Why IQ Tests Don't Test Intelligence
.... Is the light flickering?
Is the paint on the walls an unsettling shade? Is the temperature too hot
or too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the worst case, do they
have an illness that day? To test a person's mind, it is necessary to
utilize their body in the process. If everyone's body is placed in
different conditions during the testing, how is it expected to get
standardized results across all the subjects? Because of this assumption
that everyone will perform equally independent of thei .....
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Modern Technology And Medicine
.... divides the
purine form of the sugar, making it independent and creating or destroying
in order to build more molecules such as DNA. But PNP separates anti-cancer
and other helpful agents , and destroys the therapy provided by those
agents. The goal was to create a drug which could inactivate PNP until
therapy for these agents were complete. A computer was used to create a
model of the protein in order to understand each aspect of this model .
the computers assessed the chemicals which could possibly .....
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Dreams
.... assertion that dreaming is the
activity of the mind during sleep (Fine, 1973). It was perhaps the use of
the term activity that Freud most appreciated in this brief definition for,
as his understanding of the dynamics of dreaming increased, so did the
impression of ceaseless mental activity differing in quality from that of
ordinary waking life (Fine, 1973). In fact, the quality of mental activity
during sleep differed so radically from what we take to be the essence of
mental functioning that Freud coine .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking
.... place in our government. Stricter fines for sales to
minors would help out allot. If there were also laws about underage
smoking in public more teens would think twice about smoking. In the end
all of this would help deplete the smoking population.
Once a teen is addicted, at such a young age breaking the addiction
is more difficult. Teenagers are adolescents and their minds are still
developing. The task of breaking an addiction requires a mature,
responsible and dedicated intellect. It is for .....
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AIDS In The Classroom
.... the risk of transmitting the disease is significantly
lowered and the integrity of the child with AIDS remains protected. This
idea has many faults. For one, children simply cannot be watched at all
times. Referring to my earlier statement that kids will be kids. Also,
what kind of environment is it to learn in when your teacher can't treat
your scrapes without putting rubber gloves on first, a situation which will
certainly lead to ridicule from peers.
There is a simpler, more affective way o .....
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Obesity
.... parts of the body. The second involves sending a harmless amount of
electric current through a person's body (bioelectric impedance analysis).
Both methods are commonly used in health clubs and in commercial weight-
loss programs, but results should be viewed skeptically.
Because measuring a person's body fat is tricky, doctors often rely on
other means to diagnose obesity. Two widely used measurements are weight-
for-height tables and body mass index. While both measurements have their
limitations .....
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
.... Amnesia of Fugue results;
important personal events cannot be recalled. Dissociative Amnesia with
loss of memory may result from wartime trauma, a severe accident or rape.
Dissociative Fugue is indicated by not only loss of memory, but also travel
to a now location and the assumption of a new identity. Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), although not officially a dissociative disorder,
can be classified as part of the dissociative spectrum. In PTSD, re-
experiencing of the trauma (flashbacks) .....
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Anorexia Nervosa
.... Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which preoccupation with dieting
and thinness leads to excessive weight loss. The individual may not
acknowledge that weight loss or restricted eating is a problem
(www.anorexia.com, Internet).
The American Anorexia Nervosa Association defines anorexia as a
"serious illness of deliberate self-starvation with profound psychiatric
and physical components."
Now that we know what anorexia means, lets narrate how this disease
came to be noticeabl .....
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The Ebola Virus
.... When the
virus is detected there is stricked safety precautions all nurses and
others have to go through and do. The CDC has classified the Ebola virus as
a Biosafety level 4, which means that the greatest safety precautions are
taken.
This Ebola cell is shaped as a long filamentous, and sometimes are
also found in "U" shaped. The virus consists of a coiled strand of RNA
contained in a envelope derived from the host cell membrane that is covered
with spikes.
The transmission of the Ebola viru .....
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Human Nature
.... and say to them something like: "Bad boy, go to your
room!" The child might then understand that what he did was bad, and he is
getting punished for it. The child might then not do anything similar from
then on, because he knows that it is socially unacceptable. The child
might also continue to do bad things, because he doesn't realize that what
he did was wrong.
Another way evil may be introduced into a person can also be from a
movie or the media. The first time a person sees a movie with violence a .....
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Hepatitis A
.... membranes,
particularly the white of the eyes. Hepatogenous jaundice is caused by
liver damage, particularly hepatitis. Hepatitis exists in an acute and/or
chronic form. The acute form may subside after about two months or, rarely,
can result in liver failutre. Chronic carriers are at risk of lasting
liver disease. There are many different kinds of Hepatitis, some more
serious then others.
Hepatitis A, once called infectious hepatitis, is the most
widespread cause of acute hepatitis. Usually tra .....
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Being Unfit Can Mean Problems
.... has shown that people who are in shape and fit are less prone to
disease such as coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, frailty, diabetes and
conditions like obesity than the people are not. Fit people also tend to
live a longer life. Doing aerobic and weight exercises such as running,
walking, swimming, weight lifting etc. and a healthy diet is important in
preventing or treating the above diseases or conditions.
When you are fit, you feel energized and want to be active. Unfit
people ar .....
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False Memory Syndrome
.... that might challenge the memory. Thus it
takes on a life of its own, encapsulated and resistant to correction. The
person may become so focused on the memory that he or she may be
effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life.”
Jo hn F. Kihlstrom, Ph.D.
There are many theorys that try to explain how memory works, still
we are not sure that's how memory works. One of the most amazing theorys of
how memory works, is the one which says that every experience a person has
had .....
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The Functions And Disorders Of The Liver
.... is an important filter
for keeping out harmful substances of the body. The liver also regulates
the amount of red blood cells in circulation by breaking down and absorbing
the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some
poisons and breaking them down into less harmful materials. The liver then
allows the substance to pass out of the body.
The substance left after the blood cells have been broken down, any
unusable nutrients have been broken down, and chemicals that are t .....
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Cancer
.... magazine.
Recently, Nikola Pavelitch of New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center was able to get a photo of the gene, and she notices that when the
disease (cancer) is forming, rogue molecules are present that keep it from
performing its good deeds. There have since been 5,200 studies on p53 and
researchers are sure it will be a major discovery.
The p53's function is as the director to control damage within the
cell. When it is healthy, normal cells keep them around and they continue
to d .....
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