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    Cybersex Addiction

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    CYBERSEX ADDICTION By: Joanne Petrie Darlene Grippo-Sowa PSY/210 Axia College 6/24/11 Cybersex Addiction J Petrie Internet Sex Addiction Internet has provided people with a huge number of benefits- which include increased knowledge data bases‚ reductions in communication barriers‚ and a much more pronoun wide reach around the globe internationally and locally

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    Biological Citizens

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    * Biological Citizens: All those citizenship projects that have linked their conception of citizens to beliefs about the biological existence of human beings‚ as individuals‚ men and women‚ families‚ lineages‚ communities‚ populations‚ races and species. * We live in a society surrounded by Multiculturalism‚ where nations can no longer be seen as a cultural or religious unity‚ nor is citizenship based on trying to create a single national identity. * Biological beliefs‚ implicitly or

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    Biological Anthropology

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    González‚ Aurea March 6‚ 2013 Question #1 For many years biological anthropologists have been trying to identify race through genetics but race is not determined biologically. The closest aspect to a biological feature in grouping people is cline; geography making people of the same area in the world similar. Human variation‚ however‚ is classification of skin color‚ eye color; characteristics that are genetic and unchanging genes. Genetic traits have nothing to do with race; it influences

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    Physiology Of Addiction

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    treat the dysfunction called addiction. Some people use cognitive behavioral therapy‚ support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous‚ and also medical treatment. Each approach has positives and negatives to consider‚ but I will focus on those related to the medical treatment of addiction. Initially‚ to even begin treating addiction with a medical mindset‚ you must understand addiction as a disease of the body and mind. The disease model of addiction states that addiction is an abnormal condition stemming

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    computer addiction

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    shoulder pain from prolonged sitting and bad posture. [Suplemental material] Natural News. Retrieved April 20‚ 2012 from http://www.naturalnews.com Izquierdo‚ N. (2010‚ May 3) In Medscape. Retrieved from http//:wwwmedscape.com Self-help: Computer Addiction (2011‚Jan. 19). UT Dallas’ Student Counseling Center‚ Retrieved April 22‚ 2012 from http://www.utdallas.edu

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    Biological Rhythms

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    Mini - assignments for biological rhythms 1. Outline what we mean by an endogenous pacemaker (3) Endogenous rhythms are rhythms that aren’t imposed by the environment but generated from within the organism. Since many of our biological cycles follow an approximation 24-hour rhythm‚ even in the absence of external stimuli‚ it follows that there must be some kind of internal biological clock. 2. What is the name given to external events that play a role in rhythmic activities? Give

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    The psychologist taking the biological approach would respond with an explanation of how the brain may be deficient in a certain area. He/she may suggest that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain causing the irrational actions displayed by the criminal. There may be any number of chemicals in the brain that could be off and affecting reactions in the nervous system all the way into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. Additionally‚ the psychologist may attribute genetic markers

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    Shopping Addiction

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    “Shopping Spree‚ or Addiction” by Heather Hatfield‚ MD‚ she says “shopping can be one of America’s favorite past-times‚ but shopping can also lead to a self-destructive addiction that will cause financial disaster (1-2).” I’ll be going over two main factors‚ credit cards and the mall environment‚ that cause a shopping addiction‚ along with the type of illness‚ depression‚ that also causes a shopping addiction. I’ll also talk about the treatment individuals go through to overcome the addiction. The dictionary

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    Technological Addiction

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    "Concerns that boundary-spanning networks might facilitate a breakdown of community affiliation‚ or disinterest in local affairs‚ appear unfounded." However‚ as a study entitled "Internet Paradox: A Social Technology That Reduces Social Involvement and Psychological Well-Being?" stated‚ "These applications [e-mail‚ IRC chat‚ etc.] disproportionately reduce the costs of communication with geographically distant acquaintances and strangers; as a result‚ a smaller proportion of people’s total social contacts

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    Drug addiction

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    Drug addiction‚ in recent decades‚ has become a matter of concern for every individual‚ community and nation. Mankind no doubt has been using and abusing drugs right from the very beginning‚ but in the present century drug addiction has emerged as a cancer and has brought within its fold almost all the segments of society. The technological revolution has brought about sweeping changes throughout the world and has reduced the entire world to a global village. Knowledge explosion and technological

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