Methods of Neuropsychological Studies

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The term ‘syndrome’ denotes the statistical co-occurrence of a cluster of symptoms. However, it is not imperative that all symptoms of a syndrome be present in a given patient. The statistical cluster is supposed to indicate an underlying cause of various symptoms. A major thrust of cognitive neuroscience is the clarification of structure - function of relationships in the human brain - understanding the relationship between ...

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Women’s Changing Role in the Family and Society

04 Apr 2018

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Nicole M. Tortoris   Today, women are tipping the balance of power in their favor. Women have gained power because society is becoming more aware of women’s potential, not only as mothers and housewives, but as businesswomen and entrepreneurs (Schoen, Astone, Rothert, Standish, & Kim, 2002). The battle of the sexes continues; women are becoming more independent and more preoccupied with their careers. Women’s ...

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Persuasive Power of Neuroimages

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Neuroimage effect and repeated exposure: The contextual origin of neuroimage’s persuasive power Bethany Waites Erica Chastain   If you were to open up a newspaper, or visit an online news source, there is good chance that you will come across a media coverage story of a scientific research study, and that article will probably contain an image to help facilitate complicated scientific information to the ...

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How Relevant Are the Early Theories of Le Bon and Freud?

04 Apr 2018

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How relevant are the early theories of Le Bon and Freud in comparison to more contemporary theories of crowds?   One of the earliest theories of crowd behaviour was presented by Gustav Le Bon in 1895, which he referred to as group mind theory (Le Bon, 1895). He viewed crowd behaviour as acting according to primitive impulses which are lacking in reasoning and rationality. Le Bon ...

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Causes and Effects of Learning Difficulties

04 Apr 2018

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All learning disabilities are neurological disorders, the effects are from difference in the way an individual’s brain function. Children with learning disabilities can be as smart as their peers who do not have learning challenges. However, it can be difficult for children with learning disabilities to read, write, reason, recall information, spell and often times figure things out on their own without guidance. Learning disabilities are ...

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Theories of Psychopathy | Overview and Analysis

04 Apr 2018

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A lot of research has been conducted in the area of aggressive, antisocial, and criminal behaviour (Frick & Viding, 2009). Indeed, persistent antisocial behaviour results in human suffering associated with criminal offences, and high economic costs from detaining these offenders to prevent recidivism (Loeber & Farrington, 2001). What is Psychopathy? Previous findings demonstrated that over a third of incarcerated offenders have Antisocial Personality Disorder, characterized by ...

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Development of Language and Brain Support

04 Apr 2018

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Speech production is a highly skilled behavior that requires rapid and coordinated movements of the orofacial articulators. Speech and language are often confused, but there is a distinction between the two. Speech is the verbal expression of language and includes articulation, which is the way sounds and words are formed. On the contrary, language is much broader and refers to the entire system of expressing and ...

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Causal Information as Reward for Children

04 Apr 2018

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Loredana Lenghel Life-span Developmental Psychology Registration form (basic data) 1. Details of the applicant: Loredana Lenghel 2. Title of the proposal: Keeping Children Engaged – Causal Information as Reward 3. Summary of the proposed research This study proposes research on the effects of causal information as reward on the intrinsic motivation of children. Causal information has ...

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Effects of Meditation on Cerebral Activity

04 Apr 2018

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Doris L. Scheer Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania conducted the first functional neuroimaging study to demonstrate changes in cerebral activity during glossolalia (A.B. Newberg et al., 2006). It’s not difficult to find research on Buddhist practices such as meditation but few researchers have conducted studies on Christian practices such as glossolalia. In fact, this was the first time that researchers took brain images ...

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How the Communicator Influences the Audience

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Persuasion: Who, What, and to Whom Even though people can just say no to the individual or to a group, the communicator influences the audience because people may be persuaded by the message. The communicator’s goal is to change your mind, and most people are easily influenced.(Rhoads, 1997). Social psychology helps us to identify different aspects of ourselves, and the environment in which we live and ...

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Corporal Punishment, Analysis of the Psychological Evidence

04 Apr 2018

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Controversy for the use of reasonable force and its appropriateness for reinforcing behaviours is a main issue in states (Gershoff, 2002). Corporal punishment has been deemed illegal in various countries through adopted policies and laws, though it is suggested to have been applied to 94 percent of toddlers aged between three and four (Straus & Stewart, 1999). Many psychologists believe that there is established evidence to ...

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Adults in Rebound Relationships: A Narrative Inquiry

04 Apr 2018

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Adrienne Maie C. BactolSushmita G. De Leon Kyle Marie S. CayabanMa. Fatima G. Isanan Everybody has heard of rebound fling. This type of relationship comes immediately after ending the previous relationship. Rebounds are usually not based on love, rather it is just a way for people to relieve themselves from the loneliness and hurt they felt from their break-up. They are dubbed as “rebound” ...

