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Carl Rogers and the development of person-centered therapy

Born on January 8, 1902 and dead on February 4, 1987, Carl Rogers was one of the most influential American psychologists. He founded, along with Abraham Maslow, the humanistic approach to psychology.

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The Scopes monkey trial and the modern intelligent design debate

In the early 1920's the older Victorians, called Traditionalists, became alarmed at the social chaos they found in society, with Intellectualism, women beginning to feel less restricted, with jazz, dancing the Charleston, smoking, drinking, flaunting prohibition, abstract art, Freudian psychology…

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Edgar Schein's three-level model of organizational culture

Organizational Culture and Behavior: Author Edgar H. Schein, professor of management at the Sloan School of Management, MIT, believes that organizational culture has in the recent past embraced themes from a number of disciplines, including sociology, social psychology, anthropology and cognitive…

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Erikson and Kohlberg's theories of adolescent development

Nearly all recognize clear differences between an infant, toddler, adolescent, and adult. Although many, throughout history and the world, allege theories of human development, this phenomenon currently falls mainly within the realm of psychology.

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Empathy and perspective taking in marital forgiveness

Forgiveness in the Trenches: Empathy, Perspective Taking, and Anger" by Gary L. Welton, Peter C. Hill and Kevin S. Seybold, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 2008

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Erich Auerbach's theory of mimesis in Western literature

Mimesis" means "to imitate." Forms of imitation are diverse and include imitation, the presentation of the self, representation, resemblance, and mimicry. Mimesis, in psychology, illustrates a stage in human development that infers a child's ability to learn, socialize, and adapt.

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Early identification of reading problems in middle-grade elementary students

Speece, Deborah L, et al., Identifying Children in Middle Childhood Who are at Risk for Reading Problems: New evidence and to analyze and access an appropriate tool for reading in elementary students using a response to intervention model, School Psychology Review 2010, Volume 39, No.2

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Gender differences in peer-created motivational climate and athlete persistence

Joesaar, H., Hein, V., & Hagger, M.S. (2011). Peer influence on young athletes' need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation and persistence in sport: A 12-month prospective study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12(5), 500-508.

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The relationship between consumer perception and consumer behavior

Understanding consumer behavior is a pursuit that answers why, when, how, and where people buy or do not buy products. Consumer behavior is an area that combines topics such as economics, media studies, sociology, and psychology.

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Psychoanalytic and biological theories of why humans dream

For centuries, people have sought to explain not only what people dream about, but also why humans dream. In older times, dreams were used for prophecy. Later, they were used in the growing field of psychology.

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