data not yet disclosed today! They see him as the rogue political scientist that he is.Michael Mann did not have a case and failed to provide evidence to support his fraudulent erasure of the Medieval Warming and Little Ice Age climate history. The Supreme Court dismissed Mann’s claim solely because Mann failed to move forward with his trial and make a case. Mann misused the judicial system to harass his powerful critics like Dr. Ball. The court called him out an shut down his action. He has not launched an appeal which he would have no chance of winning.NO HOCKEY STICK WARMING SHOWN IN 333 TEMPERATURE RECORD FROM CHINA.THIS COLORED GRAPH IS TAKEN FROM THE IPCC REPORT OF 1990 AFTER MANN DID HIS ORWELLIAN REVISION TO “GET RID OF MEDIEVAL WARMING” AS IT DISPROVED HUMAN CAUSED CHANGE.Read the Supreme Court judgment yourself and you will see behavior unworthy of scientists by this man.SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 BY ANDREW LAWTON“Like the sword of Damocles”: Judge dismisses Michael Mann’s lawsuit against Tim Ball“A mere eight-and-a-half years after Penn State climatologist Michael Mann filed a lawsuit against Canadian professor Tim Ball, the case has been tossed out for its “inexcusable” delays.Justice Christopher Giaschi of the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued his decision in Vancouver on Aug. 22, in response to an application to dismiss by Ball.Based on his reasons, included in full below, the dismissal was ultimately justified by glacial pace at which the proceedings moved, and what the judge characterized as an absence of action by Mann’s team.The judge noted several periods of inaction between the commencement of the action in March, 2011 and the date of his decision.While Mann submitted four binders worth of documentation to combat the motion to dismiss, the judge found there was “no evidence from the plaintiff (Mann) explaining the delay.”Giaschi said the “inordinate delay” was not excusable, and that it prejudiced justice.An excerpt:The evidence is that the defendant intended to call three witnesses at trial who would have provided evidence going to fair comment and malice. Those witnesses have now died. A fourth witness is no longer able to travel. Thus, in addition to finding that presumption of prejudice has not been rebutted, I also find that there has been actual prejudice to the defendant as a consequence of the delay.Turning to the final factor, I have little hesitation in finding that, on balance, justice requires the action be dismissed. The parties are both in their eighties and Dr. Ball is in poor health. He has had this action hanging over his head like the sword of Damocles for eight years and he will need to wait until January 2021 before the matter proceeds to trial. That is a ten year delay from the original alleged defamatory statement. Other witnesses are also elderly or in poor health. The memories of all parties and witnesses will have faded by the time the matter goes to trial.I find that, because of the delay, it will be difficult, if not impossible, for there to be a fair trial for the defendant.The judge awarded Ball legal costs for the dismissal motion, and also the case itself.Mann v. Ball Page 4[8] I now turn to whether the delay is excusable. In my view, it is not. There is no evidence from the plaintiff explaining the delay. Dr. Mann filed an affidavit but he provides no evidence whatsoever addressing the delay. Importantly, he does not provide any evidence saying that the delay was due to his counsel, nor does he provide evidence that he instructed his counsel to proceed diligently with the matter.He simply does not address delay at all.[9] Counsel for Dr. Mann submits that the delay was due to his being busy onother matters, but the affidavit evidence falls far short of establishing this. The affidavit of Jocelyn Molnar, filed April 10, 2019, simply addresses what matters plaintiff's counsel was involved in at various times. The affidavit does not connect those other matters to the delay here. It does not explain the lengthy delay in 2013and 2014 and does not adequately explain the delay from July 2017. The evidence falls far short of establishing an excuse for the delay.[10] Even if I was satisfied that the evidence established the delay was solely due to plaintiff's counsel being busy with other matters, which I am not, I do not agree that this would be an adequate excuse. Counsel for the plaintiff was unable to provide any authority establishing that counsel's busy schedule is a valid excuse for delay. In contrast, the defendant refers me toHughes v. Simpson-Sears, [1988] 52D.L.R. (4th) 553, where Justice Twaddle, writing on behalf of the Manitoba Court of Appeal, stated at p. 13 that:...Freedman, J.A. said that the overriding principle in cases of this kind is “essential justice.”There is no doubt that that is so, but it must mean justice to both parties, not just to one of http://them.In Law Society of Manitoba v. Eadie (judgment delivered on June 27, 1988), Is stated my preference for a one-step application of the fundamental principleon which motions of this kind should be decided. The fundamental principle is that a plaintiff should not be deprived of his right to have his case decided on its merits unless he is responsible for undue delay which has prejudiced the other party. A plaintiff is responsible for delays occasioned by his solicitors. I have already dealt with the consequence of the solicitors' conduct being negligent. Once it is established that the delay is unreasonable having regard to the subject matter of the action, the complexity of the issues, and the explanation for it, the other matter to be considered is the prejudice to the defendant. It is in the task of balancing the plaintiff's right to proceed with the trial.”“IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIACitation: Mann v. Ball,2019 BCSC 1580Date: 20190822Before: The Honourable Mr. Justice GiaschiOral Reasons for JudgmentBall:M. ScherrD. Juteau Place and Date of Hearing: Vancouver, B.C.May 27 and August 22, 2019Place and Date of Judgment: Vancouver, B.C. August 22, 201[1] THE COURT: I will render my reasons on the application to dismiss. I reserve the right to amend these reasons for clarity and grammar, but the result will not change.[2] The defendant brings an application for an order dismissing the action for delay.[3] The plaintiff, Dr. Mann, and the defendant, Dr. Ball, have dramatically different opinions on climate change. I do not intend to address those differences. It is sufficient that one believes climate change is man-made and the other does not. As a result of the different opinions held, the two have been in near constant conflict for many years.[4] The underlying action concerns, first, a statement made by the defendant in an interview conducted on February 9, 2011. He said, “Michael Mann at Penn State should be in the state pen, not Penn State.” This statement was published on a website and is alleged to be defamatory of the plaintiff. The notice of civil claim also alleges multiple other statements published by Mr. Ball are defamatory. It is not necessary that I address the many alleged defamatory statements.[5] 0690860 Manitoba Ltd. v. Country West Construction, 2009 BCCA 535, at paras. 27-28, sets out the four elements that need to be considered on a motion to dismiss. They are:a) Has there been inordinate delay in the prosecution of the matter?;b) If there has been inordinate delay, is it excusable in the circumstances?;c) Has the delay caused serious prejudice and, if so, does it create a substantial risk that a fair trial is not possible?; andd) Whether, on balance, justice requires that the action be dismissed.[6] I turn first to whether there has been inordinate delay. Some key dates in the litigation are:a) March 25, 2011, the action was commenced;b) July 7, 2011, the notice of civil claim was amended;c) June 5, 2012, the notice of civil claim was further amended;d) From approximately June of 2013 until November of 2014, there were no steps taken in the action;e) November 12, 2014, the plaintiff filed a notice of intention to proceed;f) February 20, 2017, the matter was initially supposed to go to trial, but that trial date was adjourned;g) July 20, 2017, the date of the last communication received from Mr. Mann or his counsel by the defendant. No steps were taken in the matter until March 21, 2019 when the application to dismiss was filed;h) April 10, 2019, a second notice of intention to proceed was filed; andi) August 9, 2019, after the first day of the hearing of this application, a new trial date was set for January 11, 2021.[7] There have been at least two extensive periods of delay. Commencing in approximately June 2013, there was a delay of approximately 15 months where nothing was done to move the matter ahead. There was a second extensive period of delay from July 20, 2017 until the filing of the application to dismiss on March 21, 2019, a delay of 20 months. Again, nothing was done during this period to move the matter ahead. The total time elapsed, from the filing of the notice of civil claim until the application to dismiss was filed, was eight years. It will be almost ten years by the time the matter goes to trial. There have been two periods, of approximately 35 months in total, where nothing was done. In my view, by any measure, this is an inordinate delay.[8] I now turn to whether the delay is excusable. In my view, it is not. There is no evidence from the plaintiff explaining the delay. Dr. Mann filed an affidavit but he provides no evidence whatsoever addressing the delay. Importantly, he does not provide any evidence saying that the delay was due to his counsel, nor does he provide evidence that he instructed his counsel to proceed diligently with the matter. He simply does not address delay at all.[9] Counsel for Dr. Mann submits that the delay was due to his being busy on other matters, but the affidavit evidence falls far short of establishing this. The affidavit of Jocelyn Molnar, filed April 10, 2019, simply addresses what matters plaintiff's counsel was involved in at various times. The affidavit does not connect those other matters to the delay here. It does not explain the lengthy delay in 2013 and 2014 and does not adequately explain the delay from July 2017. The evidence falls far short of establishing an excuse for the delay.[10] Even if I was satisfied that the evidence established the delay was solely due to plaintiff's counsel being busy with other matters, which I am not, I do not agree that this would be an adequate excuse. Counsel for the plaintiff was unable to provide any authority establishing that counsel's busy schedule is a valid excuse for delay. In contrast, the defendant refers me to Hughes v. Simpson Sears, [1988] 52 D.L.R. (4th) 553, where Justice Twaddle, writing on behalf of the Manitoba Court of Appeal, stated at p. 13 that:...Freedman, J.A. said that the overriding principle in cases of this kind is “essential justice”. There is no doubt that that is so, but it must mean justice to both parties, not just to one of them.In Law Society of Manitoba v. Eadie (judgment delivered on June 27, 1988), I stated my preference for a one-step application of the fundamental principle on which motions of this kind should be decided. The fundamental principle is that a plaintiff should not be deprived of his right to have his case decided on its merits unless he is responsible for undue delay which has prejudiced the other party. A plaintiff is responsible for delays occasioned by his solicitors. I have already dealt with the consequence of the solicitors' conduct being negligent. Once it is established that the delay is unreasonable having regard to the subject matter of the action, the complexity of the issues, and the explanation for it, the other matter to be considered is the prejudice to the defendant. It is in the task of balancing the plaintiff's right to proceed with the defendant's right not to be prejudiced by unreasonable delay that justice must be done.[Emphasis added][11] Additionally, based upon the evidence filed, the plaintiff and his counsel appear to have attended to other matters, both legal matters and professional matters in the case of the plaintiff, rather than give this matter any priority. The plaintiff appears to have been content to simply let this matter languish.[12] Accordingly, I find that the delay is inexcusable.[13] With respect to prejudice, such prejudice is presumed unless the prejudice is rebutted. Indeed, the presumption of prejudice is given even more weight in defamation cases: Samson v. Scaletta, 2016 BCSC 2598, at paras 40-43. The plaintiff has not filed any evidence rebutting the presumption of prejudice.[14] Moreover, the defendant has led actual evidence of actual prejudice. The evidence is that the defendant intended to call three witnesses at trial who would have provided evidence going to fair comment and malice. Those witnesses have now died. A fourth witness is no longer able to travel. Thus, in addition to finding that presumption of prejudice has not been rebutted, I also find that there has been actual prejudice to the defendant as a consequence of the delay.[15] Turning to the final factor, I have little hesitation in finding that, on balance, justice requires the action be dismissed. The parties are both in their eighties and Dr. Ball is in poor health. He has had this action hanging over his head like the sword of Damocles for eight years and he will need to wait until January 2021 before the matter proceeds to trial. That is a ten year delay from the original alleged defamatory statement. Other witnesses are also elderly or in poor health. The memories of all parties and witnesses will have faded by the time the matter goes to trial.