Philosophy of Counseling Paper

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PHILOSOPHY OF COUNSELING1 ASSIGNMENT COVER Course code: CP 690 Course name: Integrative Research Project Assignment title: Philosophy of Counseling Paper Instructor’s name: Dr. Fani Triantafyllou Student’s name: Isidora Rentifi Date: ...

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Literature Review on Attitudes to Mental Health

02 Apr 2018

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Researching the literature on attitudes to mental health revealed interesting themes. Many papers focused on the historical views towards mental health or explained how stigma arises and affects those suffering from mental illness. Differences in attitudes towards those suffering from mental health issues were the focus among many more of these papers; including age, country, and religious differences. Finally, research has been carried out to assess ...

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Effect of Media Violence on Adolescents Age 12-16

02 Apr 2018

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Chris Thornton Source 1: “Violent Video Games and Movies Causing Violent Behaviour Research Finding and Tips for Parents. Published on December 22, 2012 by Eugene Beresin, M.D., M.A. in Inside Out, Outside In. ONLINE available at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/inside-out-outside-in/201212/violent-video-games-and-movies-causing-violent-behavior” Summary: This article, published in “inside out” provides relevant information. The evidence given in this article is contradictory as it explains how “the Virginia tech shooter” Seung-Hui ...

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Stress Management Program for Salespeople

02 Apr 2018

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Lynette Williams The Necessity for a Stress Management Program for Salespeople at the Frank Taylor’s Automobile Dealership Any human being is vulnerable to stress because various circumstances in life exposes one to various nerve-racking moments. The salespersons at the Frank Taylor’s Automobile Dealership are not left out either when it comes to experiencing stressful situations in the course of their duty. I spoke to each and ...

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Impact of Heredity and the Environment on Child Behaviour

02 Apr 2018

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Rachel Price Choose a specific area of psychology such as addictive behaviour, intelligence or personality traits. Evaluate the impact of heredity and the environment on this area.” There are a number of different approaches to psychology and each of these makes different suggestions about what aspects of psychology are worth studying and what underlying models or images can be developed to understand what people ...

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Effects of Positivity on Behaviour

02 Apr 2018

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ABSTRACT “Do positive illusion lead to healthy behavior?”, a research question that has been raising brows since the 1980’s, which still is an issue undergoing review. However, the critics from other schools of thought are concerned with “the mentally healthy” individual; in spite of this, Taylor and Brown argues that self-enhancement contributes positively to well-being and mental health as it is imperative in understanding well-being and ...

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Risk Factors for Suicide in Bangladesh

02 Apr 2018

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SUICIDE AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS PREVAILED IN BANGLADESH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW 1. Introduction: A good number of people die each year by suicide, making it one of the 10 leading causes of death in the world accounting more than a million death annually. The average rate of suicide in Bangladesh has been reported to be 39.6/100000 population/year. About 10%-20% of emergency admission in the hospital ...

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Biography of Psychologist William James

02 Apr 2018

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Ashley Livesay   The Famous William James Many people know about psychology whether it is just some information or a lot of information. Psychology has been around for a long time and many people enjoy studying it. The people who study psychology no doubt know about a very famous man who has contributed substantially to the study of psychology and how it is now taught and ...

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Ethical Interpretation of Unethical Studies

02 Apr 2018

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Mini Research Proposal: Ethical Interpretation of Unethical Studies Milgram’s obedience study is unethical for a few reasons, and one of them is the deception of the respondents about the nature of the research (McLeod, 2007). As such, the respondents were informed that the study would deal with the learning in general, focusing on the respondent as a person in charge of the learning-teaching interaction with another ...

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Community Participation Importance in Community Psychology

02 Apr 2018

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Thokozire Phiri Discuss with relevant examples the importance of community participation in community psychology. Introduction “Rather than just reacting to a problem or issue and finding means with which to treat it, the ideal approach would be to identify ways to minimize or prevent the problem from ever occurring” Erika Sanborne (2002) Definition of Community Psychology Community Psychology is a new discipline ...

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Shaken Baby Syndrome: Treatment and Prognosis

02 Apr 2018

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Ojeni Mardiroui Table of Contents (Jump to) Introduction Diagnosis and Treatment Prognosis of SBS Recommendations Conclusion References Shaken Baby Syndrome, it’s Treatment and what is the Prognosis Introduction “Child abuse” is abroad term that encompasses neglect, sexual or emotional abuse, and physical cruelty. Child abuse is common all over the world. Child abuse can lead to non accidental head injury (NAHI) or Abuse related ...

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Personality Development of Ronald Reagan

02 Apr 2018

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Introduction Ronald Reagan the 40th United States President, between 1981 to1989, was born in February 6, 1911Tampico, Illinois and died in June 5, 2004. He was born to Nelle Wilson Reagan and Jack Reagan. His father was a storyteller and a salesman, who was an Irish Catholic immigrant grandson, from Tipperary County. His mother was of English and Scots ancestors. Ronald Reagan had one older brother, ...

