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Legal and ethical issues in informed consent and professional psychology

The doctrine of informed consent arises in a number of questions in the legal profession, particularly as it relates to the refusal or acceptance of medical treatment. Three elements are required to validate decisions regarding medical treatment.

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David Ogilvy's approach to advertising creativity and consumer psychology

Ogilvy, David. Confessions of an Advertising Man. Sir Allen Parker (Forward). London: Southbank, 2004. David Ogilvy's Confessions of an Advertising Man was first published in 1963, in a very different and less competitive media era.

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Joseph Campbell's "follow your bliss" and the psychology of happiness

Follow your Bliss," this simple epithet espoused by the mythologist Joseph Campbell is at the heart of any inquiry on happiness. Can a human being do anything else? or, as outside observers such as psychologists realize, do we seek things that make us unhappy? And why would we?

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Self-discrepancy theory and fear-arousing communications in social psychology

In one particular situation, I was very much against the idea of drinking and driving, or smoking and driving, or doing anything but driving when you are supposed to drive. However, one night I went out with several friends I hadn't seen in years.

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Learning from religious and cultural diversity in a psychology classroom

In getting an education, there are so many different experiences that take place. My favorite types of experiences, though, usually come from diversity and my differences with others.

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Carl Rogers and the development of person-centered psychology

Carl Rogers is a prominent American psychologist who is best known as being one of the founding fathers of the humanist approach made applicable to psychology during his lifetime.

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Comparing student performance and satisfaction in traditional versus online introductory psychology

Teaching in cyberspace: Online vs. traditional instruction using waiting-list experimental design" by C. Poirier and R.

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Jean Piaget's contributions to cognitive and developmental psychology

In the past few decades, theories of cognitive psychology have been applied to many different aspects of modern life. The study of cognitive psychology has been applied to many educational reform efforts that seek to implement new and better methods of teaching children.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans and educational psychology

The focus of my studies and of my anticipated professional practice is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder within the context of educational psychology. This specialization is pursued with an emphasis on veterans of combat-related experiences.

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The normal distribution curve and its applications in psychology

When a curve (reflecting the statistical results of the sampled population) is not skewed in any particular direction but is rather symmetrical (rather than being 'asymmetrical'). We have what is known as a "bell curve' or a Gaussian or a normal distribution.

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