-Dugdale, David C.(2009). Alcohol Withdrawal. Medline Plus. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000764.htm on 18 Mar. 2010.
-Powell, Elizabeth (2004). Alcohol and Impulse Control. serendip. Retrieved from http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro04/web2/epoweel.html on 20 Mar. 2010.
-Parson, Tetyana (2003). Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family. AllPsych Online. Retrieved from http:allpsych.com/journal/alcoholism/html on 19 Mar. 2010.
-Teague, Michael (2007). Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. Retrieved on 19 Mar. 2010.
-Teague, Michael, Sara L.C. Mackenzie, and David M. Rosenthal. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. Brief ed. Retrieved on 18 Mar. 2010.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
RJA #14a: Application Project Progress Report
1)My application project is going to be a research journal about the activities of two alcoholics, one is a father and the other is a son. Their actions will be compared and so will how they develop stages of alcoholism. This journal will be written as if I had a camera that permanently followed the subjects without them knowing of the cameras' presence.
2)I've done about half of the work with the journal going into halfway the final date of observation. I gave some background information of the subjects at the beginning of the journal with information such as their age, gender, and their father and son relationship and the purpose of the observations.
3)I still need to finish the other half of the journal reaching the final date, include a conclusion or my analysis, and the 300 word essay explaining how I used my sources for the journal.
2)I've done about half of the work with the journal going into halfway the final date of observation. I gave some background information of the subjects at the beginning of the journal with information such as their age, gender, and their father and son relationship and the purpose of the observations.
3)I still need to finish the other half of the journal reaching the final date, include a conclusion or my analysis, and the 300 word essay explaining how I used my sources for the journal.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
RJA #13c: Application Project Example
http://www.valdosta.edu/~jhummel/psy310/journal.htm
-An observation journal entry can give insight of a person that is close with an alcoholic such as a family member or close friend. The journal will be in typical format of a journal; date, place, name of subject, to the observations. In the journal, the movements and action of the subject should be noted followed by feelings and thoughts about those actions with a concluding thought at the very end.
-An observation journal entry can give insight of a person that is close with an alcoholic such as a family member or close friend. The journal will be in typical format of a journal; date, place, name of subject, to the observations. In the journal, the movements and action of the subject should be noted followed by feelings and thoughts about those actions with a concluding thought at the very end.
RJA #13b: Application Project Plan
The application will be a journal entry of a person observing a person becoming an alcoholic. The entries will show the stages of alcoholism and how each step effects the alcoholic itself and the people around him/her. The person observing the alcoholic will be like a ghost, that no one notices there, the ghost doesn't have a professional background and explain things as an average person. The ghost will follow the person that will become an alcoholic over the course of two months.
RJA #13a: Word Cloud
Sunday, April 18, 2010
RJA #12b: Field Research Report
Interview with Dr. Wu
Q-Out of all the people you see here, what is the ratio for young people, lets say under 21, and adults which are older than 21?
A-Off the top of my head, I would say every one out of four people that come here is a teenager.
Q-Are the substances users here, regardless of age, act the same way?
A-I would have to say yes, many of them of both age groups come in with shakes and sweats, some of them are really angry, addiction is addiction no matter on who it is to be honest.
Q-There are many alcohol deterring advertisements out there, but they all seem to focus on age, which seems not as efficient to me, what is your thought on this matter?
A-Alcohol, drug, and almost ANY addiction is a negative thing, and yes I have noticed that age seems to be important in these advertisements too, I have to agree that age should not be the focus for addiction deterrence.
Survey
Q-If alcohol was given to an adult, of age 21 and up, and given to a teenager, age 12 to 18, who would you trust more with the substance, the adult or the teenager, and why?
A-18: Adults are more mature than teenagers and are trusted more on an average daily basis anyways
A-6: Teenagers in the present are capable of being more responsible than adults, they maybe younger but the lack of age makes them have more fear of the law.
A-2: The answer is not clearly black and white, it really depends on the individuals that are observed
Q-What would be the difference if an adolescent drinking and an adult drinking was compared?
A-17: Adolescents who drink will mature into "bad" adults.