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Effective Job Performance Tools

04 Apr 2018

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Running head: EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE TOOL1 Obispo, Stacey L. Effective Performance Tool The job performance tool selected for mental health care counselor evaluated performance on core competencies needed to conduct the job effectively and on organizational goals. The competencies were depicted through the US Department of Labor’s job description of mental health care workers and from KSAOs derived from The National Center for O*NET Development ...

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Critical Review of Henkel (2014)

04 Apr 2018

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Review of “Point and shoot memories: The influence of taking photos on memory for a museum tour” by Henkel   Introduction In psychology, it is important to review literature critically. Questions require to be asked of all research, both prior and subsequent to publishing. Matters such as justification for the research, the approach taken to carry out the research, the results of the research and its ...

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Theory Contributions for Modern Psychology Development

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Contribution of different approaches to psychology for the development of modern psychology Charunya Rajakaruna   Different approaches to psychology contributed immensely for the development of modern psychology. Psychology is a large area of study with its branches in many other fields. Modern definition of psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. However the study of psychology existed even during the times ...

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Cause and Effect of Religiosity on Life Satisfaction

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The Cause and Effect of Religiosity on the Life Satisfaction and Psychological Wellbeing Rehmatullah Mirzaali   Religiosity can be defined as “the term religiosity is derived from the word religion and it refers to numerous characteristics of religious behavior’s as well as fidelity and faith of an individual” (Khan, subhani & Ara, June, 2013). This is while life satisfaction is usually explained as a ...

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Manifestation of Anorexia Nervosa in East-Asian Culture

04 Apr 2018

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Tharushi Kaluarachchi   Mental illnesses do not exist independent of their social and historical context. Although it is generally accepted that sociocultural factors are key in the development of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), presently, it is bound by Western notions of disease as its criterion is focused on the obsession with thinness for women with the disorder. However with its evolution being mirrored in East-Asia, ...

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Environmental Influences on Happiness

04 Apr 2018

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Critical Evaluation: The Contagion Effect of Happiness The thought of happiness had sparked much interest among past psychologists. Dated back in the 20th century, happiness had been a rising area of concern. However, many studies have yet to converge on a universal definition of happiness. Despite so, several longstanding studies permit the definition of happiness to be a subjective well-being construct consisting of positive affect, negative ...

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Analysis of Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Humanism

04 Apr 2018

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Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Humanism DOROTHY ASHTON Abstract This assignment discusses the historical brass tacks of three most important schools of contemplation within the field of psychology: Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Humanism. I will be using these particular theories and concepts to understand a particular case scenario. It also compares and contrasting the strengths and the limitations of each theory. School of Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis began as a ...

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Validity of Brain Scanning Images to Study Human Behaviour

04 Apr 2018

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The study of psychological phenomenon has shifted to focus more on brain activity. Critically evaluate the validity of using brain scanning images to study human behaviour Behavioural neuroscience is a term primarily developed in the early twentieth century and refers to the brain processes and physiological functions that produce human behaviour (Robinson et al, 2005). Pioneers of physiological psychology such as Karl Lashley (1950) surgically produced ...

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Biological Basis of Learning, Memory and Motivation

04 Apr 2018

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Human beings are animal. In this world there are lots of animals but human have some special qualities that are why we are the most complex social structure on earth. We live in society there are included family, tribes, clans, nations. We have an incredibly sophisticated method of interacting speech. We can communicate over time and distance through printing and broadcasting. We have longest memories. We ...

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

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Introduction Fetal alcohol syndrome is a set of birth defects caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. The occurrence of FAS varies from 0.5 to 3.0 per 1,000 live births. However, it can be much higher depending on the community; low socioeconomic status and race seem to be a contributing factor in those who are most at risk. (play therapy) The prevalence of FAS is thought ...

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Literature Review on Emotions Across Cultures

04 Apr 2018

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Ms. Shweta Gaikwad RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF EMOTIONS ACCROSS CULTURES (EMIC, ETIC OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH) Introduction: The terms emic and etic were coined in 1954, by linguist Kenneth Pike, who argued that the tools developed for describing linguistic behaviors could be adapted to the description of any human social behavior. Emic and Etic are terms used by anthropologists and by others in the ...

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Concepts of Language and Cognitive Development

04 Apr 2018

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1. Introduction Language is a symbolic system in which a limited number of signals can be combined according to rules that can provide an infinite number of messages. An important milestone in human development is mastering some type of language. (Sigelman, Rider & De George-Walker, 2013). Language is the primary method that adults pass on culturally valued models of thinking and problem solving to their children ...

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Gino and Mogilner’s (2014) Hypothesis | Critical Review

04 Apr 2018

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Critical Review of Focus Paper: Assessing the credibility of Gino and Mogilner’s (2014) hypothesis and applications Joanna Huang Abstract The focus paper by Gino and Mogilner hypothesises that the reason for previously witnessed relationships between time, money and morality is due to the mediator, self-reflection. Gino and Mogilner (2014) operationalise the construct of morality to measure the subsequent cheating in participants through controlled laboratory ...

