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    Psychological Disorders

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    Chapter 8- Psychological Disorders Neurosis: term used to describe disorders causing personal distress and impairment in functioning‚ but did not cause a person to lose contact with reality Psychosis: a serious disturbance that can cause people to lose touch with reality and to suffer from delusions and hallucinations 5 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders 1. Biological Causes: a PD is a symptom of an underlying physical disorder cause by abnormalities in the brain by genetics‚ heredity

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    “Why‚ pa‚ why me?” Shiva cried out as he held a picture of his mother in his hand while his father tried to comfort him. “It’s okay‚ son‚ everyting is going to be fine‚” his father said with a little sniffle. “No‚ how she could dead just so? Dey say she was getting better!” Shiva shouted. Shiva and his father‚ Angus‚ had just come from the funeral of his mother‚ Janice‚ who had died after being treated for months for an aggressive tumour on her leg. He was the second of her two sons and‚ because

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    intellectual disability. Due to a limit in word count the writer will focus mainly on social relationships and friendships for people with an intellectual disability while also discussing the benefits and relevance these friendships and relationships have for an individual. The writer will begin with a brief introduction of how people with an intellectual disability were prevented from developing friendships in the past and how society now perceives people with an intellectual disability developing

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    the hurricane are warmer than their surroundings · They form under weak high altitude winds. · The air also sinks at the center of a hurricane and the main energy source is the latent heat of condensation. · They weaken rapidly over land. Definition: A Hurricane is an intense tropical weather system with a well defined circulation and maximum sustained winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or higher. In the western Pacific‚ hurricanes are called "typhoons‚" and in the Indian Ocean are called "cyclones

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    has a language disorder. Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech. Some causes of speech and language disorders include hearing loss‚ neurological disorders‚ brain injury‚ mental retardation. Frequently‚ though the cause is unknown. Language disorders can affect you

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    Theories of Learning

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    Is bipolar disorder the cause of great madness or great genius? The symptoms of this mental illness may also be considered as the driving forces behind some of the most gifted and talented people to grace our society. Although individuals with this illness may have some obstacles to overcome‚ it can be accomplished. With all of the treatment programs that are widely available‚ people have many options and methods to turn to for help. <br> <br>Bipolar disorder‚ also referred to as manic depression

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    Attention Disabilities

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    disengage from learning there. Not only does the presence of many people provide a great number of distractions‚ but the child may also drift off into his/her own dream world instead of keeping track of what is going on. Many children with an ASD have attention deficits and are easily distracted. Whether distractions caused by other children in the class‚ or by the flickering of fluorescent strip lights‚ once attention is lost it means that the child is not concentrating on the learning matter in hand

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    Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Grand Canyon University SPE 526 Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen ABSTRACT Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics‚ some self inflicted by accidents‚ in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants‚ from learning disabilities to blindness each person and

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    Describe in detail what you know about the causes of disabilities prior to reading the homework assignment. (10 pts) There are many reasons why a person could have a disability. Some babies are born with different types of disabilities. They could be Down syndrome‚ Turners syndrome‚ Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder‚ and Fragile X syndrome or many more intellectual disabilities (ID) that a child could be born with. I believe that the I read the top three major causes of ID are Down syndrome‚ Fragile X syndrome

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