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Leeona Pierce “Effects of sepsis on behavioral changes on the ketamine-induced animal model of schizophrenia” This article focuses on the question of if there is a potential association between sepsis and schizophrenia, and how sepsis may influence behavior on the ketamine-induced animal model of schizophrenia. Sepsis is a systematic inflammatory response that occurs by the failure to limit the spread of infection leading to organ failure and inflammation. The paper mentions that inflammation…

While taking Psychology this past few months I have realized why I am who I am. I finally learned why I bite my fingernails. I also learned why I can take things that people might tell me and better myself, but others may cry. When I was younger, I had a hard time regulating my emotions which lead to me externalizing my problems. This lead to me always playing rough. Most girls do not play this way, but this actually helped release my anger in a positive way. I also developed a resilience to…

interns, and other clients. I sat in her intake and she was being rude as soon as I stepped inside the room. After a little while, she asked me to exit the room because I was biting my nails. I do admit, I have a bad habit of biting my nails but I did not know that some clients get angry because they think a nail-biter is biting because they are entertained. I left my supervisor that I was not entertained at all, it was simply a habit. She understood and told me to disregard the client but keep…

Can Hypnosis Help With Self-Esteem? By Erin Blackwell Nov 14, 2010 When we face problems, we can override issues and plant ideas into our subconscious mind with the use of hypnosis. Some people use hypnosis to quit smoking or stop nail biting - even to overcome their fear of flying! Our outlook on life can also be changed and increase our self-esteem and build our confidence. You can use self-help books and resources to build your self-esteem, but there's a possibility that they won't work.…

For my observation of how people communicate, I sat down in the food court of the Potomac Mills Mall. What i came to find out is that many people use a certain way of speaking with others, yet it seemed similar to the next person. For example, a couple of teens standing in the "Sbarro" line were conversing about the new Pokemon Go app. The tone in those teens was full of excitement, yet their hand gestures were calm and normal. There attention was fully embedded in the app without taking a…

Classical Conditioning is when an animal or human has a reaction to the neutral stimuli. The Stimuli is the thing in which causes the person or animal to make a response/reaction towards it. When the person/animal is conditioned they are being taught to react a certain way to the object. For example, conditioning a dog to not slobber when he sees a bone. In its unconditioned natural state the dog will slobber automatically the minute you show it the bone. When you condition it, the dog learns…

Hiking Essentials for Your Dog's Backpack In a previous article, I talked about the Approach™ Pack by Ruffwear, which by the way is an excellent pack. Well, okay you have the pack or may have ordered one, so what goes in the pack. 1.) The obvious of course, is food, water and collapsible plastic bowls for the food and water. These will always be in the pack. Know the weight so you can stay at the 25 percent of body weight. Once you have the weight of the essentials, you can start weighing and…

“And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device’/And in the master 's chambers/They gathered for the feast/They stab it with their steely knives/But they just can 't kill the beast,” states the song “Hotel California.” The Eagles had a special meaning in mind while writing that song. The topic was addiction, and this paper will touch on the same topic; however, there will be a slight twist. The twist being this question: Is a habit an addiction? This question has been asked…

The Land Lady by Roald Dahl is a suspenseful, hard-to-put-down short story, it will have you biting your nails wanting to continue reading. Billy Weaver, our main character, has no idea that the nice old lady, or so she seems who runs the Bed & Breakfast is actually a total nutcase. What does Mr. Weaver's near future have in store for him? He realizes that he chose the wrong place to stay, but was it already too late? Even early on in this story Dahl drops slight inklings of suspicion, it…

Makayla staley Side Effects The character of Izzie in “side effects” The main character in my story “side effects” written by Amy Goldman Koss is an 8th grader in middle school and is diagnosed with cancer and is getting very sick. She has to get an injection called chemo and every month or so, the chemo makes her hurt all over and makes her throw up, but it's supposed to help kill the cancer inside her. It makes…