Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury‚ also called acquired brain injury or simply head injury‚ is a result of a sudden blow to the head when an external force is applied causing a disruption of the physiological stability of the brain locally. It can also occur when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue and when elevation in the intracranial pressure occurs and potentially dramatic changes in the blood flow within and to the brain. These changes may produce a diminished
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Psychology 312-Spring 2009 Mr. Wilemski Angela Faul February 26‚ 2009 Interview of an adolescent: Name: Star Thomas‚ 15 Years old 1. How do you feel about school? -Feels that it is useful‚ especially for later in life. How much time do you spend doing homework? - About an hour a day. What do you plan to do when you graduate? - She plans on going to college for her PHD‚ and would like to concentrate on cardiology. 2. Do you
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Communication Disorders in Children and Adolescents Tweet 1 Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding. Some causes of speech and language disorders include hearing loss‚ neurological disorders‚ brain injury‚ mental retardation‚ drug abuse‚ physical impairments
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I interviewed D.B for my Adolescent- Friendship project. D.B is 16 years old and lives in an urban area. D.B’s environment and friendships have influence her moral development in a positive way. D.B described the majority of her friends as being goal oriented‚ smart‚ and overall nice people. However‚ she also made it clear that her friend’s qualities varies. When D.B was younger she defined a friend as someone she was always with her. However‚ now she define a friend as someone who she connects
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Adolescent Stressors Adolescents today face a myriad of stressors in their lives that can impact who they are and who they will become. Bio-psychosocial stressors appear to be more prevalent in minority adolescents who reside in lower socioeconomic households. Impoverished neighborhoods experience a great deal of financial difficulties‚ crime‚ and single parent homes. Adolescents growing up in these households often have lower grades in school and a lack of self confidence verses their counterparts
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PS220: Child and Adolescent Psychology Any family where both parents have careers to attend to sometimes find themselves at a loss as to how so many people have full families‚ and still find time to work. Some of these families are fortunate enough to have parents‚ or grandparents who are willing to watch their children during the day while the parents are fulfilling their professional obligations‚ but for many families and young couple this simply isn’t an option‚ and a day care‚ or professional
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Effects of Divorce on Children and Adolescents Emme Pasuit Education 6010 Dr. Hubbard Fall 2008 Divorce negatively affects children and adolescents emotionally‚ socially and cognitively‚ as a result there is a profound academic impact. This impact is felt not only by the children but also the educators. It doesn ’t necessarily mean that children of divorced parents have different academic needs but it suggests educators need to be sensitive to the experiences of these
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Adolescent Depression Depression is something that I really have had no experience with in my life. Personally‚ I might have thought about killing myself figuratively at one specific point in my life. I thought about what the consequences would be and how it would effect the people who surround me in my life. As soon as these thoughts raced through my mind‚ I quickly realized that suicide is the wrong way to deal with life. I know that depression plays an essential role when dealing with
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Adolescent pregnancy - Overview Alternative Names Teenage pregnancy; Pregnancy - teenage Definition of Adolescent pregnancy: Adolescent pregnancy is pregnancy in girls age 19 or younger. Causes‚ incidence‚ and risk factors: The rate of adolescent pregnancy and the birth rate for adolescents have generally declined since reaching an all-time high in 1990‚ mostly due to the increased use of condoms. Adolescent pregnancy is a complex issue with many reasons for concern. Younger adolescents (12
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Why do humans have such large brains? Over a span of nearly seven million years‚ the human brain has tripled in size‚ with most of the growth being seen in just the last two million years. Although many explanations for the growth of the human brain have been presented‚ one hypothesis that proves to be most accurate is the Social Brain Hypothesis as presented by Robin I.M. Dunbar. This hypothesis attempts to explain the cause in brain size evolution by attributing it to social relations and social
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