Drinking Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Introduction

Drinking alcohol is too dangerous to be allowed at teen age. There is no single mind about this issue. In some countries, the youth is allowed to drink alcohol at the age of eighteen; in other countries, it is illegal to buy alcohol until a person is twenty one. There has been many debates devoted to this issue. Obviously, both age have their advantages and disadvantages. The main aim is to realize at what age the youth can be allowed to buy and drink alcohol. This essay is aimed at studying this issue. In the essay, I will outline the ...

Water sector infrastructure consisting of water and waste water systems, has an extensive history of implementing policies and programs to provide safe and clean water, therefore, protecting and improving public health and environment across the nation. Under the guidance of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), for above thirty years, drinking water and waste water services have been carrying out routines to survey ways to improve water quality testing techniques. (Sullivan, 2011). The sector’s public health, security, environmental and resilience efforts form a profound approach to make available safe drinking water, safeguard public health ...

Addictive behaviors are both reinforcing and rewarding. They become the primary focus of an individual’s life to the disadvantage of other activities. They are of many types of addictive behaviors with sex and drug addictions being among the major addictions (Wu. et al., 2006). Drug addiction (substance dependence) occurs when a person experiences a high need of taking the drug. Addiction happens to a particular kind/class of drug. Sex addiction occurs when one experiences a progressive urge of engaging in sex. It is characterized by compulsive sexual acts and thoughts.

Common Characteristics of Sex and Drug Addiction Behaviors

- They both make a person obsessed by them.
- Withdrawal symptoms ...

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Water, sanitation and Hygiene
These are highly fundamental issues that should be considered when providing community based services. For instance, water is a basic need for human survival but not all the water is safe for consumption. The sanitation systems within the community determine a great deal on the safety of the available water for consumption. Water, sanitation and hygiene complement each other and none can exist independent of the other. The importance of water cannot be overestimated and its use immeasurable. Despite the high demand for the resource for sustenance of life, there is always a greater challenge to the ...

Introduction

Alcohol consumption is endemic in the US with 80% youngsters under the age of 21 being involved in underage drinking. Despite the minimum legal drinking age set at 21, studies show that almost all the youths start drinking alcohol before crossing the threshold of 21. The trend among youngsters to drink heavily than adults is alarming. Alcohol abuse among youngsters is more prevalent than smoking tobacco or marijuana. As per the report presented by CDC, over 4,700 annual deaths occurring in the US are associated with underage drinking and more than 90% youngsters who use alcohol involve in ...

Introduction

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), alcohol addiction or alcohol dependence is defined as a primary, chronic disease with psychological, genetic, and environmental factors influencing its manifestations and development.

Description

Alcohol addiction is characterized by:
- Lack of ability to control use of alcohol
- An extended period of heavy, frequent alcohol use
- Physical dependence manifested by withdrawal symptoms when the individual stops using alcohol
- A variety of legal and social problems arising from the use of alcohol
- The need or tolerance to use more and alcohol to achieve the same effects
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ABSTRACT

The abstract does not provide a brief description of the problem under study but rather gives the objective of the study which is to summarize longitudinal research regarding physical health and health behaviors on women’s subsequent alcohol use. The research does not conduct experiments with participants but rather uses databases from Medline/PsycINFO to yield its results. The database yielded 29 relevant articles that were used in this study. In the abstract, the researcher should have included more details about the methods that were used to select the 29 out of over 5000 articles that were reviewed.

The findings of ...

Smoking, drinking, overeating and accumulating stressors are behaviors that become pronounced in adulthood though they trace their origins to a much younger age probably around the teenage years. These behaviors do not just crop up out of the blues. They start and develop over a period. The various theories and theorists in this context are keen on pointing out the psychosocial nature of an individual. They show how the actions and expectations of a person conflict with those of society and how that could therefore lead to various behaviors in adulthood. The theories in contexts have their different ways ...

Contemporary issues in marketing

Part 1: critical review of a journal article: Alcohol advertising and youth by David Jernigan
Credentials of the author
Dr Jernigan is a renowned scholar who has made significant contribution in alcohol policy and the field of public health in general. He has also made several contributions in media advocacy specifically advocating for strategic and proper use of media to influence public health policy. Dr. Jernigan has served under several capacities in many organizations. He has been an adviser to the World Bank and the world health organization with regards to health, development and the role of alcohol. Currently ...

