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    Abnormal Ob

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    cervical opening * Complete/ Total – completely covers opening * Observe bleeding during contraction Manifestations: * bright red‚ painless vaginal bleeding * risk of hemorrhage increases with nearing of labor * fetus often in abnormal presentation because uterine segment is covered‚ therefore‚ there is no descent * fetus may have anemia because of chronic bleeding * Mother may be more at risk postpartum for infection and hemorrhage * Vaginal organisms can easily

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    and restrictions have been placed on chewing tobacco. I do know that addiction affects more than just the person using the drug or drugs of choice‚ that addiction is not new it is not that has just started to happen‚ and that addiction is not prejudice. Our book says “ While sociocultural or external factors have been used to explain addiction‚ psychological explanations of addiction also exist. ((Harrison and Fisher‚ pg. 40) To me this means that there are a lot of factors that people deal

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    Interracial Bias

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    of racial bias during interracial interaction. The study began off of the basis that individuals that have high levels of racial bias tend to regulate them selves when around others of another race. They often do this to make sure that their racial bias does not show. Individuals with low level of racial bias tended not to regulate themselves as much because they were more comfortable in their situation. Interestingly‚ researchers believed that individuals with high levels of racial bias were favored

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    Prejudice

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    A lot of times when we hear the word prejudice we automatically assume it has to do with race‚ which could be the case but not all the time. Prejudice can be found everywhere when it comes to gender‚ culture‚ religion‚ and sports. The definition of prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge‚ thought‚ or reason. So our own prejudices basically are for no reason or what we have been‚ though. We learn these prejudices because of our parents‚the news‚ our experience

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    child abnormal

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    serious negative consequences for personal‚ social‚ or occupational functioning and can be classified to be a severe form of internet addiction (Block‚ 2008; Pies‚ 2009). In addition‚ TIPA should be included in the DSM as it fulfilled the 3Ds of abnormal behaviour. It causes distress for the teenager (emotionally‚ socially and physically)‚ impairs their

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    Confirmation Bias

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    Confirmation Bias Rosemarie Hamm September 21‚ 2012 Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias is the human habit of seeking information that confirms one’s judgments or assumptions. One’s current feelings about a situation‚ memory‚ or person influence one’s thoughts and memories about that situation‚ memory‚ or person. If one is feeling negatively about something or someone‚ the individual will often recall the worst factors or memories about that person or circumstances. However; if one is

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    Media Bias

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    Media Bias in Politics Maya C. Christie Thursday‚ March 08‚ 2012 COM 495/POL 429 Politics‚ Media‚ and the Presidential Election Media bias is alive and well in politics. It is a “term used to describe prejudice in news and media reports‚ in which it is perceived as an imbalance

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    sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior? • Biological • Genetic predisposition (e.g. depression‚ schizophrenia‚ anorexia nervosa) • Imbalance of neurotransmitters (anorexia nervosa and depression – serotonin‚ schizophrenia – depression • Hormones (anorexia nervosa: cortisol‚ orexin) • Cognitive • Cognitive theorists believe that abnormality is caused by unrealistic‚ distorted or irrational understanding‚ perceptions and thoughts about oneself‚ others or the environment. Abnormal behavior is also caused

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    Bias In History

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    When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the

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    Hindsight Bias

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    Hindsight bias: Hindsight bias is when you know something right after it happens and not while it is happening. Some people call it the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. This is where you watch a sports game and when the game is over‚ think to yourself that you knew they would loose‚ when in fact you were on the edge of your seat waiting to see how the game was going to end and if your team would win or not. (Myers‚ 2010‚ p.16.) I have had several instances where hindsight bias has

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