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    Left Brain, Right Brain

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    The idea that the left and right brain exhibits different pattern of thought has caught the public attention and have inspired several educational theories‚ notably “Eight ways of knowing” by David Lazear‚ and numerous other self-help books. Hopefully at the end of this paper we all will have a better understanding about the left and right brain and when trauma is introduce to it‚ how it implicates the learning process and how rehabilitation can help families and patient cope with the issues at hand

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    A Teenage Girl

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    I chose the scenario‚ A teenage girl is "in love" with her 17-year-old boyfriend. He is encouraging her to have sex with him saying that he will make sure they only have "protected" sex. This actually happens often these days with youth; they have the want to experiment a lot. There are five components in which wise judgments could be used. First‚ there is emotional intelligence which has four components; emotional perception and expression‚ emotional facilitation of thought‚ emotional understanding

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    Teenage Marriage

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    Teens are usually not prepared for marriage. Marriage comes with many responsibilities; most of which teens are not prepared to handle. "Early marriage‚ though possessing certain inherent dangers‚ is widely practiced in contemporary America" (Teenage 1). Even if teens feel they have the potential for a lasting marriage‚ they should still wait to become married. One of many arguments against this is that if the teens feel they are "destined" to be together and they wait to become married‚ there

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    Teenage Alcoholism

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    personal problems. 2. Research studies have shown that teenage alcoholism is correlated to the age at which teens start drinking and to the amount and the frequency of their drinking. 3. More precisely‚ the average age when teenagers first try alcohol is 11 years old for boys and 13 years old for girls. a. The earlier teenagers drink‚ the more they drink‚ and the more frequently they drink‚ the greater the probability that they will suffer from teenage alcoholism. B. Credibility a. Alcoholism is

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    Teenage Suicide

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    Teenage suicide is a major issue in today’s society; suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life and is a momentous issue that should be addressed as quickly as possible. Teen suicide has been the topic of numerous news headlines; yet‚ it still continues to have a detrimental effect on today’s youth.. There have also been numerous misconceptions about the leading cause of teenage suicide. Although there are a number of things that can cause someone to commit suicide‚ there is one main reason

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    Teenage Sexting

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    whether or not sexting may be used as a way to improve one’s social status or gain acceptance and also if sexting may also be used as a malicious act‚ or a form of sexual harassment. Concerning males and females‚ there are double standards. If a teenage girl sends out provocative pictures of herself and those pictures happen to exposed‚ her reputation is automatically jeopardized. If a male sends pictures of himself and they happen to be exposed his reputation and popularity may increase. Peer

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    behavioral intervention. Although this relationship generally holds true‚ there is still significant variability across countries of similar economic standing‚ suggesting that public policy is able to influence rates of teen pregnancy.1 Others argue that ‘teenage-hood’ is a social construct‚ not recognized by cultures like the amaXhosa‚ for example.2 Certainly it is true that social mores swarm like angry bees around adolescence‚ because it is an intense period of sexual change. In dealing with issues of fertility

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    Teenage Suicide

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    made………Obsolete. Now im not saying that all teenage suicides are a result of bullying. According to Doctor Jeff Yalden‚ a psychology professor‚ there are three reasons teenagers commit suicide. One Life’s Pressures Too Much for teenagers‚ with helicopter parents‚ school‚ sport and homework from seven different subjects due tomorrow‚ Suicide is an easy permanent solution for a short term problem. Two Acceptance or Strugling to fit in. Last week three unconnected teenage boys commited suicide because

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    Mirrors in the Brain On a 1991 hot summer day in Parma‚ Italy‚ a lab monkey awaited its researchers’ return from lunch. The researchers had implanted wires next to its motor cortex‚ in a frontal lobe brain region that enabled the monkey to plan and enact movements. The monitoring device would alert the researchers to activity in that region of the monkey’s brain. When the monkey moved a peanut into its mouth‚ for example‚ the device would buzz. That day‚ as one of the researchers entered the lab

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    Teenage Sex

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    Teenage Sex Teenage Sex Sexually active teenagers in America are significant problems for which we have done something. A question that rings in the minds of teenagers everywhere is when to have sex. Catholic teachings instruct us to wait until one is in a loving marriage to have sex. Not only is the church preaching abstinence‚ but now public schools are also teaching students about the advantages of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing

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