Categorization

One particular mental health issue that I have experienced is working with a 75-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder with hoarding disorder. This patient had a severe hoarding disorder and was very interested in items such as interested in stacks of paper towel or cutlery but she began to hoard any items that she can find regardless of its worth or value to her. Her cognition test indicated impaired thought, insight, judgment, and thought formation. She also suffered from significant…

themselves in order to be considered fully American. They may exhibit pro national group attitudes and behaviors by expressing patriotism but they distance themselves from others. Non-Christians want to be viewed as prototypical but because of self-categorization, they are placed within a particular group. Once they are categorized for their race, there is a long list of stereotypes that they have to deal with, and it is difficult to alter those…

treatment of psychological disorders take one of two methods of action, i.e., agonist or antagonist. Agonist drugs are those that copy the effects of naturally occurring neurotransmitters by facilitating postsynaptic activity. Within the agonist categorization there are two subtypes. First is direct-binding agonist, which binds directly to the receiving end of the synapse. This binding effect allows the individual to experience the drug similarly to it being released directly into the brain…

Language, an essential foundation for human communication, is believed contain enough power to shape the cognitive make-up of humans. As evolving organisms, the process of evolution is oftentimes halted by the misusage and erroneously categorization of words, denotations, and connotations. Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Stanford University Lera Boroditsky attempts to find a correlation between one’s thoughts and linguistic abilities in her research “How Language Shapes Thought.”…

Globalization refers to the worldwide scope of economic growth through integration of the global economy created by free trade, capital and labour markets. Globalization has subsisted from the commencement of humanity in practices such as the spread of religion and ideas, however its very nature has significantly altered its process and means of distribution. Globalization now nurtures interconnectedness, democracy and strength between nations. On the other hand, with such forces between…

kicked the bucket on April 19, 1882, in London.Darwin was much more slanted to study regular history. Darwin exhibited that the contrast in the middle of people and different creatures is one of degree not kind. In geography, zoology, scientific categorization, plant science, fossil science, rationality, human studies, brain science, writing and religious philosophy Darwin's compositions delivered significant responses, a large number of which are as yet continuous. Yet even without his…

It can ignore very a wide range special of differences in people to simplistic categorizations. It can cause assumptions about particular groups of people into "realities" usually in a way considered to be unfair. Can be used to justify the position of those in power, especially, when abusing White Privilege, power Race, on the other hand…

I am a student at Colorado State University Global Campus and expect to graduate in March 2016. At CSUGC I have acquired knowledge in all aspects of business with an emphasis on homeland security and intelligence. The courses with in my curriculum involve managerial accounting, leadership theory, marketing, interpreting financial forms, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and intelligence. During this process I have also acquired Office Suite skills. My real world experience…

Standardized measurement instruments which were used to measure the client's health status were used in physical rehabilitation by the physiotherapist many years ago (Garland, Kruse, & Aarons, 2003). Different terms were used in the literature in referring to these instruments as "disability measure", "health status measure", "quality of life measures", and "outcome measures". In general, the outcomes measure is created to assess the individual's level of activity and normal life participation…

In his chapter, “Strategic Inauthenticity”, Timothy Taylor discusses West African musician Angélique Kidjo’s use of popular music from the U.S. in her own music considered afropop. Taylor goes on to explain how Kidjo was drawn to the type of music she performs when she was a kid. “When she was a kid, Kidjo used to hear her brothers’ rock band practicing” she would also hear “the drums outside” and “was in between both” (Taylor 137). This blend of sound guided the sound she has in her music.…