advancing of technology and easy access of the internet. In the following essay the merits and pitfalls of being able to access large amounts of information from the internet will be discussed as well as trying to avoid the downside of operating in an “attention economy”. The internet has many advantages. Firstly on a social level‚ websites such as facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace‚ have allowed for people all over the world to be connected. It is a cheap‚ fast and easy way of communicating. More and more
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Intellectual disability (ID) is defined as the presence of incomplete mental development (Katz & Lazcano-Ponce‚ 2008). An intelligence quotient (IQ) score below 70-75 is commonly used to diagnose ID‚ and in affected children‚ observable deficits in linguistic‚ social‚ and cognitive skills reveal underlying delays in their development. ID may result from various developmental disorders such as Down and Fragile-X syndromes. Symptoms of ID in children include poorer long-term memory (LTM) than peers
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4: Attention and Consciousness Cognitive Psychology‚ Sixth Edition‚ Robert J. Sternberg Chapter 4 Some Questions of Interest • What are some of the functions of attention? • What are some theories to explain attentional processes? • Can we actively process information‚ even if we are not aware of doing so? Cognitive Psychology‚ Sixth Edition‚ Robert J. Sternberg Chapter 4 Main Functions of Attention 1. 2. 3. 4. Signal detection and vigilance Search Selective attention Divided attention Cognitive
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Equal in Mind "Society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment." Society makes generalizations and stereotypes about the disabled and the disease stricken. Society as a whole has the belief that they are less of a person because of something they cannot change about themselves. Society places the disabled in a category by themselves‚ as an outcast from modern civilization. We think that if we
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Understanding Models of Disability Studies Generally‚ disability is considered to be a condition in which individuals are restricted from undertaking or performing tasks deemed to be normal or regular. More definitively‚ (World Health Organization-WHO‚ 2015) defines Disability as follows: "Disabilities is an umbrella term‚ covering impairments‚ activity limitations‚ and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered
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What are learning disabilities? Learning disabilities‚ or learning disorders‚ are an umbrella term for a wide variety of learning problems. A learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Kids with learning disabilities aren’t lazy or dumb. In fact‚ most are just as smart as everyone else. Their brains are simply wired differently. These differences affects how they receive and process information. Simply put‚ children and adults with learning disabilities see‚ hear‚ and
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The disability movement included several organizations of disabled people that were striving for equivalent privileges and opportunities in the public. Most of these assemblies were consist of individuals who had a disability. They were motivated to achieve equal rights for the whole disable community. The social disability model focuses on the fact that disability is developed from social procedures within the community. The model explains that disabilities are created through the society because
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Invisible Disabilities Disabilities come in many different forms and effect individuals in various ways‚ whether they’re openly apparent to society or not. However‚ one commonality that all disabled people share‚ is the negative stereotypes and indignities that society stamps upon them‚ whether it’s a degraded stare‚ rude comment‚ or unequal treatment. In this paper I will focus on the variety of disabled groups that fall into this largely overlooked class of “invisible disabilities.” By examining
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consequential publicity and attention‚ autism is a major topic of discussion within the field of education. While the cause of autism is still yet to be discovered‚ we can‚ in the meantime‚ focus on how to help those already with a diagnosis of autism. Autism is characterized by social‚ communicative‚ and behavioral deficits with the vast spectrum of autism diagnoses ranging from extremely high functioning to severe and profound. One characteristic of autism is expressive language deficit. Meaningful language
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Perspectives Factors in HIV/AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa Givans K. Ateka1 At the end of 2000‚ over 70% of the 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS were in sub-Saharan Africa and 16% in South-East Asia‚ while the rest of the world accounted for less than 14% (AIDS epidemic update: December 2000‚ UNAIDS/WHO‚ 2000). Close to 80% of resources targeted for HIV/AIDS-related expenditure are utilized in regions accounting for less than 5% of the pandemic. A look at some of the factors
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