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Professional Ethics: Roles and Importance

02 Apr 2018

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Michele A. DeVasto   Briefly describe the profession you selected. Criminal Forensic Profiling is not as it is seem on TV. Crimes are not solved within an hour. According to Douglas, Burgess, & Ressler (2006) as well as Campbell & DeNevi (2004) Criminal Forensic Profiling is a technique for identifying the major personality and behavioral characteristics of an individual based upon an analysis of ...

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Theories of Rational Thinking

29 Mar 2018

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Are we rational? Evolutionist known as Aristotle held the belief that human being is a rational animal. According to his view on rationality, rational thinking distinguishes human beings from other animals. He also expressed rationality as the power of reason and ownership. Based on the finding of many previous studies humankind has paid much respect to holding beliefs of their own and having individual points of ...

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Relationship between Self-Esteem, Gender and Eating Disorder

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Chapter 4 Results Statistical Approach The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18.0 was used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation will performed to examine the relationship between self-esteem and eating disorder among college students. Besides that, Independent T-test was used to examine the female will exhibit higher levels of eating disorder than males. Data Check The dataset was screened for missing scores. Not missing ...

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Analysis of Addiction Service

29 Mar 2018

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Colin O'Rourke Sankalpa Addiction Services Sankalpa is a Sanskrit word meaning idea or notion formed in the heart or mind, a solemn vow or determination to perform and a desire or definite intention. History of the agency The Millennium Carvings program which was established in 1998 and was supported and funded by FAS and the Local Drug Task Force (LDTF). Designed to deliver rehabilitation ...

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Neuroimaging Research Paper Analysis

29 Mar 2018

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Brüne, M., Özgürdal, S., Ansorge, N., von Reventlow, H. G., Peters, S., Nicolas, V., & Lissek, S. (2011). An fMRI study of “theory of mind” in at-risk states of psychosis: comparison with manifest schizophrenia and healthy controls.Neuroimage,55(1), 329-337. Brüne et al. (2011) utilised functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify neural activity in the Theory of Mind (ToM) network of subjects at-risk of developing schizophrenia. This ...

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Bipolar Disorder Case Study and Treatment

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Vignette Case Study and Analysis Joan is a 26-year-old single female. She recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to work for a publishing business company. Joan’s presenting complaint is feeling unstable. During the process of moving to the Bay Area to start a new job, she discontinued her medication, Lithium, and lost contact with her prescribing psychiatrist. She described her condition as having difficulty ...

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Effects of Persuasion to the Career Plans of Teenagers

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Lanzar, Rhea A. Pioquinto, Ynnah Kaelly S. Salova, Joselle D. Abstract Persuasion greatly affects the career plans of a teenager depending on the influences that surround the adolescent. This study shows that adolescents who were exposed to more confederates who gave them a lot of pressure were easily persuaded due to conformity. In addition, adolescents who were exposed to fewer confederates and in effect ...

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Effects of Caffeine on Long Term Memory

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Introduction One of the most significant chemical contents of coffee is bioactive compounds namely phytochemicals with almost 10 percent when caffeine represents only 1 percent of coffee in general. Pyhthocemicals are reported with their neuroprotective activities. In particular, some of the phytochemicals such as chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, kahweol and cafestol were found in vivo experiments to have significant positive impact on working or ...

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Psychological Effects of Immigration on Adolescents

29 Mar 2018

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Ziling (Eva) Xu As one of the major immigrant-receiving countries in the world, Canada is home to over 6 million immigrants who make up almost 17% of the entire population (Informetrica, 2001, p. xi). The significant increase of immigration in Canada is forming a growing adolescent population that is becoming more culturally and ethnically diverse. When analyzing immigration issues, the focus tends to fall ...

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Psychodrama Review on Spontaneity and Creativity

29 Mar 2018

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Brett Cartwright     In the following essay I will be reviewing an excerpt called “Spontaneity and Creativity versus the Cultural Conserve”, taken from the book “The Living Stage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy Essence of Psychodrama” by Tian Dayton Ph.D. (Part 1: The Essence of Psychodrama, Chapter 5). There are three main areas that Dayton addresses in this chapter: ...

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Theories of Domestic Violence

29 Mar 2018

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THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Various theories have emerged as an explanation to domestic violence. These include the psychological, socio-psychological and feminist perspective of studying battering. Some of the theories address why men batter while others explain why do women stay in abusive relationship? Our main focus will be on the theory of learned helplessness which accounts for the reasons why women stay in ...

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Experimental Discoveries and Theories on Creative Thinking

29 Mar 2018

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  Is the human imagination limited? Address this issue by critically evaluating experimental discoveries about creative thinking. Creativity is a difficult phenomenon to define and there has been vast speculation given to this definition. Is creativity defined by the walls of the Louvre museum, by the compositions of Mozart or by the inner workings of the mind of a two year old child playing with building ...

