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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Dangers and hazards of nuclear power When the term Nuclear Power or Nuclear Energy gets used usually the first things that come to mind for most people are bombs‚ destruction‚ war‚ and deformed humans. Which in fact are four things that occur the least in the nuclear power field. Nuclear power is much more than just bombs and destruction‚ bombs barely even take up a percentage of the total amount of nuclear energy used in the world today. Most all of the nuclear energy used today comes in the form
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Therefore‚ it absorbs radiation quicker. The companies write a warning in small print about how far you should keep your cell phone away from your body. Not everybody knows that if the cell phone is too close to your body you are putting yourself in danger of getting hip or breast cancer‚ or even brain tumors. If we are not careful about where we put our cell phones‚ there will be consequences to our bodies. It is very important that we scan through our manuals for any risks we might be taking.
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Dangers of Feeling Fake is an article written by Ket de Vries‚ issued in September 2005 and his thesis of his article is that high achievers face neurotic imposter‚ which challenge their achievements. His article was based on Tobin Holmes‚ who work for a telecommunication company. Throughout his career he felt like he was not good enough for the job and was afraid that his collogues would find out. Holmes did not feel motivated to move in his career because he felt like an imposter. In the article
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Aspartame Dangers The dangers of aspartame poisoning have been a well guarded secret since the 1980s. The research and history of aspartame is conclusive as a cause of illness and toxic reactions in the human body. Aspartame is a dangerous chemical food additive‚ and its use during pregnancy and by children is one of the greatest modern tragedies of all. Why haven’t you heard about this before? Partly because the diet industry is worth trillions of American dollars to corporations‚ and they want
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Facebook a danger to our privacy facebook called social tool was created for various purposes such as meeting new people‚ make friends‚ maybe get love‚ keep in touch with people you already knew‚ and perhaps find people who had not spoken with one in years‚ a web site that is used by most of the world’s population creating a giant network in which all who are in it may know and see what’s happening with you‚ allowing people that one knows or total strangers knowing one’s life Facebook is
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also been more possible for many more people. As a results‚ cell phones subscriptions continue to increase globally. As people continue to depend on a cell phones for their communications needs‚ these devices not only become more useful also more dangers‚ especially when used at inappropriate times people who text and drive spend 10% of their time not in there lane. The available states sadly indicate that the number of the people who are doing this can put their lives or the other driver’s life.
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Running head: The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving In Your Vehicle 1 The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving: Time To Re-Evaluate Joseph L. Carter Strayer University The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving In Your Vehicle 2 Abstract This paper is here to engage the audience in the matter‚ or should I say‚ the dangers of cell phone use‚ while operating your vehicle. Driving while utilizing your cell phone more than triples the risk of a severe auto accident
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activity and therefore should not be treated differently from other forms of gambling for tax purposes. The court also rejected the taxpayer’s equal protection argument to treat tournament poker as sports‚ on the basis of the policy decisions of the congress to treat business based on wagering activities differently. Introduction Gambling is becoming increasingly popular in today’s society. Major casinos and online gambling sites attract countless people who are lured by the fortune‚ fascinated by
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cigarettes are good. Alcohol is known to cause liver cancer and cigarettes is known to cause throat and lung cancer. Many people say that marijuana is bad but the statistics say that alcohol is worse. It seems to me that alcohol has all these dangers‚ yet‚ according to the statistics‚ marijuana has very little risk in comparison. You are more likely to drive under the influence you are more likely to be violent‚ and alcohol cause liver damage you can die from overdosing from alcohol posing and
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