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Child abuse and neglect in America: incidence, effects, and costs

Child abuse is a problem that has a major cost to society. It is said that more children are reported to have sustained abuse and neglect in America than in any other industrialized nation. (CWLA, 1997)

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Understanding terrorism through Osama bin Laden and American identity

At one level, this question is unanswerable in the same way child abuse and rape are incomprehensible.

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Sex differences in cognitive impairment among schizophrenia patients

Sex Differences in Neuropsychological Functioning Among Schizophrenia Patients by Bozikas, Kosmidis, Peltekis, Giannakou, Nimatoudis, Karavatos, Fokas, and Garyfallos

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development and stages

Child development is the psychological, biological and emotional changes which occur in human beings from birth till when adolescence ends as the individual progresses from being dependent to a state of increased autonomy. Child development is influenced by genetic factors and prenatal events.

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Family treatment approaches for conduct disorder in adolescents

You have been asked by your director of clinical training to answer the following questions (choose only one): a) What family treatment modes have been found to be effective (best practices, evidence-based) for treating this population?

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Acculturative stress and ethnic identity as moderators of depression and suicidal ideation

Walker, RL., Wingate, LR, Obasi, EM, Joiner, T (2008).An empirical investigation of acculturative stress and ethnic identity as moderators for depression and suicidal ideation in college students.

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Douglas Groothuis' critique of New Age movement tenets and beliefs

The opening line of the Foreword to Douglas R. Groothuis' Unmasking the New Age reads, "Advertising that it can transform people and society worldwide, the New Age movement is spearheading a comprehensive attack on many of the highest values of both the Christian church and Western culture," (9).

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Applying psychological learning theories to classroom management and student behavior

There are many theories of learning behavior that can be applied to classroom management successfully, and that are currently used in classrooms and are applied to learning, motivation and behavior.

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Early experiences and neural mechanisms in borderline personality disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by repetitive instability in behavior, close personal relationships, mood, and self-image (Corelli).

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The psychological relationship between service climate and customer perception

The psychological state of the customer plays an important part in determining the consumer satisfaction. The perception and behavior of the consumer has an impact on the service climate as well as customer perception of service equality.

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