...have created many beneficial technologies in order to enhance our daily lives. From fully electric luxury cars to the massive knowledge base and international gateway, the internet. However, one of the most important modern advances we have made amongst these, is our modern mobile communication devices. For the purpose of this research paper we will primarily be focusing on the mobile phone, or cell phone which has reshaped the way we communicate on a personal and global scale. Being able to stay connected has never been as easy as it is today, which makes it even easier to see all of the benefits on communication advances have brought to our global community. However true this might be, while modern communication technology can help keep us as a people connected better than ever before, this same technology is having a negative effect on our social communication due to overuse which brings direct connections to depression which causes withdrawal from historical social norms, social anxiety particularly in young members of our society, as well its affect on many people's feeling of loneliness. Depression is a disorder that is part of our human nature. Depression is, according to Oyama (2015) “One of the most common psychiatric disorders to occur in most lifetimes, caused by biological, psychological, social, and/or environmental factors.” Depression itself is a deep seeded issue, that is not something that simply passes with time, but rather can last for long stretches of...
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...uninvited guests in the form of technology have invaded the dinner table, seriously impacting face-to-face interactions. Advancements in technology have provided humans with ways to be connected to the outside world at any time and any place. In fact, watching a show, using social media, or playing video games on a smartphone can occur while at home, in the car, or even on an airplane. However, technology use of this nature has caused users to become unaware of the immediate surroundings. Moreover, the technology of today’s world, along with the millennials’ desire to be attached to it, has created a form of dependency that one may compare...
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...consistency, collaboration, integration, and holistic thinking, etc. The role of a leader is to ensure healthy organizational culture, control mental health of employees and promote a healthy culture. Gaining access to organizational experiences and relations helps managers and supervisors better understand individual and collective motives that govern their behavior and enables managers to distinguish healthy and unhealthy behavior patterns inside the organization. Organizational culture can be defined as relations, vertically, between manager and subordinates and, horizontally, among organizational employees in s group. As the aims, goals, processes, and characteristics of each organization and its members vary, the principle of healthy culture implies that the best solution is the one invented by the people who have to live with the consequences of that solution. Healthy organizational culture can also define who employees all are in a group and who managers and leaders can be as members of groups (role identity) (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). Negative effects on psychological and social well-being occur if a person feels qualitatively or quantitatively...
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...1. Which step in the purchase decision is represented by the following statement? Based on how their expectations have been met, a consumer might make positive or negative comments in social media. * a. Information search * b. Alternative evaluation * c. Post-purchase behavior * d. Needs recognition 2. Fulfillment of what type of need is more likely to have a positive influence on brand loyalty? * a. Hedonic * b. Cognitive * c. Physiological * d. Utilitarian 3. Which statement BEST defines Customer Relationship Management? * a. A marketing approach designed to increase marketing campaign performance through more efficient use of resources. * b. An effective means of dealing with the reams of data that result from serving large customer markets. * c. A tool for aggregating customers' demographic, geographic, and behavioral traits into unified profiles for enhanced relationship management. * d. A management philosophy centered on customers, supported by a data warehouse and analytic processes. 4. Which of the following is NOT a stage in the buyer-seller relationship? * a. Making a relationship difficult to replace * b. Rewarding loyalty with incentives * c. Stimulating interpersonal social bonds * d. Encouraging new relationships to form 5. Which term defines the segmentation technique that is based on information collected by the U.S. Census Bureau? * a. Demographic * b. Behavioral...
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...THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Effects of Technology There is no escape from technology. In most cases this is not a problem though. Many people respect and admire technology because it is there to benefit them. Without the technological advances we have had over the years, the world would not be what it is today. What people don’t understand is that technology can actually be a bad thing. In society today, people are looking for more and more ways to be entertained, and all it is doing is causing problems. People are doing less and less thinking and more and more watching, listening, and playing, all because of technology. Forms of entertainment like the Internet, television and even video games seem harmless to people, but they are really not. When the Internet was first introduced, people never thought it would be as big as it is today. The Internet is an easy to use technology that can do just about anything. But what people understand is that the Internet is not all good. Much of the information posted on sites on the Internet is merely opinions, not factual information. When people look at this information, it looks and seems like trustful information, but most of the time, it is not. Although the Internet is a relatively new technology television has been around for about fifty years. There are many problems with television though, mainly with the content of the shows. Many of the shows on television portray...