Washington Post (WP) of 4th may 2012 contained an article by Mike Duggan on youth alcoholism in the US state of Michigan in the particular district of Detroit. Duggan is an accomplished article writer with experience spanning two decades, and has earned accolades the world over and in all the United States. He has done articles on several subjects that matter to the American citizens ranging from economic issues, social issues and political analyses.

On this particular date, he delves into a social matter that remains one of the most discussed issues in the United States of American society, youth ...

Increased live birth delivery of women with natal drinking or smoking: A nursing critique

Abstract
Prenatal smoking and alcoholic drinking are for its serious health risks during and after live delivery. Amidst the ethical question on this maternal choice, a contention insists that alcohol and tobacco non-use prenatal and at natal has increased. Doubts on its validity were noted. My hypothesis: the observation came too early both in the national English and the global contexts. The contention was hard to sustain. The diverse factors affecting global decision making work against that contention. Both the American and English data failed to support that contention on the strong reality of the incomplete and potentially unsound ...

LifeStraw: Science and Technology

LifeStraw is a product developed by the Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen, which consists of a water filter that removes 99.99% of waterborne bacteria, protozoan parasites and viruses, allowing the user to obtain clean drinking water directly from containers, streams, lakes or other sources of potentially contaminated water.
The Oxford Dictionary defines science as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. In order to develop the LifeStraw, scientific experiments were conducted to understand the process of water purification and develop an innovative method ...

Alcohol is a complex substance that impacts upon society in a more profound way than any other substance. As a result of this, many psychological approaches have been used in an attempt to explain how some individuals can drink alcohol in moderation whereas others become “problem drinkers” or alcoholics. The impact of alcoholism on the individual, their friends and family, and society at large is extremely large. This essay looks at how different theorists have attempted to explain why some drinkers can consume alcohol without resorting to excess, whereas others tend to consume alcohol in a way that is ...

Introduction

The social norms theory states that human behavior is influenced by inaccurate perceptions of the manner in which other members of social groups act and think. In recent times, prevention approaches that are based on the social norms theory have grown in popularity. Evidence now indicates that they can be very effective if implemented correctly. According to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA, 2002), there are promising initial results obtained from programs that adopt an intensive social norms approach. According to NIAAA, there are reductions of up to 20% in the levels of high-risk drinking in a ...

INTRODUCTION

In Homel, Tomsen and Thommeny’s study “Public Drinking and Violence: Not Just an Alcohol Problem” (1992), the researchers observe twenty three different homes in Sydney, Australia, in order to determine the different factors that can make physical violence a greater likelihood. In this essay, we will critically evaluate this study, to determine whether the research question, theoretical framework, and methodology are sound ways to get the results the researchers were looking for.

RESEARCH QUESTION

The research question, in an essence, is to determine whether or not violence occurs in the home or outside in social areas strictly because of the presence ...

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- List five major health issues that can occur at any point in our life and explain how an individual’s lifestyle impacted the onset of the health issue. If scientific research does not implicate lifestyle was a contributing factor, provide other contributing factor/s which contributed to the health issue onset.
Poor lifestyle of many individuals, if not changed, can lead to major health concerns. These health issues include diabetes, heart attack, bone loss, obesity and drug addiction. The most common diabetes these days is the type 2 diabetes. Study ...

In the story Mechanics, the author, Luis J. Rodriguez uses an eloquent voice to show the neighborhood he had spent many years. Rodriguez uses most of his stories in the book to show the kind of life he lived as a father, resident, organizer and writer. The author uses the story Mechanic to show the neighborhood that gives more than its appearance allows. This essay discusses the value that women held in the protagonist’s life.
Mechanics presents a pessimistic/ optimistic outlook on love. The story involves a man, a protagonist, whose entire life concerns his children and wife. In his story, ...

1. The name of the film is Casablanca. The director is Michael Curtiz. The two leading actors are Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund.
2. The leading characters are Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Victor Laszlo, Captain Louis Renault, Major Heinrich Strasser, Signor Ferrari and Sam. Other important characters are Ugarte and Carl. The story takes place in Casablanca in French Morocco during World War II. France is occupied by Germans and people from all over Europe are coming to Casablanca in order to try to get to Lisbon from where they can continue ...

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Introduction

The company nestle has a wide range of products that it produces under their brand name. The product that I found interesting and liked was the Nestle Coffee-mate 32 OZ French Vanilla Sugar free brand.
Most companies have enrooted to supply at least one product from their wide variety that will be sugar free and help those health freaks that would die not to become obese. It is a good path and Nestle has not been left behind in the production of the same. The new product Nestle Coffee-mate sugar free tells it all. It has received a good ...

