The Criterion

sense, a disorder such as depression or anxiety is diagnosed in the same way as hypertension in medical classification. When these responses reach a certain frequency, intensity, and duration, they are labeled pathological. Note that to use this criterion, it is necessary to have the population parameters or, in less suitable situations, clinical knowledge of the attribute and to make some judgment about where the limits should be, a judgment that is somewhat arbitrary. Selecting the appropriate…

Bodily Criterion Accepted In “The Unimportance of Identity” Parfit begins by stating that our concern for our future is not necessarily because it is ours, but because we care about our survival. He believes it has nothing to do with personal identity but with other factors, and he introduces cases where the two have no relation to see what matters. Following an explanation of his account, I will object his view on the bodily criterion, by proving that the ‘new’ person will not be him.…

• As human beings, we need things to survive and like all of us, all living things need natural resources such as water, fertile land, and minerals to live. But on the other hand, we are desecrating those natural resources we have in a careless way which is causing great harm to our ecosystem. Being as industrial as we are in todays society we demand more of those natural resources to mollify our unlimited wants and needs at a fast rate. Nature cannot keep up and recover from the damage we are…

(Humanmetrics.) The first criterion, from my point of view, fits me completely if I had to describe my…

Josh meets the criteria for a diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Since Josh actually witnessed the death of his fiancé, he meets Criterion A in the DSM for PTSD of directly experiencing the traumatic event (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In accordance with Criterion B for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), he frequently has flashbacks related to the event in which he feels as though he is reliving the trauma of that day. Josh’s recurrent nightmares related…

it gained wider recognition owing to Sigmund Freud’s work. In his work Freud described narcissism as a sexual perversion, and defined it as “the attitude of a person who treats his own body in the way in which the body of the sexual object is ordinarily treated – who looks at it, strokes it, fondles it till he obtains complete satisfaction from these activities.” (Freud, 1914, p.73) Narcissism is defined by the American Psychiatric Association (2013) as a personality disorder, which includes “a…

Criterion B refers to an intense fear of fatness and weight gain, and criterion C the body image disturbances causing people with anorexia nervosa to view themselves as overweight, to believe that body weight holds an overstated importance in their value, and to not recognise the severity of…

of marriage. He states that he had no idea that she was that unhappy. He was devastated when she told him she wanted a divorce. After his wife told him her decision to leave him 3 weeks ago, he stated that he has never felt this bad in his life (Criterion A). He stated that he feels extremely depressed, he is crying all the time, he feels hopeless, and doesn’t want to face anyone.…

This approach may be recognized as one of many contentious issues for critics of Descartes’ philosophy. Descartes studies and writing often rely heavily on self-evident propositions. And Descartes’ criterion of truth is itself a seemingly self-evident proposition. It is important to stop here and question the very nature of such propositions. A self-evident proposition is one that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof. As we…

The Myers Briggs Test is a self administered test which results in revealing different personality types. The test is designed to tell how everyday people look at things and what decisions would be made. When taking the Myers Briggs Test, the questions ask about how people feel on certain subjects. After answering the questions provided the personality type of your matter will be displayed. The Myers Briggs Test was created by part the Briggs family in 1943. The Myers Briggs Test was created…