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  • Mischief, Mayhem, in Tyler We Trust: A Textual Analysis of Personality Disorders as Depicted in the Film Fight Club

    Mischief, Mayhem, in Tyler We Trust: A Textual Analysis of Personality Disorders as Depicted in the Film Fight Club

    Psychological disorders are widely represented in films, as well as in other media texts such as novels, television shows, etc. One film that portrays more than one example of a psychological disorder is Fight Club, a Twentieth Century Fox movie released with an R rating in 1999. Directed by David Fincher; and produced by Art Linson, Cean Chaffin, and Ross Grayson Bell, the movie mainly introduces Dissociative Identity Disorders (also known as Multiple Personality Disorders),

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder

    Antisocial Personality Disorder

    ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder with a misleading name. Its name may lead one to believe that people with the disorder stay away from social interaction. That is anything but true. People with this disorder are very sociable. The thing that makes them antisocial is they way they do not adapt to normal social standards or behavior. People with antisocial personality disorder may come across as very friendly people, the

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    Essay Length: 941 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Borderline Personality Disorder

    Borderline Personality Disorder

    Why Are Women Diagnosed With Borderline Personality Disorder More Than Men? Borderline Personality Disorder is diagnosed predominantly in females. There is approximately a 3:1 female to male gender ratio for this disorder. Theories of why Borderline Personality Disorder occurs more often in women - Sexual abuse, which is common in childhood histories of borderline patients, happens more often to women than men. - Women experience more inconsistent and invalidating messages in this society. - Women

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    Essay Length: 389 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Anna
  • A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder

    A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder

    A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith drowned her two sons, Michael and Alex, in the John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3, she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan’s defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Borderline Personality Disorder

    Borderline Personality Disorder

    There are many online sources for BPD. For many of the chat rooms you have to be accepted into the group. I have narrowed it down to a web site that offers live chat, message boards, general information on the disorder, and much more. The name of the support group is: BPD Sanctuary The website for resourceful information regarding this disorder is: http://www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline/board.htm The website I went to for a support group is: http://pub23.ezboard.com/bbpdsanctuary

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    Essay Length: 270 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Influence of Birth Order and Gender on Adolescents' Development of Personality Disorders

    Influence of Birth Order and Gender on Adolescents' Development of Personality Disorders

    influence of birth order and gender on adolescents' development of personality disorders CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Significance of Study 1.4 Purpose of Study 1.5 Scope of Study 1.6 Research Question 1.1 Background of the Study Adolescent is a very interesting area of study. Despite the fact that a lot of materials have been written in this area, but that's notwithstanding because some issues within the

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    Essay Length: 3,726 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2013 By: Akinloye
  • A Look Deeper at Personality Disorders

    A Look Deeper at Personality Disorders

    A look deeper at Personality Disorders A look deeper at Personality Disorders Kristine L King Empire State University Abnormal Psychology 1 A look deeper at Personality Disorders A personality disorder is a blanket term which describes a condition in people who seem unable to regulate their thoughts, feelings and behaviors which in turn leads them to act in negative, harmful or destructive ways. The DSM-V lists ten distinct personality disorders. Different from some stress-related or

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    Submitted: February 24, 2016 By: krisking
  • Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders

    Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders

    Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders There are disorders for eating, sex, substance and personality. Each disorder has different traits and categories that belong within each disorder. The paper will describe the different disorders and the causes for those disorders. Eating Eating disorders are severe disturbances in eating behavior characterized by preoccupation with weight concerns and unhealthy efforts to control weight. There are two main categories for this disorder; they are anorexia nervosa and

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    Essay Length: 932 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Anna
  • Personal Goal Essay

    Personal Goal Essay

    Personal Goal Essay In this essay we are suppose to explain what our personal goals are for our life, how do we plan on achieving those goals, and finally what challenges that we might encounter. Until now I really never had to think about what I want to do with my life and what I want in my life. Like every other person on the planet I have had dreams of items that I would

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    Essay Length: 401 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders

    Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders

    Introduction Understanding the Narcissistic Phenomenon The so called ‘narcissistic personality disorder' is a complex and often misunderstood disorder. The cardinal feature of the narcissistic personality is the grandiose sense of self importance, but paradoxically underneath this grandiosity the narcissist suffers from a chronically fragile low self esteem. The grandiosity of the narcissist, however, is often so pervasive that we tend to dehumanize him or her. The narcissist conjures in us images of the mythological character

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    Submitted: January 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General purpose: Eating disorder ( Anorexia) Specific purpose: I. Anorexia nervosa, which is commonly referred to anorexia, is a type of eating disorder. A. In the 1980s, it was difficult to find anybody who knew the true meaning of these terms, much less to know someone truly suffering from one of these syndromes. 1. Characters with eating disorder started appearing in books, plays and television series. B. Today disordered eating is alarming common, and it

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    Essay Length: 858 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2009 By: Anna
  • Personal Experience