[16] I find that, because of the delay, it will be difficult, if not impossible, for there to be a fair trial for the defendant. This is a relatively straightforward defamation action and should have been resolved long before now. That it has not been resolved is because the plaintiff has not given it the priority that he should have. In the circumstances, justice requires that the action be dismissed and, accordingly, I do hereby dismiss the action for delay.[17] Before concluding, I wish to note that the materials that have been filed on this application are grossly excessive in relation to the matters in issue. There are four large binders of materials filed by the plaintiff on the application to dismiss, plus one additional binder from the defendant. The binders contain multiple serial affidavits, many of which are replete with completely irrelevant evidence. In my view, this application could have been done and should have been done with one or two affidavits outlining the delay, the reasons for the delay, and the prejudice.[18] Those are my reasons, counsel. Costs?[19] MR. SCHERR: I would, of course, ask for costs for the defendant, given the dismissal of the action.[20] MR. MCCONCHIE: Costs follow the event. I have no quarrel with that.[21] THE COURT: All right. I agree. The costs will follow the event, so the defendant will have his costs of the application and also the costs of the action, since the action is dismissed.[22] The outstanding application, I gather there is no reason to proceed with it now.[23] MR. MCCONCHIE: It is academic, in light of –[24] THE COURT: It is academic.[25] MR. MCCONCHIE: – Your Lordship's ruling today.[26] THE COURT: Right. Thank you, gentlemen. Anything else?[27] MR. SCHERR: No, Your Honour.[28] THE COURT: All right.[29] MR. SCHERR: No, My Lord.[30] THE COURT: Then, we are concluded and you shall have your materials back, which are these binders. Thank you, gentlemen.“Giaschi J.”2019 BCSC 1580 Mann v. Ball}By erasing the warmer Medieval period and the colder Little Ice Mann made current warming appear unprecedented which it was not.He was called out by Dr. Tim Ball for fraud.Mann is a rogue scientist and his refusal to produce codes and data is unethical.THE AFFIDAVIT FILED BY DR. TIM BALL AS DEFENDANT IN THE LIBEL TRIAL IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BC.Ball exposes data fraud of Michael Mann in erasing climate history and refusing to produce “the codes, calculations and or data to allow proper verification of the results.”The Supreme Court of British Columbia has released the damning official final Judgment in the Mann-v-Ball ‘science trial of the century. SEE -Damning Ruling Posted in the Mann-v-Ball 'Trial of the Century' | PSI Intl“Michael Mann at Penn State should be in the state pen, not Penn State.”ALLEGED LIBEL OF DR. TIM BALL AFFIDAVIT FOLLOWSMANN lost the case by inaction that implied his libel case was a sham. This is the consent order agreed by both parties in 2017 where Mann agreed to deliver “any expert reports in response to the reports delivered by the defendants.” Mann failed to deliver anything.“ACTION NO. VLCS-S0111913VANCOUVER REGISTRY IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIABETWEENMICHAEL MANNPLAINTIFFANDTIMOTHY TIM") BALL, THE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC., and JOHN DOEDEFENDANTS.CONSENT ORDERBEFORE{A MASTER OF THE COURTFebruary 10, 2017ON THE APPLICATION of the defendants, without a hearing and by consent;THIS COURT ORDERS that:The date for delivery of particulars by the defendant Timothy Ball, to the plaintiff of the directly relevant background context referred to on page 35, paragraph 2 of Schedule A to the Order of Master Scarth entered January 3, 2017 in this action be extended from January 13, 2017 to February 1, 2017.2. The plaintiff, Dr. Michael Mann, shall deliver any expert reports in response to the reports delivered by the defendants Timothy Ball and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy Inc. on or before February 20, 2017.3. The plaintiff, Dr. Michael Mann shall provide particulars of the issues upon which his listed witnesses will testify on or before February 7, 2017.THE FOLLOWING PARTIES APPROVE THE FORM OF THIS ORDER AND CONSENT TO EACH OF THE ORDERS NOTED ABOVEBy the CourtSignature of ROGER MCCONCHIE Lawyer for the plaintiffDigitally signed by Sienature of MICHAELR. SCHERRMann has not appealed the judgment against him and time to do so has past.‘“Michael Mann "Hockey Stick" Update: Now Definitively Established To Be FraudAugust 26, 2019/ Francis MentonThe Michael Mann “Hockey Stick” is suddenly back in the news. It’s been so long since we have heard from it, do you even remember what it is?The “Hockey Stick” is the graph that took the world of climate science by storm back in 1998. That’s when Mann and co-authors Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes published in Nature their seminal paper “Global-scale temperature patterns and climate forcing over the past six centuries.” A subsequent 1999 update by the same authors, also in Nature (“Northern Hemisphere Temperatures During the Past Millennium: Inferences, Uncertainties, and Limitations”) extended their reconstructions of “temperature patterns and climate forcing” back another 400 years to about the year 1000. The authors claimed (in the first paragraph of the 1998 article) to “take a new statistical approach to reconstructing global patterns of annual temperature . . . , based on the calibration of multiproxy data networks by the dominant patterns of temperature variability in the instrumental record.” The claimed “new statistical approach,” when applied to a group of temperature “proxies” that included tree ring samples and lake bed sediments, yielded a graph — quickly labeled the “Hockey Stick” — that was the perfect icon to sell global warming fear to the public. The graph showed world temperatures essentially flat or slightly declining for 900+ years (the shaft of the hockey stick), and then shooting up dramatically during the 20th century era of human carbon dioxide emissions (the blade of the stick).In 2001 the UN’s IPCC came out with its Third Assessment Report on the state of the climate. The Hockey Stick graph dominated, appearing multiple times, including being the lead graph in the “Summary for Policy Makers” that is the only part of an IPCC report that anyone reads. Here is the version of the Hockey Stick graph that appeared the the SPM of the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report:Now that is seriously scary! The Medieval Warm period — an era between the years of about 1000 and 1300 once generally accepted to have had temperatures warmer than the present — had disappeared. The clear implication was that the earth had had a benign and unchanging climate for about a thousand years, and now humans had entered the picture with their fossil fuels and were rapidly destabilizing the situation.I’m going to provide an overview of what has happened since, but first, here’s the latest. A prominent skeptical climate scientist in Canada named Tim Ball accused Mann of fraud in generating the Hockey Stick graph. The famous quote, from a February 2011 interview of Ball, was “Michael Mann should be in the State Pen, not Penn State.” In March 2011, Mann sued Ball for libel, focusing on that quote, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Here is a copy of the Complaint. (Note: In British Columbia, the Supreme Court is not the highest appellate court, but rather the trial-level court for larger cases.) The case then essentially disappeared into limbo for eight plus years. But on Friday, August 23, the British Columbia court dismissed Mann’s claim with prejudice, and also awarded court costs to Ball. As far as I can determine, this was an oral ruling, and no written judgment nor transcript of the ruling yet exists. I have asked Ball to send them along as soon as they exist.The story of Ball’s vindication, and of Mann’s shame, is a somewhat long one, and turns on Mann’s flat refusal to share publicly the data and methodology by which he constructed the Hockey Stick graph. In about 2003 a very talented Canadian mathematician named Steve McIntyre began an effort to replicate the Mann/Bradley/Hughes work. McIntyre started with a request to Mann to provide the underlying data and methodologies (computer programming) that generated the graph. To his surprise, McIntyre was met not with prompt compliance (which would be the sine qua non of actual science) but rather with hostility and evasion. McIntyre started a blog called Climate Audit and began writing lengthy posts about his extensive and unsuccessful efforts to reconstruct the Hockey Stick. Although McIntyre never completely succeeded in perfectly reconstructing the Hockey Stick, over time he gradually established that Mann et al. had adopted a complex methodology that selectively emphasized certain temperature proxies over others in order to reverse-engineer the "shaft" of the stick to get a pre-determined desired outcome.Then came the so-called ClimateGate disclosures in 2009. These were emails between and among many of the main promoters of the climate scare (dubbed by McIntyre the "Hockey Team"). Included in the Climategate releases were emails relating specifically to the methodology of how the graph was created. From the emails, skeptical researchers were then able to identify some of the precise data series that had been used by Mann et al. Astoundingly, they discovered that the graph's creators had truncated inconvenient data in order to get the desired depiction. A website called Just the Facts has a detailed recounting of how this was uncovered. As a key example, consider this graph:The bright pink plus the dotted line in between the two pink portions shows one of the data series used in the construction of the Hockey Stick graph; but the pink portions were deleted when the graph was presented. Obviously, inclusion of these pink portions would have thrown off the nice, flat "shaft" of the stick, while also revealing that this particular group of "proxies" had totally failed at matching the twentieth century rise in temperatures derived from the thermometer record, thus undermining the whole idea that these were valid proxies at all. In other words, Mann et al. had truncated inconvenient data that failed to match the narrative they wanted to present. Most would call this kind of data truncation a clearcut instance of "scientific fraud."This was the state of play in early 2011 when Ball uttered his famous line, “Michael Mann belongs in the State Pen, not Penn State.” Mann then immediately sued Ball for libel.Now, as readers here know, I spent my life in the litigation business. My practice was in the U.S. rather than Canada, but I have good reason to think that many of the basic ground rules would be the same. And one of the basic ground rules is that a plaintiff in civil litigation needs to provide “discovery” to the defendant of whatever factual information is in his possession that would either support or undermine his claims. When Mann brought his case, I was frankly amazed, because it was obvious to me that Ball would request as “discovery” the very data and methods that Mann had been aggressively resisting giving to anyone to check his work. How could Mann’s case survive if he refused to provide this information?Sure enough Mann absolutely refused to provide the underlying information in the Ball litigation. For better or worse, when a litigant does that, a court will try every possible avenue to try to get the parties to resolve the matter, before it will take the ultimate step of resolving the case against the non-compliant litigant. And that is in fact what happened in the Mann/Ball case. The court repeatedly tried to get an agreement that something would be produced that would satisfy Ball, and repeatedly gave Mann more time to comply. Could this really go on for eight years? In the U.S., that would be extraordinary, but not impossible. Maybe in Canada it is less extraordinary. It appears that in 2017 Mann actually agreed (under court pressure) to produce to Ball within 21 days the key technical information about construction of the Hockey Stick graph that Ball was requesting. But the information was not produced. Undoubtedly there have been multiple returns by Ball to the court since then to enforce compliance, finally seeking the dismissal of Mann’s claims as the ultimate sanction. On Friday, the court granted that relief.Here’s a twist that is simply beyond belief. On February 17, 2018, the American Association for the Advancement of Science — the largest professional association of scientists in the world, claiming to have more than 120,000 members — gave its supposedly prestigious “Public Engagement with Science” award to none other than Michael Mann. Here is its announcement of the award. Some choice excerpts:The honor recognizes Mann’s “tireless efforts to communicate the science of climate change to the media, public and policymakers.” In the past year, Mann has had 500 media interviews and appearances and directly reached public audiences via social media. . . . He has also advised actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who spoke about climate change during a 2014 speech delivered to the United Nations.The AAAS did this in the face of the clear demonstration of Mann’s misconduct from the ClimateGate revelations, and in the face of Mann’s ongoing obstruction of proper discovery in the Ball litigation. This whole “climate” thing is truly unbelievable in how it warps the minds of seemingly sane people.Anyway, the bottom line is that, after eight long years, Mann’s lawsuit against Ball has been dismissed “with prejudice” — meaning that he has no right to reinstitute the case. Also, the court has said that it will award at least some “costs” to Ball, although the amount has not yet been determined. Presumably, written opinions and a final judgment will follow, and I will update this post with links to those if and when I receive them. I would