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Technology's impact on cognitive and social development in the twenty-first century

The 21st century is an interesting period to study human behavior from a psychological perspective including certain aspects such as their environment and their social interactions.

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Socioeconomic inequality and structural barriers in American society

How do socioeconomic resources matter for adolescent weight? How do schools influence adolescent's weight gain? How does poverty shape the weight-related structural features of schools?

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Cultural differences in perception between Eastern and Western individuals

This example shows how cultures (and the cultures of the West and East are different in terms of how they approach reality or the whole picture) can tend to view subjects in different ways.

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Strength-based approaches versus traditional practices in adolescent clinical treatment

Andrew is a 17 years old Caucasian male that was referred for treatment by his mother, Martha, due to concerns about changes in his behavior. He is moody, prone to yell at her when she sets limits, his grades are falling from a solid B student, and he seems to only want to play video games all day.

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Consciousness and madness in Hamlet and A Streetcar Named Desire

Shakespeare's Hamlet and Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire are both commonly thought of as tragic dramas.

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Examining the rise in diagnosed autism prevalence since the 1970s

Autism, first identified in around the 1930s, has been described as a clinical disorder that is characterized by impairment in individuals towards social interaction and communication. Such individuals are also restricted and stereotyped in the patterns of interests and behaviors [1].

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Radical behaviorism and neuroscience measurement of covert behaviors

In radical behaviorism, the difference between overt and covert responses does not depend on properties of the behavior but the sensitivity of the measurement tools employed by the experimenter.

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Behaviorism and team-based learning in educational environments

Teaching philosophy tends to be very similar from person to person. However, it can also be very different from student to student that is preparing to be a teacher as well as the teachers who have complete their requisite teaching degrees.

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Challenges in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorders are difficult to treat for a multitude of reasons; first, there is no 100% proven-to-be-effective method of therapy that acts as a one-size-fits-all treatment for patient.

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Over-sharing on social media and its unintended consequences

For the most part, these effects have been quite good and fruitful. As with all things, however, there are adaptations and/or uses that are less than positive in terms of the intentional or unintentional effects that are rendered.

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