    Personal Experience

    Personal experience Speech We had just gotten back from a very disappointing game. I don't remember what the score was but we got buts kicked pretty good. So there are a number of us hanging around talking afterwards and we all decided that we needed to get some beer and go hangout somewhere and try and forget about the beating we had just gotten in the game earlier that night. We all chipped in and

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    Essay Length: 466 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Personal Goals

    Personal Goals

    As the most of my peers, I have been asking myself a question, what is it really I want out of my life? This question has been bothering many people, and not only the college students who are trying to figure out the path which will lead them to the comfortable life. One might ask, what is that comfort that we all are striving for? Is it a state of mind or is it some

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Capitalist/democratic Person

    Capitalist/democratic Person

    The ideal American would posses qualities shared by the democratic and capitalistic ideologies. In fact to be truly effective these two should be intertwined. Unfortunately, most do not posses these traits collectively, and oftentimes people do not have any at all. In this paper though, I shall step from reality and attempt to describe the ideal democratic/capitalistic person. The most important quality, and usually the most neglected, is having the ability to think. One must

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    Essay Length: 410 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Interesting Person

    Interesting Person

    An interesting person should have lots of intrigues in his brain, and he should have a curious characteristic. So the adjective "interesting" seems to be the best word to describe me, there is no other better word. All of my old friends know I am a person who has lots of intrigues and happiness. In every important party, I am always invited to be the joker. For these reasons, I believe that I am

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    Essay Length: 511 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • College Education - Personal Letter

    College Education - Personal Letter

    Dear Ben, Hey Ben! I was talking with Sean yesterday when he told me the news, you're planning to delay college. This came as a shock to me when I heard it. By not attending college, you may get a year's rest and a chance to think your decisions through, but if you ever do decide to attend college, you will miss out on a lot of opportunities as well. I think you should consider

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Interesting Person

    Interesting Person

    An interesting person should have lots of intrigues in his brain, and he should have a curious characteristic. So the adjective "interesting" seems to be the best word to describe me, there is no other better word. All of my old friends know I am a person who has lots of intrigues and happiness. In every important party, I am always invited to be the joker. For these reasons, I believe that I am the

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    Essay Length: 506 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which psychologist's theory best describes your own personality? Personality can best be described as "personal qualities of an individual". No two people have the same personality, but yet all the different personalities in the world can be characterized into 4 main theories. The four psychologists that thought up the four theories are Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Abraham Maslow. (pg.64) Each man based his theory on a different part of a person's personality

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Herbert Croly in the First Person

    Herbert Croly in the First Person

    Herbert Croly I was born on January 23, 1869, in New York. Both my mother and my father were journalists. My father's name is David Croly and my mother's name is Jane Cunningham. Some of my early on goals included graduating from Harvard University, and becoming a well-known journalist, both of which were later achieved. After graduating from Harvard University, I became the editor of Agricultural Record. In 1909, I published the book titled The

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    Essay Length: 324 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Bipolar Disorder

    Bipolar Disorder

    Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder that affects two-million people in the United States alone. Bipolar Disorder is characterized by extreme shifts in mood, up and down. Elation followed by depression. Categories of bipolar disorder include Bipolar1 and Bipolar 2. Cyclothymic Disorder is another form of bipolar disorder that is more chronic but is much less severe. Bipolar is a brain disorder that is chronic and left untreated can continue to increase in severity. A

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children, Adolescents, and Adults Everybody experiences intrusive thoughts once in a while, yet we think nothing of it most of the time. However, for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, such thoughts occur frequently, and they are likely to be interpreted with more emotional intensity, and are highly uncontrollable. Obsessions signify the extreme end on a continuum of normal, unwanted, intrusive thinking. Studies have shown that

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of the anxiety disorders. It is a strong disabling condition that can persists throughout a person’s life. People who suffer from this mental illness have continuing upsetting thoughts and use rituals to control the anxiety of these thoughts. In most cases, the rituals end up controlling them so the individual becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless. The patient

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    Essay Length: 1,474 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Victor
  • Personal Development Plan

    Personal Development Plan

    1. Introduction This paper seeks to prepare a personal development plan in my objective to become a leader in an organization. I will analyze the requirements of the targeted job in relation to my inventory of skills including my strengths and weaknesses in relation to the requirement of a goal in mind for which I am willing to know my deficiencies in terms of skills. I will therefore have to make an action plan on

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    Essay Length: 2,452 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Personality of a God

    The Personality of a God

    Kala Gardner The Personality of a God In the year of 2003 there are many types of religions that are practiced in the United States, which involves a God, or a divine power. My personal preference of religion is Christianity. I believe in Jesus Christ and the all mighty God Jehovah. The characteristics of a God varies from religion to religion, but all leading up to love, an everlasting peaceful life, and salvation; therefore, giving

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    Essay Length: 799 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Amino Acid Disorders

    Amino Acid Disorders

    An account of amino acid metabolism disorders in humans beings with an emphasis of the underlying molecular defects Amino acids are monomers which join together to form a protein and are multi-functional in the human body. However, defects in amino acid metabolism occur which cause a numerous amount of disorders in humans. One of the most common amino acid disorders is phenylketonuria (PKU). There are two types of PKU and they are known as the

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy

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