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...Running head: CHILDREN & TECHNOLOGY The overuse of technology and health concerns in child development 1 CHILDREN & TECHNOLOGY 2 The overuse of technology and health concerns in child development Technology is a remarkable achievement. It has surpassed the expectations of former inventors, physicists, and engineers, among them Nikola Tesla who predicted that mobile devices would soon be a reality (Popular Mechanics, 1909). Forward to present day and mobile devices are applied in almost every aspect of daily living. Mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, and computers are common household items. The use of these devices serves a common purpose; efficiently complete tasks, whilst being productive. However, more often than not, technology’s use envelops its users. This is becoming more apparent in children who are maturing with technology at their fingertips. A developing child’s mind, in early stages of growth, is malleable making them more prone to develop a reliance on technology when such devices are given to them at such a young age. Reliance on technology can harm a developing child in mental, emotional, and physical aspects. The overuse of entertainment technology on a developing child raises health concerns. By fostering a mental, social, emotional, and physical foundation during child development, families can curtail the negative outcomes of technology overuse. Children and adolescents are constantly bombarded with large amounts of information...
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...Handout 1 - Overview of Casework Defining Casework Casework is one of the oldest professional forms of community service practice. Its form and focus has changed over time in response to the environment but its fundamentals remain the same. Casework is that part of community service practice, which is concerned with assisting individuals. Within the case management model it is the component of practice which offers a direct service to individuals. In the case management model this is called counselling. However unlike therapeutic counselling, the service of casework includes everything from practical assistance, resolving a resource issue, through to interpersonal interventions to assist with an emotional or personal problem. While casework is an old form of practice and while the fundamentals remain the same, it continues to emerge and develop. In 1937, Gordon Hamilton wrote: "When we think of fundamental concepts we are inclined to imagine a static practice. The truth is that casework concepts are dynamic. They change, grow and develop as they are shaped by new experience and knowledge" (Roberts and Nee 1970: 35) This statement while written some seventy years ago remains true today. How is Casework different from Case Management? This is not a simple question to answer. The lines between case management and casework are very blurred. Perhaps a better analogy is that of overlapping circles. However for our purposes here, we have defined them in the following way: ...
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...at least one social network.” Angster, Frank, & Lester (2010). Electronic means of communication, such as emails, text messaging, and social networking websites, have become a worldwide social phenomenon. Do the stressors in our complicated lives or busy schedules leave us with little time to make a phone call or drop by for a visit? Do such technological advances in our society discourage face to face communication? Are individuals today feeling the pressures more than ever to fit in with their peers? Perhaps low self esteem issues, anxiety, or loneliness contribute to the need to feel loved or popular, such as chatting to a stranger on a dating website, or adding as many “friends” as you can on face book even though you don’t really know them. Or maybe these types of communication really have become a convenient and efficient way of communicating? In this paper I will examine the possible explanations for such a huge reliance on electronic communication, the potential advantages and disadvantages of such communication; including the effects of this communication on behaviour and relationships, as well as how electronic communication compares to face to face communication. The global cellular phone market is a multibillion dollar industry, where approximately half of all human beings on the planet own and use a cell phone (Reid, & Red, 2007). Choosing to text rather than talk is clearly a significant decision point when using a cell phone to connect with another...
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...5 years old from Guatemala, with his mother and he is a legal American citizen. He was brought to Aurora Behavioral healthcare on a 5150 by ex-wife and her parents due to suicidal ideation with a plan to overdose on his medications. He complained of worsening depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. He felt hopeless and had suicidal ideation prior to admission. The ex-wife reported she had received a text from the patient saying, “I need to do something before I hurt myself. You’d be better off if I were dead.” He and his wife separated in December of 2010 and the divorce was finalized in August 2011. The couple separated because of violence; they had gotten into an argument and he pushed her. His ex-wife stated OG’s depression had gotten worse over the past week. The patient said he suffered from blackouts and he couldn’t remember things that had happened. On September 21, 2011 he was arrested while working in Las Vegas for using technology to lure a minor and was in jail for 11 days. The patient said he blacks out and did not remember the incident and woke up in jail. In October of 2011 his physician NP Brantman, prescribed him trazodone, Abilify and Seroquel. He was admitted for suicidal ideation and major depression. Hispanics for the most part believe that health is a gift from God. The majority of Hispanics practice some form of Catholicism, with an increasing percentage of Pentecostalism as a diverse...
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...linings (Brodwin, Tellez, & Brodwin, 2009, p. 124). Since RA is a systematic disease, it affects the body as a whole, and is not limited only to joints. The inflammation and pain can spread from the joints, into the cartilage, connective tissue, and ultimately into adjacent organs (Cush, Kavanaugh, & Stein, 2005, p. 323). After the initial diagnosis of RA, there are three classifications that RA can develop into. The first is called Monocyclic RA, which means that an individual is afflicted with a single episode of inflammation, lasting up to five years, and then enters remission....
