different effects parental use and abuse of alcohol has on children. They have used many methods of study and asked many different questions. Questions of a predisposition to alcoholism through a genetic link have been posed as well as the possibility of it being hereditary. The emotional effects parental alcoholism has on a child have been examined‚ reexamined and examined again. Researchers have wondered if the child(ren) of an alcohol dependent parent is in any way physically different
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1. What would a research design look like if you would adopt Badiou’s ideas to sociology? Choose a truth event and talk about subjectivities‚ ethics‚ good and evil in relation to that event? Why do you think it is a truth event? What kind of naming does it perform? Does it give to rise to an ethics? How? Does it give rise to evil? How? Is it related to humaniatrianism or does it pose a critiques to humanitarianism? I decided to chose my truth event as Darwin’s theory of “evolution”. Evolution as
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friends they do have they keep very close. Introverts are considered very thoughtful people and think through everything they say. Modern theorists who study personality types are trying to confirm that personality traits‚ such as introversion are hereditary. Personally I feel the same. My mother and I are both very introverted people‚ but hers is much more extreme than mine. She is borderline agoraphobic. Many famous people are introverts. Albert Einstein‚ Johnny Depp‚ Bill Gates‚ Emma Watson‚ even
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being a disease it would not be such a controversial topic. According to a Website entitled "Saint Jude Retreat House‚" alcoholism and drug addiction are not diseases because those types of behaviors can be avoided and there is help available to change these behaviors. Although it has been found true that drug and alcohol dependency can be passed down through hereditary there is no concrete evidence I have found that proves that this is a disease. In a book entitled Treating Substance Abuse
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State of the Art All the related literature and studies reviewed in the research is useful and relevant to the present study. Lisa Kennedy Sheldon (2005) and Nurses Quick Check (DISEASE) have similar views in their literature wherein they stated that PTB occurs twice as often in men and is four times more common in non-whites than whites and increase incidence in blacks and Hispanics between the age of 24-44 years old. They also stated that people who live crowded places tend to acquire the disease
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Gene Heyman is a psychologist associated with Harvard University‚ who wrote the book‚ Addiction: A Disorder of Choice‚ said‚ “The first people to call addiction a disease were members of the 17th-century clergy. They were looking at alcoholism and they didn’t describe it as sin or as crime. (Gillis‚ Charlie).” Heyman has a theory as to why society thinks this way; we can not understand why people would voluntarily cause themselves harm. We simply don’t understand why they wouldn’t stop
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Mike has been convicted of 3 DUIs and has done his time in prison. Mike is trying to explain to his family that he is reformed but his family does not believe him. Is it possible for Mike to change who he is or is his alcoholism in his DNA for the rest of his life. This brings up the theory of Nature vs Nurture. In the context of Nature vs Nurture‚ nature means that things like personality‚ development‚ and addiction is due to their DNA. Nurture means that one’s personality‚ development and addiction
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psychologically‚ and sexually as children‚ sometimes from a stranger‚ but in most cases from a trusted family member or friend. Typically‚ they come from broken families‚ usually abandoned by their fathers and raised by domineering mothers‚ with histories of alcoholism. William March coined the term bad seed’ in reference to serial killings. Researchers in the 1960’s pursued men with "XYY syndrome"‚ or a surplus male chromosome. Studies show that males with an extra chromosome are generally more aggressive
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Genetic Discrimination Based on Testing For "Harmful" Genes Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention. The goals have been to create healthier‚ more intelligent people‚ lessen human suffering and save society ’s resources. Sir Frances Galton‚ introduced the term "eugenics"‚ and is regarded as the founder of the modern science eugenics (Bennett). Earlier means of achieving these goals focused on selective breeding
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Health Promotion-Review of literature Jacqueline Drummond Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion Janet Arnold September 8TH‚ 2013 Health promotion includes identifying obstacles‚ teaching as well as encouraging and educating positive health behaviors. It is promoting awareness so health care professionals will empower individuals they come in contact with‚ either in the community‚ and elsewhere. They must strive to give uninterrupted attention and time to educate which
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