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Do these beliefs stigmatize addicts?

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Learning Journal Unit 8 Credit: EarnedGrace.com In Chapter 16, Substance Abuse Disorders are discussed. Substance Abuse Disorders are prevalent in society.  Among the medical community, addiction is considered a chronic disease, but this concept seems difficult for some to understand or believe.   What is it about addiction, do you believe, that keeps it a taboo subject?   Depending on your socio-cultural background, you may have been brought up with certain beliefs about addicts and addiction.  Reflect on the dominant beliefs of your society.  Do these beliefs stigmatize addicts?   How do the dominant beliefs in your society either help or hinder addicts from receiving treatment?    If you have some experience with someone that you know, consider what you've witnessed and offer your thoughts.  The Learning Journal entry should be a minimum of 400 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources.

How can we change the stigma associated with mental illness?

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Discussion Unit 8 Mental Illness is highly misunderstood. For example, there are some police officers that will mistreat an individual that is diagnosed with mental illness because they are not aware of their disability. Others, claim to have acted on horrendous acts (e.g., massacres) due to mental illness. What were your previous thoughts about mental illness? Have you met/encountered/heard of anyone with a mental health illness? Describe the event, how did you feel about their behavior, what happened to the individual?  How is mental illness viewed in the media/society? What can we do, as a society, to change the stigma associated with mental illness and how can we become a better resource for individuals that have a psychological disorder? Your Discussion should be at least 250 words in length, but not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references for the textbook and any other sources used.

A snapshot of your current level of happiness

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Learning Journal Unit 7 Take the following questionnaire on happiness and answer the following questions in an essay format: http://www.meaningandhappiness.com/oxford-happiness-questionnaire/ What was your score? How did you rate in happiness? Did you agree or disagree with this score? Why? Does this change any of your thoughts about how happy you are? How so? Did this test make you want to make any changes? If so, how? The textbook describes happiness being divided into 3 elements: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life. Do you believe that you are missing one of these elements? If so, which one? Why? The above website has links to research done to improve happiness. Feel free to browse the studies and try some of the exercises! Heavenly above must have been busy blessing me with great happiness beyond average people can comprehend.  Before I take the questionnaire, I already know what is the outcome of the results I am going to get.  Right under my nose, I am enjoy

How has society affected your views?

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Learning Journal Unit 6 For this Learning Journal, you will write a paper about your own experiences. Using reflective writing consider the following:  Society affects our behaviors and how we interact with others. How has society affected your views? What are some things that you feel pressured to conform to, and how have you approached this issue? Have you known others who conform to pressure from others or society? What did they do? How did they deal with the pressure? Discuss the importance of pro-social behavior and altruism in your society or cultural tradition. The Learning Journal entry should be a minimum of 400 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources.  Situations have affected our behaviour generally mainly determined from our surroundings and immediate environment in stages in our life is a mixture of both continuous and discontinuous development.  Upon reflection,  I agreed with Erik Erikson'

Should the society ostracise the individuals if their sexual orientation is not the same as the majority's behaviour?

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Discussion Unit 5 Should the society ostracise the individuals if their orientation is not the same as the majority's behaviour? Sunderland Pride 2020 In the tradition or cultures where I was brought up, this is a very controversial sensitive subject to discuss.  Most of the people around me in the country I was born felt ashamed to talk about it but they prefer to joke over it.  Shamefully in the last 2 decades sodomationally news in related to one potential candidate who desperately wanted to be Prime Minister has been highlighted by the mainstream media (MSM) especially in social media. As for me I treat gay students in my school equally and don't have biases toward them, avoiding some sensitive topics of discussion when I am with them. Name calling to them is commonly heard and sadly it has become a joke on them. I don't play much attention to sexual identity.  Naturally I treated both sexes equally well, but some of my friends develop a titanic feeling toward the girls

How is memory related to intelligence?

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Learning Journal Unit 4 PSYC 1504: Introduction To Psychology Instructor: Joseph Torres 30 September 2020 How is memory related to intelligence? The above topic is truly amazed and exciting to drive deeper with passion for me. I remembered vividly that I did badly on my studies in my primary school as I was having a weak memory with poor attentive focus, mainly due to the toxic environment I was born with that link to my unhappiness.   My mind sets to go into an escapism frame of mind and it triggers my wild imagination often spiraling up like a wild horse in the forest.  I had always wanted to be Ultraman or Spiderman or allow some kind of aliens from outer space to take me away from this planet Earth.  My wild imagination dominated my mind most of the time even in the classroom and that affected my concentration in the class.   Once you don't have proper concentration, you would not remember what was taught in the class.  When it comes to revising the syllabus, again my mind caug