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Consumer Psychology: Persuasion Techniques in Advertising

Explore key consumer psychology persuasion techniques in advertising, including ELM, Cialdini's CLARCCS cues, dual process theory, and heuristics.

Psychology

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Body image, eating disorders, and developmental psychology in adolescents

Eating disorders and anorexia are becoming more commonplace today, and this is true particularly of young women, although older people and men sometimes also suffer from them.

~30 min read

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Purple Star Astrology's relevance to modern consumer behavior and psychology

The psychology and behavior of individuals has been studied using the astrological structured for years, however this aspect has not been evaluated and researched in detail especially in the context of the Purple Star Astrology from the Chinese Astrological Structures.

~34 min read

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Emotions in organizational psychology and the workplace

This chapter reviews the literature and research outcomes within which the current research is located. It identifies the theory currently in use and sets the theoretical context for the study.

~37 min read

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The historical opposition between metaphysics and psychology as sciences

Metaphysics and Psychology have historically been at odds with one another in what is an unnatural although real separation from a somewhat new science and its mother science.

~69 min read

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Internal security policy and psychology in software engineering risk management

Implementing an internal security policy appears to be just as important as an external strategy. The objective of this report is to highlight the necessity of internal processes and policy alongside technology when managing and mitigating risk.

~87 min read

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Six major theoretical approaches to personality psychology

To the layperson, the term personality is a generic descriptor for an individual's traits. However, personality has a more specific meaning to psychologists. According to Dan McAdams, "Personality psychology is the scientific study of the whole person" (McAdams, 2006, p.12, para.1).

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Adolescent suicide prevention through cognitive-behavioral therapy and self-psychology

Determining why children and adolescents commit suicide is a concern that many individuals in the helping professions face.

~76 min read

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Christian psychologists and the practice of true psychology

Today, there are more than one hundred thousand licensed psychologists practicing in the United States.

~98 min read

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Development of a personal counseling style integrating psychoanalysis and self-psychology

Traditional counseling theories have varied in their background, purpose, application, and treatment methods. Over this past semester, I have been exposed to a number of different counseling theories, psychotherapy systems, strategies and related skills.

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