...Fear I have many fears. Some are “normal” and some are strange. Some have reasons behind them and some have no reason at all. Now I have the “normal” fears like heights, spiders, snakes, and clowns. I do not know why, but spiders and snakes have always scared me. Maybe it is the spider’s spindly legs or the way the way snakes slither on the ground. Clowns have scared me ever since I was little. I do not recall much but I do remember seeing someone dressed up as a creepy clown. As for heights I do not have a good reason to be afraid of them, they have just always scared me. Although I have my “normal” fears I also have my abnormal fears. Being late to events is one. Whether it is being late to class or a practice. I am always terrified that...
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...Why is there a fear of immigrants in the united states? Many people can formulate an answer to why it is fear. But if we are all human beings, why is there a fear? To subside the fear of immigrants, I propose to create Foreign Support Centers in Foreign countries and the united states that teach immigrants how to become a united states citizen and the united states history. This proposal is beneficial because it would increase citizenship, produce diversity, and create connections between the united states and other countries. To begin with, I propose to create Foreign Support Centers in foreign countries and the united states that teach immigrants how to become a united states citizen and the united states history because it would increase...
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...Fear: whether we like it or not everyone has fears. Fear of failure, fear of spiders and sometimes something as harmless as butterflies. Fear can be defined as a negative or adverse feeling, the opposite of being sound and peaceful or even negative believing because when people are believing positive thoughts there is no fear present in those thoughts. The fear of the unknown is a very common one among people, physically and mentally. When swimming in the ocean, not seeing what’s underneath can cause great anxiety that leads to fear. Not knowing what the future holds can also cause fear for individuals. There is a plethora of things that can cause fear and anxiety for people. The fear of the ocean has always been very personal. Not knowing what is around oneself, not knowing what is under the water is a very uneasy feeling, causing great anxiety that eventually builds and grows to be full blown raw fear. In the movie Jaws these fears...
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...Body Dissatisfaction and Media Exposure: Could Fear of Compassion turn Against Us? Most of us have experienced compassion in our lives. When we are compassionate, we are truly moved if others suffer. We could even feel somewhat more connected to them in a way. Basically, compassion entails noticing human condition, vulnerable and imperfect as it is. However, could we feel it towards oneself? That is what self-compassion is about (Gilbert, McEwan, Matos & Rivis, 2011). Instead of feeling it for others, self-compassion is turned inwards. It is worthy to note that self-compassion is one of the most important terms that the current science of psychology probably ever encountered, and in response to its recent boom there has been a huge amount of research into self-compassion over the past years. Nonetheless, this modern interest is not unfounded at all, but it yields a promising way to achieve more knowledge and in turn, contribute to the healing process in people. Furthermore, Neff (2003) has been the primal initiator on defining the key concept here, which is self-compassion. Accordingly, self-compassion is the combined ability of treating oneself nicely in situations of...
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...Fear: it controls all humans. Fear prevents people from standing up for what they believe in, even if those around them share the same beliefs. During the Holocaust (1933-1945), the main group the targeted by the Nazis were the Jews. Despite the fact that the Jews constituted about ten percent of the Poland’s population in 1933, they still lived in a “constant state of fear and uncertainty” . With a populace this large, the Jews could have stood up for their religious ideals. Unfortunately, the fear of being persecuted overshadowed their beliefs and subdued the population. Fear is such a strong emotion because unlike other emotions, it reins us back and prevents us from undergoing certain actions, whereas other emotions compel us onward. Other groups being subjected to inhuman treatment included homosexuals, mentally disabled people, and those who didn’t possess the “most valuable racial elements” . The Slavs were easy to prey on...