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...The American Academy of Pediatrics Eat Fresh. Move More. Watch Less. Campaign to Combat Obesity in Children & Adolescents XXXXXXXXX November 19, 2013 MKTG201/ACP250, Marketing for Social Change Fall Semester 2013 Contents Executive Summary 3 Background, Purpose, & Focus 3 SWOT Analysis 4 Target Audiences 6 Objectives & Goals 7 Barriers, Benefits, Competition, & Influential Others 8 Positioning Statement 10 Product 10 Price 11 Place 11 Promotion 12 Monitoring & Evaluation 13 Budgets & Funding Sources 13 Implementation Plan & Timeline 15 Resources 16 3 Executive Summary Given the rise in the amount of obese children and adolescents in the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will implement a campaign to promote in helping our society combat and prevent obesity. The AAP will implement a mobile app to track and promote a healthy lifestyle and to help spread awareness among parents, children, and teenagers. The mobile app will track participants’ goals by observing their meals, exercise patterns, BMI, weight, surveys, etc. The AAP is a leading and respected non-profit organization with its goal of being “dedicated to the health of all children.” In helping AAP implement the program, various school districts, health clubs, the YMCA, Microsoft, physicians, and other companies will assist by donating various items and services. The bulk of the campaign will focus around...
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...Education Specialist eDitOrial aND PuBlisHiNg Derek Prater Spring Lenox Michelle Renner Mandy Tallmadge Kelly Von Lunen CONsultaNts Deb Johnson-Schuh, RN, MSN, CNE Loraine White, RN, BSN, MA PN MeNtal HealtH NursiNg i PN MeNtal HealtH NursiNg review Module editioN 9.0 intellectual Property Notice ATI Nursing is a division of Assessment Technologies Institute®, LLC Copyright © 2014 Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. All rights reserved. The reproduction of this work in any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. All of the content in this publication, including, for example, the cover, all of the page headers, images, illustrations, graphics, and text, are subject to trademark, service mark, trade dress, copyright, and/or other intellectual property rights or licenses held by Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC, one of its affiliates, or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. important Notice to the reader Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC, is the publisher of this publication. The content of this publication is for informational and educational purposes only and may be modified or updated...
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...Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006 Abstract It has been alleged by some academics that excessive Internet use can be pathological and addictive. This paper reviews what is known from the empirical literature on FInternet addiction_ and its derivatives (e.g., Internet Addiction Disorder, Pathological Internet Use, etc.) and assesses to what extent it exists. Empirical research into FInternet addiction_ can roughly be divided into five areas: (1) survey studies that compare excessive Internet users with non-excessive users, (2) survey studies that have examined vulnerable groups of excessive Internet use, most notably students, (3) studies that examine the psychometric properties of excessive Internet use, (4) case studies of excessive Internet users and treatment case studies, and (5) correlational studies examining the relationship of excessive Internet use with other behaviours (e.g., psychiatric problems, depression, self-esteem, etc.). Each of these areas is reviewed. It is concluded that if FInternet addiction_ does indeed exist, it affects a relatively small percentage of the online population. However, exactly what it is on the Internet that they are addicted to still remains unclear. Keywords Addiction . Internet . Technology . Internet addiction . Pathological Internet Use It has been alleged by some academics that excessive Internet use can be pathological and addictive and that is comes under the more generic label of Ftechnological addiction_ (e.g., Griffiths...
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...Summary: This study examined the types of drugs students in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet abuse. The participants were 10 university students drawn from different departments of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet for case study. Case study method with purposive sampling and qualitative approach has been used to conduct the study.The intent of this study was to investigate the reasons that influence to drug abuse among the university students in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. The analyses yielded the following results: students in the university abuse drugs such as tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, syrup, slipping tablet, Yabba, heroin so on.Students use drugs mostly everyday most of the narcotics.Students use drugs to feel good, to keep awakeand to sleep. This study found that most of the addicted students do not suffer for taking drugs. Taking drugs do not bring negative impact on their study; students have no psychological or physiological illness becauseof drugs. Based on these findings, the study recommends police and customs control, family support, friends’ supports, prohibition of drug use, compulsory treatment of drug addicts as primary solution to reduce the rate of drug addiction.The study also recommends among others the need to organize awareness programmes in our campus to educate students that drugs can alter brain circuitry, which will affect their learning; and the university authorities to put in...
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...that love, respect, support and understand one another. An individual cannot achieve his or her goals without the necessary supports from the family. The family becomes the major inspiration of students to work hard and earn better grades so that one day they can help their family. Most of Filipino students believed that a perfect family can bring them hope, luck, success and a better life in the future. But if these things are not found in one student’s life, delay or halt and even absence of education might occur. There are many difficulties faced by students while they are studying such as financial constraints, drug addiction, suspension from school, involvement in different fraternities, attached in relationships, unwillingness to attend classes and many more. But one of the most crucial problems to be considered that disturb students from their education is having a broken family. There are many reasons why some families are experiencing this kind of problem but one thing is certain, it deeply affects the life of children or students. This kind of problem can lead to psychological, emotional, spiritual and even mental breakdown on the students. If these problems are not given proper attention that it needs, it may lead to madness which sometimes resulted to suicide. One of the most influential but neglected supports for children’s learning and development is family...
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