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Psychological Benefits of Sports on Youth

04 Apr 2018

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Jonathan Johnson   "Taking part in game can enhance the personal satisfaction of people and groups, push social consideration, enhance health, counter hostile to social conduct, raise singular respect toward oneself and certainty, and augment skylines." (sportscotland, 2003, p7) Consistent interest in physical movement (PA) is basic for great health. Animated individuals profit from larger amounts of health-related fitness and are at easier danger ...

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Effect of Blind Dates on “Leftover Women”

04 Apr 2018

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Group Member Names: Yuki Maggie Lainka Yolanda   In China, a woman is easily described as “sheng nv” or” leftover woman” when she is over 27 or 30 years old and still remains single (Magistad). But among these leftover women, they mostly have beautiful appearance, high education and incomes. Actually, some leftover women really do not worry about their marriage, but they are under ...

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Analysis of Treatment Options for Depression

04 Apr 2018

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Cognitive Therapy Donna Thompson An accruing relapse of depression is hard to overcome nevertheless; preventing these relapses is the key. The length of depression constitutes a major problem in the treatment of depression. The aim of any treatment is to lessen relapses and the recurrence of depression in patients. All patterns are different and the level in mental codes that are used in the ...

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History of Modern Psychology: Anna Freud

04 Apr 2018

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Male visionaries dominated in the philosophical contributions to the psychology as a formal discipline; however, many prominent women pioneered major roles in psychology history between 1850 and 1950 (Goodwin, 2005). Freud Sigmund was not only among the Freudian to build credibility in psychology field, this is because Anna Freud-her youngest daughter took career in psychology and made important contributions in the history of psychology. The paper ...

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Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination in Canadian Society

04 Apr 2018

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Arjun Pasricha Introduction Words like prejudice and discrimination have become common terms and they are referred often in our daily life, such as media, books, news, casual conversations, and political discussions. Prejudice and discrimination have been in focus since 1960s and these issues have been researched extensively since the last few decades. This surge of interest to understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination ...

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Theories of Health Change Behaviour

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Introduction To understand the processes and causes of change in health related behaviours still represents a challenging process for health professionals (Orleans, 2000). People’s decisions to engage in such behaviours are affected by factors such as attitudes and beliefs and psychosocial variables (i.e. demographic, psychological or cognitive) which impact the decision-making process of planning behaviours. Thus, it is important to understand the interrelationship between these factors ...

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Effects of Depression on Brain Function

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Depression The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) diagnose children and adolescents with major depression with signs that include loss of interest and sadness for two weeks straight. Psychologists usually will also look for at least five more symptoms on top of the other two symptoms. These include “changes in sleeping or eating habits (weight and energy), psychomotor agitation or retardation, feelings ...

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Effect of Cultural Exposure on Ethnic Identities in Adoption

04 Apr 2018

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How has cultural exposure shaped the ethnic identities of Asian children who have been adopted into American families? Emma Schroeter   This essay assesses the effects of cultural exposure on the ethnic identities’ of Asian transracially adopted children. It examines how cultural exposure shapes the ethnic identities of Asian children who have been adopted into American families. To do so, the variety of cultural ...

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Effect of Peers and Gender on Risk Taking Decisions

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The Effect of Peers and Gender on Risk Taking Decisions on Breaking the Rules of College Students Frances Mae H. Balandan Jaymie Aileen T. Huang Patricia Audrey D. Lansang Louie Belle M. Regente Dorothy Joy S. Sy Abstract Keywords: peers, genders, rules, risk-taking The researchers would like to know if clustering and gender affects the decision making of college students that involves risk. Clustering ...

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Gender Differences in Multitasking: Texting During Lectures

04 Apr 2018

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Today, the communication technology has been growing widely to the extent that we can communicate with each other anytime and anywhere. As long as there is Wi-Fi or network coverage, our smartphones, tablets or computers can be used as a communication tool or a gadgets for us to receive new information in the world. Consequently, this function is so easily accessed by all, we are able ...

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Psychological Effects of Single Parent Family

04 Apr 2018

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project proposal is closely observer the psychosocial problems faced by adolescents from single mother families in the state of Selangor which has higher level of divorce and separation cases. Thus, the intent of this proposed study firstly is to identify, the influences of the family, social system and socioeconomic issues which cause the rise of psychosocial problems ...

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Determining Cognitive Functioning of Individual

04 Apr 2018

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Serial assessment in neuropsychology is necessary to make inferences regarding an individual’s level of functioning, i.e. to determine whether there has been ‘real’ improvement or decline, outside of measurement error, normal variation and clinically insignificant change [1]. A number of psychometric methods have been developed in order to interpret changes in test scores over repeated occasions of assessment. The associated problems and processes that are involved ...

