Substance Related Disorders | By: Kendra Neeley | Substance related disorders are a very common form of disorder which causes severe medical‚ social and psychological problems with the individuals that abuse the substance as well as individuals involved with those individuals. In this paper‚ we will discuss history‚ symptoms‚ influences and treatment. | | Kendra Neeley Substance Related Disorders Substance related disorders are a very common form of disorder which causes severe medical
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people take substances? People abuse substances for many different reasons. Some people take substances because of peer pressure and think that they might be immune‚ others do it because they are stressed and need something to keep them away from their problems. Some people‚ specially teenagers take them just for a thrill or curiosity. The truth is‚ for whatever the reason people start taking substances‚ the outcome will be that the user will end up with a substance related disorder
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Running head: Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual‚ Impulse Control‚ and Personality Disorders Paper and Matrix Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual‚ Impulse Control‚ and Personality Disorders PSY 410 October 1‚ 2012 Kristi Lane‚ PhD Disorders come in many forms and can affect those who are afflicted with them in more ways than imagined. They affect us in the biological‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral aspects of our lives and can
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Health Psychology Paper 2: Options Written by: Chris Ting 13H Health Psychology Table of Contents Stress .............................................................................................................................. 3 Substance abuse‚ addictive behavior and obesity ....................................................... 21 Health Promotion......................................................................................................... 35 Page 2 Health Psychology
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Addictions Substance and Behavior What is addiction? There are many definitions and classifications‚ but what it comes down to is: “the person loses control over their use of the substance or behavior‚ and importantly‚ they are aware of that loss of control.” Addiction is a euphoric feeling one may get from a behavior or substance. Addiction is a mental concern which researchers have related with dopamine levels in the brain. An experiment taken place in 2009 with Dr. Nora Volkow at the National
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Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children ECE 101 Professor Kara Bullock Chakera Simon October 12‚ 2010 Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children Lev Vygotsky believed that children learn from their own experience. As a teacher I have grown to learn that Vygotsky’s findings are true in so many ways. Just from watching the children in my classroom I see that the Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding play a huge part in the development of a child.
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To what extent do sociocultural factors influence human relationships? Human relationships are complex and consist of many stages‚ such as attraction‚ formation and maintenance‚ and possibly ending. There are also different types of relationships‚ such as romantic relationships‚ friendships or relationships between kin. Many possible factors exist that can affect relationships‚ one of them being culture. Culture is hard to define‚ but it could be defined as a system of values that a group of people
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between substance abuse‚ substance dependence‚ substance tolerance and substance withdrawal. Substance abuse is when a person excessively uses a type of bad substance such as drugs or alcohol. Substance dependence is when a person requires drugs to function normally. This person first abuses the drug then it dependence on the drug to carry on their day normally. Substance tolerance is when a person has use the drug so much that it does not feel the same high and might require more of the substance to
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Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory focused on the affect of the surroundings‚ namely the culture‚ peers‚ and adults‚ on the developing child. Vygotsky proposed the “zone of proximal development” (ZPD) to explain the influence of the cultural context. ZPD refers to the range of tasks which a child cannot finish alone since they are too difficult‚ but such tasks can be completed with guidance and aid from more-skilled individuals. The lower limit of ZPD is the level of skill that the children can reach
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SAQ OUTLINE: Explain the formation of stereotypes and their effect on behavior. • Definition: Stereotypes assign similar characteristics to all members of a group‚ despite the fact that the group members may vary widely from one another. • Characteristics: • social-cognitive theories: • our social world is very complex and presents us with too much information • since our capacity to process information is limited‚ there is a need to simplify our social way • one of the way to avoid information
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