Q-Out of all the people you see here, what is the ratio for young people, lets say under 21, and adults which are older than 21?
A-Off the top of my head, I would say every one out of four people that come here is a teenager.
Q-Are the substances users here, regardless of age, act the same way?
A-I would have to say yes, many of them of both age groups come in with shakes and sweats, some of them are really angry, addiction is addiction no matter on who it is to be honest.
Q-There are many alcohol deterring advertisements out there, but they all seem to focus on age, which seems not as efficient to me, what is your thought on this matter?
A-Alcohol, drug, and almost ANY addiction is a negative thing, and yes I have noticed that age seems to be important in these advertisements too, I have to agree that age should not be the focus for addiction deterrence.
Survey
Q-If alcohol was given to an adult, of age 21 and up, and given to a teenager, age 12 to 18, who would you trust more with the substance, the adult or the teenager, and why?
A-18: Adults are more mature than teenagers and are trusted more on an average daily basis anyways
A-6: Teenagers in the present are capable of being more responsible than adults, they maybe younger but the lack of age makes them have more fear of the law.
A-2: The answer is not clearly black and white, it really depends on the individuals that are observed
Q-What would be the difference if an adolescent drinking and an adult drinking was compared?
A-17: Adolescents who drink will mature into "bad" adults.
RJA #12: Annotated Bibliography, Part 3
-Teague, Michael, Sara L.C. Mackenzie, and David M. Rosenthal. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. Brief ed. NYC: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print
The authors explains the stages of alcoholism and people most prone to the stages. Pages 214-220 of the textbook gives an example of what may happen to people during their drinking and after drinking. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The authors did not put in their opinions or bias into the text as the textbook shows merely facts. The book provides examples of daily occurrences when dealing with alcohol with few that are not commonly known.
-The Century Council. "Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (National Statistics)." Web. 21 Mar. 2010
The author discusses the numbers of car accidents and fatalities of the accidents involved with alcohol in the year 2008. Roughly 32% of traffic fatalities were caused by alcohol, that 32% amounts to 11,773 out of 37,261 lives (The Century Council). In that year, it would mean one person would die every 45 minutes in a car accident due to alcohol in the United States after calculating it. The information given is the most up to date so far until the next alcohol related deaths census is conducted.
The authors explains the stages of alcoholism and people most prone to the stages. Pages 214-220 of the textbook gives an example of what may happen to people during their drinking and after drinking. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The authors did not put in their opinions or bias into the text as the textbook shows merely facts. The book provides examples of daily occurrences when dealing with alcohol with few that are not commonly known.
-The Century Council. "Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (National Statistics)." Web. 21 Mar. 2010
The author discusses the numbers of car accidents and fatalities of the accidents involved with alcohol in the year 2008. Roughly 32% of traffic fatalities were caused by alcohol, that 32% amounts to 11,773 out of 37,261 lives (The Century Council). In that year, it would mean one person would die every 45 minutes in a car accident due to alcohol in the United States after calculating it. The information given is the most up to date so far until the next alcohol related deaths census is conducted.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
RJA #11: Annotated Bibliography, Part 2
I apparently encountered some formatting errors that blogger disliked and butchered some of my MLA formatting so please just overlook them
-"Alcohol." The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. 20 Mar. 2010
The author is an organization that wishes to limit the problems of substance abuse in America, the organization reveals facts on how drugs (including alcohol) will effect a person in order to deter further substance abuse in America. Deaths and crime caused by alcohol are included to reinforce their goal to stop substance abuse. The short term effects of alcohol to the self includes dizziness, confusion, disturbed sleep, and loss of judgment. The author makes use of many other sources and includes links that go into more detail about a specific part of the problems.
-N.p,: n.p., n.d. David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Dire. Web. 18 Mar. 2010.
As doctors of the Divisions of Medicine, the authors specialize in understanding withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms occur when alcohol has basically become one with the body, and the body can barely function correctly without it. The symptoms start from small shakes, sweats, and irritation due to lack of alcohol to the more severe blackouts, fevers, and delirium. It is possible to die from withdrawal symptoms as things such as heart failure, high fever, and convulsions. The authors are thorough with their knowledge and provides examples for each case of withdrawal symptoms.
