PERSONALITY Psychoanalytic Freud’s psychosexual theory Structure: id (pleasure principle), ego (reality principle), superego (morals, ideals) Levels of awareness: conscious, preconscious, unconscious Development: oral, anal, phallic (Oedipal complex, penis envy), latency, genital Fixations Defense mechanisms - reduce anxiety Repression (primary) Regression Reaction formation Rationalization Displacement Sublimation Projection Denial Neo-Freudians Adler—social, not sexual tensions * Birth order
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Effects of caffeine on trained subjects. A review on the effects of caffeine supplementation on physical and mental performance of trained subjects. Word count: Effects of caffeine on trained subjects. Abstract Caffeine is a commonly used, legal ergogenic aid used among athletes. This is a short and concise summary of the main finding of the effect of caffeine on trained individuals. Introduction Caffeine supplementation has shown to have an ergogonic effect on physical ability
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Acute bacterial conjunctivitis, or pinkeye, is a highly contagious bacterial infection. Blepharitis is inflammation of the eyelids. Keratitis is an infection of the cornea. Trachoma is a bacterial infection caused by poor hygiene and is the leading cause of preventable blindness. . A patient who reports that 'everything tastes unpleasant' is
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he needs to wake up at 5:00 am the next morning for work may find he did not receive an adequate amount of sleep to function at the best of his ability the following work day. On the other hand, intentional sleep deprivation, due to the impact it causes on the effected person, was often used to torture prisoners of war. The term sleep deprivation is used to describe a period of time where there is a complete absence of sleep or when one is not able to sleep for the optimal length of time. According
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skeletal system responds to exercise by taking in more calcium. Osteoblasts are cells that bring calcium into bones, they slow down and transport less calcium from your blood to your bones during inactivity, but when exercising it has the opposite effect and increases osteoblastic activity. Exercise that require force through a particular bone strengthens that bone. Myoglobin releases its stored oxygen to use in aerobic respiration. During exercise oxygen is diffused into the muscles from the capillaries
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Of the 12.7% of United States citizens who have established disability status, 5.3% are experiencing a physical disability. Physical disabilities can affect a person’s quality of life in multiple ways. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurological condition that has physical debilitating symptoms and affects 400,000 people in the US and 2.5 million worldwide. While MS can be diagnosed across a large age span and in a variety of races, it’s predominantly seen in Caucasians and on average diagnosed
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allowed to market it until 1981. In 1980, the FDA convened a board of inquiry into the claim that aspartame could have carcinogenic properties in rats, particularly brain cancer. The board’s findings were equivocal. They found that aspartame did not cause any documented forms of brain damage. It was, however, still concerned about initial claims of brain cancer in rats. The board actually revoked the FDA’s initial approval due to the uncertain findings. Later in 1981 the FDA Commissioner Arthur Hull
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healthy properties of green tea are largely attributed to polyphenols, chemicals with potent antioxidant properties. In fact, the antioxidant effects of polyphenols appear to be greater than that of vitamin C. Antioxidants are substances that scavenge free radicals – damaging compounds in the body that alter cells, tamper with DNA (genetic material) and even cause cell death. Free radicals occur naturally in the body, but environmental toxins (including ultraviolet rays from the sun, radiation, cigarette
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neurotoxin which causes the medical symptoms of Tetanus. The estimated minimum lethal human dose is 2.5 ng per kg of body weight making it one of the most potent toxins known to man. This toxin is disseminated by the blood and lymphatics and acts at various places in the central nervous system including the spinal cord, peripheral motor end plates and the sympathetic nervous system. The toxin then interferes with the release of neurotransmitters, blocking inhibitor impulses. This causes the muscles to
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North Carolina law, does a person have a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against an actor who posts negative information about that person on a risqué website, who attempts to cause that person severe distress with the negative information that she posts, and whose actions result in a level of distress that requires that the person receives treatment under a doctor’s care. Brief Answer Yes. Bert Cooper probably has a cause of action for intentional infliction of
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