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Psychohistorical analyses of Adolf Hitler's mental illness and pathology

One weakness of Robert G.L. Waite's classic work of psychobiography and psychohistory, The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler (1993) is that no written evidence exists today from any psychologist or psychiatrist who actually examined Hitler, although his political opponents in Germany allegedly had…

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A critical comparison of behavior therapy and rational-emotive therapy

In this paper, I consider the benefits and drawbacks of behavior therapy and the cognitive therapy.

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Kathleen Bogle's analysis of hook-up culture on college campuses

Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, was written by Kathleen Bogle and published in 2008 by NKU Press.

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Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy and adult self-directed learning

Historically, the term andragogy was a long-time reaching the common vernacular. The term was a wildcard, meaning different things to different individuals and groups according to whim, nacent theory, or flowery rhetoric.

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Data collection methods in phenomenological research

State the method then explain/Illustrate. Phenomenological research is grounded in the personal and subjective perspective. It falls into the larger category of qualitative research which is not theory-driven, but rather discovers the relationships among phenomena. (Patton, 2002).

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Sebastian Haffner's perspective on the rise of Nazi Germany

Reflecting back on World War II, it is impossible to think that one man had rallied a nation to exterminate an entire race of human beings, in a systematic, diabolical and deliberate way.

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Managing never events through staff communication and validity assessment

Let's look at this in detail.

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Key theorists who shaped the field of public administration

From the theories of public administration birthed in the past five to six decades, the field has taken the best principles and conceptual frameworks yet avoided a theoretical hegemony.

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Humanistic and existential psychotherapy approaches to client psychological growth

Humanistic learning theory as explained by Lipscomb, & Ishmael (2009 p. 174) emphasizes feeling, experience, self-awareness, personal growth, and individual / psychic optimization. Learning, from this perspective, is positioned as both social process and psychological/intellectual endeavor.

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Psychoanalytic principles for treating psychotic disorders

Abramson, R. (2010). Psychotherapy of psychoses: some principles for practice in the real world. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychoanalysis And Dynamic Psychiatry, 38(3), 483-502. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

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