The social environment around us and in the media has been a huge contributor to many young females developing eating disorders. There is a lot of pressure on females to be skinny and have the perfect body. Carrie is definitely susceptible to these pressures‚ especially since she grew up in the figure skating world; she was constantly told that she needed to stay skinny and watch her weight. When she was placed on the strict diet for skating at age 14‚ she was complimented on how skinny she was
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Abuse and Eating Disorders Silverchair. (1999). “Ana’s Song”: “And you’re my obsession. I love you to the bones And Ana wrecks your life‚ Like an anorexic life.” In 2011‚ The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported that one in four girls had experienced sexual abuse by the age of eighteen; this number excludes victims of psychological or physical abuse. Additionally‚ The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (1991) estimates that one
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Abstract It has been stated that nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder. This paper will show the danger and effects of Anorexia Nervosa. A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that ten percent of anorexics die within ten years after contracting the disease. Anorexia has four primary symptoms Resistance to maintaining body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Intense fear of weight
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Vygotsky & Cognitive Development Vygotsky believes that young children are curious and actively involved in their own learning and the discovery and development of new understandings/schema. Vygotsky placed more emphasis on social contributions to the process of development‚ whereas Piaget emphasized self-initiated discovery. According to Vygotsky‚ much important learning by the child occurs through social interaction with a skillful tutor. The tutor may model behaviors and/or provide
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Anorexia nervosa (AN): an eating disorder characterized by an in ability to maintain normal weight‚ an intense fear of gaining weight‚ and distorted body perception. Clinicians diagnose an individual with anorexia nervosa when he or she shows three basic types of symptoms: severely restricted eating‚ which leads the person to have an abnormally low body weight‚ intense and unrealistic fear of getting fat or gaining weight‚ and disturbed self-perception of body shape or weight. In other words people
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English 111 In the essay‚ “The Globalization of Eating Disorders‚” Susan Bordo says images in magazines and other media influence young men and women. In order to be admired by their peers they would have to look like the fashion models in magazines and other media sources. I agree in today’s society these images do influence men and women because men and women are always in competition with one another to be respected‚ accepted‚ and admired by their peers. I know this
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Diana C. Worley April 10‚ 2011 EDU 215 Educational Foundations and Framework Chip Hellman John Piaget and Lev Vygotsky Reflection Analysis Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky‚ both‚ were “very influential and significant contributors to the scientific approach to the cognitive development processes of the child” (Flanagan‚ 1996 p.72). Cognitive development is an active construction process‚ created by each child according to their experiences (Crain‚ 1980). Cognition is the process that is engrossed
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DATA: Nina (middle-late 20’s) woman who is single is a professional ballet dancer at a dance company that lives at home with her single mother. PP/CC: Nina is having major stress after being selected the lead role. She is having delusions and hallucinations on a regular basis. She has the mindset that she has to be perfect for the performance. SS: Nina is having persecutory delusions‚ visual/auditory hallucinations‚ self-harm‚ and impulsive behavior. She reports seeing things almost daily. Constantly
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Theorist Paper: Vygotsky Leo Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian developmental psychologist‚ discovered by the Western world in the 1960s. An important thinker‚ he pioneered the idea that the intellectual development of children is a function of human communities‚ rather than of individuals. It is now thought that Vygotsky ’s contributions have been vital in furthering our understanding of child development‚ and that his ideas were not only ahead of his time but also ahead of ours. Vygotsky (1896-1934)
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(interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention‚ to logical memory‚ and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals." (Vygotsky‚ 1978:57). Next‚ he points out at the idea that the potential for cognitive development is limited to a certain time span‚ which he names the “zone of proximal development”. (ZPD) In addition‚ full development during ZDP depends upon full social
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