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    The word zany also suggests it being‚ uncontrollable or wild. The poet shows the extent of damage caused by the fire through the quote “spoiled three thousand guineas” worth of crops. The fact that he uses “guineas” could imply that the poem was set some time ago. Scannell portrays the scene as frightening and very damaging: “Is frightening- as a fact and a metaphor”. He describes the flames as “flame-fanged tigers”. This is a metaphor in which the flames are compared to tigers; wild animals which

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    Bobak Faal-Amiri PCN-502 Theories of Addiction 8-1-14 Comparison Models Essay A lot of times there different ways that people go about dealing with addictions. Addictions are a result of drug abuse and dependence on the drug. There are a lot of possible explanations to where addictions come from and their effects on a patient. Addictions were once considered to be a disease but there’s more to it than that.  Two explanations in particular that can show how drugs are associated with addictions

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    10 Literary Criticism approach An Overview of Approaches The Three-fold Purpose of Criticism: To help us solve a problem in the reading. To help us sift between and resolve conflicting readings. To enable us craft interpretative‚ yet scholarly judgments about literature. 1. Historical / Biographical Approach: Historical / Biographical critics see works as the reflection of an author’s life and times (or of the characters’ life and times). H/B approach deems it necessary to know about the

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    great social‚ psychological and biological issue discussed amongst experts. Although‚ same sex relationships have been discriminated and misunderstood‚ over the years they have more and more accepted socially‚ but some stigma still lingers. This essay will expose the origin and biological explanation of homosexuality to better understand it. This essay uses research studies‚ examinations and tests that will ultimately reveal that homosexuality is not a learned behavior‚ it is a biological factor. This

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    Psychological Disorders

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    University of Phoenix Material Psychological Disorders Etiology of Psychological Disorders Describe the following perspectives on the etiology of psychological disorders: Perspective Description of Perspective Biological Perspective Born with the disorder because of a person’s genes. Learning Perspective This is a behavior that is learnt through time. Cognitive Factors The way a person thinks controls the disorder. Diathesis-Stress Model Brought on by a life event. Personality

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    Biological Criminal Behavior Jordan Miller‚ Amy Showers‚ Sarah Wilson‚ Myron Reynolds‚ Cristine Saldate‚ Aisha Peeples CJA 314 May 14‚ 2012 Alonzo Medina Biological Criminal Behavior People perceive that crime‚ primarily violent crimes‚ such as murder‚ is the most serious crime society faces in modern times. This has led to efforts by many research groups to attempt to find the cause of such criminal behavior. The focus of such research is biological issues with the belief that a biological

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    The biological explanation for Anorexia Nervosa focuses on the role of neurotransmitters. It suggests disturbances in the levels of serotonin and dopamines are characteristic of anorexia. Bailer et al compared serotonin activity in women recovering from restricting anorexia with those recovering from purging type anorexia with a healthy control group. They found that the group recovering from purging type anorexia had higher serotonin activity. They also found the highest levels of serotonin in women

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    three different psychological theories would explain her mental health problems. Millie suffers from paranoid schizophrenia‚ using Psychology which is defined as the study of behaviour and the science of behaviour I will attempt to understand and explain Millie’s behaviour and connect it to three specific psychological approaches. “Biological psychology is the study of the biological‚ evolutionary and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience.” Kalat. W‚ J (2007) Biological Psychology:

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    Psychological Egoism

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    Philosophy September 11‚ 2013 Psychological Egoism Psychological Egoism is the position that the ultimate motive of all actions is selfish. It is not the position that everyone should be motivated by selfish desires‚ but rather that they are motivated by selfish desires. This is supposed to be a psychological fact of human motivations. Joel Feinberg presents a multitude of arguments against psychological egoistic hedonism. There are four “arguments” which support psychological egoism: (a) “Every action

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    Running head: Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender: Psychoanalytical‚ Freudian‚ and Humanistic Theories Dashunda Washington Regent University October 6‚ 2013 Running head: Psychological Perspectives on Culture and Gender Abstract Freud’s Psychoanalytical theory and approach‚ and the Humanistic theory involve countless hypotheses regarding the human personality and functions and processes

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