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Lacan's mirror stage theory in Poe's "The Purloined Letter"

Edgar Allen Poe's short mystery story "The Purloined Letter" offers an ideal location in which apply some of Jacques Lacan's theories regarding human psychology, and in particular his theory of identification outlined in the essay "The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function." Although Lacan is…

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Classroom social networks and student academic adjustment

Van Rossem, R. & Vermande, M. M (2004). Classroom Roles and School Adjustment. Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(4):396-411.

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The role of attitudes and job satisfaction in organizational behavior

What is Organizational Behavior? The foundations of organizational behavior are predicated on the best practices from the fields of psychology, social psychology, sociology and anthropology.

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Descartes and Spinoza on mind-body dualism

There can be little doubt that Rene Descartes' role in the emergence of modern science was instrumental in the perception of a definition of psychology being at variance with that which was existent during the time of St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle.

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John B. Watson's behaviorism and infant motor development conditioning

Motor development and developmental behavior analysis is an important behavior related concept and much of the profound work on this field has been done by John. B. Watson. Behaviorism which can also be termed as learning perspective is regarded as a philosophy of psychology.

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Web-based resources and etiology of emotional behavioral disorder

American Psychological Association (APA). http://www.apa.org/. APA is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.

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Informed consent in psychotherapy and group development transitional stages

Fisher, C. And Oransky, M. (2008). Informed Consent to Psychotherapy: Protecting the Dignity and Respecting the Autonomy of Patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Session. 64 (5): 576-88.

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Psychoneuroimmunology: interdisciplinary study of psychological and immune interactions

Psychoneuroimmunology is relative recent addition to the field of medicine and uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the relationship between a wide range of interlocking and interrelated systems within the body, including, but not limited to one's psychology, the functioning of one's mind…

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Patient attitude and quality of life in cancer care

The idea that the acceleration or retardation of cancers cells is positively correlated with an individual's attitude, personality, and emotional development is incongruent with my understanding of medical science and psychology.

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Operant conditioning and freedom in Clockwork Orange

Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, contains many references to conditioning and to behavioral psychology in general. Burgess presents his readers with a view of operant conditioning and behavioral psychology as a dangerous, deadly pursuit of sameness and control over mankind.

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