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Effects of positive and negative stimuli on vocabulary learning in children

Experimental subjects were assigned to one each of three experimental treatments, labeled T1, T2, and T3. T1 represented the control group. T2 and T3 received the positive and negative treatments and test afterwards.

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Prenatal development and childhood experiences in human learning

A person's development includes the changes that continue throughout one's life. Development is usually described in periods of time, so there is consistency among different theories that describe the stages that people go through in their learning process.

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Maternal bonding disruption and psychological development in abandoned infants

While it is unthinkable to most people, experts say that over 12,000 babies are abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth every year (Collins, PAGE). Sometimes these babies live and are put into foster care and eventually adopted.

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The iPod and Maslow's hierarchy of human needs

Abraham Maslow created his theory of a hierarchy of human needs in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The psychologist wrote that human beings are primarily motivated by unsatisfied needs. Certain lower needs must be satisfied before higher needs are satisfied.

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Rosman and Resnick's psychiatric classification of necrophilia types and motives

Rosman JP, Resnick PJ. Sexual attraction to corpses: a psychiatric review of necrophilia. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1989;17(2):153-63.

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Chris Hedges' argument about war's mythic meaning and cultural impact

Today I received an e-mail message about a funeral for a soldier in Texas. The sender who forwarded it wrote that his "faith in America had been restored" when he read this account by the deceased's wife:

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Albert Adler's theory of birth order effects on personality development

Albert Adler, a disciple of Sigmund Freud who later broke away from Freud in order to formulate his own theories of human psychology, theorized that the order in which a person is born (e.g., only; oldest; second of two; middle of three or more; youngest; twin) inherently affects that individual's…

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Analysis of "Super Juice" beverage advertisement and marketing strategy

Appeal -- Combination of fun, fear, and environmental or health consciousness. The fun is in the graphic of the hyped up cat (bug eyed); the fear is in the initial tag concerning the children, and the environmental message is addressed in the ingredients and health benefits.

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Gender and self-discovery in Karyn Kusama's Girlfight

Karyn Kusama's 2000 directorial debut Girlfight proves to be more than just another feel-good sports movie.

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Patricia Allanson's motivations for murder and manipulation in Deadly Magnolia

American Justice: Deadly Magnolia. Specifically it will discuss why the main character, Pat Allanson, acted as she did. Patricia Allanson was a Southern belle who seemed to have a chip on her shoulder when it came to relatives.

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