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Epidemiological Research Analysis of Previous Studies

29 Mar 2018

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Shanelle England, Karen Hallman, Russell Hamilton, Jean Howley, Olivia Iverson, and Christina Parker   Research methods are numerous in psychological research. Choosing the appropriate method for a particular study is important. This paper is an analysis of epidemiological research within two studies. Summaries of the "Framingham study" and the "DSM-IV personality disorders and coronary heart disease in older adults" article will help show how epidemiological research ...

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Alcohol Use Disorder: Case Study and Theory Analysis

29 Mar 2018

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Jennifer C. Rademacher Alcohol Use Disorder is defined as a troublesome repetitive use of alcohol causing large amounts of impairment or distress, as shown by at least two of the following occurring within a twelve month period: alcohol is consumed in large amounts or for a long period of time, there is a want to quit drinking with failed attempts, a large amount of ...

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Relationship between Emotions and Money

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Introduction It is well known that money, the symbol of power have always played an important role in our lives. Moreover, it seems that people get in contact of money value starting from childhood, when children usually express their desire to become reach when they will grown up. Younger person and adults follow the same desire as children, but they are more familiar of how money ...

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Theories of Social Psychology and their Research Methods

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Tracy L. Rawlins   Explain how variables such as social interactions, cognitive processes, environmental variables, cultural context, and biological factors shape social psychology and how it is practiced. Social psychology is a sector of psychology in which individuals are studied in a social medium, meaning it is the study of emotion and actions one takes depending on the situation they are in. In turn, ...

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Psychology Observation of Middle School Teaching

29 Mar 2018

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Freddy Rodriguez Early Adolescent Psychology in Middle School Teaching for Current Practitioners   Observation Essay The Paterson Public Schools District where I work is an Abbot School District that was taken over by the State of New Jersey Department of Education ("New jersey school," 2013). Currently, Teachers and support staff are working without a new contract for over four years. My school has 97% ...

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Theories of Stress and Stress Management

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Psychology and Management of Stress Jane Jerard Outline and evaluate Selye’s (1956) General Adaptation Syndrome of stress Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome of Stress is a model that analyses an individual’s response to long term stress which is broken down into three main stages, the initial alarm stage, the interim resistance stage and finally the exhaustion stage (Nicky Hayes, 1994). If the stressor ...

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Psychology Theories of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Psychological perspectives and behaviour. Psychological perspective Key characteristics of the perspective used to explain the cause of OCD Analysis of the perspective to effectively explain the cause of OCD Psychodynamic approach This perspective explains that OCD is a result of fixation of the anal stage of development. Trauma during this stage leads ...

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Effects of Nicotine and Smoking on Cognitive Performance

29 Mar 2018

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Some research has supported the view that with continued nicotine dependence the brain functions is disrupted having an effect on the cognitive performance. The effects of nicotine and smoking on human cognitive performance have been found to be varied as with some research showing deficits, some improvements and others showing no effects at all. Spilich, June and Renner (1992) focused on the working memory with respect ...

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Counselling Approaches to Addition

29 Mar 2018

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Addiction Counselling Theory Eamonn Keogh In this paper we will take a brief look at addiction. Following that we will examine the different counselling approaches and how they are integrated in addiction counselling. The strengths/challenges of these perspectives will be explained. In doing so the approaches being used in this paper are Humanist, Cognitive Behavioural and psychodynamic perspectives. Having discussed the different approaches and ...

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Behavioral Impact of Violent Television Stimulation

29 Mar 2018

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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW The most steady and controversial inquiries with respect to television and viewers have concerned forceful, withdrawn, or reprobate conduct and their connection, if any, with fierce television diversion. The behavioral impact of violent television stimulation has been an issue following the late 1950's. Haejung & George, 1994 analysis revealed that television violent was one of numerous variables that added to forceful and ...

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Attitudes Against Homosexual Women in Rural Areas

29 Mar 2018

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Issues in Sexuality Coming out and living as lesbians and gay men in regional and rural areas (Peer-Reviewed) Hypothesis The attitudes and perspectives about homosexuality in Western society have undergone through periods of both tolerance/acceptance as well as periods in which gay men and lesbians were looked down upon or even prosecuted. This paper tests the hypothesis that the negative attitudes against women are ...

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Neuroeconomical Perspectives on Addiction Treatment

29 Mar 2018

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Shaun Hiu Kuan Wei   THESIS STATEMENT: Neuroeconomics can improve both the severity-evaluation and treatment outcomes of drug-related addiction. The rate in which an addict performs delay discounting indicates his addiction severity. Based on the severity, an appropriate treatment method can be applied. Neuroeconomical research on treatment methods to decrease the rate of discounting contributes to the efficacy of the existing treatment process for ...