expect some triumphant claims of vindication from Ball and his supporters. In light of the court’s decision, Mann will be severely constrained in what he can do in response. Hey — why not produce your data and methods?Will any of this embarrass or rein in the likes of the IPCC, the AAAS, or any of the many mainstream climate-hoax-promoting outlets that continue to publish Mann’s screeds? (Examples: New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post). Don't bet on it. As of today, I can’t even find any coverage of the court result in any “mainstream” outlet.Meanwhile, note that this is only a trial court decision. Theoretically, Mann can appeal, and an appeals court might send this back. On the other hand, it’s hard to imagine that, even if an appeals court reverses and sends the case back, that it won’t condition further proceedings on Mann producing his data and methods. I can’t believe that he will ever do that. The only fair inference at this point is that the Hockey Stick is and always was a scientific fraud.Michael Mann "Hockey Stick" Update: Now Definitively Established To Be Fraud — Manhattan Contrarian”CLIMATE}CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX COLLAPSES AS MICHAEL MANN’S BOGUS “HOCKEY STICK” GRAPH DEFAMATION LAWSUIT DISMISSED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIAAUGUST 27, 2019 KEN BILLINGSFacebookTwitterEmailShareNatural News – August 26, 2019 by: Mike AdamsFor the past two decades, much of the hysteria about global warming — later re-labeled “climate change” — has been based on the so-called “hockey stick” graph produced by Michael Mann. The graph, shown below, has been used by the IPCC, the media and governments to push global warming hysteria to the point of mass mental illness, where Democrat presidential candidates claim humanity only has 12 years remaining before a climate apocalypse will somehow destroy the planet.But the hockey stick graph is a fraud. A man-made computer software algorithm generated it, and the algorithm is rigged to produce a hockey stick shape no matter what data were entered. Like everything else found in the rigged world of “climate science,” the hockey stick graph was a fraud the day it was generated.Michael Mann didn’t like being called a fraud by his critics, so he sued them for defamation. And late last week, one of those lawsuits was concluded by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, which threw out Mann’s lawsuit against Dr. Tim Ball. But there’s more. According to Principia-Scientific:Not only did the court grant Ball’s application for dismissal of the nine-year, multi-million dollar lawsuit, it also took the additional step of awarding full legal costs to Ball. A detailed public statement from the world-renowned skeptical climatologist is expected in due course.This extraordinary outcome is expected to trigger severe legal repercussions for Dr Mann in the U.S. and may prove fatal to climate science claims that modern temperatures are “unprecedented.”Support our mission and enhance your own self-reliance: The laboratory-verified Organic Emergency Survival Bucket provides certified organic, high-nutrition storable food for emergency preparedness. Completely free of corn syrup, MSG, GMOs and other food toxins. Ultra-clean solution for years of food security. Learn more at the Health Ranger Store.Michael Mann refuses to turn over the data behind the graph, insisting on secrecy instead of transparencyThis court decision reportedly stemmed from the fact that Michael Mann refused to turn over “R2 regression numbers” to the court, which would have revealed the data manipulations that led to the rigging of the hockey stick graph. This unwillingness to disclose the graph algorithm and data points reveals the total lack of transparency and scientific integrity that has plagued Mann’s supposed “science” work for decades. As American Thinker explains:Real science, not the phony “consensus” version, requires open access to data, so that skeptics (who play a key role in science) can see if results are reproducible.More from Technocracy.news:Mann’s now proven contempt of court means Ball is entitled to have the court serve upon Mann the fullest punishment. Contempt sanctions could reasonably include the judge ruling that Dr. Ball’s statement that Mann “belongs in the state pen, not Penn. State’ is a precise and true statement of fact. This is because under Canada’s unique ‘Truth Defense’, Mann is now proven to have wilfully hidden his data, so the court may rule he hid it because it is fake. As such, the court must then dismiss Mann’s entire libel suit with costs awarded to Ball and his team.The spectacular rise and fall of climate alarmism’s former golden boy is a courtroom battle with even more ramifications than the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. To much fanfare at the time, Mann had sued Ball for daring to publish the damning comment that Mann “belongs in the state pen, not Penn. State.” Dr Ball brilliantly backed up his exposure of the elaborate international money-making global warming scam in his astonishing book, ‘The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science‘.In his books, articles, radio and television appearances, Dr. Ball has been resolute in his generation-long war against those who corrupted the field of science to which he had selflessly dedicated his life. Now aged 79, Ball is on the cusp of utter vindication. Despite the stresses and strains on himself and his family, Tim has stood at the forefront of those scientists demanding more openness and transparency from government-funded researchers.“Climate science community in crisis”Technocracy.news goes on to explain the ultimate ramifications of this court decision:A bitter and embarrassing defeat for the self-styled ‘Nobel Prize winner’ who acted as if he was the epitome of virtue, this outcome shames not only Michael Mann, but puts the climate science community in crisis. Many hundreds of peer-reviewed papers cite Mann’s work, which is now effectively junked. Despite having deep-pocketed backers willing and able to feed his ego as a publicity-seeking mouthpiece against skeptics, Mann’s credibility as a champion of environmentalism is in tatters. But it gets worse for the litigious Penn State professor. Close behind Dr Ball is celebrated writer Mark Steyn. Steyn also defends himself against another one of Mann’s SLAPP suits – this time in Washington DC. Steyn boldly claims Mann “has perverted the norms of science on an industrial scale.” Esteemed American climate scientist, Dr Judith Curry, has submitted to the court an Amicus Curiae legal brief exposing Mann. The world can now see that his six-year legal gambit to silence his most effective critics and chill scientific debate has spectacularly backfired.Principia-Scientific International also says a “criminal investigation” of Mann is now likely in the United States over allegations that Mann committed scientific fraud in faking his hockey stick chart:Penn State climate scientist, Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann commits contempt of court in the ‘climate science trial of the century.’ Prominent alarmist shockingly defies judge and refuses to surrender data for open court examination. Only possible outcome: Mann’s humiliation, defeat and likely criminal investigation in the U.S.The defendant in the libel trial, the 79-year-old Canadian climatologist, Dr Tim Ball (above, right) is expected to instruct his British Columbia attorneys to trigger mandatory punitive court sanctions, including a ruling that Mann did act with criminal intent when using public funds to commit climate data fraud. Mann’s imminent defeat is set to send shock waves worldwide within the climate science community as the outcome will be both a legal and scientific vindication of U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that climate scare stories are a “hoax.”As can be seen from the graphs below; Mann’s cherry-picked version of science makes the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) disappear and shows a pronounced upward ‘tick’ in the late 20th century (the blade of his ‘hockey stick’). But below that, Ball’s graph, using more reliable and widely available public data, shows a much warmer MWP, with temperatures hotter than today, and showing current temperatures well within natural variation.The perpetrator of the biggest criminal “assault on science” has now become clear: Dr Mann, utterly damned by his contempt of the court order to show his dodgy data.There can be little doubt that upon the BC Supreme Court ruling that Mann did commit data fraud, over in Washington DC, the EPA’s Scott Pruitt will feel intense pressure from skeptics to initiate a full investigation into Mann, his university and all those conspiring to perpetuate a trillion-dollar carbon tax-raising sting on taxpayers.}Climate change hoax collapses as Michael Mann’s bogus “hockey stick” graph defamation lawsuit dismissed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia - "We shall succeed" - Shiv Chopra‘THE MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD : GLOBAL and PEER REVIEWEDACCORDING to multiple lines of “peer-reviewed science”, the Medieval Warm Period was indeed ‘global’ and was as warm, if not warmer than today.CLICK here for excellent interactive map of clickable peer-reviewed MWP studies in both North and Southern Hemispheres :THE Medieval Warm Period – A Global Phenomenon*THE ‘INCONVENIENT’ PASTTHERE is absolutely nothing unusual about today’s so-called aka Climate Change.LOOK at how many periods of warmth our planet has enjoyed during the past 10,000 years alone.CIVILISATIONS flourished during those warm periods (“climate optimums”), and collapsed when they ended.DID humans cause the Minoan warm period of about 3,300 years ago?DID humans cause the Roman warm period of about 2,100 years ago?DID humans cause the Medieval warm period of about 1,000 years ago?WHAT about all of those other warm periods? Should we blame Fred Flintstone, perhaps?via @BigJoeBastardi | TwitterIF the downward trend in temperature of the past 3,300 years continues, we could be in a heap of trouble. While our leaders keep on wringing their collective hands over global warming, we could be blindsided by an ice age.ALL this talk about human-caused global warming is sheer nonsense, if not downright fraud. The record shows that both periods of warmth – and periods of cold – hit our planet with almost consistent regularity.Peer Review studies that show the Medieval Warm Period was global and warmer than present :o Study: Earth was warmer in Roman, Medieval Times | The Daily Callero New paper finds more evidence the Medieval Warming Period was global — Published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecologyo Latest Research: EU & Russian Scientists Confirm Medieval Period Warmer Than Modern Global Warmingo Antarctic warmer than today – An ikaite record of late Holocene climate at the Antarctic Peninsulao THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds Medieval Warming Period was ~1°C warmer than current temperatureso New Paper Finds Ocean Temps Were Warmer During Multiple Periods Over Last 2700 Years Than Today | GWPFo Medieval Temps warmer than today : Jenny Lake, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada – CO² Scienceo Medieval Warm Period was real, global, & warmer than the present’ – China & World – Chinadaily Forumo Evidence for a Global Medieval Warm Period | Watts Up With That?hockey stick graph | Search Results | ClimatismThe Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time -- Part XXFebruary 19, 2019/ Francis MentonSince last October, this series has been sitting at the rather awkward number of 19 (or “XIX”) posts. Time to round it off at an even XX.For those new to this topic, the Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time is the systematic downward adjustment of early-year temperatures in order to create a fake enhanced warming trend, the better to bamboozle voters and politicians to go along with extreme measures to try to avert the impending “climate crisis.” Prior posts in this series have documented large and unexplained downward adjustments at hundreds of stations around the world that are used by official government organizations (in the US, primarily NOAA and NASA) to wipe out early-year high temperatures and thereby proclaim that the latest month or year is “the hottest ever!” To read all prior posts in this series, go to this link.You might ask, with the extensive exposure of these unsupportable downward adjustments of early-year temperatures by official government organizations — accompanied by highly credible accusations of scientific fraud — haven’t the adjusters been cowed by now into a smidgeon of honesty? It sure doesn’t look that way.The latest news comes out of Australia, via the website of Joanne Nova. Nova’s February 17 post is titled “History keeps getting colder — ACORN2 raises Australia’s warming rate by over 20%.” “ACORN2” is a newly revised and updated temperature series for Australia, with temperatures going back to 1910 based on records from 112 weather stations on the continent, some 57 of which have records that go back all the way to the 1910 start date. “ACORN” stands for Australian Climate Observations Reference Network. The ACORN2 data compilation is so called to distinguish it from ACORN1, which was only released some 7 years ago in 2012. The people who put out these things are the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.According to Nova, the latest temperature adjustments were released “oh-so-quietly.” I guess that the plan is just to start using the new figures as the historical comparisons and bet that journalists will be too stupid or ignorant to figure out that the earlier temperatures have been altered. That’s actually a pretty good bet. However, down in Australia they do have a hard-working group of