Item response theory

many different theories surrounding the causes of phobias. The first is the psychoanalytic theory. This theory is based on that the conscience is comprised of three stages: The Id, the ego, and the superego. According to the theory, phobias are the products of unresolved conflicts between the Id and superego. It is generally believed that the conflict of the two consciences originated from the individual’s childhood and was displaced onto the feared object. Treatment involving this theory…

Since their inception, forklifts have revolutionized the commercial and industrial sectors. Forklifts not only yield an increase in efficiency, but they also help create a safer work environment. The increased load capacity and maneuverability of forklifts surpass what used to be done manually. Many, if not most, commercial and industrial businesses utilize these machines on a daily basis, and in Rochester, NY, Insley McEntee Equipment Company is proud to provide them. For more than 60 years,…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or better known as PTSD is an illness affecting many people in the world, but its most common victims are the veterans of war. One in eight veterans return from war afflicted with PTSD and the number continually rises with war time atrocities becoming worse as new terror organizations form. The things our soldiers see greatly traumatize leaving them scarred for life and give them an incomprehensible fear of it, leading to a difficult life in which they can’t live…

Abstract— Harmonics that are created by non-linear devices connected to the power system. Power system harmonics are multiples integer of the fundamental power system frequency and these harmonic frequencies can create distorted voltages and currents. Distortion of voltages and currents can impact on the power system adversely causing power quality problems. Therefore, approximation of harmonics is of high importance for efficiency of the power system network to maintain the quality limits…

Have you ever been so overwhelmed and frustrated that you didn’t know what to do with yourself? Has your mind ever been all over and you couldn’t focus on what you were doing? Do you panic about the unknown or things out of your control? At least 22.8% of Americans struggle with these qualms on a daily basis (NIMH, n.d.). These are indications of Anxiety. Anxiety is one of the most common disorders in America and has an average age-onset of 11 years old (NIMH, n.d.). There are multiple types…

The majority of people suffering from anxiety and depression go a considerable amount of their lives undiagnosed. What triggers them to seek treatment is often not that they are having mental health problems, but physical health problems that have been brought on by their disorders. If the illness goes undiagnosed for too long it will generate an assortment of complications that can lead to the sufferer being buried under a myriad of medications. This spiraling effect can make the diagnoses feel…

Whenever one is startled, or caught off-guard, the innate human response is to either flee or fight. Most human brains are wired to run from danger. This runs parallel to when humans are faced with a problem or a difficult situation. Many individuals would rather run away from problems than work at resolving them. The novel “Things That Fly” by Douglas Coupland conveys the themes of Escape as well as The Human Condition in his short story by utilizing the symbols of Superman, the narrator’s…

Stress can be defined in 3part, which are stressor, stress and stress response. According to psychology glossary “A Stressor is anything (physical or psychological) that produces stress (negative or positive) is considered a stressor. For example, getting a promotion is a positive event, but may also produce a great deal of stress with all the new responsibilities, workload, etc.” (2015) By definition, stress is any uncomfortable "emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical,…

Seizure-Alert and Response Dogs “A service dog is a canine service animal that generally serves a single individual with a physical or mental disability” (Ensminger definitions xi). SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY “Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by repeated occurrences of seizures” (Varsavsy et al. 313). Seizures can cause a person to fall, shake, walk, or lose consciousness (Fetty 7). “The symptoms of epilepsy are very diverse and these depend on the region of the brain that is…

When discussing Milton’s choice not to ever offer the Truth, scholar Stanley Fish suggests Milton made this omission strategically in order to support the argument that Truth cannot be contained. While it may seem frustrating that, despite all his allusions to the Truth, Milton never seems to explicitly state what the truth must entail, Fish would argue that the reader’s inability to finish reading the Areopagitica without being able to appoint Milton as the founder of some profound truth is…