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Effect of Video Games on Society

04 Apr 2018

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Sam Hawkwood Over the past several years, games have received a lot of attention because of their content. Ever since the advent of the truly interactive video game – especially first person shooter games – people have been looking for signs that such media has a negative effect on. Games that are seen as violent have come under a lot of scrutiny and never ...

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Effects of Olfaction and Pheromones | Literature Review

04 Apr 2018

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Abstract: A favorable scent goes a long way. An odor or fragrance (commonly referred to as a smell) is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction. Odors are also commonly called scents, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors. Scent plays a very important role in our lives. A pheromone ...

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Freudian and Neo-Freudian Psychoanalysis Theories

04 Apr 2018

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Literature Review Ehren Lee Sze Tseng   Introduction In this assignment, I will explain the concepts of Psychoanalysis through the thoughts of perspectives of Freud, Jung, Erikson, Adler, and Horney. This review is the study of Freudian’s, includes only Freud, and Neo-Freudian’s, includes Jung, Erikson, Adler, and Horney, Theory of Psychoanalysis. By using the following 7 journals in my research, I will perform critical ...

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Conversation Analysis of Doctor and Patient

04 Apr 2018

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Conversation Analysis Overview To conduct the conversation analysis, the research had to analyze the short recording to the discussion in detail and analyze it from different perspectives like therapeutic, legal, business, health, family, or social context. There are different things in the conversation of people which researcher has analyzed like pause between the conversation and sentences, short and long pause, increase and decrease in the pitch ...

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Relationship between Aggression and Parenting Styles

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5.1 Introduction This chapter includes the summary of the study, the conclusion derived from the study. The implication of the study and the limitations are also discussed in this chapter followed by the future research suggestions. 5.2 Summary The purpose of the study was to the level of aggression, between adolescents with different styles of perceived parenting style of their fathers. The sample included101 adolescent girls and ...

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Effect of Age Stereotypes on Balance Performance

04 Apr 2018

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Question 1: An important aspect of physical functioning is the ability to stay balanced. How may expectations generated by age stereotypes influence older adults’ balance performance? Critically review psychological theory and research relevant to this issue, and discuss broader implications for interventions that may support healthy physical functioning of older persons. Loh Qiu Yan Melissa   Abstract Older adults face wide range of age ...

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Risks and Treatment

04 Apr 2018

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Bryan Hines Abstract Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a very dangerous mental health condition. It effects a great many people who have been victims of traumatic events that change their outlook on life and the world around them. The purpose of this paper is to provide basic insight to the disorder, the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options used by the many trained professionals ...

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Effect of Word Combinations on Accuracy and Response Time

03 Apr 2018

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Christina M Karibian Abstract Throughout our daily lives, we tend to display many behaviors that are considered automatic. The Stroop effect has been replicated numerous times to help study the phenomenon of automatic behaviors, since John Ridley Stroop's original findings. The goal of this experiment was to study the reaction time and accuracy on congruent and incongruent word combinations. The congruent words were of ...

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Treating Depression With Online Optimism Intervention

03 Apr 2018

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Does proneness to flow states affect effectiveness? Researchers of depression have often focused on the role of negative future-oriented cognitions in the development and maintenance of the disorder (e.g., Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979; Abramson, Alloy, & Metalsky, 1989). Beck (1967, 1976) asserted that depressed people possess a negative cognitive triad consisting of negative views of the self, world, and the future. Extensive research on ...

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Preferences of Temperature and Sizes of Drinks in Genders

03 Apr 2018

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Koh Ke Mian   Different Preferences of Temperature and Sizes of Drinks between Males and Females In this era of globalization and urbanization, the need of intake caffeine is getting common. Most people have the need of drinking a cup of coffee or others beverage which contain caffeine before going to work or school. According to Mayo Clinic Staff (2011), healthy adults take moderate ...

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“Still Alice” by Lisa Genova: Book Review and Analysis

03 Apr 2018

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Kelcie Crain   Book Review “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova was the story of Alice Howland, a fifty year old woman. She was married to John, a researcher at Harvard University. She also had three children: Lydia, Anna, and Tom. Alice worked at Harvard University but as a psychology professor with a focus on linguistics. Alice and John spent most of their time at ...

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Analysis of Mental Rotation Study

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Cheang Yin Yan Introduction Q1.What is mental rotation? ANS: This is the ability of people to have mental representation and manipulation of three-dimensional physical object, on two-dimensional plane. Shepard and Metzler (1971) demonstrate that people can mentally represent two physical objects on two-dimensional plane as three-dimensional and rotate analogously either one object to match the orientation of the other. Q2. What did Shepard and Metzler ...

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Effectiveness of the Lasallian Values Inventory (LVI)

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Statement of the Problem The study seeks to determine the effectiveness of the Lasallian Values Inventory or LVI in measuring Lasallian values. It aims to validate the instrument as a measure of Lasallian values. The specific research objectives examined in this study are as follows: To determine the reliability estimate of the Lasallian Values Inventory. To establish evidence of construct validity by exploring and extracting ...