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Research and Theories on Memory Recall

29 Mar 2018

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Stages of memory Stage 1 Encoding The first stage of memory is encoding. When we are exposed to information of any kind, we take the information and begin processing it. This means that we take information in either as a picture or a sound, or that we will give the information meaning. One way to understand encoding is to think of it as the method ...

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The Depiction of Schizophrenia in Films

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Clean, Shaven (1993): The Depiction of Schizophrenia on the Silver Screen Juwairiya Hussain Ibrahim Fatheen Abdul Sameeu Due to the level of eccentricity involved with it among the general public, mental disorders have long since been a subject of popular culture. They have found their way into literature, classical and contemporary artworks, music, TV, and movies. Schizophrenia is one such disorder; classical tales such as ...

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Experienced Stigma in Severe Mental Illness

29 Mar 2018

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Exploring experienced stigma in severe mental illness – contributing to validation of a psychometric instrument Luís Pedro Santos de Mendonça Table of contents (Jump to) Acknowledgements  Acronyms 1 Introduction 1.1 About stigma 1.1.1 Why to focus on stigma? 1.1.2 Evolution of the concept 1.1.3 Development of stigma 1.1.4 Different concepts of stigma 1.1.5 Correlates and consequences of stigma 1.2 Stigma research 1.2.1 Instruments ...

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Differences Between Levels of Personality Traits and Health

29 Mar 2018

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CHAPTER 3 – METHODOLOGY This chapter describes the methodology used and procedures followed to carry out this study. The following sub-sections include the rationale for the study and the proposed research questions derived from the literature review. This follows participant information, a description of the research design and the measure used, how the data were collected and analysed, and finally ethical issues. Rationale The aim of ...

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Astrology’s Link to the Human Behavior

29 Mar 2018

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Astropsychology Until the dawn of the twentieth century astrologers have believed that stars played a main role in identifying humans’ behavior. Although astrology has always been viewed as nonsense by people who have no understanding of it, there is no doubt that the moon, sun, and planets of the solar system we know today do have an effect on us physically and the Earth planet. Astrology ...

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Children’s Psychological Responses to Trauma

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Children’s psychological responses to trauma are comparable to that of adults with one exception: the children’s responses are mediated through a developing organism continuing to mature physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially, and who is usually living within a family system. The child is still struggling with issues of separation and individuation, evolving definitions of the self and others, and the consolidation of adaptive mechanisms for coping ...

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Role of Testosterone in Human Social Behavior

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The Role of Testosterone in the Experience and Expression of Human Social Behavior: What We Do and Do Not Know     Anthropologist Alan Page Fiske (1998) once said: “The most striking characteristic of Homo sapiens is our sociality. Social relationships pervade every aspect of human life and these relationships are far more extensive, complex, and diverse (within and across societies) than those of any other ...

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Historical Case Study Analysis

29 Mar 2018

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Wanda Hardigree History provides vital information for future direction. There have been several case studies provided in industrial organizational psychology. James McKeen Cattell provided a crucial component to studies. A case study analysis provides influential components for future decisions in businesses and organizations. Cattell’s studies lead the way for the development of industrial organizational psychology. Cattell born in 1860 in America later became Wundt’s ...

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Risk and Resiliency in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Review

29 Mar 2018

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Risk and Resiliency in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Distinct Roles of Anxiety and Disgust Sensitivity Bunmi O. Olatunji, Thomas Armstrong, Qianqian Fan, and Mimi Zhao Reviewed by: G.A.P.S. Sachini O. Pathiraja   Olantunji B. O., Armstrong T., Fan Q., & Zhao M. (2014). Risk and resiliency in posttraumatic stress disorder: Distinct roles of anxiety and disgust sensitivity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 6(1), ...

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Psychology Effects of HIV/AIDS on Children

29 Mar 2018

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Vicki Harrison The psychological aspects and stigma associated with Children with HIV/AIDS epidemic shall be looked upon in this paper. Statistically, in 2010, an estimated 3.4 million children younger than 15 years were living with HIV and 1.2 million children and adults died from the disease in the same year.[1] HIV/AIDS makes a huge psychological as well as physical impact on the persons infected ...

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Differences in Male and Female Mate Preferences

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“Differences in male and female mate preferences: Is physical attractiveness an important factor in mate selection?” Maria Myrto Giannakopoulou Abstract Many researches have taken place in order to find out the criteria people choose their potential long-term partner. Previous studies have shown that men pay more attention to physical attractiveness, whereas women are more concerned about the financial and social status of their potential ...

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Bystander Decision Making in Dangerous Emergencies

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The unresponsive bystander: Are bystanders more responsive in dangerous emergencies? By: Peter Fischer, Tobias Grietemeyer, Fabian Pollozek and Dieter Frey Sana Ibrahim   As we have studied bystander effect has a control on our behaviors in situations requiring for us to reach out and help. We have issues noticing whether the situation requires help, or we may even interpret how to react just simply ...

