For my whole life‚ I have never understood why people smoke cigarettes even when they know the horrible effects it has on one’s health. It has been known for many years that the use of tobacco products is the main cause of life threatening diseases‚ such as cancer and emphysema. In the 20th century alone‚ smoking tobacco has accounted for over 100 million deaths‚ yet people continue to infest their body with this poisonous smoke. I realize now that the reason I have negative feelings towards smoking
Premium Nicotine Cigarette Tobacco smoking
PSY215: DRUGS AND DEPENDENCY ESSAY ONE WHY DO PEOPLE USE DRUGS? LACHLAN SLOAN 30790798 Throughout history‚ people have used different kinds of drugs to alter the way they feel or experience consciousness. Ritualistic use of drugs has been commonly practiced by various cultures such as the mushroom induced trance state utilised by Native American Indians to commune with the Great Spirit. Pacific Islanders drink Kava as a means of connecting with the supernatural‚ healing illness
Premium Drug addiction Addiction Drug
more teenagers are interested in body piercing while their parents don’t agree with them. On the other hand‚ using steroids is common among athletes and young people who want to increase their muscle size or reduce their body fat. Although getting body piercing and using steroids have become popular activities in modern society‚ they can both be very dangerous. There are different reasons why young people take steroids or pierce their bodies. Recently‚ piercings of the lip‚ tongue‚ nose‚ ear‚ navel
Premium Anabolic steroid Testosterone Metabolism
Why do people conform and obey? Psychology Essay 4 Essay: Why do people conform and obey? In psychological terms‚ conformity refers to an individual`s urge to follow the rules or behaviours of a social group to which he belongs. Psychologists have put forward many theories to find out why people conform and obey and have completed studies to confirm their ideas. In this essay I will explain why people conform and obey. An important experiment demonstrating under which circumstances people
Premium Social psychology Conformity Psychology
Christie Miller 29 September 2012 Instructor: Wayne Skinner CCJ 1017 Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? People take drugs to ease pain and avoid problems from their past and presence. An individual “may be depressed or in pain find physical relief does not help‚ eventually‚ he or she will then turn to drugs to remove symptoms” (Hubbard‚ 1996-2011). Personally
Premium Drug addiction Addiction
People are fascinated by new technologies and the innovations. And they are all the more attracted than they can appreciate the openness they bring to them. Indeed‚ more and more people are connected‚ and use the devices in they every day life‚ to meet people from the entire world‚ remain connected and discover new fields of possibilities. The more they use the NTIC‚ the more they want to push back their frontiers. However‚ fascination often hides some fear. Indeed behind the fascination reside the
Premium Sociology Science Technology
Do poor people in South Africa vote for food parcels? Apparently not. WIT’S University Research shows that most people understand clearly that government grants and aid such food parcels are their constitutional rights from any government in power. Most people tested under formal test conditions in which the same questions are asked in different formats several times‚ said that their political choices are clear and not dependent on food parcels or grants. They also indicated their political choices
Premium African National Congress Africa South Africa
Why Do People Start Gangs? I wanted to learn more about gangs because I was wanting to figure out why they start them‚ and for what reasons. Learning about gangs would show other things in life outside of what I do every day around my home and school. Also‚ I wonder what types of people are in gangs. Lastly‚ I wanted to know what leads people to commit crimes and do what they do while in a gang. According to my novel‚ people would start gangs because of family issues. In my book a kid named
Premium Gang Illegal drug trade Crime
gives us the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things
Premium English-language films Plato Virtue
little groups of people that are all similar. People frequently have to change who they are and their identity’s to be in those groups. We often wonder why other people feel the need to change their identity. Some of the main reasons people change who they are or their identity is because of the way others treat them‚ and so they can fit in with groups of people or be similar to other people. To begin with‚ people alter who they are and their identity because of the way others treat them. For
Premium High school Sociology Developmental psychology