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The Psychology of Evil: Zimbardo's Theory and Lord of the Flies

Explores Philip Zimbardo's psychology of evil through the Stanford Prison Experiment and its application to William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

Psychology

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Historical evolution of advertising and consumer psychology principles

Since early times, advertising has been a form of exalting or gaining publicity for goods and merchandise. Actually, since the beginning of civilizations, advertising has been in existence as an informal concept.

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Neuroscience and cognitive psychology as future domains of psychological research

Psychology is a science that has a history in many other areas of inquiry but finally grew into its own discipline.

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1,544 words

Existential psychology and therapy as personal clinical practice

One of the challenges that every psychologist and practicing psychological therapist -- as well as many researchers -- must eventually face is that of which psychological theory and perspective resonates best with them, and with their personal beliefs and styles.

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Characteristics of good scientific practice in psychology

First of all, a good scientist will be characterized by precision, both in terms of their research methodology, as well as the way they decide to match that with their existing theory hunches and the final conclusions.

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The developmental psychology of heterosexuality and socialization

The purpose of this brief study was to determine the accuracy of the proposition that absolute heterosexuality is a comparatively rare phenomenon and that most individuals maintain a certain capacity toward homosexual attraction.

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The history and evolution of modern psychology

The interest in understanding human behavior likely predates any recorded history. The earliest known philosophers of ancient Greece and Egypt wrote extensively on theories of the mind, in addition to their historical counterparts in the Far East.

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1,406 words

Evolutionary psychology and mate selection in human behavior

What is evolutionary psychology? How does it explain mate selection? Evolutionary psychology (EP) is an advance that looks at psychological traits such as memory, perception and language for a contemporary evolutionary perspective in regards to social and natural sciences.

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Changing perspectives on psychology's relevance to business

When I first began this class, I felt that psychology was a field designed to help people who were 'mentally challenged' or having emotional troubles better deal with the challenges that faced them on an every day basis.

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Psychology as a social constructionist science today

Since psychologists are those who use the term "social constructionism" the most (almost exclusively it seems), it simply makes sense that psychology can be defined and identified with the term.

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