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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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 ’

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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?

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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

28 Mar 2018

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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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Gender Differences in Perceptions of Gender

28 Mar 2018

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Student: 3222650 Perceptions of IQ. Abstract This study examined individual estimations of their own, their mothers and their fathers IQ. Fifteen males and fifteen females participated. It was hypothesized that participants would estimate their IQ to be higher than both mother and father. They would estimate their fathers IQ to be higher than their mothers and their mothers IQ lower than their fathers. The male participants estimations of ...

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Effects of Stress on the Reconsolidation of Memory

28 Mar 2018

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Grace Harvie Question 1 What is the general problem or research question being addressed by the paper? When memories are formed, they undergo a process of memory consolidation. Equally, when memories are reactivated, they undergo reconsolidation, and it is during this time they are susceptible to change. Following on from studies in rodents that demonstrate that memory reconsolidation is adversely impacted by stress, Schwabe ...

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Interviews on the Experiences of Marriage

28 Mar 2018

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Marriage Interview Paper First Interview The first woman I chose for the interview about reliving the experience of their marriage was Emily Greene, 45, who lived on 13, Maple Street. Emily is currently a single mom and works freelance apart from being a full time house wife. She has been divorced for six months from her husband Mathew Greene, who is ironically a marriage counselor. As ...

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Developing Emotional Intelligence

28 Mar 2018

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Brenda J. Bentley Essay Title: What is emotional resilience and how does it develop? What might the consequences be for someone for who the process is disturbed? Emotional resilience is defined as an individual's ability to cope with adversity and stress. The ability to respond and overcome life's difficulties embodies belief, capabilities, abilities, characteristics, attitude and traits of a person that is developed or ...

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Effect of Neutralizing Activity on Discomfort

28 Mar 2018

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NEUTRALIZING INCREASES DISCOMFORT 1 Forrester,E., Salkovskis,P.M., Thorpe,S.J., Wahl,K., & Wroe,A.L (2003). Neutralizing Increases Discomfort Associated with Obsessional Thought. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112(4), 709-715. Theories associated with the present study Obsession is an invasive thought which has many forms namely; images, doubts, ideas, wishes, and impulses. Repetitiveness of a particular activity can be defined as compulsion. Although it has many forms of action, cleaning compulsion is ...

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Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory

28 Mar 2018

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Howard Gardner: On Education During the course of an average life, millions of different learning experiences present themselves. Some stick. Some do not. The level of impact that an individual's experiential learning event has can be attributed to each person's different learning style. Learning is the source of intelligence. Various articles and books have been published on the creation by Howard Gardner of his ‘multiple intelligence” ...

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Effect of Technology and Social Media on Conflict

28 Mar 2018

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Jasmeen Lorna Laurence Sarvapriya Rajamanickam Tan Khang Le Wong Paik Yen Chow Jen Ni Joshua Low Wai Peng INTRODUCTION Interpersonal conflict occurs when an expressed struggle between two or more individuals who perceive incompatible goals, scare resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals. Interpersonal conflict may take place on love relationships, family relationships and friend relationships, also, in the workplace. Nowadays, social ...

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Cognitive and Social Processes for Language Development

27 Mar 2018

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Discuss the cognitive and social processes that lay the foundations for the early stages of language development. Early category representations and concepts have been a great interest to developmental psychologists. Developmental psychology looks at the relationship between language and thought. Adults have procured and utilise a significant number of categories for the things in their general surroundings. Every noun that an adult uses platforms for a ...

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Chronic Stress: Causes, Effects and Treatments

27 Mar 2018

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Report on Chronic Stress Introduction Stress is an unavoidable part of life. Be it at home or the workplace, different challenges arise which ultimately lead to stress. There are various types of stress related issues, one of which is chronic stress (American Psychological Association, 2015). Chronic stress is that branch of stress when there is an overwhelming response emotionally to any situation which an individual deems ...

