Psychology

Sandra Aboagye

Mr. Lackey

Ap psychology

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• Date: 9/12/15
• Channel: Cartoon network
• Movie

1. In the movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The lightening thief; A teenage Greek demigod suffers from dyslexia, But to his advantage his dyslexia, but to his advantage his dyslexia is the ability to translate ancient Greek into English. He also uses his ADHD to help improve his warrior battle skills. These disabilities helped him to retrieve the lightning bolt and his mother.

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• Date: 9/13/15
• Movie

1. Obsessed is about Derrick Charles a successful asset manager. He’s a hard worker and a happily married man. When a temporary coworker named Lisa starts stalking and showing aggressive behavior towards his wife. His life begins to spiral out of control.

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• Date: 9/14/15
• Channel: MTV

1. Contestants were asked to get in a glass box; while buckets of live maggots would be poured on them for a certain amount of time. A particular contestant started screaming and behaving unlike herself. Because the individual was overwhelmed with fear, her first instinct was to try to run away from the cause of her fear.

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• Date: 9/14/15
• Channel: Life time

1. An Elderly man named Mike is about to undergo surgery that could save his life. But the biohazards inside his large, roach infested, filthy home puts his recovery at serious risk. Mike is faced with the decision to overcome his hoarding disorder or to give up his life.

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• Date: 9/15/15
• Commercial/advertisement

1. The commercial starts out with a teenage girl staring at herself in the mirror. The young teen views herself as overweight but in reality she’s extremely skinny. As the commercial continues we discover that she has Anorexia.

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• Date: 9/12/15
• Billboard

1. The billboard states that depression can be fatal and recommends seeing a doctor. This is very true. Depression is something that slowly destroys a person's hopes, thoughts, and behaviors.

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• Date: 9/16/15
• Article

1. Usatoday wrote an article to help individuals with claustrophobia. The article gave step to step detailed advice on overcoming claustrophobia on a plane.

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• 9/17/15
• Commercial

1. The commercial promotes a once-a-day prescription medication called latuda for individuals suffering from Bipolar disorder. It is not known how Latuda works, but it is thought to adjust the levels of dopamine and serotonin in the brain.