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...some sort of fear. Have you ever wondered when they start, where they go, what is normal, and when you should seek help. In this article we will explore the stages of childhood fear and what side affects are considered normal or not. Children go through a lot of stress and fear even if it is as small as an imaginary monster in their closet. Since you were born you were afraid of something. You may not remember it because you were so young. Infants usually do not have a lot of fears because they don't know what anything is. Most infants go through a physiological response fears, they are mostly afraid of being dropped and falling. So if they feel threatened (like falling) they will be afraid. They also are afraid of loud noises thinking something is going to get to them...
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...Fear and Stereotyping At this particular moment in history we are witnessing the growing hostile attitudes toward Muslims and people of middle eastern descent, and toward those of Hispanic descent. I believe fear is the foundation or root of this hostility. Psychologist believe we use stereotyping to process information about our world on a macro level and this is necessary in order to organize and simplify knowledge. (Murphy Paul, 2015) But, when we allow fear to dictate our decision making process, this necessary tool can become a weapon. Fear is the root of all bias. Fear of the unknown. Fear of change. Fear of the “others”. Every time we make a comment or think in terms of “those people”, every time we use stereotypes as identifiers, we...
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...Individuals tend to insinuate that fear and imagination have no connection because fear comes from a dark, negative place in one’s mind, where imagination is creating another reality to escape the actual. However, there is a thin line between the two and to truly grasp what fear is and where it comes from, one has to understand the mind. The literal definition is, the element of a person that enables them to be aware of their surroundings, to think and feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought. This is the definition one will resort to if they have no imagination because they think of it like a tool, and not a way of life. The mind is not a corporeal object because it can’t be seen by eyes or fixed in surgery. For instance, when an individual's...
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...Bill Cosby once said, "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." In many ways, this statement is profound and true. To get anywhere in life, we all must first have the drive and the desire to even begin the journey to a better place. However, I believe the fear of failure and failure itself also plays an important role in changing and propelling our lives. This year has been the hardest ones I have ever experienced in my life. I was quick to learn that Senior year in particular not only gives me the highest degree of possible freedom, but also holds an entirely new set of expectations and responsibility over my head. Turning eighteen was like having a huge pile of stones unleashed onto my chest, then being expected to breathe with the unaccustomed weight. I have never been expected to work nearly as hard as I have this year alone, but this same year has been one of the most exhilarating I have ever experienced. This may be mainly due to the journey that I have had, even if I am still at the beginning of it, and it has been an uphill climb the entire way. I never realized that I wanted to become...
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...Fear. The feeling that every sailor feels when their ship is sinking into the deep blue sea. The ship docked on the beautiful day in Pearl harbor. I boarded the ship and went to my small room. I loaded my luggage I needed for a 20-day trip through the pacific. I went opt hear the rules of the sea crusher and as I heard the rules the ship undocked and set out to sea. The next day a storm was spotted. We were warned to turn back by people in the radio, but the captain ignored them and headed towards the storm. Rain started to fall but soon enough it got stronger and stronger until I couldn’t see my hands any more. The winds started to blow but it was no gentle breeze it was like Hurricane Irma was passing right through us. But when the waves...
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...A human has many emotions. Fear is one of the main emotions. It is an instinct of the brain and the nervous system. Fear is meant for self-protection and can be a warning instinct for when the body senses danger. When the body senses danger, it reacts in both mental and physical ways. Fear is usually triggered by something sudden or unexpected. Then come the symptoms; sweating, high blood pressure, and different sensations throughout the body. The reaction from the body is getting prepared to fight or flee from the threat. Other side effects for fear are muscle tension, headaches, nausea, tiredness, fidgeting, trembling, being easily startled, difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing, running away, forcing on the danger, panicking, (shortness of breath, rapid heart beat,) and fighting to destroy the object of fear, and cold hands. Sweating is the most common way to react to fear, this causing a person’s desire to react to fear is to run. Having a rapid heartbeat is just a person’s heart trying to provide more blood for their body to deal with fear....