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Dehumanization of Black Children Research Analysis

03 Apr 2018

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Christeen Perera Critical analysis of the research experiment “The essence of innocence: consequences of dehumanizing black children” The research named “the essence of innocence: consequences of dehumanizing black children” was conducted by Phillip Atiba Goff and Mathew Christian Jackson of the university of California, Brooke Alison Lewis De Leone of the national center for post traumatic stress disorder in Boston Massachusetts, Carmen Marie Culotta ...

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Reflection on Group Work Need for Closure (NFC)

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UNNOP UATRAKUL   INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION Introduction There are many activities on human life that uncertain, ambiguity or lack of information, Human mind is very incredible due with this situation. However, the time available for seeking more information is limited and must be ended at some point. We have to depend on the information that we have to make our judgment. The motivation to terminate is ...

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Theories of Personality: Overview and Analysis

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Captain TJ McCorriston   1. The term personality is very difficult to define and has been the focus of much debate since the beginnings of psychology. Two major ways to study personality were described by Gordon Allport in 1937; idiographic and nomothetic classes. Idiographic psychology focuses on each detail of a person’s unique personality while nomothetic psychology attempts to describe general traits that can ...

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Food Addiction: Causes, Effects and Treatments

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Food Addiction Susan Corder Abstract With the focus on what people eat and how much they eat being the center of attention in the world today the investigation into food addiction has brought an interesting view to our attention. With the astounding rate of obesity in our country attention must be given to the reasons why this is happening. Research has found that some ...

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Pro-social Behaviour: Empathy, Perspectives and Distress

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Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Empathetic people will be more likely to perform prosocial behavior as they are able to feel others’ distress, suffering, and pain (Taylor et al., 2013). Taylor et al. (2013) conduct a study to measure the development of empathy and prosocial behavior and found that empathy is associated to prosocial behavior as empathy will develops and enhance children’s emotional understanding, perspective taking, and ...

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An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison

03 Apr 2018

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Mood Disorders Yan Fang Zhao Term Paper on An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison Jamison’s memoir An Unquiet Mind delivers a riveting history of her bipolar disorder which permeated the theoretical perspectives of the Behavioral Activation System Dysregulation Model and the Integrative Model of Approach and Avoidance in Depression, Beck’s Cognitive Model of Depression, and interpersonal functioning in ways that are both consistent and ...

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Relationship between Depression and Parkinson's Disease

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John C. Hemby     Parkinson’s disease has affected people from different walks of life, from the poor to the famous, i.e. Michael J. Fox. These famous individuals are responsible for putting forward momentum in the study and cure of the disease. Statistics show that 1 million Americans are currently diagnosed with this disease, not to include those that are living undiagnosed (Piccinni, et ...

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Theories of Sexual Deviant Behaviours

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Obispo, Stacey L.   Introduction It is generally accepted amongst academia that learning behaviors have been attributed toward the acquirement of sexual deviant behaviors (Atkins, 2004; Beauregard, Lussier, & Proulx, 2004;Brom, et al., 2013; Hall & Hall, 2007). Sexual deviant behavior is defined as maladaptive, aberrant and compulsive behaviors which include sexual offenses, fetishes and paraphilia (Atkins, 2004). Problems arise when sexual deviant behaviors collide with ...

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Relationship between Language and Thought

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To what extent is thought affected by language? Language is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as method of human communication, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Schacter, Gilbert and Wegner (2012) expand on this stating language is a system for communicating with others using signals that convey meaning and are combined according to the rules of grammar. Not only human ...

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Differences between Self-Efficacy and Self-Confidence

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Introduction Self-confidence and self-efficacy are the most important self-perceptions in both sports and exercises. They contribute to either good performance or poor performance in sports if not carefully developed. According to – these two major self-perceptions are subject to adjustments and therefore, developing a person’s self-confidence or self-efficacy might contribute to greater improvement in sports and exercise performance. In this research one will major on comparing ...

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Treatment and Support for Transgender Children

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Jill Seale Transgender children and adolescents face many obstacles in today's society that others do not; however, these obstacles are socially constructed and can be mitigated, and in some cases even negated, when the child or teen is afforded an affirming environment and the appropriate social and medical interventions. These factors are crucial to the welfare of transgender children and ideally would be available ...

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Emotional Intelligence and Intelligence Quotient Comparison

03 Apr 2018

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Cueto, Pauline Joy Reyes, Chiara Diokno, Debielyn EQ vs. IQ Emotional Intelligence is more essential than Intelligence Quotient because it produces good relationship to others; give a balanced psychological health and leads to success of an individual. People’s awareness on both IQ and EQ started in the early 1900’s. The first IQ testing took place when psychologist Albert Binet, was ordered under French supervision, to help decide ...