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Effect of Cheating on Creativity

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Elaina Lorence Abstract In this particular study, we examined if cheating leads to creativity. We predict that those who are given the opportunity to solve a difficult task more likely cheat than those who are given an easier task. Also, we predict that participants who are aware of the test answers will be more creative compared to those who are unaware the test answers. ...

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Skills Required for Counselling

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Counselling offers a chance for a client to talk privately to a councilor about unknown emotions, issues with relationship, individual problems, and a councilor will be allowed to investigate your actual sentiments and be underpinned without judgment. Since everybody is diverse, a counsellor does not just relegate counsel (BACP, 2013). The exchanges in guiding are gone for helping you comprehend what is continuing for you and ...

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Situations that Causes Embarrassment, Guilt and Shame

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Suellen Kong Typical situations that involve having Self Conscious Emotion- Embarrassment, Guilt and Shame Abstract The purpose of this research was to identify and differentiate the situations where participants found embarrassment, guilt and shame and to investigate the self-conscious emotions by evaluating unstructured questionnaire responses. A group of psychology undergraduates from University of Warwick participated in this study. It was carried out by giving ...

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Addition Behaviour Management and Research Centre

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      JASKIRAT KAUR   CONTENTS Introductionï About the Organisation Substance abuse and dependence Alcohol abuse and dependence Psychiatric Disorders Cases Key Learning Daily Dairy Report Review of Literature References   Introduction SAMBAL PSYCHIATRIC & DE ADDICTION HOSPITAL AND BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH CENTRE Sambal psychiatric and de addiction hospital came into existence in 2000 by the name of “Samadhan”. It ...

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Reflection on the Role of Consumption in Everyday Life

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Meghan Tenorio Consumption in Everyday Life Eating a hamburger. Buying a t-shirt. Buying a car. Buying gasoline. Just a few things that everyone will do or will most likely do in their lifetime. Consumption is the using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods. Someone in the field of international studies can be looking for a ...

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Evolution of Behaviour in Animals and Humans

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INTRODUCTION Darwin and natural selection Darwin explained the evolution of morphological and behavioral differences by putting forward certain basic processes. According to Darwin Individuals do not vary only from the members of distinct species but from con-specific too. These variations are the result of the effect of conditions of life on the reproductive systems of individual. In order to survive under the physical conditions of life ...

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Experimental Psychology on Leader Integrity

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Leader Integrity ABSTRACT Experimental psychology provides information and results of the experimental researches, in the study of a different mental processes, experimental method in guiding students and young researchers to assimilate and use this investigation method (Anitei, 2007). Some researchees use experimental psychology to studies leader integrity and reveal if the leader integrity have an important impact in the organizations and if this can improve performance ...

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Effect of Globalization on Psychology Practices

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Abstract In recent decades, globalization has influenced economic development, political action, and means of social interaction. With increased interconnectedness, many cultures have begun to acquire Western ideology due to various channels of communication and access to Western advancements. Although some may view interconnectedness as a progressive movement, Ethan Watters’ 2010 book, Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche, explores the effects of globalization on ...

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Socio Cognitive Approaches to Creativity in Learners

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Aakanksha Bhatia UNDERSTANDING CREATIVITY AMONG LEARNERS: A SOCIO-COGNITIVIST APPROACH INTRODUCTION The idea of creativity has been fundamental to the cultural and technological innovation and advancement. Creativity is inseparable from the context of its production and reception. Though it is often believed that creative people work in isolation; creativity and intelligence are manifested better by social interactions and collaborations with other individuals. Most of the ...

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Psychology Theories on How to Study

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How to Study According to Cognitive Psychologists   All over the world, learning is generally characterized by periods of classes and lectures alternating with tests and exams. These tests are mostly done after every three weeks or a month. Most students and lecturers do not take these tests seriously and view them as a waste of time and energy preferring the end-semester exam only. However, research ...

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Whistleblowing: Causes and Effects

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Kathiravan Pillay Kumar Abstract Whistleblowing, an act of reporting violations of an organization to the media or other external parties, is one often frowned upon by organizations worldwide. Recent world events has created a bigger spotlight on acts of whistleblowing. This is especially so in the recent actions of Edward Snowden and his leak on information relating to the National Security Agency of the ...

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Mental Disorder Case Studies

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MENTAL DISORDER DESCRIPTION & JOURNAL INTRODUCTION: In the scientific and speculative collected works on the description or classification of mental disorders, one extreme disputes that it is completely a material of worth verdicts (comprising of what is normal) while additional propositions that it is or could be completely unprejudiced and scientific (comprising by reference to arithmetical norms); other opinions contend that the idea mentions to a ...

