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  • Forensic Psychology: Limitation of Forensic Assessments

    Forensic Psychology: Limitation of Forensic Assessments

    INTRODUCTION From time immemorial, man has been fascinated with behavioral deviations from the normative particularly in the context of crime, or more generally, morality. In fact, classical playwrights and novelists such as Shakespeare and Dostoevsky owe their literary success to their incredible ability to glare into socially and morally deviant minds and weave stories around them. We see a similar trend today. Much of primetime television is filled with shows that have experienced psychoanalysts chasing

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Jon
  • Different Fields of Psychology and the Jobs That Psychiatrists Do

    Different Fields of Psychology and the Jobs That Psychiatrists Do

    Different fields of psychology and the jobs that psychiatrists do In the community in general psychology is a very important science and there are so many fields that people can become specialized on. Based on the environment that psychiatrist is going to be working there is some kind of specialization required. These professionals are welcome to study different perspectives of this fascinating science such as: developmental, social personality, clinical, industrial or organizational, counseling, school and

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    Essay Length: 592 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Yan
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    Scientific research is a public venture. Therefore, one of the essential skills of the scientist is to be able to communicate ideas and research results effectively. This hypertext guide is an attempt to make the style of writing used in the field of psychology clear to you. It summarizes a lot of the material available in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5-th edition) (2001) and is oriented toward undergraduate students. For example,

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    Essay Length: 10,593 Words / 43 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Hicks/psychology/marketing

    Hicks/psychology/marketing

    In the psychology article, “Does Venting Anger Feed or Extinguish the Flame?” by Brad J. Bushman of Iowa State University shows in an experiment which examines the effects of venting anger and aggression. The experiment consisted of three groups: two variable groups and a control group. All three groups were exposed to harsh critiques of an essay written earlier by them. The first group vented their anger of the critic on a punching bag. The

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    Essay Length: 1,191 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Monika
  • Abnormalities

    Abnormalities

    Abnormal psychology is the scientific study of abnormal behaviour in a bid to express, envisage, clarify and modify irregular patterns of functioning. Abnormal psychology, within clinical psychology, examines the nature of psychopathology, its causes and its management. Evidently the definition of what constitutes abnormal has varied across time and civilizations. Furthermore individuals differ in what they look upon as normal or abnormal behaviour. In general abnormal psychology can be portrayed as an area of psychology

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Jack
  • Psychology Adolescent Depression

    Psychology Adolescent Depression

    Psychology Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Max
  • Psychology Vs Common Sense

    Psychology Vs Common Sense

    To do justice to this paper one must first look at what the two schools of thought are. The word psychology is the combination of two terms – study (ology) and soul (psyche), or mind. The derivation of the word from Latin gives it this clear and obvious meaning. “Psyche” is defined as: (A) The spirit or soul. (B) The human mind (C) In psychoanalysis, the mind functioning as the centre of thought, emotion, and

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Yan
  • Basics of Psychology

    Basics of Psychology

    There are three major themes, or key perspectives, that occur throughout the field of Psychology. One such theme concerns stability versus change. The question asked is: “To what extent do we remain stable over time, and to what extent do we change?” Psychology addresses changes over time in cognitive abilities, physical functioning, and personality. A second theme is nature versus nurture. The question asked is: “To what extent are various aspects of our behavior shaped

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Physiology and Psychology

    Physiology and Psychology

    Since houndreds of years ago physcology is known to be one of the many branches from phylosophy. Phylosopy has been given the famous defenition of, the study of nature and the meaning of the universe and of human life. Phylosofy was the mother of several sciences including Psycology. The etimology of Pysichology goes back to the latin terms of phyche which means soul or mind and ology wiich means study. The Greek used the word

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Children Sports Psychology

    Children Sports Psychology

    Children’s Sports Psychology According to the authors of The Handbook of Sport Psychology the problems in sports are on the rise, but the number of athletes is diminishing (p.435). Are these problems the barrier and reason to why parents do not send their children in sports? Or are the children choosing not to play based on lack interest or since they too see the problems? Despite the “dark sides” of sports, including the “fine line”

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: July
  • Catcher in the Rye: Psychological Profile

    Catcher in the Rye: Psychological Profile

    Psychological Profile: Holden Caulfield Part One: The patient is Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old teenage boy. Caulfield’s appearance is tall for his age and surprisingly has quite a few gray hairs at the age of sixteen. Holden comes from an upper-middle class family. His family has enough money to support Holden with many luxuries including skates and expensive suitcases. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield aren’t there to talk, care, and be there for Holden,

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Comparing Behaviorism and Cognitive Psychology

    Comparing Behaviorism and Cognitive Psychology

    Up to the beginning of the twentieth century the primary method of collecting data was through self- observation and introspection. Most of this was done in a lab or on an analysts couch. Then along came John B. Watson, who led a new generation of psychologists to a new way of thinking. This new way of thinking was behaviorism. For Watson, psychology was the study of observable, measurable behavior and nothing more. He insisted that

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Vika
  • Abortion - Child Psychology

    Abortion - Child Psychology

    Child Psychology Abortion, You decide The topic of abortion has been a highly debated and highly controversial issue before America was even founded. There are many aspects of the debate and many angles that can be taken. In order to understand, and to form an opinion on the topic of abortion a person must be informed about the History of abortion, the methods of abortion performed today, the potential side affects of abortion, and