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Development of the Depression in Chronic Illnesses Scale

27 Mar 2018

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Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQ) is an eighty-two items measure, divided into five clinical components (Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams, 2001). PHQ is used to assess mood, anxiety, somatoform inclination, alcoholism and disorders related to eating habits. PHQ is found to be beneficial in primary care settings because of the early screening and detection the disorder. Responses ranging from “not at all to nearly every day” ...

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Self-Assessments for Career Counselling

27 Mar 2018

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The purpose of a self-assessment helps clients to clarify their values, skills, personality and interests that can identify options for client’s future career. Assessments are also important for assessing talents, interests, skills and values and identify potential careers that match personal profiles. Exploring careers with a client is essential as it helps to develop ideas and offer advices on researching careers and job search. The objectives ...

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Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Theories

27 Mar 2018

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Table of Contents (Jump to) Operant condition Reinforcement Effective reinforcement Shaping Punishment Extinction Stimuli generalization and learning of discrimination Qualities and Confinements of Operant conditioning in Identity brain research Conclusion References   Theory of Operant conditioning Operant conditioning could be depicted as the perceptible impacts it has on nature's turf. Operant conditioning in tends to change the conduct by the utilization of fortification which is given ...

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Runner's High Experiment: Exercise and Rewards

27 Mar 2018

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STUDENT NAME: Anastasiya Boutko   For this assignment I chose the article “Wired to run: exercise-induced endocannabinoid signaling in humans and cursorial mammals with implications for the ‘runner’s high” by David A. Raichlen and company. I have been aware of the term “runner’s high” and the generally known positive post exercise effects such as better mood and decreased anxiety. I even experienced some of them myself. ...

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Low Ball Technique in Psychology

27 Mar 2018

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Introduction You walk into a car dealership and find the perfect car to impress your friends with. A salesperson tells you it’s going to cost $5,000. You agree to buy it right then and there because after all, the textbooks for your psychology courses cost about the same. However, after you commit to buying the car, the salesperson points out that adding a stereo, air conditioner ...

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Validity and Reliability in Forensic Research

27 Mar 2018

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Michele A. DeVasto   Assessment Instruments and Procedures Reliability Instruments of assessments must be reliable. Forensic psychologists need to be certain that the measuring tools or tests that they are using are consistent. The instruments must yield the same numerical measurement every time it measures the same thing under the same conditions. Assessment instruments are reliable to a varying degree, yet reliability ...

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MDMA/Ecstasy Association with Cognitive Impairment

27 Mar 2018

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Literature Review MDMA/Ecstasy is a recreational substance that is similar to amphetamines and cause hallucinogenic effects along with feelings of euphoria, emotional warmth and increased energy. Abuse of MDMA could lead to severe genitive disabilities. Many researches have studied the different bases of this drug’s effects and have found correlational relationships with the drug and cognitive functions. Discussed below are researches done specifically on the drug ...

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Vicarious Trauma: Causes, Treatment and Prevention

27 Mar 2018

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Frances Roulet   Proposed Resolution Researchers, such as, Dunkley and Whelan (2006), Newell and MacNeil (2010) and Pearlman and Mac Ian (1995) have suggested that there are others factors that can also influence the development of a vicarious trauma. These factors can also contribute to the increase in the severity of the impact on trauma workers and other professional practitioners. These other factors are ...

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Psychological Explanations for Schizophrenia

27 Mar 2018

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ATHYNEA BURCHALL   Assignment 6 Outline and evaluate one or more psychological explanations for schizophrenia. In your evaluation you should refer to research evidence. Many people perceive Schzophenia (sz) as a personality disorder relating to a split personality. This interepratation could be because in Greek the name translates as skhizen (to split) and phren (mind). Sz “is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown in thinking and poor emotional responses., ...

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Cognitive Skills in Sports Performance

27 Mar 2018

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1. Introduction Performance in any sports is primarily a result of physical, physiological and psychological training. However, locus of sports training continues to gravitate around physical, biomechanical and physiological factors. In addition to aptitude and capability, mental strength or commonly known as “sportsmanship” is an important yet unexplored facet of performance in sports. According to Young & Pain, mental strength is associated with motivation, concentration, stress ...