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...D, Jamieson K & Aday S 2003, Television News and the Cultivation of Fear of Crime, Journal of Communication Vol 53 no 1, pp 88-104. Topic The theme of this intriguing and thoroughly researched report examines the influence of media consumption on fear of crime, punitive attitudes and perceived police effectiveness. It widely observes the effect that wide reporting and viewing of violent crime has on public knowledge and questions whether the polling data is a reflection of violent crime in America or the television media accounts of it. Context Context refers to the set of surrounding circumstances for any text, piece of research, publication, event etc. Almost every piece of research will have multiple contexts (Study Guide Glossary COM15, 2013, p 94). This journal article portrays the growing insecurities and encroachment that mass media has on our everyday lives, especially its account of violent crime, and how such mediums can impact on the viewer’s account of such events. This journal article has been used and published in a variety of professional and scholarly journals dealing in a range of fields including media and communication, legal and justice studies and behavioural psychology. Structure The paper is in the format of a formal research paper. It is a format that is more objective and non-personal; it’s the methodical process that involves the collection and analysis of information. The paper endeavours to coax the reader into picking a side of an argument introduced...
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...Shana Miller Intro to Literature I-search Paper Choosing a topic for a paper such as this one was really difficult for me. I have always been an avid reader and have always loved so many different authors. There are many questions I have about authors, their works and literature in general. For this paper I choose to write about someone who is a little more modern day; someone who everyone would be familiar with, regardless of whether they are a fan or not. I choose to write about the very famous author, Stephen King. Stephen King has always fascinated me, not only as an author but as a person. This is a man who seems to have an imagination that is never ending, with a soul and mind so dark, is it beyond compare. How else could you write and publish over 60 horror books? All of which are unique, intense, and ultimately terrifying. My question is, who is this person and what is it that inspires this creativity and horror? As a child, I grew up in a household of readers. There was never a time I that I can recall my mother, father, brothers, or myself not having one or more books that each of us were reading. My mother’s favorite author was (and is) Stephen King. There was something that intrigued me about this, though I was not allowed to read most of his works for the longest time; of course my mother was concerned that they would be inappropriate for me to read. This only made the intrigue of the author that much more. Once I was old enough to begin discovering his...
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...This paper addresses the gender gap disparity between levels of fear of crime. Researcher Diedrik Cops, introduces the “fear of crime paradox,” in which those groups that reported the highest levels of fear (women and elderly), in reality have a lower risk of actually being victimized (Cops, 2010). Research taken from National Victimization Surveys (NCVS) indicated in Crime and Criminals, explains that crimes typically occur intraracially, meaning between races and the characteristics of victims tend to male; young (between the ages of twelve and twenty-four); and more likely to be African American than white; more likely to be Hispanic than non-Hispanic (Crime and Criminals, 44). Researchers Kathleen Fox, Mat Nobles, and Alex Piquero, use...
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...Writing a Short Literature Review William Ashton, Ph.D. York College, CUNY A student began a short literature review on the stigma of the mentally ill and perceptions of dangerousness. Working through PsychArticles she found three likely articles. When she read each, she wrote a paragraph description of each: Alexander, L.A., & Link, B.G. (2003). The impact of contact on stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 12, 271-289. Alexander and Link (2003) examined the stigma of mental illness, perceptions of dangerousness and social distance in a telephone survey. They found that, as a participant’s own life contact with mentally ill individuals increased, participants were both less likely to perceive a target mentally ill individual in a vignette as physically dangerous and less likely to desire social distance from the target. This relationship remained after controlling for demographic and confound variables, such as gender, ethnicity, education, income and political conservatism. They also found that any type of contact – with a friend, a spouse, a family member, a work contact, or a contact in a public place – with mentally ill individuals reduced perceptions of dangerousness of the target in the vignette. Corrigan, P. W., Rowan, D., Green, A., Lundin, R., River, P., Uphoff-Wasowski, K., White, K., & Kubiak, M.A. (2002). Challenging two mental illness stigmas: Personality responsibility and dangerousness....
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