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Part 1
Discussion Prompt 1
Why do people use drugs? Why is it difficult to treat drug abuse? How effective is treatment? What role might a psychologist take in a drug treatment program? Be sure to include examples from the reading.
Discussion Prompt 2
Every Monday morning, a friend would bring Lauren her favorite latte and a doughnut from a coffee shop by her house. And every Monday morning, her stomach would growl right before her friend rang the doorbell and handed her the weekly treat. She noticed a month later that her stomach growled each time the doorbell rang in the morning even if it was not Monday.
Given what you have learned about learning processes, which type of learning has Lauren experienced? What do you think is the best way to get her to "unlearn" her behavior? What implications does this understanding of the learning process have on our ability to make changes in our lifestyle? Support your reasoning with information from the text and other course materials.
Reading Matrerials:
https://au.reachout.com/everyday-issues/alcohol-and-drugs
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/25-random-facts-about-sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqONk48l5vY&feature=youtu.be&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W85Dwxx218&feature=youtu.be
Part 2
Sleep Disorder Paper
For this assignment, do some preliminary research into sleep disorders. Select one sleep disorder that you find interesting and address the following points in your paper:
- Provide a summary of the disorder
- An overview of the symptoms
- Prevalence
- Causes
- Common misconceptions
- Discuss the disorder's impact on cognitive processes.
- Discuss the disorder's impact on physiological processes.
- Identify proposed medical and psychological treatments (traditional and emerging, if applicable)
Incorporate a minimum of two scholarly sources in your writing. Include evidence from recent studies (published within the past five years).
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Part 1
Discussion Prompt 1
Drug Abuse and Treatment
The initial state of drug abuse is a voluntary process of drug intake. People, at this stage,
take drugs for entertainment, psychological-pressure relief, and treatment purposes. The
entertainment perspective of drug use follows an urge to trigger excitement and happiness
artificially. People take drugs to improve the quality of social bonds with friends. Most stages of
drug use start in social gatherings where individuals are tempted to use recreational drugs to feel
relevant in a specific social group. Curiosity might also tempt individuals to test the power of
recreational drugs. Secondly, people take recreational drugs to fight psychological pressures, for
example, stress, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Notably, recreational drugs trigger
experiences of tranquility, excitement and confidence hence offering the users a temporary
solution to psychological problems. Finally, prescriptive drug abuse occurs among people based
on the objectives of overcoming psychological pressures, relieving pain and improving cognitive
functions (Robinson, Smith, & Segal, 2019).
Recreational and prescriptive drug abuse eventually leads to addiction. Although
treatment options for drug addiction are available, the entire pr...