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    Effects of Cyber Addiction

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    The Effects of Cyber Addiction in Academic Performance Among Selected First Year Students of San Beda College – Alabang A Research Paper Presented to The Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences Major in Psychology Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa NBP Reservation‚ Poblacion‚ Muntinlupa City In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the subject PSY-312B-2 Psychological Research By: Bon‚ Lady Arriane E. Domanais‚ Alvin October 2010 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction

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    Priyanki Rana  Period 9  NS3    Dangers of Alcohol and Addiction Among Teenagers    Underage drinking and addiction have become one of the largest social issues among  teenagers in America today. Although more than half of high schoolers drink and do drugs on a  regular basis‚ the problem is that they are not aware of how dangerous alcohol and drug  addiction can really be. The reality is that drugs and alcohol are often the cause of many  problems among teenagers‚ they ruin the lives of teenagers

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    Addiction Research Paper

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    Morgan Azbill English 1111 Addiction: A Disease or A Weakness? Addiction- a primary‚ chronic‚ neurobiologic disease‚ with genetic‚ psychosocial‚ and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use‚ compulsive use‚ continued use despite harm‚ and craving. The difference between addiction and abuse is often times unclear. It’s a difficult call to make as a family member

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    Addictions Essay 5

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    Addictions Addiction is a very touchy subject. Millions upon millions of people in the world today are addicted to various things‚ be it: drugs‚ alcohol‚ sex‚ money‚ pain‚ and numerous other things‚ and the scary thing is‚ is that they don’t even know it. People go their whole loves without ever realizing that they have lived their whole life for that one thing. Addiction can be harmless in some cases‚ but in others it can ruin friendships‚ wreck families and breakup marriages‚ and lead to

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    Video Game Addiction

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    VIDEO GAME ADDICTION After playing video games for 50 hours‚ a man died in an Internet cafe in South Korea (Khazan). China has set up a system in order to control the online video gaming hours. This is the vital step the country has taken to prevent the online gamers from getting addicted by limiting the hours of online video gaming (Koo). Thailand‚ on the other hand‚ has banned a very popular game called Grand Theft Auto 4 after a crime was committed in a similar fashion as shown in the game

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    drug use to drug abuse

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    Drug Use to Drug Abuse Drug use becomes drug abuse in my opinion when it starts to effect any of the seven dimensions of wellness. The seven dimensions of wellness are emotional‚ intellectual‚ social‚ occupational‚ spiritual‚ environmental‚ and physical. Drugs effect emotional wellness by increasing your stress level creating the fight or flight response in the brain to react more. This can happen while you are under the influence of a drug and your stress level elevates due to worrying

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    Ray Charles Addiction

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    obtaining alcohol or other drugs (AOD) and a narrowing of the behavioral repertoire towards excessive consumption and loss of control over consumption. It is usually also accompanied by the development of tolerance and withdrawal and impairment in social and occupational functioning. Ray Charles continued substance abuse caused fights at home‚ problems with the law‚ and also problems with music performances‚ and holding record labels. Ray Charles Would keep his drug habit away from home as much

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    Phobias and Addictions Classical and operant conditioning play a large part in how people learn both good bad habits. Phobias and addictions are just two of the negative behaviors learned or triggered by one of these behaviors. Classical conditioning is a type of learning discovered by Ivan Pavlov. He found that he could use a conditional or neutral stimulus to elicit an unconditioned response. Pavlov proved this theory with both a dog and a child. Ivan first measured the amount of saliva produced

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    Choice Theories

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    Wake 10/24/12 Choice Theories Madoff was a master thief and financier. In 2008‚ he revealed that the asset management arm of his firm‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities‚ was "just one big lie". In what he described as a Ponzi scheme‚ he took his investors for $65 billion over the course of two decades. The scheme wasn’t revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes (How Ponzi Schemes Work). I believe this is based on the rational choice theory. For example‚ a drug addict may know there

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    Computer Game Addiction

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    Computer Gaming Addiction in Adolescents and Young Adults‚ Solutions for Moderating and Motivating for Success Kenneth M. Woog‚ Psy. D. Computer Gaming Addiction Treatment Services computergamingaddiction.com kwoog@wooglabs.com (949) 422-4120 Pepperdine University Associate Director‚ PRYDE kwoog@pepperdine.edu Computer Gaming Addiction in Adolescents and Young Adults‚ Solutions for Moderating and Motivating for Success • • • • • • Background of the problem Theories of Addiction – Recent Science

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