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  • Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes

    Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes

    Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes As many of us know, there are unlimited differences in cultures around the world from religion to the way we communicate with one another. What many of us may not know, however, is that there are actually specific psychological disorders found only in certain areas of the world. There are several well known culture-bound disorders as well as variances in disorders and on theoretical reasons behind the disorders themselves that

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Janna
  • Evolutionary Psychology Vs. Standard Social Science Model

    Evolutionary Psychology Vs. Standard Social Science Model

    Evolutionary Psychology vs. Standard Social Science Model Evolutionary Psychology (EP) looks at how we view human behavior. The Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) is what most people have read and believed for many years. The SSSM believes that the influence on human behavior is experience and culture. Both theories believe that there is a human nature that all people share as infants. The two models also disagree in many ways. The EP model believes that

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Role of Psychology in Shaw's Pygmalion

    Role of Psychology in Shaw's Pygmalion

    Role of Psychology in Shaw's Pygmalion Psychology plays a significant role in Higgins' relationship with Eliza. Although everybody wants somebody to love, they don't seem to be capable of a close relationship. Higgins on the one hand can be described as a rude, careless and impolite character, but at the same time likeable because of his fascination and dedication to his work. His mother holds a great fascination for him, she speaks properly, has good

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    Essay Length: 308 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Motivation in Psychology

    Motivation in Psychology

    The human mind is designed with the innate ability to achieve anything. The interesting part of this paper is how we all use different triggers and motivations to goad us into gear. Motivation is an area of psychology that has gotten a great deal of attention, especially in the recent years. There are several distinct theories of motivation we will discuss in this section. Some include basic biological forces, while others seem to transcend concrete

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: regina
  • Psychology Overview

    Psychology Overview

    Psychology is the scientific study of the way the mind works based on people’s behavior and emotions. Through these studies we find out more and more about our ourselves and how our mind can control our actions. If we think outside of these theories applying logic but doubting obvious reasons we would be using philosophy. Philosophy is the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics by thinking “outside of the box.” Rather

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    Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    Psychology is one of the most modern sciences widely practiced in everyday lives. By studying psychology, we can develop a much better understanding of human behavior and the way the mind works, depending on peoples background, religious beliefs, and society affiliations. This profession appeals to me because I am interested in studying how the human mind reacts to certain situations, why there is such diversity in people’s breaking points, and how to help people overcome

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: David
  • Child Spanking Psychology

    Child Spanking Psychology

    Spanking is most often a deliberate form of punishment seen as corporal punishment. “Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment.”(www.wikipedia.com) This practice is limited because of its intent for disciplinary reasons and not torture. Although corporal punishment is still widely used in domestic situations it has been banned in seventeen countries, although in the United States some states still allow paddling. Massachusetts has proposed a bill banning all forms

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    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    �One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and �The Bell Jar’ can be linked considerably. Both the novels in question are products of the author’s own experiences and the specific culture in which they were written. They both draw upon similar events throughout, yet the philosophy and reason behind them is often significantly contrasting. However, it cannot be argued that their presentation of psychological disorder and the pressure that it forces on the mind are intrinsically

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • What I Have Used from Psychology

    What I Have Used from Psychology

    What I Have Used From Psychology I’ve always been interested and curious about Psychology. In Chapter 5, Learning and Cognition (or more so the Classical and Operant Conditioning) interested me the most. Who we are now is the direct result of how and what we learned as children. Learning is any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about through experience. Through our experiences in life, it teaches us new behaviors, attitudes, and skills. We also

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Development of Psycholinguistics in the History of Psychology

    The Development of Psycholinguistics in the History of Psychology

    PERKEMBANGAN PEMIKIRAN TENTANG PSIKOLINGUISTIK DALAM SEJARAH PSIKOLOGI BAB I PENDAHULUAN Psikologi kognitif kontemporer merupakan studi ilmiah yang mempelajari bagaimana manusia memperoleh, memasukkan, memanggil kembali serta memanipulasi informasi baik berupa informasi visual-spasial maupun informasi verbal. Ide mengenai pikiran [thought], persepsi, proses belajar, memori, atensi, problem-solving serta perkembangannya telah dimulai sejak zaman yunani kuno. Para pemikir dan filsuf pada zaman dahulu mengembangkan filsafat untuk mendukung ide-ide mereka dan dalam perkembangannya, kita dapat pula menemukan akar dari