independent researchers who are on top of this issue. One of them is Nova, and another is Chris Gillham. Gillham has done his own very detailed analysis of the adjustments in the ACORN2 report, and has also put up a post on same at Watts Up With That. So there is plenty of information out there for intelligent people to make an independent judgment.A few excerpts from Nova:Once again we find that the oldest thermometers were apparently reading artificially high, even though many were newish in 1910 and placed in approved Stevenson screens. This is also despite the additional urban warming effect of a population that grew 400% since then. What are the odds?! Fortunately . . ., sorry scientists have uncovered the true readings from the old biased thermometers which they explain carefully in a 67 page impenetrable document. . . . The new ACORN version has nearly doubled the rate of warming in the minima of the longest running stations.Nova has put together several charts to show the magnitude of the adjustments, not only from ACORN1 to ACORN2, but also from the prior AWAP compilation to ACORN1. To no one’s surprise, each round of adjustments makes the earlier years cooler, and thus enhances the apparent warming trend. Here is Nova’s chart showing the amount of warming from the beginning to the end of the series, for each of AWAP, ACORN1 and ACORN2, and for minimum, mean and maximum temperatures:For example, the average minimum temperature had increased over the century covered by 0.84 deg C in the AWAP series. That increased to 1.02 deg C in the ACORN1 series, and to 1.22 deg C in the ACORN2 series.You need to go over to Gillham’s work to see how these changes derive mostly from decreases in early-year temperatures. Here is a chart from Gillham on the changes to minimum temperatures at the 57 stations that go back all the way to the 1910 start:As you can see, the “raw” and “v1” temperatures tend to be close — sometimes one higher, sometimes the other. But v2 is significantly lower across the board in the earlier years. Then, suddenly, in the recent years, it tracks the “raw” almost perfectly.Do they offer a justification for these downward adjustments? Yes, but nothing remotely satisfactory. The one-word explanation is “homogenization.” OK, we understand what that is. For example, sometimes a station moves, and that causes a discontinuity, where, say, the new location is systematically 0.1 deg C lower than the old. An adjustment needs to be made. But these sorts of adjustments should cancel out. How is it possible that every time some official meteorological organization anywhere in the world makes some of these “homogenization” adjustments, the result is that earlier years get colder and the supposed “global warming” trend gets enhanced — always to support a narrative of “climate crisis.”Well, fortunately, this time the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has put out a very long 57-page document explaining what they have done. Here it is. Is it any help?As far as I am concerned, this is the definitive proof of the fraud. If this were even an attempt at real, credible science, the proponents would put out a document complete with the details of the adjustments — and all of their computer code — so that an independent researcher could replicate the work. Nothing like that is here. This is pure bafflegab. Nova calls it “impenetrable,” which is way too nice a word as far as I’m concerned. Let me give you a small taste:3. HOMOGENISATION METHODS3.1 Detection of inhomogeneities - use of multiple detection methods in parallelIn version 1 of ACORN-SAT, a single statistical method for detection of inhomogeneities was used (Trewin, 2012). This method was based closely on the Pairwise Homogenisation Algorithm (PHA) developed by Menne and Williams (2009), and involves pairwise comparison of data between the candidate station and all sufficiently well-correlated stations in the region, with the Standard Normal Homogeneity Test (SNHT) (Alexandersson, 1986) used to identify significant breakpoints in the difference series. The test was carried out separately on monthly mean anomalies (as a single time series with 12 data points per year), and seasonal mean anomalies, with a breakpoint flagged for further assessment if it was identified in either the monthly series, or (within a window of ± 1 year) in at least two of the four seasons. Further details of the implementation of the PHA in the ACORN-SAT dataset are available in Trewin (2012).A range of other detection methods have been developed in recent years, many of which were the subject of the COST-HOME intercomparison project (Venema et al., 2012). Three of these methods were selected for use in ACORN-SAT version 2, the selection primarily based on ease of implementation. These methods were:• • HOMER version 2.6, joint detection (Mestre et al., 2013)• • MASH version 3.03 (Szentimrey, 2008).• • RHTests version 4 (Wang et al., 2010).All of these methods, which use different statistical approaches, have been successfully used across a range of networks since their development. Further details on their implementation are given in Appendix C.My favorite part is that reference at the end to “Appendix C.” This document has no Appendix C. There are three appendices, numbered Appendix 1, Appendix 2 and Appendix 3. That’s about the intellectual level we are dealing with.Anyway, try going to this document and see if you can figure out what they are doing. Believe me, you can’t.And finally: over the years as I have accumulated posts on this topic, several commenters have suggested that I must be alleging some kind of conspiracy among government climate scientists in making these adjustments. I mean, without that, how does it come about that the Australians just happen to be making the exact same kinds of adjustments as NASA, NOAA, and for that matter, as the Brits at the Hadley Center in the UK?If your brain is wondering how that could be, I would suggest that we have the same kind of phenomenon going on here as the hate crime hoax phenomenon. How does Jussie Smollett just happen to fake a hate crime playing right into the progressive narrative of the moment — just as did the Duke lacrosse team hoaxer, and the Virginia fraternity hoaxer, and the Harvard Law School black tape hoaxers, and many dozens of others? (Here is a compilation of some 15 recent hate crime hoaxes.) Did they all coordinate in one grand conspiracy? Or did they all just realize what was needed from them to support their “team” and its narrative?The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time -- Part XX — Manhattan Contrarian”EVIDENCE MOUNTS SHOWIING MEDIEVAL WARMING REAL AND GLOBAL.Medieval warm periodYou are browsing the search results for "Medieval warm period"New Study: East Antarctica Was Up To 6°C Warmer Than Today During The Medieval Warm PeriodBy Kenneth Richard on15. October 2020As recently as 2000 to 1000 years ago, spanning the Roman to Medieval Warm Periods, East Antarctica was 5-6°C warmer than it is today. The consequent ice melt resulted in >60 meters higher water levels in East Antarctica’s lakes. East Antarctica has been rapidly cooling in recent decades, with magnitudes reaching -0.7°C to -2.0°C per […]Posted in Antarctic, Medieval Warm Period, Paleo-climatology | 4 ResponsesNew Study: Medieval Warm Period Not Limited To North Atlantic, But Occurred In South America As WellBy P Gosselin on3. November 2018Global warming alarmist scientists like claiming that the well documented Medieval Warm Period (MWP) was merely a regional phenomenon, and not global. However a new publication by Lüning et al adds yet another study that shows the warm period from 1000 years ago was indeed global. ================================ Image source: here. Preindustrial climate change in South […]Posted in Paleo-climatology | 6 ResponsesNew Paleoclimate Findings Show Medieval Warm Period Across Africa And Arabia…Natural Climate DriversBy P Gosselin on10. February 2018Paleoclimate data still spotty and incomplete, leaving climate models vague, uncalibrated and filled with uncertainty Paleo-climatological data, used for the reconstruction of past climate from proxy records such as ice cores, tree rings, sediment cores etc., have not had adequate geographical coverage. Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, where a sediment core was extracted. Credit: Andreas31, CC BY-SA 3.0. For […]Posted in Paleo-climatology | 13 ResponsesNew Study Confirms Medieval Warm Period Was Indeed Global, And As Warm As TodayBy P Gosselin on29. August 2017Here’s another blow to the global warming alarmist scientists, who have been claiming that the Medieval Warm Period was a local, North Atlantic phenomenon, and did not really exist globally. What follows is a report on yet another paper contradicting this now worn out claim. =================================== China: Warm phase of the 20th century was not […]Posted in Paleo-climatology | 26 ResponsesBody Of Proof: Large Number Of Studies Show Medieval Warm Period “Prominent In Southern Hemisphere”By P Gosselin on31. May 2016Remember how in the late 1990s/early 2000s the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) was made to disappear, and it was claimed that it was mainly a local, North Atlantic phenomenon. Unfortunately for those trumpeting this claim, a comprehensive worldwide survey of scientific literature is now showing that the MWP was in fact a global phenomenon, suggesting large-scale natural […]Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Paleo-climatology | 2 ResponsesNew Comprehensive Map By Scientists Confirms Medieval Warm Period Was Real And Global, Climate Models FaultyBy P Gosselin on23. December 2015One of the biggest obstacles global warming alarmists have had to deal with is the inconvenient existence of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), as there are reams of literature showing that this period was as warm or even warmer than today. Photo right: Fritz Vahrenholt (Die kalte Sonne) Yet, a number of global warming activists and alarmist […]Posted in Paleo-climatology | 41 ResponsesAgain! 2nd Baltic Sea Report, Hans Von Storch, Show Medieval Warm Period 0.5°C Warmer Than Today!By P Gosselin on10. June 2015How many times must a hockey stick be broken, before alarmists stop wetting their beds? … The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind. ====================================== Second climate status report on the Baltic Sea Region: Medieval Warm Period was Half A Degree Warmer Than Today By Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt [Translated, edited by […]Posted in CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature, Paleo-climatology | 31 ResponsesMore Glacier Studies Confirm Roman And Medieval Warm Periods Were Just As Warm As TodayBy P Gosselin on30. October 2014New studies confirm: Glaciers in the Alps already had “fevers” during the Roman and Medieval warm periods By Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt (Translated, edited, condensed by P Gosselin) Everywhere activists and climate alarmists are claiming climate change is happening faster than ever and that the earth is dangerously approaching a tipping point. For example […]Posted in Glaciers | 11 ResponsesGerman Public Television Stuns Its Readers, Concedes Medieval Warm Period May Have Been 0.5°C Warmer Than Today!By P Gosselin on28. December 2013In Germany climate science used to be considered completely settled. Global temperatures had been pretty much steady for a thousand years before skyrocketing upwards as soon as man really started industrializing about 150 years ago, Germans were told again and again. But today Germany’s major media are beginning to realize that this view is perhaps quite naïve […]Posted in Media / Bias, Paleo-climatology, Scepticism, Solar Sciences, Tectonics/Volcanoes | 18 ResponsesTibetan Temperature Reconstruction Shows Medieval Warm Period Was Warmer Than Today!By P Gosselin on13. April 2013A team of scientists led by HE YuXin of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong examined two lake cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau in order to reconstruct the past temperature development. Source: East_Asia_topographic_map.png: Ksiom, the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 The two cores coming from two different lakes […]Posted in Paleo-climatology, Solar Sciences | 2 ResponsesMedieval Warm Period Was Not “Just A Local Phenomenon” – Study Also Finds It In South AmericaBy P Gosselin on13. October 2012Dr. Sebastian Lüning’s and Prof Fritz Vahrenholt’s website has an article today. Photo source Marturius / License:Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported ============================ No North Atlantic Phenomenon: Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age Found in the Andes (Translated from the German by P Gosselin) The Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period […]Posted in Paleo-climatology | 2 ResponsesMedieval Warm Period And Little Ice Age Show Up In South America Too – Far Far Away From North AtlanticBy P Gosselin on6. June 2012Based on data from a few carefully selected tree rings, dogmatic warmist scientists like to insist that the Medieval Warm Period really did not exist globally and was only a local North Atlantic phenomenon. The climate, they tell us, was pretty much steady over the last couple thousand years – until man began to prosper […]Posted in Drought and Deserts, Paleo-climatology, Solar Sciences | 3 Responses

