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- 8301: Adolescence
- ... smoothens of life experience. Adolescents a greater difference between the parental-child generations then their parent did. They tend to view their parents as having little capacity to guide them in their transition from their world to the larger world. The conflict that sometimes results from differing parent-adolescent perceptions is called the "generation gap." Such conflicts are not inevitable, for it is less likely to happen in families in which both adolescents and parents ... grows more complex, however, adolescents are increasingly cut off from the activities of their elders, leaving most young people with education as their sole occupation. Inevitably, this has isolated many of them from the adult world and has prolonged their adolescence. In advanced industrial societies such as the United States, the adolescent years have become marked by violence to an alarming degree. The phenomenon of teenage suicide has become particularly ...
- 8302: The Healing Process
- ... 3),"Some of us are born with a sense of loss there from the beginning, and it pervades us throughout our lives. Loss, as defined, as deprivation, can be interpreted as being born into a world that does not include a nurturing mother and father. We are captured in an unbreakable glass bubble, undetected by others, and are forever seeking ways to break out, for if we can, surely we will ... actualizing those potentialities that one has as a human being" The key for Maslow in engaging in this process was that of openness. People must be (Page 117) "receptive and responsive to information from the world and from themselves. They do not repress or ignore uncomfortable facts and problems and their view of these facts and problems is not distorted by wishes, fears, past experiences or prejudices". This freshness of perspective ... dysfunctional symptoms really can be seen as rational and reasonable coping strategies". Bugental discusses that therapy is useful in showing how we all imprison ourselves. He theorizes that when this recognition is deeply experienced, "the world is already beginning to change-because the crippling element in these definitions is the belief that they are and can be the only way one sees them.."(Page 27) He says we cripple ourselves ...
- 8303: Tribulation and Comedy in Lucky Jim
- ... taking the bite out of Jim's precarious situation: "Jim's taste for the absurd is perfectly accommodated by the polite restraints of his social environment....his comic energy propel[s] us through a social world which without his presence would be mundane" (Bradford, 1989, p. 33). At another moment, Jim exhibits further ridiculous behaviour in celebrating the completion of a laborious task that Welch had assigned to him: With a ... p. 205). Initially, the reader is just relieved that Jim has finished his assignment, yet with the addition of this slap-stick monologue, the moment becomes a delightful departure from the annoyances of Jim's world. He also vents irritation through off-handed, comical thoughts he has while in the company of Welch and Margaret. For example, as Jim is watching Welch talk about a concert, his mind drifting between several ... pp. 9-10). Although the idea is never realized, this hysterical digression allows Jim to endure Welch with a certain degree of composure: "In order to maintain self-respect...[Jim] resorts to a comic fantasy world in which he can express rage or loathing towards...Welch (Salwak, 1992, p. 65). Likewise, in spending time with Margaret, Dixon illustrates the therapeutic nature of his humorous fantastical attacks. In a scene where ...
- 8304: Psychology: Dreams and Dreaming
- ... brain's most critical functions is the construction of the model of the environment that we perceive as our conscious experience (Barret p. 9). While we sleep, very little sensory input is available, so the world model experience is constructed from what remains, contextual information from our lives, that is, expectations derived from past experience, and motivations. As a result, the content of our dream is largely determined by what we ... dreams it is possible to freely remember the circumstances of waking life to think clearly, and to act deliberately upon reflection or in accordance with plans decided upon before sleep, all while experiencing a dream world that seems vividly real. (Time-Life Books p. 57). As previously stated, lucid dreaming is dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. Lucidity usually begins in the midst of a dream, when the dreamer realizes ... an emotionally powerful mix. The feeling of utter helplessness that so often infuses a nightmare probably harks back to infancy, some experts say, when a child is indeed powerless and at the mercy of a world he or she cannot understand or control. ( Time-Life Books p. 102). According to Professor Hartmann, the common thread among those who have nightmares frequently is sensitivity. For a Boston study, he solicited volunteers ...
- 8305: AIDS
- ... American Covert Action Information Bulletin (CAIB). In fact, Top Secret carries the Naming Names column, which CAIB is prevented from doing by the American government, and which names CIA agents in different locations in the world. The article, named "AIDS: US- Made Monster" and subtitled "AIDS - its Nature and its Origins," is lengthy, has a lot of professional terminology and is dotted with footnotes. AIDS FACTS "The fatal weakening of the ... medical services of the US Army. "AIDS does not merely bring certain dangers with it; it is clearly a programmed catastrophe for the human race, whose magnitude is comparable only with that of a nuclear war", say the Segals. " They later explain what they mean by "programmed," showing that the virus was produced by humans, namely Dr. Robert Gallo of the Bethesda Cancer Research Center in Maryland. When proceeding to prove ...