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    1. The definition of psychology means the science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems (Weiten, 2004). In the John/Joan experiment, we will look at the biological perspective, behaviorist perspective, and the sociocultural perspective of the case. The John/Joan experiment was an interesting case because it stirred up the issue of gender behavior being a result

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Victor
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    Psyc 3331 Psychology of Gender Notes 02.02.05 Chapter 1 Key Terms • Androcentric bias: discipline of psychology that is largely focused on men and describes men as superior and women as inferior. • Bias in Research Methods: bias occurs in every part of the research process-from question formulation and research design to data analysis and interpretation • Blatant sexism: occurs when women are treated in a transparently harmful and unequal way. • Covert sexism: form

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Artur
  • Link Between Homeless and Psychological Disorders

    Link Between Homeless and Psychological Disorders

    I believe saying that psychological disorders are linked to ones surroundings or levels of stress is correct. I feel that this would affect ones psychological well being indefinitely. In a situation where Savo Petrovski GE117 In class assignment #1 I believe saying that psychological disorders are linked to ones surroundings or levels of stress is correct. I feel that this would affect ones psychological well being indefinitely. In a situation where the mind has

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Abnormal Psychology

    Abnormal Psychology

    “Coping can be defined as the cognitive and behavioral activities used to manage stressful events and the emotions generated by them,”(Ammerman, Lynch, Donovan, Martin, & Maisto, 2001). It is possible that substance abuse, drugs and alcohol, could be caused by the user’s inability to cope with the world around them and the problems within it. This first article discusses adolescents with substance abuse problems and whether or not their lack of coping skills is the

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    As an accounting major, Industrial and Organizational psychology is particularly interesting and necessary to me. Accounting majors same as all the other majors in the business field are required to take plenty of management classes. They uncovered many interesting approaches and theories of I/O psychology which will help you to better understand the organization you are working in and people that you would have to deal with. As I have already taken most of my

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Psychological Analysis

    Psychological Analysis

    Patient Analysis Arleen has been a police officer for ten years. Currently she is on paid medical leave for three months and has three weeks left before she is due back at work. Arleen’s parents have been divorced for sixteen years. She still keeps in touch with her mother, and talks to her on a regular basis. Her father is an alcoholic with a history of physical and mental abuse towards his children. Arleen has

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Max
  • Psychology of Marketing

    Psychology of Marketing

    Chinese Art Chinese art is by far one of the most original and most talked about forms of art in the world. Its origins trace back all the way to 10,000 BC (Sullivan 15). The first forms of art by the Chinese culture mostly consisted of pottery and different types of sculptures. Throughout the centuries Chinese art has changed and has taken various forms. There were several art dynasties that had significant impact on

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Field of Psychology

    The Field of Psychology

    Psychology Psychology is defined as the study of the way people think and behave. The field has a number of sub-disciplines devoted to studying different levels and contexts of human thought and behavior. Social psychology, for example, deals with human thought and action in a social context. Physiological psychology is concerned with thought and behavior at the level of neurology. Another division of psychology is comparative psychology which compares the thought and behavior of humans

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: regina
  • Walden Two - the Psychology of “no Place”

    Walden Two - the Psychology of “no Place”

    Walden Two: The Psychology of “No Place” In a post-World War Two era, there was much longing for improvement on current society. Burrhus F. Skinner decided to give his take on what he felt were the appropriate steps to take in order to make a true “Utopia.” There have been attempts at other utopia’s (which is from the Greek for “no place”) and Skinner in his book took the best elements of each utopia and

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Bred
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    Psychology Cell Phone Usage While Driving Among Males and Females Hypothesis: I predict when I observe male and female drivers that mostly females will be talking on a cell phone. I say this because I think females are more social than males when talking on a phone. Research Method: For this research the method I used was naturalistic observation of twenty-five females and twenty-five males. While they were driving, I observed how many were talking

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • 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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    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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    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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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Monika
  • 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

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