For example anxiety or anger in a learning situation could affect the "working memory" and the student could forget very quickly everything he has learnt on that particular day, another example would be when a student goes to an exam and is really stressed and even if he had revised and prepared himself well for the exam but is still not confident about it, when he goes into the exam room and when he sees the supervisors and the exam paper in front of him, he can have a sudden "block" in the memory and looks at the questions and cannot afford to do them then this could show that stress or anxi...

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One inducer of substance abuse that is commonly found among most adolescents is stress. Stress can be found in adolescents everyday activity. ... Even though substance abuse is not an effective stress reducer, some weary adolescents take this path anyway. ... The experts at Toronto University agree, and have classified substance abuse as a stress enhancer. ... Similar to stress, depression is a common occurrence in an adolescent's life (Reinherz, Feb.2000.). ...

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I suffered both physical and emotional stress, which included severe back problems and intense emotional problems. ... I passed both ACSU 115 and ENG 101, but I failed GEOG 104, which I expected, because I missed a couple of tests due to my illness. ...

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The endocrine system manages the gland such as the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries and testes. ... We become unhealthy, stressed out, risk heart disease and numerous other health problems. ...

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Some people show no sign of allergy in skin tests but it has been noted that the skin is extremely responsive to the subjects state of mind. ... A serious form of arthritis that begins with an inherited susceptibility but emotional stress evidently tires the balance so that the person develops actual symptoms. ... Experimenters are enlarging the scope of endocrine research to determine under what circumstances different hormones react to stress. ... People can be trained to avoid physical disturbances that accompany the stress that leads to illness, they may learn to consciously prevent the...

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Others might sit at the piano and test out chords and phrases as they write, my neighbor told me he does this. ... Listening to music for relaxation is common among students to counter the effects of stress or anxiety while completing difficult academic tasks. ... Many students listen to music to alleviate the emotional effects of stress and anxiety when engaged in complex cognitive processing, such as studying for a test, completing homework assignments, or while reading and writing. ...

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Virginia Woolf proudly stresses Lily Briscoe's role as the novel's ˜outcast' figure. ... Her concern with artistic quality, the image's ability to stand the test of time, and the mourning of Mrs. ...

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They stressed interior the experience of salvation and emphasized emotion rather than great learning. ... According to Whitefield the key test of one's election was whether one had had an emotional experience of conversion. ...

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The stress on the importance of friends and family creates a gentleman and sage with strong emotional ties to the ones around him. ... A ruling class that allows the group which they are presiding over to stand the test of time are better than a ruling class that allows its subjects and their society to collapse. ...

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Depression, melancholy, disillusionment, and disconnectedness are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this mission of Hamlet's is in stark contrast to Claudius' fervent effort to obscure the truth of King Hamlet's murder. The question of Hamlet's sanity is irrelevant, but instead his melancholy dispositi...

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