Lack of Sleep Has a Direct Effect on a Student’s GPA Gilbert‚ S. P.‚ & Weaver‚ C. (2010). Sleep Quality and Academic Performance in University Students: A Wake-Up Call for College Psychologists. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy‚ 24(10)‚ 295-306. Retrieved September 25‚ 2012‚ from the SocIndex database. Key Terms Defined GPA: Grade Point Average DWI: Dropped‚ Withdraw‚ Incomplete (Classes) GDI: Goldberg Depression Inventory PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Summary This
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HOW DRUGS AFFECT FAMILIES If someone feels really bad‚ they might try to make it better by abusing drugs. Unfortunately‚ that doesn’t usually work for very long. Instead they may become addicted to drugs‚ and then feel even worse than before. Drug abuse not only affects the abusers and their life‚ but also the lives of family members.Fathers‚ mothers‚ single parents‚ couples straight or gay‚ regardless of ethnicity or social group‚ rich or poor….drug abuse can destroy relationships. When a person
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Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs When it comes to a situation in which I did not get enough sleep‚ with going to school and working full time and having children there are many situations where I did not get enough sleep. The situation I chose out of all of them was not that long ago. I wake up at 6:00 am‚ drive to Glendora‚ CA from Pomona‚ CA to wake up my children and have them get ready for school‚ then I go back to Pomona‚ CA to clean the house or I go back to the Glendora‚ CA to work
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Intelligence and How Cultures Affect Perceptions of Intelligence In this essay‚ I will describe my personal definition of intelligence and explain how my cultural frames of reference influence my definition. I will compare my cultural frames of reference for intelligence with another culture’s frames of reference for intelligence. I will analyze the two online intelligence tests in terms of their appropriateness for use with people in all cultures. Last‚ I will explain why I
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Public Speaking- Assignment 2 (Informative speech) Topic: Effects of lack of sleep Organizational order: Topical order Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the effect of lack of sleep for health. Central idea: Lack of sleep or insomnia can lead to several long-term medical conditions. Sleep deprivation can have effects on both your mental and physical health. There are several negative effects of not getting enough sleep. References: Madhura Pandit. (2010). Retrieved August 30‚ 2010
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How Culture Affects your Business Ing. Mansoor Maitah Ph.D. How Culure Affects your Business The Reasons of Growing Interest in Culture Study 1) The globalization of business‚ 2) Quantum advances in telecommunications and data processing‚ 3) The formation of global alliances‚ 4) The growing diversity in the domestic workforce‚ 5) The increasing mobility of workforce worldwide. Culture Definition • Culture is the collective programming of the mind which • distinguishes the members of one human
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of Perception The process by which people translate sensory impressions into a coherent and unified view of the world around them‚ though necessarily based on incomplete and unverified (or unreliable) information‚ perception is equated with reality for most practical purposes and guides human behavior in general. It is important in the study of Organizational Behavior because people’s actions are based on their perception of what reality is‚ not on reality itself. Someone’s perception is our
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Abstract Drugs some use them to escape pain‚ others use them for pleasure‚ and some use them to just fit in. Either way drugs are a harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to destroying cells that give us the ability to feel pleasure. Drugs take the place of our natural body functions of the body. They fool receptors of the body and make it to where
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Recreational drug usage consists of abusing psychoactive drugs for reason other then medical‚ work‚ or spiritual cause. These drugs can range from simple coffee down to heroin. These drugs are not healthy for the body‚ and have caused many deaths. HIV can be caused by non injected drugs. A United States poll‚ testifies that nearly two hundred million people use drugs at least once a year. This is truly what is wrong with our soceity today. No one can truly state each cause of drug use‚ because there
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7/17/2014 Dr. Ganser Endocrine system effects on Sleep Deprivation Deprived sleep is a universal widespread problem observed in both children and adults. Sleep is a vital process that helps in the functioning of learning‚ memory processing‚ cellular repair‚ and brain development. Statistics show that the average total hours of sleep have decreased per person to less than 7 hours per night over the past 3 to 4 decades. Many people experience sleep loss due pressures at work‚ stress‚ and our day
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