-Deustch, Josh. "Correlation vs. Causation." Statistics-Help. 3 May 2009. 21 Mar. 2010.
As a graduate student of Kiedelberg, the author explains what the difference between correlation and causation is, common misconceptions, and examples of each. Deustch mentions that people tend to make a conclusion on things that make sense to themselves and tend to forget looking at things from a different angle. Correlation vs. causation is easiest to understand in outrageous examples. On a very hot day, there is an increase of ice cream vendors out selling ice cream around the cities. Now obviously the hot weather causes people to want to eat cold food to cool off, however, if correlation and causation were confused, one could say the increased number of ice cream vendors raises the temperature. The author provides a good explanation for the commonly mistaken correlation vs. causation and adds examples that are easy to understand.
-Parson, Tetyana. "Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family." AllPsych Online. 14 Dec. 2003, 10 Mar. 2010.
Parson is a psychologist that specializes in alcoholism and has personal experience with an alcoholic father in the family. The author describes and identifies stages of alcoholism and explains what causes the people to go to the next stage. Some people may stay at a certain stage for their whole lifetimes while others rush to the last phase which is also the most critical because it becomes nearly impossible to cure. The stages of change also changes what the family of the alcoholic will be like as well. The author has a professional and personal background of the subject which gives more insight on alcoholics and their families.
-Powell, Elizabeth “Alcohol and Impulse Control.” 14 Apr. 2004, 20 Mar. 2010
The author is a neurologist that has specializes in brain damage classification. The basics one would know about alcohol and the effect on the brain are included in the article as well as the more uncommon facts. Alcohol causes dizziness, confusion, or delirium in the person which turns off "impulse control" of a person. A drunk will act strictly on their peer will and not give it a second thought, no matter how ridiculous the idea conjured in the head is.
-"Alcohol." The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. 20 Mar. 2010
The author is an organization that wishes to limit the problems of substance abuse in America, the organization reveals facts on how drugs (including alcohol) will effect a person in order to deter further substance abuse in America. Deaths and crime caused by alcohol are included to reinforce their goal to stop substance abuse. The short term effects of alcohol to the self includes dizziness, confusion, disturbed sleep, and loss of judgment. The author makes use of many other sources and includes links that go into more detail about a specific part of the problems.
-N.p,: n.p., n.d. David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Dire. Web. 18 Mar. 2010.
As doctors of the Divisions of Medicine, the authors specialize in understanding withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms occur when alcohol has basically become one with the body, and the body can barely function correctly without it. The symptoms start from small shakes, sweats, and irritation due to lack of alcohol to the more severe blackouts, fevers, and delirium. It is possible to die from withdrawal symptoms as things such as heart failure, high fever, and convulsions. The authors are thorough with their knowledge and provides examples for each case of withdrawal symptoms.
-Deustch, Josh. "Correlation vs. Causation." Statistics-Help. 3 May 2009. 21 Mar. 2010.
As a graduate student of Kiedelberg, the author explains what the difference between correlation and causation is, common misconceptions, and examples of each. Deustch mentions that people tend to make a conclusion on things that make sense to themselves and tend to forget looking at things from a different angle. Correlation vs. causation is easiest to understand in outrageous examples. On a very hot day, there is an increase of ice cream vendors out selling ice cream around the cities. Now obviously the hot weather causes people to want to eat cold food to cool off, however, if correlation and causation were confused, one could say the increased number of ice cream vendors raises the temperature. The author provides a good explanation for the commonly mistaken correlation vs. causation and adds examples that are easy to understand.
-Parson, Tetyana. "Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family." AllPsych Online. 14 Dec. 2003, 10 Mar. 2010.
Parson is a psychologist that specializes in alcoholism and has personal experience with an alcoholic father in the family. The author describes and identifies stages of alcoholism and explains what causes the people to go to the next stage. Some people may stay at a certain stage for their whole lifetimes while others rush to the last phase which is also the most critical because it becomes nearly impossible to cure. The stages of change also changes what the family of the alcoholic will be like as well. The author has a professional and personal background of the subject which gives more insight on alcoholics and their families.