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Observational Study of Spectator Behaviour

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Tan Li Huan Spectators Behavior in Petaling Jaya Stadium Football is the most popular sports in Europe which has attracted attention of the European psychologists and also sociologists in studying about aggression in sport (Mummendey & Mummendey, 1983). Football fans nowadays show many aggressive behaviors. Aggressive behavior can be separated to instrumental aggression and emotional aggression or emotional aggression (Mummendey & Mummendey, 1983). Instrumental ...

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Theories on Creativity | Literature Review

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ANTHONY ARINZE AREH   Introduction This paper critically evaluates three pieces of literature on ‘Creativity’. The paper is divided into three main sections. Each section will consist of the critical analysis of a piece of literature on creativity. Within each section will be subsections that consist of a summary, evaluation and conclusion. The summary as the name entails will summarize the main points of ...

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Older Sibling’s Influence on Drug Use

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Kendall Keefe University of Minnesota Annotated Bibliography Bierut, L., Strickland, J., Thomson, J., Afful, S., & Cottler, L. (2008). Drug use and dependence in cocaine dependent subjects, community-based individuals, and their siblings. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95(1), 14-22. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.023 This study matched cocaine users in treatment and their siblings to members of the community and their siblings to see the difference between these two ...

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Weight and Discrimination: Legal Issues

03 Apr 2018

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Ther L. Richardson Abstract Discrimination against overweight and obese people has existed for millennia but it is just in recent decades that discrimination against the overweight has been seen as a crime and research has begun in this field. Despite some research going back as far as the 1940’s the majority of research did not start until almost the 1970’s. With the pace that ...

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Effect of Religious Upbringing on Homosexuality Views

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Analysis & Discussion According to Braun & Clarke (2006) thematic analysis is ‘an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data’ and I therefore deemed it the most appropriate form of analysis to assist with the comprehensiveness I intended to discover within an account regarding Christian attitudes towards those with a homosexual identity. The step by step guidelines for conducting inductive thematic analysis were followed ...

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Effect of Alcohol in the Media on Drinking Behaviour

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Tim Johnson   Engels, Rutger C. M. E., Hermans, R., van Barren, R. B., Hollenstein, T., & Bot, S. M. (2009). Special issue: The message and the media. Oxford University Press, 44(3), 244-249. Introduction: Background: Previous studies have measured correlations between exposure to alcoholic stimuli (i.e. commercials) and alcohol interaction. Other studies have measured the influence of well-known products and people have on ...

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Effectiveness of Motivational interviewing (MI)

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An Intervention to increase the participation levels of Physical Activity in older adults who have been diagnosed with Osteoporosis Background Physical activity is widely accepted to have increasing health benefits to individuals. The fourth biggest risk factor for global mortality has been found to be physical inactivity; the World Health Organisation estimated around 6% of global deaths were caused by this(1). Despite this evidence, in 2008 ...

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Biological and Psychological Theory Case Study

03 Apr 2018

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Applied Psychology and Criminology Assignment Case Study Report This essay will look at a biological and psychological theory to reach a diagnosis of a fictional case study. The aim of this essay will be to explain why twenty-seven year old Jack has the illness that he has and then a therapy will be presented that best fits Jack's illness. From Jack's paranoia that developed over a ...

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Phenomenology and Social Psychoanalysis Theories

03 Apr 2018

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Darrin Paul Discuss the idea that phenomenology and social psychoanalysis provide both unique and useful contributions to social psychology. Illustrate your essay with examples of research or topics from at least two different blocks of the module. Part 1 Within social psychology there are a considerable number of social psychological perspectives that adopt different theoretical frameworks in order to study how social factors and ...

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Psychological Models of Health

03 Apr 2018

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Module Title: Sociology and Psychology and Public Health   Part 1 Literature Review Health behaviour can be described as behaviour aimed to prevent or detect disease (Kasl and Cob, 1966). Models of health behaviour have been developed to understand how people make decisions about their health and predict the likelihood that health behaviour change will occur. This essay will aim to review a number of established ...

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression Case Study

03 Apr 2018

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Introduction 1.1 Depression Depression is a low, sad state, in which life seems dark and its challenges are overwhelming. It is believed that psychological stress plays a vital role in depression. People with depression often complain about feeling tired all the time and they tend to have trouble sleeping. Other symptoms include irritability, anger, and loss of interest in activities that used to bring ...

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Critical Review on Contagiousness of Happiness

03 Apr 2018

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Chan Jia En In this work of critical evaluation, there will be an evaluation of the research work done about the impact on an individual’s well-being based on the well-being of the people in the surroundings including their family members that could be father, mother, siblings etc. The family members could be genetically related or not related; both the cases will be considered as ...

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Reflection of Personal Art Therapy Experience as Facilitator

03 Apr 2018

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Brett Cartwright     Description I have chosen to do my reflection on the Art Therapy Focusing model in which I facilitated a process for my client, who for the purpose of confidentiality we will call ‘Jemima’. This session was conducted at the Phoenix Institute of Australia as a part of the learning model presented by my lecturer within the Art Therapy Module. During ...