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Concepts of Moral Psychology

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Introduction In today’s scientific research there are countless accounts of the applicability of one seemingly discipline-specific theory across other disciplines; and research in moral psychology is no exception in this regard. Nowadays with the growing body of research on morality, scientists and scholars across different disciplines have started binding biology, linguistics, and psychology in studying morality and human moral behavior. As one of the outcomes of ...

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Situational Effects on Human Behaviour

27 Mar 2018

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Wong Shu En “He is usually quiet, but when he is around his friends, he becomes exceptionally talkative.” Statements like this are actually very common. Behaviour is defined as the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others (Oxford University Press, 2014). So what exactly determines behaviour? Is it an individual’s attitude, or the situation that the individual is in? This ...

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Measuring Procrastination Using Behavioural Modification

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Shicong Zhao Measuring Procrastination Using Behavioural Modification by Controlling Environmental Factors Abstract Many students engage in procrastination and procrastination behaviours are found to have negative impacts these students. The study uses behavioural modification focusing on changing environmental factors for each individual to be able to measure the amount of procrastination or study and hence change this behaviour. The sample studied consisted of 302 second ...

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Racism and Aggression Relationship to Depression and Stress

27 Mar 2018

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Racism and Aggression: The mediator of depression and stress Racial discrimination had been a pervasive phenomenon across the globe. Although racial discrimination is more likely to be experienced by the racial minorities (Sellers & Shelton, 2003), racial majorities are not excluded from experiencing racial discrimination (Borrell，et al., 2007). Racial discrimination can be defined as unequal treatment towards certain people or group due to their race and ...

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Case Study

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Question 1 i. In Victor’s case, he is likely to be experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Panic Disorder. PTSD is defined as a persistent maladaptive reaction that lasts longer than one month after experiencing traumatic events. PTSD may develops by months, years or even prolonged for decades, but in some cases, PTSD may only start developing after many months or years of traumatic ...

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Contribution in a Study Examining Social Well-Being.

27 Mar 2018

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Andrew Sarnadsky   Abstract The purpose of this study was to implement a Critique on a study by Julie Godden on Social Well-Being as part of a requirement for a fourth year Bachelor of Psychology student at CQ University. On review, the study of social well-being also leads to gender-role schema and negative emotions. This survey group consisted of 140 Australian participants from the ...

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Theory of Systemic Integrative Psychotherapy

27 Mar 2018

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Petruska Clarkson was born October 31st in South Africa, and died on May 21st 2006 at age 56 in Amsterdam. Her fields of study were Integrative/ Psychotherapy/ Gestalt her influences were Fritz and Laura Perls. Her key idea was systemic integrative psychotherapy. Her legacy was that she contributed to the philosophy of psychotherapy she was also a professor who presented lectures and role papers on gestalt ...

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Emotional Intelligence and Burnout of Police Officers

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  CHAPTER III Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data This chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of data obtained through a survey using questionnaires designed to find out the levels and correlation of emotional intelligence and burnout, and their relationship to the profile of the police officers of Camp Crame, Quezon City. Question No. 1.What is the profile of the respondents according to: age gender ...

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Effects of Optimism on Health

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Optimism and Health According to Carver, Scheier and Segerstrom (2010), optimism is a trait that determines the extent to which favorable outcomes are to happen to people in the future (p. 1). It is further stated that the difference between optimists and pessimists determine how they cope with adversities and confront the problems that face them in life (Carver, Scheier, & Segerstrom, 2010). This essay will ...

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Therapeutic Alliance and Transference

27 Mar 2018

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Introduction This essay will provide an evidence based discussion surrounding some methodological issues and dilemmas that psychotherapy researchers encounter. The writer will begin by giving an overview of process research followed with a discussion surrounding two specific process issues. These issues will be correlated with two journal articles and will determine how the researcher either conceded or did not mitigate the research according to the process ...

