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    Deprivation refers the disruption of attachment that has already been made. Bowlby has conducted a case study of little John whose mother was admitted to the hospital and he showed effect of short term deprivation. He found that he had gone through 3 stages which he called the PDD sequence (Protest‚ Despair and Detachment). At first when he was separated from his mother‚ he showed signs of protest and he was crying‚ shouting and shows signs of desperate attempts to get his mother to return. But after

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    too much of it. In terms of fluids‚ there is adequate consumption of water. One family member consumes regular soft drinks. Sleep and rest is a real problem for the family. One family member has severe sleep apnea and both family members often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Various relaxation techniques have been tried including music‚ sleep tapes‚ white noise

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    1689‚ p.1). Sleep paralysis causes psychological deficits in people of all ages. Sleep paralysis has been around for hundreds of years. There has been evidence of Persian doctors that have attempted to diagnose its symptoms around 865 C.E. – 925 C.E. (Sleep paralysis‚ 2012). The most recent known documentation after the Persian doctors is a case from 1664 by a Dutch physician. Isbrand Van Diemerbroeck diagnosed sleep paralysis as intercepting the motion of the voice and respiration (Sleep paralysis

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    Prison Experiment Support Deprivation Theory Nick McCoy University of Iowa Philip G. Zimbardo in a pursuit to analyze the results of placing society accepted “good” people in an evil place constructed an experiment which represented a simulation of prison life. Ordinary middle class males were placed in a situation to monitor activities and behavior these males displayed when subject to the harsh environments of a prison. The results of the experiment were much more detrimental than expected

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    Sleep When a person is sleep their nervous system is inactive‚ the muscles are relaxed‚ and consciousness is suspended. This is a condition of the body and the mind and usually takes place at night time for several hours. For the most part‚ the person is inactive. However‚ the functions of the brain and the body are more active during sleep than awake. The transition between being awake and going to sleep are in the hands of the brain. The brain also plays a key role in controlling the amount of

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    of your future. You are now forced to explore the opportunities of the future of your child. They now become number one in your life. They must be the first thing you think about when you wake up‚ and the last thing you think about before you go to sleep. There’s no more going out with your friends and you can forget about the club or team you were or want to be on. Most teenagers‚ when they find out they are going to become parents drop out of school. That is one of the biggest problems when becoming

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    Teen Gangs Gang and group violence‚ while not a new phenomenon in Canada‚ is becoming much harder to dismiss as just boys being boys. Not only are girls seemingly becoming more involved in gang violence‚ but the violence of both sexes seems to be becoming more random‚ more vicious‚ more extreme. While many academics will dispute that violence among youth is increasing‚ few will dispute the fact that gang membership greatly increases the prevalence and frequency of serious and violent crime among

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    Sleep paralysis is a common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode‚ which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. This condition may occur in normal subjects or be associated with narcolepsy‚ cataplexy‚ and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal

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    sleeper is at rest. It usually happens when fat builds up or when muscle tone is lost with aging‚ which causes the windpipe to collapse during breathing when the muscles relax during sleep. This health disorder is also known as obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can also occur if the neurons that control breathing during sleep malfunction during this period (Institute’s Brain Resources and Information Network). During an episode of apnea‚ “the person’s effort to inhale air creates suction that collapses

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    points on why kids may be deprived from sleep. In this day in age‚ all kids worry about are getting good grades. School was meant for kids to come and receive an education so they can succeed in life‚ but over the years‚ it has developed into a place that kids dread. Studies are showing; however‚ that school related work are causing kids to become sleep deprived. Frank Bruni elaborates on reasons why this is happening and also other reasons kids may be sleep deprived as well. Frank Bruni gets his

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