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Detection and Identification of Change in Naturalistic Scene

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Abstract The present paper represents the detection and identification of the natural scenes meaning that when the scene is examined at the initial stage, the conscious mind only remembers the limited scenes for it. In case there is some minor changes with scene like deletion of some parts of objects at the time of drawing make the scene asymmetrical in nature. For example, an experiment is ...

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Effects of Down Syndrome on Overall Well-being

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Effect of Down Syndrome Researcher finds out the strength and weaknesses of children with Down syndrome and comparison with normal children. This study compared Down syndrome child and typically developing children on cognitive ability across five aspects of child development which are language, self-help, gross motor, socioemotional and fine motor. Researcher found that Down syndrome children they perform significantly worse in the language if compared to ...

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Effectiveness of Biofeedback Training on Anxiety

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Abstract This study investigated the effectiveness of biofeedback training among 70 university students who were randomly allocated to the intervention or the control group. Relative change in skin conductance level (SCL) and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) scores were measured at pre- and post-intervention. Split-plot ANOVA was used to analyze the results. DAA-21 was directed and SCL changes were measured before ...

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Effects of Schemes on Understanding the Social World

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Scott Holden With reference to relevant research studies, evaluate the extent to which our understanding of our social world is constrained by our schemas. Humans utilise mental structures known as schemas, which can constrain thinking and promote fixity, the extent of which will be evaluated in this essay. It will do this by first providing a brief description of schemas, it will then consider ...

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Assistive Technology Devices (ATD): Applications and Types

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Introduction Any discussion regarding the development of assistive technology devices (ATD), such as implantable neural prosthetics, would be incomplete without addressing the importance of understanding individual and environmental factors that influence ATD use, and how these factors interact with the societal and cultural landscape in which they operate. The following section will provide a succinct overview of the context in which most ATDs are used and ...

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Diversity Issues in Counselling Practice

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The importance of considering diversity issues in counselling practice; from the perspective of both client and counsellor. This essay will critically evaluate importance of considering diversity issues in counselling practice from the perspective of both client and counsellor. This will be achieved by referencing relevant theory and research present in the literature. Although diversity has many dimensions, this essay will be critically discussing only two of ...

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Gender Differences in Common Sense and Intuition

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WONG SHU EN Psychology is not just Common Sense Introduction From the Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary, psychology is defined as the scientific study of the human mind and how it influences behavior (Hornby, 2005, p. 1172), but how exactly did psychology progress to this stage? History of psychology Psychology’s origins can be found in the time of the early Greeks, though it was in the form ...

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Motivations for Quitting Smoking

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Motivation and the Brain   Introduction The brain is our center of control for the growth and operation of human beings. The powerful power in motivation is the brain; it as well manages actions required for a person to turn out to be motivated regarding something. To stay on an exercise routine requires motivation, but that motivation is sometimes blocked by our internal struggles. The majority ...

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Satir’s Concepts of Transformation and 'use of Self ’

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The Satir Model and Family Reconstruction Satir’s concepts of transformation and 'use of self ’ in counseling Student Name: Lo Chi Sing   Introduction “Change what you think” always is a sentences for some people facing dilemma. However, change is not an easy task due to a set of assumptions deeply taken root in our culture, social relationship and personal histories (Mahoney & McCray-Patterson, 1992). Therefore, ...

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Effect of Cultural Upbringing on Identity

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Indian. Dravidian. Andhrite. Hyderabadi. Hindu. Brahmin. Nandavareeka. Citizen of a developing country. Middle socio-economic strata. Guntupalli. Kotike. Me. If I were asked to describe myself using just a few terms, these come to my mind. It is undeniable that all the above factors contribute to my identity. My culture, which is woven together by my nationality, geography, religion, social class and very importantly, my ...

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Effects of Caffeine and Nicotine on the Body and Mind

28 Mar 2018

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Lisa D Cummins   Caffeine and nicotine are two of the most commonly consumed psychoactive drugs in society today. Both substances are currently legal to use, easily accessible and both are very addictive therefore both are abused regularly. The average daily caffeine intake ranges from 200 to 500 milligrams which is the equivalent of two to five cups of coffee. It has also been ...

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Causes and Effects

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Introduction Recent decades have witnessed the development of domestic violence around the world. Thousands of women decide to leave a abusive relationship annually. (Hilary 2010, P11). Some battered women especially wives will go back to their batterer to survive the happiness for their children however as the strength of violence increased they will leave again. Some will seek help from community service and rebuild a new life ...

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Effects of Word Length on memory Recall Differences

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Abstract An experiment was carried out among university students to investigate whether any memory recall diferences in the number of items recalled correctly between words that were long or short and between letters whether it is similar or dissimilar. The 131 participants each completed a online cognition lab session and results shown that there were greater number of items recaled correctly in words that were shorter ...

