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Behavioral, constructivist, and cognitive learning theories in adult education

Specifically behavioral, constructivist, and cognitive learning theories are examined.

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Chaney Allen's alcoholism and recovery in "I'm Black & I'm Sober"

It's is no surprise that Chaney Allen's character resembles her as an African-American alcoholic who grew up in a poverty stricken neighborhood and known as one of the town drunks had became powerless in her addiction as she struggles with addiction, symptoms, recovery, including Alcohol Anonymous.

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Marxist and formalist approaches to American literary criticism

Bennett, Tony. Formalism and Marxism. Routledge, 2003. In the United States, Marxist literary criticism was most important during the Great Depression in the 1930s, especially during the era of the Popular Front up to the Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939.

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William A. Smith's study of facial asymmetry and cognitive specialty

Hemispheric and Facial Asymmetry: Faces of Academe" (1998), researcher William A. Smith examines the correlation between facial symmetry and cognition. Facedness, which he describes as facial asymmetry, exists in all faces.

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Comparing CBT and psychopharmacological treatments for childhood aggression

Aggressive behavior and adolescents poses a significant threat to public safety and the peaceful functioning of families within a community. Treatment of this problem is an important issue for the adolescents, their families, and the communities in which they live.

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The theory-practice gap in medical ethics and healthcare

Debates about theory and practice are ancient. Each generation considers the dynamics that surround issues about the interdependency of theory and praxis to be uniquely challenging. Complexity is a variable closely linked with knowledge.

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Schizophrenia: biological and environmental causes integrated

Schizophrenia is a family of severe psychotic disorders that affect the person, their family, and society as a whole. While the disorder has been described clinically for over a century, the cause of schizophrenia is not well understood.

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The importance of secure attachment in early childhood development

While there is a potential "preparedness" for the young child to develop a number of skills based on genetic influences (e.g., language acquisition), these skills will not fulfill their genetic potential without important environmental stimulation. While the nature vs.

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Anthropology as the foundational social science discipline

Anthropology is, according the American Anthropological Association, "the study of humans, past and present" (AAA, 2011).

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Levels of analysis in international relations theory

The field of international relations is based on many competing and complementary theories. These include realism, liberalism, constructivism, dependency theory, Marxism, etc. The theories are many; the field is expansive.

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