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Cognitive learning theories and observational learning in complex task acquisition

Complex tasks like driving a car are not learned through simple conditioning or through trial and error, but rather though observation and repetition. Higher order processes are needed for this type of learning, which occurs largely on a conscious basis.

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Louis L'Amour's Flint: a Western novel analysis

James T. Kettleman is dying, and decides to return to the West where he was raised in order to die alone rather than staying in New York with his wife who is actually trying to have him killed.

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Fenna Krinen's study of neural responses to friends versus strangers

friends matter to your brain" ( October 12th, 2010) is a simplistic treatment on the brain's reaction to recognizing friends as compared to neurological response when faced with strangers.

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Epistemology of role-based ERP systems and knowledge creation

The epistemology of systems and their use to sustain, strengthen and streamline business processes continues to be a major area of IT investment for companies globally.

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Police use of force during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath

The police in the United States have a very important social and criminal justice function. They serve as the barrier between the law-abiding public and the criminal element.

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America as a land of opportunity and geographic mobility

And the potential it has to be exploited as an "open road" that people can use with the purpose of gaining a series of advantages.

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Police brutality and the Tennessee v. Garner Supreme Court case

Over the last several decades, the issue of police brutality has been consistently been brought to the forefront.

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Guillermo's furniture business strategic decision analysis

Guillermo is faced with a complex set of decisions in determining how best to move forward in his business, with a need to remain competitive yet with desires to retain the basic level of operations of the company at its current level, and with his own level of involvement also minimally impacted.

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Person-centered therapy with a traumatic brain injury patient: a Rogers case study

Patient: Carl S., Male, 41 years old appears on presentation to be in good health but is complaining of depression and anxiety.

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The Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrest and police racial profiling

On the afternoon of July 16, 2009 Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested at his home by Cambridge, Massachusetts police investigating a possible break-in.

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