Stereotypes And Addiction

Addiction, it is all around us, affecting people from all walks of life, it is not limited to certain social classes or lifestyles. It is found in every ethnic group, regardless of gender or age. It affects our neighbors, our friends, and our family either directly or indirectly. Although substances such as alcohol and illegal drugs are two of the most common addictions we hear about, there is a wide range of substances and even activities such as gambling and shopping. There is some debate whether addiction is a brain disease or a choice.

Every day, hundreds of people experience the overwhelming effects of addictions. Individuals can become addicted to virtually any action or item. If individuals use addictive substances, there will be serious medical repercussions. This paper will focus on the idea of addiction through the fields of anthropology, psychology, and sociology, and how these fields have benefitted this prominent issue. Addictions are currently being researched by various social scientists in an attempt to fully understand their causes and cures.

Many people believe the misconception that an addiction is a moral problem and not a disease. To better understand the reasons why an additicition is in fact a disease; I will identify several types of addictions, and the problems associated with them. I will examine reasons why certain people are more susceptible for developing an addiction. Also, I will determine why many addicts deny their problems and many recovery methods addicts use to fight their illness. Researching these issues, will help aid my claim that addiction is a disease.

The history of addiction goes back centuries, and unfortunately, there is still a long way to go for people to realize the effects of chemical substances do more harm than good. The difference between drug use and abuse relies heavily on a person’s dependence on the substance. The line between the differences is often very fine. Depending on other factors involved, such as morals, values, environment, and genetic predisposition, the line will most likely be crossed without regard to the consequences until treatment and recovery are the only options left. This is essay compares two theoretical explanations

Right outside a corner store, next to a stoplight, or at a park, there may be a homeless person asking for some sort of help; it can either be for a place to stay, money, or food. Many people are used to categorizing a group of people by a solo characteristic, known as a stereotype. Misconception, on the other hand, is a conclusion of someone or something that is wrong because it is based on faulty thinking or facts. Stereotypes and misconceptions appear to be similar, however, these two are not. A misconception is formed from having a stereotype. Stereotypes and misconceptions are built because many try, but are unable to understand a person or a group, or are just simply unwilling to understand the person or group. There are over a million

“While biological factors certainly increase the vulnerability to developing fear and phobia, findings have not yet confirmed that these behaviors are controlled by biological mechanisms” (Rofé). Treating and understanding, psychoanalysis, phobias are believed to be a defense mechanism against trauma that might have been brought up as child. It still debated wether phobias are biological or created through life experiences. Due to varied experiments and evaluation, stating phobias derive from young childhood traumas would be untruthful and not factual. In the theory of psychoanalytic fear and phobias are created if the child remembers the experience which have brought

The objective of this article is to determine how using self-control for stereotyping affects alcohol consumption and how individual motivations toward alcohol consumption based on self-control affect regular drinking habits. In this study 61 drinkers were examined, 31 of which were females, to determine out of two social situations what would be their alcohol consumption. The participants were all around the age of 24.5 and were 70.5% white. On average the participants had about 6 drinks a week and it was most commonly beer. The participants took self-report questionnaires and were told to refrain from drinking, eating, and doing any drugs within 72 hours, besides nicotine. The results showed that those high in approach and avoidance had

Addiction is a disease, and should be recognized as such. The use of taboo substances has been proven by countless studies and basic observation that the “happy hormones” released during use are similar, if not often identical, to the hormones released when we eat, drink, or relieve primal urges. This makes it easy for our brains to develop a “craving trigger” for these drugs, similar to a rumbling stomach when you are hungry. A mental

Merely compulsively engaging in an activity does not necessitate the title of addiction, even if the subject cannot quit of her own volition: there must be an element of negative influence that the habit has on her life in one way or another to be termed as such. The potential adverse effects of addiction are numerous and for any one addiction the detriment can be multifaceted. As addiction is generally discussed, one of the primary negative impacts mentioned is related to a person’s physical or mental well-being which can be harmed by the abuse of certain substances, such as

On a daily bases people make excuses for everything. Everything meaning our actions and the things that we say. Common things that we make excuse for deal with sexist, racist, and heterosexist comments. Sexist is classified as saying that one sex is better than the other. An example of this is someone calling a male or female something that they are not. I do not like this because we are all humans and deserve to be respected and not called something that is degrading. We all know that racist is downgrading one race compared to another. An example of this is, saying that all black people are loud and ghetto. We all act the same but some people do certain things different from others. That’s just there way of living. I do not think that just because one person acts one way the whole race does also. Heterosexist is defined as heterosexuality is better than all other expressions. An example of this would be talking about how a guy dresses and calling him gay. I do not agree with this as well because it is good to stand out and be your own person not matter how others see you.

In “Self Control”, the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the remaining top agents try to differentiate themselves from the LMDs (Life Model Decoys). Daisy Johnson, better known as Skye, is an inhuman (mutant human) that has shown throughout the series, and especially in this episode, that she does not follow the stereotype for women. The other main female in this episode, Jemma Simmons, resembles the stereotype for women more so than Skye, but she still shows signs of not completely following them. Phil Coulson does follow certain stereotypes of males, but like the others, shows ways that he denies it. Leo Fitz is the furthest from stereotypes out of all of the characters, and he also shows that it may

In today's world there are many prejudices towards society's standards and it affects people negatively especially women. Being attractive can get you anywhere. Having good looks and a nice body gets you places most of the time. It is harsh but it is the truth. A social experiment has actually found that to be true.

The more in-depth cause of these addictions may be affected by cultural expectations of their

The most important part I got from the readings was the idea of subtle sexism. In “Imagine My Surprise” the writer talks about how the way her boss spoke to her was sexist, even if he didn’t realize it, and that she should’ve stood up to him and called him out. In “Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes” the idea that a lot of times discrimination is based on stereotypes is talked about. The author also talks about how no one is immune to stereotyping others, and a lot of times stereotyped groups will even internalize the stereotypes about themselves. And in the Gendered Worlds reading it talks about the subtle sexism that women face in the workplace and especially the sexism that “token women” face. While these examples of sexism might not be blatant

Young adult drug and alcohol use statistics are alarming. Studies have shown that 12.7 percent of students between the ages of 18 and 22 who are enrolled in college full-time are heavy drinkers. Nine percent of students between the ages of 18 and 22 who are not enrolled in college full-time are binge drinkers.