A phobia is‚ when used in the context of clinical psychology‚ a type of anxiety disorder‚ usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding‚ typically disproportional to the actual danger posed‚ often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely‚ the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities. Most phobias
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Name: KEJIAN YANG Topic: Smoking Thesis Statement: If you quit smoking‚ you will live a healthy life. Type of Speech: Fact General Purpose: To inform Strategy for Presenting Content: Problem Solution Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that breaking the habit of smoking is the right way to go because smoking is harmful to the individual personally as well as being harmful to others around you. Introduction: Did you know that smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and premature
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Phobias and Addictions Chris Miller PSY/300 April 7‚ 2013 Dr. Pamela Allen Just as basic behaviors are developed through operant and classical conditioning‚ so are addictions and phobias. Establishing the differences of classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning‚ how phobias and addictions are related‚ and the following extinctions of both conditions are what will be discussed. Phobias and
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Thesis statement???????????? You might wonder what a pediatric nurse is well‚ it is a certified nurse that deals with only children. There use to be just be regular nurses that had no certification at all. This changed when the first children’s hospital in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania was built in 1855. After the first children’s hospital was built many more began to pop up everywhere in the United States. For‚ many years in the children’s hospitals there was just nurses with no certification on
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Thesis Statement Many people have their own beliefs and reasoning ’s when it comes down to Gay Marriage. Me personally I think that Gay Marriage shouldn ’t be even allowed. God made it to be a man and women to join hands together and say vows the right way. But however in some states it is a legal to get married to the same sex. Outline Statement All societies need a means to harness or control the sexual drives‚ especially of young people. In the past‚ society has greatly encouraged young people
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English 12 Research Essay Proposal Ashley Jeffers Overview: My thesis will be that the children’s TV show Sesame Street‚ despite the attempts to make children learn from a young age actually questions some opinions with the changes that it occurs. Sesame Street is an extremely popular children’s TV show in America since the 1970.‚ and has a huge impact on children growing up. Changes have been made to certain characters that have affect of stereotyping certain people. Despite the changes that
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Puritans essay‚ Austin Frost FCA’s: Thesis Statement /10 One quote from EACH sermon for support /20 No more than four capitalization errors /10 Puritans‚ Protestant members who aroused from the church in England in the 16th century‚ are viewed skeptically for their beliefs in life. While being guided by their Holy Bibles sermons‚ and only Lord and Savior‚ quoted material made by their references became controversial for being entirely careless or selfish against all who opposed the Protestant
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A specific phobia is an irrational fear of a usually harmless object‚ place or situation. This fear leads people to dread confronting everyday situations‚ or avoid them altogether. ‘The most common specific phobias are agoraphobia‚ the fear of crowded places and arachnophobia‚ the fear of spiders’ (Davenport‚ 1992‚ pg. 239). The main symptoms of person suffering from specific phobia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)‚ include ‘a marked and persistent
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Topic: Safe Sex Thesis Statement: (Proposition) The greatest kind of sex is safe sex. Type of Speech: Proposition of Value Listener Needs: Safety needs. Strategy for Presenting Content: Problem Solution Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to be smart when it comes to sex. Introduction: Do you honestly believe that everyone around you is practicing safe sex? According to a sex survey taken by the leading condom brand‚ Durex‚ in 2005‚ 51% of adults in America have had unprotected
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Sandy Coleman Composition and Language II Instructor: Brian Szumsky Child Support Is Not Enough Thesis Statement: Some parents believe that paying child support each month and never visiting the child on a regular basis is enough. A child needs more than only a monthly child support check; they need parental love and moral support on a daily basis from the noncustodial parent just as much as from the custodial parent. Child support rules and guidelines vary from state to state. However‚
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