Helping of a Family

In this scenario, there are a number of perspectives that emerge. First, the parents of the child are divorced. Second, the father is the custodial parent while the mother is a non-custodial parent. Third, the mother has a drinking problem, and it is yet to stop. Finally, the patient is a child, and thus his or her decisions are dependent on parents (Spencer, 2000). In approaching this scenario, APA standards 3 and 10 would be extremely significant. Standard 3 is about human relations and subsection 3.10 is about informed consent. According to APA (2010), there is a need to obtain informed consent of the ...

The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast two beautifully rendered pieces of literature; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and ‘And the earth did not devour him by Tomas Rivera. Both the novels will be discussed in juxtaposition to each other to aid the process of drawing out similarities and highlighting points of comparison. To commence, it must be noted that both the authors are chicane identity wise and hence much of their work is set in the same background. Both the authors are successful in launching their plots’ owing to their knowledge of ...

I think that line-extension will be successful in general. However, it will not necessarily be effective for everyone. For it to be successful, a company must know its customers and its brand’s limitations (TippingSprung, 2012).
Although some do not favor line extensions, it cannot be denied that a lot of companies have successfully implemented this strategy up to this day. For example, Kraft came out with Jell-O Instant Pudding, which was available in many varieties (Gordon, 2004). Gillette has also successfully implemented line extensions. For example, it has extended its razors and blades product line to Sensor, Mach 3, ...

Leadership Reflective Plan

Leadership is all about extrapolating one's vision of the future upon others and taking responsibility for the possible mistakes. People usually start following leaders when they have no other option. That is to say, people need a leader when they either have no vision of their own future or they are afraid of taking responsibility for their own mistakes. To this end, leadership studies imply a development of two major aspects such as endless passion that motivates surrounding people and some sort of fatalism that helps to take risky steps in the course of time.
As for the theoretical ...

People watch TV, listen to the news, and learn something new on a daily basis, and many of them are influenced by advertising. Nowadays, an ad can be seen everywhere: on television, online, on the street, in social networks and wherever it can be put. There are different types of advertising, and each type has a different impact on different people. It has a significant influence on people's thoughts, actions, and feelings, making advertising a very powerful tool of emotional and psychological appeal. Advertising, which informs us about products and/or services, becomes an integral part of our culture, thus largely contributing to our ...

The Don’t Drive Sleepy ad was created by Thai advertising company “BBDO” in a bid to promote safety in the roads (Linda). This ad shows its audience simply and clearly the consequences of falling asleep when one is on the wheel, and the risks that a person who is driving may face for underestimating sleepiness and tiredness, but also overestimating the ability of their body.
The ThaiHealth Don’t Drive sleepy ad targets drivers. The ad attempts to inform drivers that it is dangerous to drive when one is sleepy and so drivers should take the issue seriously. The ...

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The Opposing Emotions Found in Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz" is a very brief poem, but one filled with powerful verses and a plethora of emotions. It is a poem that talks about a bedtime dance performed by a father-son duo. The poem has given birth to multiple interpretations over the years, regarding the speaker’s emotion towards his father. While some argue that the poem is about a father physically controlling or even abusing his son, some see it as an expression of love by a clumsy and rough, yet, affectionate father. However, familial relations are a complex subject, and ...

Choose a print advertisement that has been used within the last 12 months from a popular American magazine that illustrates what Tuchman terms “pictures of perfections and goals of happiness” and then answer the following questions in a single unified essay. You must include a copy of the ad with your essay.
The advert I have chosen is the Carls Jr Super Star Burger with Cheese. It shows a woman dressed in a seductive form, practically half naked (and a blonde at that) alongside the burger packed with all sorts of ingredients imaginable. The subtitle ‘it’s gonna get messy’ adds a certain crudeness to proceedings ...

In sociology, crime and deviance are studied when cultural norms, changes it goes through over time and the consequences that occur when they are broken are studied. With help of norms, individuals learn to exert self control from the activities that might destroy the peace of a society. Social norms differ in different parts of the world. It means that if for one society a certain social act is abhorred it might be considered normal in another society. Sociologists study the reasons behind these differences and how it effects the population living in those societies.
Deviance is the name given ...

Golding’s article “Thinking as a hobby” focuses on the idea of the complexity and development of thought. According Golding the art of thinking evolves from mere imagination, to reflection and then to understanding. Golding refers to these thinking patterns as grade three, grade two, and grade one thinking respectively. The author begins by talking about the life of a young boy in his early stages of schooling. The boy did not have much understanding of the world around him. The boy is at grade three thinking according to thinking levels created by Golding. His mentality focuses on seeing and imagining ...