A lot of the jobs you see everyday around you are done by people who don’t have particularly high IQs or who more appropriately have IQs lower than the average. 100–120 being the general population average then there are those who spike higher and higher and those who valley lower.Internal Edit/Addendum:I brought this up in class today and the class went at it, asking and answering and positing and such.The first point was defining IQ clearly as a parameter of measurement, most importantly the misnomer of IQ being related to intelligence/smarts/application and then what Intelligence is and is not and what Smarts (or gradation of Intelligence) looks like.Ok Intelligence is consciousness.A roach is intelligent—-it avoids fire. Humans are Intelligent at birth unless brain impaired physiologically. Therefore IQ—-Intelligence Outient —-is composed of Consciousness Measurement. But a roach and a human are not the same gradations of consciousness due to brain size and species. But if we were to super-narrow that down to a roach’s intellectual perception and capacity to analyze (brain size) we see gradation, bluntly.Human to human, we’re all intelligent. But then who is smart and who is not and what does smart comprise of?With our Consciousness measurement illustrated further in this answer as the United States—-let’s literalize that. Think of a large white piece of paper now project the US onto it, a rough outline of the 48 states, adding the other 2 if you feel special.Now hold that paper and outlined image. That's our baseline intelligence—-you pretty much just used spatial, outlining, parameters, some degree of measurement, logic to pull that together. After having seen the US outline a few times you should be able to mentally reproduce this by at least the age of 10–12 years old. With an approximation of states and capitals.Smarts then are investment, application, capability, innovation—-filling in the outline. State by state, spelling the names correctly, cities, major roadways, waterways, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, coloring them.Intelligence, like the piece of paper, is horizontal; Smarts is vertical.Job Vs. CareerThen we got into a defining debate about a job vs. a career. A job is a function for base pay and a career requiring education and a commitment of 5 to 7 years, including constant professional development to maintain and earn more than a nominal inflation pay increase.When I worked at Wendy’s, in the forthcoming comparisons and observations, I was at a job. It was less than $5 an hour, which I remember I broke the ceiling of a few years later as a cashier and then again in college working for Public Safety and Work-Study, by 21. None of those positions though were in any way a career, nor honestly, have any of them lent to the building of the careers I’ve had so far—-Financial Analyst, Securities Litigation, Teacher/Instructor, School Developer or my entrepreneurial pursuits and business ownership.They may have helped experientially and maturity-wise but none of those jobs tasks have come up again in my careers. Each one of my careers though has been 5+ years and the skills, education, and abilities amassed in one were transferable to the next as an enhancement, generally to a higher and higher salary and level of responsibilities.Average about 30–150% pay increase including benefits and stock.So then “lower IQ” means less expansive and detailed consciousness (experiences, skills, education) and job means working at something that generally doesn’t increase in complexity (because then it’s no longer lower IQ) and if it does, it’s excluded. But it would include things that are repetitive, A to B tasks, less management of people responsibilities, very little computer interaction, budgeting, paperwork, innovation, extrapolation, expansive problem-solving.Example That Incorporates, Contradicts but Bears OutAn example of someone who produces building passes came up, that being a constant interaction with a computer. But the person simply enters a name, find a registered name, confirms ID, assigns name to location and clicks to print out a pass. Those same tasks happen hundreds of times a day. But they never increase in complexity—-like say reprogramming the system. So there’s computer skilled work but it can be both low complexity and therefore able to be done by a low IQ.Cashiers using a computerized cash register, toll booth clerks, vehicle drivers—-there is a level of technical/computer usage and skill but it is incredibly low.Measuring Intelligence to Low-HighThen my clever students asked how I measured them and others consciously and unconsciously. That a teacher's fundamental work is measurement of others.Then I had to pull apart my Blink (Malcolm Gladwell theory) intelligence estimation and codify how I really hone it down. I use assessments. About 10 in total that I rotate through depending upon age and educational level:The Big 5,Temperament,Gallups Strengths,VARK,Gardner Multiple IntelligencesFeuerstein’s Mediation WorkCognitive Strategies (28) Input, Elaboration, Output categories of developmentMBTIAstrology (for some students whoa re coming back to school, it’s a system that they are aware of and I’m able to get them to self identify personality traits; it’s a very interesting way to use a social science known the Earth over at so many levels to get some of what the Gallups Strengths assessment pulls out in a 180+ question online assessment.What people generally understand as an IQ test, really tests, if we were using a 50 story skyscraper as a further visual example, how well-constructed the building is, not how intelligent it is. IQ tests are like a skeletal examination—-columns, sturdiness, floors, ceilings, elevators—-check—-but it doesn’t check for interior design, usage, creativity, applicability.However, and perhaps this is where people confuse IQ tests with IQ—-the more one is creative, knows how to apply critical thinking, innovative thinking and experiential awareness, the higher one’s IQ is.Being smart raises one’s IQ, having a high IQ doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart. But having a lower IQ means you have a lower IQ and you’re therefore not going to be as smart (creative, knows how to apply critical thinking, innovative thinking, and experiential awareness).Yes, we sat around for 3 hours and tore at this! lol But it was a wonderful exercise for me and the students in mediation, measurement and most importantly, metacognition—thinking about our thinking/using critical thinking. Most importantly it gave us insights into our teaching and learning methods to teach ourselves and others.Manufacturing/Industrialized, Technological Age to Knowledge Age Illuminates IQ Differences in PeopleLower IQ jobs would be more repetitive in task to operation and productivity. This is why the factory, assembly line worked so well for so many years/decades when a high school education was the mass pinnacle (less than 10% of the population being college-educated.) Bob was to stand there, hold a riveter and when the piece of machinery came by, rivet 4 times and then pass it to John.Neither Bob nor John needed to know calculus or understand Socrates to do that.Today that would generally be someone working at McDonald's, a factory, an assembly line, some mechanical work—-perhaps not simply younger people but someone older—-over 30-40—in a non-managerial position. If say, Bob is the designated french fries guy.A lot of this work is computerized though and gives directions to lower IQ people when to perform tasks but the lower IQ people don’t know how to program the equipment nor repair it.In the below examples—20 years ago at Wendy’s—the fry machine was computerized to signal frozen fries in, press timer button and then it would beep when it was time to remove them;the grill had a similar function—like lanes of timers above the grill to demark medium, well done, etc.;the back kitchen ovens and deep fryers all had timers and big bold lettered laminated sheets of instructions not in only words but pictograms of what to do/cook;the ingredients bags were all color coded and labeled and measurement specific—1 bag to 1 pot of chili, etc.;the salad bar containers had a line inside of the container so that you never overfilled them;the trays for the expediters had a diagram of where to place burgers, drinks, fries for optimal balance-weight right behind the counter where you pulled the trays fromand the cash register had both pictures and words of the menu items (the cashiers though often had to innovate how to do/request/charge for special requests—-which is probably why I gravitated to it).While we might account for these things as standardizers to form, function, recipe, etc they are also passive directives to those of lower IQ so that they don’t have to figure anything out or act upon their whims and assumptions. A higher IQ person might be able to improvise, as the cashiers and grill person did, but the company, aware of the general intellect level, wouldn’t want that.(As a wild aside, the standard USA police officer test which is followed by several other tests, weed out higher IQ people. The logic is that too high of an overall IQ doesn’t make for a good police officer, where less ambiguity is preferred. Generally, the higher IQ applicants are pressed into other ends of the police department if the city is big enough, command and aptly named, intelligence. Yes, I took the NYPD test when I was 20 and based upon a near perfect score they called me in to have discussion about joining police intelligence or IT but not general beat cop stuff. I’d scored too high.)Having been back to Wendy’s as a customer, what I notice from the customer side, having been on the other, is fewer people, more machinery. There were 6–10 of us behind the counter previously. Now there are 3–5. The machines are more complex but more automated so that fries are dumped, sometimes by the cashier, who then walks away. There’s a screen with names—I always give Bob—-that outlines the order and the person then relays to the computer what part of the order they’ve completed.Wendy’sWhen I was 16 working at Wendy’s in Brooklyn, there were like 8 designated positions/duties—I revolved through them all—-I desperately wanted to be a cashier but they only allowed girls to do it—-and were regularly robbed blind. (I LOVE cashiering. If I could make my salary now/business income cashiering I’d be your friendly neighborhood cashier—-there’s something, and this speaks to a higher IQ, about the calculation, the multiple tasks, the items, the computer—-I once proved a computer wrong at D’Agostinos that said I was short $50. That’s another feature of high IQ people we’re constantly fixing things, pointing out errors, coming up with solutions—-we tend to quickly understand the reality paradigm and see the missteps/mistakes.)The positions were:Fry guy,grill person,cashier,salad bar person,dining room cleaner,the expediter (soda, trays, food placer on trays.) Assistant managers (who interestingly were often expediters maybe because it took a bit “more” to keep track of correct orders, trays, placement and customer service smiling.maintenance of bathrooms/countersthere was also the back kitchen person where the pots of chili are prepared, large baskets of potatoes and chicken—-a heavy-duty kitchen.I did every position well but wasn’t satisfied at 16 so I kept moving around. Also because of rigid designations, if someone was out—-as the Grill person—-if you’d been trained in the task, you could fill in for that shift. (Similar to Wal-Mart though they have the best Basic-Covering All IQ Levels/Computer Based Training System I’ve ever been through.)Fry guy is repetitively boring.The cashier was sex closed.Salad Bar I remember was tedious because you set it up and then waited for it to mess up—-so it was a lot of look busy refilling things like corn. At a certain point, everything was filled and you got dragged into something else.Dining room cleaner. My grandmother was a neat freak. I’m big on organization but not a neat freak. My grandmother also had a maid attendant throughout my teens and my mother and I would later joke about Carlotta—-who we did horrible things to—-in front of people. It wasn’t true. I say all of that to say I was and am not built for certain kinds of manual labor and I wholly detest cleaning up after people. I’d rather work harder and pay someone to do it. This is why I tip well, generally 20%—-because not only am I not one of the people to get involved in continuous cleaning but I think people who do it have a special chip in their head and deserve more.But, lower IQ people tend to be in maintenance and cleaning because it’s very action to outcome specific and direct. Wipe counter until it’s just the steel, clean surface. There’s very little ambiguity there.IQ Bon Mont(Recently a supervisor and I were discussing something and they brought up how someone on the maintenance staff was doing untoward things, perhaps stealing by staying behind in the building. With a little thought—-actually it dawned on me a week later—-that yes, the maintenance guy was and we had a whole supervisory meeting as supervisors about him and then the situation got resolved.The question though came up why would he go through so much for candy, toilet tissue, discarded food and be so obvious about it?I then turned to experienced, seasoned, educated managers and suggested—-you do understand he’s over 50 and a maintenance man, that’s not necessarily a brain trust popping off there?(I give this bon mont to show how higher IQ people assume everyone is their IQ level, which then tumbles into that perhaps everyone who isn’t on the high spiking 130+, thinks they’re all the same. Even the low IQ people. Trust me, I’m a teacher, many a low IQ people think they’re smart?)Expediter was the Asst. Managers—who wore different color shirts and were very proud of that and territorial. But I remember the two women were over 40–50. It was the best they could accomplish at their IQ levels, though they did get to pinch in as Cashier. But as managers they were excluded from the store manager doing paperwork, budgets, scheduling (Poverty/Working Class, Lower IQ generally don’t understand it’s math, budgets, financial calculations that are the benchmark for Middle Class/Management, unless it’s some super specialized skill that one can non-book learn—-like coal mining, construction, labor.Asst. Manager/Supervisor positions are created to be “head’ person, a notch above worker drone. The people who generally get them are either not ready/capable of being a full Manager or are being trained to be one. It’s a social class/work IQ placeholder position.Maintenance/Bathroom Cleaner—-ahahahahahhahahahahah. