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The value of a psychology degree in personal and professional development

The value of an examined life, the value of examining the thought processes of others -- the meaning of my psychology degree

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Health psychology's approach to societal health and wellness enhancement

The concept of enhancing health and wellness means different things to different people. To some, the enhancement of health and wellness is about exercise and a fit and healthy lifestyle based on a good diet.

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Social psychology concepts in White Oleander film adaptation

The movie "White Oleander" was made in 2002, as an adaptation of Janet Fitch's book White Oleanders. It stars Alison Loman as Astrid Magnussen, Michelle Pfeiffer as her mother Ingrid, and Robin Wright and Renee Zellweger as foster mothers Starr and Claire.

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Existential psychology and Christian therapy: Integration and ethical considerations

Existential psychology is often championed by therapists with a variety of backgrounds because it allows them and their clients to address some of the most important questions about the human condition, including the inevitability of death and the responsibility that comes with freedom of choice.

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Major transitions shaping cognitive psychology from functionalism to computation

Cognitive psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information.

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Major milestones in cognitive psychology's development as discipline

This is the branch of psychology that is predominantly occupied by the mental process. These would include how people think, perceive ideas and things, recall and also learn. It is related to other disciplines like philosophy, neuroscience and linguistics.

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Sam Sommers' theory of situational power in social psychology

Sam Sommers (2008) writes in an article entitled The Elusive Power of Daily Situations about an incident in which he broke a finger of each one of his hands and had to undergo a minor surgical operation that was necessary to ensure the healing process.

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The evolution of major approaches in psychology: behaviorism, psychoanalysis, and cognition

Throughout its history, psychology has undergone a number of evolutions. As the study of mind, the discipline has necessarily been subject to change as new research revealed information about the functions of the mind and its effect upon behavior.

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Social psychology: an empirical science and social discipline

In doing so, it applies scientific methods to measure how a variety of different factors such as group behavior, social perception, leadership, conformity, aggression and prejudice serve to affect how members of society relate to each other.

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Environmental psychology: defining the discipline and theoretical approaches

In basic terms, environmental psychology is taken to be an interdisciplinary subject mainly concerned with the interplay between individuals and that which surrounds them. In this text, I come up with a concise and clear definition of environmental psychology as a discipline.

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