Case 1: Keep a healthy perspective When Alex Vanier‚ a logistics officer with the Canadian Army‚ returned from a tour of duty in Kandahar‚ he was assigned to work for Major Newton*‚ a maintenance officer in Petawawa‚ an hour and a half northwest of Ottawa. Alex found the major to be standoffish and quick to criticize. Even worse‚ the major often unloaded work on Alex. "He gave me things that were his to do and were inappropriate for me to handle‚" he says. The major didn’t mentor the people below
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The college student who has served this country’s military represent a growing population on college campuses. This growth has led to more attention being put into their health and adjustment while being college students. The research conducted by authors Whiteman‚ Barry‚ Mroczek‚ and Macdermid suggest that students who are serving or are veterans may have trouble connecting with their peers and feel rather isolate and as if they have to keep to themselves. The research focuses on a comparison of
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Are There Drinking Motives for College Students Diana Carrington Argosy University Advanced General Psychology PSY 492 Dr. Marie Dubé August 03‚ 2011 Are There Drinking Motives for College Students? Studies have shown that there are drinking motives for college students (Mohr‚ Armeli‚ Temple‚ Todd‚ Clark‚ & Carney‚ 2005). Other studies have also shown multiple drinking motives such as social (you can loosen up and feel more confident)‚ enhancement (it gives you a false sense of security
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BCM 110 revision PROBLEMS WITH THE MEDIA EFFECTS MODEL Anxiety about media effects began in 19th century about ‘mass media’ and ‘mass audience’ Gustave Le Bon: “the real has about as much influence on them as the real” Dystopian view: Inspires anxiety about its possible negative effects Utopian View: Inspires hope about its positive role in society People most at risk: children‚ youth‚ uneducated‚ working class‚ women‚ ‘not me’ view Shannon and Weaver (1949) Possibilities that could go
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months leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election I have been thinking about the impact effect of the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of the number of state members in the house of representatives and the number of state members in the senate. In Kansas we have 6 electoral college votes because we have 4 house of representatives and 2 senators. The electoral college was originally designed so each state could choose representatives to cast their states vote in the
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Pressures of a First Time College Student College can be an overwhelming experience for many students. Freshman’s entering college for the first time can become overwhelmed within their first semester. Students may experience many pressures through their college career; parental‚ self-induced‚ and time management. Whether it’s the work load or the many pressures‚ college can be a scary and exciting time for any student. Parental pressure can cause severe stress. Students become torn‚ part of them
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We can feel anxious about many different things when starting college. One area that can be looked into would be how social anxiety affects a student’s daily routine. We may not notice too much‚ but as students‚ we get set in different routines for each day. This research proposal will be aimed at college students who believes they have social anxiety or have been diagnosed with social anxiety. This study was chosen to see whether there is a change in a student’s daily routine if they have to give
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Harmful For College Students In recent years‚ social media sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Tumblr‚ Instagram‚ and MySpace have become highly popular. Many proclaim about their benefits due to their effortless way to expand communication‚ marketing‚ and networking. However‚ many fail to discuss their risks and disadvantages particularly in the youthful population specifically among college students. The overuse of these social media sites among college students has many negative effects not only
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The Effects of Adolescence on Family Relationships Joyce Allen University of Phoenix The Effect of Adolescence on Family Relationships Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of continued cognitive development. This is the stage in life that is associated with the increase and subsequent decrease of impulsively taking risk. Peer relations are extremely important for teens in that they experience a whole new realm of reality‚ unique to themselves. The frequency of time spent with
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and innovation. The motivation of first generation college students can be broken into multiple categories. As a new first generation college student I can confirm that a student’s motivation can change over time when going to college. In the article “First Generation College Students: Motivation‚ Integration‚ and Academic Achievement summary” written by Moises Prospero and Shetal Vohra-Gupta (2007)‚ they explain that students who attend college to receive a higher paycheck tend to have a lower grade
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