Axia College Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. • Re-experiencing traumatic events; recurring nightmares‚ dreams‚ or memories connected to a traumatic event. • Avoidance towards activities that bring memories of the traumatic event. • Lack of responsiveness
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Personality: Boas and Benedict According to Franz Boas‚ pioneer of Psychological Anthropology or the study of the relationship between culture and personality‚ personality is obtained thru culture and not biology. His theory called Cultural Relativism gives a comprehensive understanding of the underlying relationship between culture and personality. Boas’ student Ruth Benedict expounded the research on the effect of culture to personality through studying cultural various patterns and themes
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Personality and its Assessment Personality has different meanings for theologians‚ philosophers and sociologists‚ and within psychology it has been defined in many ways (Allport‚ 1937). The main reason that leads so many psychologists to explore the human personality is that by doing so‚ the opportunity to predict a person’s behaviour in a situation presents itself‚ even before a situation occurs. Knowing more about one’s personality also allows us to learn about his/her dominant traits‚ information
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An eating disorder is a psychological disorder characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. There are different kinds of eating disorders‚ such as anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge-eating disorder. Anybody can have an eating disorder‚ and there are many factors and causes to having one. Eating disorders are important concerns to society‚ but there can be many solutions to them. There are an increasing number of people with an eating disorder‚ and those who have one have to go
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and behaviors that differentiate among people. The concept of personality refers to the profile of stable beliefs‚ moods‚ and behaviors that differentiate among children (and adults) who live in a particular society. The profiles that differentiate children across cultures of different historical times will not be the same because the most adaptive profiles vary with the values of the society and the historical era. An essay on personality development written 300 years ago by a New England Puritan would
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The Structure of Personality Sigmund Freud is the considered the founding father of psychoanalysis‚ as he was the first person to take on the task of exploring the human personality. His theory on the structure of personality is depicted as an iceberg‚ in which a small portion is visible representing consciousness while the all-encompassing unconscious mind lies beneath the water. Freud constructed a theory in which the total personality is conceived as a trinity composed of the id‚ superego‚
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Analysis of “The Globalization of Eating Disorders” I still remember when I was a child‚ my parents always called me “fat boy”. In the traditional culture of my hometown China‚ “fatty” means cute‚ full of blessing. No one associated “fat” with being ugly. Even when I was a high school student‚ “fat boy” was still my parents’ nickname for me. But in recent years‚ Chinese aesthetics has been changing quickly. Now‚ you can easily find all kinds of diet pills on sale in stores‚ and more and more recreation
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Pound by Pound A big issue in this society today is eating disorders. According to NEDA‚ National Eating Disorder Association‚ 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders including anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ binge eating disorder‚ or an eating disorder that has not yet been specified. Also‚ by age six most girls start to express concerns over their weight and shape. Furthermore‚ eating disorders are emotional and physical problems‚ and they can be potentially
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Cause and Effect – Eating Disorders Eating disorders are becoming an increasingly common issue in North American society. There are three general types of eating disorders anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia‚ and binge eating. It is a shocking fact that girls at the young age of 13 are attempting to lose weight. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. In anorexia alone 20 percent of people will prematurely die from problems related to their disorder‚ for example‚ heart disease
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Mood Disorders Mood disorders are a disturbance in the emotional state‚ which affects thinking‚ physical symptoms‚ social relationships and behavior. If you have a mood disorder‚ you might feel very happy or very sad for long periods of time for no apparent reason. There are different types of mood disorders including: mania‚ depression‚ bipolar‚ drug induced mood disorders‚ and medically induced mood disorders. When a mood factor pushes a person to one extreme or the other that mood disorders can
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