Outline and evaluate the cognitive explanation of gambling addiction (4 marks + 6 marks) The cognitive explanation of addiction focuses on the way humans’ process information‚ viewing addicts as people who have faulty thoughts/judgements. The faulty thinking that surrounds a gambling addiction‚ according to the cognitive approach‚ is the belief that we will win‚ or at least be able to control the odds of winning‚ for example‚ a gambling addict‚ using his/her ‘lucky numbers’ on the lottery gives
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The Stranger: Philosophical Analysis The Stranger‚ by Albert Camus‚ is a novel in which Meursault‚ the main character‚ develops a peculiar philosophy on the world and eventually comes to terms with the irrationality of life and meaninglessness of society. In the book‚ Meursault’s mother dies‚ and yet‚ as he travels to her funeral‚ sits a night by her coffin and attends the service‚ his first person narration voice does not give any indication of grief. The day after his mother dies‚ he meets
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combination of REBT and ideas to cope with cravings. Ellis is credited as the foundation in which SMART recovery was developed as it is based on the cognitive-behavioral treatment of addiction as severe addictive behavior is an excellent example of irrationality. Ellis supported the program by reviewing the books and allowed the SMART recovery training to be held at his NYC facility. (Horvath T‚ Marlatt A‚
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He was once titled the "master of the macabre." One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was social isolation. He used this as a topic in a number of poems and short stories. Poe’s life was also filled with periods of fear and irrationality. He had a very sensitive side when it came to the female gender‚ any woman he was ever close to died at an early age. Another of his major battles‚ actually the only one he really lost‚ was his struggle with alcoholism. Of all these topics
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Service (1985). When exercising discretion‚ a decision maker must take into account all matters which they are required to consider as stated in the statute: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948). The ground of irrationality is sometimes also referred to as ‘Wednesbury’ unreasonableness. This was made by Lord Greene in Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation (1948): “It is true to say that‚ if a decision on a competent matter is so unreasonable
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A Book Report Professor: Derek Ware Date April 20th 2012 Samer Hassan How Markets Fail The Logic of Economic Calamities BY JOHN CASSIDY In 2009‚ John Cassidy‚ noted journalist at The New Yorker published the book‚ How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities. In How Markets Fail‚ John Cassidy describes what he calls utopian economics and how the utopian thinking has led to economic crisis such as job losses‚ bank bailouts‚ and corporate greed. Cassidy attempts to convince that utopian
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Also it highlights the areas of development in organizational effectiveness. On the other hand it shows how important social interaction is in working environments. I consider the story as it is about the irrationality of people and not entirely about the organizational ‘misbehaviour’. Irrationality appears between workers to change the monotony of their boring and repetitive work. These informal social activities‚ like ‘Banana Time’‚ were created as a form of some kind of incentive to make their
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The Treaty of Versailles harshly punished the Germany in finance‚ military‚ and territories. Those clauses made the Germans feeling both humiliated and bitter‚ so I am agree that the treaty of Versailles is one of the important reasons to cause the World War Two. There are some reasons below. At that period‚ the German people were told and believed its army was only defending its border and taking back some lands previously held by the country. In addition‚ the exceedingly nationalistic sentiments
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From the Efficient Market Hypothesis to Behavioral Finance How Investors’ Psychology Changes the Vision of Financial Markets by ADAM SZYSZKA Poznan University of Economics Poland adam.szyszka@ae.poznan.pl I. Introduction The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) has been the key proposition of traditional (neoclassical) finance for almost forty years. In his classic paper‚ Fama (1970) defined an efficient market as one in which “security prices always fully reflect the available information”
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25-year-old unfortunately from the war‚ his works are still regarded by many people including famous poets because he describes wars well though his realistic war poetry in his young age. Dulce et Decorum Est‚ written by Wilfred Owen‚ refute the irrationality of the war. Also‚ the title of this poem‚ the Latin word “Dulce et Decorum Est” means “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country” in English. The world was used to encourage young soldiers in a war‚ William Owen used it as a paradoxical
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