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    Specific Phobia

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    A specific phobia is an irrational fear of a usually harmless object‚ place or situation. This fear leads people to dread confronting everyday situations‚ or avoid them altogether. ‘The most common specific phobias are agoraphobia‚ the fear of crowded places and arachnophobia‚ the fear of spiders’ (Davenport‚ 1992‚ pg. 239). The main symptoms of person suffering from specific phobia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)‚ include ‘a marked and persistent

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    Specific Heat

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    1 Honors Laboratory: Specific Heat and Conservation of Energy When energy in the form of heat Q is added to a material‚ the temperature of the material rises. Note that temperature‚ in units of degrees Celsius (°C) or Kelvin (K)‚ is a measure of how hot or cold a substance is‚ while heat‚ in units of joules (J) or calories (cal)‚ is a measure of its thermal energy. 1cal = 4.19J. A measure of the efficiency with which a substance can store this heat energy is known as specific heat capacity‚ or simply

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    Classroom Management Classroom Management I think that I would management my classroom in the ways of a behaviorist theory of education. I have to agree that when you give a child praise for doing things that are good‚ they want to do good things more. The same goes for bad behavior‚ children to not want to disappoint their parents or their teachers. The key to doing this method and making it work is to make sure you are giving praise as well as discipline; if you do not give praise then the

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    Inner City Decline of One Urban Area After the industrial revolution people became increasingly affluent. This led to social segregation – rich move out of inner city suburbs. People left in the inner city: * Older residents * Single parent families * Students * Poorer families * Ethnic minorities left behind – formation of ghettos. Decentralisation increases the problem: Movement of businesses out of inner city – unemployment – Dead Heart. Removal of businesses causes

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    Psychology Research Report on Insomnia: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Treatments. Sleep is vital to human life yet over 100 million Americans of all ages regularly fail to get a good night ’s sleep (Morin‚ 2004). This is especially visible at university where students always complain of being tired because of a lack of sleep. One disorder that can lead to lack of good sleep is insomnia. It is therefore significant‚ in our sleep-deprived society‚ to learn what insomnia is‚ how it is caused‚ and how it is

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    Inductive and Deductive Reasoning A valid argument is made to address a specific problem by offering a position and proving reasons to support that position. A valid argument is based on two key components‚ one or more premise and conclusion. A premise is fact and/or opinion and must be proven to be true or false. And a conclusion is the final statement of the position one is taking on an issue or question. In deductive reasoning‚ if the fact is true the conclusion must be true because the conclusion

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    Specific Heat

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    INTRODUCTION Whenever two objects with different initial temperatures are put in contact with each other‚ the warmer one will cool down‚ and the cooler one will warm up‚ until they reach the same temperature. We now know that this has to do with the motions of molecules: what we sense as temperature is related to the average kinetic energy of the molecules of each material: the faster they’re vibrating around‚ the hotter the object feels. We can sidestep this molecular picture by dealing with

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    objects or situations. Specific phobias are very common. Most cases are mild and not significant enough to require treatment. The most common specific phobias are fear of animals (usually spiders‚ snakes‚ or mice)‚ flying (pterygophobia)‚ heights (acrophobia)‚ water‚ injections‚ public transportation‚ confined spaces (claustrophobia)‚ dentists (odontiatophobia)‚ storms‚ tunnels‚ and bridges. When confronting the object or situation‚ the phobic person experiences panicky feelings‚ sweating‚ avoidance

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    disadvantages in adolescence behaviour and human development processes across people life span‚ and particular adolescence. This essay will look at the different models‚ theories of social work and the factors that may have influence social work practice. The physical‚ psychological‚ socio-cultural‚ environmental and politico-economical are the factors that Bowlby (1999)‚ Erikson (1995)‚ Freud and Piaget (1977) have mentioned in their theories and the author will explore‚ discuses and examine them

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    Psychology

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    CHAPTER 1 – THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY FOR THE TEST IF YOU ARE ABLE TO… • Define psychology and describe the goals that psychologists hope to achieve. • Describe the history of psychology. • Discuss the current state of psychology‚ including the most common perspectives and major professions in the field. • Describe the scientific method and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. • Explain the basic guidelines and ethical concerns of psychological research. • Introduce

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