Statistical dependence

euphoria, increased energy/alertness, and suppression of hunger. Examples of negative reinforcement, which often is a result of chronic use, which factors may be depression, paranoid psychosis, confusion, exhaustion, and a strong psychological dependence. There are many undesired acute affects that may result in the consumption of cocaine, this includes increased heart rate/blood pressure/breathing, increased body temperature resulting in excessive sweating, vasoconstriction, insomnia, panic,…

The present study investigated the possible relationship between self-defeating humor and the use of humor as a coping strategy. It also predicts that the use of humor as a coping strategy is negatively correlated with self-defeating humor Meaning, for example, if an individual has a lower self-defeating humor score, the lower the usage of humor as a coping strategy. However, the results of the present study do not support the idea of a negative correlation. Instead, there is a weak, but…

most powerful pain treatments. These usually are reserved for the most intense pain. Why been prohibited to use by individuals? These drugs have schedule and prohibit to use because it has high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to dependence. They can cause serious side effects, can be addictive and often cause constipation. Other drugs such as anesthetics. And also called controlled medicines for specific conditions, such as pain relief in palliative care, but can't prescribe…

Behavioral addiction is a psychological disorder in which an individual fails to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that can cause harm to the person or others. It is characterized by a repeated pattern of behavior (Grant, 2011). These behaviors may include compulsive buying, pathologic skin picking, sexual addiction (non-paraphilic hyper sexuality), excessive tanning, computer/video game playing, and internet addiction, among many others (Grant, 2011). Feelings of…

Cocaine: The Potent Powder “Use your head little soldier, keep the coke out your system...that won’t do away with the pain” (Master P). In the memoir, A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, young Sierra Leonean soldiers, including the author himself, regularly abuse the stimulant cocaine for its crucial benefits on the merciless and demanding battlefield. Cocaine is “an addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically” (Dictionary), producing a powerful high by acting on the brain,…

According to Johann Hari on his talk in TEDx, addiction is caused by isolation. To come up with his conclusion, he met with different people from different parts of the world and shared an experiment done by Professor Bruce Alexander. In his experiment, he put a rat in a cage with two water bottles, one of which had drugs. The rat chose the one with drugs, but Professor Alexander realized that the cage was empty and this could have affected the results. When he included other aspects in the cage…

Statistics Worksheet Part A Question 1 a) Below is the calculation for the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between the total number of problems correct and the attitude toward test taking. Total no. of problems correct (out of a possible 20): X Attitude toward test taking (out of a possible 100): Y (X - X ̅)² (Y - Y ̅)² (X-X ̅)(Y-Y ̅) 1 17 94 1.96 204.49 20.02 2 13 73 6.76 44.89 17.42 3 12 59 12.96 428.49 74.52 4 15 80 0.36 0.09 -0.18 5 16 93 0.16 176.89 5.32 6 14 85 2.56 28.09…

The top five diet pills of 2015 are Abidexin, Fenphedra, Anoretix, OxySelect Pink, and 7 Day Detox. All of theses pills contain mostly caffeine and has side affects like nausea, constipation, gas, insomnia, jitters, increased heart rate, and increased blood pressure (Top 10 Diet Pills of 2015). The majority of diet pills can be purchased over the counter, with few needing a prescription from a medical professional. This can be dangerous as diet pills can be readily available, including to…

Breaking Free Sadly, our world has been overcome with people suffering with drug and/or alcohol addiction. It has become a literal pandemic. It doesn’t seem to be getting better, only worse. The reasons people use drugs or alcohol are different from person to person; therefore, there is not a cure-all for everyone. It takes a lot of time and compassion from others to help these people learn to lead healthy lives again, free from the demon of addiction. I feel that our only hope is not to send…

Article Summary The article, “Drug Abuse and Addiction” by Gregory Collins, Mark McAllister, and Kamala Audry shows the difference between substance abuse and substance addiction by separating the different characteristics that are apparent in abuse and addiction. Substance abuse is described by the authors as, “showing recurrent use resulting in a decline of the ability to produce everyday actions, as well as intervention with the law” (Collins, McAllister, & Adury, 2010). To be categorized as…