The Cask of Amontillado is a gripping story by Edgar Allan Poe which explores the realm of human emotions. The author pens the literary work and aptly exudes his expertise though the various devices which are used to enhance the tumultuous influence of the story on the minds of the readers. A close analysis of the characters and the theme along with the other literary devices will make one comprehend the excellence and the paramount influence of the story on the human minds. The author personifies his “hostile feelings and thoughts, symbolizing the repressed instincts of the personality” in the ...

Introduction

The simplest way define a fallacy is that it is the logical error in an argument or evaluation of a policy. Additionally, it can be the incorrect argument in rhetoric and logic that results in a lack of validity (Laurel 8 – 12). They are classified into formal and informal fallacies. Others have defined fallacy to mean a mistake in belief that is based on certain unsound argument.
This paper identifies the ten fallacies as they are obtained in the political arena, explain how each of the identified fallacies are being employed, and the reason for the application of these fallacies. It should ...

In the novel Cannery Row and the play Glengarry Glen Ross, authors John Steinbeck and David Mamet present characters whose approach to existence appears quite dissimilar on the surface. Mack and the boys from Cannery Row place little value on extravagant material possessions. They possess no ambition other than to have very basic shelter and food; they do not compete with each other or town residents to accumulate goods or social status. The real estate salespeople in Glengarry Glen Ross, on the other hand, thrive on workplace competition to acquire possessions that will signify their success. If one accepts ...

“Hills like White Elephants” is a short story written by the eminent writer Ernest Hemingway. The story is set in a city of Spain, Zaragoza. As Hemingway wrote after the World War I, many of his stories focus on the depression and despair which was caused by the war. Hemingway portrays how people lost faith in themselves and in God. Due to this they started to indulge in faithless and vulgar activities like mindless physical intimacies and they just let go of their norms and traditions.

“Hills like White Elephants” revolves around two characters; a girl named Jig and a boy who is ...

Ernest Hemingway was an American author born in 1899 in Oak Park Illinois to a conservative middle class family in the suburbs of Chicago. At his late teenage years, Hemingway travelled to Europe to serve as a Red Cross office for the Italian army at the onset of the First World War. Later, Hemingway was to travel to different parts of Europe including Germany and France eventually becoming the European reporter for the Kansas City Star Newspaper. Hemingway leaves a legacy of novels such as A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the most famous of all his novels ...

1.

Solution:

(a)

The 95% confidence interval is

We calculated it, it’s

So the 95% confidence interval for the average waiting time for the ride is (53.95, 70.85)
(b)

The confidence interval means the probability that the average waiting time for the ride is between 53.95 minutes and 70.85 minutes is 0.95.

(c)

Because 60 is within (53.95, 70.85), so the park need to employ more Staff.

2.

Solution:

(a) The distribution of o is Z distribution.

The 90% confidence interval for the portion is

We calculate it, it’s

So a 90% confidence interval for the portion of 18-22 year olds who drank excessively before they were 18 is (0.607, 0.659).
(b)

The confidence interval means the portion of 18-22 year olds who drank excessively before they were 18 is between 0.607 and 0.659 is 0.90.

3.

Solution:

(a)

The max error =

So 

So, the sample size needed is 86.

(b)

The max error of proportion is =

So

Because

So, so the sample size needed is 475.
4.

Solution:

(a)-(b)

The null hypothesis:

The alternative hypothesis:
The test statistic =
The p-value = P(Z<-1.768)+P(Z>1.768) = 0.077>0.05, so we can’t reject the null hypothesis, ...

Abstract

This paper gives an insight to the jurisdictions of crimes. It also establishes the similarities and differences of federal and state jurisdictions in criminal law. It also establishes the concurrent state and federal jurisdictions. All these concepts are illustrated in three different crime jurisdictions

Introduction

The United States of America’s Constitution bestows the individual states with the authority to rule themselves, however where the whole nation’s interests is at stake, Federal law overrules any state law. This is confined under the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause. Conversely, some criminal law quarters are concurrently engaged by the state and Federal ...

Having a healthy eating plan is one of the most vital and significant elements that should be embraced by everyone in order to live longer. Healthy eating plans determine and define the type of food, the quantity and the quality of food one should consume at every given moment. Moreover, a healthy eating plan provides a balance of all nutrients which is very essential in providing the body with the necessary factors needed for growth and also provide the body with energy which is categorized as either maintenance or operational ratios. The maintenance ratio or basic metabolic rate is the energy required ...