Aversives

Pedophilia is a mental disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences sexual attraction toward prepubescent children. There is a fine line between a pedophile and a child molester. Pedophiles have intense and reoccurring sexual urges toward children and fantasies about them which causes distress. As for child molesters, they act upon the sexual urge towards kids. Pedophilia is also a psychosexual disorder. The fantasy or act of engaging in sexual activities with an adolescent is…

Every year, millions of animals are slaughtered brutally for their skins and hides. They have inevitably endured all the cruel treatment in the fur factory, from confinement to execution. In order to keep their pelts intact, bullet holes or slits from knives are undesirable, and therefore the fur farms or factories would end the animals’ lives by beating, electrocuting or poisoning them. In the worst case, the animals might not have ended their lives yet while they are skinned. Issues regarding…

Autism is a developmental disorder, which is diagnosed based on a group of behavioral symptoms leading to difficulty in communicating and forming relationships. Some of those symptoms include social difficulties, fixated interests, obsessive or repetitive actions and unusually blunt reactions to sensory stimulation. The major symptoms involve no eye contact, no attention, no understanding and frequent tantrums. Some factors that might cause autism in children can be accessibility to toxic…

I am not a risk taker. In fact, if I am presented with two options I will take the one with a lower risk. I am risk aversive. Every day I sit in the same seat, eat the same thing, and walk the same path. Nothing inclines me to make a change; however, that is not because I fear change. I just prefer familiar routine, familiarity is my friend. There is a certain level of comfort that comes with certainty. Every day for the past four weeks, I walk into the school’s Duncan Donuts to order a vanilla…

A Look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Romantic Relationships According to Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka (2014), Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder show an exaggerated sense of self-importance, preoccupied with being admired, and have a lack of empathy for the feelings others. There are subtypes of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. The ones that are most associated with aggression is grandiose narcissism. These individuals not only show aggression, but they…

is defined as directly experiencing a traumatic event, witnessing, in person, the event as it occurred to others, learning that the traumatic event occurred to a close family member or close friend, and experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event. In cases where the actual or threatened death of a family member or friend is witnessed, the event must have been violent or accidental. This criterion does not apply for events experienced through electronic…

struggles, disability can be seen all around. However, despite its widespread nature, society often perceives disability in a very negative and distant manner. The portrayal of the narrator as close-minded in “Cathedral”, accomplished through the aversive attitude in which he perceives the blind man and the multitude of stereotypes he accepts as true, highlights society’s flawed view of disability. Additionally, his transformation toward the end of the story is telling of what can often occur…

Too often the tribulations of Native Americans are only focused on the past and dismiss the several issues that affect modern day Indians. The narrative of Native American societies has been misconstrued and one explicit example of this is the infamous fourth grade mission project that does injustice to the persecutions and subjugation that the Native Americans faced. Deborah Miranda, the author of Bad Indians, tells the harsh reality of what really happened through pictures, short stories, and…

Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor is an astonishing author, who wrote and published two novels and over thirty short stories. She may not have lived long, but she was dedicated to fulfilling her passion for writing and became established as one of America’s most distinguished authors. Throughout her career, O’Connor used her life experiences as the basis of her writing. Growing up in the Antebellum Period and her strong Catholic beliefs both influenced Flannery O’Connor’s writing. The…

Psychopathy is a mental illness/disorder that stems from Antisocial Personality disorder. People who suffer from psychopathy lack feelings of empathy, certain other emotions, and can also be very manipulative and violent, which brings us to the issue of whether or not the actions of a psychopath are justified. Many people think that they are not justified because they commit violent crimes/actions, but there is also another side to this issue which says that the actions of a psychopath are…