Abstract This paper explores four published sources that report on the ways in which society has resorted to misdiagnosing today’s male youth with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a way to stop undesirable childhood behavior that is otherwise normal. The article takes into consideration possible factors that may contribute to the increasing amount of misdiagnoses among children today. With studies conducted in the articles by Ilina Singh (2005) and Lydia Furman (2005)‚ the authors
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Attention deficit hyper disorder also known as ADHD‚(Shea 5) is a very common disorder. ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder‚(Shea 7) about nine percent of all American children ages three to seventeen have been diagnosed‚ and four percent of adults.(Shea 8) Some symptoms of ADHD include impulsiveness‚ inattentiveness‚ and hyperactivity. (Shea 6) Though ADHD is very common‚ it is hard to diagnose. There is no medical test which can diagnose ADHD. It takes the help of parents‚ teachers‚ and doctors
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mental disorder for the past few decades‚ anxiety can impact individuals in myriad ways (Kessler‚ Chiu‚ Demler‚ & Walters‚ 2005). Particularly‚ the cognitive ramifications of anxiety are of significance as they can lead to the development of an attention bias towards threat. (Cisler & Koster‚ 2010). As indicated by previous research‚ threat bias manifests in multiple forms (e.g. oversensitivity to perceived threat‚ near inability to disengage from threat) (Cisler & Koster‚ 2010). Notwithstanding
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In the article "Attention"‚ the writer John Medina explains the concept of how the brain works when it comes to paying attention. Medina embarks the different components that makes us pay attention like memory‚ emotions‚ interests or subjects‚ and awareness. He also argues how multitasking cannot be done when it comes to perform several tasks that require high level attention. This is important because it makes me think about myself as a scholar and how I am always trying to multitask as a way for
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The Importance of Paying Attention to Detail In today’s society‚ it is very important to pay attention to detail before signing documents in any profession no matter what. Signing documents without reviewing them can cost you your career. It’s highly important to pay attention to detail when it is being explained to you on how you are supposed to go about signing documents as well as reading them. There is a reason behind being told to pay attention. You should always check to make sure that
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Human Anatomy and Physiology Nervous System Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder‚ also known as ADHD‚ is a neurological disorder which effects anyone from children to adults. The common symptoms of ADHD include impaired or diminished attention‚ impulsivity and hyper activity. These symptoms can range in each individual from being mild to severe. People who have ADHD usually will range from normal to above average intelligence‚ the disorder
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Taking personal responsibility and paying attention to detail are two very important character traits to have. It is important for civilians to demonstrate these traits but even more important for police officers and police recruits. Police officers and recruits should be held to a much higher standard than civilians because of the position they are in or will be in where they enforce the laws over civilians. They should be a role model for people to follow. A lack of personal responsibility can
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Ken’s current problems began in kindergarten. His teacher frequently sent notes home about his disciplinary problems in the classroom. In fact‚ there had been concerns about promoting Ken to the first grade. The final result was a “trial promotion.” Everyone hoped that Ken would mature and do much better in first grade‚ but his behavior became even more disruptive. Ken’s mother had received negative reports about him from his teacher several times over the first 2 months of school. His teacher reported
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Hey you‚ yah you‚ yes I am talking to you!!! What is attention? Attention is “the act or power of carefully thinking about‚ listening to‚ or watching someone or something”. What does every functional human use on a daily base? The answer is very simple‚ it is attention. That moment when you read [pass tense] the title of this essay‚ you were using different types of attention like volunteering‚ and attraction. You were using voluntary‚ because you probably thought the title was interesting. You
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Selective attention is regarded to the process in which one blocks out several stimuli while selectively paying attention to one. An example of a real life scenario of selective attention would be standing in a crowd where there are multiple conversations going on between different individuals‚ but you block out the other conversations and only pay attention to what your friend is saying. Donald Broadbent came up with a model which describes how selective attention works called Broadbent’s filter
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