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Behavior modification is being used to treat drug addiction by applying aspects of the learning theory‚ and establishing ways to eliminate drug use as a positive reinforcer and withdrawal as a negative reinforce (Abadinsky‚ 2014). This form of treatment attempts to search for new positive reinforcers for drug users (Abadinsky‚ 2014). Since the learning theory is associated with behavior‚ it’s important that reinforcers are available strictly after a certain behavior is displayed in order for behavior
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Averting Alcohol and Drug Abuse through Aversion Laverne Lobley PSY331: Psychology of Learning Instructor: Anna Ruggirello July‚ 17‚ 2013 There are many facets to learned behavior‚ with a major aspect being the methodical processes of learning. There are many theories about learning‚ and many of them have been scientifically proven by using experimental studies. One such study has shaped and paved a path that many have duplicated and modeled experiments and studies from. Today‚ this study
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In my research included‚ I will be offering insight and evidence which coincides with my own personal theories and beliefs. During the length of this paper‚ I will apply at least one of these three theories to each illegal act to include illegal drug use‚ illegal prostitution‚ and money laundering. I will use the Subculture-Theory‚ Life-Course Theory‚ and the Self-Control Theory. With each theory‚ I will compare how they can be applied in these illegal acts. Each of these theories will also include
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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The intake is a tool that allows the professional to get a better understanding of the client and their situation. This questions on the intake I chose cover all the areas of a multidimensional perspective including biopsychical‚ psychological and social. In addition to the intake form complete by the guardian‚ the child also has a separate intake procedure. At the start of therapy‚ the professional will have the child depict their family through art. At this time‚ they also have an opportunity to
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A Response to The Short Story "Sonny’s Blues" by James Baldwin Sonny’s Blues is a short story written by James Baldwin. In this story‚ Baldwin helps us understand the different ways people experience pain and suffering. It is a story about two brothers and the way they cope with pain and suffering in dissimilar ways. The narrator and his brother Sonny lives in a poor black dominant community in Harlem‚ where everyone struggles to survive. As the story begins‚ Sonny is arrested for using heroin
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CODEPENDENCY AND THE FAMILY ILLNESS CONCEPT OF ADDICTION 2 After reading the assigned chapters‚ I learned that the relationship between alcohol/drug abuse and family dynamics is both extremely complex and poorly understood. A conservative estimate suggests that at least 4-5 people are hurt for every person with a substance use disorder (SUD) (Capretto‚ 2007). Alcohol and drug addiction is a family disease that includes codependency‚ enabling behavior‚ and marital discord‚ where the
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Drug Addiction Drug abuse is an increasing epidemic in today’s society. There are so many types of drugs being abused today‚ both legal and illegal. These drugs affect the human body in many different ways. Drug abuse can lead to addiction. “Drug addiction involves the repeated and excessive use of a drug to produce pleasure or escape reality despite its destructive effects” (“Environmental Health Perspectives‚” 2005). Drug addicts believe that drugs are necessary for them to have a feeling
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accidental deaths in the United States” (Abadinsky‚ 2014). Heroin is an addictive drug that can increase the chances of a user overdosing and death (“Today’s heroin epidemic‚” 2015). The heroin issue in the United States is also related to the overall substance abuse problem in the country (“Today’s heroin epidemic‚” 2015). For example‚ a person who is addicted to cocaine is fifteen times more likely to be addicted to heroin and a person who is addicted to opioid painkillers is forty times more likely to be
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