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Yeah, okay. But it’s not that I can’t do things—-I’ve changed my mother’s diapers—I find it therapeutic to clean my house sometimes. It’s that I have done very intensively, expensive things educationally to have options that don’t include this, so that cleaning up behind people is not something I have to do. It was called and is still called college. It’s like buying a car, a really nice one and filling it with gas, and having all the proper licenses. And then leaving it in the driveway and walking miles to work. The effort to make/get one negates the doing of the other for an objective.But this kind of work again offers to people very specific directions and tasks to complete. Really, no seriously deep thinking—-the philosophical effects of bleach—-are necessary because there’s someone else tasked with telling you what to do.Grill Person and Back Kitchen. I eventually bounced between the two, spending most of my time on the Grill because I enjoy cooking. I opted out of the back kitchen when the lady, Sandra showed me her arm scars from scalding grease. Her point wasn’t do this and this won’t happen, it was this will eventually happen to your arms. Get ready.AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHALOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOh, hell to the no.I bought long protective over gloves—-we were after all at the mall. And I was safe on the grill. I minimized back kitchen work because at 16 I knew work shouldn’t scar you.I saw Sandra years later in the audience of the Geraldo Riviera talk show on TV.(That’s all the extra dip I have on her but it’s one of those little pieces of flotsam you know/remember about someone that you weren't close to but you know it. It was twenty years ago. Sandra and the ladies who ferociously guarded being Expediters are probably dead now. Just a High IQ observation.)IQ at best through multiple assessments is a measurement of how well someone can think through multiple domains—language, science, math, spatial reasoning, calculation, extrapolation. It’s not like a Jenga model of A at Base, L halfway through and building a building.IQ is more like the United States (no, I’m not going to point out the low IQ states.) IQ is instead like the swath of state from east to the west coast. 130–220 IQ means that you have something going on in all of those 48 states—-let’s call them cities to deepen the example.100–120 means that you have a picture of the states, you might even have highways through all of the states, you have major cities in some, not all of those states. Not all of those states though have cities, they have towns, yes. But not cities.Under 100? The US is a country. And you have states in your country. How many states you have is subjective and your awareness of other states is peripheral. You have some cities, generally glommed in very distinct ways. Like all on the east coast through some states but very few cities or towns away from the east coast. Think original colonies as states.Now here’s an interesting thing I’ve asked lower IQ students or low producing students—-there is a difference. Low IQ is like being overweight—-you will have to make substantial effort to change and it might not happen depending upon your age.Low producing students might be of average normal weight but don’t regularly exercise so though smaller, they aren’t necessarily healthier than an obese person.It takes time to discern between the two as a teacher. Generally through multiple assessments and observation. Which is why I use the Mediation work to observe and Calculate Cognitive Strategies being enacted—-Input, Out, Elaboration of the individual. I teach it is like buckets, 28 that we’re trying to fill to have what we would call a high school graduate of A grade potential/associates college level.But I have directly asked a mix of students how their cognitive outlook (how they see their United States) feels.Do they know there are more states possible across the swath?That they could have more towns, highways, cities?What about when they see things on billboards, subways, buses, the TV that suggest things in another state?From an even planed mental experience, without deficiencies, people tend to exclude information that is too complex to decode.So for example. I watched Mr. Robot, the TV show and I’ve taught software, done coding, since I was a child (I was buying tech with all that Wendy’s cash!), taken system administrator classes so I understood what the hackers and such were talking about. In the system administrator classes that I took with one of my superstar students as a final gradation increase from my classes—-he, a Mr. Robot, loved it and “got it”. I understood it, liked it well enough but my intellectual bent is more towards the architecture of systems rather than very specific actions/coding.But when I watch that rather dour, mental illness techie show, I completely understand all the jargon they’re spewing out. I worked in IT and taught it for a long time.If one of my lower IQ students/under producing/under-educated students engaged it—-here’s how it would appear to them about Machine Learning.Machine learning (ML) is the scientific study of and that computer systems use to perform a specific task , relying on and instead. It is seen as a of .Machine learning build a model based on , known as , in order to make predictions or decisions without being to perform the task.Machine learning are used in a wide variety of , such as and , where it is difficult or to develop a for effectively performing the task.The actual blurb from Wikipedia is as follows:Machine learning (ML) is the scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform a specific task without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead. It is seen as a subset of artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms build a mathematical model based on sample data, known as "training data", in order to make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed to perform the task.Machine learning algorithms are used in a wide variety of applications, such as email filtering and computer vision, where it is difficult or infeasible to develop a conventional algorithm for effectively performing the task.The challenge in education is to understand if the person understands or can change to understand with help—-mediation is the cognitive enhancing term. But when I asked my students this question, there was pretty much confirmation to some of the writings I was working from of others—-that they didn’t “see” or allow for that which they didn’t understand or have a basis to discern.To our United States example.If they were west coast—-NY as a state did not exist for them and it was as if the Earth were flat beyond their west coast states.If they did see or were pressed to see it, it would not “make sense”, be confusing or they would label it as crazy/insane.Three Interesting Extrapolation Points to ConsiderInterestingly enough, culturally, in discerning potential high IQs—-Blacks and Latinos describe those they can’t understand, who have no mental illness impairments, as “crazy”. It’s not an actual mental disturbance, it’s higher, foreign cognitive work being done. Again, remember, everyone thinks their personal IQ level is the level of reality.This means that Blacks and Latinos undermine, eschew, negate higher IQ development because they treat it reductively through the lens of race, sometimes, that intellect is White. But that’s a whole other discussion but an interesting side piece to IQ envisioning.Back to Wendy’s. The manager a nice lady in her 20s at the general meeting made an announcement about me. There were like 30 of us there. She said that I was different, special, very smart and everyone should be patient with me. I was perplexed but they all knew——at their IQ level—-what she meant, what discord she was speaking to and to amend themselves.She was talking about how my IQ level, apparent then must have made them feel. To assuage that I wasn’t judging them as inferior to me, I was simply capable of a variety of things (all the positions.)Over the years, working through various offices/places sometimes while teaching and in school, I’ve noticed the different mental United States throughout people and had “crazy” projected upon me because I was sitting there, tasked with one thing and doing, thinking, capable of vastly different things.Yes, I’m implying that if you think someone is “out there” you probably have a lower IQ because you can’t fathom, literally, the state they might be thinking in. If you can fathom it, even if it’s not your cup of tea, if you can normalize it and discuss it, then you probably have a higher IQ.Higher IQ is also a demarcation of expansive, diverse capacity to think and absorb, juggle new and disparate information.In many ways, one’s center, sense of self, gets stronger as your IQ increases. Madness, or cognitive disintegration paralleling with high IQ, again another discussion.Lastly, why does this all matter? Why does it matter if we’ve got some of the slow kids as adults working throughout the system/world at jobs those of us who’ve educated don’t want to?The 2008/2009 Meltdown was not about simply banks. It was a hot fudge chocolate sundae.All of the hot fudge and the brownies are Low IQ people.Low IQ people who in their jobs, might make a good to very good salary but like our Machine Learning paragraphs read a mortgage contract the same way. They took out loans they could not understand would change within several years, what financial repackaging might mean—-even how a mortgage works—-not just for you as an individual but as millions of people.So Low IQ are not financially literate but they do have credit scores.The banks are ice cream.The Federal Reserve is the whip cream.The President is the cherry.2008–2009 wasn’t just a financial shift/meltdown, it was the Knowledge Age’s readjustment of the world.What did the cherry—-the President do when the meltdown occurred for the individual?—-he created stimulus packages, extended healthcare, extended unemployment.The stimulus packages included re-training people in 21st-century skills—-the Department of Labor paid $3500 each for me and my superstar student to go to a private IT Systems Administrator class. When I was laid off, I got 99 weeks of unemployment and two years of healthcare. To tide me over, if I needed it—-to change for the 21st century. I used all of the resources but had High IQ skills so I didn't “need” it as other Americans did—-because of 140 million US Adults:Only about 25–30% are college-educated (High IQ people)We produce on average 40,000 engineers as college graduates, India is producing 600,000; China moreWe, therefore, have more low IQ people than High IQ people, as other countries increase in population and technological access, that’s a problem.Have you seen Saudi Arabia?(That’s the MIDDLE of the desert.)As a teacher here’s what I can tell you about cognitive advancement—-It is easier to teach and advance low producing people with 100–120 average IQs then it is a population accustomed to operating at the low end of that.Low IQs, here in the United States, our group lack of understanding of coding (only 1% of Americans knowing how) means that the offset war of the Knowledge Age will be Intellectual Wars—Who Can Think Wars.#KylePhoenix#TheKylePhoenixShow

The one and only website where you can get all the courses at one place is http://www.snaptutorial.com which helps students to score good in there exams where you can find many other courses too.PSY 275Week 1 Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Worksheet (2 Sheet)This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Answers for this WorksheetComplete the following table. Answer the following questions in 150-200 words each. Please cite all references including in-text citations. Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Worksheet Complete the following table. Description (50-100 words) Clinical Assessment Diagnosis Treatment Answer the following questions in 150-200 words each.1. What role does the DSM-5 play in clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment?2. What is an example of abnormal psychology that you have seen in your community?PSY 275 Week 1 History and Perspectives WorksheetTimeline of EventsComplete a timeline of the historical events that show the progression of the treatment of mental illness, based on the historical perspectives discussed in Chapter 1 of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World. You should have between 5-8 events.Event 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5Event 6Event 7Event 8MatchingReview the contemporary perspectives of abnormal behavior listed in Ch. 2 of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World.Match the contemporary perspective on the right with the main tenet (idea/proposition) on the left by typing the corresponding letter of the matched perspective in the middle column. Each perspective may be used more than once.Main Tenet (Idea/Proposition) Answer Contemporary Perspective of Abnormal Psychology1. Unconscious conflicts manifest in symptoms of mental illness. A. Biological Perspective2. Psychotropic medications seek to treat mental illness by acting on neurotransmitters that may be malfunctioning. B. Psychological Perspective – Psychodynamic Models3. Manipulation of information may cause cognitive distortions. These errors in thinking produce maladaptive behaviors based on a distorted belief that was produced by an activating event. C. Psychological Perspective – Learning Models4. Mental illness is a product of learned behavior that is maladaptive. D. Psychological Perspectives – Humanistic Models5. The interactions of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors contribute to abnormal behavior. E. Psychological Perspectives – Cognitive Models6. Genetic factors, defects in neurotransmitter functioning, and underlying brain abnormalities, contribute to mental illness. F. Sociocultural Perspective7. Our childhood experiences contribute to the development of mental illness. G. Biopsychosocial Perspective8. Abnormal behavior is caused by societal failures, and is a description of behavior that deviates from social norms.9. A malfunction in the physiology of the body produces symptoms of mental illness.10. Abnormal behavior manifests from a distorted concept of the self.Short-AnswerRespond to the following questions in 50 to 75 words each.How do assessment, diagnosis, and treatment work together in the field of abnormal psychology? What is the role of each process?How do you know when a behavior is deemed a mental illness?PSY 275 Week 2 Development, Stress, and Anxiety QuizDevelopment, Stress, and Anxiety QuizAutistic thinking is the tendency to ______.