Button phobia‚ also known as koumpounophobia‚ refers to the fear of buttons‚ which is surprisingly very common. Since button phobia is a kind of anxiety disorder‚ it is treated by psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Research has revealed that pharmacological treatment is not a choice for button phobia‚ but only psychological therapy is mandatory and effective. Some of the common methods of treatment for button phobia are directive psychotherapy‚ psychodynamic therapy‚ hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic
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Depression Paper Kenda Pollick PSY/270 Richard Ferguson March 9‚ 2010 Depression Paper Unipolar depression and bipolar disorder are two common mood disorders. The emotions that make these two disorders classify as mood disorders are depression and mania. Depression is a mood that makes a person feel sad and low and makes life seem overwhelming and challenging. Mania‚ however‚ is the opposite. Mania is a state of emotion where a person feels an abnormally elevated
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Operant Conditioning Paper PSY 390 November 11‚ 2013 Operant Conditioning “Operant conditioning is a theory of learning that generally follows “Thorndyke’s Law of Effect”. This law states that behaviors that are positively reinforced will become more likely to occur and behaviors that are negatively reinforced will become less likely to occur.” (Johnson‚ D. 1999). Skinner referred to operant conditioning as being the way animals learn. In general there are
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According to the article Addictive Personality and Problematic Mobile Phone Use the main reason behind the cell phone addiction may be the smart marketing of cell phones as a status symbol. Having the phone has become a way to identify oneself. However‚ we always need to consider the pros and cons of the use of smartphones. And there are statistics and stories about the phone addiction and show how serious it is. Psychologists argue that the dependence on smart phones is so robust that if the user
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Cocaine addiction is a growing issue in the youth population because “the use of alcohol and illicit drugs typically begins during adolescence. For most‚ this use is experimental or occasional‚ but a substantial minority will experience harm to their current or subsequent health‚ or threaten the well-being of others” (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse‚ 2007‚ p. 3)‚ thus alarming a future of inevitable adversities in abstaining from drugs. Cocaine is a popular drug that continues to make its popularity
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Jeffrey Swartz PSY 357 Professor Jones Gene Environment Paper Researchers today continually make efforts in trying to figure out how children develop through our environment. Some of this can be explained through interactions that are called heredity-environment correlations‚ which is‚ individuals’ genes for which you are exposed to may influence your environment. According to Sandra Scarr‚ children develop by three kinds of genotype and how their heredity and environment are correlated. The
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My addiction to Disney was inevitable from the day I was born. Each of my parents went to Disney when they were younger and it served as a common bond between them. They got married at the Grand Floridian at the Walt Disney Resort and I have gone to Disney multiple times a year every year. I even took my first steps in Magic Kingdom. Growing up‚ Disney was a world of fairy tales. As I got older I soon realized there were real people behind it. I developed an interest in business as my family owns
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Attitude Survey Mary J House Psy 475 November 17‚ 2014 Daniel Riner Attitude Survey I created a survey for parents of adolescents to determine how important they think it is for their teens to be educated on environmental issues. This paper will explain the purpose of the survey and discuss the preliminary design issues that I experienced while creating the survey. Then‚ the paper will describe how this survey should be administered‚ scored and interpreted. Purpose of Survey The purpose of this
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Organizational Psychology Paper Shanna Brookins PSY/428 12/12/2011 Organizational Psychology Paper Introduction Organizational psychology is the study of a formal organization and how individuals and groups act within that organization; in other words‚ the scientific study of the workplace. The goal of organizational psychology is to help organizations function the best way possible. This is achieved by helping people understand their interactions with each other and create an environment
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Your best friend suffers from a phobia of buttons. Describe the symptoms that he/she displays in the presence of buttons‚ suggest possible causes for the phobia‚ and outline potential treatments. Irrational fears come in all sorts of shapes and sizes‚ from the peculiar to the seemingly absurd. These phobias can take a hold of a person’s life and create barriers preventing them from achieving their goals and hold them back a great deal not to mention the self loathing that may occur as a person
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