-Powell, Elizabeth “Alcohol and Impulse Control.” 14 Apr. 2004, 20 Mar. 2010
The author is a neurologist that has specializes in brain damage classification. The basics one would know about alcohol and the effect on the brain are included in the article as well as the more uncommon facts. Alcohol causes dizziness, confusion, or delirium in the person which turns off "impulse control" of a person. A drunk will act strictly on their peer will and not give it a second thought, no matter how ridiculous the idea conjured in the head is.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
RJA #10c: Ideas for the Application Project
- Newspaper article on alcohol related accidents
- Journal entry of an alcoholic
- Editorial on alcoholism between teenagers and adults
- Short story on the life of an alcoholic
RJA #10b: Progress Report for Argumentative Paper
What I have accomplished
- Formal Outline
- Field Research with counselor at Rehab center
- Research in General
- Understand and defined definitions needed
- Finish last half of the draft
- Edit draft of the paper
- Write the final copy of the paper
RJA #10a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1
-Interview with Dr. Wu
Dr. Wu has experience as a guidance counselor of a rehab center for 5 years now, he speaks about his professional opinion during the interview towards alcohol, the problem it causes, and the people that have the problems. The results of alcoholism are similar for every person he has encountered so far, the only differences are how the problems originate for each person. Dr. Wu claims he treats alcoholism both in the mature and the young relatively the same. Dr. Wu has much more professional and personal experiences with alcoholics than an average person.
-Lieber, C. S. Alcohol liver and nutrition. Vol. 10. N.p.: American College of Nutrition, 1991. N. pag. Web. 19 Mar. 2010..
Lieber explains that the long term effects of alcohol require approximately 10 years to manifest in an alcoholic individual, including liver disease, stroke, cancers, and brain damage (Lieber). The information given is similar to every health textbooks' definition of long term alcohol effects I encountered so far. The article explains simple long term effects and even the unknown to the common population of alcohol. The article does not state age as a factor of these effects developing but seeing as how the first child tastes their first drink at 12, they will be an adult when the long term effects manifest, but changes nothing when the same person is the same subject.
-Teague, Michael. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. NYC: McGraw- Hill, 2007. 190-96. Print.
The author portrays alcohol as a psychoactive drug which changes brain chemistry which alters mood and behavior (Teague). Pages 190-96 of the textbook explains how substances that rewire the brain work. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The information are purely facts and has no emotional or personal experience bias attached to it. This book provides information beyond the normal and commonly known facts about the effects of alcohol.
Dr. Wu has experience as a guidance counselor of a rehab center for 5 years now, he speaks about his professional opinion during the interview towards alcohol, the problem it causes, and the people that have the problems. The results of alcoholism are similar for every person he has encountered so far, the only differences are how the problems originate for each person. Dr. Wu claims he treats alcoholism both in the mature and the young relatively the same. Dr. Wu has much more professional and personal experiences with alcoholics than an average person.
-Lieber, C. S. Alcohol liver and nutrition. Vol. 10. N.p.: American College of Nutrition, 1991. N. pag. Web. 19 Mar. 2010.
Lieber explains that the long term effects of alcohol require approximately 10 years to manifest in an alcoholic individual, including liver disease, stroke, cancers, and brain damage (Lieber). The information given is similar to every health textbooks' definition of long term alcohol effects I encountered so far. The article explains simple long term effects and even the unknown to the common population of alcohol. The article does not state age as a factor of these effects developing but seeing as how the first child tastes their first drink at 12, they will be an adult when the long term effects manifest, but changes nothing when the same person is the same subject.
-Teague, Michael. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. NYC: McGraw- Hill, 2007. 190-96. Print.
The author portrays alcohol as a psychoactive drug which changes brain chemistry which alters mood and behavior (Teague). Pages 190-96 of the textbook explains how substances that rewire the brain work. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The information are purely facts and has no emotional or personal experience bias attached to it. This book provides information beyond the normal and commonly known facts about the effects of alcohol.
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