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Effect of Music on Buyer Behaviour

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John Sweeney   Abstract It has long been believed that music is known to have a positive effect on human emotions by lifting an individual’s mood leading to an overall better quality of life by promoting happiness, positive social interactions and a higher income. If music can have this much influence on how an individual feels as well as behaves, it is possible music ...

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Effects of Shared Category Membership

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  The relationship between associates and same category distractor words in the picture-word interference paradigm   Abstract: In order to compare the effects of shared category membership and associates a picture-word interference task was you. Participants were presented with a task whereby they had to name a given stimulus but ignore the superimposed distractor word. The distractor word was either related or unrelated to the stimulus ...

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Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychology

28 Mar 2018

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Lisa A. Hicks Psychology in Organizations   Industrial organizational (I/O) psychology is the study of individual and group behaviors in the workplace. The field utilizes methodology, statistical analysis, and recording observations of how people interact and function in the workplace. This can include populations in business, non-profit, academic, government, and other organizations. This enables the I/O psychologist to analyze and interpret data, draw conclusions ...

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Effect of Hostel Living Situation on Mental Health

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A Study of Mental Health of Hostel and Non-hostel Students with Relation to Their Gender  Urvi Goswami   Abstract: Mental health is as important as physical health in our life. An attempt has been made to measure mental health of hostel and non-hostel students with relation to their gender. The sample consisted of 120 high school students of Patan city of Gujarat state. Mental ...

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Depression Case Study

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  Case history Depression does not sound bizarre for the society in this 21st century because it is now one of the most common psychological disorders that everyone in the world could have. According to World Health Association (WHO) 2012, depression actually affecting 350 million of people in the world with different ages where it can contribute to as much as one million people’s death per ...

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Resiliency Techniques to Manage Stress

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ANDREAS CONSTANTINOU ESSAY TITLE: Discuss a number of resiliency techniques an individual may practice in order to manage stress effectively   Stress is a cause when a person gets the feeling of pressure or there is a lot of pressure around that person's environment so that it can't leave the mind in peace. Stress can be good but also can be bad. Good stress ...

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Effect of Stereotypes on Well-being

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An important aspect of physical functioning is the ability to stay balance. 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. Chan Peijun   Abstract A decrease in physical functionality in the older generations may cause ...

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How Do Listeners Locate Sources of Sounds?

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How do listeners decide where sources of sound are located? Abstract As human beings, we have remarkable abilities to help us function in a world full of different wonders and dangers. One of these incredible functions is audition due to changes in the air pressure that cause our ear drums to vibrate and lead to a chain reaction that results in psychologically perceived sound (Sivonen & ...

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Quasi-experimental vs Factorial Strategies in I/O Psychology

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Research design: Quasi-experimental vs. factorial strategies in I/O psychology Daniel Johnson Quasi-Experimental I chose a cross-sectional quasi-experimental research design that examined the effects of implementing a time management training program to improve e-mail self-efficacy, e-mail-specific time management, perceived time control over e-mail use, and estimated time spent using e-mails in order to reduce workload and increase productivity. The potential vicissitudes on perceived time control ...

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Text Colour Effect on Detail-Oriented, Creative Processing

28 Mar 2018

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Effect of Text Colour on Detail-Oriented and Creative Processing Colour is a significant component of any perceptual and cognitive experience, as it adds richness and depth to otherwise “grey” experiences—from parents of children suffering from achromatopsia, characterised by lack of colour vision and hypersensitivity to light: “I dream of a day when I can show him a rainbow, wave to him from across the playground, watch ...

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Factors Involved in Shaping a Child’s Personality

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What factors are involved in shaping a child’s personality? Discuss in reference to concepts drawn from at least two theories of personality. Ser Cher Meng Abstract There is increasing evidence supporting the association of environmental factors, as well as genetic origins, with regards to factors involved in shaping a child’s personality. The initial phase of researchers focused on genetic factors such as temperament and ...

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Steps for Active Listening Process

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Active Listening Process Bernell E. Bryant   Active listening is a vital tool of the communication process. According to Hallett, “Many of us don’t listen as well as we could. Active listening helps us make a conscious effort to hear and understand what people are saying.”(Hallett). This is a concise definition for active listening as it is essential in understanding what a speaker is ...

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Theories on Causes of Suicidal Behaviour

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SUICIDE Definition Suicide is defined as death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with any intent to die as a result of the behavior (Cdc.gov, 2014). It is a dark word that often evokes a negative emotional response in most minds and hearts but nonetheless it has also become famous and scandalous due to its rich association with the demise of famous figures such as ...

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Interview Reflection: Culture Differences in Child Rearing

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Family Interview Shantirah Burgess   I interviewed Soraya Camille for my Family interview, she has a son who is three years old. Soraya was born in Haiti and was raised in the United States from age 12. Now that Soraya has been living in the United States for the last twenty years her view, beliefs and traditions on parenting has changed. There are still ...