§see oneself as the center of the universe§engage in abstract thinking patterns that no one else can understand§engage in persistently obsessive thought patterns§see oneself as being “swallowed up” by the universeThe central feature of a generalized anxiety disorder is ______.§trembling§worry§fear of dying§depression______ are classified as neurodevelopment disorders in the DSM-5.§Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder§Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pica§Pica and separation anxiety disorder§Enuresis and encopresisAfter witnessing a terrible car accident, John is experiencing so much emotional distress that he is having difficulty taking care of his responsibilities at work. He is most likely experiencing which of the following common features of traumatic stress disorders?§Avoidance behavior§Emotional distress and impaired functioning§Heightened arousal§Emotional numbingGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that is _____________.§limited to health and safety concerns§not limited to any one object, situation, or activity§limited to concerns about the well-being of immediate family members§specific to an object or event that the individual has had an aversive experience withThe essential feature of a panic disorder is ______.§constant worry without a known cause§well-defined phobic reactions to specific stimuli§behavior dominated by rituals performed in order to avoid anxiety§occurrences of repeated, unexpected panic attacksA disorder characterized by a generalized delay or impairment in the development of intellectual and adaptive abilities is ______.§intellectual developmental disorder§Asperger’s disorder§childhood schizophrenia§autismPSY 275 Week 2 Development, Stress, and Anxiety QuizDevelopment, Stress, and Anxiety QuizAutistic thinking is the tendency to ______.§see oneself as the center of the universe§engage in abstract thinking patterns that no one else can understand§engage in persistently obsessive thought patterns§see oneself as being “swallowed up” by the universeThe central feature of a generalized anxiety disorder is ______.§trembling§worry§fear of dying§depression______ are classified as neurodevelopment disorders in the DSM-5.§Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder§Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and pica§Pica and separation anxiety disorder§Enuresis and encopresisAfter witnessing a terrible car accident, John is experiencing so much emotional distress that he is having difficulty taking care of his responsibilities at work. He is most likely experiencing which of the following common features of traumatic stress disorders?§Avoidance behavior§Emotional distress and impaired functioning§Heightened arousal§Emotional numbingGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that is _____________.§limited to health and safety concerns§not limited to any one object, situation, or activity§limited to concerns about the well-being of immediate family members§specific to an object or event that the individual has had an aversive experience withThe essential feature of a panic disorder is ______.§constant worry without a known cause§well-defined phobic reactions to specific stimuli§behavior dominated by rituals performed in order to avoid anxiety§occurrences of repeated, unexpected panic attacksA disorder characterized by a generalized delay or impairment in the development of intellectual and adaptive abilities is ______.§intellectual developmental disorder§Asperger’s disorder§childhood schizophrenia§autism______ is the category within the DSM-5 that has many of the psychological disorders affecting children and adolescents.§Major depressive disorder§Separation anxiety disorder§Autism§Neurodevelopment disordersA behavior disorder characterized by impulsivity, excessive motor activity, and inability to focus one’s attention is known as ______.§attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder§sensorimotor disorder§oppositional defiant disorder§conduct disorderIn the DSM-5, acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder are classified in which of the following categories?§Childhood Disorders§Substance Abuse Disorders§Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders§Schizophrenic DisordersLast year, Hannah witnessed an accident where a pedestrian was struck and killed by an automobile. Since the accident, Hannah has experienced anxiety and actively avoids the street where she witnessed the accident. A clinician might diagnose Hannah as having__________.§an adjustment disorder with anxiety§PTSD§reactive stress disorder§acute stress disorderWhich of the following is true of children with autism?§They have distinctive, unusual facial features and have an “intelligent look” about them.§They are often described by their parents as having been difficult babies during early infancy.§They maintain good eye contact but typically are not drawn to social exchanges.§As they develop, they begin to reject affectionate contacts such as hugging, kissing, and cuddling with their parents.Todd spends hours checking and rechecking the doors and windows to his house to make sure they are completely locked and secured before he leaves for work in the morning. This is the only way he can prevent himself from being overwhelmed by anxiety and fears he left something unlocked as he drives to the office. Todd is suffering from ______ disorder.§obsessive-compulsive§panic§generalized anxiety§phobicThe most common treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is ______.§behavioral§pharmacological§surgical§psychodynamicTodd is six years old. His behavior is characterized by inattention, bullying, temper tantrums, stubbornness, and fidgeting. He is easily distracted, fails to finish anything he starts, often acts impulsively, and requires constant supervision. He is constantly on the go, running and climbing on things, and he cannot wait his turn in games or lines. He is suffering from ______ disorder.§conduct§oppositional defiant§attention-deficit/hyperactivity§obsessive-compulsiveRobert has had persistent anxiety for about 13 months. He has also suffered from shakiness, feeling “keyed up,” insomnia, irritability, and chronic muscle tension. He is best diagnosed as having a(n) ______ disorder.§obsessive-compulsive§phobic§generalized anxiety§panicThe prevalence of autism has been ______ over the past 20 years.§slightly increasing§decreasing§about the same§dramatically increasingEMDR is a technique to treat ______.§generalized anxiety disorder§obsessive-compulsive disorder§PTSD§phobiaPeople with __________ are preoccupied with an imagined or exaggerated physical defect in their appearance.§body dysmorphic disorder§a personality disorder§somatization disorder§an adjustment disorderDick has episodes of sheer terror when riding on subway trains. He breaks into a cold sweat and often feels like he is having a heart attack. During these attacks he imagines that he is completely losing control of himself. Dick’s disorder is best described as a(n) ______ disorder.§generalized anxiety§obsessive-compulsive§posttraumatic stress§panicChad is on the dean’s list in college and he is also one of the best athletes on the football team. Despite his successes, Chad worries about his grades and finds his mind going blank at times. He is also beginning to have difficulty falling asleep. Most likely, Chad has ______.§a specific phobia§a generalized anxiety disorder§social anxiety disorder§a panic disorderThere is an increased probability of autism occurring with _____.§younger fathers§younger mothers§older mothers§older fathersIn the previous version of the DSM, ___________ were used to describe distinct disorders within the autism spectrum.§Asperger’s disorder and Tourette’s syndrome§Asperger’s disorder and childhood disintegrative disorder§childhood disintegrative disorder and Tourette’s syndrome§Tourette’s syndrome and Rett’s disorderAdjustment disorders are classified in the DSM-5 within a category of ____________.§Schizophrenic Disorders§Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders§Anxiety Disorders§Childhood DisordersAn excessive, irrational fear of being in public without the availability of escape or help is ______.§acrophobia§claustrophobia§agoraphobia§panic disorderIndividuals suffering from Acute Stress Disorder may feel ______________.§angry and betrayed by the world§“in a daze” or feel that the world seems like a dreamlike or unreal place.§as though they are experiencing a heart attack§unaware of their internal emotionsA condition caused by the presence of an extra chromosome on the 21st pair and characterized by intellectual developmental disorder and various physical anomalies is ______.§Klinefelter’s syndrome§Turner’s syndrome§Fragile X syndrome§Down syndromeIn PTSD, the loss of the ability to have loving feelings is which of the following common features of traumatic stress disorders?§Emotional numbing§Heightened arousal§Emotional distress and impaired functioning§Avoidance behaviorRon is an Iraq War veteran. He wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat due to nightmares in which he relives his most frightening war experiences. He refuses to talk about the war with anyone and is constantly fidgety and “on edge.” He is unable to enjoy himself or develop intimate relationships. His symptoms have continued for over three years. He is best diagnosed as suffering from a(n) ______ disorder.§acute stress§posttraumatic stress§adjustment§personalityWhich of the following is true?§Normally overactive children are goal-directed and can exert voluntary control over their behavior, whereas children with ADHD cannot exert voluntary control over their behaviors.§Children with ADHD exhibit no problems with working memory.§Black and Hispanic children are more likely to receive the diagnosis than Euro-American children.§There is really no qualitative difference between highly active “normal” children and highly active children labeled with ADHD.PSY 275Week 2 Anxiety and Stress Disorders Presentation (2 PPT)Create a 15- to 20-minute multimedia presentation--such as slide, tutorial, or video--including speaker notes with cited sources, to teach a population of your choice, discussing the following: ·Describe the population you are presenting to. ·Describe the causes of anxiety, panic, PTSD, and dissociative disorders ·Explain the treatments of anxiety, panic, PTSD, and dissociative disorders ·Describe possible gender and cultural influences of anxiety, panic, PTSD, and dissociative disorders. Anxiety and Stress Disorders PresentationPSY 275 Week 3 Disorders Related to Mood QuizThe DSM distinguishes between ______ general types of bipolar disorder.§four§five§three§twoMajor depression cannot be diagnosed if a person shows a history of ______.§anxiety disorder§dysthymia§personality disorder§maniaDon suddenly quit his job, enrolled in law school for day classes, took on a job waiting tables at night, and began organizing charity drives on weekends. He also began work on his “great American novel” and offered to coach a little league team in his “spare time.” His behavior is typical of someone having a ______.§hypomanic episode§dysthymic episode§cyclothymic episode§manic episodeA severe disorder characterized by feeling sad, hopeless, or “down in the dumps,” or loss of interest or pleasure in all activities for at least two weeks is ______.§major depressive episode§bipolar disorder§cyclothymia§dysthymiaThe Federal government estimates that the majority of people who commit suicide suffer from a ______.§personality disorder§somatoform§psychotic§mood disorderThe onset of bipolar I disorder usually begins with a ______.§major depressive episode for both men and women§manic episode for women and a major depressive episode for men§manic episode for both men and women§manic episode for men and a major depressive episode for womenMood disorders, which involve mood swings from one extreme to another, are considered ______.§dipolar§bilinear§multilinear§bipolarAccording to your text, ______ is perhaps the most important predictor of suicide.§increased reactivity§mood swings§hopelessness§loss of pleasureThe essential feature of bipolar I disorder is the occurrence of at least one full-blown ______ episode.§hypomanic§manic§major depressive§dysthymicWhich of the following is a question Shneidman suggests could be used to draw a suicidal person out and engage them in talking?§“Why would you want to do that?”§“Think of how your mother would feel!”§“Do you have a will or DNR in place?”