Observations and Intervention Keystone Upon observing 6 middle school home economics classrooms‚ the only behavior I was able to identify was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The teacher had informed me that her three classes were extremely different with the types of students she had. The first class was small and the students were very mellow. The only observation was one student who was an ESL student who seemed very reserved and not very social. The second class was at capacity
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Creatine is a naturally occurring compound by one’s body that helps release energy. Creatine can benefit an athlete by producing small gains in short-term bursts of energy. Lastly‚ athletes use stimulants to stimulate the central nervous system and increase heart rate and blood pressure. Also‚ stimulants can improve endurance‚ reduce fatigue. Suppress appetite‚ and increase alertness and aggressiveness
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American Researchers in the late 1920s conducted an experiment the goal of this experiment was to keep five people awake for thirty days using a new gas stimulant. The test subjects were put into a sealed chamber. The researchers carefully watched the subject’s oxygen levels to make sure the gas did not kill them. The researchers did not have cameras to monitor the subjects. All they had was microphones and small thick glass windows. The chamber had books and beds to sleep on but no sheets or covers
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Jenny Alvarez September 2‚ 2010 Pysc 2105 Analysis Paper Issue 12: Is ADHD a Real Disorder? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or commonly ADHD‚ is a supposed disorder in which a person has trouble controlling their behavior or paying attention. The condition usually becomes apparent in early school years. It is approximated that about 3 to 5 percent of children have this disorder. That is about 2 million children in the United States alone and in each classroom
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Nicotine and Reaction Time Introduction: Nicotine is a drug‚ nerve poison‚ sedative and also a stimulant. It is said to have stimulating and relaxing effects‚ but it depends on the dosage of nicotine. As it was mentioned above‚ Nicotine is both a stimulant and a sedative; this means that straight after you have ingested nicotine‚ it gives you an adrenaline rush and also helps you to relax afterwards i.e. crash. This means that if I conduct my experiment straight after the smokers have ingested nicotine
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anxiety (Marcone 2014). In summation‚ ginseng can act as a stimulant in people (WebMD 2013). Chocolate has a very different psychoactive mechanism than that of ginseng. Chocolate contains anandamine which is very similar to a cannabinoid receptor and causes more of a euphoria feel than the awareness that ginseng brings (Parker et al. 2006‚ Nechepurenko E.K. et al 2010). Theobromine and caffeine are present in chocolate which are both stimulants which affect the central nervous system and adrenal glands
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Phentermine is a stimulant that is used as an appetite suppressant. It has the same chemical properties as amphetamine. In earlier decades Phentermine and drugs similar weren’t prescribed as much because the side effects are closely associated to the effects of amphetamines. The rise of obesity in the U.S. has created a greater need for this medication to persons with BMI or Body Mass Index over 30 which is considered to be clinically obese. For those looking to be prescribed this stimulant for an accelerated
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included: craving more of the drug just to maintain his desired high‚ going through withdrawal when he didn’t have his drug of choice‚ and spending large amounts of time in drug related activities. Cocaine is considered a central nervous system stimulant and with frequent use can
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Caffeine write up Caffeine is a stimulant Stimulants are a class of drug that boosts‚ alternates and increases your energy levels and they activity of the nervous system. Caffeine is in drinks‚ such as; Coca-Cola‚ tea and coffee‚ these are called caffeinated drinks. Caffeine is not normally recognised as a drug to most. Caffeine has an effect on your heart rate‚ (this is how fact your hear beats) Caffeine is able to change the way your body and mind works Chocolate is known to
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Everyone has a little bit of ADHD tendencies in them that don’t need medication. Their advertising plays on this‚ scares them‚ sends them running to their doctor with these completed checklists‚ and then they become dependent on these highly addictive stimulants. Even though Vyvanse is a pro-drug and can’t be abused‚ it is still an amphetamine and highly addictive. There needs to be more education about the chance of addiction‚ in my
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