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Self-esteem development and differentiation in young children

Pallas, a.M., Entwisle, D.R., Alexander, K.L & Weinstein, P. (1990). Social structure and the development of self-esteem in young children. Social Psychology Quarterly 53(4).

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Attention allocation and conversation type effects on simulated driving performance

Drews, F.A., Pasupathi, M., and Strayer, D.L. (2008). Passenger and cell phone conversations in simulated driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology 14(4).

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Michael Foucault's archaeological and genealogical approaches to knowledge

Michael Foucault was born in France, on October 15, 1926 to a surgeon father, who wanted his son to enter the same profession. Academically brilliant, the young man was awarded his degree in Philosophy in the year 1948, and in 1950, his degree in Psychology.

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Semiotic analysis of signs and meaning in Donnie Darko

Semiotics is essentially the study of signs involving words, sounds, and body language or mannerisms. It involves the examination of the roles that signs play as components to social life. Therefore, semiotics may be considered an extension of social psychology and linguistics.

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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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