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Cognitive Essays and Term Papers
TinnitusAnnotated Bibliography:
Goebel, Gerhard; Rief, Winfried; Wise, Karen. 1998. Meeting the expectations of chronic patients: Comparison of a structured group therapy program for management with a problem solving group. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 44 (6). 681-685
A therapy called ...
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder(GAD) is much more than the normal anxiety people experience from day to day. GAD is more than the normal nervous response in stressful situations. Such as, the sweaty palms, a racing heart and the butterflies in the stomach one feels before a big test, a board meeting, or addressing a group ...
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The Play YearsEarly childhood is often characterized by endless make-believe and sociodramatic play which indicates the development of mental representation. Sociodramtic play differs from simple make-believe play in that it involves play with peers. This stage of play is often referred to as the Preoperational ...
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Huntington's DiseaseIn 1872 Dr. George Huntington published his account of what he called "hereditary chorea". This is the first description of the disease that now bears his name. (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive motor, emotional, and cognitive impairments. A terminal ...
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Homlessness And EducationIn the two studies I reviewed, both pertained to school aged homeless children. Both studies were conducted to determine the need for a better education for these children. The first study I reviewed was called, Sheltered homeless children: Their eligibility and unmet need for special education ...
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Senilityis a disease commonly referred to as dementia. It affects
4 million Americans every year and is a major cause of disability in old
age (Bunch, 1997, p. 106). Its prevalence increases with age (Bunch, 1997,
p. 106). Dementia is characterized by a permanent memory deficit affecting
recent memory ...
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (gad)Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is much more than the normal anxiety people experience from day to day. GAD is more than the normal nervous response in stressful situations. Such as, the sweaty palms, a racing heart and the butterflies in the stomach one feels before a big test, a board ...
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Depression The Sadness DiseaseDepression: The Sadness Disease
In our never-ending quest for happiness in our life, is some of the joy taken away? Have our thoughts for what we always want turned astray? Why has the quest for happiness left us more vulnerable and sad? Are we a society of melancholy people that are all ...
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Theories Of Knowledge And Psychological ApplicationsHow individuals are able to obtain knowledge is something that
psychologists have studied for a number of years. The ability to store and
retrieve knowledge provides individuals with the propensity to form logical
thought, express emotions and internalize the world around them. In order for ...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD), once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction, is one of the most common mental disorders among children. ADHD often continues into adolescence and adulthood, and can cause a lifetime of frustrated dreams and emotional pain. It affects 3-5 percent of all children, perhaps as ...
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Critical Incident Stress (CIS)Emergency Service Worker's (ESW's) can experience excitement from saving property from destruction and the ultimate satisfaction of saving a life, but the exhilaration and thrills can come to a holt when ESW's are faced with an occupational hazard called Critical Incident Stress (CIS).(Mitchell ...
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WitnessIn the 1985 film director peter weir explores the sharp cultural conflicts
between the old Amish society of western Pennsylvania and the modern American world
of crime and violence. The main character, Philadelphia police detective John Book
(played by Harrison Ford), is forced into hiding by a ...
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Adolescenceis the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood;
it generally refers to a period ranging from age 12 or 13 through age 19 or 21.
Although its beginning is often balanced with the beginning of puberty,
is characterized by psychological and social stages as well as by
biological ...
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Breast Feeding InfantsThroughout history, doctors have urged women to breast-feed their infants. Yet, mistaken ideas of efficiency in medical and infant care have combined to bring about a big decline in the number of women breast-feeding their infants today, as compared to a hundred ago. (Gerald, 1970, p.5) The ...
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Factors Of Second LanguageSecond Language acquisition is often a daunting task for even the best among us. So tedious can this endeavor be, that few of us are able to master the goal with any true fluency, and fewer yet are those individuals who are able to speak three or more languages. However, the skill or ability of ...
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Treatments Of AlcoholismAlcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic's
family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these
statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence:
*In 1988, alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United ...
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Anxiety DisordersAnxiety is a normal reaction to a threatening situation and results from an increase in the amount of adrenaline from the sympathetic nervous system. This increased adrenaline speeds the heart and respiration rate, raises blood pressure, and diverts blood flow to the muscles. These physical ...
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Critical Incident Stress (CIS)Critical Incident Stress (CIS)
Emergency Service Worker's (ESW's) can experience excitement from saving property from destruction and the ultimate satisfaction of saving a life, but the exhilaration and thrills can come to a holt when ESW's are faced with an occupational hazard called Critical ...
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Depressionis when a person is in a melancholy state. In the Encyclopedia Americana is defined as a normal response to a sense of loss, “but when the is unrelated to any actual event or is grossly excessive in portion to its apparent cause, then it reflects some form of mental illness" (747). It is very ...
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IntelligenceThe increasingly difficult life for low IQ people is not caused by high IQ people, but by other factors. Segregation and tension occur across IQ lines by the nature of humanity and not by the implications of high IQ people.
Let's face it, life is tough for everyone regardless of his or her ...
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