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Andrew Solomon’s Far from the Tree: Schizophrenia

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Olivia Stahl David Brown     Mental illness affects 20% of the United States population; approximately 11 million adults are suffering from some sort of mental disorder. (ABC News) Despite the large number of Americans affected by mental disease, the information available to the general public and the understanding the extent to which people affected by mental illness suffer is weak at best. This ...

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Personality, Culture and Gender in Negotiation

27 Mar 2018

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Khoo Ling In   Negotiation is what we likely to do when we trying to get someone or a group of people to say yes to us. According to Corvette B.A.B (2007), negotiation is a process where people interact to reach a desired goal. Negotiation happens in everyday life. No matter which profession we are in or in our personal daily life, we use ...

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Comparison of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

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FREUD AND JUNG 1   Introduction: This paper is an analysis of the differences and the similarities between the various teachings of dreams that was propagated by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud shared a personal relationship for many years, and Jung was the junior partner in these relationships. This is because he concentrated too much of his time to learn on ...

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Relationship Between Attention and Consciousness

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What is the relationship between attention and consciousness? There is a close relationship between the focus of attention and consciousness (Velmans, 1995). It is very obvious that they are related but there are many different views of how they are related (Blackmore, 2010). Velmans (2000) said that it is whatever our attention is focussed on that enters into our consciousness. Mack and Rock (1998) argued that ...

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Differences between Type A and B Personalities

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Practical Skills Angela Adroni An investigation to see if there is a difference between Type A and B personalities and their Physiological response to a mildly stressful activity.   1.0 Abstract(150) The investigation has examined the causes of stress among the armed forces personnel toward mild stress activity. Furthermore, the difference in the performance of both the personality types has been studied. The relationship between stress ...

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Interview Tips and Techniques for Social Research

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Beth Boardley   An interview guide can greatly assist in gathering adequate information. This guide will allow you to ensure your steps are in order and that you have everything written down that needs to be covered. This helps ensure that you conduct a quality interview. The interview guides contains things such as a summary for the purpose of the interview, the structure and ...

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Concepts of Perceptions and Behaviour

27 Mar 2018

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Perception It has long been said that perception is reality, and in many ways it is. Perception is about what we take in and what we make out of it. The study of Perception is concerned with describing the way people see, organize and interpret sensory information. Perception is the process of receiving information about and making sense of the world around us. People’s perceptions influence ...

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Research on Pseudo Psychology Beliefs

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  NAME ALAN TAN CHEONG WAI YEE CHOONG CHIA YEE IMBERT NARUMANAN SEBASTIAN JEREMY PHILIP MONTEIRO LIM JIT SHEN INTRODUCTION Pseudo psychology is branch under the studies of psychology. Pseudo psychology however it isn’t ...

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Social Context in Social Development

27 Mar 2018

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Introduction Human Development or a more common term used “Developmental Psychology” is the study of gradual psychological growth which takes place as the human beings become mature. Developmental Psychology is dominated by four core themes. The first term is associated with the qualitative difference present in children from adults or in simple the lack of experience which adults have. The second one is concerned whether the ...

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Article Analysis: Race and Addiction

27 Mar 2018

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Article Review: Race Case Study “The Life Narrative of a Mixed-Race Man in Recovery from Addiction: A Case-Based Psychosocial Approach to Researching Drugs, ‘Race’ and Ethnicity.” Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and the Community, 27:4, 375-392, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2012.745841. Published 2013. Author: Alistair Roy. The main purpose of the article is to explore the psychosocial approach of the research into drugs, and ...

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Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology

27 Mar 2018

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With one in four people in the UK experiencing mental health problems at some point in their lives (Mental Health Statistics, n.d.), how easily people can access treatment in the NHS becomes a very important subject, with serious socio and economic implications. In his recent article in The Guarding, Rob Greig (“Why are personal budgets not used more in mental health?", January 2015) raised a very ...

