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Scientific validity of contemplative psychology in clinical practice

My thoughts and feelings about contemplative psychology are somewhat conflicted. On the one hand, there are several tenets with this particular approach to psychology that I think are valid. However, I am not sure that many of them have a place in true psychology.

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The stepmother's psychology in Grimm's Cinderella story

According to Morrison and Thompson-Guppy, the difficulties of being accepted into a ready-made family can bring about a number of psychological issues yielding "a clinical picture similar to depressive illness," (521).

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The role of language and intelligence in psychology practice

The author of this report is to answer to two general questions relating to psychology and how much (or little) it interweaves with thinking, language and intelligence. Indeed, being able to process information and being able to prod patients in the right way is important.

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Mindfulness and third-wave psychology as alternatives to affirmations in life coaching

Affirmations and other signature practices of the self-help movement "are rarely based on even one iota of scientific evidence," (Williams, 2013).

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Psychobiography and political psychology's influence on individual radicalization

In the world of international relations, there are numerous ideas and concepts that are used to illustrate a certain kind of political psychology. This is focusing on the relationship of politics and psychology.

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Implementing yoga in adolescent psychology treatment to increase patient activity

List your goals for the activity undertaken. My goals for the activity undertaken are to come up with a study design whereby I can target the efficaciousness of introducing a yoga class -- or the very least a series of yoga exercises -- into the adolescent psychology unit that I am tasked with…

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Entwistle's integrative approach to psychology and Christianity in counseling

Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity enabled me to gain an understanding and appreciate the previous manifestations of psychology and theology.

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Research designs and methods in lifespan developmental psychology

Scientists use three main research designs to study human lifespan development; longitudinal, cross sectional and sequential designs. The longitudinal design involves the study of selected participants repeatedly over a given span of time.

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Guest and Zijstra's study on evidence-based organizational psychology research

The author endeavored to find such an article and found one by Guest and Zijstra. The article pertains to the academic perceptions of research evidence that exist when it comes to work and organizational psychology. The study was executed in 2012 by the aforementioned authors.

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Evaluating corporate training program effectiveness through industrial/organizational psychology

Industrial/organizational psychologists can help organizations improve their current human resources strategies and make changes that can help promote organizational goals.

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