adverse dependency consequences or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Oniomania‚ which is a Greek word meaning "for sale" is the technical term for the compulsive desire to shop‚ more commonly referred to as shopping addiction. Shopping addiction may be considered an impulse control disorder‚ an obsessive compulsive disorder‚ a bipolar disorder‚ or even a clinical addiction. Due to recent research it is now being compared to alcoholism‚ eating disorders and drug abuse. There is growing
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promotional activities? ( Rate 1 for most preferred and 8 for least preferred) a) Newspapers e) TV b) Radio f) Magazines c) Hoardings ( in the city) g) Wall Paintings d) Hoardings (at retail outlets) h) Internet Q7: What type of activities other than advertisements through various media does your company do for brand building
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The movie As Good As It Gets is about a grouchy novelist‚ named Melvin Udall‚ who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Melvin doesn’t like anybody. He is very cold-hearted and disrespectful to everyone he comes in contact with. He carries his own silverware into restaurants‚ locks his apartment door five times a night‚ and never steps on a sidewalk crack. Melvin is completely obsessed about making everything a routine. Every morning he goes to the same restaurant where he sits
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Views of Benjamin Mays‚ Malcom X and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. by Hatch‚ Roger D. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Empirical review and clinical recommendations Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder Strategies for Improving Long-Term Outcomes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Insights From Learning Theory Persistent GCU Library Link http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost
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Ministries‚ a Christian organization that investigates hot topics in America today‚ he states that there are twelve million compulsive gamblers in the United States. Out of this twelve million‚ 96% began gambling before the age of 14. He also reported that the average compulsive gambler has debts exceeding $80‚000. This means that for this class‚ if we all grow up to be compulsive gamblers‚ all but one of us will have started gambling by now‚ and we will all one day be in extreme debt. Today I will be
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K. Harville Thoughts on the reality of Hypersexual Disorder and Sex Addiction We often hear about addictions and the problems they cause in the news and portrayed in Movies and television. We hear about an alcoholic‚ a drug addict‚ or a compulsive gambler and how their addictions destroy their lives and that of their families. An addiction we don’t often hear about or see glorified on television is an addiction to Biology’s most base instinct; Sex. A person can feel the same impulses and
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Samsung 5.8 Fortune oil 5.9 The Economic Times 5. Reference Page-2 1. Question2 (a) Critically discuss and analyse the phenomenon of compulsive shopping‚ with a particular focus on the rise of consumerism and the role marketing plays 1.1 Introduction What is compulsive shopping? An Addictive and compulsive buying is all about the physiological and/or psychological dependency on purchasing product or services. It is an addictive experience as an act of shopping. It
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Security and Hoarding: Hoarding is used to separate the site from the public for security and liability purposes. It normally consists of a metal mesh type fence but on the larger sites a high timber fence may be erected for added protection. It is a very important aspect of the site layout as it reduces the risk of unauthorised access that may result in injury in which the contractor may be liable while also preventing materials‚ plant and equipment from being stolen. This hoarding as a result may
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Shaaraim K. Jamier Liberty University Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 430-B04‚ LOU taught by Professor Cooper. Abstract Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) was once considered to be a disease that was uncommon and even rare in the psychological field. Since more studies have been conducted on the disorder‚ the previous belief of rarity has been revoked and it is now considered to be grouped into the top ten disabling disease as characterized
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hen talking about of simplicity according to Henry David Thoreau I remembered a book called Affluenza. The book presents the same idea of materialism in the form of shopping as a fever‚ and chronic congestion as hoarding items. Affluenza uses metaphors based on diseases to showcase individual’s obsessions with material gain. Thoreau in Walden‚ or Life in the Woods chapter 1‚ Economy talked about his experience of being in a cabin for two years and 2 months. He wrought about this detachment from the
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