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Analysis of the Ecological Systems Theory

27 Mar 2018

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The ecological systems theory was developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917- 2005) to explain the role the environment plays on the child at different stages of development. It examined the interrelationship between nature and nurture taking into account that heredity, as well as environmental factors play a role in child development. In Bronfenbrenner’s earliest years of research, he defined this theory as “the study of progressive, mutual ...

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Consumptive Personality Traits

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A Study of Consumptive Behaviour, Personality Traits and Gender Differences Joanne Jacob   Abstract A general population survey of 1193 people was conducted to ascertain if there was a common core personality or behavioural trait of “consumptiveness” in participants. Consumptiveness refers to the acquisition or consumption of items in an excessive amount. This study examined if excessive consumption of one variable, such as alcohol, ...

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Autism Intervention Therapies

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Introduction Autism is a neural development disorder exemplified by weakened social communication and interaction, and by restricted and repetitive limited behavior (Ardnt, 2005). These signs all initiate to ensue prior to a child grows to be three years old. Autism influence and affects processing of information in the brain by varying how nerve cells and their synapses organize and connect (Levitt, 2005). Autism is an invisible ...

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Learning and Everyday Memory: Racial Bias

27 Mar 2018

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Emma J. Barnes   Even though Memory biases may either enhance or impair the recall of memory, or they may alter the content of what and individual report remembering. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the factors of own racial bias and cross-race effect on learning memory in everyday life. additionally, the paper will explore primary and secondary sources from peer-reviewed ...

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Types of Group Counselling

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Group Counselling Introduction Gestalt therapy is a contemporary system of psychotherapy emphasizing organismic self-regulation by encouraging awareness. According to this approach, simply speaking of an emotion is not enough; one must also experience it in order to achieve the gestalt goals. By dwelling on consciousness, client can choose and experience his own behaviour (Blom, 2006). Gestalt therapy focuses on creating a therapeutic environment for the client ...

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Impact of Living Condition on Depression and Happiness

27 Mar 2018

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Sharmin Akter Summary Now-a-days Bangladesh is witnessing a rapid increase of old people. This increase is the result of many factors such as increase in age, longevity and decreased death rates due to advancement in the field of medicine, improvement of life expectancy and enhancement in the average span of life. As a result of increasing number of nuclear families it has become a ...

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Reduction of Cognitive Dissonance in Smokers

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Yeshara Devendra   Kneer, J., Glock, S., & Rieger, D (2012). Fast and not furious? Reduction of Cognitive Dissonance in smokers. Peer reviewed Journal, Vol 43(2), 81-91 Introduction Smokers do not wish to injure their wellbeing on purpose or presume a pessimistic self-concept due to irrational behavior. A health-related self-concept and smoking behavior are incoherent with each other. When confronted with individual detrimental behavior, ...

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Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Children

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Positive reinforcement leads to better performance in children Christeen Perera   Abstract The purpose of this research is to learn whether positive reinforcement leads to better performance in children. Positive reinforcement is a consequence that increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated in the future. The reason that led me to conduct this research is the fact how we as children used ...

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Effect of Stress on Pregnancy

27 Mar 2018

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Efstratios Boumpouras   Abstract Stress is a compound term that includes a large number of emotional states such as mild stress, anxiety and depression. During gestation, it can be experienced by pregnant women as prenatal stress, anxiety and antenatal depression. and it may have negative effects on the development of the fetus and child. In this paper, maternal stress identified and evaluated through animal ...

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ABEL Assessment of Sexual Interest

27 Mar 2018

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Brandi Thomas-Scott   Working in a child center environment daily and being a part of organizations that bring service to children and their families in academic and personal setting make proper and thorough screening of individual’s looking to be a part of and/or work for our organization and/or school very important. In today’s society there are constant reminders of why this is so important with ...

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Using Technology Within the Treatment of Eating Disorders

27 Mar 2018

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Technological developments are made at a rapid rate nowadays. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) developments have provided the basis for the formation of a new term known as telemental health. Telemental health extends beyond psychological disorders, living problems, self-development, and preventive care. ICT has a strong impact on the ecosystem of mental health. The main purpose of the selected article is to review different technologies used ...