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Comparison of Child Language Development

03 Apr 2018

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This chapter is mainly focus on language development. Language is critical to children’s development as it is the fundamental key for learning, communicating, building relationships with others and allows the children to make sense of the world around them. It begins before a child is born. For example, a fetus is able to recognize the speech and sound patterns of their mother’s voice and all languages. ...

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Job Satisfaction and Its Determinants: a Systematic Review

03 Apr 2018

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Job satisfaction and its determinants: a systematic review Nafisa Talukder 1. Introduction Job satisfaction is a state of mind which comes from the appraisal and motivations from the work place. Many things determine whether an employee is satisfied with his/her job or not. Work-loads, work schedule, job security, job position and much more things are responsible to make the employees be satisfied for their job. ...

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Links Between Intoxication and Offending Behavior

03 Apr 2018

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Literature Review   Background The fields of both intoxication and criminally offending behavior have been topics of great discussion for psychologists over the decades. They have been studied as both separate entities as well as how one links to the other especially in recent times. Much of past literature has implied a close or perhaps even a contributing relationship between intoxication and offending behavior. However some ...

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Case Study on Grief and Mourning

03 Apr 2018

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Biographical Information N. is a 48 years old single mother of 3 daughters who is currently working as a service crew at Mac Donald as part time near the Family Care Centre. She belongs to Philippine Chinese Family. She had a school grade of GCE O level. She has 2 siblings which include one elder brother and one elder sister. She lost her one daughter named ...

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Why Are the North European Countries Happiest?

03 Apr 2018

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Table of Contents (Jump to) 1. Introduction 2. Denmark as the most happy country 3. Norway amongst the most happy countries 4. Netherland 5. Sweden 6. Conclusion 7. References 1. Introduction World Happiness Report of 2013 disclosed that the nations in northern Europe are amongst the happiest countries in the world (Helliwell, Layard, Sachs, & Council, 2013). This information comes at an instance when more citizens ...

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Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning Theories

03 Apr 2018

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Stacey Brightwell Lauren Goodhead BEHAVIOURISM WRITE AN ESSAY THAT ANALYSES AND EVALUATES PAVLOV’S WORK ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING AND SKINNER’S WORK ON OPERANT CONDITIONING Behaviourism is a psychological approach that focuses on observable behaviour. The theory behind behaviourism is that all humans are born ‘tabula rasa’, a blank slate, with only the capacity to learn. The behaviourist approach believes that this learning comes from an ...

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Jung’s Theory of the Plurality of the Psyche

03 Apr 2018

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Kel McNamara   Students will write an essay employing archetypal theory as a framework for a critical discussion of the student’s capacities and performance as a counsellor. This essay will include: Analysis of the notion of archetype as it is understood in the Jungian and post-Jungian literature. This analysis will place Jung and his thought in historical and/or cultural context, as well as ...

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Social Consensus Information Influence on Helping Behaviour

03 Apr 2018

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In today's context, individuals tends to display more helping behaviours towards an aid appeal program when they have strong social consensus information as it has an impact towards individuals' pro-social behaviour (Bekkers & Wiepking, 2011). Many past research conducted on social consensus information with outcome indicating that individuals with strong consensus knowledge has an positive influence in their supportive behaviours (Smith & McSweeney, 2007), results also ...

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Coping Strategies of Prison Inmates: Literature Review

03 Apr 2018

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Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter discusses some relevant literature and studies that provide an overview, with sufficient knowledge and insight, about the present study. This includes articles, journals, published and unpublished studies and books, which contributes to the study. Related Literature In this section, the researchers provided discussions about the relevant facts, issues and principles in support to the present study. ...

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Socio-demographic Characteristics of Therapy Users

03 Apr 2018

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Executive summary of findings There seems to be an underrepresentation of people over 60 years old when compared with the prevalence of mental health problems common for this age group and the available ethnic data is mostly consistent with data from other audit samples (NAPT). In terms of waiting time, the standard was met for 95.3% of all clients with no significant difference between the services. ...

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Intra Individual Variability in Ageing and Cognition

03 Apr 2018

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When investigating cognitive functioning in adulthood, research has typically been focused on average age-related effects. In terms of research methodology, this has translated into the comparison of mean level performance in different age groups using either longitudinal or cross sectional designs. This research has been useful, but it is based on the assumption that any investigated behaviours are stable across time or that any trajectory of ...

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Theories of Witness Memory in Law Courts and Invesitgations

03 Apr 2018

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Part 1 1. When, and why, are witnesses’ memories unreliable as evidence in criminal trials in England and Wales? Human memory is too fragile to exactly remember the incident which happened that is why interviewing the witness to identifying the suspect is rather difficult task. Usually witness replies the interviewer in broad term and can only describe six or seven characteristics of suspect like age ...

