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Biological Influences on Personality

April 30, 2012 Influence by Theme

The personality of a person is the summation of their characteristics. It is the total of the person’s attitudes, personal interests, patterns of behavior, and emotional responses.

Each individual has an individual personality which can be expressed in interpersonal social relationships and other enduring individual traits, by which the person is perceived by others. Some characteristics may be appealing while others may be to the detriment of the person.

The personality of any one person will depend on many factors such as the biological influences on personality, the environment, parental upbringing and genetic background.

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Personal Influences on People

March 28, 2012 Influence by Theme

Whether we realize it or not we are all frequently in situations were we try to influence other people. Influencing in this context means persuading other people. Such persuasion is usually made to change the minds of other people in relation to decisions which have been made.

All of our personal influence on people is done by persuasion; it may be for the good of the other person or indeed for our own benefit. Persuasion not only includes using the presentation of our own point of view delivered in the right tone of voice, but includes understanding about what motivates other people especially the person we are trying to influence.

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Factors That Influence Blood Pressure

February 24, 2012 Art Influence

The health of the body’s circulatory system which carries the blood throughout the human body is dependent on the blood pressure. Variations in the blood pressure can indicate conditions of hypertension (high blood pressure) or hypotension (low blood pressure).

Both of these conditions can be a specific illness or be indicative of an underlying illness. High blood pressure is especially hazardous since it can lead to heart attacks and kidney problems among a variety of other diseases.

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Influence of Prescription Drugs on Teenagers

January 23, 2012 Influence by Theme

It is estimated that the number of teenagers using prescription type drugs is rapidly reaching the level of users of illegal drugs.

There are currently over 6 million users of prescription drugs for self abusive purposes in the USA with the numbers increasing at the rate of over two thousand every day commonly in the twelve to seventeen years age bracket.

Factors which Influence Prescription Drug Use.

-         Acceptability.  Many youngsters believe that because they are using drugs supplied legally from reputable drug companies that, it is preferable to using illegal substances like cocaine and heroin. This false belief leads to the teenager accepting the use of prescription drugs as being socially acceptable and without danger.

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Influences of Play on Child Development

December 20, 2011 Influence by Theme

All of the experiences a child gains early in its life determine to a large degree on the way the child will develop. An important component of these experiences is learning how to play and actually playing. Parents have a role in playing with the child as an infant and the importance of playing is such that it is deemed to be a basic right of every child by the UN.

Influences of Play on Child development.

1. From an early age parents should encourage the development of the youngster’s motor skills. This can be achieved by getting the young child to play ‘clap hands with Mummy’ type games. Gradually building up to simple ball games as the child grows older. Such exercises will serve to develop the muscles of the limbs and teach early cognitive skills.

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Human Influence on the Environment

December 12, 2011 Influence by Theme

It is only during the last few decades that we are opening our eyes and realizing the degree of human influence on the environment. We are witnessing the pollution of our atmosphere, our oceans, the mass destruction of rain forests, and destruction of arable land through the process of urbanization.

To sustain an ever growing population many traditional farming techniques have been set aside in favor of intensive agriculture which has transformed many landscapes. The maintenance of forest is ill considered in favor of immediate financial gain, resulting in a reduction of biodiversity due to loss of natural habitat for many creatures, and leading to the erosion of surface soil.

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Influences on Human Embryo Development

December 4, 2011 Influence by Theme

At the moment of conception between a male and female when the female egg is duly fertilized by the male sperm, the first cell is formed for the subsequent development into an adult human being. This cell is called a zygote.

The zygote is formed from specialized sex cells called gametes, one donated by the male (spermatozoa) and one donated by the female (ova) each containing 23 chromosomes.

The human offspring is referred to as an embryo up to the eighth week following conception and thereafter is referred to as a fetus. Both the embryo and fetus require nutrition which obviously must have a direct influence on human embryo development.

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Roman Influence on Britain

November 26, 2011 Influence by Theme

The Roman influence on Britain began in 55 BC with the arrival on British shores of Julius Caesar armed with two Roman legions. This attempt to conquer Britain was not successful and it was not until one century later in 43 AD that the Romans established a firm foothold on Britain under Emperor Claudius.

The Roman legions were quick to repel and subdue the tribes of South Easter England and subsequently no less than eleven English ‘kings’ submitted to the rule of Rome and ruled their individual ‘kingdoms’ in the name of Rome.

There was much opposition against the Roman armies in the North West of England and it took Claudius about 35 years before England, Wales, and areas of Scotland had succumbed to Rome, and this was seen as the beginning of Roman Britain.

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Media Influence on Women’s Body Image

November 18, 2011 Media Influence

The current trend as portrayed in the media is for women’s bodies to appear exceedingly slim, almost to the point that they seem to be suffering from anorexia. Such is the power of the media in influencing women’s body image.

Many women believe absolutely in the pictures and advertisements they see in the glossy magazines without realizing that it is their subconscious minds, heavily influenced by the media, which is promoting such a belief.

Your body image is the way you perceive yourself to be and of course the way you feel. But for some reason most western women feel that they are overweight with only about 20% being happy with their body image. This fact is seized upon by the advertising industry that begins to promote products which will help women lose weight, and achieve the skinny look which the media state is the fashionable way to appear.

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Negative Influences of the Media

November 10, 2011 Influence by Theme

We have to accept that to quite a large extent our lives are strongly influenced by the media. We are surrounded by the media in the form of newspapers, magazines, the TV, and the internet.

We live in an age of information, and can readily obtain any amount of information on virtually any subject by logging on to any computer search engine and requesting the information. Home entertainment systems provide easy access to movies and soap operas on TV. Most of the time there is no harm and many of the media presentations are socially acceptable. Are there then any negative influences of the media?