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Christianity-based stress therapy for law enforcement officers

The archetypal law-enforcement agent is a stolid figure with an unshakeable volition to uphold legal standards against odds of physical danger, political implication and personal temptation.

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European and African-based psychologies in African-American student development

Johnson, V. (2003). "A comparison of European and African-based psychologies and their implications for African-American college student development." Journal of black studies 33(6), pp. 817-29.

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Jung's theory of individuation, the collective unconscious, and archetypes

Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology in the early 20th century, has had a lasting influence on the field. His exploration of the human psyche led him to connect psychology to art, religion, folklore, sociology, and philosophy.

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The happiness set point theory and whether it truly exists

Science of Happiness (2007), the author looks at how for a lot of its history, psychology has appeared to be preoccupied with people's weakness and pathology. The notion of psychotherapy relies on a vision of people as disturbed beings in need of fixing.

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Psychological mechanisms influencing motivation for physical activity

represented by the psychological mechanisms which lead some people to exercise on a regular basis as well as by the reasons which keep others away from sports and physical activity.

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Theoretical frameworks for understanding human development across the lifespan

One of the most intriguing and yet elusive areas of inquiry in the science of psychology is the cognitive and/or psychological development of the human being.

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Pursuing marital and family therapy as a clinical psychologist

If there's one TV show that could convince us having a dysfunctional family can be fun, then it would have to be the syndicated comedy series, Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Porsche customer decision-making across sports cars and SUVs

The intent of this case analysis is to evaluate the buyer decision process the typical Porsche customer undertakes when searching for a new high-performance sports car.

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Gender differences in jealousy: evolutionary theory and research evidence

Jealousy among men and women has long been a topic of study in many sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and even anthropology, because jealousy is an emotion almost all humans feel at one time or another.

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Ken Wilber's integral theory of consciousness and mind-brain integration

Model: (or, Outline of an Integral Psychology)." 2000. Shambhala.com. Ken Wilber attempts to offer what he calls a holistic approach to spirituality, integrating both neurological and more conventional spiritual models, in what he calls a synthesis of both mind and brain, East and West: "both mind…

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