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • Three Theories of Psychology

    Three Theories of Psychology

    The three types of theories I chose are Behaviorism, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic. I chose these three because they intrigue me the most. Psychodynamic psychology was one of the first types of theories created. The first studies were published by Sigmund Freud in 1895. The next one out of these three created was Behaviorism. In 1913 John Watson presents behavioristic views. Last was Humanistic psychology created in 1943 when Abraham Maslow publishes “A Theory of Human

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Social Psychology

    Social Psychology

    Social psychology tells us that daily behaviors and attitudes stem from the influences of social factors on the individual. In other words, all of our daily actions are fueled from social influences in our daily lives. Social psychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how social phenomena influence us and how people interact with others. There are some basic aspects of social behavior that play a large role in our actions and how we

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • Psychology and Human Behavior

    Psychology and Human Behavior

    PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR Contents : Preface to forward………………………………...3 A.Introduction…………………………………….....4 a.Definition………………………………………...4 b.Psychology and Other Sciences………………...5 c.Major Areas of Research…………………….....6 B.Child Psychology……………………………….....6 a.Introduction………………………………….......6 b.Scientific Study…………………………………..7 c.Environmental Studies………………………….8 d.Developmental Theories………………………...9 C.Developmental Psychology……………………....15 D.Social Psychology…………………………….......16 a.Introduction……………………………………..16 b.Processes of Social Influence…………………...17 c.Social Perception……………………………..…22 d.Interpersonal Behaviour……………………….25 e.Applications of Social Psychology……………..27 Bibliography…………………………………….......29 Preface to Forward After having studied psychology as a school subject i became more and more interesed in this scientific field and tried to improve my knowledge about it.

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Relationship Between Psychology and Movies

    The Relationship Between Psychology and Movies

    The relationship between Psychology and Movies Movies are most of the time related to a human being’s life. Movies apply psychology to their plots. For example, movies like the StepMom directed by Chris Columbus, and Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant show us that psychology is part of our lives in a day to day base. It could go from a divorce to a person who is scared to take a step in

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Educational Psychology

    Educational Psychology

    With the number of educational psychologists rising today, they are finding more and more ways to help out the students in our schools now. Many projects are being done, experiments being made, research being conducted, and tests being run so that educational psychologists can help fix problems that a lot of people are generally tending to have. They deal with many different aspects in their job from cognitive, to social, to behavioral problems or difficulties.

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Science of Psychology

    Science of Psychology

    In order to answer this question it is important to understand the definitions of both psychology and science. The word 'psychology' comes from the Greek 'psyche' (or soul) and 'logos' (or study), which came to be known as the 'study of the soul'. The American Heritage Dictionary defines psychology as: 1. the science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes 2. the science of human and animal behavior. In its pure definition

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Psychological Insights into Parenting Styles

    Psychological Insights into Parenting Styles

    Would you have come out different if your parents used a different parenting style? If you are considered “cool” now could you have come out a nerd if your parents would have used a different parenting style? “Parenting style is one of the primary determinants of your child’s outcome whether he succeeds, achieves, meets the challenges, flounders, gives up, or runs from or fails in handling life.” (6) The purpose of this paper is to

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology

    Overview: Throughout history many individuals and groups have affirmed the inherent value and dignity of human beings. They have spoken out against ideologies, beliefs and practices, which held people to be merely the means for accomplishing economic and political ends. They have reminded their contemporaries that the purpose of institutions is to serve and advance the freedom and power of their members. In Western civilization we honor the times and places, such as Classical Greece

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Emotional and Psychological Abuse

    Emotional and Psychological Abuse

    Abuse is the violation of an individuals human and civil rights by any other person or persons. Abuse of a vulnerable person may consist of a single act or repeated acts. It may occur as a result of a failure to undertake action or appropriate care tasks. It may be an act of neglect or an omission to act, or it may occur where a vulnerable person is persuaded to enter into a financial or

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • What Is Psychology

    What Is Psychology

    Psychology is the study of human behavior, how we think, feel and act. Psychologists study both normal and abnormal behavior to understand it. Psychologists also try to use what we learn from that study to help people change aspects of their behavior that they want to change. Areas of psychology are clinical, industrial, and developmental. Careers in Psychology offer varied opportunities. Employment opportunities for capable psychologists are expected to be slightly better than average over

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Psy 250 - Psychological Personality Assessments Used in the Workplace

    Psy 250 - Psychological Personality Assessments Used in the Workplace

    Psychological Personality Assessments Used in the Workplace PSY250 Abstract Psychological and Personality Assessments are used by many small employers, Fortune 100 or even Fortune 500 companies. These companies have instilled these tests in their company policies with all new hires or promotional employees. These assessments are used to help all human resources personnel in the decision of hiring or promoting employees. These tests are used as tools to improve personal image, promote or hire

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Experimental Psychology

    Experimental Psychology

    Chapter 9 talks about the importance of a factorial design and its efficiency in testing two or more factors in an experiment. It can also be used to measure main effects and interactions, which make it a major element in psychology by providing valuable information that other experiments cannot. Factorial designs can be described or assessed by shorthand notations and statistics. If their are 4 numbers that means there is 4 factors and the

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Mike

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