Research Paper Graduate 3,016 words

RAD vs. DSED: DSM-5 Changes Through a Humanistic Lens

Explores why DSM-5 separated Reactive Attachment Disorder from Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder, analyzed through Erikson's humanistic developmental stages.

Psychology

~16 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,508 words

Maslow's Humanistic Learning Theory and Self-Actualization

Explores Maslow's humanistic learning theory, hierarchy of needs, and self-actualization as frameworks for understanding student motivation and educational growth.

Psychology

~8 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 617 words

Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Female Attractiveness: Study Review

A critical review of Rozmus-Wrzesinska & Pawlowski's 2005 study on how waist and hip size influence men's ratings of female attractiveness and fertility cues.

Psychology

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,986 words

Feedback and Motor Learning in Sports: The Pele Example

Explores how augmented extrinsic and intrinsic feedback drive motor skill acquisition in sports, using Pelé's legendary soccer career as a central case study.

Sports

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,720 words

Gender, Identity, and Culture: Butler, Woolf, and Horney

Explores gender as a social construct through Butler, Woolf, and Horney, examining normative conditions, artistic misogyny, and identity in Zerophilia.

Social Issues

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,395 words

Psychological Profiling: Value, Limits, and Ethical Concerns

Explores the advantages, disadvantages, and ethical concerns of psychological profiling in criminal justice, including standardization and professional conduct issues.

Psychology

~7 min read

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1,028 words

Gender differences in shopping behavior and retail strategy

"Men buy, women shop" (Wilder 2007). This statement succinctly sums up the differences between the sexes and their approach to consumerism. Women shop as a social experience for pleasure, men view entering a store as a goal-directed activity.

~6 min read

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3,508 words

Women's transitions from heterosexuality to lesbian identity in adulthood

How and why do women "become" lesbians? When a woman grows up believing she is heterosexual, and then at 25 years of age begins having bisexual relationships, then why at the age of 38 years would she believe she is indeed gay?

~18 min read

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715 words

Debunking myths about workplace psychological testing and employee concerns

The Botero article helps to paint the picture that psychological testing in the workplace has a very real function and that people undergoing testing do not need to worry about the testing itself.

~4 min read

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688 words

Kurtz's moral collapse and the company's complicity in Heart of Darkness

Before Kurtz went insane, he was not only the best ivory agent the never-named trading company of Heart of Darkness ever produced; he was considered "the emissary of pity and science and progress, and the devil knows what else" (Conrad 1902, p. 94).

~4 min read

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