§“What would you like to see happen?”A depressive disorder which often develops during childhood or adolescence, involves less severe symptoms than major depression, but has a longer lasting, more chronic pattern of development, and often results in sufferers being seen as “whiny” or “complaining” would be classified as _____ in the DSM-5.§bipolar disorder§cyclothymic disorder§persistent depressive disorder§dysthymic disorderThere is evidence of reduced ______ activity in people who attempt or commit suicide.§acetylcholine§epinephrine§serotonin§thyroxinWhich of the following is something you should do when talking to someone who is suicidal?§Be tough-minded and not too empathetic.§Avoid asking how the person intends to commit suicide.§Suggest that means other than suicide might help solve the person’s problems.§Talk with them by yourself as long as you can.Genetics appears to play _______ role in bipolar disorder than it does in major depressive disorder.§a stronger§about the same§a much weaker§a weakerJoanne is in a very downcast mood. She has a poor appetite, has lost weight, and feels constantly fatigued. She has lost interest in most of her regular activities because they seem like “too much effort” and they no longer give her any pleasure. She seems indifferent to her family and friends and has recurrent thoughts of suicide. She is best described as suffering from ______.§bipolar disorder§cyclothymic disorder§dysthymic disorder§major depressive disorderAmerican ______ are more likely to attempt suicide. ______ are more likely to succeed in a suicide attempt.§women; Men§women; Women§men; Men§men; WomenPeople in a manic episode generally experience which of the following?§Lethargy§A lack of self-confidence§Slow, rambling speech§Extreme self-confidenceA person who speaks very rapidly and urgently and has difficulty pausing has ______.§euphoric speech§pressured speech§tangential speech§circumstantial speechA state of unusual elation, energy, and activity is known as ______.§flat affect§synergy§dysthymia§maniaA severe mood disorder characterized by the occurrence of one or more major depressive episodes in the absence of a history of mania is ______.§major depressive disorder§dysthymia§bipolar disorder§cyclothymiaIn bipolar II disorder, a person experiences ______ episodes.§has experienced both manic and hypomanic§manic episodes, but has not experienced hypomanic§has experienced neither manic nor hypomanic§hypomanic episodes, but has not experienced manicIf someone you know discloses that he or she is contemplating suicide, your goal should be to ______.§get them to seek some professional help§show them how crazy or misguided a suicide attempt would be§try to intervene on your own§leave them alone to sort through their thoughts and feelingsGina, who has suffered from a major depressive disorder, is seeking help from a therapist who follows Lewinsohn’s model linking depression and reinforcement. The therapist will probably advise Gina to increase her ______.§self-focus§pleasurable activities§serotonin levels§communications with friends and relativesGuillermo was having a normal day when suddenly he felt an overwhelming expansion of his mood. He now feels euphoric, cheerful, optimistic, has boundless energy, and feels sociable and confident. However, he is also hyperactive, impulsive, demanding, and overbearing. His behavior is typical of a ______.§hypomanic episode§manic episode§dysthymic episode§bipolar episodeWhich of the following is true?§Suicide attempts often occur in response to highly stressful life events.§People who fail on a first suicide attempt rarely try it again.§All suicides are connected to psychological disorders.§Suicidal thinking accompanies a loss of contact with reality.Because of cultural judgments, about half of Americans with major depression ________.§later develop psychoses§become hostile and aggressive§fail to receive help from a mental health professional§attempt suicideWhich of the following is listed under the category of “Depressive Disorders” in the DSM-5?§Persistent depressive disorder§Bipolar II disorder§Bipolar I disorder§Cyclothymic disorderWhich of the following is characteristic of manic episodes?§Insatiable appetite§Selfishness§Weeping§Overbearing behaviorThe tendency of a person to jump from topic to topic during a manic episode is referred to as ______.§multidirectional cognitions§quickness on the feet§rapid flight of ideas§accelerated thoughtDave is having a normal day when suddenly he feels charged with energy and unusually alert. He knows that when he gets these feelings he is capable of working long hours with little fatigue or need of sleep. He is still capable of using good judgment and has no hyperactivity. He is best described as having a ______.§hypomanic episode§paranoid episode§dysthymic episode§manic episodePSY 275Week 3 Mood and Addictive Disorders Paper (2 Papers)Week 3 Mood and Addictive Disorders Paper PSY 275 Write a 1,200-to 1,500-word paper discussing:• Potential causes of depressive, bipolar, and substance disorders.• Treatment methods for depressive, bipolar, and substance disorders.• Any Potential gender and cultural influences on depressive, bipolar and substance disorders. Include a minimum of 4 peer-reviewed sources Mood and Addictive Disorders PaperPSY 275Week 3 Anxiety and Stress Disorders WorksheetComplete the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Worksheet. Anxiety and Stress Disorders Match the following symptoms with the correct disorder.1.______ Lasts 6 months or longer; exposure to social situations which allow scrutiny by others; persistent fear may be present2. ______ Exposure to trauma that is real or threatened3. ______ Anxiety is created by the fear of social interactions4. ______ Inability to remember trauma that happened to the person and symptoms are not because of substances or medical conditions5. ______ Excessive and persistent worry for three months or longer6. ______ Symptoms and maladaptive behavior may be present for a month following an attack7. ______ Identity disruption is present with at least two personality states8. ______ Sleep disturbance and heightened arousal to surroundings9. ______ Panic attacks that recur unexpectedly10. ______ Recurring memories, dreams, and/or flashbacks11. ______ Gaps in memory of a personal nature often occur, and are not associated with typical forgetting12. ______ Behavior is affected by worrying13. ______ Negative thinking about self and events14. ______ Fear of negative evaluation15. ______ Avoiding situations that cause fearA. Generalized Anxiety DisorderB. Socialized Anxiety DisorderC. Panic DisorderD. Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderE. Dissociative AmnesiaF. Dissociative Identity DisorderPSY 275 Week 4 Journal Article on Schizophrenia Spectrum DisordersImagine you have been asked to write an article for an academic journal on the complexities of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.Write a 700- to 1,050-word article on the development, progression, physiological symptoms, and behavioral features of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.Conduct research in the University Library to locate 3 peer-reviewed journal articles on schizophrenia spectrum disorders, to use as supporting documentation in your article.Review the articles that you have selected, and highlight specific details related to the following:§Development of the disorder§Progression of the disorder§Physiological symptoms§Behavioral featuresBegin your article by outlining the following information:§APA-formatted level 1 headings for each main topic of your article§A topic sentence to begin each paragraph under each main topic§Bulleted lists of main points you want to address under each topic sentence§Key pieces of information from each article that you would like to use to support your main points, along with appropriate, APA-formatted in-text citations§APA-formatted reference page citations for each peer-reviewed article you will be using, listed on the reference pageExpand on your outline to create robust body paragraphs for your article.Create an introduction paragraph that introduces your reader to the main topics included in your article.Create a conclusion paragraph to bring your article to a close.Review your completed article to ensure that it flows appropriately and logically, transitions well from topic to topic, and includes the required information outlined in these instructions.PSY 275 Week 4 Annotated Bibliography Choose a disorder of childhood or adolescence (2 Set)(***** PSY 275 Literature Review , APA Format + References *****) Resource: Sample Annotated Bibliography Choose a disorder of childhood or adolescence. Conduct a literature review on the chosen disorder. Create an annotated bibliography. Include a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed articles. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.PSY 275 Week 4 Quiz1. Which of the following is not a known cause of childhood anxiety?a. Overprotective parentsb. Parents avoid or reject the childc. Parental anxietyd. Too many friends2. Which of the following is the most common treatment for childhood anxiety disorders?a. Gestalt Therapyb, Cognitive Behavioral Therapyc. Existential Therapyd. Family Systems Therapy3. Which of the following is not a documented potential cause of conduct disorder?a. Geneticsb. Povertyc. Inadequate parentingd. Depressed moodIt has been proposed that ADHD is caused by _________.4. Dopamine abnormalities in the braina. Maternal substance abuseb. Ritalinc, Anxiety5. Which of the following is a concern with the medications that are currently used to treat ADHD?a. They are not effective.b. The findings of drug effectiveness studies may not be applicable to some minority groups.c, Not enough children are being medicated.d. They lead to a stigma for the child.6. Which of the following is a symptom for Autism Spectrum Disorder?a. Deficits in social communication and interaction.b. Easily develop and maintain relationships.c. Poor attention to tasks.d. Impulsivity.7. When treating Autism Spectrum Disorder, clinicians may choose to combine _____________ with behavioral therapies and different methods of training.a. A specific diet planb. An exercise regimenc. Play therapyd.Psychotropic medications and specific vitamins8. Which of the following is not considered to be a behavioral symptom of oppositional defiant disorder?a. Argumentativeb. Defiantc. Irritabled. Impulsive9. Oppositional defiant disorder is ________common in boys than girls before puberty.a. Moreb. Lessc. Just asd. Twice as10. Previous research has stated that there was a relationship between vaccines and the development of autism spectrum disorder. Recent research has now found that ________________.a. The original study was correct and the MMR vaccine causes autism.b. The original study was methodologically flawed and failed to demonstrate any relationship between the two.c. The original study was referring to multiple vaccines.d. The original study has been supported by later research.PSY 275 Week 5 Clinical Disorder PresentationPSY 275 Week 5 Clinical Disorder PresentationChoose a clinical disorder from the following:§Major Depressive Disorder§Bipolar Disorder§Generalized Anxiety Disorder§Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder§Autism Spectrum DisorderReview your previous chapter readings on your chosen disorder.Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft®PowerPoint®presentation on your chosen clinical disorder. Include the following:§Explain possible causes of the disorder, according to a specific perspective of abnormal psychology presented in Week 1.§Describe the behavioral features and physiological symptoms (if applicable) associated with this disorder.§Describe any gender or cultural differences regarding the diagnosis of this disorder. (Does this disorder affect men differently than women? Does this disorder affect different cultures in different ways?)§Describe general treatment options for this disorder.Include detailed speaker notes on each slide, as if they were a transcript of what you would say while presenting. The speaker notes should use appropriate academic language, grammar, and punctuation, and should demonstrate your knowledge of the topic.Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources on an APA-formatted reference slide.Format any citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.PSY 275 Week 5 Disorder of Interest Paper (2 Papers)Disorder of Interest Paper PSY 275 Choose a disorder of interest discussed in this course. Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper on the chosen disorder, describing the following:• The behaviors associated with the disorder• The range of impairment for this disorder• The implications of this disorder on society• Possible treatment options for the disorder Include a minimum of 4 peer-reviewed sources. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.PSY 275 WEEK 5 Problems of the Mind and Body Matrix (2 Set)Complete the Problems of the Mind and Body Matrix. PSY-275 Problems of the Mind and Body Matrix Disorder Symptoms Causes Treatments Gender/Cultural Influences (If applicable) Schizophrenia Anorexia SomatoformPSY 275 All Assignments (New Syllabus)PSY 275 Week 1 History and Perspectives WorksheetPSY 275 Week 2 Development, Stress, and Anxiety QuizPSY 275 Week 3 Disorders Related to Mood QuizPSY 275 Week 4 Journal Article on Schizophrenia Spectrum DisordersPSY 275 Week 5 Clinical Disorder PresentationPSY 275 Week 1 Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Worksheet (2 Sheet)PSY 275 Week 2 Anxiety and Stress Disorders Presentation (2 PPT)PSY 275 Week 3 Mood and Addictive Disorders Paper (2 Papers)PSY 275 Week 3 Anxiety and Stress Disorders WorksheetPSY 275 Week 4 Annotated Bibliography Choose a disorder of childhood or adolescence (2 Set)PSY 275 Week 4 QuizPSY 275 Week 5 Disorder of Interest Paper (2 Papers)PSY 275 Problems of the Mind and Body Matrix (2 Set)