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- 1341: Cults 2
- ... the uneducated. There is no easily identifiable "type" of person who joins cults. Langone says that the main reason that these people turn to cults is that they were unable to deal conventionally with some stress. Cults are nothing new, but as the clock slowly moves toward the year 2000, their popularity is expected to grow with anticipation of some cataclysmic event. While some are simply self-help organizations, others are ...
- 1342: Benefits Of Pet Ownership
- ... Susan McElroy, author of Animals as Teachers and Healers (Simross 15). The psychological benefits include reduced mental distress, a sense of security, lower rates of depression, and higher morale (Schellenberg 2). Serving as an effective stress reducer, stroking an animal is calming, says UCLA psychologist Dr. Judith Siegel (Witherell 77). Patients who watched a fish tank before going into surgery did as well as those who underwent hypnosis to reduce anxiety ...
- 1343: Agoraphobia Essay
- ... occur more frequently, and once they begin to happen monthly or more often, it is likely that the full agoraphobic pattern will emerge. The reason why these initial panic attacks occur is not known, but stress is a major factor in the majority of cases. The antecedents of the panic attack response of agoraphobia are simply the four key elements in classical conditioning. One of these is the unconditioned response (UCR ...
- 1344: American Dream 2
- ... not think that there is something wrong with someone if they are not married by the age of thirty-five? Advertisers use this belief that they have passed down to lure the consumer in. They stress to the consumer that if they love their family and want them to be happy then they will buy this product. After all, isn=t your family worth it? This in turn emits a strong ...
- 1345: Analysis The Impact Of Shift W
- ... even nervous breakdown. Shiftwork also has effects on worker's family and social life. Plagued by constant exhaustion and obsessed with getting enough sleep, shiftworker can suffer from high levels of irritability, mood swings and stress. All of these can create complications in family relationships (Simon 343). James Walker suggests that it is common place to talk of "shiftworking as abnormal, night work as unnatural, shift workers as being ioslated" (walker ...
- 1346: Anorexia
- ... No one knows exactly, but most people believe it is psychologically based. People who have worked with anorexia nervosa patients say that it may stem from family and social pressures, or from other types of stress. They think that many of the anorexic people come from an environment where often times a very high value is placed on being thin or perfect. Sometimes it is triggered by a dramatic change in ...
- 1347: Ku Klux Klan - The History
- ... men from a small town in Tennessee accidentally began what has grown to be the largest and most feared "hate group" in the country. The men decided to make a club to help release the stress of the times. The men were all poor and could not afford to make gowns or great costumes for the group, so they decided to use linens. They wore the linens over their backs and ...
- 1348: Education And Egalitarianism In America
- ... some of them desperately so -- over what they felt was a cruel and senseless war in Vietnam and a cruel, discriminatory, competitive, loveless society at home. They demanded curriculum reform, improved teaching methods, and greater stress and action on such problems as overpopulation, pollution, international strife, deadly weaponry, and discrimination. Pressure for reform came not only from students but also from many educators. While students and educators alike spoke of the ...
- 1349: Watergate Scandal
- ... Agnew resigned because of the charges on October of 1973. He was only charged of tax evasion and the others were dropped. This scandal was not connected to Watergate, but it put a lot of stress on Nixon. Nixon nominated Gerald Ford in place of Agnew. Ford did very little to salvage Nixon reputation. A couple of days after Agnew resigns, the federal court made Nixon hand over the tapes. Nixon ...
- 1350: Watergate Scandal
- ... Agnew resigned because of the charges on October of 1973. He was only charged of tax evasion and the others were dropped. This scandal was not connected to Watergate, but it put a lot of stress on Nixon. Nixon nominated Gerald Ford in place of Agnew. Ford did very little to salvage Nixon reputation. A couple of days after Agnew resigns, the federal court made Nixon hand over the tapes. Nixon ...
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