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Ethics and Best Practices in Psychological Testing

Explores APA ethical principles, test fairness, bias reduction, and technology's role in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological tests.

Psychology

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Annotated Bibliography on False Confessions in Criminal Justice

An annotated bibliography reviewing key studies on false confessions, interrogation techniques, jury perceptions, and policy reform in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Psychology

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Conjoint vs. Concurrent Therapy in Sex and Marital Counseling

Compare conjoint and concurrent therapy approaches in sex and marital counseling, including theories, outcomes, and when each method is most appropriate.

Therapy

~7 min read

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1,559 words

Critical thinking skills applied to pursuing a graduate degree

Using critical thinking skills nearly always results in better decision making and therefore better actions. Personal change is always accompanied by a long list of critical issues that require thought and development in order to cement into a cost-benefit balance.

~8 min read

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1,482 words

Silicon Valley's dot-com boom and bust in historical context

Lecuyer, C. (2006). Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the growth of high tech, 1930-1970. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. This book illustrates the history of Silicon Valley. Lecuyer places the rise of Silicon Valley in historical context.

~8 min read

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1,746 words

How attribution theory helps people find meaning and control

In general terms, attribution theory explores and sheds light on aspects of the psycho-social perception of reality. More specifically, this theory refers to the way that individuals make decisions and judgments about the actions and behavior of others, as well as their own actions and emotions.

~9 min read

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5,791 words

How disability concealment shaped American presidential campaigns

The perception of American presidents as healthy and able-bodied men has always been one that served to convey confidence and support of them by voters during their campaign bids for the office.

~29 min read

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2,379 words

Richard Wagner's revolutionary music and political influence in nineteenth-century Germany

Composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist Richard Wagner lived during a vibrant time for German culture: the romantic era. Among his contemporaries were some of that country's greatest and most influential thinkers, like Nietsche, Marx, and even the twilight of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

~12 min read

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556 words

Classroom behavior management through moral guidelines and logical consequences

According to Slavin (2009), the first days of school are critical for establishing order in the classroom. Teachers who spend extra time reviewing class rules and establishing procedures during the first week of school have fewer discipline problems throughout the year.

~3 min read

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1,155 words

CBRN weapons proliferation and the evolution of modern terrorism threats

Biological Weapons - a bioterrorism attack uses biological weapons (viruses, bacteria, or germs) that are released in a manner that will negatively impact either humans, flora or fauna in a given environment.

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