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    Case Study: Fetal Abnormality Briante Bankston Grand Canyon University: HLT-302 Professor Waddell May 23‚ 2013 Moral Case Study: Fetal Abnormality All throughout life we go through and sometimes have to face and deal with the most challenging and unexpected circumstances. Thankfully‚ we have the ability to take a moment and think wisely about our choices. Because that is ultimately what life is about making decisions. In the Case Study: Fetal Abnormality Jessica and Marco are faced with

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    Subject: Detection of chromosomal abnormalities in prenatal samples. In this 21st century‚ due to fast life‚ marriages occur at late age‚ and thus‚ possibilities of genetic abnormalities in next generation rises. Consanguineous marriages may also the cause of genetical abnormality in feotus. Now a day it should be necessary to know genetic makeup of child before birth to prevent abnormal cases. To overcome this problem‚ detection of chromosomal abnormalities in feotus has been introduced

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    Outline and Evaluate the biological approach to abnormality The biological approach sees abnormality as a physical illness and removes psychological blame and responsibility for the behaviour form the patients. Biochemistry; which is where abnormal functioning in the brain can be caused by abnormal levels of neurotransmitters and hormones. Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that allow neurones to communicate with one another at synapses. Hormones are chemical messengers that are secreted

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    Outline and evaluate the behavioural approach to abnormality This approach focuses on the behaviour of the person to explain psychological abnormalities. It believes that the behaviour is learnt‚ and therefore can be unlearnt. It focuses on 3 different things: classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov through his work on animals. He explained the development of abnormal behaviours through stimulus-response associations

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    The Sexual Response Cycle Human sexual behavior or human sexual practice refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. It encompass a wide range of activities such as strategies to find or attract partners (mating and display behavior)‚ interactions between individuals‚ physical or emotional intimacy‚ and sexual contact. Our minds and bodies can respond sexually to a variety of stimuli—including sight‚ sound‚ smell‚ touch‚ taste‚ movement‚ fantasy‚ and

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    I was warned that if I I went in to reading Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita expecting to bring out some deeper purpose‚ that I would be sorely disappointed; however‚ it is human nature to search for meaning. “‘Knowing’ Lolita: Sexual Deviance and Normality in Nabokov’s Lolita‚” may not bring a full meaning to Nabokov infamous novel‚ but Eric Goldman’s interpretation brings forth an important argument that the text makes. Goldman’s article addresses the way that Lolita challenges conservative ideas that

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    Topic: Cosi challenges the audience’s sense of normality Set in a burnt out theatre in the 1970s‚ Louis Nowra’s play ‘Cosi’ depicts the transformation of the protagonist‚ Lewis Riley. From the start of the play to the end‚ we see that Lewis turns from a mercenary to a humanitarian. Other than the changes of Lewis‚ Nowra doesn’t fail to introduce other key themes like love and fidelity‚ as well as‚ normality and madness. The word ‘normal’ is similar as to ‘regular’ or ‘usual’. But it also gives

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    What appears normal for one generation may seem totally deviant to others. If this is the case‚ then who gets to define normality? How can different generations agree on what is normal? It is problematic to concede into an absolute definition of what is normal since different generations have experienced different things. For example‚ during Trujillo’s regime in the Dominican

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    Week 5 Concepts Review In children ’s advertising‚ political advertising and health advertising the most typical forms of persuasion are endorsements‚ appeal to emotions‚ characters and storylines‚ and solutions. Advertising agencies run these ads with the specific goal of getting the public to stop buying a competitor ’s product and buy their own. They make no distinction between a person and something that is manufactured‚ they still have to sell the product. Children ’s advertising can become

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    mono-zygotic twins in which one is normal and the other effected. In the affected twin their neurons are disorganized‚ compared with the unaffected twin whose neurons are organized. This supports the theory that mental illness is caused by structural abnormalities as the normal twin has a different brain structure to that of the affected twin and the only variable is the neurone structure‚ or holes in the hippocampus with the previous example. thus showing that there must be a link to the structure of the

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