- 8306: How Do The Attitudes To Love E
- ... Donne s and Marvell s poems. In To His Coy Mistress , the speaker, created by Marvell, is trying to get his girlfriend into bed by saying that if they had all the time in the world they could spend a lot of time together and he would really take his time over her, worshipping her as if she were sacred: An hundred years should go to praise thine eyes, and on ... as if he is not worthy of her exotic beauties, he being a complaining commoner. In the second section, it is stated that the couple in fact, does not have all the time in the world: But at my back I always hear Times winged chariot hurrying near. This gives the reader a dramatic image of a graceful, winged chariot coming out of the sky where clouds have partitioned to allow ... ended affectivity by a juxtaposition of an empty room and his love when they are together: Love And makes one little roome, an everywhere. When they are together an empty room seem like the whole world. The third stanza is used to predict the future, which in Donne s thoughts are how they should maintain their love through mutual effort. It starts by saying that they cold almost intertwine one ...
- 8307: Historical Significance Of Beo
- ... willing to share his earthly possessions and be one who "recklessly gives precious gifts, not fearfully guard them." Hrothgar's speeches to Beowulf doe not focus on the glory of battle or the honor of war. Instead, he seems to say: trust in God, be generous and humble. However these same lessons can be looked at from a pagan standpoint. Hrothgar advises Beowulf to keep fame in mind, watch out for ... parallels can be drawn between Beowulf and Grendel (or his Mother, or the dragon) and the people of the town and the monsters that plague them. The author is trying to show that in the world around us, there are evil things pulling all of us down, but good will win out in the end. In every situation, Beowulf was the winner of the fight. He may have died at the ...
- 8308: Critical Summary of Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics
- ... instantiated as well as the results they attained from conducting the survey. Apter explains to us that anorexia nervosa is a severe eating disorder that affects mostly upper & middle class teenage girls in the western world. This disease is both physically and psychologically damaging to these girls. For these girls, thinness and self-appearance is what they revolve their lives around. Studies conclude that people in professions where physical appearance is of extreme importance are more likely to develop an eating disorder. In the Western world, over the past two decades eating disorders have increased substantially. People believe that this increase in eating disorders is due to the fashion industry. The fashionable female figure of today has become thinner and more tubular (Szmulker, McCance, McCrone, & Hunter, 1986). In the world today, Apter believes that thinness is more and more a symbol of the feminine ideal. He finds that the Western role of a woman is now beginning to include success in the work force, ...
- 8309: Cancer: The Costs, Causes, and Cures
- ... metabolized and broken down so that they may interact with the DNA of the cells in question, directly, (Grolier, Cancer). Biological Agents Our own bodies, in conjunction with parasites found in different parts of the world, have been related to the causes of many types of cancer. Some of the most clearly established biological agents are the oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses that commonly cause the formation of neoplasms in lower animals ... know how to directly manipulate the DNA sequences in cells, and place that information in the bodies of the patients in question. It will be a glorious day when we can alleviate cancer from this world, or will it? My Thought and Ideas about the Future of Cancer In the present day, our technology increases ten-fold each year. We are able to find out more, faster and more efficiently than ... and that is of population. If there are no diseases to disrupt the growth of our population on this planet, we will soon overcrowd, and we may not yet have the technology to leave this world. However, I think we will still be better off without cancer. References Tetzeli, R. (1990). Can Power Lines Give You Cancer? FORTLINE Magazine, 49, 80- 85 Pitot, H.C. M.D. et al. (1992) ...
- 8310: Lucid Dreaming: Asleep and Aware
- ... This is the most simple method but few can experience it due to the cost (Blackmore 366). Once the dreamer becomes lucid they can do many interesting things such as communicating with the outside waking world. This can be done with the eyes or through breathing. When a person falls asleep, all their muscles are paralyzed except for the eyes and internal organs. By moving the eyes from left to right a predetermined number times, a person can signal things to the outside world. Keith Hearne first discovered this in 1978 and used it to prove that lucid dreams are real and happen in REM sleep. He used a polygraph to determine that when his subject moved his eyes ... by La Berge's research is that dreams occur in an instant. This is not true. The time that elapses in a dream is the same length as the time that elapses in the physical world. La Berge showed this by having his subject signal with their eyes, count to ten, then signal again. La Berge observed that the time between the two signals was eight seconds, the same time ...
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