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    Addictions

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    Addictions can be something scary for everyone involved. There are several different types of addictions that are dealt with every day in our society. When someone has an addiction to something it not only affects them‚ but also anyone around them that could be impacted. There are many different treatments depending on the specific addiction. As well‚ there are many different causes to various addictions. This is an important topic to understand whether you are the one addicted or someone looking

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    Air Conditioning

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    levels from June until September‚ and air conditioning is needed to keep temperatures comfortable indoors. Michigan residents have to deal with extreme heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter. Many visitors from other states are unaware of how hot Michigan can get in the summer. Air Conditioners Are a Necessity in Michigan A fan will not suffice on hot sunny days. Fortunately‚ many homes in the Wolverine state are equipped with air conditioning. When an air conditioner malfunctions‚ the

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    SEGi University Experiment: Air Conditioning Module Candidate’s Name: Yeap Swee Sean Student ID: SCM-025695 Lecturer: Ms. Chan Yi Shee Date of Submission: 28th November 2013 1. ­­­­­­Abstract The main purposes of this experiment are to allow students to get familiarized with air conditioning system and also to obtain experimental data so that the state point can be plotted on a psychrometric chart. The apparatus used in this experiment are SOLTEQ air-conditioning module (Model:HE166-02) which

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    Classical Conditioning

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    ‘Classical conditioning provides us with a way to learn cause and effect relations between environmental events’ (Martin‚ Carlson and Buskist‚ 2010‚ pg 259). Classical conditioning is learning by association and is the main way in which we develop phobias. The main type being specific phobias which are generally influenced by genetics or a traumatic childhood event. There are three basic principles off classical conditioning which are important to be aware of when researching the development of phobias:

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    Addiction

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    these understandings on addiction to social care practice. The word “addict” originates from Roman law where an individual is compelled to his or her creditor place of payment of debt (Ross et al‚ 2010). As Dunnington states that addiction is defined a number of different ways. Addiction is defined as a “brain disease” personifies by “compulsive use of drugs” this definition comes from the Institute of Medicine (2011).  The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a “chronic‚ relapsing

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    Classical Conditioning

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    Light Go‚ Red Light Stop Classical conditioning shapes many of society’s common‚ everyday tasks. Whether we know it or not‚ many actions we do numerous times a day are a direct result of classical conditioning. To better understand why we act the way we do in society‚ classical conditioning must be defined and described. Classical conditioning is defined as: a process by which a previously neutral stimulus acquires the capacity to elicit a response through association with a stimulus that already

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    Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of

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    Can Grammar or Phonetics be taught through Games? What is Grammar? Before starting to talk about the place of games in the grammar description and whether it can contribute effectively to the mastery of a language‚ it is suitable here to start with a definition or two of grammar: I. Grammar is the rules of a language set out in a terminology‚ which is hard to remember‚ with many exceptions appended to each role (Rivers‚ 1968‚ p. 56). II. Grammar is the way a language

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    Classical Conditioning

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    Classical conditioning is defined as a simple type of learning behavior in which a neutral stimulus that would normally not elicit a response can evoke an involuntary response when paired with a stimulus that does elicit a response in an organism (Rathus‚ 112). The theory of classical conditioning accidentally discovered by Ivan Pavlov when he began researching dog’s salivation reflexes to meat powder stimuli. Classical conditioning consists of five main principles‚ the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

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    Classical Conditioning Over the last 100 years classical conditioning evolved from a simple transfer of one stimuli to another to more complex studies of conditioning. Researchers still use classical conditioning today as a method used to study associative learning (Terry‚ 2009). Classical conditioning has several levels: Behaviorally - is learning of a new response‚ cognitively - is to gain knowledge between the stimuli’s relationships‚ and neutrally - is the synaptic changes that motivate

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