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Piaget and Vygotsky's theories of cognitive development compared

Given that he was initially trained in biology and philosophy fields, Jean Piaget was mainly interested in the impact of biological influences on cognitive development (Huitt & Hummel, 2003).

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Johnson's exploration of wishful thinking and human irrationality in poetry

Jonson's theme -- so often stated in his major writings, particularly in "Rasselas" - is the dangerous but all-pervasive power of wishful thinking, the feverish intrusion of desires and hopes that distort reality and lead to false expectations, where we picture things as one would like them to be,…

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Clinical assessment and outcome measurement in healthcare practice

Within any healthcare paradigm, clinical outcomes are the desired effect of medical treatment. In many cases, assessment is too often placed into a template that is completely synonymous with testing, and diagnosis with testing scores.

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Managing cultural diversity in multinational corporations

Almost every large company today must confront the pressures of the global marketplace. Consumers and suppliers often come from different cultural environments than the nation of origin of the organization's founders.

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Behaviorism: history, development, and applications

There are many different schools and branches of psychological theory and thought, and even though this area of science is barely a century old these branches have all developed and evolved tremendously.

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MacLean's Triune Brain model and Bly's three brain theory compared

The brain is one of the most complex and one of the least understood organs of the body.

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The six stages of criminal profiling in investigative analysis

Criminal profiling, or offender profiling, is a process by which law enforcement deduces a psychological and demographic picture of a perpetrator. Clues from the crime scene are used to develop a composite identity of a suspect or suspects.

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Weber's three types of authority in modern society

Linguistically, the English word "authority" is derived from the Latin auctoritas, which means advice, opinion, influence, or command.

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Record keeping and cultural preservation before the printing press

Record keeping is an integral part of human civilization as it offers a way to physically store information for later use and through the years the art has advanced with technology.

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Christopher Nolan's cinematic techniques and psychological themes

The British-born director Christopher Nolan brings a very specific essence to his films. One can trace it from Memento (2000) to Insomnia (2002) to Batman Begins (2005), the Prestige (2006), the Dark Knight (2008), and Inception (2010).

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