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Research into Emotions and Religious Conversion

03 Apr 2018

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Adil Conversion as defined by William James is the “process, gradual or sudden by which a self-hitherto divided, consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy, becomes unified and consciously right, superior and happy in consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities.”(James, 145). In the field of psychology of religion, many academic scholars have expressed the importance of the involvement of emotions in the practices of ...

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Substance Use Disorder: Nature & Treatment

03 Apr 2018

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    Table of Contents Introduction What is Substance Use Disorder Characteristics of Substance use disorder , signs symptoms & diagnosis Factors contributing to Dependence: Biopsychosocial What leads to dependence and then consequently addiction Biological basis for addiction, genetic marker – predisposition for addiction , effects on neurotransmitters include table ? – develop tolerance ----Mainly in the form of Physical dependence Social influences Personality and ...

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Social Class, Power, and Unethical Behavior Relationship

03 Apr 2018

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Juliet Bachtel   Psychological Research Studies Article Essay Summary Psychological research has been used for hundreds of years to find correlation and causation between variables. How does one variable effect and independent variable? Research is used to decode how humans act and think with one another and other objects. The results can be used to affect public policy, enhance marketing, and give rise to ...

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Functional Organisation of Facial Processing

03 Apr 2018

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Intro We can accomplish a lot be looking at people’s faces. From a very early age we are able to infer the mental state of another, understand more accurately what they may be saying or implying, recognize a friend or threat, or acquire information such as age, gender, emotional disposition and attractiveness (Young, De Haan & Bauer, 2008). Setting up the argument(s) There is an abundance ...

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Relationship between Physical and Mental Health

02 Apr 2018

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Recent studies often talk about mental health and physical health, but it is necessary to look for both of them together. Generally, mental health can be defined as how people feel, think and act when faced with life's problems. In addition, a mental disease causes feelings of unhappiness, loss of hope, sleeping problems, changes in eating habits, loss of interest in natural activities, and pains which ...

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ADHD and Student Success in High School

02 Apr 2018

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In June 2013, a Catholic High School in New Rochelle was closed by the Archdiocese of NY due to low enrollment. Parents, faculty and staff were disturbed by its closure and with good reason. The school was diverse in every way. The school had high achieving students however there were a small percentage of students that one period a day went into a small classroom with a teacher for what ...

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Transitioning to Adulthood Case Study

02 Apr 2018

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TRANSITIONING TO ADULTHOOD SOPHIA A JOHNSON   Abstract We have been asked to assess Tracey’s ability to effectively transition and accomplish her dreams. The process will require collaboration from not only the behavior analysis but other administrators and para professionals such as her special educations teacher, parents and other service providers. In order to ensure that Tracey is able to make a successful transition ...

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How the Mind Modulates the Autonomic Nervous System

02 Apr 2018

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Jonathan Lewis   Mind modulation of the ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) is essential to how we live our daily lives. The reaction between our brain, brain stem, and different glands and nerves in our body is imperative to how we react to things or even go through daily routines. As usual with humans, we are not perfect and have issues such as “psychosomatic problems” ...

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Group Culture Analysis: Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Meeting

02 Apr 2018

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Certificate in Drugs Counselling, Theory and Intervention Skills. Eamonn Keogh In this case study we will look at the inner workings of a group that I was involved in. This paper will be broken into four different sections. In the first section I will give a description of the group covering: the context; the setting; frequency and length of the group; finishing with a ...

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Rough and Tumble Behaviour and Child Development

02 Apr 2018

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Rough and Tumble behaviour and child development There is a magnitude of research which supports the importance of play in a child’s psychosocial development with implications in empathy, perspective taking and information processing (Creasey, Jarvis & Berk, 1998 –textbook). Although there is no concrete definition of the term ‘play’, Saracho and Spodek (1998- textbook) have characterised play as being a creative activity which is intrinsically motivated, ...

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Pharmacological Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease

02 Apr 2018

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Development of Pharmacological Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease: A literature review Huan-Tang Lu Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common causes of dementia in people over 65 years old. Scientists have been working on exploration and understanding of the pathophysiological processes for decades. However, the lack of currently available therapies reflects the uncertainties in AD. There are abundant studies on treatment for AD underway. ...

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Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Employability and Career

02 Apr 2018

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Asemahle Mateyisi Testing association between emotional self-efficacy, graduate employability, and career satisfaction Abstract Graduate employability has had little research as there are numerous complications in defining and measuring graduate employability, resulting in a lack of research looking at its predictors and outcomes. Previous research proposed that being emotional competent improves graduate employability but this study further investigates this idea by looking at the correlation ...

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Types of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication

02 Apr 2018

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Azuan Bin Rudin Presentation of Communication As indicated by OUM reading material Introduction to Communication, communication can be characterized as the methodology of connection and imparting of significance, trading thoughts and sentiments or offering of data either as composing, images, sound or discourse, transmitted up close and personal or through broad communications. While Gamble and Gamble (2002) characterized communication as procedure exchanging significance ...

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