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Intentional and Unintentional Learning Effect on Word Recall

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An Investigation into Intentional and Incidental Learning and their Effectiveness when Recalling Words and the Effectiveness of Recalling Abstract and Concrete Words Nicole Canning   Abstract This study was based on memory and the most effective ways to recall words, with the aim being to investigate whether intentional or incidental learning is most effective when recalling words and whether concrete or abstract words are ...

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Self Concepts in Individuals With Eating Disorders

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Neelam Nasruddin   Abstract Self-concept is a major part in forming eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa leading health concern in adolescences now a day. The prevalence in Pakistan is 21.7% was reported for anorexia nervosa in nursing students. The aim to write this scholarly paper is to clarify the role of self-concept in eating disorder by self-schema model of eating disorder. ...

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Comparison of Assessment Tool Constructs

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  Dr. Wendy Reisinger In this paper two different of Assessment Tool Constructs be looked at, Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress (DAPS) and PTSD-Interview. The Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress (DAPS) is a 104-item self-report measure assessing exposure to trauma and posttraumatic response. The second assessment tool to be discussed is the PTSD-Interview by Watson. Both tools are self-report measures. This paper will discuss reliability and ...

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Conflict Resolution Case Study

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Incident of past conflict: Financial Problem A crisis situation arise when one or more triggers creates an unexpected change. Very often we get into inharmonious interactions with people around us due to differing perceptions, nondisclosure of common ground and seeing the past rather than the future as an issue (Wood, 2012). During a short sharing session with my client, Mr Wilson (not his real name), he ...

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Psychological Response Following Athletic Injury

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Athlete’s Background Quade Cooper, Australian rugby union player, was born in Auckland, New Zealand but moved with his family to Australia after being scouted for his rugby skills. Cooper’s dad says that “he was always like a kiddie who felt he had to prove something, he had talent, and he was always a bit smaller and lighter, like he could be the lightest kid in the ...

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Mental Development of Children with Down Syndrome

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Down Syndrome Research Paper Brandon D. Coronado Learning and Cognition All psychology students, at some point during their studies, learn about the topic of mental development in children. However, students sometimes fail to learn how those with disabilities differ when it comes to mental development. The typical child’s development differ dramatically when compared to children with a development disability. One of a large number ...

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Effect of Levels of Processing on Memory Recall

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Jason Celia Report Four: An experimental study of the effect of levels of processing on memory recall. Abstract By utilising an opportunity sample of friends and family (N=42, M=27.45, SD=11.94, aged 16 to 63) of students from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Swansea), this study set out to demonstrate Craik and Lockhart’s (1972) level ...

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‘Nature Versus Nurture’ as Predictors of Happiness

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Pauline Tovee Write a critical discussion essay in response to the following task, based on your close reading of any five of the ten source texts, Texts 1 – 10 Draw on any five of the ten sources texts, discuss the relative importance of ‘nature versus nurture’ as predictors of happiness This assignment will discuss the relative importance of ‘nature versus nurture’ as predictors ...

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Attitudes Towards Women in the Labour Market

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A number of studies have analyzed variation in people’s attitudes towards women’s labor market participation and the division of labor among men and women in the Western world. Generally, citizens in Western countries show increasing support over time for women’s labor market participation, with some differences of opinion related to age, gender, education, etc. Cross-national studies also document differences across nations, which partly can be related ...

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Understanding the Social Word: Intuitive Scientists

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Joanna Zbroniec In understanding our social world we act as “intuitive scientists”. Evaluate this proposition drawing upon relevant psychological research. The[p1] concept of people acting as naïve psychologists (has been) was originally proposed by Fritz Heider, and further developed by his research in 1944 (Buchanan Anand et al 2007). It has been claimed that people look for cause and effect and a certain ...

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Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Restructuring

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CHAPTER V SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION The final chapter included the summary of the research, findings obtained and the conclusions derived from the study. The recommendations will provide directions for the future research. 5.1 Summary Adolescence is periods of growth from puberty to adulthood are the stage of transition from dependency to autonomy. Therefore, adolescents are faced with various types of stress from school, physical dissatisfaction ...

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Child Understanding of Floating and Sinking Theory

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Gemma L Sobah   Practical Report Word count: 2006 An investigation into the way of children's scientific thinking: concepts of floating and sinking Abstract This is a study on the nature of children's logical understanding of the theory of floating and sinking, and the cognitive challenge and scaffolding in supporting theoretical change. The study involved two video based interviews with two female participants of ...

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Clinical Judgement vs Statistical Predictions in Research

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Jordan Hang The clinical and statistical approaches have both proven to be successful methods in clinical psychology. Each approach has its pros and cons depending on the type of situation that is being dealt with. Clinical judgment can be a complex process because it requires a patient’s data which are composed of samples, observations, signs of underlying states and the clinician’s responses. According to ...

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