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Psychosis in Children

27 Mar 2018

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Psychotic disorders in children are not common, however it is generally agreed that its prevalence increases during adolescence. The prevalence of psychosis in 13 to 19-year-olds was reported to be 0.54%, increasing from 0.9 per 10 000 at age 13 years to 17.6 per 10 000 at 18 years.8 Among adults with schizophrenia, 5% of them report onset of psychosis before the age of 15 years ...

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Strategies for Remembering and Better Memory

12 Mar 2018

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Memory 1. Introduction Memory is the key to live a meaningful and normal life. If a person cannot remember anything about his past how can he understand the present, or even plan for the future? Psychologically, memory is defined as “the structures and processes involved in the storage and subsequent retrieval of information” (McLeod 2007). Therefore, memory is naturally important to the act of learning, and ...

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Evaluation of Jane Elliott’s “Blue-Eyed Brown-Eyes”

31 Jan 2018

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Zohrah Miakheyl   Article 1 Critical Review Stewart,l., Laduka,R., Bracht,C., Sweet, B and Gamarel,E.. (2003). Do the “Eyes” Have It? A Program Evaluation of Jane Elliott’s “Blue-EyedBrown-Eyes” DiversityTrainingExercise1.Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 33 (9), pp. 1898-1921. Introduction In this paper, I will discuss L.Stewart’s article ‘ Do the “Eyes” Have It? A Program Evaluation of Jane Elliott’s “Blue-EyedBrown-Eyes” DiversityTrainingExercise. Stewart’s article is about the ...

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Phenylketonuria: Effects, Treatment and Screening Methods

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Phenylketonuria is a single-gene recessive genetic disorder that causes mental retardation along with other physical and behavioral effects. PKU can be screened for shortly after birth and can be treated with diet. There could potentially be drug therapies and/or gene therapies to help treat PKU with more research. Phenylketonuria is not something new to the field of biology or medicine. This disorder was discovered in the 1930's ...

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Treatment Plan for Valid DSM-IV-TR Mental Disorder

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Severe mood disorders along with delusions are diagnosed as a form of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The symptoms are extremely hard to detect as people often display emotional stressors that creates mental insecurities, on how they relate to others and on how they behave. These conditions if not treated can lead to illnesses that will develop into serious health and mental conditions. Many BPD clients experience images ...

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Effectiveness of Visual and Auditory Learning on Memory

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ABSTRACT This experiment was performed to compare the effectiveness between visual learning and auditory learning on short-term memory. Forty subjects were required to read a passage while another forty subjects were asked to listen to a recording of the same passage. After a three-minute filler task, the subjects were required to answer a set of ten questions relating to the passage. Most subjects had higher score for ...

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Psychoanalytic Therapy and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

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In recent years, cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychoanalytic therapy have been two of the most common types of therapy used the United States. While most agree that the issue of counseling ethics in with the two type of therapy appears. This literature review examines the two types of therapy approach to relate the ethical issues that a therapist might face. The paper compares the effectiveness for adolescents of ...

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Analysis of Ainsworth’s "Strange Situation"

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Outline the procedure used in Ainsworth’s "Strange Situation" and the classifications of attachment that result. In the original study, 10-to-24 month old infants were subjected to a strange setting – which involved the parent briefly leaving the child alone in a room and then returning, then a unfamiliar female entered the room, and the parent leaves the child for a second time, but this time the child ...

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Evolution of Psychology From Greek Philosophy

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Abstract Noting that psychology has its roots from past philosophy, this paper examines how psychology evolved within these three dimensions: The Early Greek Philosophers, After Aristotle and the Modern Science Philosophy acquiring these discoveries to seek for answers towards psychology. Generally, this paper was cited with a call of scholars, researchers, philosophers to tap the potentially rich contributions of some famous Great Philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, ...

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