Ambivalence

Literature Review Pathological gambling is defined “as a chronic and progressive failure to resist to impulses to gamble, and gambling behavior that comprises, disrupts, or damages personal, family, or vocational pursuits (American Psychiatric Association, 2000;pp. 1-19).” Gambling happens when a person stake an item of value without the assurance of winning through engaging in different gambling activities including lotteries, electronic gaming machine, casino games, racing, cockfighting, card…

Inscribing the Enlightenment: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Community of Readers With Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley intended to titillate and terrify a readership for whom nothing could be more terrifying than science run amok (Villasenor 4). For most of her audience; God, the Church, the Devil, and the Bible held sway over neither their consciences nor their nightmares any longer. Yet the newly secularized societies of Europe had not lost their fear of the dark; they had simply…

BESC1490 Introduction to Psychology Week 8 Personality 1. Personality refers to an individual’s distinctive behaviour, patterns of thought, feelings and motivations that are shown in various situations. There are two theories that have been studied for personality, ‘Structure of personality’ and ‘Individual differences.’ The ‘structure of personality’ is the organisation of enduring patterns and personality processes, whereas ‘individual differences’ is the way of people vary in personality…

decisions. This conflict comes about due to the fact that decision making is related to a loss of freedom. Pickhardt states that “all decisions reduce more freedom than they create,” (2013). This loss of freedom brings about feelings of indecision and ambivalence which can lead to teenagers procrastinating the choice to make a decision until it is absolutely imperative.…

INTRODUCTION “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” ― Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle. The term ‘institution’ immediately reminds us of our educational institutions. But social institutions are entirely different in meaning. S.N. Eisenstadt had defined institutions as those processes and structures, together with the associated set of regulative principles that arrange human activities in a community “into definite…

In his journey from childhood to adulthood, Holden Caulfield feels surrounded by dishonesty and phoniness. “Phoniness” is a constantly repeated word in the novel because it is the word Holden uses to describe the adult world. “Phoniness” for Holden, stands as an embodiment for everything that’s wrong in the world around him. Holden considers himself a representation of the world of childhood, which is to him the opposite of “phoniness”. In J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden learns…

Limbs, arms, hands, fingers, all of these structures of the human body contribute to day to day life. Upper extremity amputees live without these anatomical features that help the body function. In addition to functioning, the loss of an upper extremity can cause individuals to view there self-concept in different ways. The self-concept is divided into four different categories self-esteem, body image, role performance, and self -identity. Through these four categories amputees can find their…

If killing a person is illegal, then why is abortion not illegal? Abortion is the same has taking a person’s life away, so why is it still legal? Abortion has been around since the early 1800s and has become a problem in the 1900s in the United States (History of Abortion). Abortion is not only a problem in the United States; it is a problem that has become worldwide for many countries (History of Abortion). Clinic workers and doctors who perform abortions say it is the same as taking a human…

Herbert Hendin who is he Medical Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Hendin states in a congressional testimony in 1996 “a request for assisted suicide is … usually made with as much ambivalence as are most suicide attempts. If the doctor does not recognize that ambivalence as well as the anxiety and depression that underlie the patient 's request for death, the patient may become trapped by that request and die in a state of unrecognized terror.” This compares the state…

engages with a wealthy individual, Stefano, Elena decides to continue her education beyond high school. The day of Lila’s wedding as Elena dresses her for the event, the competitive nature of the relationship fades as Lila displays feelings of ambivalence to Elena as she does not know what lies after the events of the wedding. Through this, Lila subtly acknowledges that she has lost power as she encourages Elena to continue her academic aspirations. However, Elena realizes that she must escape…