Phobias and Addiction Rachael Thomas PSY/300 January 26‚ 2014 Professor Chung Phobias and Addiction Webster Dictionary defines phobia as “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it” ("PHOBIA‚" n.d) Whereas Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or something that is psychologically or physical habit-forming‚ as narcotics‚ to such extent its cessation causes severe trauma” ("addiciton‚"
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Aubrey Christensen March 12‚ 2014 Katherine Kinkel Reading Response Strike Sparks Overall‚ as a text‚ I really appreciate Sharon Olds Strike Sparks. I think that it is wonderful that someone‚ especially a woman‚ can write about such vulgar things in a very poetic way. Although I did find some of the poems to be very disturbing‚ I was overall shocked at how moving most of the poems are. In Olds’ poem The Girl we hear the story of a rape victim‚ not only was she assaulted‚ and left for
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Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction In our generation today‚ the topic about Internet Addiction was widely known and this could be the possible reason why I chose and made a reflection paper out of this article. I could say that we are living now in a technological and modernized world. Although‚ some individuals may not include themselves as a so-called “techie person” or (an expert and professional individuals when it comes to technologies) but nowadays ‘MOST’ of us may conclude that we
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past‚ present and future legislation including policies and procedures which have protected children and families and also safeguarding incidents that have changed our practice. The assignment will discuss safeguarding across the board from settings‚ local and national policies and procedures‚ what they are and how they impact on staff and the setting. Some of the policies and procedures that will be discussed are safeguarding‚ whistle blowing‚ and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). While some of
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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………p.g.2 2. What is local government?…………………………………………………………….p.2 3. Hierarchy Roles of local government…………………………………………………p.2-3 4. Functions of local government………………………………………………………..p.g.3 (4.1) Line functions………………………………………………………………………p.3 (4.2) Supporting functions……………………………………………………………….p.3 5. Values and principles for local government…………………………………………..p.4 6. Challenges that affect local government………………………………………………p.5 7. Strategies to overcome
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effects of obsessive computer games playing on children’s activities. computer games are very popular with children and teenagers because of their extremely entertaining nature. However they are not witout negative effects on their health and developpment. A lot of children‚ who are attracted by these games‚ quickly become addicted to them and would spend hours and hours infront of their computers with their eyes glued on the screen and their minds fixed on nothing else. as the game requires sitting
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Phobias and Addictions Briana Lee PSYC/300 June 14‚ 2011 Kaisa Freeman Phobias and Addictions Two emotional difficulties that learning theorists can account for are phobias and addictions. Through the use of both operant and classical conditioning‚ theorist may one day be able to understand phobias and addictions and guide sufferers to a place of better mental health. At the moment‚ theorists believe that sufferers are at the point of making irrational choices. Theorists hope is that
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Addiction in Adolescence Clayton Newsome Dr. Pamela Todd Counseling 502 September 19‚ 2014 Introduction Addiction can happen at any point in an adolescences life. When conception takes place in a woman a life is created‚ thus‚ life begins and abuse can start. In this essay‚ I will discuss how addiction in adolescence can cause many problems such as abuse and addiction in adolescence‚ how addiction can effect brain development as well as healthy spiritual development. Abuse and Addiction Abuse is
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Josh Eng 113.01 12:30-1:45 Research Report 1 February 7‚ 2012 Gambling Addiction A few years back my brother‚ Zach‚ started gambling. He started out with the small poker tables at a friend’s house. He would make a few dollars here and there‚ so he thought he could beat anyone. Zach thought he was untouchable‚ he thought he could be the system. It did not matter what it was. He thought he could beat it‚ from poker to roulette to betting on sports. He believed that he would win every time.
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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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