The Dependence Effect

The fact that there will come a time when we’re no longer masters of our world. Our creations, just like our children, will have surpassed us and there will be nothing we’ll be able to do about it. We, as a race, can’t stop trying to grow, to go where we’ve never gone before. But that’s dangerous, because the steps we take to get there? Sometimes they’re not steps we should be willing to take. We should be able to stop, to know when something’s over. But we can’t, and that’s eventually going to be our downfall. We’re going to create something that we can’t help but use, and it’s going to destroy us.

There is an empirical association between the dependent and independent variables. My research design for this paper will be a longitudinal research design. My data will be collected over time. My dependent variable are the Cambodian citizens. The independent variable in my research proposal are the laws enforced to combat trafficking. I will study whether the static, unchanging forms of law in Cambodia and determine if the number of victims to human trafficking decreased, increased or stayed the same. This longitudinal design will also use some features from a panel design. A panel design allows me to determine how individuals change, as well as how the population as a whole has changed or in this case, how it is NOT changed. Even though a panel design hard to conduct, individuals such as a judge, a person that maintains a long presence within the community, will be a useful source of whether the laws are working or not.

The definition of addiction is the continuing, compulsive use of a substance despite negative physical, mental or societal consequences of the substance. (Drug addiction and drug abuse, 1) To be psychologically dependent upon a substance is to feel the need to have the substance to maintain the feeling of well being. (Drug addiction and drug abuse, 1) Physical need is determined by tolerance levels for the substance. There would be a need for increase in dosage to achieve the same feeling. (Drug addiction and drug abuse, 1)

Philip Slater contends in Want-Creation Fuels Americans' Addictiveness that the reliance numerous Americans have on medications is because of continually needing more. The addictive personality of Americans connects past pharmaceuticals, also, addictions of various sorts. Slater argues that because we are told every day that were ignorant, misguided, inadequate, incompetent, and undesirable we can only escape this condition if we indulge, an act that will make us feel better (pg.353). Slater’s point isn't that we're insufficient or any of these negative attributes, however that we're intended to feel that manner if we do not achieve to a positive level. But the level, to which Americans acquire is truly very high.

As human beings with personal struggles, as well as those within society, things that come easy to us are often not valued as much as those we struggle for. This is true because when one achieves a feat he has been working towards, the sense of accomplishment combined withe the achievement is valued. Additionally, anything that comes easily is trivial and often taken for granted. Examples of this can be found in the Civil Rights Movement and the book Fahrenheit 451.

This displays that when a person is occupied by a set goal they could possibly miss vital lessons, visuals, opportunities, and experiences in life because they do not have enough time to stray from their path long enough to learn or see anything that might deter them (Frost,

c. value is what we must pay while price is what we are willing to pay.

Time goes by fast when things are getting done. Experiences are etched into people’s minds when they share moments of love or hatred. Martin Luther King Jr. once said in a speech “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” Through any measure of suffering and pain, people who pledge themselves to be stronger than before are able to defeat a failure mindset.  The books Push by Sapphire and The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg both demonstrate that the single indicator of human growth is to advance and push one’s limit by changing a habit or becoming motivated through

The author of the book The Achievement Habit, Dr. Bernard Roth, presents a well structured argument about the ability to achieve, and how the world is perceived differently by everyone, which means it is a conscious decision to react negatively to conflict, or on the contrary, look at the situation with a different mindset and not see it as conflict at all. While being the author of this very popular book, Dr. Roth has been a Stanford Professor for over fifty years; at Stanford, he teaches a class on achieving which pertains to a lot of his stories in the book. Roth portrays his book as a series of events that occurred to him personally and establishes pathos, logos, and ethos in the first two chapters of his book as he describes how the events relate to his theories.

‘If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way.” What this means is that people need struggles in their daily lives to accomplish desired goals which might not be easy. This is so true such as living in the 21st century where their is constant violence towards people fighting for peace and a better tomorrow. There is a film, The Lone Survivor, that also shows people experiencing violence fighting for peace in Afghanistan. Also, there is the movie, The Lost Boys, where people fight for survival and their religious beliefs. In addition, there is a television show called, Naked and Afraid, where people are sent to Africa to learn survival skills. Films and shows now at days show how struggling for real causes is not easy, but a way

A want is something that isn’t needed in your life, like a ps4 or a new phone. Then there are needs that you do need in life, like water or shelter. Sometimes, people feel like wants in life are needs and feel like they can’t live without wants. In a life time, everyone will say that they need a want. Just like the 3 examples, people feel like they just can’t live without wants, but really I can mess you up.

Addictions are strongholds and bondages that are more often than not difficult to overcome. The addiction holds a person’s well-being captive which result in unusual behavioral patterns. According to Gabor Maté and Arold Langeveld “addiction means be to a slave” relatively speaking when a person is addicted in reality they are a slave to the stimuli. Furthermore the outcome of addiction will result in behavioral patterns that will satisfy the addiction.

The primacy effect is the concept that when we are presented with a list of items, we have a higher percent of recall for the first few items on the list than we do for items in the middle of the list.The primacy effect exists because we have more time to rehearse and remember the items at the very beginning of the list than we do for any other items. When it comes to the other items on the list, we have to rely on our working memory, which can only hold onto the words for about 20-30 seconds without rehearsal.

The primacy effect is a memory theory that claims items presented in the beginning of a series are more easily remembered than items presented later in the series. The primacy effect is mostly associated with short-term memory recall and has the greatest effect when there is no delay between the different pieces of given information (Straker, 2011). The primacy effect results from a cognitive bias that states items presented at the beginning of a sequential presentation are more easily remembered because at that time, the brain is more attentive and has fewer items to process, allowing them to be better stored and later recalled more easily (Weidman, 2016).

Often in life, we humans, find ourselves always wanting more. Whether it’s the latest gadget, a new car or more money and love, it doesn’t particularly matter the object; if it’s desired, we want more of it. However, in this constant desire to indulge ourselves, mostly sinister implications begin to form alongside these desires. Implications such as addictions and loss of social and economical stability. With that said, it goes to show, “Too much of a bad thing can be just that, too much.”